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Chapter 6
So for the rest of the holidays, which was much like the Christmas dinner, uneventful and boring. We were on our way back to school and I was back to my normal self, excluding the part when I constantly bicker with a certain blonde. I'd been true to my word and despite living in the same house as him for the last week I haven't treated him as anything more than something in the background. Although I ignored him I did notice him acting very different and strange. He didn't try and annoy me like he usually would or go out of his way to piss me off and I swear he even smiled at me a couple of days ago!
The steam billowed around us as we stood around for the various goodbyes before we could get on the train. I kissed all my Aunts and Uncles present and hugged both my parents before stepping onto the train and joining the others in our normal compartment.
Half way into the journey and everyone else was joking around, playing chess or eating and I was sat there. Parchment spread out on the floor in front of me, quill in hand and tongue stuck out of my mouth trying to write a foot long essay on the effects of Felix Felicis and how it is made. I looked up to see Rose staring at me disapprovingly.
"What is it now?" I ask in a bored tone
"Why are you just doing your homework now?" she said sounding very much like her mother.
"Chill out Aunt Hermione, I just couldn't be bothered to do it at Christmas" I said. People sniggered when I called her Hermione and Rose's ears went red.
"Well if you were more like me and you did it on the train home..." she started before I cut her off.
"No one cares Rosie" I said before sticking my tongue out once more and looking back down at the parchment.
"You won't be saying that next time you need help" she replied but no one was paying attention anymore.
2 hours later I was finally done having written in extra bit handwriting to fill a foot of parchment. I finished just in time to look out the window with the others and see the first glimpse of the castle. No matter how many times I saw it, it was still amazing!
After a tiresome day I was finally tucked up in bed having girly talk with Rosie, Dom and Roxy. "Were you being serious about what you said to Malfoy?" Dom asked leaning over towards my bed.
"Yes, life has been so much easier without our constant arguments" I replied not looking up.
"Yeah easier but definitely not as fun" Roxy said interrupting Dom "if we miss your arguing you have to be really missing it!"
"Maybe he didn't mean what he said, that boy does have a short temper and we all stay stupid things when we are angry, you especially" Rose chipped in from the other side of the room.
"I suppose so, and I admit I do really miss our arguments" I said back.
"Well just do whatever feels right honey, we are your family and will support you whether you argue with him or not" said Dom. I smiled and nodded at her before closing my eyes and falling into a deep sleep.
"Evie! Wake the fuck up!" is what I awoke to the next morning.
"Well good morning Dominique" I said opening my eyes and blinking "how nice it was of you to wake me so fucking nicely".
"You better hurry up and get ready if you want breakfast this morning" she said pulling my quilt off and chucking my uniform at me.
"Erghh" I grunted before exchanging my comfy PJ's for not so comfy uniform. It was still chilly so I pulled on a pair of tights underneath my skirt which I hiked up to above the knee. I buttoned up my shirt, tied my gold and red tie and pulled a grey jumper over the top. To finish it off I pulled on my cloak and quickly pulled out my wand from beneath my pillow. I was in a lazy mood so I summoned my toothbrush and paste from the bathroom and sat on my bed brushing my teeth. When I had finished I pulled my hair up into a messy bun, picked up my already packed bag and made my way out the room.
I reached the common room and everyone had already left. They are always in such a rush I thought to myself on the way down to the hall. I reached the hall and squeezed myself in between Lily and Fred to eat my breakfast. They both said hi before continuing their conversations. I ate in silence not awake enough to talk to people. As soon as I had finished my cereal I woke up a bit and started a conversation with James sat opposite me about how boring history of magic is.
"What have you got today Evie?" he asked after we had finished slagging off Professor Biggs.
"Umm, I can't remember, hold on" I said. Holding up one finger to James I picked up a roll and lobbed it at Rose. "Yo Rosie Posie, what lessons do I have again today?"
Rose scowled shaking bits of roll from her red locks. "Potions then a free period then DADA then Herbology and then charms I think" she said over the laughter of the table."
"Thank you my gorgeous ginger cousin" I said flashing my biggest smile. I turned back to James and started to repeat what Rose had said.
He interrupted me by laughing. "Evie I heard, Rose is only sitting there" he said pointing two people to his left. Everyone who had been listening started to laugh and I simply shrugged before picking up more toast and shovelling it in before the end of breakfast.
"Come on Evie leave them alone now, it's time for potions" said Roxy from where her, Rose and Dom stood behind me.
"No I refuse to leave them!" I shouted causing people to look at me. I heard my three cousins sigh before they all grabbed hold of me and heaved me off the seat.
"Nooooo" I screamed as they dragged me away from the French pastries that had appeared towards the end of breakfast. Luckily I managed to grab one more before they fully dragged me away and spent the majority of the journey to potions devouring a chocolate croissant in silence.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Dom and Roxy both roll their eyes at my strange behaviour.
I shoved the last of it into my mouth. "Mmmm I love chocolate" I mumbled with my mouth still full. Dom grimaced, Roxy laughed and Rose handed me a tissue to wipe the chocolate from around my mouth.
"I love you guys" I said pulling all three of them in for a group hug as we reached the dungeons.
Still joined together and laughing we made our way into the classroom full of Gryffindor and Slytherin and over to our seats. I sat with Roxy and Dom sat with Rose behind us. Soon after we sat down Professor Sloan came in and I internally groaned. Sloan is the most annoying teacher in the whole school and she happens to hate me for no reason.
She swished straight into the room and up to the chalk board with her unnecessarily swishy cloak, flicked her wand and the chalk started to write some shit about potions. That was when I zoned out.
I was in my own little world daydreaming about flying with hippogriffs and eating rainbows when Sloan brought me back to reality.
"Evelyn Potter! Do you know the answer?" Sloan's unusually nasally voice screamed at me.
I groaned "umm to be perfectly honest, I don't even know what the question is, let alone the answer" I said staring her straight in the eye.
"Well maybe you should pay more attention in class and you might be able to hear the questions!" Sloan snarled back obviously getting angry. "You might even learn something which might come in handy seeing as you are very close to failing this class! What I don't get is how you do so well in all your other classes and then rubbish in this one?"
"It might have something to do with the teacher" I answered back innocently. She looked as if she was about to explode.
"We all know that that is not the case Evelyn as I teach both your brothers and your sister and they seemed to do well in this class. So why cannot you do the same? Are you the family dud?" she said getting increasingly angrier.
I stared at her with gritted teeth and said nothing more. "Detention tonight for cheek in class" she spat quickly in my direction. She swished towards the door "right class I want you to write down those notes on the board whilst I fetch some ingredients from the store cupboard and I expect it to be done when I get back" she said before disappearing.
"Merlin I hope she slips off the ladder in the cupboard and die!" I shouted and a few people sniggered.
Silence fell again as people hurried to get down all the notes on the bored. The chatter got louder as more and more people started to finish. Once I was finished I leant back in my chair, put my feet up on the desk and my hands behind my head. "Mmm sleepy time I think" I said to myself.
"Yeah that Lily Potter, there is definitely the makings of a slut there. She will probably be pregnant by the time she's our age. Although I can't say I wouldn't go there myself. Someone said rather loudly. The squeal of many stools being pushed back quickly filled the room. My eyes snapped open quickly. Albus, Rose, Dom and Roxy were all on their feet, wands trained on Devlin Zabini.
"Erghh Zabini, what the fuck are you on about, you've bedded most of the girls in the school and I bet you diseased most of them." I shouted across the room.
"You can shut up Potter, you are just as bad as your sister" he spat back at me. There was another squeal and I looked around to see Malfoy had stood up. I glanced at him in confusion before turning back around and lazily training my wand on Zabini.
"So do you want to take that back?" I said to him, staring straight into his eyes.
"Wrong choice mate, Malfoy can tell you what happens to people to don't apologise to me" I said. I smiled as Zabini shot a slightly worried glance in Malfoy's direction. Whilst he was distracted I point my wand at the nearest cauldron and flicked my wand so the large object flew straight into Zabini's groin and abdomen. He doubled over in pain and I quickly shouted "levicorpus" so he flew straight into the air and hung there by his feet.
The class was pissing themselves and my family were all smiling smugly. "that's what you get when you mess with a Potter you snake scum" I shouted at him before sitting back down at my desk and placing my feet back up in front of me.
Everyone had just sat back down when the door swung open and Sloan swished back in. "what in the name of..." she started when she saw Zabini. I subtle swished my wand and he was released from his invisible shackles and fell straight to the floor landing on his head.
Sloan immediately ran over to tend to him, making him lay still until Madame Puffin came along with a floating stretcher. For all that time the class was incredibly silent. Once Zabini was gone she rounded on us.
All she said were three simple words "who was it" but she said them with such intensity that most of the Slytherin's shat themselves and pointed at me. I quickly plastered an innocent look on my face and open and shut my mouth in fake shock.
"What me?" I said innocently.
"Stop acting Potter, this has your name written all over it. Just hurry up and tell me the truth so I can give you your punishment and be done with it." Sloan shouted at me from her spot in front of the class. I wasn't fazed; I kept the same face and carried on denying it.
"For Merlin's sake Professor I swear it was not me!" I shouted back refusing to be punished for something that Zabini had coming.
"Professor, it wasn't her, it was me" came a voice from the back "Zabini was annoying me so I jinxed him". I looked around to see Malfoy stood up again at his desk.
"Right okay" Sloan said avoiding eye contact with me "2 weeks of detention, starting tonight" she said quickly, clearly embarrassed.
The rest of the class went pretty smoothly in comparison but I was still glad when it was over. It had been a long first hour and I was just hoping this day would hurry up.
My wish came true and soon I was sat in the hall eating dinner quickly before my detention. The rest of my family had heard about potions and were now keenly discussing it. I wasn't in the mood. Why had Malfoy taken the blame? Was it his way of saying sorry or was he just being nice? Oh Merlin knows that kid has really started confusing me lately.
"Evie, you are going to be late" said Albus snapping me out my trance.
Oh great I thought, detention with Malfoy!
A/N – so this is the next chapter. What did you think, was it okay? Let me know. Things are still unresolved between Malfoy and Evie so you are going to have to wait for the next chapter to find out what happens! Hopefully that will be up soon. Thank you for reading, please review!
Love Maddie xo