Regrets & Realizations

Common Room Stories

Even though, as head boy and girl, Harry and I were given our own dorms separate from the other Gryffindor's, we decided it would be nice to spend the first night back in our old dorms. 

Currently, Harry was telling stories to the new first years. He said, he remembered how intimidated he was when he first came, so he decided to make them feel better. 

"But my best story is from when I was your age. A first year." Harry said and then gave me a cheeky grin "It's also the story of how I became best friends with my favorite girl in all of Britain." 

I smiled, and couldn't help but look at Ginny, who was pretending she didn't hear anything. 

"Anyways..." Harry continued to tell the story about the troll, and the first years couldn't have been more interested, gasping at everything Harry said. 

"Now, I believe it's time to get into bed everyone!" he said standing up from his chair by the fire "You have a huge day ahead of you tomorrow so trust me, you'll want to head up to bed before its too late."

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After the first years went to bed, some upperclassmen stayed behind until it was eventually just Harry and I, and a sleeping Ginny left. 

"Today was fun, wasn't it?" Harry said "Being around those kids reminded me of me when I was their age." 

He was currently spread out on one of the couches, playing with a snitch carelessly in his right hand. 

"I know. Crazy how times have changed, right?" I said and he nodded

"Hermione come lay down with me." he said moving over a little "It looks like when they were remodeling Hogwarts, they enchanted the ceiling of the common room to look like the night sky." 

My cheeks turned a bright shade of red, but luckily for me, I don't think he noticed. 

"Okay." I said and I cuddled up against him on the couch, only causing my heart to race faster, but I didn't have that much room so I didn't have a choice but to be pressed up against him. 

"That constellation there is Pisces." Harry said, his arm outstretched and pointing to a group of stars which looked like just that since I hated transfiguration.

"I'm a Leo, but Pisces is one of my personal faves because one time I had this huge homework assignment for professor Trewalney, and since you didn't take the class I couldn't ask you...so I made something up. Fortunately, I caught on soon that she would accept anything as long as it involved me being miserable in the future."

 I wanted to yell at him that he shouldn't be relying on me for his homework. With that being said, he also shouldn't make things up because he didn't know the answers. 

However, it was way past midnight and I was already half asleep, so I made a mental not to myself to remember to yell at him later for it.