Later on in the year, roughly
'Right, the homework is to write a five page essay on the difference between the Draught of living death and a sleeping Draught. Anyone who doesn't is in detention for the whole week.' Professor Snape said, which was our cue to leave.
Finally, I was starving. I left the dungeons and headed up to the Great Hall.
'Erin- Hey, Erin!'
I turned around. Lee Jordan was jogging over. I rolled my eyes and carried on walking.
'Erin!'
'What?' I spun on my heel to face him. He looked taken aback at my aggressive tone.
'Can we talk please?' He asked. 'Please, just hear me out.'
'Fine.' I sighed, and we went to a deserted corridor. 'What do you want?'
'I want to know why we can't be friends. You're a Slytherin, but I don't care about that. I mean, yes, the rest of them are assholes, but you're really nice.' He said.
I raised an eyebrow. 'Was that meant to be a compliment?'
He sighed. 'Why are you being so difficult? I'm trying to have a civil conversation with you.'
'Fine.' I said. 'You know why we can't be friends Lee. You're a Gryffindor, and I'm a-'
'That's a crap excuse.' He cut me off. 'Go on, what's the real reason?'
Oh yeah, because I'm going to tell you that my dad followed you-know-who, murdered a whole family and got thrown into Azkaban for it, then I'll time how long it takes for you to run. I thought sarcastically.
'Look, Jordan, it's just the way things are. You know this.' I said wearily, running a hand through my hair.
'Erin, it doesn't have to be. We can prove that Gryffindors and Slytherins can be mates. Go on.'
'Okay then.' I finally gave in. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all. My other friends didn't know about my real identity. So what difference did it make if I was mates with a Gryffindor? Besides, all Lee had done from the moment he met me, was be nice to me.
'Really?' He smiled. 'You're awesome Erin.'
'Yeah, yeah, don't make a big deal of it.' I shook my head, but smiled too. 'But you're gonna have to call me Ezza then. Because it's my nickname.'
'Sure.' He grinned. 'Shall we go to dinner then?'
'Yeah, sure.'
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Authors note
Hey guys, apologies for the short chapter. It's a bit crap, I know. I'm going to keep doing time jumps because this part of the plot isn't relevant just yet, however, there is some significance to it, later on nearer to the end of the story.
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