Attention Hogwarts: The ranking of this season's most eligible wizards has finally hit the market! Order was given based on the following criteria: dashing good looks, smooth-talking, promising future, and snog-ability!

Hogwarts' Most Eligible Wizards

Theodore Nott

Harry Potter

Blaise Zabini

Fred Weasley

Neville Longbottom

Adrian Pucey

Ronald Weasley

George Weasley

Cedric Diggory

Draco Malfoy

There's been quite a change in the ranks since last month. I wonder what happened.

~xoxo, Gossip Witch

The energy in the Great Hall was buzzing with excitement as the blast landed in the hands of the students enjoying their dinner. As everyone began unfolding the pieces of parchment, a hush fell over the room. Everyone read with bated breath as their eyes skimmed the list, eyes opening wide as they searched for the names usually located at the top of the list.

"Second place," Harry mused, nodding his head slowly as he read over the rest of the list. He glanced toward the Slytherin table out of the corner of his eye and noticed Draco gathering his things. Harry let out a laugh as he shook his head. "Definitely can't complain about second place."

"Speak for yourself, mate," Ron grumbled, crumbling up the piece of parchment in his hand. Ron tossed the piece of parchment into the air and smacked it down to the far end of the table. "Bloody seventh place."

"Better than tenth place," Neville chimed in, looking back over his shoulder at the Slytherin table. He caught Draco's eye and turned his attention back to his friends sitting around him. A shiver ran down his spine as he felt Draco's glare burrowing into the back of his head. "I shouldn't have turned around."

"Probably not," Harry laughed, shaking his head as he turned his attention to Draco storming out of the Great Hall. "Serves him right."

The rest of the Gryffindors gathered around the table chimed with their own taunts of Draco's shortcomings and jokes at his expense, except for one. Hermione slammed her textbook shut and pushed herself away from the table. She shoved her book into her bag before turning to stare at her housemates.

"You're all pathetic," Hermione hissed, narrowing her gaze at each of her so-called friends. "It's a stupid list created by someone who gets off by watching the rest of us suffer as she reveals our secrets. It's in her name! All she cares about is gossip. This list is full of gossip, and that's it. There's no reason behind her ranking, and you all know it."

Harry opened his mouth to speak but closed it quickly when Hermione turned her attention towards him and pointed her finger at him.

"You don't get to say a word," she growled, shaking her head. "You got lucky, and Gossip Witch must feel bad for you because you can't keep a witch happy without her leaving you. That's why she placed you so high on the damn list. Anyone else have a comment they would like to make?"

Hermione looked around the table at them and snickered as they all reverted their gaze to the table, refusing to meet her eye. She crossed her arms over her chest and nodded her head. "That's what I thought," she affirmed, turning on her heel and making her way out of the Great Hall. She had an embarrassed Slytherin to track down before he did something stupid.

~xoxo~

Draco slammed the door to his dormitory shut with a swift kick, mumbling under his breath as he made his way to the bed. He collapsed, face first, into the pillows and let out a scream. He couldn't wrap his mind around his ranking.

He could understand that he was not ranked first. He had been steadily seeing Hermione for the better part of a year, so that alone would have put him lower on the list. But coming in after Potter, Longbottom, and the Weasley clan plus Pucey and Diggory was unacceptable. How was he supposed to recover from this blast?

As Draco continued to sulk, suffocating himself with the pillow, he heard a faint knock at his door. With a heavy sigh, Draco rolled onto his back and cradled his head with his hands. "Come in."

The door creaked open and closed quickly as Hermione stepped inside. She stared at him from the door for a few moments before approaching the bed. He looked defeated, which was an unusual look to be seen on Draco's face.

"So," Hermione said, leaning against the end of Draco's bed. "Do you want to talk about it?"

Draco huffed, rolling his eyes as he pushed himself up into a seated position. "Do you want to be seen with the tenth most eligible wizard in Hogwarts?"

"What do you think?" Hermione replied, moving to take a seat next to him and wrapped an arm around his shoulders. She leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on his cheek.

Draco let out a laugh as a smile pulled at the corners of his lips. He slowly turned his head to face her, capturing her lips with his. He kissed her softly at first before bringing his hand up to cup the back of her head as he slipped his tongue into her mouth, battling against hers for dominance of the situation.

He brought his opposite hand to Hermione's waist and slowly leaned her back against the bed, refusing to break the kiss. He smiled as he heard the gentle moans escaping Hermione's lips as he positioned himself on top of her.

Draco pulled away for a moment and grabbed his wand off the nightstand. He looked back over his shoulder and pointed the wand to the door.

"Colloportus," he whispered, smiling as the lock snapped into place.

Hermione glanced up at him with a broad smile. "Silencio," she whispered, giggling as Draco dropped the wand to the bed and captured her lips in another passionate kiss.

~xoxo~

"There's no way you deserved to be named most eligible wizard," Blaise said, glancing at Theo out of the corner of his eye as they made their way to the dungeons. "Gossip Witch has to be Tori. That's the only way you'd beat me out for first place."

Theo rolled his eyes. "Tori hasn't talked to me in three weeks," he huffed, readjusting his bag on his shoulder. "There's no way she'd think so highly of me. Besides, it's not like you were in second place. It's gotta be someone who's been caught with Potter and me."

Blaise thought about it for a moment. He shook his head to push the first name that came to his mind away. He and Daphne were finally in a good place. There's no way she'd put him in third place if she were really Gossip Witch.

"It's not Daphne either," Theo said, interrupting Blaise's line of thought. "She's the feature character in most of Gossip Witch's blast. There's no way she'd write that about herself."

"Then who could it be?" Blaise asked, reaching out to open the door to the dorm. The handle barely jiggled as Blaise pulled on it. He furrowed his brow and tried the door again. "The door's locked."

Theo rolled his eyes, stepped forward, and pounding his fist against the door. "Malfoy, open up."

~xoxo, Gossip Witch ~

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