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Chapter Thirteen
Noah boarded the Hogwarts Express and went in search of a compartment. He bumped into Emma Jordan as she rushed out of her compartment.
"Hey, what's the rush?" he asked.
"Oh hey Noah. Nothing, I was just going to say goodbye to my friends. They're staying at Hogwarts for Christmas."
"So you will be by yourself on the train?"
"Yes."
"Would you mind if I joined you?"
"No, of course not. I'll be right back."
"Okay."
Noah stepped out of her way so that she could walk by. He turned and stepped into her compartment. Noah placed his trunk on the shelf. Since her trunk was lying on the ground, he picked it up and placed it beside his. As he sat down, Will ran past the compartment. A couple seconds later, the Wealsey redhead appeared in the doorway.
"Noah, did you forget where we usually sit?"
"No."
"Why are you here?"
"Emma's by herself. I thought I'd keep her company."
"Emma Jordan?"
"Yes."
"Your Graduation Ball date?"
"Yes, which is part of the reason I'm here. I want to know more about her."
"That's nice. So basically you're avoiding Hailey," Will concluded.
"No, it has nothing to do with her."
"Yeah, sure whatever you say."
"It doesn't!"
"Mhm. Well, I better get going. Have fun avoiding."
"I'm not avoiding.."
Noah couldn't finish because Will had run off. A few minutes later, Emma walked back into the compartment.
"Good, you're still here."
"Yes, I am. You sure you do not mind?"
"I'm positive. I'm glad you wanted to stay."
"Well, I didn't want you to be by yourself and we haven't talked in awhile."
"We've both been pretty busy."
Noah briefly thought about Hailey. "Yeah, well when it's warmer we can definitely go flying."
"You don't have to take me."
"I want to, remember?"
"Yes." Emma smiled. "Are you excited for Christmas?"
"Of course, I'm excited to see my parents and open gifts."
"Don't you have a brother?"
"Yes."
"Aren't you excited to see him?"
"James and I aren't that close but it will be good to see him. Sort of."
"Sort of?"
"It is a long story."
"We have a whole train ride for you to tell me."
"I don't want you to think less of me or hurt your feelings."
"Why would you hurt my feelings?"
"Because you fancy me."
"I think you are very good-looking but I don't know you well enough to fancy you. Plus, the little crush I had disappeared once I saw your girlfriend."
"My girlfriend?"
"Yes, the girl you're always with."
"We're not dating."
"Oh."
"Yeah, she's actually part of the long story."
"Well, start telling it."
"You sure you want to hear it?"
"Yes."
"Okay, you asked for it."
Noah began to tell Emma about his promise to James, his kisses with Hailey, and everything in between.
Forty-five minutes later
"So then she tells me both kisses are mistakes and that we're only friends," finished Noah.
"Wow."
"Why wow?"
"I would hate to be in your situation."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"What else do you think?"
"Well, is she worth it? I mean what if her feelings for you are just friendship. Then I wouldn't bother telling James."
"Why not?"
"If she doesn't feel the same then move on. Why cause any tension between you and your brother?"
"And if she does feel something more?"
"Then you two need to find out if it's something you want to pursue and if you do then tell your brother."
"So you think I should define things with Hailey before I tell my brother?"
"Yes, because if nothing can happen between you and Hailey than there's no reason to tell."
"Makes sense."
"Mhm."
"Thank you."
"Your welcome."
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Will walked into his compartment and sat down next to Leah.
"Where's Noah?" asked Hailey.
"He's in another compartment."
"Why?" asked Leah.
"Something about getting to know his date to the ball."
"He's with Emma Jordan?" asked Hailey.
"Yup."
"When is he coming back here?"
"He's not."
"So it's just Noah, Emma, and her friends."
"No, it's just Noah and Emma."
"Oh."
Will and Leah shared a look.
"Maybe he'll start fancying her," commented Leah.
"Yeah, they would make a cute couple," added Will.
"No, they wouldn't," declared Hailey. "She doesn't even know him. She doesn't know how sweet and sincere he is. She doesn't even know that he won't eat toast unless every single part is covered with butter and jam."
"She could always find that out," said Leah.
"No, she doesn't deserve him. He's one of a kind."
"Yeah, but I'm sure the way he eats his toast isn't a high priority."
"Well, she doesn't know that he loves ketchup but he won't eat sliced tomatoes. She doesn't know that he never wears matching socks. She won't appreciate him."
"Maybe, maybe not," stated Leah.
"What does it matter?" asked Will.
"Because it just does. She wouldn't appreciate how cute he is because his hair makes it seem like he just got out of bed. She doesn't even know how soft his lips are or how it feels when he holds you."
Leah raised an eyebrow. "Wait a minute. What do you mean how soft his lips are? Have you two kissed?"
Hailey nodded.
"This sounds like girl talk. I'll be back later," stated Will as he left the compartment.
"So how was it?" asked Leah.
"Amazing."
"Do you like Noah?"
"I don't know. Everything is so complicated."
"Why is it complicated?"
"Because of James."
"Do you still have feelings for James?"
"James was my first love. I'll always love him."
"But are you still in love him?"
"No, I don't think so."
"Then what's the problem?" questioned Leah.
"This would kill James and before we were together we were best friends."
"So if James wasn't in the picture, what would you do?"
"I'd be the one with Noah right now and not Emma Jordan."
"Do you want to pursue anything with Noah?"
"I think I do."
"Then you need to talk to him and then the two of you can talk to James."
"It sounds easy, but doing it is going to be hard."
"Anything worthwhile shouldn't come easy."
Will poked his head back into the compartment. "Are you two done talking about girly stuffy?"
"Yes," answered Leah. "Is that why you left? You thought we were talking about girly stuff?"
"Yes, I didn't want to hear any details."
Leah laughed at her boyfriend. "By the way Will, you owe me five galleons."
"Yeah, I know," he said grumpily.
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