Chapter 4: 1st day of school

' Mmmm. there is one more biscuit left', thought Mara. She looked around to see if anyone was looking. She reached out, but at the same time Ron reached for it too. Their hands softly touched. At this Ron blushed.

' He looks so cute when he blushes', thought Mara.

She smiled at him.

"You can have it."

" No, you can."

" I have an idea. We can split them in half."

" Ok."

Hermione looks away from this love scene. She watched the whole thing. She had mixed up feelings. That she couldn't figure out.

"I'm really glad that you are trying-out for chaser on the qudditch team!" said Harry excitedly.

"Yeah, me two. I hope Mara and I make it." slightly bored Julie implied. ~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~~*~*~~*~

Harry, Ron, Mara, Courtney, and Julie all rushed to class. Hermione had a different schedule, therefore a different class from her friends.

"YOUR LATE!" shouted Professor Snape." Thirty points from Griffindor!" The Slytherins all laughed. Mara, Julie, and Courtney all sat by each other in the back. Ron and Harry both tried to sit by the girls, but ended up sitting by Neville Longbottom.

While everyone was quietly rushing to finish their work, Courtney's cell phone rang. Unaware that cell phones were not allowed, or even heard of at Hogwarts, she answered. She started talking to a friend. Hearing the ring tone, Professor Snape was after Courtney.

"HANG UP THIS MUGGLE DEVICE!" shouted an angry Snape.

"Hold on a second Missy," Courtney took the phone down from her ear and said, "NO!" Before she could put the phone back up to her ear, Professor Snape grabbed it from her. Courtney appalled at this man's actions said, "Give that back!"

"You have two weeks of detention, WITH ME!" shouted Professor Snape.

"EWWHHH, I'm so scared!" joked Courtney. At this Professor Snape looked confused.

Julie then spoke up, "Go Courtney, Go Courtney, GO, GO, Go Courtney!"

"Shut-up, Weasley!" shouted a flustered Snape.

"For your information, it's Julie CARLSON!" implied Julie

"I don't care, you have detention too!" challenged Snape.

"What a complete loser!" Mara laughed out. Julie and Courtney laughed too.

"THAT'S IT! YOU ALL HAVE DETENTION!" said Snape giving the girls his evilest grin. As he walked back to his desk, he heard the three girls quietly thank him. "Americans." muttered Professor Snape.