A/N: Happy Thanksgiving! :)
"You really do too much homework," my friend Natalie says as she plays Exploding Snap with another Gryffindor.
I peer at her from over my book and say, "I enjoy doing homework."
"Lies," claims Natalie, and she's right of course; I'm lying through my teeth.
I put my book down, "Fine. I want to get good grades- hence the homework."
Natalie smiles, "You'd manage to get good grades even if you didn't do homework. Plus, there's plenty of stuff for you to do rather than just homework."
"Like go out with me?" James appeared from nowhere, honestly. He leans on the table I'm working on and grins with a crooked smile.
"No, Potter. Get over yourself, really." I then continue reading my book.
He leaves, obviously, since I rejected him. It's the only way to make him go away. Unfortunately, I think he does this to concoct more plans and more ways that he can use to ask me out next time.
"You shouldn't be so harsh," says Natalie; I stare at her disbelievingly.
"Why shouldn't I be?" I ask, finally closing my book and putting it aside.
"Because I'll bet he's a great guy if you give him the chance to be."
"Potter? A great guy?" I laugh a little.
"Yes," says Natalie, smiling in spite of herself.
Sighing, I say, "If I were you Natalie, I wouldn't bet on me giving him a chance. At least not yet."
I then take my book and head up to my dormitory.