026 - Harry Potter and the Really Awkward Holiday Planning [Written/Filtered from Draco - 70%]

[cruxofapotter]

[There are a lot of splotches and scratched out words starting this out. Harry's not so keen on divulging much information over the journals, much less personal stuff, nor does he like asking for advice. But how does this being romantic holiday thing work? You know, when he's not doing exclusive interviews for the sake of sharing one of his worst

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[sacrificemyself]

[Nooooot something he'd been hoping to see when he opened up the journal today.]

Wish I knew.

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[cruxofapotter]

[Sorry man, Harry forgot to add the brain-bleach.]

Do you have anything planned for Hermione?

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[sacrificemyself]

[Not cool, man. Harry doesn't get to be romantic, especially not with a ferret.]

Am I supposed to? I mean, it's not like we could have much of a romantic getaway in a place like this.

Not that we'd take one if we could, of course.

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[cruxofapotter]

[He can't stay young and innocent forever! Almost.]

I don't know. The last time I did anything for Valentine's Day was fifth year and that was a mess by any standard. It was some big deal to Cho so... maybe it's important somehow.

Maybe the restaurant?

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[sacrificemyself]

Well, Cho was sort of a mess by then anyway, if I recall correctly.

I think, if I'm going to do anything with her, I'd rather not go about in public. It's... easier when it's just the two of us. Less fighting, most of the time.

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[cruxofapotter]

Very much so. [Not that he blames her for being upset, but man was that a trainwreck.]

I think that's probably for the best. [He's surprised at the lack of fighting. Is that even possible?] I'll stay out of your way if you're around the house at all. But it's working out, yeah?

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[sacrificemyself]

[It's not so much a lack of fighting as it is just less fighting. And a different kind of fighting. Boyfriend/girlfriend fighting tends to have less screaming involved than friends-wrought-with-sexual-tension fighting.]

Best as it can, I suppose. I never really imagined it going on in a place like this, though. It feels... weird. Like it's not real.

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[cruxofapotter]

[That's a much more fun kind of fighting, as weird as it sounds.]

How isn't it real?

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[sacrificemyself]

I don't know. I keep thinking, if I went back once and came back without remembering it, well, what if that happens again? I leave and once I'm home, it's like none of this ever happened? And if I come back again, I've got to deal with the look on her face when she finds I don't remember....

[Yeah, this? This is why Ron prefers not to think.]

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[cruxofapotter]

I've been wondering the same myself. With you and Hermione, it's always seemed sort of inevitable. Certain feelings just aren't going to go away, even if you forget them. Maybe you weren't here long enough before or the memories didn't stay put for some reason, but you're here now and that's what matters. There's no way to know the future until we get to it, and we can sort it out from there.

[It's a really difficult thing to think about. Harry doesn't blame him.]

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[sacrificemyself]

Yeah, well... I just hope that if I do get tossed out of here, I've got a good enough grip on her so that she comes with.

... and on you too, of course. And Neville. Though I don't think I've got enough hands for all that.

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[cruxofapotter]

[There's a pause.] One can only hope.

It'll be a chain of wizards, sort of like side-along Apparition.