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Stormy Weather.

I only saw Fred and George at dinner in the main hall. Apparently they've been banned from Quidditch for life and so has Harry. Dolores somehow got permission from the ministry. It's unbelievable.

Draco was still in hospital and many Slytherins were muttering amongst themselves of why he might be missing.

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I legged it through the open corridors as rain came crashing down. Water came through the archways and pooled on the floor, making the bottom of my robes soggy. A flash of lighting caught my eye and I turned to see the glowing streaks zigzag through the air. 1...2...3...4...5..BOOM
thunder echoed. 5 seconds. 5 miles. I smiled, storms were always entertaining and I had no idea why some people found them scary. The lighting was beautiful and the thunder was like music.

I hurried up the stairs and crammed myself onto the window sill, hunched over hugging my knees. Hours passed as I watched the lightning and the clouds darkened in the distance. Lily was bundled in her covers, already sleeping. Lazy pig.

Everytime I was about to drift off to sleep, another crash of thunder woke me and I rushed again to the window to try and spot more lighting. The rain had stopped but the cloud glowed with lines of light.

I tugged a blanket off my bed and threw on a jumper that was wedged next to the wall. Running, I made my way up to the Astronomy Tower and collapsed on the floor with my legs over the edge.

1...2..BOOM. I giggled and gripped the railing, leaning out to get a better view of the sky above me.

"Don't fall over the edge."

I span around and Fred was just coming up the last step.

"Why are you up?" I asked.

"Storms kinda noisy, couldn't sleep."

"Same."

He sat down next to me, pulling the blanket over himself. "Is that your jumper?"

I looked down at myself and saw that I was wearing Draco's jumper. A deep green. "Oh, it's um Draco's."

"Right."

Another flash of lighting. "One. Two, Thr-"

Boom.

"What are you counting for?" Fred asked, confused.

"Tells you how far away the storm is. Doesn't it?"

"Never heard of it."

My eyelids drooped and I rested my head on his shoulder. Fred wrapped an arm around my waist and shuffled so I had more blanket.

"How you holding up with Draco?"

"Eh. I mean it's alright but I kinda want to kill him right now so..."

"Well I kind of want to kill him too."

"You tried." I pouted.

"I didn't try to kill him. George did."

"You still shouldn't have joined in. And you got Lifetime ban from Quidditch."

An owl dived past my head. I jumped and tried to move away by crashing into Fred.

"It's just an owl! Jeez! Ger' off." He laughed.

I layed there laughing as he tried to shove me off him. It ended up with me just lying down with my head in his lap. I was still laughing and trying to wipe tears off my cheeks, my arms made a feeble attempt to pick myself up.