*A/n: My bud sent me this cool song called "Cold, cold water" by Mirah. It's…"Unique" and I love "Some Sinatra" by the Secret Stars. Ack! I am in PAIN! The sun burnt up my back plus I'm sooooo sore! Lol I'm soooo luvin the reviews, Anasazi. Lol.
Chapter 5: "Social Revelations"
Once again, Helen hadn't slept well. If this kept up she'd start to have bags under her eyes and THAT wouldn't be good. She started brushing her hair when…
"Damn! I still can't get over how some of the guys have changed!" Parvati gushed.
"Seamus and Harry grew, Ron worked out, and Neville! I could barely recognize him!" Lavender agreed, and then lowered her voice. "Did you see Malfoy?"
Parvati and Lavender exchanged sly grins. You know…the kind that girls make when they're thinking about a really hot guy.
*A/n: At least my friends and I do…
"Do you think he and Pansy have ever—um—done stuff?" Parvati asked in a hushed voice.
"No one really knows, do they? I mean…he's bound to have done some things. A lot of girls have been saying that, but has he actually gone all the way with any of them?"
Parvati shrugged.
"Have you guys seen Hermione?" Helen interrupted.
"She's head girl remember? She's got her own room and study, adjoined with the head boy." Lavender answered.
"OMG SHE'S SO LUCKY!" Parvati realized, "She gets to share a study room with Malfoy!"
Helen rolled her eyes and left the two giggling girls, to go to the Great Hall. When she got there Hermione handed her the schedule.
"You're late."
"Yeah, I—" Helen quit explaining when she saw her schedule "What shit is this? Double Potions first thing this morning? Then History of Magic afterwards?"
"Look on the bright side," Hermione chimed, "We've got Care of Magical creatures with Hagrid and Defense against the dark arts with Mrs. Baker."
Harry took a swig of pumpkin juice and looked past a couple of tables.
"Your friends seemed to have adjusted quickly."
Helen saw Paige chatting with Malfoy and Nicki with her arms around some 7th year Ravenclaw.
"I'll say they have!" Hermione yelled. "He and that bimbo kept me up all night with their oohing and aahing and I got so mad that I yelled for them to shut up and then they decided they were bored of each other and preferred throwing things at my door!"
"Want us to pummel him?" Ron offered.
"Or you can just give Malfoy a taste of his own medicine."
"How?" Hermione asked. Harry grinned.
"Well, you and I could go for a tumble and—OUCH I was KIDDING!" Harry yelled, rubbing the arm Hermione bruised, then ducking as Ron tried to beam him in the head.
"Cripes, what's the matter with you two?"
"Don't worry, I thought it was funny." Helen laughed.
"I didn't!" Hermione frowned, "Too many boys at have become promiscuous and it's only a matter of time before they start corrupting the girls and Hogwarts turns from a magic school to a house of whores."
"Hermione!" Ron gaped. "Where did this come from?"
"Don't act innocent Ron! I haven't forgotten what you tried to pull this vacation!"
"WOAH!" Harry and Helen shouted. "What happened here?"
Ron and Hermione exchanged embarrassed looks and insisted that it was nothing.
Harry was positively fuming and Helen was beyond words for the second time in two days. Was this going to turn into a love triangle here: Harry vs. Ron for Hermione's affection?
"I think I'll be making an exit." Helen said quickly before rushing out of the great hall. She looked back and saw Hermione, Ron, and Harry arguing. They hadn't even heard her leave. Helen shook her head and went to get ready for Potions.
~*~
"Instructions are on the board, along with your partners. The task will not be completed for another month. Put your samples in the back. Begin," was all Snape said before leaving them to their doom of making an Invisibility Potion. Harry frowned at the board. Typical. He was paired up with Malfoy. Ron had Crabbe. Hermione had Paige and Helen had Millicent.
"Listen, Potter." Draco drawled when Harry came up to his table. "I'm a bit tired from my very active lifestyle now, so why don't we divide up the work? You'll get the ingredients, chop them up, stir, and pretty much do everything on the board and I'll sit here and watch. How does that sound?"
"Sounds like you're off your rocker. What makes you think I'll do all the work?"
"Because I don't work well under pressure and I might just screw up the potion and blame it on you."
Harry growled. Malfoy was a top student (under Hermione and tying with Helen) and yet he wanted to escape work as much as he could, even if it meant ruining their potion. Harry looked to see how the others were doing. Crabbe kept poking Ron in the ribs with his wand every couple of seconds. Helen was yelling at Millicent.
"The potion calls for 'Spherically rounded Ivos'! Spherically doesn't mean circular!" Helen yelled. "Now we've got to start all over again!"
Hermione and Paige were also arguing.
"Hand me the Quail's feet." Hermione ordered.
"Get it yourself, prude." Paige yawned, kicking back in her seat.
"Since I'm doing all the work, I think the least you can do is hand me what I need!"
"Think again."
"I'm head girl!"
"Hun, you wouldn't know a real head if it wedged itself between your legs."
She said that at the precise moment the room got quiet.
"You wouldn't know what to do with one if it wiggled in your face screaming 'Blow me!'" Hermione snapped back.
Harry couldn't believe those words just came out of Hermione's mouth. Helen's maybe…but Hermione?
"Watch out, or I'll give you detention!" Hermione added.
"You wouldn't dare, mudblood!"
"Saturday afternoon, you'll report to Professor McGonagall."
"Like hell!"
"Fine, don't go then. See what'll happen." Hermione spoke calmly. Paige folded her arms across her chest and sat down in a huff. Everyone started to go back to their potions but Harry couldn't help but continue to stare at Hermione.
"You going to finish that or what, Potter?" Draco sneered. "And why do you keep staring at Granger? Haven't you done her already? Or anyone else for that matter?"
"Have you?" Harry shot back. Draco frowned.
"With the girls here? Hell no! Do you know how many diseases they must be carrying? Only the ugly ones, like Granger, are free from them 'cause no one would have sex with that—"
POW
Draco got knocked backwards into a desk.
"ASSHOLE!" he yelled, tackling Harry and punching him in the face. The two got into an all out fist fight and everyone else joined in. Screams, yelps, shouts, hollers, and howls sounded throughout the room. Spells flew from every direction and Snape was trying to disarm everyone. Harry grabbed Draco's head and tried to dunk it into the nearest cauldron but Malfoy knocked it and it flew and landed on top of some weird potion that was already on the floor which caused a loud POOF and the room started to fill up with smoke. Everyone's eyes started to water as they scrambled out of the room quickly.
They waited outside while Professor Snape remained in the classroom, doing damage control. No one spoke for twenty minutes, until they were beckoned back to class.
"Fifty points from Gryffindor for Potter's fight, and two weeks detention for disrupting the entire class."
"What about Malfoy?" Harry shouted.
"As far as I am concerned, Malfoy did nothing wrong."
The bell rang.
"Now get out of here!" Snape yelled at all of them.
~*~
"Complete bullshit. I can't believe Malfoy didn't get in trouble at all." Harry shouted, practically deafening them.
"All those years of knowing Snape and you're still surprised?" Helen responded, practically running to keep up with Harry and the others in their too fast/too furious walk on the way to Professor Binn's class.
"I can't stand that Paige!" Hermione said angrily.
"She's a bitch." Helen agreed.
"You think everyone's a bitch." Ron pointed out.
"Hmm…true."
Their History of Magic class was much duller in comparison to the high-tempered potions class they just had. By lunch Harry's temper cooled, ready to flare up again for the Slytherins during Care of Magical Creatures.
*A/n: I'm kinda worried now because I don't have any idea what to have the Care of Magical Creatures lesson be. Oh well…I'll come up with something! Ah, and tomorrow's my last day of Spring Break so I'm going to have to go back to the update-only-one-a-week thing. Okay bye!