It's short cuz I got writers block again. It keeps happening, I don't know why but this chappie is important.

Chapter 11

"Hey Kylie," called Valerie at lunch, "how come you guys were late for the most boring class in the world?"

"Malfoy," I muttered. I was mad at myself for letting him get to me.

"Have you seen the announcement board in the common room yet?" Hope bounced (literally) up to us.

"No. Why?" asked Jessie.

"There's going to be a ball on New Years Eve, ordered by the Ministry."

"Oh, then why tell us about it now it's only October 4th?"

"You have to randomly choose your partner from anyone in the school. Supposed to create "school unity in this troubling time," Hope quoted.

"Okay," I rolled my eyes, "sounds a bit stupid to me."

"That's what I thought, we don't need better school unity, we get along fine with the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws," to prove this Hannah waved cheerily at Leann Folsom, a Hufflepuff that got all of us through Herbology.

"When do we 'pull our dates out of a hat'?"

"Uh, October 16th, so in 12 days," Hope sighed. "I'm a bit worried about who I'll get. I mean, you could get anyone."

I patted her on the head, "You'll be fine but knowing my luck I'll end up going with my brother or worse…"

With that, Hope returned to her perky (understatement) self and we left the Great Hall to get our stuff for our next class.