Disclaimer: The plot is mine, the characters are not. (Hope you like it! It might not be that great, so bear with me! Please review, I'd like to know how you guys found it, seeing as this is my first chapter story. Thanks!)
Thanks to my beta for checking this!
The thoughts of the characters are in italics!
Standing in the Great Hall, Ginny was talking to herself, while everybody stared at her over their breakfasts.
'It's only the beginning of the year and I'm already behind schedule!' She thought frantically to herself. She then remembered that she had left her potions homework in her dorm. With a shriek, she dropped her bags right there, in the middle of the Great hall and sprinted up to the Gryffindor Dormitory, completely unaware of the amused stares of her fellow students and peers.
Everyone was amused, but they were used to Ginny's random panic attacks. In a way, she was kind of like Hermione, but not many people were that surprised, because everyone knew that she and Hermione were best friends. So they all resumed eating breakfast apart from one.
Smirking at the antics of the youngest Weasley, he shook his head. 'She was so cute when she was frustrated…wait…I did NOT just think that Ginny girl was cute…'He was horrified with himself, so he quickly resumed eating breakfast, looking up now and then 'not to check if she's back yet'. He saw the know-it-all of the Golden Trio pick up Ginny's things and walk back to Gryffindors table, laughing. He sneered. He hated the Golden Trio. Their happiness disgusted him.
Becoming very disgruntled, he stood up from the Slytherin table and left to go to DADA, which, not surprisingly, was with the Gryffindors.
On the way to the classroom, he bumped into a red blur, effectively causing both of them to fall on to the ground with resounding thuds, with his books and papers flying everywhere.
Ginny looked at who she'd bumped into, and groaned. 'Oh great. It's bloody Malfoy'. Suddenly, he stood up, asked if she was okay, pulled her to her feet, and gave her stuff to her and continued walking to wherever he was going. She stood for around a minute longer, staring in the direction he had taken, before remembering that she still needed to take her bags back from the Great Hall.
Draco Malfoy was beating himself up in his head, as he walked away from Ginny. 'Why did I have to help her? It was such a stupid thing to do...But she was really pretty when she was all frazzled-NO! She is NOT pretty! She is a Weasley. Malfoys don't associate with Weasleys!' With that, he strode into the DADA classroom.
Ginny bumped into Harry, Ron and Hermione as they left the Great Hall holding her bags. Hermione had saved her a bagel with melted cheese on top. With a grateful 'thanks', she ate the bagel happily, while chatting and walking with them. When the bell rang, they ran to their respective classrooms. Harry, Ron and Hermione ran to DADA, Ginny to Potions.
In Potions, Snape stalked in, sneering as always. The class fell silent immediately and the lesson began. Snape looked at all of them, still sneering, and told them, "Today, you are going to make a pepper up potion. The best potion will be awarded 10 points to their house!" There was a silence as the class tried to digest this news. He looked around and snapped, "Well? What are you waiting for? Begin!" And immediately, the class got to work.
The classroom soon turned chaotic with the competition between the Gryffindors and Slytherins, trying to make the best potion, so their house would gain points.