Harry and Ron walked when they noticed something on the notice board. It said, "Valentine's Dance Next Friday" and under that it said, "Take a partner and be their soul mate." Harry and Ron exchanged confused glances.
"Is this why Ginny and Hermione has been chasing us around?" Harry asked.
"Harry, they were chasing us around before the dance notice was up," Ron said. "Also, why would they ask us to the dance if they didn't like us like that? It says 'take a partner and be their soul mate'."
"I guess your right. But why were they chasing us around in the first place?"
"They like us."
"They had 5 years to tell us and they waited at the last minute?"
"4 years for Ginny."
"Whatever. My point is, we knew them for a pretty long time and they wait until the last minute to tell us."
"Well, we have two choices about the girls."
"What's that?"
"We either have to marry them or move out of town."
"We have more options than that."
"Like what?"
"Uh, uh, uh, uh...give me a minute to think."
"You can't think of anything! Look, either we marry or we move."
"I think that we should shut up."
"Why?"
"Because our girlfriends are coming." Ron turned in Harry's direction to see Hermione and Ginny walking towards them. "Hi Harry Poo," Ginny said.
"Hi Ronniekins," Hermione said.
"Hi Ginny," Harry said.
"Hi Hermione," Ron said.
"What are you guys
doing?" Hermione asked.
"We were just looking at this flier that says that the Valentine's Dance is coming," Ron said.
"The Valentine's Dance? Ron, will you come with me?"
"Uh, sorry Hermione, but you see, I, uh, am not that good of a dancer."
"That's alright. Who said anything about dancing?"
"Sorry Hermione. I wasn't even planning on going to the dance."
"Neither did I," Harry said. "Ron and I will have a lot to do on that night. You guys can ask someone else out."
"But it says that whoever you take will be your soul mate," Ginny said while grabbing Harry's arm and resting her head on his shoulder.
"Well then, don't go."
"That's a good idea. I'm not going."
"Me to," Hermione said. Hermione kissed Ron and Ginny kissed Harry. They both walked away talking to each other. "I think that we took care of that very smoothly," Ron said.
"Let's just hope that they won't be back," Harry said. Harry and Ron heard a scream that sounded like Snape's. They ran in the hall to see that Snape did scream. Snape ran over to Harry and Ron and grabbed their shirts.
"SHE'S BACK!!!" he yelled. Harry and Ron heard Trewlawny's voice. "This way," Harry said pointing at the direction to the Gryfindor Common Room. The three ran that way until they got to the Fat Lady. Ron quickly said the password and the three rushed into the Common Room.
"Under here," Harry said pointing at the couch. Snape quickly crawled under the couch. Right after he did this, Trewlawny stepped into the Common Room. "Have you two seen Sev, Professor Snape?" she asked.
"Haven't seen him," Ron said. Trewlawny sat down on the couch and heard a whimper. She jumped up and looked around. "What was that?" she asked. Harry and Ron shrugged.
Suddenly, a black cat jumped out from under the couch. Harry, Ron, and Trewlawny let out a sigh of relief. Trewlawny shrugged and left the Common Room. "Wow Snape, I didn't know that you were an Animagus," Ron said. "What other things have you not told us?"
"I'm no an Animagus," Snape said from under the couch. "There was actually a black cat under here."
"Then who's cat is it?" Harry asked. Just then, Seamus walked into the Common Room, looked down at the cat, smiled, and picked it up. "Black Star, I finally found you," Seamus said.
"Now I know why it usually feels like a cat was on my face almost every time that I wake up."
"Thanks for finding him, guys."
"No problem," Harry said. Seamus walked to his dormitory. "He's gone," Harry said. Snape got out from under the couch breathing as hard as he could. "There is some stuff under there that I don't even want to mention," he said breathing hard.
Harry and Ron stared at him, shrugged, and took him out of the Common Room. "Oh Ronniekins," a voice said a minute after Snape left the Common Room. Ron recognized the voice and turned around to see Hermione smiling with her hands on her hips.