"What do you think of the new girl?" Hermione asked Harry and Ron. They were in the dinner hall, waiting for the announcements of the evening to be over. They stole quick glances at Sam and then looked back at each other.
"She's okay, I guess," Ron said meekly, but he obviously hated her. She had already insulted him, gotten him in trouble, and made a fool of him. Harry didn't say anything, he was staring into space again.
"Harry? Hogwarts to Harry! Wake up, sleepy head," Hermione said, tapping him lightly with her wand. He flicked the wand away and returned to the real world. "I asked what you thought of Samantha Snape, Harry."
"She's okay, I guess," Harry answered, mimicking Ron's words. Hermione frowned. Ever since Sam had come he'd been acting weird. To make up for the lame answer, Ron quickly butted in.
"I hear Draco's got it bad," he confided. They all stole glances at Draco who was sitting at the Slytherin table, mesmerized by the sight of Sam. Returning to the privacy of their table, they started giggling. Ron continued, "But you know what else I heard? She totally rejected him before he even had a chance!"
"Do you know what I heard?" Hermione said, becoming a gossip. She smiled gleefully as all eyes turned to her. "I heard that she got an A- on her Muggles Studies test!"
"Hermione!" They groaned.
"Honestly, Hermione," Ron said, "Do you ever think about anything but school?"
She glared at him fiercely and he backed off immediately. "Harry?" she said, waving a hand in front of his face. "Harry Potter! Don't you ever pay attention? Honestly, we could be discussing You-Know-Who and you'd still be off in your own little world. What's been up with you lately, anyway?"
"Nothing, it's really nothing, Hermione," he replied as the food appeared on the table. A steady stream of chatter around the table kept Hermione from pushing into his business for the rest of the evening, but some how or the other, she would find out and Harry knew it.
"She's okay, I guess," Ron said meekly, but he obviously hated her. She had already insulted him, gotten him in trouble, and made a fool of him. Harry didn't say anything, he was staring into space again.
"Harry? Hogwarts to Harry! Wake up, sleepy head," Hermione said, tapping him lightly with her wand. He flicked the wand away and returned to the real world. "I asked what you thought of Samantha Snape, Harry."
"She's okay, I guess," Harry answered, mimicking Ron's words. Hermione frowned. Ever since Sam had come he'd been acting weird. To make up for the lame answer, Ron quickly butted in.
"I hear Draco's got it bad," he confided. They all stole glances at Draco who was sitting at the Slytherin table, mesmerized by the sight of Sam. Returning to the privacy of their table, they started giggling. Ron continued, "But you know what else I heard? She totally rejected him before he even had a chance!"
"Do you know what I heard?" Hermione said, becoming a gossip. She smiled gleefully as all eyes turned to her. "I heard that she got an A- on her Muggles Studies test!"
"Hermione!" They groaned.
"Honestly, Hermione," Ron said, "Do you ever think about anything but school?"
She glared at him fiercely and he backed off immediately. "Harry?" she said, waving a hand in front of his face. "Harry Potter! Don't you ever pay attention? Honestly, we could be discussing You-Know-Who and you'd still be off in your own little world. What's been up with you lately, anyway?"
"Nothing, it's really nothing, Hermione," he replied as the food appeared on the table. A steady stream of chatter around the table kept Hermione from pushing into his business for the rest of the evening, but some how or the other, she would find out and Harry knew it.
