Harry and his Brainy Girls

Harry and his Brainy Girls

By: Sheltie

I don’t own Harry Potter at all

Chapter 134: Parvati Patil

Parvati sat by the Black Lake. A frown marred her pretty face. It was the end. She’d be graduating from Hogwarts and entering the real world, but somehow the real world just wasn’t the right word to use. She had survived the final battle along with her sister and that changed her. She saw death and she killed. She was different now. Not many understood that, only those who were with her during the fighting and they weren’t too numerous. They lost a lot of good people, friends in that last fight. She remembered the clean up and how hollow the win seemed to be. She didn’t celebrate like many others. No, she found a corner and cried herself to sleep. That was when the nightmares began.

Images of the war plagued her mind and she only got a few hours of sleep per night. It was terrible reliving each moment, seeing your friends die and not able to do something about it. Those dead faces staring at her. They would never leave her.

“What are you doing down here Parvati?”

Parvati’s head shot up and her wand out, an old reflex from fighting.

“Easy Parv, it’s me, Harry” Harry said with his hands out showing he was unarmed.

“Oh, sorry Harry. I was just lost in thought” Parvati said feeling a bit embarrassed at how she reacted.

“No problem, I did the same thing, but I actually hexed Ron when he woke me” Harry said as he sat down next to her.

“You hexed Ron?” Parvati asked.

“Yeah, why’d you think he was walking so odd those few days?” Harry asked.

“That was you, I thought he pissed Hermione off again and she did something about it” Parvati said with wide eyes.

“No, but Hermione did compliment me on my aim” Harry said with a smile.

Parvati smiled too. A real smile, not like the ones she’s pasted on for the past several weeks.

“There’s that smile, I was wondering where it was” Harry said.

“What do you mean, Harry?” Parvati asked.

“Parv, I know what you’re going through. I am going through the same thing. It helps to talk about it. I’d have gone crazy if it wasn’t for Hermione. I want to help you if you’d let me” Harry said.

Parvati smiled.

“Thanks Harry, I appreciate it” she said softly.

“It’s nothing Parv, even though we’ll be graduating we’re still lions and you are still a valuable member of the DA” Harry said slinging an around Parvati’s shoulders.

Parvati looked at the lake and smiled again. She leaned her head and rested it on Harry’s shoulder as she felt him tighten his grip on her.

The future is looking brighter already the Patil thought.

End

A/N: okay, this one not much romance and more friendship, but I hinted at it in the end of something more.