Chapter Thirty Five
The next morning there was a light skip in my walk and a love sick grin on my face as I made my way over to the Gryffindor table. Last night was my first ever Halloween party, a successful one at that, and to top the night off I had kissed a boy I really like. In teenage standards my life is bloody amazing.
As I approached the table I half expected to be surrounded by loud chatter and wild stories of last night's party, but I was surprised to discover that it was only Remus who was there. "Good morning." I said plopping down on my seat and dropping my bag unceremoniously on the floor. "What's got you in such a chipper mood?" Remus asked with an amused grin adorning his face. Before I could answer, a figure sat down next to me. It was Amos.
He was sitting sideways each leg over one side of the bench with his elbow propped up on the table, and his head resting on his hand. "Good morning darling." I blushed at the pet name. "Good morning Amos." That cute lopsided grin never seemed to leave his face. "So I was wondering, we could meet up later today and spend some time after the quidditch game. What do you say?" "I would love to." His smile grew. "Alright then. See you later darling." He said, kissing my cheek and standing up. I stayed there dazed until a voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
"Never mind, now I know why." I turned my head to look at Remus, I had completely forgotten he was there. "What?" Remus rolled his eyes. "I mean, now I know why you're so cheerful despite the fact that it is before 10 in the morning." I furrowed my eyebrows. "What are you on about?" Remus rolled his eyes. "In you walk with the biggest smile ever, while every other day you would be sulking and complaining about how inhumane it is for them to make you get out of bed so early in the morning, but suddenly a handsome lad by the name of Amos walks in, and there it is, mystery solved." He said. "Oh shove off Remus." He laughs.
"Nonetheless I'm glad to see you're happy. I told you this thing with Sirius would pass. It was just a silly little crush." He said it like it was nothing, biting off his toast. "Yes, just a silly crush." I said laughing half heartedly, but why did it stung when he said it? Brushing it off I smiled before asking. "Speaking of, where are the lads?"
"Prongs is once again trying to swoon your sister off her feet while Wormtail and Padfoot followed him claiming they didn't want to miss on what would probably be his fifth rejection this morning alone." I shook my head smiling. James Potter sure knows how to never give up, or rather take a hint.
As if being summoned an enraged red head, who made sure to sit as far away from this particular part of the table as possible, entered the Great Hall followed by three boys. Two of which were doubling up in laughter, and the other one who resembled a kicked puppy holding something in his hands.
All three of them sat down. "I got to tell you Prongs, you definitely made my morning a lot better." Sirius said, starting to put food on his plate. "Tell me James, why do you keep asking her if you know she'll say no?" Peter asked after finally being able to suppress his laugh. "Because she will say yes someday. I WILL marry that girl!" James exclaimed so sure of himself which only made his two friends laugh again. He turned to look at me. "I will marry her." He said in a whisper. "You believe me don't you Prim?" I smiled softly at him, taking his broken glasses out of his hands. "Of course I do James, but if she fails to see what an amazing lad you are then it will be her loss." I said fixing his glasses and putting them back on top of his nose.
"So friends, what are our plans after the game?" Sirius asked. James and Peter started rambling ideas before I interrupted. "I'm sorry boys but, you'll have to do it all without me." "Why?" Sirius asked, but before I could answer Remus replied. "Oh because she has a date with Mr. Handsome: Amos Digorry." James turned to look at me and started rambling like an old grandma. "Oh things are getting serious. Is our little Paws ready to fly out of the nest? Peter hand me that napkin will you? I think I'm about to cry." Peter chuckled and threw him the napkin, Remus just rolled his eyes at James's antics.
"You can't!" Silence fell over us and we turned to look at Sirius. "Excuse me?" "You can't go out with him." He said again, and I felt anger rising in me. "And why not?" I asked him, crossing my arms. "Because..." He looked like he was trying to find the words to say. I swear to Merlin if this boy says something stupid I'm going to turn him into a slimy toad.
Sirius didn't know what to say, even he was surprised by the words he spoke before, so he said the first, most unreasonable excuse that came to his head. "What about my birthday?" I rolled my eyes. "Sirius, your birthday isn't until the day after tomorrow. It's not like I will be with Amos until then." "But..." I looked at him waiting to see what outrageous thing he would say now, but it looked like he knew there was no true reason why couldn't meet Amos.
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"Did he really say that?" Alice asked. I had told her all about what had happened yesterday night and earlier today at breakfast as we walked to the quidditch pitch. "Yes Alice, and I find it quite odd. Why would Sirius say something like that?" Alice shrugged. "But who cares? Let's focus on what really matters. You kissed Amos and he seems quite smitten by you. Why keep overthinking it?" I shrugged my shoulders. "Maybe you're right." "Of course I'm always right." I rolled my eyes at her before dragging her by the arm. "Now come on, let's hurry, we don't want to lose our seats.
Making our way through the stands we found our seats next to Remus and Peter, who was kind enough to save them for us. Being the first days of November the weather was already very cold, but it did nothing to dampen down the excitement for yet another quidditch game of the year. Gryffindor vs Hufflepuff.
As always the game was exhilarating and nerve wrecking. Players wheezed by in their brooms, the quaffle being passed around teammates trying to score, all while each team's seeker tried to find the golden snitch. Sirius was playing with quite the determination today, even more so than when playing against Slytherin. Of course there's nothing wrong with that, except for the fact that Sirius only batted any bludger that came his way towards Amos with such force that it looked like he wanted to knock him off his broom. It was as if he had his own personal vendetta against him.
The game had been going for hours, the score was 300-150 in favour of the Hufflepuff team. The cold was getting harsher as the evening progressed and it didn't look like it was going to end soon. Just then the Gryffindor team managed to score one last goal before they caught the snitch, winning the game by only 10 points.
After the players had all left the field we started making our way out of the stands. Once we made it to the castle grounds I said my goodbyes to Alice promising her I would tell her all about my night with Amos when I got back. I walked past the Gryffindor tent, not bothering to congratulate James and Sirius like I always did, not even with Sirius shouting at me as I walked straight ahead to the Hufflepuff tent. As I arrived Amos walked out, he had exchanged his uniform for some simple trousers and a thick cashmere sweater that shields him from the cold.
"Hello there!" He greeted me with that damn smile that never left his face. "I'm sorry you didn't win." He shrugged. "It's okay. It was a good game, and if I managed to impress the pretty girl watching in the stands then I can call it a win." He smirked and I blushed at his smooth pickup line. "So did I?" I decided to play along. "Mm not sure. I believe she thinks you were average at best." "Oh really, because if I recall she looked like she couldn't keep her eyes off me." I blushed again. It was true, I was ogling him the whole game, but how did he notice I'll never know.
"So I'll ask again. Did I?" I decided to give in. "I would say she's pretty impressed." He smiled and wrapped an arm around my shoulder guiding me towards the castle. "Then there's nothing to be sorry for." I laughed. For the rest of the day I had a great time with Amos. We walked around the castle grounds until it got too cold to stay outside so we decided to seek warmth inside the castle. More specifically in his common room, where we talked about anything and everything and I laughed so much.
When it was almost curfew he insisted on walking me back to my tower, but I declined his offer telling him it would get him in trouble if he got caught on his way back. After a few tries he relented, but only if I bid him goodbye with a good night's kiss, which I did.
After solving the riddle I entered my common room certain that Alice is still most likely away waiting for me to tell her all the details. I smiled and shook my head, that girl sure had a lot of energy. Before I would take the first step towards my dorm a boy from a year below spoke. "Someone slid this for you under the door." He gave me a folded piece of parchment with my name written on it.
"I need to ask you something, can't wait until tomorrow. Meet me at the astronomy tower after curfew?"
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A/N
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