Ginny
(*note from author- sorry, I know theres grammar errors in this chapter, I hadn't had time to correct, but I'm sure u'll understand it anyways!*)
Ginny and Laura walked away from the group of friends, up the banister to find Laura's room. Since Laura and Joanna were rooming together, Ginny struggled under the weight of Joanna's luggage as Laura managed her own.
"Do you need any help?" Laura asked Ginny as she caught sight of Ginny losing her balance. "NO!" Ginny barked over the suitcases in Laura's direction, "I can handle this by myself..."Ginny trailed off. "And I can handle Harry by myself too," She mumbled under her breath.
"What was that?" Laura asked innocently, unknowing of Ginny's recent hatred for her.
"Oh, I was just wondering what Joanna packed in here, it must weigh like a hundred pounds!",Ginny covered up, staggering under the weight as she said so.
"Yea, I'm pretty sure she packed everything she owns in there," Laura said as she checked the numbers on the doors, looking for her own.
"Oh, don't go by the room numbers," Ginny said, noticing what Laura was doing, "Peeves changes them all the time." "Why am I telling her this?" Ginny thought. "I hate her!"
"Thank you," Laura replied politely, "I don't know how I would have been able to fit in here if you all hadn't been so nice to me. You, your brother Ron, Hermione, and Harry-"
At the sound of Harry's name Ginny noticed Laura go quiet. Laura felt herself blush.
"Well, Harry's not that nice, you know," Ginny said trying to rid Laura's interest in Harry.
"What do you mean?" Laura asked, stopping and turning to face Ginny. Ginny kept on walking and nearly pushed Laura over. Maybe it was because Ginny couldn't see over the suitcases. Maybe it was because she wanted to push Laura over.
"I guess all the popularity has gone straight to his head," Ginny said trying to think of anything that might make someone in Harry's position mad. Ginny had a hard time doing so. She couldn't think of many things that made Harry upset. Harry was such a nice person, which is why she cared so much about him. "He had to have showed off something about himself by now, right?" Ginny hoped that had said something about it. The two continued down the hall in silence looking for Laura and Joanna's room.
"He did show off his scar when Joanna asked him about him being THE Harry Potter. I guess he could have been a bit more humble or something like that. I can't picture him being mean though, Draco Malfoy on the other hand, now he was mean." Laura thought to herself.
"Ok, this is it" Ginny said as they neared the opposite end of where the staircase was located.
The doors had curved to line one side of the hallway, the other side was a railing, Laura peered over the end of the railing and looked down, she spotted her group of friends huddled near the same armchair that they had been at moments ago.
"Joanna's not going to like this," Laura said, "she's afraid of heights."
Ginny thought about this for a minute as she dropped the luggage and turned the doorknob.
"What about you? Afraid of anything?" Ginny asked innocently.
"Not really," Laura said as she passed Ginny and entered the room with her luggage, "but, spiders creep me out."
When she didn't receive any sound of response, Laura turned around and saw that Ginny was no longer in the room. She walked over to the door and peeked outside, Ginny was nowhere in sight. Laura shrugged, knelt down and prepared to drag Joanna's luggage inside.
"So, you're telling me that you were chess pieces?" Joanna asked as the group filled her in on there past experiences.
"Yep," said Hermione. We sacrificed ourselves and Harry saved us all.
"So, let me get this straight." Joanna said, perched on the arm of the chair Harry was seated in. She was very outgoing compared to the other students of Hogwarts who sat quietly and in a chair, "You came in contact with you-know-who like four times, no wait, five times because when you were a baby...well you know, you were there...and you like beat him and everything?" Joanna asked amazed.
"Yea," Harry said bashfully, hoping he understood everything she said, because her New York accent was very heavy and she was talking quite fast. Ron was sitting, resting his hand under his chin, amazed at how beautiful Joanna was. Ron was girl-crazy and since he first laid eyes on the two girls from New York, he knew he'd spend as much time with them as possible.
"Your gonna get stuck like that if you don't move soon," Hermione whispered in Ron's direction. Hermione pushed his arm out from under him and his head came crashing down on the arm of the chair.
"OWW!" Ron howled.
Joanna and Harry turned away from their conversation to stare awkwardly at Ron.
"Hermione just...nevermind", Ron said knowing he would be embarrassed if he spoke anymore.
Joanna and Harry started up their conversation again. Out of the corner of her eye, Joanna saw Ginny approaching.
"Hi Ginny!" Joanna shouted across the room as she approached. Many students turned and shot a look of disapproval in her direction. "Oops, I forgot. You're all prim and proper here," Joanna said getting off the arm of the chair and standing up with perfect posture.
"Hi", Ginny said as she approached the group. "Hi Harry," Ginny said, singling him out.
"Where's Laura?" Harry asked looking right past Ginny.
Ginny rolled her eyes.
"She said something about being bored with your conversation." Ginny lied, "Maybe you should tell her about your encounters with you-know-who next time." Ginny said, hoping he would mention this around Laura and she would remember what Ginny said about Harry being full of himself.
Harry was surprised at hearing that Laura wasn't interested in talking to them.
"What room is she in?" Harry asked, "Maybe I should see if she's alright."
"She's fine! She just wants to get away from you for a while," Ginny said, losing her temper. Harry was shocked at Ginny's mood and stood up.
"Maybe, I'll go find my room." Harry walked up the stairs to find his room as well.
"Wait up Harry! I'll go too!" Ginny called after him.
"No, it's ok," Harry said. "I'll be back."
"I'll go," Joanna said casually jogging up to Harry.
Ginny stood near the chair with Hermione looking at her awkwardly and her brother staring after Joanna.
"I'll go," Ginny mocked Joanna's upbeat attitude, "Could she be any more annoying?"
"Hey!" Hermione said, "She's my friend! And she's being a lot nicer to Harry then you are." Hermione stood up, took her luggage and decided to find her room as well.
"What's up with everyone?" Ginny asked. Ron shook his head at his sister and made his way up the stairs with his luggage as well. Ginny stood alone in the Gryffindor common room with none of her friends to talk to. She turned around and saw Neville approaching. She quickly turned and walked quickly in the opposite direction.
"I'm not even sure what room I'm in," Joanna told Harry.
"Do you really think Laura wants to get away from me?" Harry asked sharply still concerned with what Ginny had told him.
"Huh?" Joanna asked as Harry suddenly changed the topic of conversation, "Oh, I don't think so, she just met you. Anyway, you two seemed friendly on the train."
"Yea, I guess you're right," Harry replied remembering how they were by themselves talking on the train. Harry and Joanna made their way down the curved hall looking for Harry's room. When they had passed the grand staircase twice, they had assumed that they were lost.
"Do you have any idea where we are going?" Joanna asked, stopping to stare at the rooms, hoping someone she recognized would come out. Just then, the door from behind them swung open and Hermione was standing there.
"Lost?" she asked them.
"Yea," Joanna replied, "Laura has all of my stuff, so I don't know where I'm going."
"She's probably in that one over there," Hermione pointed across the railing to the other side of the hallway.
"How do you know that?" Joanna asked, puzzled.
"I thought that was my room," Hermione said, "but when I opened the door she was sleeping on the bed."
"Oh, ok thanks," Joanna said and waved in their direction before jogging around the curve to the room Hermione had pointed to.
"Laura?" Joanna whispered as she opened the door quietly, "You awake?" She crept in and shut the door behind her. She spotted her suitcases on the floor and walked over to begin unpacking. She managed to put everything in its place without waking Laura. Joanna was about to put Laura's away when there was a knock at the door. Joanna looked at the door and then looked over to Laura who was stirring. Joanna made her way over to the door and opened it slightly to see who it was.
"Hi," Joanna said, seeing that it was Harry.
"Hi, Is Laura awake?" He asked. Joanna looked over to the bed and saw Laura sitting up stretching. "Who is it?" She asked looking over to Joanna at the door.
"Harry Potter," Joanna told her friend.
Laura jumped off the bed when she heard his name and brushed her fingers through her hair. Harry had heard Laura ask who was at the door, followed by the thud of her jumping from the bed. He stared at the half-closed door until Joanna opened it to reveal Laura standing next to her.
"Well," Joanna began "I want to check this place out," obviously wanting to leave Laura and Harry alone. When Harry went inside, Joanna shut the door behind them. She turned around to see Ginny standing behind her.
"Ginny!" Joanna shouted, "You scared me, I didn't see you come over here." Ginny was standing with her hands behind her back, looking curiously at the door to her room.
"Is this Laura and your room?" She asked curiously.
"Yep, I was just leaving" Joanna replied, wondering why Ginny was acting so strangely.
"Maybe I'll just go see how she's doing," Ginny said reaching out for the doorknob.
"I don't think that's such a good idea," Joanna said, "She wanted some privacy."
Ginny ignored Joanna and pushed past her into the room. Harry and Laura were sitting on the edge of the bed talking, when Ginny entered. Joanna entered behind her and shot a look to Laura as if to say "Sorry" When Ginny had seen that Harry was in the room as well, she was very surprised and turned around and walked away angrily.
"Oops," Harry said.
"What?" Laura asked.
"Nothing, don't worry about it." Joanna said goodbye and walked out, this time leaving the door open.
Joanna made her way out of the Gryffindor area to get to know Hogwarts better. She said hello to the 'fat lady' in the portrait, being careful not to mention her weight, remembering what had happened last time. Joanna made her way through the corridors to the great hall. She went through the open doors and saw many people still inside. Most were returning students, catching up on what they had done over the summer. As Joanna made her way to the Gryffindor table, she looked over to the Slytherins. Draco Malfoy was dead center, surrounded by the people who accompanied him in the train, along with many more.
Among them was another good looking boy. Joanna didn't recognize him from the train. He seemed to be very popular, because everyone was listening intently to his conversation he was having with Draco. When Joanna reached the Gryffindor table, before she sat down, she glanced over to the Slytherin's again and saw that Draco Malfoy was pointing over to her and talking to the good looking boy at the same time. Joanna looked away quickly, her pulse quickening. She quickly joined in a conversation at her table,trying to look like she had some friends. The Gryffindors welcomed her, although very confused by her sudden joining. She didn't bother to introduce herself, too busy by her quick glances toward the Slytherin table. She laughed at their jokes and nodded in agreement to their comments. When she glanced once more at their table, she noticed Draco, along with the entire table staring over at her. Joanna stared directly at Draco, not looking away. He motioned for her to join them. She glanced behind her quickly and calmly stood. She pointed to herself as if to ask "me?" Draco nodded and she walked over to their table, across the wide-open floor for everyone to see. Wandering eyes began to see someone from the Gryffindor table approach the Slytherin table.
"She's from New York City," Joanna heard some people whisper.
When she reached the Slytherin table, she joined them, leaning over the table so that Draco could hear her.
"Yes?" she asked casually as her heart raced.
"I remembered what you said on the train and I thought I'd invite you over here," Draco told her. "He remembered what I said!" Joanna thought to herself, as she smiled shyly at him.
"This is my good friend Marcus Flint," Draco said, introducing the two.
"Nice to meet you," Flint said taking Joanna's hand.
"Same here," Joanna replied flirting a little.
The Slytherins began asking her questions about NYC and muggles. She had a fun time explaining things. They welcomed her as a Slytherin, although knowing that she was a Gryffindor.
Meanwhile, Laura and Harry were still upstairs in Laura and Joanna's room.
(*note from author- sorry, I know theres grammar errors in this chapter, I hadn't had time to correct, but I'm sure u'll understand it anyways!*)
Ginny and Laura walked away from the group of friends, up the banister to find Laura's room. Since Laura and Joanna were rooming together, Ginny struggled under the weight of Joanna's luggage as Laura managed her own.
"Do you need any help?" Laura asked Ginny as she caught sight of Ginny losing her balance. "NO!" Ginny barked over the suitcases in Laura's direction, "I can handle this by myself..."Ginny trailed off. "And I can handle Harry by myself too," She mumbled under her breath.
"What was that?" Laura asked innocently, unknowing of Ginny's recent hatred for her.
"Oh, I was just wondering what Joanna packed in here, it must weigh like a hundred pounds!",Ginny covered up, staggering under the weight as she said so.
"Yea, I'm pretty sure she packed everything she owns in there," Laura said as she checked the numbers on the doors, looking for her own.
"Oh, don't go by the room numbers," Ginny said, noticing what Laura was doing, "Peeves changes them all the time." "Why am I telling her this?" Ginny thought. "I hate her!"
"Thank you," Laura replied politely, "I don't know how I would have been able to fit in here if you all hadn't been so nice to me. You, your brother Ron, Hermione, and Harry-"
At the sound of Harry's name Ginny noticed Laura go quiet. Laura felt herself blush.
"Well, Harry's not that nice, you know," Ginny said trying to rid Laura's interest in Harry.
"What do you mean?" Laura asked, stopping and turning to face Ginny. Ginny kept on walking and nearly pushed Laura over. Maybe it was because Ginny couldn't see over the suitcases. Maybe it was because she wanted to push Laura over.
"I guess all the popularity has gone straight to his head," Ginny said trying to think of anything that might make someone in Harry's position mad. Ginny had a hard time doing so. She couldn't think of many things that made Harry upset. Harry was such a nice person, which is why she cared so much about him. "He had to have showed off something about himself by now, right?" Ginny hoped that had said something about it. The two continued down the hall in silence looking for Laura and Joanna's room.
"He did show off his scar when Joanna asked him about him being THE Harry Potter. I guess he could have been a bit more humble or something like that. I can't picture him being mean though, Draco Malfoy on the other hand, now he was mean." Laura thought to herself.
"Ok, this is it" Ginny said as they neared the opposite end of where the staircase was located.
The doors had curved to line one side of the hallway, the other side was a railing, Laura peered over the end of the railing and looked down, she spotted her group of friends huddled near the same armchair that they had been at moments ago.
"Joanna's not going to like this," Laura said, "she's afraid of heights."
Ginny thought about this for a minute as she dropped the luggage and turned the doorknob.
"What about you? Afraid of anything?" Ginny asked innocently.
"Not really," Laura said as she passed Ginny and entered the room with her luggage, "but, spiders creep me out."
When she didn't receive any sound of response, Laura turned around and saw that Ginny was no longer in the room. She walked over to the door and peeked outside, Ginny was nowhere in sight. Laura shrugged, knelt down and prepared to drag Joanna's luggage inside.
"So, you're telling me that you were chess pieces?" Joanna asked as the group filled her in on there past experiences.
"Yep," said Hermione. We sacrificed ourselves and Harry saved us all.
"So, let me get this straight." Joanna said, perched on the arm of the chair Harry was seated in. She was very outgoing compared to the other students of Hogwarts who sat quietly and in a chair, "You came in contact with you-know-who like four times, no wait, five times because when you were a baby...well you know, you were there...and you like beat him and everything?" Joanna asked amazed.
"Yea," Harry said bashfully, hoping he understood everything she said, because her New York accent was very heavy and she was talking quite fast. Ron was sitting, resting his hand under his chin, amazed at how beautiful Joanna was. Ron was girl-crazy and since he first laid eyes on the two girls from New York, he knew he'd spend as much time with them as possible.
"Your gonna get stuck like that if you don't move soon," Hermione whispered in Ron's direction. Hermione pushed his arm out from under him and his head came crashing down on the arm of the chair.
"OWW!" Ron howled.
Joanna and Harry turned away from their conversation to stare awkwardly at Ron.
"Hermione just...nevermind", Ron said knowing he would be embarrassed if he spoke anymore.
Joanna and Harry started up their conversation again. Out of the corner of her eye, Joanna saw Ginny approaching.
"Hi Ginny!" Joanna shouted across the room as she approached. Many students turned and shot a look of disapproval in her direction. "Oops, I forgot. You're all prim and proper here," Joanna said getting off the arm of the chair and standing up with perfect posture.
"Hi", Ginny said as she approached the group. "Hi Harry," Ginny said, singling him out.
"Where's Laura?" Harry asked looking right past Ginny.
Ginny rolled her eyes.
"She said something about being bored with your conversation." Ginny lied, "Maybe you should tell her about your encounters with you-know-who next time." Ginny said, hoping he would mention this around Laura and she would remember what Ginny said about Harry being full of himself.
Harry was surprised at hearing that Laura wasn't interested in talking to them.
"What room is she in?" Harry asked, "Maybe I should see if she's alright."
"She's fine! She just wants to get away from you for a while," Ginny said, losing her temper. Harry was shocked at Ginny's mood and stood up.
"Maybe, I'll go find my room." Harry walked up the stairs to find his room as well.
"Wait up Harry! I'll go too!" Ginny called after him.
"No, it's ok," Harry said. "I'll be back."
"I'll go," Joanna said casually jogging up to Harry.
Ginny stood near the chair with Hermione looking at her awkwardly and her brother staring after Joanna.
"I'll go," Ginny mocked Joanna's upbeat attitude, "Could she be any more annoying?"
"Hey!" Hermione said, "She's my friend! And she's being a lot nicer to Harry then you are." Hermione stood up, took her luggage and decided to find her room as well.
"What's up with everyone?" Ginny asked. Ron shook his head at his sister and made his way up the stairs with his luggage as well. Ginny stood alone in the Gryffindor common room with none of her friends to talk to. She turned around and saw Neville approaching. She quickly turned and walked quickly in the opposite direction.
"I'm not even sure what room I'm in," Joanna told Harry.
"Do you really think Laura wants to get away from me?" Harry asked sharply still concerned with what Ginny had told him.
"Huh?" Joanna asked as Harry suddenly changed the topic of conversation, "Oh, I don't think so, she just met you. Anyway, you two seemed friendly on the train."
"Yea, I guess you're right," Harry replied remembering how they were by themselves talking on the train. Harry and Joanna made their way down the curved hall looking for Harry's room. When they had passed the grand staircase twice, they had assumed that they were lost.
"Do you have any idea where we are going?" Joanna asked, stopping to stare at the rooms, hoping someone she recognized would come out. Just then, the door from behind them swung open and Hermione was standing there.
"Lost?" she asked them.
"Yea," Joanna replied, "Laura has all of my stuff, so I don't know where I'm going."
"She's probably in that one over there," Hermione pointed across the railing to the other side of the hallway.
"How do you know that?" Joanna asked, puzzled.
"I thought that was my room," Hermione said, "but when I opened the door she was sleeping on the bed."
"Oh, ok thanks," Joanna said and waved in their direction before jogging around the curve to the room Hermione had pointed to.
"Laura?" Joanna whispered as she opened the door quietly, "You awake?" She crept in and shut the door behind her. She spotted her suitcases on the floor and walked over to begin unpacking. She managed to put everything in its place without waking Laura. Joanna was about to put Laura's away when there was a knock at the door. Joanna looked at the door and then looked over to Laura who was stirring. Joanna made her way over to the door and opened it slightly to see who it was.
"Hi," Joanna said, seeing that it was Harry.
"Hi, Is Laura awake?" He asked. Joanna looked over to the bed and saw Laura sitting up stretching. "Who is it?" She asked looking over to Joanna at the door.
"Harry Potter," Joanna told her friend.
Laura jumped off the bed when she heard his name and brushed her fingers through her hair. Harry had heard Laura ask who was at the door, followed by the thud of her jumping from the bed. He stared at the half-closed door until Joanna opened it to reveal Laura standing next to her.
"Well," Joanna began "I want to check this place out," obviously wanting to leave Laura and Harry alone. When Harry went inside, Joanna shut the door behind them. She turned around to see Ginny standing behind her.
"Ginny!" Joanna shouted, "You scared me, I didn't see you come over here." Ginny was standing with her hands behind her back, looking curiously at the door to her room.
"Is this Laura and your room?" She asked curiously.
"Yep, I was just leaving" Joanna replied, wondering why Ginny was acting so strangely.
"Maybe I'll just go see how she's doing," Ginny said reaching out for the doorknob.
"I don't think that's such a good idea," Joanna said, "She wanted some privacy."
Ginny ignored Joanna and pushed past her into the room. Harry and Laura were sitting on the edge of the bed talking, when Ginny entered. Joanna entered behind her and shot a look to Laura as if to say "Sorry" When Ginny had seen that Harry was in the room as well, she was very surprised and turned around and walked away angrily.
"Oops," Harry said.
"What?" Laura asked.
"Nothing, don't worry about it." Joanna said goodbye and walked out, this time leaving the door open.
Joanna made her way out of the Gryffindor area to get to know Hogwarts better. She said hello to the 'fat lady' in the portrait, being careful not to mention her weight, remembering what had happened last time. Joanna made her way through the corridors to the great hall. She went through the open doors and saw many people still inside. Most were returning students, catching up on what they had done over the summer. As Joanna made her way to the Gryffindor table, she looked over to the Slytherins. Draco Malfoy was dead center, surrounded by the people who accompanied him in the train, along with many more.
Among them was another good looking boy. Joanna didn't recognize him from the train. He seemed to be very popular, because everyone was listening intently to his conversation he was having with Draco. When Joanna reached the Gryffindor table, before she sat down, she glanced over to the Slytherin's again and saw that Draco Malfoy was pointing over to her and talking to the good looking boy at the same time. Joanna looked away quickly, her pulse quickening. She quickly joined in a conversation at her table,trying to look like she had some friends. The Gryffindors welcomed her, although very confused by her sudden joining. She didn't bother to introduce herself, too busy by her quick glances toward the Slytherin table. She laughed at their jokes and nodded in agreement to their comments. When she glanced once more at their table, she noticed Draco, along with the entire table staring over at her. Joanna stared directly at Draco, not looking away. He motioned for her to join them. She glanced behind her quickly and calmly stood. She pointed to herself as if to ask "me?" Draco nodded and she walked over to their table, across the wide-open floor for everyone to see. Wandering eyes began to see someone from the Gryffindor table approach the Slytherin table.
"She's from New York City," Joanna heard some people whisper.
When she reached the Slytherin table, she joined them, leaning over the table so that Draco could hear her.
"Yes?" she asked casually as her heart raced.
"I remembered what you said on the train and I thought I'd invite you over here," Draco told her. "He remembered what I said!" Joanna thought to herself, as she smiled shyly at him.
"This is my good friend Marcus Flint," Draco said, introducing the two.
"Nice to meet you," Flint said taking Joanna's hand.
"Same here," Joanna replied flirting a little.
The Slytherins began asking her questions about NYC and muggles. She had a fun time explaining things. They welcomed her as a Slytherin, although knowing that she was a Gryffindor.
Meanwhile, Laura and Harry were still upstairs in Laura and Joanna's room.