A/N-Sorry it took so long to update! I was grounded, AND school just
started and it's crazy! The Disney joke was the mirror mirror thing.I can't
believe you guys didn't know that! But ANYWAYZ.Hey! Summer! Yes! Things
will definitely be getting different for Claud and the gang! For one, there
will be new people, so there's a lot more things to talk about then the
Claud/Ron problem. I realized when I started writing this story that this
is a Harry Potter Fan Fic, and you can hardly tell that Harry's even AT
Hogwarts, so you will be seeing MUCH more of him. Now, on to the story!
A New Start Part I
Claudia, Hermione, and Nicki were sitting in the taxi, on their way to Claudia's house. Nicki and Hermione couldn't believe their eyes. They had never imagined that there could be so many strip malls and restaurants. But for Claudia, this was all normal.
"We're almost there guys!" Claudia said. "See look! There's the 7-11! And there's the Mobil! IT'S BLACKMERE DRIVE!"
"Settle down Claud!"
"But Mye! My development is right over there! THERE IT IS!" She was struck with a sudden warmness.
"She's excited," Nicki said to Hermione.
As they pulled into the driveway, a girl with LONG black hair ran from her house across the street to Claudia's house.
"CLAUD!"
"ROBIN!"
Claudia jumped out of the cab and hugged her friend.
"Guys, this is Robin. Robin, this Hermione and."
"AHHHHH! CLAUDIA! THERE'S TWO OF YOU!"
".As I was saying, this is Nicki. She is my reflection, uh, twin, uh I don't know exactly what she is. I'll explain later. Oh no! Where's Daphne? Where's Jason?"
"Daphne had to go with her mom to run errands, but Jason should be here any."
"CLAUD!"
"JASON!"
Jason, who lived up the street, ran down and gave Claudia a big hug.
"Um, Claud, you have a" Hermione began.
"Mye, he's not my boyfriend" Claudia finished.
"Oh, ok."
"It's SO good to see you guys again!" Claudia said.
A few weeks later.
Claudia, Hermione, and Nicki were staying up late talking.
"Seriously, I think JC is hot" Claudia said.
"No way! Justin!" Nicki said.
"JC!"
"Justin!"
"JC!"
"GUYS! Hold it! Everyone knows that Lance is the hottest!" Hermione said.
"NO WAY!" they both yelled. Then they all laughed.
"This my best summer ever!" Claudia said.
"Oh my gosh!" Hermione screamed.
"What's wrong?" Claudia asked.
"It's Harry's birthday!"
"Oh no! We forgot! Here, let's get Holly," Claudia said.
"Who's Holly?"
"My owl. Come on! I have THE best present."
"My aunt gave me this cell phone for my birthday, but I already have one, so I've never used it. We can give it to Harry so he can talk to us tonight!" Claudia said.
"AWESOME!"
"Why do you have a cell phone?"
"Okay, Harry probably doesn't know how use it, so lets write a letter to him. We can all write something!" Claudia said.
Dear Harry, Happy Birthday! Are you having a good vacation? I know I am! I miss you so much. I wish you could be here with us! I hope you like the present. I want to be the first person to talk to you. Love, Your darling Hermione
Dear Scar-head, He-he, just kidding. Tell Ron I love him and miss him! Always, Claudia P.S.~ Hope you like the phone, it was ALL my idea.
Dear Harry, We all miss you guys! I really like it here in America. There are so many interesting things here! Happy Birthday, I hope you like the present.
Yours, Nicki
Dear Harry, Me again. I'm here to explain the phone. We're going to call you in about an hour, and you will feel the phone vibrating (We don't want you're aunt and uncle to hear it). Press the word talk, and it is like a normal phone. See you soon ~Claud
Harry Potter was sitting in bed, looking at his new presents. Ron had gotten him a box filled with bottles of butterbeer. Hagrid had gotten him a huge bag filled with wizard candy.
He was wondering where Claudia and Hermione's presents were, when he saw a small little owl flying towards him. It flew in, and fluttered above Harry. He grabbed the small, narrow package from it. He tore open the wrapping and a letter fell out. The letter was from Claudia, Hermione, and Nicki.
He read it, then looked at the package. It was a phone! Only this phone was portable! He opened the box, and inside was a little silver phone. As he was examining it, it began to shake. He pressed talk, put it up to his ear and heard
"Harry? Are you there?"
"Claudia! Wow! This is awesome!"
"Hi scar head, I can't talk long because Mye is practically ripping the phone out of my hand. I'll talk to you in a minute."
"Harry! It's you!" Hermione was on the phone.
"Hi! I can't believe this thing works! It's amazing!"
"I know! I'm going to get one tomorrow when we go to the mall. You would never believe it here in America Harry! You HAVE to come next summer. It's so awesome. Tomorrow we are going to the mall and the day after we are going to Washington DC! I'm going to take TONS of pictures. Oh yeah, Claudia said to mount your broom and ride over here. WHAT! Hold on Harry, I need to talk to Claud for a minute."
"Hey Harry! It's Nicki!"
"Hi Nick! What's up down there? Uh.Up there? Uh across there I guess."
"Well, Claudia was actually serious, because she doesn't think it's illegal to use something magic, just as long as you don't DO any magic. Don't get me wrong, Mye DOES want you to come, but she has to check first."
"You mean, I can come!?"
"I guess. I think Claud will want you to pick up Ron and Ginny, too."
"No problem!"
"Okay, here's Claud again. See you soon Harry!"
"Bye"
"Hi Harry. Me again. Okay, Mye's a little mad because she STILL doesn't think you should come, but oh well. Anyway, you HAVE to pick up Ron and Ginny."
"Don't worry. I will. See you guys soon!"
"Bye!"
"When's he coming?" Hermione asked.
"I've already told you! He'll be here tonight around 1:00 am. That way mom will be out working the late shift. This is going to be AWESOME!"
It was 1:00 am. The girls were curled up in blankets sitting out on the porch, waiting for Harry. Then two figures appeared in the sky. They looked like brooms! They came closer, then closer, and finally, they were almost there. The girls noticed something different though. On one broom, there were two boys. But on the other broom, there was a boy and a girl. They knew it was Harry, Ron, and Ginny, but as the other boy jumped off the broom, they realized he was
"Seamus!" Claudia cried. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, since I'm going out with Ginny, I went to go stay with her for the summer, and then Harry showed up and I came!"
Harry and Ron jumped off their broom. Hermione sprinted down and jumped into Harry's arms.
"I was so worried" she murmured through their kisses.
Ron ran to the porch. Claudia jumped up on the ledge of the porch. She stretched out her arms, and fell forward like a belly flop. Ron opened his arms and let Claudia fall into them. She looked strait into his eyes.
"I've missed you so much" she whispered.
The next day, when the kids were settled, and when Claudia's mom got over the shock of finding 4 new people in her house, the kids went outside. First they walked over to Robin's.
"Oh my gosh! There's 4 more of you!" Robin cried.
"Hi Rob. Let me introduce you to these guys. This is Ginny, this is Seamus, this is Harry"
"You're not THE Harry Potter are you?" Robin interrupted.
"Yes, He's THE Harry Potter. AS I was saying, this is Ron, my boyfriend. The one I've told you SO much about." Claudia said.
Robin wasn't paying attention. She was gazing at Ron's hand.
"Uh, Robin, what are you doing?" Hermione asked.
"I'm staring at that gorgeous picture in Ron's hand," Robin said dreamily.
"MALFOY!" everyone except Robin screamed.
"Ew ew ew ew ew!" said Claudia.
"YOU'RE JOKING!" screamed Harry.
"Um, Rob, NO ONE likes Malfoy. He's just plain old MEAN" Claudia said.
"But he's HOT!"
"No, he's NOT" Ron said. "I ripped this picture out of the yearbook, I was going to burn it!"
"BURN IT! NO! LET ME HAVE IT!"
"Come on guys," Ginny said. "I'm anxious to meet Jason and Daphne!"
It was finally time to go back to Hogwarts. They were boarding the plane. Ron, Ginny, and Seamus were all staring at the planes like they were amazing. Claudia, Nicki, Hermione, Robin, Jason, and Daphne had all been on planes before, so this was no big deal (The Dursley's had never taken Harry on a plane, but he knew about them).
"Hey Ron, Seamus, and Ginny! Time to go!" Robin called out.
"You mean we get to FLY on these!" Ron awed.
"Yup! Come on lets go!"
They boarded the walkway, and Ginny grabbed Seamus hand VERY fast.
"Need a little reassurance hun?" he asked her. She nodded. "Okay," he said. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her VERY passionately.
"YO SEAMUS! LAY OFF!" Ron yelled.
"Hey! Don't tell him to lay off! We did A LOT more than that this summer!" Ginny yelled. Then she put her hands over her mouth. "Oops! I shouldn't have said that!" she said.
Meanwhile, Ron was turning a boiling shade of red. Just when he was about to explode, Claudia leaned in and kissed him.
"Come on," she soothed. "Let's get on the plane and talk about his later."
"Let's not do SO much talking" Ron whispered. Claudia giggled, and they walked onto the plane, arm in arm.
It had been three hours. Ron and Claudia were still making out in the bathroom, and Hermione and Harry were in deep discussion about Lavender Brown, who was in love with Harry. Jason and Nicki were playing go fish with Robin, and Daphne was reading "Fifteen" by Beverly Clearly. Ginny was asleep on Seamus, and Seamus was drifting off as well. They were just about to land when
"Hello folks, we ask that you fasten your seat belts because we are experiencing some major bumps," the stewardess said.
Ron's head poked out of the bathroom, and Claudia came out, fixing her hair and clothes. She sat down and looked out the window. There were clouds swirling the plane. These weren't any ordinary clouds though. They were green. Then, suddenly, Claudia heard a voice.
"Beware! Xanneth is coming!" the voice shrieked. Claudia looked at Ron.
"Who's Xanneth?"
It was the night before they went back to Hogwarts. They were staying at a hotel in London near King's Cross. Claudia lay in bed, drifting off to sleep.
A dream came to her. She was wearing a white flowing gown. Her Reddish brown hair was flowing all around her. She was floating on a white cloud, and the warm wind was blowing her hair everywhere. Then the wind turned turned cold. The cloud turned the same green it was on the plane.
"XANNETH IS COMING!" the voice shrieked again.
Claudia woke up, panting. "Who was Xanneth? What did he want with her?" she wondered.
In the morning, Claudia forgot about the dream. She was excited to go back to Hogwarts. She'd be a 7th year! They crossed the barrier, and boarded the train right away.
"I'm so excited!" Daphne said.
"I know! It's so weird here in England!" Jason said.
"Claud! Come with me! I HAVE to meet this Malfoy kid!"
"All right, but only if I don't have to stay for more than 30 seconds!"
Robin and Claudia searched all of the compartments, and then, Claudia spotted him.
"Rob! There he is!" Claudia whispered.
"Oh God! He's even MORE gorgeous in person! Hold on, let me change," Robin said. She snapped her fingers, and she had her LONG black hair swept up in a black mess of curls. Her navy blue Gap sweatshirt and her flares had been changed to a low cut hot pink tank top, a black mini-skirt, and a pair of hot pink heels.
"Robin, I say this in a nice way. You look like a hooker."
Robin just gave Claudia a dirty look, smoothed her hair, and opened the door.
As Robin walked into the compartment, Malfoy's jaw dropped.
"Hi," cooed Robin.
"Hey," Malfoy choked.
"I'm new here, do you think that you could show me around?" Robin asked.
"Definitely" Malfoy answered back.
Disgusted, Claudia walked back to her compartment and enjoyed the rest of the ride to Hogwarts.
As Claudia jumped off the train, she couldn't believe her eyes. Standing behind her was Malfoy, biting Robin's ear.
"Whatever that girl did, it sure did work!" Claudia said to Hermione.
Hermione however was rather grumpy. On the train she and Harry had a fight about commitment. Claudia had a very bad feeling about this fight.
Never the less, the feast was wonderful. Even Hermione enjoyed herself. Robin snuck off to the Slytherin table to join Malfoy, and Pansy Parkinson was giving her death looks. Daphne, Nicki and Jason were in great discussion on a book they all had read. Hermione, Ginny, Ron, and Seamus were laughing at some 3rd year. Claudia was just sitting back, enjoying being at Hogwarts again. Ron broke away from the dumb blonde jokes to talk with Claudia.
"Want to sneak up to the common room?" Ron asked.
"No, I just want to enjoy this," Claudia said.
Later, in the common room, Harry and Hermione were at it again.
"YOU'RE SO AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING!" Hermione screamed.
"AT LEAST I'M NOT AFRAID TO GET IN TROUBLE" Harry yelled back.
"WELL AT LEAST I'M NOT AFRAID TO GET MARRIED!"
"OH, SO THAT'S IT! WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT!"
Harry turned to Lavender, the person nearest to him.
"LAVENDER! WILL YOU MARRY ME?!?!?!?!?!?!"
Lavender went hysterical.
"YES! YES! YES!" She and Parvati went into the girls' dormitory to start planning for the wedding.
Hermione was stunned. She ran out of the common room and out of the portrait hole. Claudia stared at Harry with disgust on her face, then followed her. Ron looked at Harry and then said,
"You know, you don't deserve her. And don't pretend you don't know what I mean." Then he ran and followed Claudia.
Harry was ashamed. His friends thought he was a jerk, and the one person he truly loved, he had lost. He didn't really mean to ask Lavender, of all people, to marry him. He was just mad. He only wanted to prove that he WAS ready to commit, he just proved it the wrong way. If Lavender was already planning the wedding, how would he be able to get out of it and marry Hermione?
To be continued.
A New Start Part I
Claudia, Hermione, and Nicki were sitting in the taxi, on their way to Claudia's house. Nicki and Hermione couldn't believe their eyes. They had never imagined that there could be so many strip malls and restaurants. But for Claudia, this was all normal.
"We're almost there guys!" Claudia said. "See look! There's the 7-11! And there's the Mobil! IT'S BLACKMERE DRIVE!"
"Settle down Claud!"
"But Mye! My development is right over there! THERE IT IS!" She was struck with a sudden warmness.
"She's excited," Nicki said to Hermione.
As they pulled into the driveway, a girl with LONG black hair ran from her house across the street to Claudia's house.
"CLAUD!"
"ROBIN!"
Claudia jumped out of the cab and hugged her friend.
"Guys, this is Robin. Robin, this Hermione and."
"AHHHHH! CLAUDIA! THERE'S TWO OF YOU!"
".As I was saying, this is Nicki. She is my reflection, uh, twin, uh I don't know exactly what she is. I'll explain later. Oh no! Where's Daphne? Where's Jason?"
"Daphne had to go with her mom to run errands, but Jason should be here any."
"CLAUD!"
"JASON!"
Jason, who lived up the street, ran down and gave Claudia a big hug.
"Um, Claud, you have a" Hermione began.
"Mye, he's not my boyfriend" Claudia finished.
"Oh, ok."
"It's SO good to see you guys again!" Claudia said.
A few weeks later.
Claudia, Hermione, and Nicki were staying up late talking.
"Seriously, I think JC is hot" Claudia said.
"No way! Justin!" Nicki said.
"JC!"
"Justin!"
"JC!"
"GUYS! Hold it! Everyone knows that Lance is the hottest!" Hermione said.
"NO WAY!" they both yelled. Then they all laughed.
"This my best summer ever!" Claudia said.
"Oh my gosh!" Hermione screamed.
"What's wrong?" Claudia asked.
"It's Harry's birthday!"
"Oh no! We forgot! Here, let's get Holly," Claudia said.
"Who's Holly?"
"My owl. Come on! I have THE best present."
"My aunt gave me this cell phone for my birthday, but I already have one, so I've never used it. We can give it to Harry so he can talk to us tonight!" Claudia said.
"AWESOME!"
"Why do you have a cell phone?"
"Okay, Harry probably doesn't know how use it, so lets write a letter to him. We can all write something!" Claudia said.
Dear Harry, Happy Birthday! Are you having a good vacation? I know I am! I miss you so much. I wish you could be here with us! I hope you like the present. I want to be the first person to talk to you. Love, Your darling Hermione
Dear Scar-head, He-he, just kidding. Tell Ron I love him and miss him! Always, Claudia P.S.~ Hope you like the phone, it was ALL my idea.
Dear Harry, We all miss you guys! I really like it here in America. There are so many interesting things here! Happy Birthday, I hope you like the present.
Yours, Nicki
Dear Harry, Me again. I'm here to explain the phone. We're going to call you in about an hour, and you will feel the phone vibrating (We don't want you're aunt and uncle to hear it). Press the word talk, and it is like a normal phone. See you soon ~Claud
Harry Potter was sitting in bed, looking at his new presents. Ron had gotten him a box filled with bottles of butterbeer. Hagrid had gotten him a huge bag filled with wizard candy.
He was wondering where Claudia and Hermione's presents were, when he saw a small little owl flying towards him. It flew in, and fluttered above Harry. He grabbed the small, narrow package from it. He tore open the wrapping and a letter fell out. The letter was from Claudia, Hermione, and Nicki.
He read it, then looked at the package. It was a phone! Only this phone was portable! He opened the box, and inside was a little silver phone. As he was examining it, it began to shake. He pressed talk, put it up to his ear and heard
"Harry? Are you there?"
"Claudia! Wow! This is awesome!"
"Hi scar head, I can't talk long because Mye is practically ripping the phone out of my hand. I'll talk to you in a minute."
"Harry! It's you!" Hermione was on the phone.
"Hi! I can't believe this thing works! It's amazing!"
"I know! I'm going to get one tomorrow when we go to the mall. You would never believe it here in America Harry! You HAVE to come next summer. It's so awesome. Tomorrow we are going to the mall and the day after we are going to Washington DC! I'm going to take TONS of pictures. Oh yeah, Claudia said to mount your broom and ride over here. WHAT! Hold on Harry, I need to talk to Claud for a minute."
"Hey Harry! It's Nicki!"
"Hi Nick! What's up down there? Uh.Up there? Uh across there I guess."
"Well, Claudia was actually serious, because she doesn't think it's illegal to use something magic, just as long as you don't DO any magic. Don't get me wrong, Mye DOES want you to come, but she has to check first."
"You mean, I can come!?"
"I guess. I think Claud will want you to pick up Ron and Ginny, too."
"No problem!"
"Okay, here's Claud again. See you soon Harry!"
"Bye"
"Hi Harry. Me again. Okay, Mye's a little mad because she STILL doesn't think you should come, but oh well. Anyway, you HAVE to pick up Ron and Ginny."
"Don't worry. I will. See you guys soon!"
"Bye!"
"When's he coming?" Hermione asked.
"I've already told you! He'll be here tonight around 1:00 am. That way mom will be out working the late shift. This is going to be AWESOME!"
It was 1:00 am. The girls were curled up in blankets sitting out on the porch, waiting for Harry. Then two figures appeared in the sky. They looked like brooms! They came closer, then closer, and finally, they were almost there. The girls noticed something different though. On one broom, there were two boys. But on the other broom, there was a boy and a girl. They knew it was Harry, Ron, and Ginny, but as the other boy jumped off the broom, they realized he was
"Seamus!" Claudia cried. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, since I'm going out with Ginny, I went to go stay with her for the summer, and then Harry showed up and I came!"
Harry and Ron jumped off their broom. Hermione sprinted down and jumped into Harry's arms.
"I was so worried" she murmured through their kisses.
Ron ran to the porch. Claudia jumped up on the ledge of the porch. She stretched out her arms, and fell forward like a belly flop. Ron opened his arms and let Claudia fall into them. She looked strait into his eyes.
"I've missed you so much" she whispered.
The next day, when the kids were settled, and when Claudia's mom got over the shock of finding 4 new people in her house, the kids went outside. First they walked over to Robin's.
"Oh my gosh! There's 4 more of you!" Robin cried.
"Hi Rob. Let me introduce you to these guys. This is Ginny, this is Seamus, this is Harry"
"You're not THE Harry Potter are you?" Robin interrupted.
"Yes, He's THE Harry Potter. AS I was saying, this is Ron, my boyfriend. The one I've told you SO much about." Claudia said.
Robin wasn't paying attention. She was gazing at Ron's hand.
"Uh, Robin, what are you doing?" Hermione asked.
"I'm staring at that gorgeous picture in Ron's hand," Robin said dreamily.
"MALFOY!" everyone except Robin screamed.
"Ew ew ew ew ew!" said Claudia.
"YOU'RE JOKING!" screamed Harry.
"Um, Rob, NO ONE likes Malfoy. He's just plain old MEAN" Claudia said.
"But he's HOT!"
"No, he's NOT" Ron said. "I ripped this picture out of the yearbook, I was going to burn it!"
"BURN IT! NO! LET ME HAVE IT!"
"Come on guys," Ginny said. "I'm anxious to meet Jason and Daphne!"
It was finally time to go back to Hogwarts. They were boarding the plane. Ron, Ginny, and Seamus were all staring at the planes like they were amazing. Claudia, Nicki, Hermione, Robin, Jason, and Daphne had all been on planes before, so this was no big deal (The Dursley's had never taken Harry on a plane, but he knew about them).
"Hey Ron, Seamus, and Ginny! Time to go!" Robin called out.
"You mean we get to FLY on these!" Ron awed.
"Yup! Come on lets go!"
They boarded the walkway, and Ginny grabbed Seamus hand VERY fast.
"Need a little reassurance hun?" he asked her. She nodded. "Okay," he said. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her VERY passionately.
"YO SEAMUS! LAY OFF!" Ron yelled.
"Hey! Don't tell him to lay off! We did A LOT more than that this summer!" Ginny yelled. Then she put her hands over her mouth. "Oops! I shouldn't have said that!" she said.
Meanwhile, Ron was turning a boiling shade of red. Just when he was about to explode, Claudia leaned in and kissed him.
"Come on," she soothed. "Let's get on the plane and talk about his later."
"Let's not do SO much talking" Ron whispered. Claudia giggled, and they walked onto the plane, arm in arm.
It had been three hours. Ron and Claudia were still making out in the bathroom, and Hermione and Harry were in deep discussion about Lavender Brown, who was in love with Harry. Jason and Nicki were playing go fish with Robin, and Daphne was reading "Fifteen" by Beverly Clearly. Ginny was asleep on Seamus, and Seamus was drifting off as well. They were just about to land when
"Hello folks, we ask that you fasten your seat belts because we are experiencing some major bumps," the stewardess said.
Ron's head poked out of the bathroom, and Claudia came out, fixing her hair and clothes. She sat down and looked out the window. There were clouds swirling the plane. These weren't any ordinary clouds though. They were green. Then, suddenly, Claudia heard a voice.
"Beware! Xanneth is coming!" the voice shrieked. Claudia looked at Ron.
"Who's Xanneth?"
It was the night before they went back to Hogwarts. They were staying at a hotel in London near King's Cross. Claudia lay in bed, drifting off to sleep.
A dream came to her. She was wearing a white flowing gown. Her Reddish brown hair was flowing all around her. She was floating on a white cloud, and the warm wind was blowing her hair everywhere. Then the wind turned turned cold. The cloud turned the same green it was on the plane.
"XANNETH IS COMING!" the voice shrieked again.
Claudia woke up, panting. "Who was Xanneth? What did he want with her?" she wondered.
In the morning, Claudia forgot about the dream. She was excited to go back to Hogwarts. She'd be a 7th year! They crossed the barrier, and boarded the train right away.
"I'm so excited!" Daphne said.
"I know! It's so weird here in England!" Jason said.
"Claud! Come with me! I HAVE to meet this Malfoy kid!"
"All right, but only if I don't have to stay for more than 30 seconds!"
Robin and Claudia searched all of the compartments, and then, Claudia spotted him.
"Rob! There he is!" Claudia whispered.
"Oh God! He's even MORE gorgeous in person! Hold on, let me change," Robin said. She snapped her fingers, and she had her LONG black hair swept up in a black mess of curls. Her navy blue Gap sweatshirt and her flares had been changed to a low cut hot pink tank top, a black mini-skirt, and a pair of hot pink heels.
"Robin, I say this in a nice way. You look like a hooker."
Robin just gave Claudia a dirty look, smoothed her hair, and opened the door.
As Robin walked into the compartment, Malfoy's jaw dropped.
"Hi," cooed Robin.
"Hey," Malfoy choked.
"I'm new here, do you think that you could show me around?" Robin asked.
"Definitely" Malfoy answered back.
Disgusted, Claudia walked back to her compartment and enjoyed the rest of the ride to Hogwarts.
As Claudia jumped off the train, she couldn't believe her eyes. Standing behind her was Malfoy, biting Robin's ear.
"Whatever that girl did, it sure did work!" Claudia said to Hermione.
Hermione however was rather grumpy. On the train she and Harry had a fight about commitment. Claudia had a very bad feeling about this fight.
Never the less, the feast was wonderful. Even Hermione enjoyed herself. Robin snuck off to the Slytherin table to join Malfoy, and Pansy Parkinson was giving her death looks. Daphne, Nicki and Jason were in great discussion on a book they all had read. Hermione, Ginny, Ron, and Seamus were laughing at some 3rd year. Claudia was just sitting back, enjoying being at Hogwarts again. Ron broke away from the dumb blonde jokes to talk with Claudia.
"Want to sneak up to the common room?" Ron asked.
"No, I just want to enjoy this," Claudia said.
Later, in the common room, Harry and Hermione were at it again.
"YOU'RE SO AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING!" Hermione screamed.
"AT LEAST I'M NOT AFRAID TO GET IN TROUBLE" Harry yelled back.
"WELL AT LEAST I'M NOT AFRAID TO GET MARRIED!"
"OH, SO THAT'S IT! WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT!"
Harry turned to Lavender, the person nearest to him.
"LAVENDER! WILL YOU MARRY ME?!?!?!?!?!?!"
Lavender went hysterical.
"YES! YES! YES!" She and Parvati went into the girls' dormitory to start planning for the wedding.
Hermione was stunned. She ran out of the common room and out of the portrait hole. Claudia stared at Harry with disgust on her face, then followed her. Ron looked at Harry and then said,
"You know, you don't deserve her. And don't pretend you don't know what I mean." Then he ran and followed Claudia.
Harry was ashamed. His friends thought he was a jerk, and the one person he truly loved, he had lost. He didn't really mean to ask Lavender, of all people, to marry him. He was just mad. He only wanted to prove that he WAS ready to commit, he just proved it the wrong way. If Lavender was already planning the wedding, how would he be able to get out of it and marry Hermione?
To be continued.