MACHO MAN ALERT!
Dinner was over and Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Lauren, and Brian were walking to the Gryffindor tower. Everyone was to full and tired to talk.
"The password for the tower is 'kryptonite'," Harry said.
"Did you say 'kryptonite'?" Lauren asked.
"Yeah, why?" Harry said.
"Do you know what kryptonite is?"
Harry shook his head. "Nah, why?"
"Ever heard of Superman? He was some type of Muggle superhero on an old television show. Well, Superman lost his powers if he got some kryptonite. Either that or he gained powers. I dunno; I get it confused. Must be an American thing."
"Probably," Hermione said. She looked as if she could care less.
"Weird," Ron and Harry said.
"What's television?" Ron asked suddenly.
Harry, Brian, Lauren, and Hermione stared at him.
"You don't know what TV is?" Brian asked.
"Wait a minute. I like know who you are. You're part of an all-wizard family, aren't you?" Lauren said.
"Er…yeah." Ron replied turning crimson.
"So how do you two like know about it then?" Lauren asked Hermione and Harry.
"I grew up in an all Muggle family," Harry said. "So did she."
"Oh." Lauren stopped talking.
"Where'd Ginny and Bri go?" Lauren asked a while later.
"Bri?" Hermione asked.
"Short for Brian. You know, like, a nickname?"
"Yeah, of course. Sort of like Harry's 'the savior'?" Hermione said sarcastically. Ron sniggered.
"Whatever. Yeah, I guess." Lauren paused for a moment. "Savior, huh?"
Harry blushed. "Nah. She said that just to be funny, eh Hermione?"
"Yeah," Hermione said, drawing out the one syllable word and eyeing Harry. He seemed to be unnaturally casual. She saw Ron glance at Harry questionably.
"Anyway," Lauren said, "where did Bri and Ginny go?"
"Hmmm," Harry said intelligibly, gazing at how Lauren's hair seemed to change color from an almost white to darker shade of blonde as she walked.
Hermione rolled her eyes. "They probably got ahead of us, that's all."
"I'm sure," Lauren said, looking at Harry. Her eyes seemed to twinkle when she looked at him. His heart soared.
They reached the Fat Lady. "Why are we stop-" Lauren started.
"Well, hello!" the Fat Lady said. "This is a new face."
Lauren looked relaxed, but Harry saw that in her eyes she looked aghast.
"Hey, where's Violet?" he said, almost as if he were bragging his strengths of talking to a portrait. "This is Lauren. She's a new Gryffindor."
"What's up?" Lauren said, trembling ever so slightly.
"Hmm, the ceiling? Violet's visiting others today," the Fat Lady said questionably. Lauren giggled.
"No. It's a phrase in the US."
"Oh."
"Well," Hermione said, "the password's kryptonite." That Fat Lady swung open.
Lauren's eyes opened wide when she saw Hermione and Ron climb through the hole that had been hidden behind the portrait.
"You go first," Harry whispered into Lauren's ear from behind her. Lauren whipped around.
"Are you coming on to me?" she asked flirtatiously, raising her eyebrows.
"What?!" Harry asked, confused.
"Are you making a move on me?" When Harry still looked dumbfounded, she said, "Do you like me or something?"
Harry blushed. "Sure, why not? You're cool, and you're the first American person I've ever met."
"No, I mean - never mind." Lauren went a slight tint of pink. She let Harry help her into the Gryffindor common room. "Thanks," she turned and whispered.
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yeah harry is acting all macho again.
Dinner was over and Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Lauren, and Brian were walking to the Gryffindor tower. Everyone was to full and tired to talk.
"The password for the tower is 'kryptonite'," Harry said.
"Did you say 'kryptonite'?" Lauren asked.
"Yeah, why?" Harry said.
"Do you know what kryptonite is?"
Harry shook his head. "Nah, why?"
"Ever heard of Superman? He was some type of Muggle superhero on an old television show. Well, Superman lost his powers if he got some kryptonite. Either that or he gained powers. I dunno; I get it confused. Must be an American thing."
"Probably," Hermione said. She looked as if she could care less.
"Weird," Ron and Harry said.
"What's television?" Ron asked suddenly.
Harry, Brian, Lauren, and Hermione stared at him.
"You don't know what TV is?" Brian asked.
"Wait a minute. I like know who you are. You're part of an all-wizard family, aren't you?" Lauren said.
"Er…yeah." Ron replied turning crimson.
"So how do you two like know about it then?" Lauren asked Hermione and Harry.
"I grew up in an all Muggle family," Harry said. "So did she."
"Oh." Lauren stopped talking.
"Where'd Ginny and Bri go?" Lauren asked a while later.
"Bri?" Hermione asked.
"Short for Brian. You know, like, a nickname?"
"Yeah, of course. Sort of like Harry's 'the savior'?" Hermione said sarcastically. Ron sniggered.
"Whatever. Yeah, I guess." Lauren paused for a moment. "Savior, huh?"
Harry blushed. "Nah. She said that just to be funny, eh Hermione?"
"Yeah," Hermione said, drawing out the one syllable word and eyeing Harry. He seemed to be unnaturally casual. She saw Ron glance at Harry questionably.
"Anyway," Lauren said, "where did Bri and Ginny go?"
"Hmmm," Harry said intelligibly, gazing at how Lauren's hair seemed to change color from an almost white to darker shade of blonde as she walked.
Hermione rolled her eyes. "They probably got ahead of us, that's all."
"I'm sure," Lauren said, looking at Harry. Her eyes seemed to twinkle when she looked at him. His heart soared.
They reached the Fat Lady. "Why are we stop-" Lauren started.
"Well, hello!" the Fat Lady said. "This is a new face."
Lauren looked relaxed, but Harry saw that in her eyes she looked aghast.
"Hey, where's Violet?" he said, almost as if he were bragging his strengths of talking to a portrait. "This is Lauren. She's a new Gryffindor."
"What's up?" Lauren said, trembling ever so slightly.
"Hmm, the ceiling? Violet's visiting others today," the Fat Lady said questionably. Lauren giggled.
"No. It's a phrase in the US."
"Oh."
"Well," Hermione said, "the password's kryptonite." That Fat Lady swung open.
Lauren's eyes opened wide when she saw Hermione and Ron climb through the hole that had been hidden behind the portrait.
"You go first," Harry whispered into Lauren's ear from behind her. Lauren whipped around.
"Are you coming on to me?" she asked flirtatiously, raising her eyebrows.
"What?!" Harry asked, confused.
"Are you making a move on me?" When Harry still looked dumbfounded, she said, "Do you like me or something?"
Harry blushed. "Sure, why not? You're cool, and you're the first American person I've ever met."
"No, I mean - never mind." Lauren went a slight tint of pink. She let Harry help her into the Gryffindor common room. "Thanks," she turned and whispered.
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yeah harry is acting all macho again.
