Addriene, Blaise, and Daphne sat in the Great Hall watching as Potter, Granger, and Neville Longbottom got shunned from their housemates. Apparently, they had lost fifty points each for doing...something. Draco, the git, had lost fifty points for Slytherin as well and he wouldn't tell what had happened. Slytherins were in second place for the House Cup, behind Ravenclaw by a little over twenty points.
"Three sickles it had something to do with the dragon that Hagrid had,"Blaise remarked. Addriene grinned as him and Daphne high-fived.
"Come on,"Addriene said standing up as she took a glance at Daphne's watch. "We'll be late for Defense if we don't hurry."
"Not like I want to be on time for Sir Stut-t-ter,"Daphne muttered. Addriene and Blaise laughed as they pulled their reluctant friend along to the garlic smelling room.
Quirrell, the Professor for Defense Against the Dark Arts, had been a teacher there a couple of years ago. But due to the supposed 'curse' on the DADA Professor, he quit for a couple of years and then returned all paranoid. As long as Addriene had been here, Quirrell was the only Professor who had worked there twice. Before he had become all stuttery and paranoid and...weird...he had always been a laugh for Addriene when she had been little. She used to sit in his classes just to listen to his dumb jokes.
"Hey Blaise,"Daphne said once they sat down in the middle of the room. "When's your birthday? Addy's is in September, making her one of the oldest people in our year and mine's in April. When's yours? Did it already pass?"
"Unfortunately no,"the black boy said. "The twenty-first of May is my birthday."
"That's tomorrow!"Daphne and Addriene both exclaimed, punching the boy in opposite arms. He let out a small sound of pain.
"Oh suck it up Zabini,"Daphne said. "How come you didn't tell us?"
"I don't like people making a big deal out of something so unimportant. So what if on the day I've lived on this earth for another year? I don't."Addriene shook her head in disappointment.
"Blaisey, Blaisey, Blaise. You obviously haven't experience a party thrown by Daphne and myself,"she said.
"Neither have you,"Blaise said with a smirk. Addriene slapped him upside the head.
"Oh posh smart arse,"Addriene said sitting down as the other Slytherin students were coming in and Professor Quirrell started today's lesson.
Despite wanting to throw a party for their friend, Daphne and Addriene respected Blaise's wishes for everyone to not make a big deal out of it. Instead they just gave him his presents that Addriene had sent Severus down to Hogsmeade to get and a small cupcake with a candle on it.
They would respect his wishes...for now.
"I completely blanked on the exam,"Daphne complained as they walked out of the History of Magic room. Their exams were now complete, the results were due back in a couple of weeks.
"It wasn't so bad,"Addriene remarked. "I know I'll pass, maybe without a really high score, but I'll pass nonetheless. What about you two?"
"I'm not so sure,"Daphne said. "I know we crammed and crammed and I felt like I had the whole book jammed in my brain, I don't know."
"I did alright,"Blaise said. Addriene and Daphne let out a smirk.
"Yeah right. You probably got the highest score next to Granger. Right above Draco, who is exceedingly smart even though you would think that all the bleach in his hair would have sapped his brain dry,"Addriene said. Blaise and Daphne laughed a long with her at the insult to their housemate. Draco had not become one of their favorite persons this past year, always thinking that he was superior.
Daphne and Addriene also had to deal with Pansy ranting about him in their dorms. Who cared about their marriage contract?
"Well...we'll find out in a few weeks, won't we?"Daphne asked. Addriene nodded.
"Yep,"the black haired girl replied, popping the 'p'. "Dad's supposed to hand them out to us right before the End of Year Feast. Instead, he usually gives them back the night before so we can have gloating rights."
"You're dad is really cool,"Blaise put in. "Coming to Hogwarts, I heard so many bad things about him from my siblings, but he's actually not like their descriptions at all. He was always there to help us if we needed it, whether it be homework or not."
"Yeah, Dad's like that. The only reason he's biased toward us is that nobody else is. Have you not noticed how Sprout looks down on us, just because we're Slytherins?"Addriene asked. The other two nodded.
"Professor Sinistra favors us too. Thank Merlin she was a Slytherin,"Daphne said. Addriene and Blaise looked at her with a quirked eyebrow each.
"Favors us? No Daph, she favors you. You are her prized student,"Blaise said. Daphne only stuck her tongue out at them.
"Come on. I want to see if someone in our house has any pumpkin pasties. I need some sweets,"Blaise and Addriene laughed and followed their friend all the way down to the common room. Not noticing that Severus was watching them the entire with a smile on his face. Then he saw Potter, Granger, and Weasley up to something so he went to investigate.
Disclaimer: I'm getting tired of saying this; I don't own Potterverse, only Addriene.
