Hogwarts School Years: Year 3

Disappearance, Chasing and Halloween

Natalie’s POV 

I’ve always thought of Brian as just a friend; but, after hearing that he had a girlfriend, I honestly don’t know anymore. Something suddenly starts to eat away at the inside of my stomach as the words ‘actually, I have girlfriend.’ came out, and it doesn’t feel good. Why am I feeling this way? I can feel my eyes stinging. Don’t tell me it’s tears.....

I touch my cheek to find the tips of my fingers wet. Shoot. Why am I crying? If anything, I should be happy for Brian. I don’t want to feel this way....

“Nattie?” A voice asks behind me, sounding unsure. I rub my eyes, trying to clean my face to making it look like I wasn’t crying at all. I don’t want people to see me like this. I turn around to see Tamara, looking worried. “What’s wrong?” She asks, concerned.

“I’m fine.” I answer.

She looks uncertain. “What are you doing out of the infirmary?”

“Just need some air. That place kind of feels like a dungeon to me.” I explain, trying to remain level-headed.

Is it just me, or is it hot in here? Why am I sweating? Why is my heart beating abnormally fast? Why is my stomach aching? I hope I’m just hungry....Then again, I’ve never sweated for food before...

A single voice brings me back to reality. The voice never had this affect on me before; I never got shivers when I heard it. I never catch my breath when I hear it so why is it happening to me now?

“Nattie! Are you okay? One second you were there and the next you weren’t!” The voice echos in my ears. Wait, why is it echoing?

My head suddenly feels heavy, but I try to ignore it as I force a smile on my face. “Yeah, sorry about that. I kind of needed to get out of there for a moment, you know?”

He nods in understanding. Brian always seems to understand me always. “Nattie!” I new voice erupts. Why is everyone noticing me?

I turn to see a girl wearing a blue and black robe. She has long blonde hair that looks impossible to tangle and piercing blue eyes that resembled the sky. Even her height is perfect, I strangely feel like a piece of trash next to her. Apparently I knew her, seeing she knows her name. Only I don’t know her, nothing about her clicks. Does that make me a bad friend?

“Oh, uh, hi.” I greet, quite awkwardly. I shift my gaze at Tamara and Brian, seeing if they can give me any hints. They both mouth the girl’s name I’m guessing, but I don’t know what they’re saying because I can’t read lip. This girl still remains nameless in my books.

“I haven’t seen you for so long! How have you been?” The girl asks. Gosh, even her voice is perfect. I can easily see a guy falling in love by the sound of her voice alone. Is having a voice like hers even legal? She’s a Ravenclaw too! So she’s smart too! Does this girl even have any flaws?

“Good.” I answer simply, trying to ignore the throbbing pain in my head. Why do I have a headache?

She gives me a toothy grin, revealing her perfectly straight teeth. Oh, there goes another perfect thing to add to the list. I can’t wait for more. Note my sarcasm.

I feel a nudge at my side. I look to see it’s Tamara, looking concerned. I just give her a confused look. Why is she concerned? This girl seems nice, which is probably why I’m friends with her, right?

I suddenly get another throbbing stab of pain, causing me to flinch. I press two fingers against my temples, trying to calm my head down my massaging it. I try my best to cover it by pushing my hair behind my ear.