1.1 Chapter 3
Of Wolf Whistles and of Wicked Wizards
The next day, Holly and Hermione were standing outside the dungeon, waiting for the potions lesson to start. They were supposed to walk straight in and get ready but Holly had had an idea.
'Hey watch me Hermione,' Holly said grinning cheekily. As Seamus Finnigan walked past to go in, Holly wolf whistled.
'Look at him!' Holly said as Hermione dissolved into fits of giggles. Then it was Ron's turn. The same whistle.
'Wow! He's even better!' Holly shouted. Then Harry walked past. Holly whistled twice.
'Phwoar! Harry's even fitter in the flesh,' Holly shouted. Hermione had to hold onto the side of the door to stop herself falling over with laughter. Harry had to rush into the room to stop anyone seeing him go pink. He now knew why he had felt a jolt in his stomach when Holly was sorted into Gryffindor. He fancied Holly. And would do for the rest of the year. Draco had seen what was going on, fixed his hair and strutted past. But he got exactly the opposite treatment.
'Uurrrgghh! I think we've found a bird from the ugly tree,' Holly shouted, making pretend vomiting noises. 'What did you do? Fall out, hit every branch on the way down and land on your face on a rock?' The whole Gryffindor fifth years burst into laughter. Pansy gave Holly the evils, determined to stick up for 'the unbelievably gorgeous Draco Malfoy' as she put it. Draco went red and sat down.
Harry found himself staring at the back of Holly's head. He was fascinated by the way her hair shimmered blue when it caught the light. Was it natural or had she had it dyed? He wasn't listening to a word Snape said and was caught out.
'Mr Potter, would you please kindly refrain from staring at Miss Ryan and focus your attention on what I'm saying?' Snape stared at Harry. The Slytherins sniggered as Harry went pink. Holly turned round but not to snigger. She looked at him. He looked at her. And the attraction was clear.
'And Miss Ryan I wouldn't encourage him. His head will just get bigger.' After Snape had said this, he refocused his attention on teaching the class. Holly turned back around, hitting Hermione playfully as she whispered things about Holly and Harry.
Hermione and Holly were whispering all through the lesson, every now and then bursting into giggles. Professor Snape finally had had enough.
'I see the arrival of a new student has given you another reason to show off Miss Granger,' Professor Snape gave Hermione a very evil look. 'I suggest you swap seats with…' Snape's eyes surveyed the room. Holly was pleading it wasn't Draco. 'With Draco Malfoy.'
'Oh but…' But Holly was silenced with one of Snape's looks. And, to Draco's happiness and Holly's disgust, Draco went to sit next to Holly.
Halfway through the lesson, Holly got so annoyed with Draco's repeated attempts to touch her and Snape's repeated telling her off for just ever so slightly moving her chair away that she chucked a newt at Snape's head. The class went quiet as the newt hit Snape's forehead with a soft splat. Snape was immediately up.
'How dare you? Let me tell you now Miss Ryan when Professor Dumbeldore gets wind of this…' All the way through, Holly stared defiantly back at Snape. Until…
'Professor Snape, it wasn't Holly it was me,' Draco spoke up, determined to take the rap for what Holly, the girl he lusted for, had done.
'Is this true Draco?' The colour drained from Snape's face. Holly was furious. She didn't need Draco to fight her battles for her. She was about to open her mouth to lay onto Draco when she caught Hermione's eye. Hermione shook her head furtively. So Holly didn't and let Draco take the rap.
'Well…erm…don't you dare do that again Draco,' Snape said and returned to the front of the class.
'So where's my thank you?' Draco asked Holly, smiling.
'You don't get one,' Holly said turning away. Draco slipped a piece of paper into Holly's pocket. Holly turned back.
'The password to my common room if you're planning on thanking me later,' Draco explained, winking.
'I'm not don't worry,' Holly gave Draco the look of pure disgust.
After the lesson, Holly vented her fury in the common room.
'What the fuck does Malfoy think he's doing?' She shouted.
'What the fuck does Snape think he's doing? Did you see that? Holly does it and he threatens to tell Dumbeldore but as soon as one of his precious Slytherins owns up, they only get a half-hearted warning.' Ron was rather furious too.
'I'm sorry to say this Holly but I think Draco fancies you,' and sorry Lavender was as it just made Holly angrier.
'Well I don't like him and I hope he realises soon!' Holly said, storming up to the dormitory. But Holly wasn't the only one to be upset by this idea brought up by Lavender. Harry was rather angry himself. So Draco was going to make it personal by trying to take Holly as well. 'Fine', he thought, 'Malfoy's just picked the wrong person to nick a girl from.' His thoughts seemed to have shown a little on the outside as Ron gave him a funny look.
'You ok Harry?' Ron asked.
'Oh…uh…yea,' Harry lied.
'No you're not,' Ron said. Then a look came about him that told Harry Ron had worked it out. 'You fancy Holly!' Ron said, lowering his voice.
'No! No I don't!' Harry said, going pink.
'Yes you do and you're scared that Malfoy's gonna take her,'
'Ok I do and I am and I wish you wouldn't tell anyone,'
'Best friends don't tell Harry.'
Holly couldn't sleep. She was still furious with Draco.
'Holly? You awake?' Holly flipped over to see Harry at the door.
'Yea why?' Holly sat up.
'I thought we could have some fun. You've got the password to Slytherin's common room haven't you?' Harry walked in quietly and sat on Holly's bed.
'Yea why?' Holly asked.
'Well, we're gonna have a little fun with Malfoy,' Harry held up his invisibility cloak and a black marker pen. Holly grinned cheekily. They walked out under the cloak.
About fifteen minutes later, they arrived back. They could finally laugh until they cried.
'Oh my God Harry! Did you see that? Malfoy sucks his thumb!' Holly sat down on the sofa laughing, tears rolling down her cheeks.
'He didn't flinch once when I was drawing. In fact did you hear him murmur mummy,' Harry was laughing just as hard as Holly. They caught each other's eye.
'Well…um…better get back to bed,' Holly said getting up.
'Yea,' Harry answered.
'Um…Harry…thanks, that was fun,' Holly said smiling.
'No problem,' Harry said walking up to his dormitory quickly to hide his blushing. Holly sneaked back to her dormitory. As she got into bed though…
'Where you been?' Holly jumped as she heard Hermione speak. So she had to explain everything to her. By the end, they were in fits of giggles.
'Um…Hermione…I think…I think I fancy Harry,' Holly felt it was time to face her feelings.
'Oh wow! Don't tell him just let him know with eye contact and subtle hints because I think he likes you too,' Hermione gave her advice, Holly thanked her and they went to sleep.
The whole Great Hall roared with laughter as Draco walked in. Harry had drawn a rather large moustache, goatee beard and rather a lot of blackheads on his nose. But no one was laughing harder than Holly, Hermione, Harry and Ron, who had tears rolling down their cheeks.
'Look the moustache has smudged, it looks like it's bushy now,' Harry said as he held up Holly, who was laughing so hard she was falling off her chair.
'What are they laughing at?' Draco said as he sat down. Pansy Parkinson, who had it bad for Draco, passed him her pocket mirror. Draco looked in it.
'Oh My God!' He shouted. He looked up straight at Harry. And Harry and Holly just gave him a 'what? Lil old me?' look and burst into laughter again.
Charlie and Katie were sitting eating breakfast and Katie was naturally getting all the gossip.
She told her all the details but kept the last bit to herself.
She was itching to tell her but her lips were sealed with Oliver's kiss.
Of Wolf Whistles and of Wicked Wizards
The next day, Holly and Hermione were standing outside the dungeon, waiting for the potions lesson to start. They were supposed to walk straight in and get ready but Holly had had an idea.
'Hey watch me Hermione,' Holly said grinning cheekily. As Seamus Finnigan walked past to go in, Holly wolf whistled.
'Look at him!' Holly said as Hermione dissolved into fits of giggles. Then it was Ron's turn. The same whistle.
'Wow! He's even better!' Holly shouted. Then Harry walked past. Holly whistled twice.
'Phwoar! Harry's even fitter in the flesh,' Holly shouted. Hermione had to hold onto the side of the door to stop herself falling over with laughter. Harry had to rush into the room to stop anyone seeing him go pink. He now knew why he had felt a jolt in his stomach when Holly was sorted into Gryffindor. He fancied Holly. And would do for the rest of the year. Draco had seen what was going on, fixed his hair and strutted past. But he got exactly the opposite treatment.
'Uurrrgghh! I think we've found a bird from the ugly tree,' Holly shouted, making pretend vomiting noises. 'What did you do? Fall out, hit every branch on the way down and land on your face on a rock?' The whole Gryffindor fifth years burst into laughter. Pansy gave Holly the evils, determined to stick up for 'the unbelievably gorgeous Draco Malfoy' as she put it. Draco went red and sat down.
Harry found himself staring at the back of Holly's head. He was fascinated by the way her hair shimmered blue when it caught the light. Was it natural or had she had it dyed? He wasn't listening to a word Snape said and was caught out.
'Mr Potter, would you please kindly refrain from staring at Miss Ryan and focus your attention on what I'm saying?' Snape stared at Harry. The Slytherins sniggered as Harry went pink. Holly turned round but not to snigger. She looked at him. He looked at her. And the attraction was clear.
'And Miss Ryan I wouldn't encourage him. His head will just get bigger.' After Snape had said this, he refocused his attention on teaching the class. Holly turned back around, hitting Hermione playfully as she whispered things about Holly and Harry.
Hermione and Holly were whispering all through the lesson, every now and then bursting into giggles. Professor Snape finally had had enough.
'I see the arrival of a new student has given you another reason to show off Miss Granger,' Professor Snape gave Hermione a very evil look. 'I suggest you swap seats with…' Snape's eyes surveyed the room. Holly was pleading it wasn't Draco. 'With Draco Malfoy.'
'Oh but…' But Holly was silenced with one of Snape's looks. And, to Draco's happiness and Holly's disgust, Draco went to sit next to Holly.
Halfway through the lesson, Holly got so annoyed with Draco's repeated attempts to touch her and Snape's repeated telling her off for just ever so slightly moving her chair away that she chucked a newt at Snape's head. The class went quiet as the newt hit Snape's forehead with a soft splat. Snape was immediately up.
'How dare you? Let me tell you now Miss Ryan when Professor Dumbeldore gets wind of this…' All the way through, Holly stared defiantly back at Snape. Until…
'Professor Snape, it wasn't Holly it was me,' Draco spoke up, determined to take the rap for what Holly, the girl he lusted for, had done.
'Is this true Draco?' The colour drained from Snape's face. Holly was furious. She didn't need Draco to fight her battles for her. She was about to open her mouth to lay onto Draco when she caught Hermione's eye. Hermione shook her head furtively. So Holly didn't and let Draco take the rap.
'Well…erm…don't you dare do that again Draco,' Snape said and returned to the front of the class.
'So where's my thank you?' Draco asked Holly, smiling.
'You don't get one,' Holly said turning away. Draco slipped a piece of paper into Holly's pocket. Holly turned back.
'The password to my common room if you're planning on thanking me later,' Draco explained, winking.
'I'm not don't worry,' Holly gave Draco the look of pure disgust.
After the lesson, Holly vented her fury in the common room.
'What the fuck does Malfoy think he's doing?' She shouted.
'What the fuck does Snape think he's doing? Did you see that? Holly does it and he threatens to tell Dumbeldore but as soon as one of his precious Slytherins owns up, they only get a half-hearted warning.' Ron was rather furious too.
'I'm sorry to say this Holly but I think Draco fancies you,' and sorry Lavender was as it just made Holly angrier.
'Well I don't like him and I hope he realises soon!' Holly said, storming up to the dormitory. But Holly wasn't the only one to be upset by this idea brought up by Lavender. Harry was rather angry himself. So Draco was going to make it personal by trying to take Holly as well. 'Fine', he thought, 'Malfoy's just picked the wrong person to nick a girl from.' His thoughts seemed to have shown a little on the outside as Ron gave him a funny look.
'You ok Harry?' Ron asked.
'Oh…uh…yea,' Harry lied.
'No you're not,' Ron said. Then a look came about him that told Harry Ron had worked it out. 'You fancy Holly!' Ron said, lowering his voice.
'No! No I don't!' Harry said, going pink.
'Yes you do and you're scared that Malfoy's gonna take her,'
'Ok I do and I am and I wish you wouldn't tell anyone,'
'Best friends don't tell Harry.'
Holly couldn't sleep. She was still furious with Draco.
'Holly? You awake?' Holly flipped over to see Harry at the door.
'Yea why?' Holly sat up.
'I thought we could have some fun. You've got the password to Slytherin's common room haven't you?' Harry walked in quietly and sat on Holly's bed.
'Yea why?' Holly asked.
'Well, we're gonna have a little fun with Malfoy,' Harry held up his invisibility cloak and a black marker pen. Holly grinned cheekily. They walked out under the cloak.
About fifteen minutes later, they arrived back. They could finally laugh until they cried.
'Oh my God Harry! Did you see that? Malfoy sucks his thumb!' Holly sat down on the sofa laughing, tears rolling down her cheeks.
'He didn't flinch once when I was drawing. In fact did you hear him murmur mummy,' Harry was laughing just as hard as Holly. They caught each other's eye.
'Well…um…better get back to bed,' Holly said getting up.
'Yea,' Harry answered.
'Um…Harry…thanks, that was fun,' Holly said smiling.
'No problem,' Harry said walking up to his dormitory quickly to hide his blushing. Holly sneaked back to her dormitory. As she got into bed though…
'Where you been?' Holly jumped as she heard Hermione speak. So she had to explain everything to her. By the end, they were in fits of giggles.
'Um…Hermione…I think…I think I fancy Harry,' Holly felt it was time to face her feelings.
'Oh wow! Don't tell him just let him know with eye contact and subtle hints because I think he likes you too,' Hermione gave her advice, Holly thanked her and they went to sleep.
The whole Great Hall roared with laughter as Draco walked in. Harry had drawn a rather large moustache, goatee beard and rather a lot of blackheads on his nose. But no one was laughing harder than Holly, Hermione, Harry and Ron, who had tears rolling down their cheeks.
'Look the moustache has smudged, it looks like it's bushy now,' Harry said as he held up Holly, who was laughing so hard she was falling off her chair.
'What are they laughing at?' Draco said as he sat down. Pansy Parkinson, who had it bad for Draco, passed him her pocket mirror. Draco looked in it.
'Oh My God!' He shouted. He looked up straight at Harry. And Harry and Holly just gave him a 'what? Lil old me?' look and burst into laughter again.
Charlie and Katie were sitting eating breakfast and Katie was naturally getting all the gossip.
She told her all the details but kept the last bit to herself.
She was itching to tell her but her lips were sealed with Oliver's kiss.