***A/N: Disclaimer that all characters are not mine and JKR'z... with the exception of the beautiful and bright Cassandra Nicole Taylor... who believe it or not... is going to become friends with Hermione. All in good time of course. I don't think I'm going to continue unless I get 30 reviews, so please review. I don't want to write if people aren't reading, thanx!!!***
"Well Hermione, this is Cassandra Nicole Taylor. Please show her around for me. Now I have to go to a faculty meeting to discuss Peeves. He's been acting up again and Filch is going perfectly insane," Professor McGonagall said.
"No problem," Hermione replied.
It was Saturday morning. Hermione slept later than usual. She had just been introduced to Cassandra. After McGonagall left, Cassandra gave Hermione a bright smile and started off into an introduction.
"Hey! My name's Cassandra Nicole Taylor! You're Hermione, right? What a cute name! Well, McGonagall told me all about you! You can call me Cassandra. Everyone does back home in New York City. Ever been there? It's in America. So... what do you do here for fun?" Hermione was overwhelmed. This girl was a bit too excited, and she just said that Hermione's name was cute. No one had ever said that to Hermione before.
Some girl comes from America and thinks she's going to fit right in. I hope people don't think she's too weird or cocky...
"A lot of stuff," Hermione said, in answer to Cassandra's question. "You might want to unpack first though."
"Oh... that can wait! I promise I'll do it tonight before I go to bed! Anyway, I want to meet Harry Potter! I heard he goes here. That is soooo awesome, you know, because I've got like his posters all in my room and stuff!" Cassandra exclaimed.
"Er, yes..." Hermione replied, unsure of what to say to this crazy wavy black haired girl with bright green eyes full of excitement.
They went outside to the plains before the Forbidden Forest. Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, Neville Longbottom, Harry, and Ron were sitting outside playing Exploding Snap.
They saw Hermione and Cassandra coming up to them and waved.
"Hello," Hermione said. "Everyone, I'd like you to meet Cassandra Nicole Taylor."
"She prefers Cassandra," Herimone added by means of an afterthought.
Everyone smiled and introduced themselves to Cassandra. Then Cassandra noticed Harry's messy hair and cute smile and jumped up with excitement once again.
"Harry Potter! Oh my gosh! The Harry Potter! You can't believe how much of an honor this is to me! You're bigger than Backstreet Boys! You're bigger than n*sync! Oh, this is definitely wicked!" Cassandra exclaimed.
Harry looked bewildered, but offered another gorgeous smile. He was used to people freaking out when they saw him.
"So," he said to Cassandra. "Why'd you come to Hogwarts?"
"Basically I blew up one too many toilet seats at my old school. I'm glad I came here though. Would you believe that they cancelled Quidditch for our school two weeks ago? They ran out of funds! Can you believe they would cancel Quidditch?" Cassandra exclaimed.
Suddenly the guys were all ears. They loved talking about Quidditch!
"That's horrible! What do you play?" Ron asked immediately.
"Keeper all the way baby," Cassandra replied flirtatiously.
"Are you serious?" Harry asked dropping dead.
"Yeah, why?" Cassandra asked raising an eye brow.
"We are in serious need of a Seeker!" Harry exclaimed.
"Well, I'd be happy to try out for the team! I may not be that great, but I love the game. That's what counts, right?" Cassandra said.
"Right!" Harry exclaimed eagerly.
Hermione slumped down. As soon as she thought she had a chance with Harry, the new girl had to come and spoil it all. Talk about bad luck!
***A/N: Sorry the chapter was so short! My next one will be a lot longer! Thank-U! Please review!***