*~* This is the longest chapter I've written so far! A cute new boy is introduced, plus, Ron and
Emily get SERIOUS!! Definitely a chapter not to miss.
*~* DISCLAIMER: My fanfic! My fanfic! But Harry and that belong to Warner Bros.
CHAPTER 4 - New Kid on the Block
Monica got barely any sleep that night. Katie was crying loudly in her bed - it was not until 2:30
in the morning that she shut up and went to sleep. Monica had asked her what the matter was, but
Katie just cried louder in reply.
In the morning, Monica was woken by a large thump. She rolled over and saw Katie sleeping on the
ground, outstretched, with an angry expression plastered on her face. Monica didn't need to even
guess - she had obviously fallen off her large four poster bed. Monica sighed, got out of bed
(she had a strange urge to step on her sleeping sister) and dressed. She went down to breakfast
where she found Emily and Ron sitting together - too close. They were talking in hushed voices,
and, Monica noticed, holding hands. This was too much for Monica to take. She crept up behind
them and was about to shout "BOO!" at the top of her voice when someone tapped her on the shoulder.
She turned around and was about to yell at the person who had ruined her great scaring attack
when she noticed it was someone she had never seen before. He looked about 13, and was wearing
Gryffindor robes - yet, Monica knew that he wasn't in their Potions class, and all the third
years were in her Potion class (it was mandatory). She noticed that the boy had brilliant blue
eyes and sandy hair, and a light build. Monica stood staring at him for a while, then realized
what she was doing. "Yes, what do you want?" she asked him impatiently.
"Umm...I'm new here. My name's Alex Wood." He said, in a heavy Scottish accent.
Monica's tone changed, rapidly, to a one of disbelief. "Wh...what, Oliver Wood's brother?"
"Yeah."
Monica's eyes opened wide and she started babble "Oh, pleased to meet you, my name's Monica
Scullperd, I think your brother is a FANTASTIC Quidditch player, I really do, just the way he
blocks the Quaffle, and his flying techniques. I think he really captain's the team well,
Gryffindor always seem to win…and you're his brother!" she said all this in one breath, finishing
with a little gasp for air.
"Oh...nice to meet you...Monica, was it? Umm...I'm looking for the Gryffindor common room; Oliver
couldn't show me 'cos he was at Quidditch practice."
"Damn...that means Harry won't be back for ages."
"Harry?"
"Oh, Harry Potter, my boyfriend."
It was Alex's turn to babble. "You're...you're his girlfriend? But...he's, like, the most famous
wizard ever, I admire him so much. I've read about him in Famous Wizards and Witches, and...and...he's
the only person ever to withstand You-Know-Who's power, he must be clever and smart and brilliant
and strong and..."
"OK, OK, yes, he's all these things. But he's got a secret behind it."
Monica winked at Alex and led him to the common room. "Now, all you have to do is say
'Braveheart!' and the portrait will open. Watch..." Monica turned to the portrait and said
"Braveheart" loudly and clearly and the portrait swung open. "You've gotta be quick or the
portrait will close." Monica said, rubbing the bruise on her forehead from last night. They
stepped in and Monica was about to show Alex what she meant, but the portrait stayed wide open.
"See, it'll...close...soon..." Monica said. The seconds ticked by. After about a minute, the
portrait was still wide open. Monica stamped her foot and screamed at the portrait, "Oh, NOW you
stay open!" And with that she stormed to her dormitory.
Alex was now left alone - a few people in the common room were staring at him, one of those people
being Katie. Her eyes were red (she'd been crying again for some reason or other), her back hurt
(she had no idea why) and she was eyeing down the new boy with shy interest. The boy saw her
looking at him, smiled at her and walked over. "Hello, I'm Alex Wood. I'm Oliver's brother; I've
been on holidays in Australia for the past two years, so I'm new here."
Katie's heart fluttered. "I'm...I'm Katie Scullperd, and I..."
"Oh, are you Monica's sister? She showed me the way to the common room, although I'm sure I'll
forget soon enough." He smiled and Katie's heart skipped a beat. "So, umm...which dormitory are
the boys in?"
"Uh...just up to the right...I mean left! Left, yeah, that's it, to the left." Alex gave her one
last smile and took his suitcase up to his dormitory. Katie was breathing heavily. There was no
doubt about it - she liked this new guy, Alex. His beautiful Scottish accent, his dazzling blue
eyes and cute, spiked up sandy hair. Katie grinned and fell off her chair.
That day went almost too quickly for Katie. She followed Alex around EVERYWHERE (well, except the
dormitories), which was getting him a little annoyed, especially when Katie seemed to trip over
every time she "walked past".
Monica had finally come out of the dormitory, cursing the "stupid portrait hole that is so bloody
unpredictable". She sought Harry for attention after he had come back from Quidditch training
As they were talking, Monica realised that she hadn't seen Ron and Emily since that morning. "Hey,
I haven't seen Ron and Emily since this morning." Monica said to Harry. "Oh, and guess what, when
I did see them this morning, they were holding hands!!!"
Harry laughed. "Lovebirds. I knew this'd happen after we got together." Monica and Harry giggled
together. And they didn't stop for the next 15 minutes, which made passer-by's a little freaked
out. When they did finally stop, it was because Alex walked into the common room, with Katie
following close behind. Alex turned around and said angrily, "OK, Katie, do you reckon you could
stop stalking me for two seconds?"
Katie smiled lovingly and whispered to Monica, "I just love it when he talks like that." With that,
she proceeded flirting until Alex was so annoyed he stormed up to the dormitories. Katie followed
him up the stairs to wait outside the dormitory until he came out. Monica and Harry heard a
distant THUMP as Katie tripped on a stair. They exchanged a look that obviously said "What the
hell is wrong with her?" then grinned.
"Hey, I still haven't seen Ron and Emily all day. Where have they been?" Monica said to Harry and
Katie as they walked down to the Great Hall for dinner. Katie had finally quit following Alex
around (Monica had told her that it's NOT the way to get a guy) and was hanging around Monica and
Harry. Her friends had babbled on about something or other, Katie had only caught words of it 'cos
she had lost Alex at the time, but she was smart enough to put it together - they weren't going to
hang around with her until she stopped being so Alex-crazy. So Katie had finally stopped following
Alex, and was giving her friends a bit of time before she returned to them.
Now, back to the story.
"I don't know," Harry admitted. "I haven't seen them all day."
Monica was about to suggest they look for the couple, when Katie went and changed the subject. "I
know of a short cut to the Great Hall. I took it all the time last year when I was walking from
Potions to Transfiguration. You would know that they're on either sides of the Great Hall."
"Um...no, we just took the stairs. But OK, show us." Monica said. "Bet she spent ages just trying
to find this one." She added in a whisper to Harry.
They took Katie's way, which turned out not to be a short cut, but a longer way. Harry was about
to complain when he noticed two, dark figures in a corner. As he got closer, he realised they were
kissing. He was about to apologise and walk off when he realised...
*freaky music inserted here*
...IT WAS RON AND EMILY!!!!!!!
*more freaky music*
"Ron! Emily! What..." Harry started, but after that he was at a loss for words. Ron and Emily
stopped immediately and looked up, embarrassed.
"Harry, did you find them? I...what's wrong Harry?" Monica noticed Harry staring with utter
disbelief at both Ron and Emily. "Harry…hello? Knock knock, is anyone home?"
"I...they...I mean...who...but..." Harry stumbled over his words.
"Come on Harry, what's the problem. They're just sitting in the corner. Probably wanted to get a
bit of privacy." Monica winked at the couple sitting together in the dusty corner. Harry smiled
weakly at Monica's attempt to work things out. After a while, he managed to mumble, "They were
kissing."
Monica stared. For a few moments, Harry thought she was going to take the same approach as he
did - utter shock. But Monica started laughing. Hard. She ended up on the floor, rolling around
in laughter. Harry had to shout to talk to Monica. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"Well, it was SO obvious they were going to get together, I've known it for AGES!!!!! I saw you
guys last night, and this morning, and I knew!!! And now this! I..." Monica stopped there - she
broke into another fit of laughter.
After a while, the laughter died down, and Katie, who hadn't said anything this whole time, piped
up. "But..you're only THIRD years. That's disgusting."
"You caught us at the wrong time." Emily said, blushing. "It was only a little one...just a
peck...you know?"
Ron nodded his head in agreement, his face turning redder than his hair.
Monica just grinned, and was about to say something when Harry took her hand and gave her an
If-You-Say-Anything-More-About-It-It'll-Make-Them-Even-More-Embarrassed look. Monica nodded, and
squeezed his hand.
Katie had been observing the four friends from afar. Ron and Emily, Harry and Monica. All so
perfect. Katie's eyes started to fill with tears as she realised that her one and only love
didn't even like her...AT ALL. For about the 5th time that day, she was about to burst into tears
when Monica said, "Um...Katie, I think we're lost. Help us."
Katie leaped forward with enthusiasm, breaking Monica and Harry's grip. She looked around, and
realised she had no idea where she was. This time she DID break into tears. The four friends
rolled their eyes and Emily said, "Katie, can't you use a spell or something?"
Katie shrieked with delight and took her wand from out of her robes promptly. "POINT ME!" she
screamed eagerly. Monica and Emily began to giggle uncontrollably at Katie's enthusiasm - Harry
and Ron just grinned.
After about half an hour, they finally reached the Great Hall. "That was the longest shortcut I
ever took." Monica admitted. Katie scowled at her.
"Hey, I just realised, you guys spent the WHOLE day in that dusty corner. What were doing?" Harry
asked.
"We were just talking. About stuff." Emily said.
Monica and Harry raised their eyebrows. "Really? What kind of stuff?" Monica asked suspiciously.
"Just...stuff." Ron said nervously.
Monica grew impatient. "TELL!" she screamed.
Emily and Ron both jumped.
"OK, OK, fine." Emily said. "We were talking about...um...you."
"What the hell?"
"Yeah," Ron admitted, "Just saying...you know...that..." the rest of his words were mumbled.
"Sorry? What was that? I didn't quite hear you!" Monica said, trying unsuccessfully to control her
anger.
"Well...we were just saying...um...that you guys are...not-going-to-make-it-to-7th-year-we-reckon-
you'll-break-up-somewhere-along-the-line." Ron said all this very quickly, but Monica caught
enough to understand what he meant. Harry heard as well, and was fuming.
"WHAT???"
"We didn't mean it, honest. We had run out of things to talk about."
Monica and Harry left without any hesitation. When they left, Katie, who had not spoken through
the whole fight, said "That's a bit mean, you know. But...to tell you the truth...I think exactly
the same thing."
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Emily get SERIOUS!! Definitely a chapter not to miss.
*~* DISCLAIMER: My fanfic! My fanfic! But Harry and that belong to Warner Bros.
CHAPTER 4 - New Kid on the Block
Monica got barely any sleep that night. Katie was crying loudly in her bed - it was not until 2:30
in the morning that she shut up and went to sleep. Monica had asked her what the matter was, but
Katie just cried louder in reply.
In the morning, Monica was woken by a large thump. She rolled over and saw Katie sleeping on the
ground, outstretched, with an angry expression plastered on her face. Monica didn't need to even
guess - she had obviously fallen off her large four poster bed. Monica sighed, got out of bed
(she had a strange urge to step on her sleeping sister) and dressed. She went down to breakfast
where she found Emily and Ron sitting together - too close. They were talking in hushed voices,
and, Monica noticed, holding hands. This was too much for Monica to take. She crept up behind
them and was about to shout "BOO!" at the top of her voice when someone tapped her on the shoulder.
She turned around and was about to yell at the person who had ruined her great scaring attack
when she noticed it was someone she had never seen before. He looked about 13, and was wearing
Gryffindor robes - yet, Monica knew that he wasn't in their Potions class, and all the third
years were in her Potion class (it was mandatory). She noticed that the boy had brilliant blue
eyes and sandy hair, and a light build. Monica stood staring at him for a while, then realized
what she was doing. "Yes, what do you want?" she asked him impatiently.
"Umm...I'm new here. My name's Alex Wood." He said, in a heavy Scottish accent.
Monica's tone changed, rapidly, to a one of disbelief. "Wh...what, Oliver Wood's brother?"
"Yeah."
Monica's eyes opened wide and she started babble "Oh, pleased to meet you, my name's Monica
Scullperd, I think your brother is a FANTASTIC Quidditch player, I really do, just the way he
blocks the Quaffle, and his flying techniques. I think he really captain's the team well,
Gryffindor always seem to win…and you're his brother!" she said all this in one breath, finishing
with a little gasp for air.
"Oh...nice to meet you...Monica, was it? Umm...I'm looking for the Gryffindor common room; Oliver
couldn't show me 'cos he was at Quidditch practice."
"Damn...that means Harry won't be back for ages."
"Harry?"
"Oh, Harry Potter, my boyfriend."
It was Alex's turn to babble. "You're...you're his girlfriend? But...he's, like, the most famous
wizard ever, I admire him so much. I've read about him in Famous Wizards and Witches, and...and...he's
the only person ever to withstand You-Know-Who's power, he must be clever and smart and brilliant
and strong and..."
"OK, OK, yes, he's all these things. But he's got a secret behind it."
Monica winked at Alex and led him to the common room. "Now, all you have to do is say
'Braveheart!' and the portrait will open. Watch..." Monica turned to the portrait and said
"Braveheart" loudly and clearly and the portrait swung open. "You've gotta be quick or the
portrait will close." Monica said, rubbing the bruise on her forehead from last night. They
stepped in and Monica was about to show Alex what she meant, but the portrait stayed wide open.
"See, it'll...close...soon..." Monica said. The seconds ticked by. After about a minute, the
portrait was still wide open. Monica stamped her foot and screamed at the portrait, "Oh, NOW you
stay open!" And with that she stormed to her dormitory.
Alex was now left alone - a few people in the common room were staring at him, one of those people
being Katie. Her eyes were red (she'd been crying again for some reason or other), her back hurt
(she had no idea why) and she was eyeing down the new boy with shy interest. The boy saw her
looking at him, smiled at her and walked over. "Hello, I'm Alex Wood. I'm Oliver's brother; I've
been on holidays in Australia for the past two years, so I'm new here."
Katie's heart fluttered. "I'm...I'm Katie Scullperd, and I..."
"Oh, are you Monica's sister? She showed me the way to the common room, although I'm sure I'll
forget soon enough." He smiled and Katie's heart skipped a beat. "So, umm...which dormitory are
the boys in?"
"Uh...just up to the right...I mean left! Left, yeah, that's it, to the left." Alex gave her one
last smile and took his suitcase up to his dormitory. Katie was breathing heavily. There was no
doubt about it - she liked this new guy, Alex. His beautiful Scottish accent, his dazzling blue
eyes and cute, spiked up sandy hair. Katie grinned and fell off her chair.
That day went almost too quickly for Katie. She followed Alex around EVERYWHERE (well, except the
dormitories), which was getting him a little annoyed, especially when Katie seemed to trip over
every time she "walked past".
Monica had finally come out of the dormitory, cursing the "stupid portrait hole that is so bloody
unpredictable". She sought Harry for attention after he had come back from Quidditch training
As they were talking, Monica realised that she hadn't seen Ron and Emily since that morning. "Hey,
I haven't seen Ron and Emily since this morning." Monica said to Harry. "Oh, and guess what, when
I did see them this morning, they were holding hands!!!"
Harry laughed. "Lovebirds. I knew this'd happen after we got together." Monica and Harry giggled
together. And they didn't stop for the next 15 minutes, which made passer-by's a little freaked
out. When they did finally stop, it was because Alex walked into the common room, with Katie
following close behind. Alex turned around and said angrily, "OK, Katie, do you reckon you could
stop stalking me for two seconds?"
Katie smiled lovingly and whispered to Monica, "I just love it when he talks like that." With that,
she proceeded flirting until Alex was so annoyed he stormed up to the dormitories. Katie followed
him up the stairs to wait outside the dormitory until he came out. Monica and Harry heard a
distant THUMP as Katie tripped on a stair. They exchanged a look that obviously said "What the
hell is wrong with her?" then grinned.
"Hey, I still haven't seen Ron and Emily all day. Where have they been?" Monica said to Harry and
Katie as they walked down to the Great Hall for dinner. Katie had finally quit following Alex
around (Monica had told her that it's NOT the way to get a guy) and was hanging around Monica and
Harry. Her friends had babbled on about something or other, Katie had only caught words of it 'cos
she had lost Alex at the time, but she was smart enough to put it together - they weren't going to
hang around with her until she stopped being so Alex-crazy. So Katie had finally stopped following
Alex, and was giving her friends a bit of time before she returned to them.
Now, back to the story.
"I don't know," Harry admitted. "I haven't seen them all day."
Monica was about to suggest they look for the couple, when Katie went and changed the subject. "I
know of a short cut to the Great Hall. I took it all the time last year when I was walking from
Potions to Transfiguration. You would know that they're on either sides of the Great Hall."
"Um...no, we just took the stairs. But OK, show us." Monica said. "Bet she spent ages just trying
to find this one." She added in a whisper to Harry.
They took Katie's way, which turned out not to be a short cut, but a longer way. Harry was about
to complain when he noticed two, dark figures in a corner. As he got closer, he realised they were
kissing. He was about to apologise and walk off when he realised...
*freaky music inserted here*
...IT WAS RON AND EMILY!!!!!!!
*more freaky music*
"Ron! Emily! What..." Harry started, but after that he was at a loss for words. Ron and Emily
stopped immediately and looked up, embarrassed.
"Harry, did you find them? I...what's wrong Harry?" Monica noticed Harry staring with utter
disbelief at both Ron and Emily. "Harry…hello? Knock knock, is anyone home?"
"I...they...I mean...who...but..." Harry stumbled over his words.
"Come on Harry, what's the problem. They're just sitting in the corner. Probably wanted to get a
bit of privacy." Monica winked at the couple sitting together in the dusty corner. Harry smiled
weakly at Monica's attempt to work things out. After a while, he managed to mumble, "They were
kissing."
Monica stared. For a few moments, Harry thought she was going to take the same approach as he
did - utter shock. But Monica started laughing. Hard. She ended up on the floor, rolling around
in laughter. Harry had to shout to talk to Monica. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"Well, it was SO obvious they were going to get together, I've known it for AGES!!!!! I saw you
guys last night, and this morning, and I knew!!! And now this! I..." Monica stopped there - she
broke into another fit of laughter.
After a while, the laughter died down, and Katie, who hadn't said anything this whole time, piped
up. "But..you're only THIRD years. That's disgusting."
"You caught us at the wrong time." Emily said, blushing. "It was only a little one...just a
peck...you know?"
Ron nodded his head in agreement, his face turning redder than his hair.
Monica just grinned, and was about to say something when Harry took her hand and gave her an
If-You-Say-Anything-More-About-It-It'll-Make-Them-Even-More-Embarrassed look. Monica nodded, and
squeezed his hand.
Katie had been observing the four friends from afar. Ron and Emily, Harry and Monica. All so
perfect. Katie's eyes started to fill with tears as she realised that her one and only love
didn't even like her...AT ALL. For about the 5th time that day, she was about to burst into tears
when Monica said, "Um...Katie, I think we're lost. Help us."
Katie leaped forward with enthusiasm, breaking Monica and Harry's grip. She looked around, and
realised she had no idea where she was. This time she DID break into tears. The four friends
rolled their eyes and Emily said, "Katie, can't you use a spell or something?"
Katie shrieked with delight and took her wand from out of her robes promptly. "POINT ME!" she
screamed eagerly. Monica and Emily began to giggle uncontrollably at Katie's enthusiasm - Harry
and Ron just grinned.
After about half an hour, they finally reached the Great Hall. "That was the longest shortcut I
ever took." Monica admitted. Katie scowled at her.
"Hey, I just realised, you guys spent the WHOLE day in that dusty corner. What were doing?" Harry
asked.
"We were just talking. About stuff." Emily said.
Monica and Harry raised their eyebrows. "Really? What kind of stuff?" Monica asked suspiciously.
"Just...stuff." Ron said nervously.
Monica grew impatient. "TELL!" she screamed.
Emily and Ron both jumped.
"OK, OK, fine." Emily said. "We were talking about...um...you."
"What the hell?"
"Yeah," Ron admitted, "Just saying...you know...that..." the rest of his words were mumbled.
"Sorry? What was that? I didn't quite hear you!" Monica said, trying unsuccessfully to control her
anger.
"Well...we were just saying...um...that you guys are...not-going-to-make-it-to-7th-year-we-reckon-
you'll-break-up-somewhere-along-the-line." Ron said all this very quickly, but Monica caught
enough to understand what he meant. Harry heard as well, and was fuming.
"WHAT???"
"We didn't mean it, honest. We had run out of things to talk about."
Monica and Harry left without any hesitation. When they left, Katie, who had not spoken through
the whole fight, said "That's a bit mean, you know. But...to tell you the truth...I think exactly
the same thing."
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