Angry Birds at Hogwarts (Year 1)

Chapter 5: Drawing

Red had been very stiff since they got on the train to head back to platform 9 3/4, so they could picked by their parents. Chuck and Red sat next to each other while Silver sat across next to Terrance and Bomb. Matilda sat on the other side of Chuck. Ever since they'd gotten on the train, Red hadn't looked up from his sketch book, which Chuck hadn't looked in. If he did, he'd see that Red was drawing him, looking out the window similar to the one in the boy's bathroom, and Red next to him. They were gazing at the sky and forest below, as they watched the sun set behind the trees.

The original idea for the drawing, which was the one he had started the day Chuck and Red talked in the bathroom, had been to draw Chuck riding a broom, but Red had changed it after that day. He didn't think he should show Chuck or anyone else, this wasn't really something you draw you and your friend in. After finishing the drawing, Red pulled out a small vile of his developing solution. The stopper was also a dropper, so it was pretty easy to put a single drop on the page. Red watched with the same fascination he always did when he got to this part as the drop spread throughout the entire page and seeped into it.

As the drawings began to move, Red noticed that their hands began to glide across the window sill and interlocked when their fingers met the other's. Red felt a blush rise into his cheeks as Drawing Chuck leaned closer to Drawing Red and whispered something in his ear that made Drawing Red laugh. The blush continued to get more pronounced as Drawing Chuck lowered his head a bit and....kissed Drawing Red's cheek.

"Ahh!" Red slammed his sketch book closed. Everyone in the train car room turned to stare at there friend in shock from the sudden embarrassed scream.

"You okay Red?" Chuck put a hand on his friends shoulder.

"Y-yeah! What do you mean?" Red couldn't get his eyes to meet Chuck's as stuffed his sketch book under his arm.

"You screamed." Silver stated, "and you're blushing." Red immediately covered his face with his free hand.

"N-no I'm not! I didn't scream either." Red let out a shaky chuckle, it sounded fake even to him. The image of Drawing Chuck tenderly kissing Drawing Red was still burned into Red's mind. He couldn't imagine the embarrassment he'd feel if any of them saw that, especially Chuck. Bomb gave Red a look.

"Red, you're acting-"

"Anything off the trolley dears?" came the gentle voice of the little trolley lady as she stopped outside their doorway, trolley full of mouthwatering sweets. Chuck let out an overdramatic gasp as his eyes lit up, making Red soft chuckle a little at how cute he looked. Silver noticed this and seemed puzzled.

"Six Licorice Wands, six boxes of Berty Bot's Every Flavor Beans, and six Pumpkin Pastries!" Chuck said all this while pulling out a small handful of galleons and sickles so he could pay.

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After everyone had one if each sweet that Chuck had ordered and thanked him, Red was relieved that they'd all seemed to have forgotten about why he had screamed. The rest of the train ride was full of lively conversation about their excitement for the Christmas plans. There was even a point where Chuck had done a silly impression of their egotistical Flying Instructor, Couch Eagle, and got everyone, including Red to let out enough laughter to get a few annoyed students to try and quiet them.

Sliver also noticed how Red was smiling, every so gently at her brother. He seemed to be studying Chuck with infatuation as Chuck rambled on about hoping to get the latest broom for Christmas. At first Silver thought Red was studying Chuck for another drawing. He had a tendency to try and soak in every detail of whatever, or whoever was the subject of his next drawing, but this was different.

Red gazed at Chuck with more then infatuation, Silver saw intense emotion behind the red head's eyes. Just by looking at his expression, also was able to see just how protective Red was over her brother too, and it put an idea in Silver's head. With the way Red looked at Chuck, it just seemed so obvious.

"No." Silver thought to herself, "This is Red you're talking about. He just cares a lot because Chuck was one of his first friends, that's it. Red doesn't feel like...that towards my brother. I'm just over analyzing, like I always do." Silver hadn't managed to convince herself that it wasn't what she thought. It was even worse when Red's smile grew when Chuck started talking about flying and getting really passionate about it.

"Just friends!" Sliver thought to herself a little louder, "He just thinks of Chuck as a friend!" She still wasn't convinced.