Tripping and Falling
Part 7: The Calm Before The Storm
By. Chrissy
Author's note: That was really fun to write last time or maybe that was the sugar... who knows but thanks for reviewing! This chap will focus mainly on one couple and then the rest of the chapters will alternate for which couple will be dominant.
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Isabelle and Hermione were glaring at each other at breakfast. Their next class was together and Hermione would have to deal with the fact that Isabelle wasn't going anywhere, well not anywhere soon. Isabelle and Pansy did stop their petty bickering and Angel and Meribeth stopped fighting too. They had to work together to get the Great Hall cleaned last night and it took forever!
George had moved everybody at the table down so he and Fred could sit by Herm and the others. He slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her and her chair closer to his and whispered something in her ear that made her blush profusely. Ron just sighed as he saw George continue to make Hermione blush. Then Lavender slipped her hand into his and intertwined their fingers and she gave his hand a squeeze.
"Ron it's time for Herbology, let's go down... early." She smirked as she saw Ron's ears redden. Then they grabbed their stuff and left. Harry was having an interesting conversation with Ginny about muggle sports. They ended up in a very heated argument about who was better in American baseball the Mets or the Yankees. Ginny was stuck on the Yankees but Harry said otherwise and they started arguing until Fred elbowed Harry a bit harder than necessary in the ribs.
"Five minutes until first class Harry so I suggest you eat something and stop arguing." Fred said. Both Ginny and Harry blushed and quickly ate some eggs. George and Hermione left to go um.... inspect an empty and unused classroom :)
Isabelle was talking Draco into letting her practice with the team today after classes. He didn't want to let her saying it was too dangerous but she gave him her patented 'I am a Goddess, hear me roar' glare and he quickly said she could come and practice with the team. A few minutes later a bell rang signaling that it was time for them to start heading towards their first class.
(AN: Can you tell I haven't decided who I want to write the chap about yet? Well I think this one will be about Draco and Isabelle too because I have to get in the Quidditch practice.)
During Herbology, Slytherins and Gryffindors were paired together in same sex couples and were assigned to weed the greenhouses. "Just what I need first thing in the morning." Pansy started complaining. Isabelle glared at her. She wasn't liking this anymore than the next person but whining wasn't going to make it better.
"So how did you guys clean the Great Hall last night?" Asked Hermione, Isabelle's partner, innocently. Pansy, Angel, Meribeth, and Isabelle all glared. Then they just ignored her and scowled. Isabelle, for some reason, didn't scowl but instead answered the question.
"We swept and threw out garbage. It wasn't hard and it only took like an hour since most people know how to clean up after themselves." She said and shot a sideways glance towards Pansy. They would've had to clean it up anyways but Pansy just left all of her garbage from the entire night piled on a table so they had to clean it all up, no magic.
"Oh. Too bad you weren't allowed to use magic otherwise it would've taken a lot less time. You look tired....." Hermione said. Isabelle was going to say something pointed and witty but then replayed her conversation with the Gryffindor girl.
"Why are you being nice, Granger? We were glaring at each other not twenty minutes ago and now you want to make nice and pretend like we're friends... is it some sort of bet?" Isabelle asked, Hermione looked as if she'd really been shocked that Isabelle said that.
"Well sorry, I was attempting to be civil because my boyfriend informed me that you were the one who arranged for that band last night so we weren't stuck with Myrtle singing. Is it so horribly wrong to converse with somebody from another house?" Hermione clipped back. Isabelle blinked a few times and then sighed.
Pansy was talking adamantly with the Angel who was the next table over from hers. Why did the professor have to split them into girls greenhouse and boys greenhouse? Hermione and Isabelle slipped into a conversation with each other about their preference from books to boys to Quidditch. When it was time for second class they walked up to the school together talking like they'd been friends forever, maybe a Gryffindor could befriend a Slytherin.
Draco hadn't had nearly as nice a time as Isabelle. Ron, Harry, and Draco had t stay after class to pick up then mess they made. Draco and Harry got into a fight over something and Ron jumped int and they spilled a large bag of dirt. They had to clean it up by taking cup fulls of dirt and pouring it into the bag but Draco didn't want to be late so he levitated the rest of the dirt right back into the bag and left for Arithmacy.
Pansy, Lavender, and Isabelle all arrived to Divination late. They were late by like five seconds but Trelawney hadn't seemed to notice. The incense was so thick Isabelle started coughing and she asked to go to Madame Pompfry's to get something for her asthma. Trelawney said she could go but she sent Harry down with her, he seemed to have a problem with the incense as well. Pansy wanted to leave to but Trelawney said she couldn't so she sat down and pouted.
They didn't talk on their way to the infirmary or at least they didn't until Isabelle starting coughing so much she fell over on the stairs. Harry wrapped his arms around her waist before she could fall down the stairs though. Once her coughing fit was over she thanked him for saving her and they talked a bit about Quidditch. When they got to the infirmary Mme. Pompfry looked as though she were about to explode.
"I keep telling Sybil she's going to kill you kids with all that smoke. I'm going to tell Dumbledore, you guys are the umpteenth students to come down. Smoke inhalation is deadly I'm going to have a fitted conversation with her at lunch." And on and on she fumed while having Harry and Isabelle sit down and she gave them each a rather nasty tasting pink potion. She told them to lay down for a bit.
Isabelle snuck out as soon as Pompfry went into her office. Harry followed her and when they got in the hall Harry whispered fiercely, "What are you doing!?!?!"
She glared at him, "Getting my schedule switched. Trelawny is a crazy bat and she's making my asthma worse so I'm going to see Dumbledore to have my schedule switched." Isabelle said not bothering to whisper.
Harry didn't whisper now either, "You are going the wrong way. I'll show you to his office." Izzy begrudgingly accepted and they walked in silence to the gargoyle statue.
"What's the password?" Isabele asked, she hadn't even thought of that. But Harry didn't look surprised.
"It's always some sort of treat. Bertie Blott's Every Flavour Beans, Sugar Quill, Chocolate Frogs." The gargoyle slid open when he said 'chocolate frogs' so apparently that was the password. Isabelle looked astounded and they walked down the moving staircase and the door to his office was open. Harry knocked, "Headmaster Dumbledore?"
"Harry, Isabelle... do come in...." Dumbledore smiled from behind his desk, "Tea or ho chocolate?"
"Tea would be lovely." Isabelle said as she sat down. Harry sat in the next chair and said he'd like a hot chocolate. "Thank you sir." She said as she sipped her tea. She was rather uncomfortable being in his office but the fact that another student was there somewhat comforted her.
"So what brings you to my office my students?" Dumbledore asked and then sipped his own tea. "Missing a class aren't you..... Divination?"
"Sir, that's why we're here. We have asthma and every time we enter Professor Trelawney's classroom we have asthma attacks because of all the smoke. I wanted to make a request that I be switched into Arithmacy, I'm not sure if Pot-- Harry... I'm not sure if Harry wants to switch though, he was just bringing me hear from getting treated by Madame Pompfry." Isabelle explained.
"I would like to switch to Arithmacy as well, Headmaster." Harry said as he and the headmaster both finished their drinks at the same time. Isabelle kept sipping hers because she wasn't going to gulp it down like she was a guy or anything. Dumbledore looked at both of them and then sat back in his chair to think.
"You may both switch but you need to catch up on almost four months of missed classes. I'm sure you'll be able to catch up over break. Go to Arithmacy now and tell your professor that you have been switched and then pick up your assignments. Good day, I'll see you at lunch!" Dumbledore said. Isabelle and Harry thanked him and left.
They had five minutes before the end of second class so they had to hurry to the Arithmacy room and write down four months worth of assignments and notes. They ran all the way there and slowed down halfway down the hell from the room. Isabelle straightened her robes and hair and caught her breath and Harry did the same. Hey walked into the classroom (the door was open) and still looked flushed from running.
There were some whispers among the students but Hermione and Draco were staring at them with their eyebrows raised in curiosity. The professor (who teaches Arithmacy?) Gave them each already written assignment lists and instructed them to sit down and listen to the last few minutes of class. Draco and Hermione figured out that the two were now taking Arithmacy with them but why'd they leave whatever class they had. Then it registered with Hermione and she whispered to Draco who was sitting next to her, "They must have transferred out of Divination with Trelawny."
He nodded to Hermione and then suddenly started wondering why Grange was talking to him and why she cared about what Isabelle was doing, probably because she was with Potter.... After the bell for lunch had wrung Isabelle walked up to Draco and gave him a sly grin. Then she kissed him and he wrapped his arms around her possessively and growled.
Harry turned the other way when they started kissing. They stopped soon enough by exaggerated coughing from Hermione. Isabelle blushed and turned to face Hermione with Draco's arms still around her. "Okay so spill, why'd you guys ditch the crazy bat?" Hermione said and smiled. Harry shook his head, Trelawny was the only teacher Hermione talked bad about. Hermione didn't even bad mouth Snape, she didn't like him but she didn't bash him like she did the Divination professor.
"Book worm the teacher's pet is bashing a teacher?!?!" Isabelle said as she gasped in mock horror. Isabelle laughed, "Like you said, she's a crazy bat. Plus she's trying to kill us. She's got so much incense up there you can't even see and I've got asthma!"
"She had an asthma attack because of the smoke and I was having an allergic reaction so Trel sent us to the infirmary and then we went to Dumbledore's and got switched." Harry said Plainly as he leaned against's a table.
"I'll copy all of our notes over for you Iz and I'll give them to you either tonight or on the train back tomorrow." Draco said.
Herm nodded, "Harry I'll copy my notes for you too. I'll give them to you after dinner." Isabelle yawned and leaned back against Draco, she loved having someone that would hold her, somebody that liked her for her not her money.
"I have Quidditch practice after dinner 'Mione so if you aren't up when i come upstairs then just leave them on the table or something." Harry said, "We should probably head down to lunch before we are later than we are now."
"Potter what are you talking about? Slytherin has practice after dinner." Draco said. Isabelle broke free of his hold and went back to the back of the room to grab her messenger bag that contained her books. Then she came back up front and heard of the scheduling conflict.
"Why don't we have an unscheduled practice game. We won't tell the teachers and it won't count towards the cup, just a fun game for practice." Isabelle compromised and Draco and Harry seemed to think about it.
"We'll talk to our teams but it sounds like a plan." Draco answered for himself and Harry.
"Good, what time are we practicing?" Isabelle smiled. Draco looked confused and then it registered, "No. You are not going to play with us. I said you could practice but we are doing an actual game."
"Ah, ah, ah!" Isabelle said waving her finger in the air, "I beg to differ. It is still a practice because it doesn't count as a game. I am still playing." And she turned on her heal and walked out of the classroom with Hermione.
"Since when is Isabelle friends with Granger? And same with you too Potter...." Draco said as he exited the room and Harry followed closely.
It was a rhetorical question but Harry saw fit to answer it, "Well Isabelle and Hermione came to a mutual agreement during first class and decided it wouldn't hurt not to hate each other anymore and I we are only acquaintances not friends. I'm the one that made sure she got transferred to Arithmacy. And that should answer your questions Malfoy.... see you for double potions this afternoon!"
Harry ran to catch up with Hermione and Isabelle slowed down so the Gryffindors would enter first and she could walk with Draco. They'd go in a few minutes after Harry and Hermione just to make sure nobody thought they were walking together. They walked slowly.
"Why are Potter and Granger being so....." Draco trailed thinking for the word.
"Talkative, nice, FRIENDLY? Because. I found that 'Mione is a very .... interesting person and I dare say... she is my friend. I'm not sure about Potter but I'm not being cruel because I almost fell down the stairs during my asthma attack and he stopped me for falling so I guess I'm being nice..." Isabelle said
Lunch went by quickly and nobody but Dumbledore noticed the four come in late even though they came in separately he knew they were coming from the same place. Maybe these four students could bridge the gap between the opposing houses.....
Double-Potions and Herbology with Gryffindor and Slytherin always happened on Fridays and today was a Friday. None of the Gryffindors liked having both of their long classes with the other house and the feelings were mutual. Neville melted 2 couldrons trying to make veritisyrum and the only 3 groups made it correctly, according to the color, the effects would be tested later.
Isabelle had taken charge of her group and she was paired with Lavender. They'd both worked hard, but still together, to create their potion. They were the first group done and they had the rest of the period to start their essay on why Veritisyrum was a good thing. Draco was partnered with Pansy but all she did was sit there whining about Herbology being boring. Draco made the potion correctly as well. Hermione was partnered with Harry and they also got it done correctly and Hermione's essay was finished, handed in, and very long by the end of class.
Ron had been paired with Neville so they had to try 3 times. The first two times, the cauldron had melted but the third time they ended with it being the wrong color. Snape handed out detention slips to everybody who hadn't finished their potions correctly. He sneered at Granger and Potter but smirked at Parker and Malfoy. Lavender didn't get any credit for the correctness of the potion at all but she didn't get detention so that showed that Snape recognized that she'd worked on it too. Why he ever gave Pansy points for anything was beyond anyone's understanding.
Dinner was also uneventful but it was soon over and the teams were out on the field. Everybody just thought it was a regular practice but they didn't know that there were two teams out at practice. It was a rather chilly evening but Isabelle could take it. She put on her cloak and grabbed her broom and was out on the field.
She muttered a small spell to keep her cloak from flying around everywhere if it got windy and mounted her broom. She took off and flew around the field a few times before she landed and sat on the stands waiting for the rest of the Gryffindor team to show up. The Slytherin team was already out there.
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AN: Yes I am evil but I felt this one was getting long enough and I have notes to type up for school. I hope you guys liked this chapter! Um..... oh yeah! Thanks for reviewing and let me know if you want Izzy to have amnesia. Here's the options:
1) Draco has to go home for the holidays as much as he wants to stay until Isabelle wakes up from her fall off her broom. He leaves and Isabelle wakes up to find Harry asleep in the chair next to her bed. She assumes he is her boyfriend and when he wakes up to find she think's he's her boyfriend he goes along with it.
OR
2) Isabelle falls off her broom and doesn't have amnesia so she decides to go home with Draco for the holidays since her aunt will be at Draco's visiting his mother anyways.
Let me know- PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!