Chapter One
As Salma walked into the Great Hall and saw him, her heart quickened. The boy, the one she had been pining after, stood just ten feet away from her. He smiled at her, a warm, embracing smile and her chest tightened so much that she started to feel a little faint. Slowly, so as not to seem too deliberate, she made her towards his smile. Klaus was a little taller than her, although he had a small, almost feminine build. Without really thinking about it, he put his arm around Salma's waist and squeezed. Salma would feel the ghost of his arm around her body for the rest of the day. "You look great" Klaus said, so nonchalantly. "Thank you" she responded, at a loss for anything else to say. It was at this point that Klaus' best friend James came bounding into the room.
"Oh look, it's the love birds" James shouted so loudly that half the Great Hall turned to stare. "All ready for the trip to Hogsmeade then?" he continued. At this point, Salma was covering most of her face with her scarf to hide the redness so all the boys could hear was a slightly muffled "Shut up James". "Oh, you've found yourself a feisty one Klausy" James smirked.
"Oh, shut up James" repeated Rose, as she strolled coolly into the hall. She greeted Salma with a light hug and Klaus with a less light grimace. Rose was James' cousin and Salma had been best friends with her since they were twelve and met on the Hogwarts Express. Salma was distinctly quiet, until left alone with Rose. The two formed a kind of love for each other that they knew wouldn't be diminished easily. This is something that Salma has taken comfort in many times over the course of her six years in Hogwarts and it is something she knew she would continue to take solace in. Rose, however, did not share the same love for Klaus as she did for Salma. She described him as 'an arrogant ass with a major superiority complex who's really punching above his weight even speaking to you'. Salma would just role her eyes when Rose made these kind of remarks as clearly did not share this opinion.
She looked up at Klaus' beautiful face, almost lost her nerve, then asked "Shall we go now?". Klaus gave James an amused look, while Rose continued to scowl at him and then took her by the arm out the door of the great hall so that the four could begin their walk to Hogsmeade.
