Love and War

Chapter 4

"Good morning, master Harry", Kreacher said as I entered the room.

"Good morning Kreacher", I said.

"Master Harry is not eating properly", he said.

"Yeah. It's just", I said.

"Master is sad because Ginny no talk with master", he said.

"Yeah", I said.

"Kreacher very sad ,master sad. Master no eat, Kreacher no eat", he said.

"You shouldn't do that", I said.

"Master eat,Kreacher eat", he said.

"Alright, I'll eat", I said.

"Breakfast ready", he said.

"Thank you, Kreacher", I said and started eating when I heard a noise.

I looked up to see Hagrid stepping out of the fireplace.

"Hagrid", I said and rushed to hug him.

"Harry", he said and hugged me back, breaking half of my bones yet I felt protected.

"Are you okay? I just heard what happened", he said.

"I'm fine, Hagrid", I said.

"I'm sorry, Harry. Should've known you'd be leaving for work now", he said.

"It's okay. Do you want breakfast too?", I asked.

"I ate already", he said.

"Okay. How is Hogwarts? I miss it so much", I said.

"Pretty dull. Nothing much happening", he said.

"That's a good thing, isn't it?", I asked.

"Yeah it is. You should be eating more, Harry. You look like the time I first met you", he said.

"I look that horrible? ", I asked.

Well, I hadn't been eating properly but I couldn't be that worse.

"Yeah", he said.

"Okay, I'll eat more", I said.

"Take care,Harry", he said.

"I'll, Hagrid. Don't worry", I said.

"Okay Harry. I'll see you later", he said and hugged me.

"Okay", I said and waved at him.

I ate breakfast, showered and bid Kreacher goodbye and flooed to my office.

"Good morning everyone", I said as I stepped down from the fireplace.

Ron, Neville and Malfoy were laughing at something.

"What happened? ", I asked, looking from Neville to Ron to Malfoy.

"Nothing. Just a joke Malfoy said", Ron said.

"Oh okay", I said and sat at my place.

Ron was a traitor, he was laughing at Malfoy's jokes. Ron was supposed to be my best friend not Malfoy's. But I tried not to be jealous as Malfoy had saved my cousin's life.

"Harry, Rookwood as been sent to Azkaban ", Ron said.

"That's good", I said.

"Is your cousin okay? ", Neville asked.

"Yeah", I said.

"Maybe you should give him a D.A coin. So, he can contact you quickly when he's in danger", Malfoy said.

"Yeah. That's a good idea. Thanks Malfoy", I said.

"When did Malfoy become so intelligent?", I thought.

Malfoy had changed beyond recognition. I mean his behaviour. Yet,I still couldn't believe it. The pain of Ginny leaving me was eating me whole.

"You are welcome, Potter. And I'm sorry for what happened, Potter. My mom just told me", he said.

"Yeah it's okay", I said.

"Do you wanna come with me to see Teddy, this weekend?", he asked.

"Yeah", I said.

"Ron and Neville, you both can  come too if you want", he said.

"I've already made plans with Hermione ,sorry mate", Ron said.

"I promised Susan that Hannah and I will take care of her baby", Neville said.

"Okay no problem", he said.

And all of a sudden, I didn't want to visit Teddy with Malfoy. He may have changed but you can't hate someone for seven years and then suddenly accept who they have become.