I woke in the ravenclaw tower, my roommate, Roxanne, towering over me. "Get up, Piper! Seriously! If we are late to Herbology again, we'll be scrubbing the dungeons all night."
"Okay, I'm up." I said sleepily. I stumbled out of bed, pulled on my robes, and brushed my frizzy brown hair hurriedly. When I got downstairs, He was waiting for me again.
"For Merlin's sake, Leo! You are such a stalker!" I said, half laughing and half angry. He had snuck up behind me and scared the daylights out of me. Roxanne watched intently. Her matchmaker skills had been trying to get Leo and I together for months. I didn't see what she thought was so great about us being together.
Leo left for class, and as soon as he turned the corner, Roxanne pounded me with questions. "So… When are you just going to put the pieces together? He likes you. Do you even see how friend zoned he is?" she laughed lightly. I was about to tell her off when Luna rounded the corner.
"Hey, Luna!" we called unanimously. She cocked her head at the noise like a puppy dog that had heard a command. She immediately made an abrupt U-turn and faced us.
"Hello Piper. Hey Roxy." She said dreamily. "Have you seen Neville? He was supposed to help me with herbology." Roxy tried to spot herself, but her matchmaker grin couldn't be held back. I rolled my eyes, and pointed to the library where I'd seen him last.
Luna dashed off in said direction just as we realized that herbology started in five minutes. We sprinted down the corridors, accidentally tripping over several first years along the way.
We arrived just seconds before being late. We sat routinely at a desk next to Leo's. He gave a friendly look my way. I hope he couldn't see by my facial expressions, but for some reason, I got that weird feeling in my gut. Roxanne gave me a knowing, mischievous look. I'm not that transparent, am I?
Class went by boringly, but as we left, one of our favorite people came by: Hazel. I know. I know. Who would want to be friends with a slytherin? Well, She isn't one of those idiotic Pansy clones, so what could be wrong with her. Sure, she can be abrasive, but that's okay with us. We're on her good side.
"Hey!" she shouted, enthusiastically. Roxanne smirked and about-faced. I followed. After a short conversation about mean teachers and too much homework (that's fifth year for you.), Roxanne decided to cut to the chase.
"Hazel, Please explain to piper why she and Leo" she stretched the name out, comically. "Would be so perfect together." I rolled my eyes and buried my face in my hands, but let out a few stifled laughs. Deep down, though, I was conflicted. He was just a friend, right? Hazel screwed up her face in a laughing smile, but she never audibly laughed unless it was unbearably funny. She gave Roxanne a high five.
I came out of my hand cave as soon as we reached charms, which we luckily had with slytherin. Professor Flitwick droned on about silencing charms, which Crabbe attempted to use. He got a good detention out of that, but I kind of wish it had worked. Roxanne, Hazel, and I passed notes throughout almost the entire class. We already knew silencing charms well enough. They aren't even on the O.W.L.S.
Class was over, and free period began. Guess who was waiting for us in the library? Our favorite little hufflepuff, Leo, was there. We wrote our own weight in parchment that day, but something kept me up at night. Leo kept looking up at some pretty Gryffindor across the room. She smiled back, and flipped her obnoxiously silky hair, flirtingly. My stomach felt another jab every time I caught him. Why did it hurt so much?
Alright, thats chapter 1. This story is made for IamPiperDaughterofAphrodite. If she doesn't read this, I will be sad, so a virtual cookie to anyone who tells her to read this story.