Leigh Chapter 2

I was starting to walk down to breakfast, expecting Harry to be sitting there waiting for me. Before I could wave hi to him, Will grabbed my arm.

“Will you come and sit with me today?” he asked, extremely sweetly.

“Oh, how can I say no to you Will, but I’m getting my schedule today, so I’ll sit at lunch.” I replied.

Suddenly I felt something slip onto my thumb. “This is a reminder.” Will said, and kissed me on the cheek.

I felt flushed as I sat at Gryffindor. Harry, who had seen the whole thing, said coldly, “You’re really not supposed to socialize with the Slytherins.

“Oh, that really doesn’t matter since we’ve been going out even before we came here.”

Katie appeared behind Harry’s head, smiling foolishly.

“He he, hey Harry, how are you doing, do you-er-like the breakfast this morning, quite tasteful if I do say so myself.” She slid in between me and Harry.

“Smooth.” I whispered in her ear, and she blushed heavily.

Harry looked extremely uncomfortable as Katie rambled on and on about the strawberry jam filled Danishes. I seized this short opportunity to steal a minute with Will.

“Hi Will, I’ve missed you.”

“We’ve only been apart for 20 minutes.” Will said amusingly.

“Isn’t that long enough?” I asked, sweetly.

“I guess so.” Will said smiling.

Malfoy glared at us from down the table. He seemed intrigued by the color of my robes and the ring.

“Leigh,” he said, breaking up the romantic moment, “your robes are gold and scarlet but your ring-“

“SO?” Will screamed, “I CAN DATE ANYONE I WANNA DATE! I COULD EVEN DATE YOU IF I WANTED TO!”

“Will, shut up, McGonagall is coming!” I said, poking him in the shoulder. He didn’t seem to notice.

“Don’t talk to my girlfriend like that EVER AGAIN, you good for nothing slimeball!” Will shouted.

“Mr. Zanelli, to my office, right now.” McGonagall said, approaching our table. I cringed as he sulked off behind her. Katie came over to the table.

“What happened?” she asked concerned.

“Will was standing up for me and being so sweet,” I said, stretching the ending.

Katie looked at me strangely and led me back to the Gryffindor table, where my schedule was waiting for me. Harry looked up at me tenderly. I slowly backed away, thinking of Will, Katie and how she liked Harry. I left and pulled out my secret stash of Junior Mints in pocket. I popped one into my mouth and let the relaxing taste of chocolate and mint. I entered the potions. I was the last one in and earned a glower from Professor Snape. I sat down next to Will and put my head down.

“Are you feeling okay?” Will asked.

“No I-I-I...” Then I felt myself slide off my stool and onto the floor. Shouts and yells then nothing.

I woke up in the hospital wing and my head started to pound.

“Oh no, lie back darling lie down” I did what I was told and started to get my used to the blinding daylight in the room. Then remembering what had happened I flushed. Oh great. I thought. The first day and I already passed out. Everyone must think I’m a sissy.

“You passed out from exhaustion you’ve been sleeping for 6 hours.”

Then I remembered that even after Harry told me to go to bed, I came back down because my dreams were filled with horror. After a while she let me go and I wondered down to dinner. Harry looked up at me anxiously. I’m guessing he knew, well he had been in my class.

“Leigh are you okay?”

“Sure” I mumbled. I spent the rest of dinner in silence. After dinner I went straight to bed. Again my dreams were haunted by the same strange white faced man…