Falling For You
By Rebbie

"You're just afraid!" I stopped at his words, heat rising into my face. How dare he. I couldn't retort. I couldn't turn and let him see the tears on my face, nor could I speak and let him her my pain in my voice. So, he continued, "You're afraid, because every night you start thinking about it, about us. You're afraid because you're falling in love and there's nothing you can do about it. You can't help what's happening to you, I know, but its okay. Neither can I."

It was true, I did love him. But did he mean that he loved me too? Maybe you're wondering how I got into this position, how I fell in love. Well, I'll start at the beginning, when things first started to happen.

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I looked at my star chart and groaned. "I can't think of anything else, Harry." I said as I looked up at him. "She can't expect us to do so much."

Harry shook his head and smiled at me. "I'm done. I just finished mine." I glared at him then let my head drop onto the table. "Oh, cheer up mate. I still have all of that extra work that Snape gave me to do." This helped a little, at least I wouldn't be alone.

The minutes slipped by quickly and my stress grew. It was getting so late. The common room was soon completely empty except for Harry and me.

"Done!" Harry cried suddenly, with a hint of triumph in his voice. He threw his quill down and stuck his tongue out at the parchment he'd been working on. "Take that Snape. How are you doing Ron? You done yet?"

I couldn't help but smile at him, even though my own work had me a bit depressed. "I only have one left to do, but my mind's gone completely blank. Good lord, it's late." I said feeling like it would be a good time to burst into tears, caused by frustration.

Harry looked at me thoughtfully for a few seconds. Then a pleased look came across his face and he grinned. "I've got one. Write this down," he said. I put my quill to the parchment, ready to write his suggestion down. "Due to the positions of Mars and Jupiter, you will find yourself unexpectedly attracted to someone that you despise."

I smiled. "Good one, Harry." I put my quill down and closed my ink bottle. "That takes care of homework. What do you say we get some sleep now?"

He grinned at me cheerfully. "Sounds good to me."

"Okay. Let's go now, before I find myself 'unexpectedly attracted' to Parkinson or something." I said playfully. Harry laughed and nodded. Then we made our way up the stairway and into our dormitory for a bit of well-deserved rest.

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