Life is Full of Surprises( Harry Potter love story) Part 36

It had been a week since the rumor had been spread and the only friends you had were the guys, which really wasn’t helping your case at this point. Even Hermione of all people seemed to be avoiding you a little bit, but then again you really didn’t blame her. All the other girls had exiled you and they would most likely do the same to Hermione if she showed an alliance with you. Plainly, this all just really sucked!

Rita Skeeter came out with another terrible article now terrorizing Hargid. It said he was a half giant and that he was dangerous and shouldn’t be a teacher. How she found out this information was beyond you, the only reason you even knew was because Harry told you he overheard Hagrid say it at the Yule Ball. You really felt terrible for Hagrid, but what made you feel even more terrible was that you were sort of relieved that kids were talking about something other than you for once. Unfortunately everyone lost interest quickly and soon resumed whispering and hating you. After a day or two Hagrid came back to class, which took everyone’s eyes off of you for a moment. But they returned just as quickly as they had left.

You were trying this new thing where you tried to stay away from the common room and dormitories and much as possible. Which basically meant you spend most of your time in the library or wondering the halls. And since it was the day before the second task and Harry had no idea how he was to hold his breath under water for an hour, he Hermione, and Ron spent the whole day in the library trying to find answers. As much as you wanted to help them find an answer, you really couldn’t take anymore stress and being with them was a huge ball of stress you didn’t want to take on. So you spent your day wondering the halls. Every so often a teacher would see you and asked what you were up to and depending on the direction you were in you would respond politely with the library or the common room and they would let you be on your way. As you turned a corner you smacked right into Colin Creevey. “ Oh sorry about that.” You mumbled rubbing your forehead which hit his. “ No I’m sorry I wasn’t watching where I was going, but I’ve been looking for you. Here.” He said handing you four copies of a photo. You looked down smiling at you, Ginny, and Hermione smiling and laughing right before the Yule Ball. “ Thanks Colin, I didn’t realize they would be moving pictures.” You smiled. “ Yeah actually I started using wizarding film and it’s actually so much easier to use then muggle film. It’s actually quite interesting-” But he was cut off by someone behind you. “ Naked pictures, are those? I want a look!” Blaise came from behind you snatching the pictures giving you a disappointed look. “ I excepted more from you, or maybe I should say less because I was hoping you wouldn’t have clothes on.” You grabbed the photos and stormed off not wanting to hear anymore. Blaise shouted something after you but you ignored it.

You walked farther away, only to be pushed against a wall. “ Hello there sweetheart.” Dave said his face inches from yours. “ Get off of me.” you struggled. “ I thought you liked it like this?” Dave smirked. “ I don’t know what you’re trying to get from me but your attempts are becoming less and less successful.” you snapped. Dave looked at the pictures in your hand and took them. “ Well isn’t this a pretty sight. Who are these too? I’m guessing the ginger is that Weasley girl you are always with and who is this? Granger? Well doesn’t she clean up nice.” he said having a conversation more with himself than you. “ Give them back!” you said. “ Here you can have these, but I want this one.” Dave said keeping one of the picture for himself. You didn’t feeling like arguing with him anymore so you took your pictures and left. You ran to the common room hoping to avoid anyone else. There were a hand full of people in the common. You walked past them quickly before they noticed you and climbed up the stairs to the dormitories and plopped down on your bed. The room was empty and for that you were thankful. You looked down at the pictures you clutched in your hand, see all the smiling faces made you cry. Everything had been so perfect that night and less than 24 hours after this picture was taken everything just turned to sh.t. You began to cry harder until you couldn’t cry anymore.

It was eleven p.m. and you sat in the empty common room reading. Seconds later the portrait hole swung open and you saw Professor Mcgonagall walk it. “ Oh good there you are, please come with me.” You obeyed and followed her out of the common room. “ Uhh, Professor where are we going?” I asked. “ To go get Ms. Granger, then to Dumbledore’s office.” You followed her the rest of the way silently. As you reached the library you searched each isle trying to find them. Finally in the back we found Hermione, Ron, and Harry pouring over books. “ Ms. Granger? Will you please come with me?” Professor McGonagall asked getting her attention. “ Uh yeah Professor.” I smiled faintly at Harry who looked like he was about to pass out. “ Good luck tomorrow Mr. Potter.” Professor McGonagall said as we exited.

You stood in Professor Dumbledore's office with Hermione, Cho Chang who you knew vaguely, and a little girl you assumed was Fleur's sister. You took another glance at Cho remembering that she was the girl Harry liked. She was kind of pretty, you thought but Harry could do so much better. Cho looked over from Hermione, then to you, looked you up and down and then gave you a dirty look. Whoa! Uncalled for! You officially did not like her now. She had never even talked to you before and she is already being rude. You turned your attention to Professor Dumbledore as he began to speak. “ The second task of the Triwizard Tournament is just a few short hours away, and for the second task the champion has an hour in the black lake to try and try to find something important to them, and that’s where all of you come in. I promise you right now that there is no possible way you will be harmed in participating in this task. If your champion fails to retrieve you, we will save you. So I ask you all to take this potion that will basically freeze you, so we can keep you under water. If you do not want to participate I understand and want you to speak up now.” He waited for a moment but we all stayed silent. “ Okay well good” He said smiling “ everyone take a vile and drink all of the contents of it.” You took a deep breath looking and at the little glass bottle in your hand. You tilted your head back along with the bottle and tried not to get sick as the disgusting liquid slithered down your throat.

You hit the surface of the water gasping. Naturally the first thing you did was start to panic, but then everything came rushing back to you and this meant Harry had saved you in the second task. You looked to your side to see the girl you thought was Fleur’s sister. “ Are you a good swimmer?” you asked her noticing the panic on her face. She shook her head no and you automatically grabbed on to her and started to pull her towards where the rest of the students were. You were always a good swimmer, so this wasn’t a difficult task for you. As you came to the stands several hands were stretched out to help the both of you out of the water. They pulled the little girl out first and right into Fleur’s arms, then you were taken out and wrapped into a warm towel by Hermione. “ Are you okay?” She asked. “ Yeah fine.” you said catching your breath and just realizing how cold it was. You watched as Harry was wrapped in a towel and walked over to where the other champions were. Even though he had finished last Harry was rewarded second place because he got to even first and he also saved two people instead of one. " Too bad she didn't just drown and do us all a favor." You turned to see Lavender Brown snickering behind you. " Just ignore them." Hermione said giving you a quick squeeze. You pulled your knees to your chest trying to warm yourself. It had just hit you how tired you were and the little comments you tried to not let get to you were making you upset. You were probably just over tired, but this was still not the time to get all emotional.

After you had gotten into dry cloths, you headed for your dorm to sleep. When you walked in Ginny and the other girls were sitting on a bed giggling over a piece of paper. You really didn't have to energy to give it another thought so you went to your bed pulled the curtains shut and drifted off into sleep.

You woke the next morning feeling well rested for a change. It was nice. You peeked out of the curtains to make sure no one was there and when it was clear you got out and changed, getting ready for the day. I was almost time for lunch so you decided to just head straight down to the Great Hall. " Well look who finally got out of bed." Harry teased as you sat across from him. " Oh shut it." you said throwing a piece of bread at him. As lunch came to a close Professor McGonagall approached the table. There was a look on her face that had become very familiar to you the last couple of weeks, the face of someone who was judging you. " Ms. Uhh Potter. You are wanted in the Headmaster's office, you are to go there at once." She said barely making eye contact with you. " Okay Professor." You said quietly getting up from your seat, trying not to look at the faces giving you questioning looks. As you walked past Ginny she and the other girls she was with started to giggle and watch as you exited the Great Hall.

" You wanted to see me Professor?" You said entering Dumbledore's office. " Yes please sit down." He said motioning to the seat across from him. You did as you were told and sat. " I am bringing you here today because the has been a letter, or more of a complaint I guess, sent to me by some students. They have informed me of your... promiscuity. They have said that they don't feel comfortable with what you are doing and wish you out of their living space, so they won't have to witness anything anymore." " This is from Ginny and those other girls isn't it?" You questioned interrupting him. " Who the letter is from is not important. I would like you to know that what you are being accused of is highly inappropriate and if there is any truth to it I want it to stop now. You are a good kid and I know this isn't like you. There is nothing we can do as of right now about living quarters, but if this issue continues we will have to make other arrangements." Dumbledore finished. You were too shocked to speak. Were you actually hearing what you thought you were hearing. Were they actually trying to kick you out of the dorm, wait it just hit you. That letter obviously went into detail about the supposed rumors... which meant the teacher, or some of them knew. You were horrified. No wonder McGonagall was giving you those looks, she probably believed every part of that rumor. " None of that is true Professor. I swear to you it's just a terrible rumor and I don't know who would want to start something like that, but they obviously did it to hurt me. Please Professor you have to believe me, none of that is true." You pleaded. He nodded thinking about everything you had just said. " Well then, if that is all you may be dismissed." Dumbledore said giving you one last look. You walked out the door as quickly as you could trying to hold back the tears threatening to overflow. You made it half way back to the common room when you decided that you really didn't want to see anymore ridiculing faces right now. You found a quiet hallway, sat down and began to cry. You let out every feeling you could possibly be holding in. Finally when you felt like you couldn't cry anymore, you dried your eyes and looked down at your watch. It was almost midnight, you couldn't believe you had cried for that long. You stood up straightening your clothes and started to walk back to the common room.

You whispered the password the the fat lady, who was less than happy to see you at this hour and walked into the empty common room. You sighed as you headed towards the girls' staircase. " You're back." You turned around startled, but saw no one there. Seamus stood up from the couch where he had been sitting. " Oh it's you." you said putting your hand over your heart which was beating fast. You walked over to him blopping yourself onto the ouch. " What's wrong?" He asked sitting back down. You realized your eyes were probably really red from crying so much. You told him about the letter and how they were trying to get you kicked out of the dorm. " And the worst part is that this means the teachers know or at least some of them. I can handle those looks for students but not from the teachers." It was silent for awhile and your head fell to his shoulder. " I'm really sorry." Seamus finally said. " Why are you sorry, you haven't done anything?" You responded look up at him. " I know, you just shouldn't have to go through all this." He said glazing into your eyes. You really liked Seamus, he was such a great guy. He was so sweet, and caring not to mention he isn't that bad looking either. There were just so many things stopping you two from having a relationship right now and it really suck. Times like this made you wish you and Ginny were talking right now. There was so much you need to talk about and it's not like you could go to Harry and talk about your feelings for his room mate with him, oh gosh that would just cause so much unneed drama. You stared at Seamus' lips which were getting closer and closer to yours. Until now, you hadn't realized how badly you wanted to kiss him or just be in his arms actually. He pressed his lips softly against yours making your lips tingle a little. You wrapped your arms around his neck and his wrapped around your waist pulling you closer to him. More passion was put into the kiss as your lips moved together for what seemed like hours. Suddenly you pulled away resting your head on his chest. " I'm sorry, I don't know what happened, I just-" You cut him off smiling. " No it's fine, really. It's just if anyone walked down here and saw us... I just don't want you to get dragged into this whole thing it wouldn't be fair to you." " Do you really think I care? I really care about you and that's all that matters." Seamus said lifting your head to look at him. Your hands moved to his face and you pulled it to yours. You kissed him lightly a tear rolling down your cheek. He brushed it away and started to kiss you more forcefully. His hands ran down your back and your legs then back up, where ever he touched feeling tingly. You both pulled away breathing heavily and smiling. " We should get to bed." You said standing up. " Was that an invitation?" Seamus asked with a smirk on his face. You laughed " No. I'll see you in the morning. Good night." you said kissing him one more time and then heading up to your dorm.