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ake up with each other before the holidays began, but perhaps, how, the
eak would give the ti to cal down, thk better of their behavior
but his hopes were not high, and they sank still lower after endurg a transfiguration lesn with the both next day they had jt ebarked upon the insely difficult ic of huan transfiguration workg front of irrors , they were suposed to be changg the lor of their own eye
ows herione ughed unkdly at ron39s disastro first attept, durg which he how anad to give hiself a spectacur handlebar tache ron retaliated by dog a cruel but aurate ipression of herione jupg up and down her seat every ti profe s r cgonagall asked a estion, which vender and parvati found deeply ag and which reduced herione to the ver of tears aga she raced out of the cssroo on the bell, leavg half her thgs behd harry, decidg that her need was greater than ron39s jt now, soped up her reag po ssessions and followed her
he fally tracked her down as she erd fro a girl39s bathroo on the floor below she was aopanied by na lovegood, who was pattg her vaguely on the back
”oh, hello, harry , ” said na ” d id you know one of your eye
ows is
ight yellow?”
”hi, na herione , you left your stuff”
he held out her books
”oh, yes,” said herione a choked voice, takg her thgs and turng away ickly to hide the fact she was wipg her eyes with her pencil case ”thank you , harry well, i39d better t gog”
and she hurried off, without ever givg harry any ti to offer words of fort, though adittedly he uld not thk of any
”she39s a bit upset , ” said na ”i thought at first it was oang yrtle there, but it turned out to be herione she said thg about ron weasley”
”yeah, they39ve had a row,” said harry
”he says funny thgs tis, doesn39t he?” said na as they set off down the rridor tother ”but he can be a bit unkd i noticed that st year”
” i s39pose , ” said harry na was deonstratg her ual knack of speakg unfortable truths he had never t anyone ite like her ” have you had a good ter?”
”oh, it39s been al l right,” said na ” a bit lonely without the da gny39s been nice, though she sped o boys our transfiguration css callg 39loony39 the other day --”
”how would you like to e to s ghorn39s party with tonight?”
the words were out of harry39s outh before he uld s the he heard hiself say the as though it were a stranr speakg
na turned her protuberant eyes to hi surprise
”sghorn39s party? with you?”
”yeah,” said harry, ”we39re supposed to
g guests, i thought you ight like i an” he was keen to ake his tentions perfectly clear ” i an, jt as friends, you know but if you don39t want to”
he was already half hopg that she didn39t want to
”o h no, i39d love to go with you as friends!” said na, beag as he had never seen her bea before ”nobody39s ever asked to a party before, as a friend! is that why you dyed your eye
ow, for the party? should i dye e too?”
”no” said harry firly, ”that was a istake i39ll t herione to put it right for i39ll et you the entrance hall at eight o39clock then ”
”aha!” scread a voice fro overhead and both of the juped unnoticed by either of the, they had jt passed underneath peeves, who was hangg upside down fro a chandelier and grng alicioly at the
”potty asked loony to go to the part y ! potty rves loony! potty uuuuurves looooony!”
and he zood away cacklg and shriekg, ”potty loves loony!”
”nice to keep these thgs private,” said harry and sure enough, no ti at all the whole school seed to know that harry potter was takg na lovegood to sghorn39s party
”you uld39ve taken anyone!” said ron disbelief over dner ”anyone! and you chose loony lovegood?”
”don39t call her that, ron!” snapped gny, pag behd harry on her way to jo friends ”i39 really gd you39re takg her harry, she39s excited”
and she oved on down the table to sit wit