Elizabeth woke with a start one morning. She was to two months into her
first year a Hogwarts and still had trouble waking up in the morning. This
wasn't anything new; it was no secret that Elizabeth was no morning person.
The morning bell tolled loudly through the school waking all the late
sleepers telling them they had ten minutes until breakfast.
Elizabeth rolled over in bed and looked at her watch on the bedside table. "Oh not again!" She groaned. It was quarter to seven! Every day since school started she had been late for breakfast. Jumping out of bed she hurtled to the bathroom and jumped into the shower. That was a good thing about Hogwarts the water was always hot. Getting dressed as fast as she could Elizabeth hoped that by the time she got down to the Great Hall, there'd be some breakfast left. She dragged a brush through her wet hair and expertly flipped it up, grabbed her school-rode and ran all the way down to the Great Hall.
Sliding into her seat between Matt and Bobby, Elizabeth set about piling a plate high with food before it disappeared. Matt and Bobby looked at her with matching amused expressions.
"Hungry?" Matt asked trying hard not to laugh.
"No, but I'm late again. I have to eat before class, or I won't make it." Elizabeth answered distractedly. Matt and Bobby started to laugh; alarm bells went off in Elizabeth's head. "What did you do?"
"Nothing."
"Tell me, Matthew!" She said forcefully.
"Well, now I've seen everything! What are you doing down here so early Elizabeth?" Liam asked sitting down looking at the laughing boys and highly irritated Elizabeth.
"It's quarter.Oh! Matthew Potter I will KILL YOU!" She said lunging at him while he just sat there laughing. It took both Bobby and Liam five minutes to pull her off their cousin, who was still laughing.
Elizabeth found out later that day that the boys had changed the time on her watch to be an hour earlier. She spent the rest of the day seething. The strange thing was that no matter how hard she tried she couldn't stay mad at Matt. He was so sweet, he came to apologize whenever he was wrong, and calling her by the nickname he'd given her. She always caved.
"Beth, can I talk to you please?" Matt asked tapping her on the shoulder.
"What?" She replied a little harsher than she intended.
"I.Uh. that is. I wanted to apologize for being a complete ass. And for the watch .thing." Matt stuttered looking at the ground.
"I forgive you, just don't do it again, you hear me?"
"Come on it was pretty funny!" Matt grinned at her. Beth smiled back; she had to admit it was funny. She must have looked a sight wolfing down her food like she was trying to catch a train at quarter to six in the morning!
"McGonnagall is going to kill us if we're late you know."
"Yeah, yeah I know. Come on let's go." They walked off to class chatting amiably as if they'd known each other all their lives.
Elizabeth rolled over in bed and looked at her watch on the bedside table. "Oh not again!" She groaned. It was quarter to seven! Every day since school started she had been late for breakfast. Jumping out of bed she hurtled to the bathroom and jumped into the shower. That was a good thing about Hogwarts the water was always hot. Getting dressed as fast as she could Elizabeth hoped that by the time she got down to the Great Hall, there'd be some breakfast left. She dragged a brush through her wet hair and expertly flipped it up, grabbed her school-rode and ran all the way down to the Great Hall.
Sliding into her seat between Matt and Bobby, Elizabeth set about piling a plate high with food before it disappeared. Matt and Bobby looked at her with matching amused expressions.
"Hungry?" Matt asked trying hard not to laugh.
"No, but I'm late again. I have to eat before class, or I won't make it." Elizabeth answered distractedly. Matt and Bobby started to laugh; alarm bells went off in Elizabeth's head. "What did you do?"
"Nothing."
"Tell me, Matthew!" She said forcefully.
"Well, now I've seen everything! What are you doing down here so early Elizabeth?" Liam asked sitting down looking at the laughing boys and highly irritated Elizabeth.
"It's quarter.Oh! Matthew Potter I will KILL YOU!" She said lunging at him while he just sat there laughing. It took both Bobby and Liam five minutes to pull her off their cousin, who was still laughing.
Elizabeth found out later that day that the boys had changed the time on her watch to be an hour earlier. She spent the rest of the day seething. The strange thing was that no matter how hard she tried she couldn't stay mad at Matt. He was so sweet, he came to apologize whenever he was wrong, and calling her by the nickname he'd given her. She always caved.
"Beth, can I talk to you please?" Matt asked tapping her on the shoulder.
"What?" She replied a little harsher than she intended.
"I.Uh. that is. I wanted to apologize for being a complete ass. And for the watch .thing." Matt stuttered looking at the ground.
"I forgive you, just don't do it again, you hear me?"
"Come on it was pretty funny!" Matt grinned at her. Beth smiled back; she had to admit it was funny. She must have looked a sight wolfing down her food like she was trying to catch a train at quarter to six in the morning!
"McGonnagall is going to kill us if we're late you know."
"Yeah, yeah I know. Come on let's go." They walked off to class chatting amiably as if they'd known each other all their lives.