[One Valentine's Day]

All characters belong to J.K. Rowling.

I use British English.

Chapter 3 - Divination & After

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"Thanks a lot, Ginny," Lisa scowled once again.

"You were the one who passed the horrid letter to me," Ginny retorted as she snatched Professor McGonagall's note (the one explaining why Ginny & Lisa were late) out of Lisa's hands.

"Hey! Give it back!" Lisa exclaimed.

"Well, I'm not going to. We'll go for Divination, hand in the letter, and pretend you didn't hand me that nasty note, and also that I didn't 'hex' you, okay?" Ginny held the note high into the air, as though threatening (although she didn't want/mean to threaten anyone or anything!)

"Fine. But it still did happen..." Lisa's voice trailed off.

"Just pretend it never did!" Ginny sighed, surprised at her own patience with Lisa.

"Okay," Lisa replied as she walked beside Ginny, heading for Divination.

The two girls climbed up the ladder. Professor Trelawney glanced at them and clicked her tongue impatiently, "Well, it's about time, isn't it?"

Ginny handed the note to Professor Trelawney, who beckoned them to sit down. Lisa sat beside Ginny and whispered, "Now why is she irritated? Quite unlike her!" Ginny grinned and nodded in agreement. Ginny glanced around and realised that everyone was drifting off to sleep. Only a few pupils who admired Professor Trelawney were wide-awake. She shivered - it was still winter, and at the top of the castle, it was extremely cold. She pulled on her sweater, and glanced around the room for a second time. The fire was blazing in a corner, and she saw that despite this, many students, like her, had their sweaters on, over their robes (they looked peculiar, but they didn't seem to mind). Ginny yawned, closed her eyes, and rested her head on the table. The lesson seemed to go on forever and ever...

"Ginny! Wake up!" Lisa hissed in her ear.

"Wha- what?" Ginny mumbled.

"Divination's going to end; you'd better get up!"

"All right," Ginny replied, looking up. Professor Trelawney was ranting (according to Ginny) about Dream Catchers. Ginny decided to ask Lisa, later on, what she had missed while she was taking a quick nap. Ginny heard a giggling noise and turned her head. One of the girls in her class, Louise Stanford, was asleep. Well, she sort of was. She was probably dreaming. Eric Fangle, the boy who had asked Professor McGonagall about the ball, was sitting next to her. He was nudging her, and she sleepily whacked his face. Eric cursed under his breath and hit her lightly. Louise woke up with a jolt. Luckily for her, Professor Trelawney was too busy talking about Dream Catchers to notice Louise. Louise muttered her thanks to Eric who grinned at Ginny. Ginny turned around and shifted uncomfortably in her seat. Just then, Professor Trelawney said, "Okay class! That's it for today!"

"Did you see how Eric grinned at me?" Ginny shuddered.

"Yes, I think he likes you," Lisa replied.

"Well, I hope he doesn't ask me to go to the ball with him, because someone's already asked me."

"Yeah, right," Lisa muttered. Ginny gave her "I'm-not-kidding" look.

It was after lunch, and both Ginny and Lisa had a free period after this. They could do anything they wanted to, except go into the Forbidden Forest and things like that. Ginny explained that earlier, Malfoy - Draco Malfoy - had asked her to the dance. Ginny had immediately agreed.

"I don't believe that he has a crush on you," Lisa said, referring to Draco.

"I don't know... I wouldn't be too sure about that if I were you," Ginny replied.

"Why not? Did he express his love or you?" Lisa joked. But Ginny's eyes scanned the ground and Lisa could see a tinge of red on Ginny's cheek.

"Oh my gosh! He did express his love for you, didn't he?" Lisa asked, jumping around like a maniac.

"Um... yeah... Sort of..." came Ginny's quiet reply.

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