Chapter 7- Bouncing Red Hair and Some Jealousy

The next day, Albus was walking out of the Transfiguration room with Katelynn, Rose and Scorpius when Arlenne asked if she could talk to him in private.

"Okay," said Albus. He followed her up some stairs into an empty classroom. She closed the room and turned to face him.

"I just want to say… this isn't a joke or anything. I know you might think that she deserves it after the howler but she never sent it. So please do not do anything mean to her during the dance."

Al looked at her blankly. Slowly he realised what she was talking about.

"Oh. Don't worry; I know she never sent the howler. I wasn't planning on doing anything to her."

"That better be true," she sent him a very frightening look, "Or I will make your life hell." She turned and walked out the door, slamming it behind her. He wasn't planning on doing anything to his new friend but he still felt a little frightened. Arlenne was pretty scary.

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Katelynn stared at her reflection from her hand mirror. She was in her dorm. She had skipped lunch, she wasn't that hungry. For some reason Al going to the dance with Thea had really upset her. She tried to convince herself it was because Thea was a Slytherin but that wasn't it. After Al's big announcement, she kept imagining herself at the dance with Albus.

She liked him. But she couldn't go to the dance with Albus. Even if she gathered the courage to tell him, he would never tell Thea he couldn't go with her, especially because he wants to go with someone else.

Sighing, she got up and grabbed her bag. It was time to go to Charms. She slowly made her way into the common room and out the portrait hole. She walked down the many staircases and into the Charm's room. Luckily, she wasn't late. The professor wasn't here yet. Looking around for her friends, she saw Albus sitting next to Thea. Rose and Scorpius were sitting a couple of tables down. She could sit with Scorpius and Rose and leave Al alone with Thea, or she could sit with Al and Thea and make sure this 'friendship' doesn't turn into something more. She dropped her bag on Al's and Thea's table and sat on the chair next to Al.

"Hi, Katelynn!" said Al. Thea gave me a strange look.

"Hi, Al!" She said, giving him a smile.

"Where were you at lunch?" he asked. He noticed!

"Oh, I had some studying to do," she lied.

"Oh."

"Class settle down please! Today we are going to learn how to make things fly. You will be using the feathers on your desks so please do not damage them," Professor Flitwick looked over at Avery Goyle who was ripping the feather. "Say Wingardium Leviosa. Don't forget to swish and flick!" He pointed his wand at his feather said the spell while swishing and flicking his wand.

Katelynn watched as Al tried the spell. She felt horrible. They liked each other and probably wanted to spend the class alone, just them. They wanted to talk to each other and she was sitting there making it awkward for them. She saw Al's looking over at Rose and Scorpius and she could basically read his mind. Why doesn't she sit over there? He is probably thinking. Can't she leave us alone for two minutes? But he was too nice and polite to tell her to go away. And she wanted to leave. But she couldn't. She couldn't leave Al with Thea. She didn't want them to be happy together, she wanted Al to hate Thea and go to the dance with her. The class went by slowly and when it was over Katelynn quickly rushed out the door.

"Katelynn, wait up!" she heard Rose shout. She slowed down and waited for Rose and Scorpius to catch up. Al and Thea were walking together. She quickly turned her head.

"What's wrong?" asked Rose.

"Nothing," Katelynn said quickly. She noticed that Scorpius kept looking over at Rose.

"Let's go," said Scorp, "Don't want to be late for Transfiguration."

"Yeah," Katelynn said.

"Charms was fun," said Rose.

"Yeah," said Katelynn.

The day went by very slowly. Katelynn kept catching herself staring at Thea and Albus and thinking mean thoughts. She promised herself that she wouldn't bother Al and Thea again. She was in a bad mood all day.

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Scorpius caught himself watching Rose again, imagining himself running his fingers through her curly red hair. He loved the way her hair bounced when she walked and how the perfect curls would go around his finger. He also loved how smart she was.

"Scorpius!"

"Huh? Yeah?" asked Scorp.

"What's wrong with you? I've been trying to get your attention for a minute already!" said Katelynn.

"Oh, nothing…"

"Uh… okay then…"

"What were you going to ask me?"

"Um… I… well… never mind. You can go back to your dreamland."

They walked to the Great Hall for lunch. Thea was sitting at the Gryffindor table with them. She really stood out with her green robes in the sea of red. They sat down with them.

"Albus Severus Potter!" Scorpius turned around and recognized James Potter, Al's older brother. "You're going to the dance with that… that… Slytherin?"

"We're only going as friends," Al told his brother.

"It was only a joke!" James went on, ignoring his brother, "The howler was only a small prank on my little brother! I didn't know she actually likes you! Do you know who her mother is? And she's a Slytherin! A slithery, Slytherin!"

"You sent the howler?"

"Yeah, as a joke! Now my brother is running around with a-"

"A joke? You embarrassed us in front of the whole school! I hate your lame jokes! I hate you!" Al angrily stuffed some more food in his mouth before walking off. Scorpius, Rose and Katelynn watched him leave, shocked.

"Whoa… way to overreact," said James.

"James!" said Louis Weasley, who had been walking by, "How could you?"

"It was a joke! You shouldn't be getting mad at me anyways! He's going to the dance with a Slytherin!"

"So what? What's the big deal?"

"Well… it's… he's… she's a Slytherin! She's not in our house! Gryffindors are supposed to hate Slytherins! They are Death Eaters!"

"There are no Death Eaters, James. Don't say stuff you don't know anything about. Gryffindors are not 'supposed' to hate Slytherins. We are all supposed to get along."

"But… well… whatever."

"Go apologize to Albus."

"Why should I? He should learn to take a joke!"

"Apologize or I will write to your mother."

"No! Please do not tell my mum."

"Go apologize."

"…"

"Go."

"Fine."

James ran after his brother.


A/N: I'm so sorry! I haven't updated in such a long time! I'll try and get more time to write…

But while you are waiting for me to update here are some really good stories you can read instead! (Not listed from best to worst or anything)

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As you might have noticed I like Draco/Hermione romance/humour so if you have read an incredibly good DM/HG story can you please tell me? Please?

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