It's on
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Glee. HP belongs to J.K. Rowling and Glee belongs to Ryan Murphy. I don't own the songs that will be sung, or played in this story either. The only things I own are my OC's.
Ginny was right. This was turning out to be a good day. She found the orchestra classroom alright. She headed to the nearest bathroom to unshrink her precious instrument. She loved playing. Music calmed her down at home when she was worked up or annoyed by her brothers. The only person Ginny allows to listen to her playing is Hermione. Once in a while, her parents listen to her, to know she's actually practicing.
They should know though, Ginny thought when she was unpacking her instrument. I make mum put a silencing charm around my room. The teacher's name is Mrs. Cooper. She was very nice and helped Ginny get caught up with all of the music and everything else. She's medium height, who always wears high heels; no matter if they're on boots or sandals. She's tanned skin with long, black hair and ocean blue eyes.
She smiled at Ginny and showed her into the hallway. "I can tell that you're going to be a quiet one, who doesn't like performing in front of an audience. That's perfectly okay. Just play me a scale of your choice and a short solo piece, so I know which section to place you in." Mrs. Cooper told her.
Ginny ended up doing a G major three octave scale. She used whole notes to show the teacher that she knew how to do vibrato as well. After she was done, Mrs. Cooper instructed her to play a short solo piece. Ginny complied and thought for a moment. What pieces do I have memorized? She had a fair few memorized. Ginny decided to play a song from one of her music books Hermione gave her from a Muggle music store. She couldn't remember the name.
The teacher was silent for a moment and then said, "You have great potential. I'm going to have you sit anywhere for right now. I'll redo a seating chart soon, so I can squeeze you in." Ginny nodded, smiling and followed the teacher back inside.
Once everyone was seated, Ginny looked around to see where she could sit. In the back of the first violin section was a girl who didn't have a partner. She was short with blonde hair that reached her shoulders. She had freckles on her nose and cheeks. Ginny decided to sit with her.
Grabbing a pencil, her music, and everything else, Ginny climbed the short staircase that leads to the stage. She walked over to where the girl was sitting and placed her music and pencil on the stand. The girl jumped and looked at her.
"I'm sorry about that. I'm Ginny," Ginny sat down and held out her hand.
"I'm Anna. Are you new?" Anna asked. She has really pretty green eyes. Ginny thought.
"Yeah. I'm a transfer student from Britain," Ginny told her.
"Wow! That's so cool! I've always wanted to go there," Anna said. Ginny nodded and didn't say anything. "What do you like to do, besides play violin of course?"
"Oh um . . .," Ginny thought for a moment. She can't tell the girl about magic. She'd get in huge trouble with the Ministry. "I like to study, I guess."
"Me too! I like to write also," Anna told her. Ginny nodded again. "Do you like to write essays? I don't."
"I agree. Essays are horrible," Ginny said in agreement. After a few minutes of talking, Ginny found out that she had a bunch in common with Anna. Both of their favorite colors are red, they both like reading, they both like sports (but not the same sports), and they're both not an only child. Ginny has six brothers and Anna has five! They were becoming fast friends. Ginny's first American friend!
All too soon, class started and it was tuning time. By the sound of it, Ginny's was fine, but her stand partner Anna's A string was super flat.
"I hate using these pegs," Anna complained, turning her peg to find the right pitch. Ginny helped out by playing her A string loud for her. "Thanks." Anna said after everything was fixed.
"No problem," Ginny said.
Math and Spanish class were hard to get caught up on. Anna was in her math class, but not in her Spanish class. Anna offered to help with math after school, and Ginny accepted. She had never taken math class like the Muggles do. Algebra. Ginny wrinkled her nose at the thought.
Spanish is hard for Ginny. Her teacher's nice though. A man with brown, curly hair. He wore a button down brown shirt, a tie and a patterned sweater vest. His name is Mr. Shuester. While he was talking, Ginny just grabbed a book and started copying down vocabulary words that the class was currently going over. Her hand hurt from writing so much. For good measure, Ginny even wrote down previous vocabulary words. They might be on the final.
Ginny was glad when that class was over. Next was English and then lunch. In English, they were just reading a book. By the looks of it, they were about done with it. Ginny was excused from the book and the reflection afterwards because she wasn't here! She made use of her time and went to grab a book to read from a bookshelf in the back of the room.
Ginny read every summery on every book and couldn't find one good enough. Finally, she found one. Avalon High by Meg Cabot. She pulled it from the shelf and took it back to her seat in the front. She was half-way through, when everyone was told to write a page about acceptance in their journal. Since Ginny didn't have a journal with her (she'll need to get one), she just used notebook paper. Right when the bell rang, Ginny's stomach growled.
Please tell me that I'm not turning into Ron. Ginny thought on her way to lunch. Hopefully, someone she knew would be in there.
When she walked in, she saw no fellow redheads, no brown bushy-haired girls, or a jet black-haired boy. Ginny came to realize that she had lunch by herself. She was surprisingly okay with it, because that meant that she could meet new people.
She grabbed her unappetizing lunch, and went to find a seat. Someone grabbed her arm when she was passing. It was Anna.
"Sit with us!" Anna exclaimed, pointing to a seat right next to her. Ginny nodded in thanks and sat down. There were three other girls and one boy at the table. "Ginny, this is Jenny, Jack, Megan and Hannah," By the looks of it, Jenny and Jack were brother and sister. Same facial structure, same brown hair, and same brown eye color. Chocolate. Megan had shoulder length blonde, curly hair and green eyes. She had pale skin. Hannah had straight, short black hair, brown eyes and dark skin. "Guys, this is Ginny. We met in orchestra. Today's her first day. Get this: she's a transfer from Britain!"
"That's so cool!" Jack exclaimed.
"So Ginny, what do you think of America so far?" Megan asked.
"It's different," Ginny said. She glanced down at her plate. "What exactly am I eating?"
"A cheeseburger," Jack answered, looking at her weirdly.
"Do they have cheeseburgers in Britain?" Anna asked. (A/N: Do they have cheeseburgers at Hogwarts?)
"I think so, but not where I was from," Ginny said.
"Take a bite and try it," Jake told her.
"School lunches here are bad," Megan told her. "That's why I bring my own lunch." She was eating a type of sandwich out of a brown paper sack. Hannah was eyeing her with disbelieving eyes.
"Don't you ever get tired of eating that sandwich every single day?" She asked. Megan shook her head.
"Nope. And I never will," Megan said, taking a big bite of her sandwich for proof. Ginny laughed.
"So, what class do you have next?" Jenny asked Ginny, taking her attention from the two arguing friends.
"I have History next. Isn't it the last class of the day?" Ginny asked. She was sort of confused. There were only four classes on her schedule for today and four different ones tomorrow.
"Yep." Jack said happily.
"Oh! Speaking of that, I can't do after school today. I can do tomorrow though. Is that all right?" Anna asked Ginny.
"Of course," Ginny said.
"What are you doing?" Hannah asked.
"I'm tutoring Ginny in Algebra, so she could get caught up," Anna answered. Ginny heard Jack scoff.
"You know I'm a math whiz! Why don't I tutor her?" Jack asked. I don't care who does, just do it! Ginny thought.
"Why don't we all get together tomorrow and help her? That way we can get to know her better and help her catch up!" Hannah announced.
"I like that idea!" Ginny told her, smiling.
"Where are you staying?" Megan asked her.
"Oh. I'm staying with my friend Hermione's aunt, along with my three brothers and a another friend," Ginny answered.
"Full house then, huh?" Megan laughed. Then the others including Ginny laughed as well.
"Yeah, but I'm used to it," Ginny said. They stared at her. "I have six brothers."
"But you mentioned three before, why?" Hannah asked.
"Because Bill, Charlie and Percy are the three oldest and out of school," Ginny answered.
"Oh," All five answered.
"Who are the other three?" Jack asked.
"Fred and George are twins and then its Ron, and I'm last," Ginny explained.
"Awww! Ginny's the little baby!" Megan joked. Jenny laughed.
"Shut up," Ginny muttered, but smiling all the same. The others laughed.
All too soon, the bell rang, meaning lunch was over and class will be starting soon. Ginny said good-bye to her new friends and was smiling all the way down to her history class.
"Ginny! Wait up!" She turned around at the mention of her name and saw Jenny and Hannah running at her. "Wait up!" Ginny stopped in the middle of the hallway for the two to catch up.
"Yes?" Ginny asked.
"We have History with you! We thought that we'd show you the way and you can sit with us!" Hannah answered.
"Brilliant! Lead the way!" Ginny smiled and followed the two to their next class.
At the end of the day, Ginny met up with Hermione, Fred, George, Ron, and Harry to walk home with them. She was smiling when she saw them.
"How was your day?" Ginny asked, grinning.
"Okay," Fred answered. He caught her smile. "What got you all smiley?"
"Oh nothing!" Ginny exclaimed still smiling.
"Hey Ginny!" Once again, she turned over her shoulder at her name. It was Anna this time. She sprinted over to Ginny. "Are we still on tomorrow?"
"Of course. My studies are important to me," Ginny answered.
"I know," Anna said, panting a bit.
"You and everyone coming can walk home with us," Ginny said, gesturing to the people behind her.
"That's great! See you tomorrow!" Anna ran back to walk home with Jack and Jenny.
"Who's that?" Harry asked.
"That was Anna. We met in orchestra this morning," Ginny answered.
"Since when did you play an instrument?" George asked.
"Since basically forever. I had my door closed and mum put silencing charms on it." Ginny explained.
"Why?"
"I don't like an audience," Ginny said shortly, like that was the end of the discussion. "Let's just head home."
"Brilliant. I'm tired," Ron said and to prove his point, he yawned.
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