𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓹𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼

08: da meeting - harry potter

You paced back and fourth by the wall, cursing yourself for not going with Hermione earlier. The secret DA meetings that was lead by Harry Potter himself had been the only thing that kept you from dropping out of school. Umbridge had made it a living hell for all of you, but she seemed particularly interested in making you feel bad. Giving you detention for the smallest things, not answering correctly or just justifying your wand that sat uncomfortably under your robes. Making you write different lines that etched into your skin, leaving scars. You absolutely despised her. But every time you came back to the common room Harry was there, helping you to wrap bandages around your hand, letting you cry against his chest, arms wrapped around your body.

Finally the large door appeared in front of you and you walked inside, students already waving their wands around, practicing a spell. You quickly walked towards Hermione who had conjured a blue shimmering otter from her wand, it wasn't complete, but you still looked at it in awe.

"That's your patronus! What's the spell?!" You asked grabbing your wand, smiling excitedly.

"Expecto Patronus, but remember, you have to think of a happy memory, the happiest that you can come up with. She said and you nodded with a smile, before thinking of a memory. Naturally, you thought about your boyfriend, Anthony Goldstein. You had been together for a year and you knew that he made you happy. You closed your eyes, thinking about his face, even though you almost knew that it wasn't going to work. You were slowly but surely falling out of love with him.

"Expecto Patronus!" You said, but only a shimmer of blue light came from your wand. A frown formed on your face, why didn't it work. "Expecto Patronus!" You exclaimed again, this time thinking of his smile, but the same results still occurred.

"Maybe you have to find a happier memory, you thought about Anthony i assume?" Hermione asked and you nodded. Only one person was left in your mind, Harry. You thought about that one time when you had rushed Into the common room after your first detention with Umbridge. Blood still spilling from the wound on your hand, tears gushing down your face. When Harry embraced you, comforting you, let you cry into his chest, his familiar scent filling your lungs, chocolate frogs, pumpkin juice and leather. When he said that it was going to be fine and cast a spell that lowered the pain pulsating on your hand. When you spent the rest of the night together, chatting and playing wizards chess.

"Expecto patronus!" You exclaimed and out of the tip of your wand came a blackbird, it soared through the room and landed by your feet. You looked at it in awe, and so did Hermione.

"Y/n, that's a full body patronus! And you conjured it on your third try!" She clapped her hands and laughed. "Anthony must be making you happy Y/n." She nudged you.

"Hermione, i didn't think of Anthony, i thought of...Harry." You sighed, looking down.

"Harry?" You nodded, tears filling your eyes. "It's okey Y/n, we'll sort this out." She said, wrapping an arm around your shoulder.

"Y/n!" A voice behind you called, you turned around and Harry was walking towards you, a smile on his face. "I saw your Patronus! Brilliant! Truly brilliant." He said, placing a hand on your shoulder.

"Yes it really was, and she conjured it on her third try!" Hermione said, flashing you a smile as your face flushed.

"Really, wow!" He said and smiled even wider. "Will you stay behind later, i want to talk to you."

"Sure." you said, flashing him a small smile.

"Brilliant! Keep up the good work!" He said before walking towards Neville. You lightly shoved Hermione who was teasing you, ooing and hooing at you. You tried to focus on the spell-casting, but your mind wandered to Harry and what he wanted to talk about. You turned around and caught Anthony's eyes, he smiled brightly and started to walk towards you. You quickly turned towards Hermione and said that he was coming.

"I have to talk to him, be right back." You said and walked towards Anthony who greeted you with a kiss before he hugged you. You couldn't help but to feel guilty as you didn't feel the butterflies like you used to do. "Anthony, lets go somewhere more private." You said and led him to the small bathroom in the corner of the room, you felt eyes on you, but you didn't know who they belonged to. Opening the door you walked inside, locking the door after Anthony had walked inside.

"Is something wrong darling?" Anthony asked, placing a caring hand on your shoulder. You sighed and grabbed his hand, looking into his eyes. It looked like he understood what you were about to say as tears welled up in his eyes. "Have i done something wrong?"

"No.." You shook your head, grabbing his hand harder. "I-I wand to split. And you didn't do anything, i f-fell" You stuttered, not daring to look into his eyes.

"Fell in love with another." Anthony finished your sentence, nodding his head. "I understand." You finally looked up into his eyes, seeing one tear slowly making its way down his cheek. "It's okey, it was good as long as it lasted." A small smile spread on his lips before he let go of your hand. "Take care Y/n." He said, wiping the single tear of his cheek before he walked towards the door.

"Anthony." You said, a couple of tears escaping from your eyes as you looked at him, he looked so..broken. "I'm sorry." You gently said, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"I know." He said, giving you one last smile before he walked out of the door, the feeling of the soft cotton shirt escaping from your hand. You stayed behind, letting a few more tears leave your eyes. The guilt and shame etched your entire body, you were so disgusted by yourself, and how you had broke his heart in two. After a few minutes you quietly left the bathroom, just in time for the ending of the meeting.

"See you in two weeks." He said and the students welled out of the classroom, you quietly walked towards him. "Oh hey Y/n, did something happen?" He asked once he saw your slightly red eyes.

"I broke up with Anthony." You said, looking down at your feet.

"Oh, I'm sorry Y/n." He said, placing his hand on your shoulder. "Did he do something or.."

"No, I've fallen in love with someone else." You said. "With you." You slowly looked up at him, only to see him smiling. "Wha-" You started but he interrupted.

"I'm in love with you, too." He said, now a shy look on his face, both happiness and relief came over you. You looked at each other before you both took a few steps forward and soon your lips met in the most wonderful kiss.