The First Look

37- His Sweater

*Layla's POV*

"I want you to have this.." Harry said

He handed me the red and gold striped sweater with the Gryffindor symbol/logo

"Harry, this is your-" I started

"I got a new one this year. I didn't want to waste it so.."

I could feel heat rising to my cheeks. As I looked at Harry, he seemed to be blushing as well

"You sure Harry?" I asked holding the sweater in my hands

"Yes I'm sure Layla, you're the only one I could think of to give it to" he smiled

"Okay, no turning back. This is mine now" I smiled "I should get back to Hermione before she kills me"

"I'll see you in the common room" Harry said waving and turning around

I started walking in the direction of the school. When all of a sudden, three hufflepuffs came up to me, my favorite Hufflepuffs to be exact

"Who's sweater is that?" Lizzie asked

"It's-" I started

"It's Harry's isn't it?!" Brianne asked excitedly

"Yeah.." I sighed

"Ced! I told you this would happen!" Brianne said shaking Cedric by his shoulders

"Will you stop shaking me?" Cedric said shaking Brianne mocking her

"Can I go back to Hermione please?" I asked

"Sure. Cedric and Brianne could do this for hours if they wanted" Lizzie laughed

"I'll see you guys around" I smiled

As I looked back Cedric and Brianne were still mocking each other while Lizzie was laughing. I finally found Hermione and Ron waiting on a bench

"Took you long enough- Who's sweater is that?" Ron said

"It's, um, no ones" I said quickly

"You don't play quidditch, who's is it?" Hermione asked

"None of your business." I said

"Layla." Ron said

"Fine! It's, um, Harry's.." I sighed

"Ron! I told you!" Hermione said

"Can we go to the common room now? I'm practically soaked" I groaned

"Okay, fine. Let's go" Hermione said

~~

After I changed, I walked back into the common room. There were tons of people celebrating yet another quidditch game won. Hermione and Ron waved me over to a spot. I ran over and sat down

"Harry should be here soon" Ron teased

"Shut it" I said sitting down

And just as I sat down, Harry walked in and came over to us after saying Hi to a few people

"So Harry," Hermione started

"Can't wait time hear this" Harry sighed as he sat down

"You gave Layla your quidditch sweater, correct?" Hermione asked with a smirk on her face

"And? What's so bad about it?" Harry asked

"You say 'And?'?! Really? You have her your quidditch sweater Harry!" Ron said

"Can we not talk about it? Layla is literally the color of your hair Ron" Harry said

"But this is a-" Hermione started

"We stop talking about you two all the time when you get annoyed. So, can we not talk about it?" Harry sneered

"Harry you gave Layla your quidditch sweater. We can't just stop talking about it" Ron said

"We are done talking about it! That's the end of it"Harry said

"Thank you Harry" I smiled

"Of course" He smiled back

"You guys are no fun anymore" Ron scoffed

"No fun? Okay, You guys talk about. I'll be in bed. I'm tired anyway" I said "Goodnight Harry"

"Night" Harry smiled

I walked to my dorm and heard Harry say "Thanks a lot!", then Hermione and Ron fighting with Harry as I walked off. When I got into my dorm I changed into comfier clothes, one of the items being the sweater Harry gave me. As I pulled it over my head I realized, it smells like him. I couldn't help but smile. When I looked in the mirror, the sweater looked 1size to big. I was a bit taller than Harry, but it was still big. As I walked out of the bathroom, Hermione walked into the dorm

"Hey Layla," Hermione said

"What?" I asked as I sat on my bed

"I'm sorry about before. Ron's sorry too"

"It's fine. But Harry had a point. We always stop talking about something whenever you or Ron start blushing or get annoyed"

"I know, and I'm sorry about that. It's just you and Harry have such a cute-"

"Enough talking about that" I said

"One more thing.." Hermione sighed

"Hm?"

"Do you truly fancy Harry?" She asked

"I mean, yeah.." I said

"Finally!" She said excitedly "You have to go to the ball with him later this year!"

"The ball?" I asked

"I'll tell you more about it when it gets closer," Hermione said

"And why is the ball such a big deal anyway?" I said messing around with my necklace

I still wore the necklace Harry gave me last Christmas

"It's the Yule ball. Whenever the Tri-" Hermione started

I gave her a look of confusion

"You still wear that necklace?!" Hermione said happily

"So what? Now get back to the ball thing" I said

"The ball happens whenever the Tri-Wizard tournament happens. The three champions,with the person they go with, dance first then everyone else joins in" Hermione smiled

"Seems fun" I smiled

We talked for a bit longer and went to bed. I was hoping Harry would ask me to the Yule ball or whatever it's called. Did he fancy me? I mean he gave me his quidditch sweater. But there's probably some other girl, who's way prettier than anyone has ever seen, the girl who gets all the guys, the girl who everyone fancies even if they are in an relationship, that girl is who Harry would fancy. Not me. I can fancy him all I want but he isn't going to fancy me. Well maybe he would? No.

"Layla. Get out of your feels and go to bed." I thought to myself

I didn't really use my blanket because of how soft the sweater was

~~

I woke up at 2am. I had a nightmare where, all of my friends and no one else did the three tasks of the Tri-Wizard tournament. And the worst part of it all, they all died. When I woke up, I was covered in sweat and breathing heavily. I guess Hermione heard me and woke up

"Layla you alright?" She asked rolling over to look at me

"Yeah, I just had a nightmare.." I sighed

"How about you go wipe off the sweat, get a drink, and we can talk until it's off your mind?" She said

I nodded and went to go clean off and get a drink. When I came back I laid down and started talking to Hermione to get it off my mind. After about 30 minutes, me and Hermione both fell asleep

<To Be Continued>