Delilah POV
The week before the dance could not have gone slower. Teachers decided it would be fun to pile us with homework even though they knew our weekend would be dominated by the dance. The dance was more like a festival. The first day (Saturday) would be all about Christmas related competitions and such, and the second day (Sunday) would be the same thing, but at four, everything would close down for dance prep. Anyway, it was incredibly annoying that so many teachers wanted to ruin our weekend. So, everyone was rushing to get all these assignments done before the dance. The library was packed 24/7, everyone was out of parchment and quills, and no teachers were available for help because their schedules were packed. It was hectic but slow.
Eventually, we hit Friday. The whole school buzzing about the upcoming two days.
"UGH!" Rose yelled/sighed in frustration as she sat down at breakfast. "I have spent 4 hours in the library per day this week, and I still have to write a whole Potions essay!"
"Ouch, that sucks," Lorcan said.
Rose glared at him, "Not helping!"
"I feel your pain though. Luckily, I have slight Ravenclaw in my blood, so I got nearly everything done. I only have a quarter of a Charms worksheet to go." Lorcan smiled proudly.
"Luckily, I'm a full Ravenclaw, so I got all my stuff done on Wednesday." Lysander smirked. Lorcan glared and threw a piece of his toast at him. We all just laughed. I was in the same boat as everyone else. I still had to do the whole Charms worksheet that Lorcan was talking about. I had gotten all the hard stuff knocked out already with the help of Lysander.
"Enough talk of homework! We can finish that later!" Iris eventually said.
"Yeah, Iris is right. We should be talking about how much fun the next to days are gonna be!" Albus added.
"Speaking of, had Gryffindor put any thought into the Common Room Decorating Competition?" I asked Albus, Lorcan, and Rose. The winning house of the competition got no homework for a month from the head of house's subject.
"WE SHALL NEVER TELL!" Albus and Lorcan yelled in response at me.
Rose just rolled her eyes. "The girls have tried to get the boys to decide on a theme, but we are still in debate." She said calmly.
"Rose…" Lorcan whined, "You can't just give away our secrets!"
Rose just rolled her eyes in response again. I turned my attention to Lysander.
"What about Ravenclaws? Have you guys come up with something creative?" I asked him.
"Oh please, we've had our common room decorated since Monday." He replied smiling. It was my turn to roll my eyes.
"Of course, heaven forbid, Ravenclaws are not at least 3 days ahead of schedule." I replied. Everyone started cracking up.
"Oh, guys, time for class." Scorp said. We all said our goodbyes as we left the Great Hall. Lysander kissed me on the cheek, said goodbye, and headed off to Potions. I, along with everyone else, headed towards Care of Magical Creatures. The Slytherin and Gryffindor classes were always awesome cause it was nearly all of us. I did always feel bad that I had to leave Lysander, but he always said he didn't mind.
"Alright, today, we shall begin our final project." Said Professor Jenkins (Hagrid retires two years ago. He still lived on the grounds, but this class had really gone down hill since he left though). Cue class groans. "Now, Now. This will be an entirely in-class project. You will partner up with an opposite house, and you will each study a different creature in the Forbidden Forest. First off, partner up!"
Rose went to Scorpious. Lorcan went to Iris. This left me with…
"Hey," Albus said as he walked up to me. "Partner?"
I smiled and nodded. Now, I know I said things weren't awkward anymore, but I haven't been alone with him since, and … this was awkward.
"Now, I am going to come around with a bag with a miniature replica of all the creatures you can get. Simply, reach in and choose one. You will be making a report about the history of, the geography of, the caring for, and the culture of the creature you receive. Let it begin!" The Prof. said.
Professor Jenkins eventually came to Rose and Scorp. They got Thestrals (good luck to them, neither can see them). Lorcan and Rose were assigned some bug with a highly complicated name. Finally, Albus and I got unicorns. We started planning out our project a little until everyone had received a creature.
"Well, that's all I had planned for today, so you all can go have extra time before your next class." The Prof. said before heading back to the castle.
We all followed her example and headed back for the castle. We talked about our creatures a bit, and the dance until we reached the main entrance. Iris, Scorp, and I had Divination with Lysander and the Ravenclaws next. Lorcan, Rose, and Albus had Astrology with the Hufflepuffs next. We walked together until we had to go up separate towers.
"I'll see you later, partner." Albus said winking at me.
"Yeah, see ya." I replied before climbing.
We sat under the door to the classroom until other classes started getting out. Then the trap door slid open, and we were able to climb up. Lysander soon joined us at our little table. Divination flew by because the four of us kept making stupid jokes at one another. I couldn't even tell you want the lesson was about.
After Divination, we had Potions with Gryffindors, then Charms with Hufflepuffs. The day then ended, and we all heade in separate directions. Rose, Iris, Lysander, and I headed to the Library to finish last minute homework before the weekend, Lorcan and Albus had Quidditch practice, and Scorp headed back to the Common to finish homework there. We were all pumped for the days to come. Not mention Christmas was coming! Our families normally spent Christmas together anyway, but we were super psyched for this year!
The beginning of break would consist of us just hanging out at each others houses. On Christmas day, we would start off with our on family Christmas then we all go to the Potter's for a Potter, Weasley, Malfoy, Longbottom, Scamander, Finnegan, Thomas, and Zabini Christmas. It was a huge party! Then, we would hang out for the rest of break unitl we New Year's where we go to the The Burrow. Christmas was just going to be amazing this year! I just know it! But first the dance will be amazing! I just know it!
A/N: Woah, quick update right? Yeah! Well I needed another filler chapter... Basically I use these chapters to introduce future drama, so sorry if they annoy you, but in some cases they are needed... I AM SO HAPPY! I keep getting new reviews, and it just makes me soooooooooo happy! Please continue! Thanks so much! Keep R&R-ing, favoriting, following, and just plain being awesome!