Two
"Just five more minutes." Pansy moaned not wanting to wake up.
"You've been saying that for the past ten minutes Pansy. Get up or I might even just leave without you."
Her eyes widened and she jumped out of bed, running straight to the bathroom to get ready.
Katherine laughed. Having already finished getting ready she sat down on the her bed and picked up a book to read.
After a couple of minutes Pansy yelled from the bathroom, "You're still there, right?!"
She laughed once more. "Yes, I'm still here."
"I actually worried you had left without me." Pansy emerged from the bathroom in her uniform.
Katherine placed her book down and helped Pansy brush her hair.
"I wish my hair was as long and beautiful as yours."
"It may not be as long as mine, but it is just as beautiful." She gave her friend a smile thought the mirror which Pansy was seated in front of and Katherine was behind her brushing her hair.
"Come on. The boys probably left already."
Pansy scoffed. "Please. Maybe Blaise, Crabbe, and Goyle, but I'm willing to bet that Theodore and Draco are still down there."
"Do you think they'll ever let me out of their sight while we're here?"
"Probably not." There had been a time that Pansy had been jealous of the attention Katherine got from Draco and Theodore, but quickly found it foolish. She too cared a lot for her and understood the boys' care for her. She was actually certain that Draco and Katherine would one day end up together if Theodore didn't kill him before that. Till then she prays for the day to come closer for her best friend to fall in love. Pansy was a sap for romance.
The two girls linked arms and headed down the staircase to the common room. As predicted the two boys stood waiting at the bottom. Even Blaise, Crabbe, and Goyle were there. They all smiled as they saw the two girls emerge.
"Come on. I'm hungry." Theodore called.
The two girls giggled. They all walked to the Great Hall for breakfast and to receive their class schedules.
"He was staring at you a lot throughout dinner yesterday" Pansy whispers quietly to Katherine so the boys didn't hear. They were now sitting eating and the boys had not yet noticed Harry Potter staring at Katherine once again.
"What did you say to him for him to possibly be looking at you this much?"
"Nothing."
"What are you two whispering about?" Blaise had finally taken notice in their whispers. The rest of the boys who sat in front of them with their back to the other tables soon raised their gazes to look at the two girls who sat beside each other.
"Nothing." They both said.
They all gave them suspicious looks.
"Please don't tell me it has to do with a certain Gryffindor boy." Theodore said.
"Neville Longbottom? Why could we possibly be talking about that involves him?" Pansy said remembering the boy that had lost his toad and found it near McGonagall and had been sorted into Gryffindor.
"Not that Gryffindor."
"Seamus Finnigan?"
"No."
"Ronald Weasley?" Katherine had joined in the game.
"No."
"Fred Weasley?"
"How about George Weasley?"
"Percy Weasley, the prefect for Gryffindor?"
"No. No. And no."
"Then who could we possibly be talking about?" Pansy said with an innocent voice. "Actually, who could we possibly be talking about that would be a Gryffindor?" She spat the other house's name.
"Hmm. I don't know. Harry Potter, maybe."
"What! Is he looking at you again?!" Draco turned in the direction of the Gryffindor table looking for him.
"What? Noooo. He's not even here" Pansy told them.
"What did you say to him yesterday?" Theodore asked his cousin.
"Well he bumped into me and..."
"He what!"
"Draco. It's nothing. It was an accident. Anyways he apologized and introduced himself, I introduced myself, and we went our separate ways."
"That's it?"
Katherine nodded.
"I swear if he keeps staring at you-"
"If who keeps staring at who?" Marcus Flint had moved next to Katherine and cut off Theodore's threat.
"Hello Marcus." Katherine greeted her old friend.
"Hey princess."
"Harry Potter." Theodore said.
"What? What about Harry Potter?" Marcus turned his attention back to Theodore.
"He keeps staring at Katherine?"
Marcus raised his eyebrow. "Don't blame him. You are a ray of sunshine." He smiled as he messed up the top of the girl's hair.
"You're not bothered by this?"
"Oh, I am, I'm just saying that I can't blame him."
Blaise gave a chuckle. Professor Snape, the head of Slytherin house approached them, handed them their schedules before walking off to hand out the rest of them.
"Well I'll see you guys later. Bye princess." Flint headed off to his first class.
"Come on, boys. Before we're late." Pansy said as she and Katherine had both started walking to their first class: History of Magic.
All five boys quickly stood up and followed them.
"That was probably the most boring class ever!" Blaise complained. Everyone else agreed.
"Come on we Double Potions next." Pansy linked her arms once again with Katherine's when Draco spoke up.
"Hey! Why do you get to walk with Katherine?"
"Because she's my bestfriend."
"She's my best friend too!"
"I'm her cousin, I should be waking with her." Theodore joined in on the argument. They continued fighting and didn't notice Katherine link let arm with Blaise's and walk to Potion and Crabbe and Goyle following behind.
"I'm her best guy bestfriend. I deserve the right to walk her to class."
"I'm her best girl best friend!"
"I'm her cousin! You know what. You had your turn Pansy. Now Draco and I will both walk her to class."
"Fine..."
"Great, now-where'd they go?" Draco looked around. The other two have confused looks and too noticed no one else with them. They all looked down the hall to see the rest of their friend walking to class.
"Wait for us!" They all sprinted to catch up.
"Why do you always do that?" They asked Katherine.
"Why do you always fight?"
They sighed. They entered class and Katherine had Blasie sit next to her which the others complained about.
"Oh no."
"What now Pansy." Draco sighed.
She jerked her head behind signaling the table behind them.
They turned their heads back to the front of the room and their fists shook and they glared at the wall.
"Really?"
They both turned at looked at their best friend in the eyes. "Really." She smiled and shook her head in amusement.
The door was burst open and Professor Snape appeared.
"There will be no foolish wand waving or silly incantations in this class. As such I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art of that is potion making. However, for those select few," he jerked his head to look at Draco Malfoy and Katherine Winters whom he knew to be excellent potion makers since he himself had started teaching them when younger. "who possess the predisposition, I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses, I can tell you how bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death. And then again, maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough to not pay attention!"
"Mr. Potter, our new celebrity. Tell me what would I get if I added powdered root of as asphodel to an infusion of wormwood."
Hermione Granger who sat beside Harry raised her hand, but Snape ignored her. Harry shook his head not knowing the answer.
"You don't know? Well let's try again. Where Mr. Potter would you locate if I asked you to find me a bezel?"
Hermione once again raised her hand but was ignored again.
"I-I don't know, sir."
"And what is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?"
Hermione kept her hand up high hoping he would call of her.
"I don't know, sir."
"Pity. Clearly fame isn't everything, is it Mr. Potter?"
"Clearly Hermione knows. It seems a pity not to ask her." Harry talked back.
The whole class snickered, even Katherine cracked a smile.
Snape obviously angry walked and sat in front of Harry. "Put your hand down you silly girl. For your information Potter asphodel in wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the draft over the living dead. A bezel is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons. As for monkshood and wolfsbane they are they same plant which is also goes by the name aconite. Well, are you all copying this down!"
Everyone rushed to write down everything he had just said, except for Katherine who had been writing it down as he said it.
Snape walked back to the front of the class and sat at his podium. "And Gryffindors note that five points will be taken from your house, for your classmates cheek."
Draco and the other boys snickered.
"Katherine!"
"Oh no. This is so not happening." Theodore grabbed Katherine's arm and dragged her away from the voice of Harry Potter.
"Theodore." She have her cousin a stern look. "That's not nice."
"But-" Katherine have her cousin a frown. "Ugh. Fine."
"What! No!"
"Draco..."
"Katherine." Harry had caught up to them.
Katherine ignored Draco's mouth hanging open as she approached Harry.
"Hello, Harry Potter."
He gave her a smile. "Harry. Just Harry. Anyways I wanted to apologize for yesterday-"
"Harry!" The group of Slytherins and Harry looked towards the group of Gryffindor boys. "Come one." Ron waved his friend over.
"Go on, don't want to keep your friends waiting." Theodore had stepped in.
"I'll see you later, Katherine. Sorry again about yesterday. I'll leave you and your...friend? Boyfriend?" He said uncertainly referring to Nott.
Both Theodore and Katherine's eyes widened.
"Excuse me?" Katherine asked thinking she had heard wrong. "Theodore is my cousin from my mother's side. Reason to why our last names are different." She quickly clarified.
Harry's eyes widened. "I'm so sorry!"
"Just go." Theodore had shut his eyes and pointed in the direction of Harry's friend.
"Right. Sorry again." He quickly left the awkward atmosphere.
"Did that really just happen?" Blaise asked with his mouth and eyes wide open.
"Yup." Pansy answered. Both Katherine and Theodore shivered on discomfort.
"Let's just get through our next classes for lunch to come." Draco said.
They all nodded and started walking to Herbology. This time instead of hooking her arm with Theodore's, Katherine hooked it with Draco's. Theodore for probably the first time ever didn't mind or complain.
Author's Note: Change of plans. I realized updating daily each week was unreasonable due to my busy schedule, so I've changed to be at least 1-2 updates per week in total for all my stories, so not 1-2 updates for each story a week, but a total of at least 1-2. This is actually my third update this week, so I'm pretty happy with myself. See you next week. :)
