The rest of the week passed by without anything too interesting happening. On Tuesday I had Ancient Runes with Becky, Draco, Blaise, and Pansy. There was a small argument between Pansy and Draco about whether she was going to sit at his table or not. She ended up at a table on her own. Wednesday I had Herbology in the morning. Herbology was with my housemates as well as the Ravenclaws. Slytherins and Ravenclaws got on rather well so there was no problem in that class. Thursday was Transfiguration in the morning with the rest of the Slytherins and the Gryffindors and Advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts in the afternoon with the Slytherins and Gryffindors together again. As usual I sat with my friends and Pansy tried and failed to sit with Draco. The class was very enjoyable. Professor Snape, who was also the Slytherin Head of House, taught us about nonverbal spells. Up until now he had been the Potions Master but this year he had gotten the job he had always been after, the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Today, Friday, the Slytherins had Charms in the morning. Nothing too great happened in that class. It was that afternoon when things began to change.
At one o' clock that afternoon my friends and I walked down to the dungeons for our Double Advanced Potions class. This class was very small, there were only twelve of us. Me, Becky, Mitch, Potter, Granger, Weasley, Draco, Blaise, Theodore Nott, a Hufflepuff named Ernie Macmillan, and two Ravenclaws, Terry Boot and Michael Corner. As my friends and I walked in and headed for a table in the back Draco reached out and caught my hand. He pulled me down onto the seat beside him.
"Sit with me luv," he said. I looked at my friends and shrugged.
"Okay," I said. "You guys don't care, do you?" They shrugged and shook their heads although I could tell by the looks in their eyes that they really did care. Professor Slughorn came in and they went to their table.