'......' thoughts/the sorting hat
Three Summerville High students Dustin Perkins, Sam Mikkelsen, and Nina Curby are about to have their lives change forever. When they were eleven they were suppose to have gotten a Hogwarts letter but they did not receive it until a third of the way through their junior year. They joined the Hogwarts student body after the thanksgiving holidays and football play offs. After the play offs which they won and became the state champions. Dustin, Sam, and Nina became nervous about going to Hogwarts. When the day got closer to leaving Nina decided to try to ease all of their nerves.
"Dustin, Sam when we get there and sorted know that I am there for you. This means even if we're in different houses." Nina said with a strong and yet nervous voice. Both Dustin and Sam knew that Nina wasn't very out spoken. During classes Nina would answers the questions that she knows but would remain silenced. Only in one class did she say what she thought, that class was in Mrs. Soto's classes. The day that one of the professors came to get the three of them was on December 18, 2008. Two weeks before they went to all of their teachers to get all of the work that they needed to pass their junior year of high school. The way the Summerville High students saw it was that the three of them were going on independent studies for the year. The professor that came and got them was Professor Potter. He had the three of them grab a hold of a popped football. Within a few seconds they were transported to the entrance hall of Hogwarts.
"Ok you three wait here till I return. I going to let the headmistress know that you are here." the professor said kindly. The three of them stood there waiting. Dustin noticed something was off with Nina.
"Sam do you thing something wrong with Nina? She seems to be shaking." Dustin said with concern.
"You know Dustin your right. She also likes to hide what she feels when she's in school." Sam said slightly worried about here because now she'll be in a school environment all the time.
"So which one of us should go and comfort her?" Dustin asked slightly wanting to do it himself.
"I will unless you want to." Sam said.
"I want to and before I do I need to know how do u feel about her." Dustin said.
"All I want from her is her friendship." Sam said.
"Oh ok because I wanted to ask her out and see if she'll be my girlfriend." Dustin said. After he said that to Sam he walked over to where Nina was.
"Nina are you ok?" Dustin asked softly. As he said this Nina jumped then relaxed.
"Yah I'm fine. Why do you ask." Nina said even though Dustin could see that she was lying.
"Its just that I noticed that you were shaking. Look I know I'm a smart ass and when you were around ignored you half the time,but I always know when you around and what not." Dustin said whispering.
"Really in the journals that we wrote in for Soto's class she said that you had a girl in mind that you wanted to date and that you only considered me as a friend. Over the last couple of weeks I accept that fact. I wish I had the guts to have told you how I felt. You see I've really started to see you as more then a friend after listening to the Bret Harte game in my room. I was the same way as in knowing where you are in a class or on campus. The time I didn't know was when I stayed after school you and the football team were in practice jerseys." Nina said telling him how she really felt.
"Wow I never knew. Nina would you be my girlfriend? If I had known I would have asked sooner than now." Dustin said. Then she turned her back to him so he wouldn't see the tears.
"Yes Dustin I will go out with you." Nina said with a slight tremor in her voice. He decided not to say anything and walked up to her. He encircled her with his arms and kissed her left cheek. She turned in his arms and kissed his lips. Nina broke the kiss when she heard a door open.
"We're ready for you now." a professor's voice said. Dustin and Nina walked in together hand in hand and behind Sam. Both Sam and Dustin knew where Nina would be sorted into, it would Hufflepuff. While the headmistress explained why they were being sorted as first years and not sixth Dustin tuned it out and pulled Nina closer to him. He realized that her nerves were getting to her and that he needed to calm her.
"Nina calm down it will be ok. Relax remember what you told Sam and I the same applies to you from me and Sam." Dustin said just right before Nina was called up to be sorted.
"Curby, Nina" Professor Potter called. Nina walked up to the stool and sat down so the professor could place the sorting hat on her head.
'Aw Nina I've waited to sort you for a very long time. Let's see where you belong. Hum very loyal, kind, smart, and passionate. You belong in, Hufflepuff.'
"Mikkelsen, Sam" Professor called. Sam did the same as Nina, except he walked a little more confident.
'Aw Sam I've waited to sort you for a very long time. Let's see where you belong. Hum very loyal, kind, smart, passionate, and an artist. You belong in, Hufflepuff.'
"Perkins, Dustin" Professor Potter called. As Dustin walked up, he walked up with pride and the only thought was 'I want to be with Sam and Nina, I don't want to be alone in a separate house' when he got to the stool sat and placed the hat on his head.
'Aw Dustin I've waited to sort you for a very long time. Let's see where you belong. Hum very loyal, kind, smart, passionate, athletic, lots of pride, and bravery. Aw so you want to be with the other so be it. You belong in, Hufflepuff.' Dustin walked over to the House table and sat by Nina. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her on her temple.
"Why are you in Hufflepuff when you know you're more of a Gryffindor?" Nina asked breaking the comfortable silence.
"Because I didn't want to be alone away from the only people I know." Dustin said.
"Oh. I'm glad you're in the same house as me." Nina said. She gave him a kiss on his right cheek.
"So do either of you know if we're staying in the dorms or else where?" Sam asked.
"No, but I'm going to ask after dinner." Dustin said. As dinner came to an end Dustin, Nina, and Sam went to the headmistress office. Dustin and Sam followed Nina there because she read the Harry Potter books by which they all thought, until a couple of weeks ago a fantasy book. When they got there the three of them realized they didn't have the password.
"Fuck what should we do now." Dustin said slightly frustrated. He sat against the wall. Nina joined him and sat between his legs leaning her back against his chest. He automatically wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Dustin, did you bring all of your jerseys with you?" Nina asked.
"Yah why?" He asked.
"A thought accerded to me." Nina said.
"What is it?" He asked.
"You and I could wear the jerseys despite the fact that we're at a different school and it will show that we're now dating." Nina said.
"Ok let's do that because I don't want any fucking one taking my girl." Dustin said. Nina turn her head just enough to capture his lips. Sam had to tap them both on the shoulder so they would stop kissing because the headmistress was coming.
"Lets go and find out were we'll be sleeping tonight." Sam said to the couple.
"Ok. So where's the headmistress?" the couple said together.
"Right behind you." The headmistress said in a stern tone. "Follow me." the headmistress said. The three of them followed her. As they were walking Nina notice that they weren't heading to the Hufflepuff dorms but towards the Gryffindor dorms.
"Headmistress why are we headed towards the Gryffindor's dorms?" Nina asked knowing that it will raise questions.
"Before I answer that question answer me this how do you know that this is the way to the Gryffindor dorms?" she asked.
"Ummm in the muggle world Professor Potter's years at Hogwarts are published as a fantasy book by J.K Rowling. There, is also movies of the first five and working on the final two as we speak. Please don't do anything it will only cause trouble and expose the wizardry world." Nina said.
"Your right this is the way to Gryffindor's dorms but it also the way to the room of requirements. In this room you can create it to look like what ever you please so your more comfortable." the headmistress said kindly.
"Thank you Headmistress." all three of them said.
'I wonder if they informed our parents that we're going to be in a dorm room together. I know that I wouldn't have been able to share a room with two boys and not have hell to pay with my parents.' Nina thought. Both of the boys were thinking along the same lines as Nina.