Disclaimer: See chapter 1…
New Friend, Food and Odd Staring
"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted.
My face grew bright red. "HE'S IN MY HOUSE!" I thought excitedly.
I began clapping my hand furiously as he got up off the stool and headed down towards the table… and me. I began starring into my empty plate and blushing even more as he came right up to me.
"Anyone sitting here?" he asked pointing to the seat beside me.
I looked at him a tad shocked he had talked to me. "Um, n-n-no, not all… feel free." I said motioning to the seat.
He smiled and with a swift movement sat next to me, his deep soothing words still filling my head, making me dizzy. It was the first time he'd actually talked to me. I could feel my ears starting to go red to match my cheeks and I turned my attention back to the plate in front of me.
The plate wasn't actually all that interesting but, it still took me a few minutes to register that I pair of eyes were locked on me and had been for quite a while. I was sitting on the side of the table that gave me a clear of the Slytherin table and as I looked up I saw the starring glare of Mossy Mountain Mouth, Marcus Flint. "What the fuck is he looking at?" I wondered "What a stupid prick." I began sending my own glares back at him and the glaring competition, each of us in turn glaring even harder at the other until it was nearly impossible to see our eyes and neither of us could narrow them any further.
That's when McGonagal tapped the edge of her goblet with her spoon to get everyone's attention. "Shit!" I thought "I'm going to be given shit for glaring at that dumb ass in front of the school!" The boy beside who had sat beside looked at me oddly, probably because I had turned pale as a ghost.
Dumbledore stood up. If it was possible I paled even further. "FUCK! I'm going to be given shit from Dumbledore himself, I didn't think glaring was THAT bad." I began to slowly sink in my seat wishing that I didn't exist. The boy looked at me again giving me a look that clearly said 'What are you doing?' To save what little pride I had left, I straightened up in my chair, tried to regain my composure and get rid of the sudden feeling of illness I was getting.
"Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts!" Dumbledore began.
"He's not giving me shit!" I rejoiced in my head. A smile graced my lips and the boy couldn't help but, look at me like I was weird before turning back to Dumbledore.
"I have a few start of term announcements" Dumbledore continued. "The forbidden forest is well… forbidden" with this he smiled his eyes twinkling "and I would ask that no one pick on Moaning Myrtle. Mr. Filch," Dumbledore directed everyone's attention to a scruffy looking man with a cat "would also like me to remind you that curfew is at nine o'clock."
"I wouldn't risk walking late at night." I started mumbling "I'd hate to run in to what ever the hell you call that." I finished nodding towards Filch. I smiled as I heard a snicker come from beside me and realized that the boy had heard me.
"Well, honestly" I directed towards him "Look at him! He's scarier looking then the blasted boogey man!" The boy continued to snicker trying for some reason to hold in his laughter.
"Is there something you would like to add to the announcements Ms. McBlain?" rang Dumbledore's voice from the front of the Great Hall.
I froze a look of terror reaching my face. "Um… No Professor." I said loudly "However, thank you for the opportunity." I was now blushing furiously and as Ilooked over my shoulder I saw Oliver and Percy as well as everyone else looking at me. The boy beside me was chuckling. "O well, at least I got a rise out of him." I thought to myself looking at the boy who was still chuckling.
"Well, since no one has anything to add to the announcements" Dumbledore said looking to me with a smile. "Let the feast begin!"
Food appeared on the table and the boy stopped laughing due to the sheer shock at the amount of food presented before us. I quickly began to pile up the food on my plate not even realizing how much of a pig I must have looked all looking at me until the boy beside me gave me one of his well known looks.
"Hi!" I said cheerfully to him. He obviously hadn't expected me to say hi while he was giving me such a strange look.
"Um hi." He responded blushing a tad. "HA!" I thought "Now it's your turn."
"That's quite a pile of food you got there." He said as politely as he could.
"Well, I have to eat so, I can grow up big and strong and who are you to tell me how to eat when you don't even now my name?" I tried to hold in my familiar mischievous smile as he grew even redder in the face.
"Whoa!" He said raising his hands in front of him. "Calm down, I didn't mean any offence." He looked at me a little unsure and then I began to chuckle. He once again looked at me like I was weird sending me into a fit of laughter. "I had you going there." I laughed "You looked like you thought I was going to bite your head off." His face relaxed a bit. "Man he's a tight ass!" I began to think "But, then why did he laugh at my jokes about Filch. He's REALLY confusing but, cute." My eyes glimmered and I smiled sweetly at him.
"I'm Amalin McBlain by the way." I said extending my hand to the boy.
"I'm Garrick O'Connel." He replied taking my hand but, instead of shaking it, he brought to his lips where he kissed it and then began to chuckle while smiling at me which sent me chuckling as well.
I tried to eat all the food I had taken in as 'civilized' a way as possible but, still found Garrick chuckling at me. I gave an exasperated sigh and turned look at him more directly. "Ok. What do you find so funny? You have my interest now."
He looked straight at me with his forest green eyes and said in his deep soothing voice, "Why, you my dear. You are funny."
I felt my heart drop. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well, you're trying to eat that much food and still act all high class and proper. If you wanted to act that way you should have taken less. It would have been the intelligent thing to do."
Tears weld up in my ears. "So, now I'm stupid."
He looked at me realizing what he had said and could find nothing to say. I grabbed my plate hastily and moved to the nearest empty area of the table where I wouldn't be disturbed. "Please don't let him come and sit here. Don't let him see me cry." I though "It's bad enough I've already lived up to four predictions for what I would do at Hogwarts. 'Meet nice guy; fall for nice guy; be embarrassed in front or by nice guy and curl up into a ball and wish for swift death."
I watched Garrick from the corner of my eye. I grew even closer to the brink of tears as I saw him look at me from down the table with a look of regret on his face. He then grabbed his plate and walked over to sit beside me.
"I'm really sorry I hurt you Am." He said looking down at his plate unable to look me in the eyes "I didn't mean it. I'm sure you're very smart."
I looked up at him and noticed he was shaking. He seemed to be afraid almost as if he really didn't want to lose me as a friend even though we'd just met. I did the only thing I could think of doing. "I know you are Garrick." I said my eyes still sort of teary.
He gave me a quizzical look "How do you all of a sudden know?"
I looked back at my plate going back into blush mode and said "I was watching you out of the corner of my eye."
"Oh!" he said blushing as well and looking to his plate.
Neither of us spoke to each for being at a loss of words. We concentrated instead on eating. I had abandoned eating in a 'civilized' way, it was just too hard. Dinner was nearing its end when I felt the same pair of eyes staring at me again. "Why does Marcus keep staring at me?" I couldn't help but, wonder. "Doesn't he have anything else better to do than pick on me?" I looked up at Marcus and stuck out my tongue hoping that he would get the hint. He quickly turned back to the conversation his friend were holding and left me alone. "FINALLY"
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Supper soon came to an end a girl named Mandy stood up and introduced herself to the first years as the Ravenclaw Head Girl.
"We will now be going to the Ravenclaw dormitories I would ask that you assemble in an orderly fashion and follow me closely. The last thing we need for a student to go missing and for us to lose points."
"Holy, someone's a dominatrix" I whispered to Garrick who gave me a chuckle in agreement.
The rest of the first year, Garrick and me assembled in an orderly fashion and then began to leave the Great Hall, side by side with the students from Griffindor. I soon spotted Oliver and Percy who both looked excited. "I miss them and I've barely even gotten to know them." I sighed in my head. They soon caught sight of me and I waved. They began sneaking their way further up the crowd to me as both our houses headed for the stairs.
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A/N: Well, that's chapter #7!!! MWHAHA!!! Yes, I know I have to lay off the sugar. Anyway, hope you liked it. Next chapter, we get to explore the Ravenclaw dormitories common room and who now's what else. Till next time! Read and review!