Chapter Seven
Love Potions, Foreign
Exchange Students…(And a few other things)
Maybe
it was the stunt in flying lessons, or maybe it was because my brother was
crazy, but the following week he had Morgana, Patrick, Fred, he and me practice
on the Quidditch field after school every day after school. There were older
kids practicing too and they had bewitched some balls to act like the Quidditch
balls. We separate into two different groups and played every day. We only won
one game because I was really bad. The fifth year Superior was a lot better
than me and I knew she was going to make it on the team. The results of the
Quidditch tryouts rolled around on Monday and a few people were happy.
"I
made the team!" Fred was jumping up and down. "I made Beater!"
"Yeah! I did
it!" Andy high-fived Fred and did some weird freaky dance thing that only guys
did.
"Oh,
what a surprise! I'm not on the team!" I said sarcastically, looking at the
chart. The fifth year made Seeker and a third year made Keeper. Not that I
minded. I was more interested in Concert Band, which I had been transferred
into.
"No
need to be bitter about it Alex, not everyone makes it," Patrick muttered,
walking away.
"Me?
Bitter? HA! I didn't even want to be on the team! I don't have time in my life
for it." I took my bag and headed up the stairs to my room where Katie was
practicing.
"I can't do
this!" Katie put her flute down after an hour of practice. It was now 9:00 pm.
"How are we supposed to create pictures with music?"
"Why are you doing that? That's for older kids, we
just have to learn how to play first." I answered, taking out my Astronomy
homework and sitting down at the table. Aurora jumped onto the table, curling
up next to my history book.
Morgana
walked into the room with a load of books over her shoulder. "I made reserve
chaser."
"Cool,
now if one of the Chasers has an accident, you'll be up." I set down my books.
"Everyone was all, 'Sorry you didn't make the team Alex'. I didn't even want to
try out. All I did was try to catch a pair of glasses, and I didn't even do
that right."
"Yeah,
well you're brother is a serious nutcase," Morgana flopped on her bed,
exhaustion setting in. "He and Fred keep going on and on about making the
team."
"Oh,
did you hear? Professor Potter is going with the foreign-exchange students!"
Katie began as she pulled her nightgown over her head.
"Professor
Peterson from Coral Academy is supposed to be filling the position." Katie
continued.
"Great,"
I hopped into bed and closed the curtain.
~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
The
next morning, which was Tuesday, when the owls made their usual appearance, a large
snowy owl landed in front of Andy and me. I took the letter from her talons and
gave her a small bowl of water as she waited for me to write a reply.
Dear Andrew and Alexia,
The
owl's name is Hedwig, incase you were wondering.
Why
haven't you written me? I've been sitting here, waiting for a letter from you.
Two weeks and there's nothing!
Oh,
and I've got some news for you. I'm going to have a baby! I didn't get the
chance to really tell you at home, with all of us getting you ready for school.
It's due sometime in March. This means you won't be the only ones.
Hope
you're having fun.
Love
you,
Mom
Well, can't put it any more blunter, I thought.
"What do you mean Alex?" Andy asked, trying to
look at the letter. "What's the letter about?"
"Mom's pregnant. Oh, and she wants us to write
her." I handed him the letter as the owl took off into the sky.
"Really? A little brother? I'm going to have a
little brother!" He smilled at the thought.
"Oh really? Well how do you know it won't be a
little girl?" I asked him.
"Because I don't want another sister, that's why!
One's good enough for me!" He got up and ran from the table as I threttened to
hit him in the head with my drumsticks.
"That's wonderful news!" Katie said when I told
her the news during Concert Band. She was extremely excited. "I wonder if it's
going to be a girl!"
"Back to your seat Alex or I will give you a
detention!" Mr. Miller barked. I hated him. He never gave the band students a
brake. It made me wonder why I ever transfered out of Muggle Studies.
"Yes Sir! Right away sir!" I saluted him before
returning to my seat.
"DETENTION FOR BACK TALKING!" Mr. Miller yelled
over the quiet crowd.
"Doesn't mean anything to me," I whispered to Zach
Cooper, a fellow percusioninst. "I live for detentions."
"Sounds fun, so you'll be joining me there
tonight?" He picked up the cymbals.
"Oh yeah, I can't wait to see you." I answered,
looking over some music. I looked at him and shook my head. His blonde hair was
slick back, far away from his grey eyes. "Fred would kill me if he knew I was
friends with you."
"Oh? Are you two a couple then?"
"No, he just doesn't like Erie. Says there a bad
group."
"Well, we are."
"Not that I can see."
"Hmm..." He leaned back in his chair, the cymbals on
the floor next to him.
"What are you hmming about?" I asked, putting down
my sticks.
"Nothing..." He answered quickly.
It was during lunch when Fred came up to me. "WHAT
DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?!?" Fred bellowed. Wow, I never knew he could do that.
But he really looked cute when he was angry. His eyes had that flare to them.
"Why whatever do you mean Fred?" I asked in a
sweet-as-pie tone.
"You know what I mean!" He answered, getting in my
face. Umm...Was it just me, or was he invading my personal space? "You're
friends with an Erie!"
"And that means WHAT to you? Hello! You have no
right telling me who I can and can't be friends with! And if I didn't know any
better, I'd think you were jelous that I was talking to another boy who just
happens to be good looking."
"I'm not jelous! He's an Erie!"
"What are you? Some kind of moron? You can't go judging people by what house
their in! John Malfoy is a perfectly nice boy, so is Zach. And if you can't
deal with the fact that I don't care what house people are in, then you can
forget about being my friend. I would rather be best friends with someone from
Erie than friends with a predijust person like you!" I got up and walked away,
Morgana following me out the door.
"Wow. Did you see his face?" She asked as we
headed for the lybrary. "I think you got to him. He was just starring after
you. He looked like he was in a lot of pain. Did you kick him or something?"
"No, I just think saying 'I don't want to be your
friend' got to him." I answered as we walked through the open doors of the
lybrary. "He likes me you know."
"Yeah I know he does. Andy was talking to him when
we left." She through her books onto one of the tables and began working on an
essay from muggle studies.
I began looking over my notes for History, but I
wasn't concentrating on it. I was thinking about how I had yelled at Fred. I
was feeling really guilty about it.
"I can't do this! I have to go appologize!" I
slammed my book down and walked towards the door.
"Don't you dare!" Morgana walked in front of me to
stop me from leaving. "He is going to be begging for you to forgive him. You'll
have him wrapped around you're little finger. Sure, he's not going to talk to
you for awhile, but eventually, he'll crack. Just wait it out."
"But..."
"No buts, I know what I'm saying. Trust me. Give
him one week. There's that dance in October right? Well, I thought I overheard
him sayin' something about asking you to it."
"Oh
all right..." I sat down and began writing a letter to my mom.
It
wasn't until Potions one week before Halloween when Fred actually said
something to me. He hadn't even said anything after the first Quidditch match
against Huron when I had ran into the field to congratulate them for winning
the game. Andy had even taken me up on his new Firebolt that Mom and Dad had
bought for him, but Fred just scowled at me. We were forced to be partners
because the Professor wanted boy-girl partners for this.
"Pass
me the bat wing," He muttered. That was it, that one simple line. But I was
still happy.
I
handed it to him. "So Fred, going to the Halloween dance with someone?"
Silence
"Well,
the foreign exchange students are coming tonight. I'm sure you'll find someone
to go with."
Silence
still.
I
didn't say anything throughout the rest of the time we made the potion. I don't
think he knew what it was. He wasn't paying attention when the teacher told us
what it was. It was a love potion…and he was going to try it first.
I
took it off the fire and poured the bluish potion into a cup and handed it to
him. He drank it in one gulp. He seemed to go all dizzy like. "What potion is
this?"
"Oh,
just a love potion. If it was done correctly, you should be feeling the effect
soon enough." I smiled sweetly.
"Oh
man…" He groaned as his head slammed onto the table. Other students were
clutching their heads in dizziness as well.
I
lifted his head up from the table and held him in an upright position until his
eyes opened with a snap. Now came the embarrassing moment. The potion was
supposed to make the drinker's feelings for someone increase and 'express'
them. Of course they have no memory of what happened, so it's a pretty useless
potion. The teacher was standing watch incase something happened, if you know
what I mean.
"Wha…?"
He turned around quickly, as if looking for something. His eyes meet mine.
"Alex…"
"Oh
crap…" I muttered as he leaned forward and kissed my cheek. "Uh…" I was going
to say more when he kissed my lips. I was screaming mentally. I was only eleven
and I was getting kissed.
He
pulled back and smiled at me. "Alex…I lo-"
"Ok,
that's enough lover-boy. Back away from the sister." Andy said, grabbing him by
the shoulders. Of course it was very difficult with Katie on his arm. "Katie, get
off! Alex, could you help me?" Professor King would have helped, but she was
busy holding one Huron boy back from doing something really bad to one girl who
was now hiding under the teacher's desk. Professor King was shaking her head,
muttering something about this being a bad idea. I couldn't agree more.
Fred
shook his head and grabbed my wrist. "Will you go to the dance with me?" He
asked.
"Um…"
I was about to answer when his head once again hit the table. The potion was
wearing off. Thank you Holy God! I thought to myself. There was a thud
as Katie hit the ground.
He
lifted his head up a few minutes later, his eyes filled with anger again. I
smiled at him with that look that said 'I know something you don't know'. "What
happened?"
I
began to laugh. "You don't remember?" I asked him.
"No…what
happened?" He asked, confusion setting in.
"Wouldn't
you like to know?" I taunted.
"Oh
come on Alex, tell me!" He said, almost in a whine.
"Do
you really want to know?"
"Yes!"
"Will
you take me to the dance?"
"What?"
"Take
me to the dance and I'll tell you."
He
thought for a minute. "Oh alright, tell me and I will."
"Well,
first you kissed me…"
"WHAT?!?"
He almost screamed.
"Yup
and you asked me to the dance too." The bell rang and I grabbed my book, along
with a camera that Morgana had used to take pictures of what happened. "And my
answer is yes."
He
sat there, mouth open wide, as I left. Andy had to pull him up off his seat to
get him to flying lessons where he followed me while we were learning some new
moves.
I
left with Morgana and Katie up the stares to change into clean robes for the
welcoming banquet.
"Ooo…I
got the pictures back from that seventh year Michigan. Their great!" Morgana
handed them over to me. I was struggling in the picture with Fred, who was
kissing my picture self. Eventually, I settled down. I would have never done
that in real life. Katie was running her fingers through Andy's hair,
whispering something in his ear.
"These
are great!" I said. "This is complete blackmail for Fred."
"Yeah,
well. I think we should hurry up because we only have a few minutes." Katie
grabbed her cloak and hat and ran out the door. I followed soon after her.
Patrick,
Fred, Andy, Katie, Morgana, and I all walked down to the Dining Hall together.
We took our usual seats near the end of the table.
The
room was decorated nicely. There were large tapestries hanging over each table
displaying each house's color and mascot. The teachers' table had a picture of
Michigan and the four great lakes, a mascot in each one.
Professor
Greendrovel stood up, issuing a silence across the now full room. "Now, as you
all well know, the foreign exchange students are arriving tonight. In fact,
they're already here. Will you all please welcome the students from Coral
Academy?"
People
began cheering as a group of students dressed in sea-green shorts and t-shirts
ranging from all ages, was being lead into the room by a young man who was also
wearing sea-green clothes. Students began taking their seats at the tables. A
blonde haired girl, probably our age, took a seat next to us. He skin was
fairly tan. Other students took their seats at our tables. The young man walked
up to the teachers' table where he shook hands with Professor Greendrovel and
took a seat next to him.
Professor
Greendrovel raised her hand, which calmed down the talking crowd. "Now for
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"
Again
the students began clapping. A group of students, wearing long black cloaks
walked into the room. They all had black hats on, but I could make out quite a
few redheads. I was extremely happy when three of the red heads walked over to
our table. I barely noticed a woman with bushy brown hair walk up to the
teacher's table.
"Tom!
Good to see you!" I hugged my British cousin, as his two older brothers sat
down at our table. "How have you been doing?"
"Oh
it's been great. Colin and John were mad that they couldn't come, but they were
on the Quidditch team so they couldn't."
"That's
ok, they were mean any way." I answered.
"Care
to introduce me to your friend, Alex?" Fred asked, rather protectively. He
leaned closer to me.
"Fred,
you have nothing to worry about. This is my cousin Tom Weasley. The Weasley
side is where I get my red hair." I pointed to his older brothers. "Those are
his brothers Devin and Mathew."
"So
who's the woman who came with you?" Katie asked.
"That's
my mum. She's Transfiguration professor at our school. She volunteered to come
so she could see Uncle Harry, but when she found out that he was going to
Hogwarts with Midwest's students she was really mad and gave us extra
homework."
"Well,
it's good you came." I said.
"Why?
Did you miss me?"
"Well,
that and Morgana needs a date to the Halloween dance next Friday."
"Really?
And who is this Morgana?" He asked.
"I am."
Morgana was blushing.
"Well,"
He paused for a minute. "I'll be glad to accompany you to the dance."
Morgana
really blushed then. So much in fact she had to duck under the table.
"Is
our little Tommy flirting with the girls again?" Devin asked, looking up from
his conversation with a few girls.
"Oh
shut up Dev! You are! Why can't you let me?" He glared at his older brother who
shrugged and went back to his conversation.
We
finished up the diner and were sent up to our dorms. There were two extra beds
for the girl from Hogwarts and the girl from Coral Academy to sleep in. After
talking for about an hour, we all settled down and went to sleep.
Well, that's it! How is it? Good? I hope so because I spent all day
working on this.
Now, I know for a fact this
chapter was NOTHING like the books because none of them have foreign exchange
students, none of them have had to do a love potion in class, the main
character's mom hasn't been pregnant and the main character did make Seeker for
his team. So I hope this was good.
Questions? Comments? All are
welcome!
R&R PLEASE!
