Chapter nine: Christmas break

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"Are you going to stay here?" I asked Lisa, who just sat on her bed while I was packing my bags.

"Yup. We were planning to go home, but Molly and Arthur are going to visit Charlie in Romenia. That's way we need to stay here." she said.

"I could ask you to come with me, but I guess Lucius and Draco wouldn't like if you came. You know they hate the Weasley's and you are kind of part of them." I said. She laughed.

"It's fine. Harry is going to stay here too. It's probably going to be a lot of fun!" Lisa said enthusiastically, but I could hear a hint of disappointment in her voice. We both walked to the great hall and ate our breakfast.

"Morning ladies." Fred and George said after they attacked us from the back.

"I see you packed up?" Fred asked me. I nodded.

"I'm going back to my lovely family who has been dying to see me." I responded sarcastically.

"Can't you just run away? Like in those cool books where the character runs away from their horrible family and start a new life in another city or land." Lisa stated. I just chuckled and shrugged. I wish I could. The bells rang.

"Oh, that's my cue to leave." I said, noticing it was almost time for the train to leave. The twins helped me carry my bags.

When we were at the station, we said our goodbyes, which was kind of emotional for Lisa, since she is all dramatic and stuff.

"I'm going to miss you." Lisa said while giving me a hug.

"Oh, come on! It's only two weeks!" I said.

"Let's hope Malfoy doesn't kill you." Fred joked.

"We will pray for you to come back alive." George continued. I laughed. I gave everyone a hug, went to the train, looked for a empty compartment, and saw one with Hermione and Neville in it.

"Hey guys. Can I sit with you?" I asked them. They both nodded.

"We didn't know you were going home." Hermione said.

"Yeah. I kind of want to stay though, but unfortunately I can't." I said.

We talked the whole ride home. At first it was a bit awkward between Neville and me, but that quickly changed. We talked about plants for a long time. We found out that we had more knowledge about plants than Hermione.

"We're smarter than her!" I said while high-fiving Neville. I saw that Hermione was a bit jealous, but she laughed.

"Oh, we arrived!" Hermione said trying to change the subject.

"I'm going to try to send you a letter." I said to both of them. They said they were planning on doing that too. Hermione hugged us goodbye and left.

"Well... see you in two weeks, I guess." I said.

"Goodbye!" Neville said. I was about to walk away, when he grabbed my hand and gave me a hug. My face was warming up again. He let go of me and walked away. I had the stomach feeling again. That was unexpected.

I walked to Narcissa and Lucius waiting for me. Draco was already there.

"There you are! Welcome back, honey!" Narcissa said while hugging me. Lucius looked at me with a disgusted look. I ignored it and we walked outside.

The ride home was strange. It was completely silence. Normally I wouldn't mind it, but the silence was different this time.

Draco broke the silence: "Where were you at the train?". Did he really have to ask?

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