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"what did he say?" Delphi asked
"Well...I don't dislike him" Harry admitted before walking off
"Are we there yet?" Delphi asked as they sat on the Hogwarts express, Harry and her had both chosen to leave Hogwarts for Christmas
"Dell" Harry said as he turned a page on his book while Shadow rested on his shoulder "you've asked me that twice already, do it a third time and Shadow will build a nest in your hair"
"But I'm bored" Delphi whined
"Read a book" Harry suggested as he read his own
"Books are boring and you keep looking at me like I'm an idiot every time I read my story books"
"Really? We're counting those wasted pieces of paper as books?" Harry looked at her with mild disbelief
"What do you mean?!" Delphi demanded
"I mean they're horrible, if a book is not supposed to be educational then it should at the very least be entertaining. The books you read fail at both"
"Just because you can't appreciate good romance" Delphi huffed and crossed her arms
"I'd appreciate something written by someone who's competent" Harry countered "and if you can't read a book then do something else"
"Like what?" Delphi asked
"I don't know" Harry sighed "get on the floor and do push ups"
"No"
"Then get on the floor and do sit ups"
"No"
"Draw something"
"I don't have anything to do that with"
"Look out the window and appreciate the scenery"
"That got boring an hour ago"
"Just close your eyes and day dream about something"
"Like what?"
"How am I supposed to know? They're your damn dreams"
"Oh, hi guys" Fay opened the compartment door
"Fay!" Delphi squealed and jumped up, pulling the girl into a hug "Are you sitting with someone?"
"Not really" Fay said
"Then you're sitting with us" Delphi declared "I am bored and I need someone to talk to"
"Oh but I..." Fay was about to object when Harry interrupted
"Don't bother arguing" He said as he turned the page on his book "she'll get what she wants one way or another. Now please go and get your things, come back and settle here. If you don't then I'll either have to get them or we'll both go to your compartment and I don't have the required effort for either of those options"
"Fine" Fay agreed "I'll get my stuff and I'll be back"
"Glad I have someone to talk to" Delphi sat down, giving Harry a pointed look
"You already had someone else to talk to" Harry responded
"Who?" Delphi blinked
"Shadow isn't on my shoulder for decoration" Harry replied
"Yes but unlike you I can't understand Shadow, no offence Shadow" She added the last part to the bird who seemed to be trying to channel Harry as he seemed rather unbothered
"True, but surely you have more friends than me and Fay. What about that Ginger girl?"
"You mean Hermione 'Granger'?" Delphi asked "Well I think she wanted to be friends but I told her that I would be hanging out with you a lot, she said she'd eventually try and talk to you but evidently she hasn't done that yet. I don't know how Fay feels about her"
"Feels about who?" Fay asked as she returned with all of her stuff
"Hermione" Delphi answered
"Oh...well...she's alright" Fay said slowly while putting her stuff away, her hesitation was a rather big indicator that Hermione Granger was not actually 'alright'
"Define 'alright'" Harry ordered without looking away from his book "and do it honestly or I'll hit you with my shoe"
"I mean, she's smart and all but she's not exactly the easiest person to get along with. After the troll incident me and a few other Gryffindor's tried getting along with her, we really did. But she has this problem of criticising us whenever we do anything she doesn't like or if we do it differently even if it works. Like she just wants us to spend all of our time studying, now that might work for her but she doesn't understand that it doesn't work for us. I mean whenever someone talks about quidditch or make up or something like that then she looks at us like we're idiots. She'll scoff, say it's a waste of time and tell us to study"
"She can't be that bad" Delphi said
"Oh yeah?" Fay raised an eyebrow "last month a few Gryffindor boys were doing their homework, they had finished and was about to put it away. I was nearly done too. Hermione saw us, she snatched the boys homework without asking so she could see how well they did and then did the same with me. She then basically demanded that we copy out her work as it was obviously much better. I mean, I know she's smarter than us but she doesn't have to keep looking at us like we're dumb and ordering us about. We've all been trying, we really have but she just isn't changing. Some of the girls even told her to her face what the problem was but she got emotional halfway through and ran off, she came back later and the next day she goes back to exactly before, it's like she's hoping to prove us wrong or something. I really don't know what to do to her"
"Punch her in the face" Harry suggested
"Harry, don't suggest stupid things" Delphi said
"Punch her in the face twice" Harry amended "add a kick for good luck"
"That's not better" Delphi glared at him
"Well" Harry shrugged "I tried"
"Yeah, very helpful" Fay said sarcastically
"Look" Harry sighed in annoyance "she'll either grow up and realise that other people are different to her or she'll be left alone. You can only do so much, you've tried and if she'd not going to do the same then stop wasting your time. I mean look at me, I despise social activity yet here I am attempting to help you with your problems. Tell her to compromise and stop acting like everyone else is below her or tell her to shove off, it's really rather simple"
"That...is...rather simple" Fay reluctantly admitted "but we don't want to hurt her feelings"
"With what you're describing, I can predict that they're going to get hurt sooner or later" Harry turned the book page again "either put up with her behaviour for the next seven years or make things clear now and work from there. If you do the first then sooner or later someone's going to hit their breaking point, if you do the second then she'll be more understanding and less bossy or she can enjoy life with just books for company"
"A little hypocritical, don't you think?" Delphi gestured to Harry who was still looking at his book
"Nope" Harry said "I have a raven, that gives me a friend and makes me a lot more cooler than her. Besides I look like I've been attacked by a dragon AND have social issues, if I can make a friend then she doesn't have much of an excuse."
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