Friendship At First Sight (The Philosopher's Stone)

Chapter 17

Hey guys!! Sorry for not updating for a long time but the family started flying in for Christmas and if I was on the computer while they're here the whole time I would be grounded.

Maybe I will update again before the end of the year but I will really try to.

Merry Christmas!!!                                                                                                                                                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"You sure you don't want to come?" Hannah asked as she slammed shut her trunk, her hufflepuff scarf wrapped around her neck. 

"I'm sure" Lea smiled at her, her hair in a ponytail while some strands frame her face, "I can't leave Harry to spend our first Christmas alone"

"Don't worry, we still have another six Christmases to spend together" Susan said as she grabbed a hold of her trunk, along with Hannah. 

Today was the first day of Winter Break, students were packing their trunks and things, saying goodbye to their friends before they aboard the Hogwarts Express for a long journey home to spend Christmas with the family. 

Though, other students who couldn't go home were welcomed to stay at Hogwarts, where they would still celebrate Christmas with the other students and professors. Lea was having a hard time wondering what she was gonna do with her free time as all her friends. 

While Hannah and Susan were dressed in their uniform, like all the other students leaving, Lea was wearing some jeans and a light blue sweater for the cold. Of course, she was wearing a belt and had to roll up the end of the jeans, the same with her sleeves, so she wouldn't trip over them. 

After accompanying her friends to the entrance of the school, where sleighs would take the students to the train, she noticed that the deep lake has turned to ice, that allowed the sleighs to go over it without a problem. At the entrance she also said goodbye to Justin and Terry, wishing them a happy christmas as they did the same before stepping onto the sleigh. 

"Lea!" 

She snapped her head around to see her best friends, waving their arms at her from a distance, she quickly walked over to them, weaving in between her fellow classmates as they rush to the sleighs. When she reached them, she hugged Neville first since he was the closest to her, "Oh, I don't know what I'm going to do with all this free time I'll have"

Lea hugged Dean before hugging Seamus, he frowned before grudgingly hugging her back, a bit embarrassed since he wants to appear tough to the students, "Well I overheard Hermione telling your brother that there may be information on Nicholas Flamel in the restricted section" 

She pulled back to arch an eyebrow at him, "And what were you doing overhearing their conversation?" 

"What?" Seamus shrugged innocently, "I got bored waiting for these two to finish packing!" He pointed at the other two boys. 

"Oh Finnigan, always with a temper!" 

They turned to find Draco, Crabbe and Goyle approaching them, Draco smirking as he had been the one who said the comment. 

"Well at least I don't show off every second of the day" Seamus crossed his arms as he looked confident, the other three narrowing their eyes at the trio. 

"Of course you don't, I mean what do you have to show off?" Draco sneered as his two minions just laughed as it was the most funniest thing ever. 

Seamus smiled vanished as he stared at his shoes in anger and sadness, Draco was the only one who can make Seamus feel like he didn't have anything and he didn't know why.