✔️Azalea Hogwarts (Harry Potter Love Story)

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20th Century

AZALEA RAN BESIDE HERMIONE DOWN THE BRIDGE TO WHERE THEY COULD SEE THE OTHERS CONGREGATING. It was the next day and although the girl still hadn't spoken to Ron or Harry, It was almost a silent agreement that they had forgiven one another due to the circumstances. They arrived just in time to hear Harry speak in an incredibly determined tone of voice. 

"First we have to find a place that Umbridge won't find out" he started and Azalea instantly knew exactly the place: the room of requirement. She also knew that she could not just tell them about it, she had to find another way to introduce them to the room that had long ago been her bedroom. To her it was only months ago.

"The shrieking shack?" Ginny suggested as she ran to catch up with Harry.

"It's too small" 

"The forbidden Forest?" Hermione suggested and Ron was instantly speaking to disregard the idea. 

"Harry. What happens if Umbridge does find out?" Ginny questioned again and as always, Azalea said nothing. She decided to say nothing, she didn't want to reveal anything but she watched silently and was prepared to speak if need be. 

"who cares?" Hermione asked with a smirk which shocked Azalea to the point she nearly fell off the bridge. That was a very un Hermione thing to say. She always cared about the rules. "I mean, it's sort of exciting isn't it. Breaking the rules?"

"Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?" Ron laughed.

"Anyway, at least we know one positive thing that came from yesterday" Hermione smirked.

"What's that?"

"Cho couldn't keep her eyes off of you" Hermione answered and smirked at Azalea, she had purposely said it to try and irk the witch and they both knew it but Harry was too busy smiling to notice the exchange. The twins smirked at one another from where they were walking side by side with the little brunette witch between them. They looked down at her with their smirks and she merely frowned in return.

Once they had entered Hogwarts once more they headed back to their common room and Azalea instantly made her way up the stairs to her dormitory. She had had enough of today and just wanted to sit and looked through her photo album. She couldn't wait for the Christmas holidays so she could have a break from school. That was something she never thought she would say and she almost felt like she was betraying Hogwarts for thinking it but it was just not the same place anymore. 

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Azalea looked at the huge wall of decrees as Filch stood at the top of the ladder hammering one more into the stone. Azalea knew that this one was going to cause immense trouble for it disbanded any and all student organizations. That would include Quidditch. Harry walked up beside her and for the first time since their argument. He spoke to her. 

"That is so stupid!" he practically shouted but amongst the other annoyed voices, his was hard to distinguish. Azalea looked at him with a raised brow. 

"She is only doing it because she knows how angered everyone will become by it. She had absolutely no right to ban students from playing sports." Azalea stated and Harry looked down into her gorgeous brown doe eyes and in an instant, he felt as though he was melting. Never in his life had he felt so drawn to someone, not even Cho Chang. Right there in that moment, he wanted nothing more than to kiss her as blazing green eyes met warm brown. 

"Can we walk?" he asked and then nearly slapped himself for that being the only words he managed to force out, she completely jumbled his brain and he couldn't fathom what he was saying. He was embarrassed to admit that he was completely and utterly head over heels for the new girl. 

"Of course" she smiled, she had convinced herself that she was only accepting his apology because Dumbledore had told her to be friends with him but she knew deep down that it was more than that, she didn't want to be away from him anymore. Although his touch pained her, she wanted to be near him. Harry gently took her gloved hand and the two of them made their way outside the school, thankfully their lessons were over for the day so they were able to walk alongside the castle together. Azalea was shocked that even when they had reached their destination, he did not drop her hands.

"I just... I wanted to say that I am sorry. I have been thinking and I had no right to be angry at you. Not for going out so late and not for visiting Dumbledore, I see that now. He is your legal guardian. I was just annoyed because he was speaking to you and not me and I had no right to assume that my problems were any bigger than yours" that is when she cut him off.

"You had no right to assume but you still believe it don't you?" she asked and he frowned and looked down at the snow around you. "I do not blame you, you had no reason to believe that I even had any problems in my life."

"You have problems?" he was slightly concerned and she wished that she could just tell him everything that was going through her mind. "What are they? Can I help?" he wanted to be closer to her and he felt bad that she had issues in her life. But he also couldn't help but wonder what they were, she was one big mystery that he just couldn't seem to solve. 

"Everyone has secrets Harry" she whispered and looked into his eyes once more, they stood like that for an incredibly long time before she spoke. "We should probably be getting back so we can have dinner" she stated and they trekked back through the falling snow to the castle.