The ride to Hogwarts that year was pure fun. Harry was happy to see that
Hermione and Ron got along well with Sabrina. She had an exciting life
back home and seemed like the type to try anything once. She talked about
the different creatures they had back in New York and how no muggles seemed
to notice. Harry liked that fact that nobody in the states really knew who
he was. He could probably walk into a wizarding store and have a normal
life there. Well, as normal as he could make it, he thought.
Before they knew it, they were at Hogwarts. They got off the train still in their muggle cloths. They had forgotten to get changed on the train. They saw Hagrid gathering all of the first years with the familiar call of "Firs' years! Firs' years this way!" Hagrid moved through the crowd and over to Harry and his friends. "Hello 'Arry! How was your summer?"
"Alright. Hagrid this is Sabrina Constantine. She's new here from the states."
"Hello there Sabrina. It's a good thing you came 'ere when ya did with all of 'em killings an' all."
"What?" Ron said in a shocking tone. She looked at Sabrina but she ignored her and continued talking to Hagrid.
"Yeah, that's why my mom decided to move here. Safer than back home."
"Well, it was nice meetin' ya Sabrina. I better be gettin' back to 'em firs' years. See ya aroun' 'Arry! Hermione. Ron." He said just as he walked over to the first years. The rest of them looked at Sabrina.
"Sabrina, what was Hagrid talking about? What killings?"
"I'll tell you later." She said as they boarded the cabbie. On the other side of the platform at the same time, Malfoy was standing there staring at Sabrina with his friends Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy Parkinson.
"That girl is so incredibly hot." Malfoy said. Crabbe and Goyle nodded and grunted in agreement.
"I don't see what's so great about her." Sneered Pansy with jealousy. "She's with Potter and miss perfect Granger."
"That's because you're just jealous of her Pansy." Said Malfoy still not taking his eyes off of her as she talked to Hagrid. "She's gorgeous and she's a pureblood. You can't get much better than that." Pansy crossed her arms as the four of them boarded a cabbie of their own.
When Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Sabrina got to the castle, Sabrina was in awe. "Wow. This place looks like a dream."
"Wait until you start your classes then you'll see how much of a dream it is." Ron said depressingly. As they went through the front doors of the building, Sabrina looked around still in awe of the place. As Harry had gotten used to his school surroundings, he noticed the little details less and less. "Sabrina you look as if you've never seen a magical building before."
"I have but my old school was just a plain old building in the middle of a gigantic city. It was nothing at all like this! This is like going through Medieval Times or something!" As they headed for the Great Hall for the Beginning of Term ceremony, Professor McGonagall stopped the four of them in their tracks.
"Hello, Sabrina. I'm Professor McGonagall; I'll be your Transfiguration professor for your remaining time here at Hogwarts. On behalf of the headmaster and the rest of the staff, welcome to Hogwarts. I see you already know these three."
"Yeah, Harry helped me out and showed me where to go when I got to the platform." She said giving Harry a cute smile. Harry's stomach felt odd and he smiled back. "He's been helping me out all day."
"Well then for your generous efforts to help our newest student Potter, fifteen points to Gryffindor. I hope you all don't mind but I have to steal her away for a minute so we can get her schedule ready and sort her before the first years. Come along Ms. Constantine." Said Professor McGonagall.
"Bye guys. I'll see you later." Sabrina said following Professor McGonagall. The three of them started walking to the Great Hall. Harry, still thinking about the smile Sabrina had given him before, was still smiling like a fool. Ron looked at him and waved his hand in front of his face.
"You there mate?" He said. Harry quickly snapped out of it.
"Oh yeah. Sorry." Said Harry quickly.
"So what about that Sabrina? Is she hot or what?" Ron said excitedly.
"Yeah, I suppose so." Harry said trying to be modest. He secretly thought she was one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen in his life.
"Well I like her. She's so nice and she is smart too. Unlike someone!" She said looking directly at Ron.
"What?" Asked Ron.
"You're so thick. I'm going to go over and see Ginny. I haven't talked to her all day." Said Hermione as she got up and left the table to sit with Ginny.
"So now that the wench left. Are you thinking of asking Sabrina out?" Ron asked quietly.
"What? No, of course not. We're just good friends." Harry said quickly. Ron cocked his eyebrow.
"Oh Harry, thank you so much for helping me out today. You're so strong and handsome. I'd like to blow your- -" Said Ron in a girly voice trying to imitate Sabrina. Harry interrupted Ron before he finished his sentence.
"Sh! Shut up!" He said as he took away his hand from Ron's mouth. He looked down then looked at Ron. "Alright, I do fancy her but if I do ask her out, do you think she'll say yes?"
"I don't know mate. She sounds like she will." Said Ron.
"But I get really nervous around girls. Especially when I like them."
"Just pretend you're talking to Hermione or something. Besides you seem really comfortable in front of her."
"Okay, number one, don't ever say anything about me asking out Hermione in any situation. That is just disgusting. She's like my sister. And number two, yes, I'm more comfortable around her than other girls but I'm no good on dates. Remember last year with Cho?" Harry started starting to sound paranoid. "The date lasted about an half an hour and she ran out of the coffee shop crying. And remember when Cho and I kissed? She cried then too!" He said then putting his face in his hands.
"But still, Cho's a little crazy. She's pretty, but all she did last year was cry. She hasn't been right since Cedric died." Said Ron. Harry looked up at him and stared at him. Ron knew he shouldn't have mentioned Cedric. "Er, sorry. I know you don't like talking about it." Just then, Sabrina started running towards Harry and Ron.
"Guys! Guess what? I'm in Gryffindor!" She said happily sitting across from Harry and next to Ron.
"That's great!" Said Harry smiling. The truth was that it was great. He couldn't wait to learn more about her.
"Where's Hermione?" Sabrina asked just as Hermione came walking over and sat next to Harry. "Oh there you are! I'm in Gryffindor!"
"Congratulations!" Hermione said. "You can room with me, Lavender, and Parvati. We have an extra bed in our dormitory.
"Awesome! We're going to have so much fun." She said grinning. The four of them chatted a while before the sorting started. "That hat thing was so weird. I don't like anything that go through my thoughts like papers in a filing cabinet." Harry had to laugh. He didn't like his sorting either. He remembered the hat saying he'd do good in Slytherin. When the sorting was over, they all began chatting again mainly about how small and silly looking the new first years looked. When they began eating, Ron looked over his shoulder over at the Slytherin table.
"Hey Sabrina, guess who's looking at you?" He said with a smirk on his face. Sabrina dropped her fork in disgust.
"Please don't say that Malfoy kid. He's so creepy." She said following Ron's eyes. She saw Malfoy staring at her and he winked. She turned around quickly. "Ugh, that prick. I'm going to cut off his dick and shove it down his throat." Hermione look like she was going to choke on her food. Harry and Ron laughed hysterically.
"Sabrina!" She said looking at her across the table with her eyes bugging out.
"What? I know, I've got a mouth like a sailor. But hey, it got blondie out of our compartment on the train today, didn't it?" She said bluntly. Ron turned around once again to survey the room.
"He's not the only one staring over here. Look at Cho." And just as Ron said, Cho was staring over at Harry with his friends. She kept glancing at Sabrina then at Harry.
"Who's she?" Sabrina asked Harry.
"She's my, er, ex-girlfriend." He said not looking up from his mashed potatoes.
"She looks jealous Harry. Maybe you should go over and talk to her." Hermione said.
"She ran out of the room on me. She broke up with me. If she's jealous about something let her stay jealous because the way she reacted on Valentine's Day was ridiculous." He said looking at Hermione. Sabrina was still looking at Cho.
"I have an idea." She said. "Harry do you want to get her back for breaking up with you?"
"Not really as long as it doesn't involve physically harming her or going over to her." Said Harry.
"Alright then. Hermione sit here next to Ron but make sure Cho can get a clear view of me sitting next to Harry."
"You're not going to start a food fight are you?" Hermione asked before getting up.
"Nah, too messy. This is better." Just as Sabrina said, Hermione got up and sat next to Ron as she sat next to Harry. She turned to him and started talking. "Okay, what we're going to do is make her believe that me and Harry are going out." Harry's heart jumped. Ron looked at Harry and smiled. "Harry put you're arm around me like this." She said as she took his arm and wrapped it around her shoulder. Harry felt unexpectedly comfortable. "Good now Ron, get closer to Hermione."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Ron asked looking annoyed.
"It's so she can get a good sight of everything and get full blast of it." She said. Harry smiled at Ron trying to hold in his laughter as Ron and Hermione got closer together. "Alright. Is she looking over here? Good. Harry what ever you do just don't get up and scream." Before Harry knew it, Sabrina was kissing him. Harry felt extremely awkward but he was enjoying it. Just as he was about to kiss back, Sabrina stopped. They were very close to each other and she smiled. Harry looked over at Cho's table and realized that she wasn't there.
"Where did she go?" Harry asked his friends.
"She left as soon as you two started snogging." Ron said smiling. He was still very close to Hermione but he looked like he was comfortable about it now.
"Yes! It worked! I'd like to thank everyone who was involved in this production. Hermione and Ron of course who without them sitting by one another could Cho have never seen Harry and I. Which brings me to Harry whom without which would've made me look stupid if I was kissing the air." She said smiling at Harry. Harry smiled and started blushing. Hermione looked at Ron.
"Um, Ron. You can move now." She said with uncomfort.
"Oh yeah, sorry." He said turning scarlet. The two slid apart. Before they knew it, it was time for them to go back up to Gryffindor tower. Hermione and Ron left and headed to the front of the back to show the first years where to go. Sabrina and Harry walked alone. They remained silent for a while until Sabrina started talking. Harry was still thinking about the kiss.
"Um, what happened in there." she began not sounding as confident as she did before, "I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have but it seemed like a good idea at the time. Plus you did get rid of Cho."
"Yeah." He said. That was the only thing he could say. What he really wanted to do was tell her how much he liked the kiss and pick her up and start snogging again. "You're a good kisser." Sabrina looked down, smiled, and chuckled.
"Thanks. I was a little nervous."
"So was I. Maybe one day we could get together or something?" He said fidgeting a little. She looked up at him and smiled.
"I'd like that." She said. She was looking more seductive than ever to Harry. He smiled back at her.
"Cool." He said. He wanted to take her hand. He saw it next to him. He should grab it, he thought. Just grab it.
"Here we are." Hermione said. Harry didn't even realize where his legs were carrying him. Harry and Sabrina went through the portrait of the Fat Lady and into the common room after saying the new password, Tenacious Teapot. Sabrina looked around the common room and smiled.
"Do you like it?" Harry said standing next to her. She turned around and smiled at him again.
"I love it! It's so cozy!" She said losing her tough New York personality. Hermione came up to Sabrina bringing Lavender and Parvati with her.
"Sabrina, this is Lavender Brown and Parvati Patel." Said Hermione as the two girls waved and Sabrina smiled back.
"Are you really from New York?" Lavender squealed.
"Yeah." Sabrina said with discomfort. Lavender and Parvati looked at each other and grinned.
"How are the guys there?" Said Parvati gleaming.
"Most of them think with their dicks and are total jackasses but some of them are alright." Lavender and Parvati flooded Sabrina with questions as they went up the stone steps to the girls' dormitories. Hermione followed looking as if she was sorry she had introduced them to Sabrina. Harry watched Sabrina until she was out of sight. Harry was the only one left in the common room, or so he thought.
"I bet you enjoyed your kiss tonight didn't you mate?" Harry turned around and saw Ron standing beside him.
"Loved it." He said smiling. "What are you doing here?"
"That's my business, not yours. You got your wish didn't you?"
"I wanted to talk to talk to her, not snog. Well, the snogging was alright, but still."
"Damn she moves fast." Ron said shaking his head as the two boys went up to their dormitory.
"I asked her out on a date."
"Oh really? What made you do that?" Ron said looking at Harry curiously.
"I don't know. I was thinking of what I saw in Snape's pensive. My Dad was so good with girls I kinda felt like I owed it to him. Besides the fact that she's absolutely gorgeous." Said Harry. Ron smiled.
"Good you stuck that in there in the end. It would be kinda weird if you were thinking of your Dad when you ask out a girl." He said with a smirk.
Before they knew it, they were at Hogwarts. They got off the train still in their muggle cloths. They had forgotten to get changed on the train. They saw Hagrid gathering all of the first years with the familiar call of "Firs' years! Firs' years this way!" Hagrid moved through the crowd and over to Harry and his friends. "Hello 'Arry! How was your summer?"
"Alright. Hagrid this is Sabrina Constantine. She's new here from the states."
"Hello there Sabrina. It's a good thing you came 'ere when ya did with all of 'em killings an' all."
"What?" Ron said in a shocking tone. She looked at Sabrina but she ignored her and continued talking to Hagrid.
"Yeah, that's why my mom decided to move here. Safer than back home."
"Well, it was nice meetin' ya Sabrina. I better be gettin' back to 'em firs' years. See ya aroun' 'Arry! Hermione. Ron." He said just as he walked over to the first years. The rest of them looked at Sabrina.
"Sabrina, what was Hagrid talking about? What killings?"
"I'll tell you later." She said as they boarded the cabbie. On the other side of the platform at the same time, Malfoy was standing there staring at Sabrina with his friends Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy Parkinson.
"That girl is so incredibly hot." Malfoy said. Crabbe and Goyle nodded and grunted in agreement.
"I don't see what's so great about her." Sneered Pansy with jealousy. "She's with Potter and miss perfect Granger."
"That's because you're just jealous of her Pansy." Said Malfoy still not taking his eyes off of her as she talked to Hagrid. "She's gorgeous and she's a pureblood. You can't get much better than that." Pansy crossed her arms as the four of them boarded a cabbie of their own.
When Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Sabrina got to the castle, Sabrina was in awe. "Wow. This place looks like a dream."
"Wait until you start your classes then you'll see how much of a dream it is." Ron said depressingly. As they went through the front doors of the building, Sabrina looked around still in awe of the place. As Harry had gotten used to his school surroundings, he noticed the little details less and less. "Sabrina you look as if you've never seen a magical building before."
"I have but my old school was just a plain old building in the middle of a gigantic city. It was nothing at all like this! This is like going through Medieval Times or something!" As they headed for the Great Hall for the Beginning of Term ceremony, Professor McGonagall stopped the four of them in their tracks.
"Hello, Sabrina. I'm Professor McGonagall; I'll be your Transfiguration professor for your remaining time here at Hogwarts. On behalf of the headmaster and the rest of the staff, welcome to Hogwarts. I see you already know these three."
"Yeah, Harry helped me out and showed me where to go when I got to the platform." She said giving Harry a cute smile. Harry's stomach felt odd and he smiled back. "He's been helping me out all day."
"Well then for your generous efforts to help our newest student Potter, fifteen points to Gryffindor. I hope you all don't mind but I have to steal her away for a minute so we can get her schedule ready and sort her before the first years. Come along Ms. Constantine." Said Professor McGonagall.
"Bye guys. I'll see you later." Sabrina said following Professor McGonagall. The three of them started walking to the Great Hall. Harry, still thinking about the smile Sabrina had given him before, was still smiling like a fool. Ron looked at him and waved his hand in front of his face.
"You there mate?" He said. Harry quickly snapped out of it.
"Oh yeah. Sorry." Said Harry quickly.
"So what about that Sabrina? Is she hot or what?" Ron said excitedly.
"Yeah, I suppose so." Harry said trying to be modest. He secretly thought she was one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen in his life.
"Well I like her. She's so nice and she is smart too. Unlike someone!" She said looking directly at Ron.
"What?" Asked Ron.
"You're so thick. I'm going to go over and see Ginny. I haven't talked to her all day." Said Hermione as she got up and left the table to sit with Ginny.
"So now that the wench left. Are you thinking of asking Sabrina out?" Ron asked quietly.
"What? No, of course not. We're just good friends." Harry said quickly. Ron cocked his eyebrow.
"Oh Harry, thank you so much for helping me out today. You're so strong and handsome. I'd like to blow your- -" Said Ron in a girly voice trying to imitate Sabrina. Harry interrupted Ron before he finished his sentence.
"Sh! Shut up!" He said as he took away his hand from Ron's mouth. He looked down then looked at Ron. "Alright, I do fancy her but if I do ask her out, do you think she'll say yes?"
"I don't know mate. She sounds like she will." Said Ron.
"But I get really nervous around girls. Especially when I like them."
"Just pretend you're talking to Hermione or something. Besides you seem really comfortable in front of her."
"Okay, number one, don't ever say anything about me asking out Hermione in any situation. That is just disgusting. She's like my sister. And number two, yes, I'm more comfortable around her than other girls but I'm no good on dates. Remember last year with Cho?" Harry started starting to sound paranoid. "The date lasted about an half an hour and she ran out of the coffee shop crying. And remember when Cho and I kissed? She cried then too!" He said then putting his face in his hands.
"But still, Cho's a little crazy. She's pretty, but all she did last year was cry. She hasn't been right since Cedric died." Said Ron. Harry looked up at him and stared at him. Ron knew he shouldn't have mentioned Cedric. "Er, sorry. I know you don't like talking about it." Just then, Sabrina started running towards Harry and Ron.
"Guys! Guess what? I'm in Gryffindor!" She said happily sitting across from Harry and next to Ron.
"That's great!" Said Harry smiling. The truth was that it was great. He couldn't wait to learn more about her.
"Where's Hermione?" Sabrina asked just as Hermione came walking over and sat next to Harry. "Oh there you are! I'm in Gryffindor!"
"Congratulations!" Hermione said. "You can room with me, Lavender, and Parvati. We have an extra bed in our dormitory.
"Awesome! We're going to have so much fun." She said grinning. The four of them chatted a while before the sorting started. "That hat thing was so weird. I don't like anything that go through my thoughts like papers in a filing cabinet." Harry had to laugh. He didn't like his sorting either. He remembered the hat saying he'd do good in Slytherin. When the sorting was over, they all began chatting again mainly about how small and silly looking the new first years looked. When they began eating, Ron looked over his shoulder over at the Slytherin table.
"Hey Sabrina, guess who's looking at you?" He said with a smirk on his face. Sabrina dropped her fork in disgust.
"Please don't say that Malfoy kid. He's so creepy." She said following Ron's eyes. She saw Malfoy staring at her and he winked. She turned around quickly. "Ugh, that prick. I'm going to cut off his dick and shove it down his throat." Hermione look like she was going to choke on her food. Harry and Ron laughed hysterically.
"Sabrina!" She said looking at her across the table with her eyes bugging out.
"What? I know, I've got a mouth like a sailor. But hey, it got blondie out of our compartment on the train today, didn't it?" She said bluntly. Ron turned around once again to survey the room.
"He's not the only one staring over here. Look at Cho." And just as Ron said, Cho was staring over at Harry with his friends. She kept glancing at Sabrina then at Harry.
"Who's she?" Sabrina asked Harry.
"She's my, er, ex-girlfriend." He said not looking up from his mashed potatoes.
"She looks jealous Harry. Maybe you should go over and talk to her." Hermione said.
"She ran out of the room on me. She broke up with me. If she's jealous about something let her stay jealous because the way she reacted on Valentine's Day was ridiculous." He said looking at Hermione. Sabrina was still looking at Cho.
"I have an idea." She said. "Harry do you want to get her back for breaking up with you?"
"Not really as long as it doesn't involve physically harming her or going over to her." Said Harry.
"Alright then. Hermione sit here next to Ron but make sure Cho can get a clear view of me sitting next to Harry."
"You're not going to start a food fight are you?" Hermione asked before getting up.
"Nah, too messy. This is better." Just as Sabrina said, Hermione got up and sat next to Ron as she sat next to Harry. She turned to him and started talking. "Okay, what we're going to do is make her believe that me and Harry are going out." Harry's heart jumped. Ron looked at Harry and smiled. "Harry put you're arm around me like this." She said as she took his arm and wrapped it around her shoulder. Harry felt unexpectedly comfortable. "Good now Ron, get closer to Hermione."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Ron asked looking annoyed.
"It's so she can get a good sight of everything and get full blast of it." She said. Harry smiled at Ron trying to hold in his laughter as Ron and Hermione got closer together. "Alright. Is she looking over here? Good. Harry what ever you do just don't get up and scream." Before Harry knew it, Sabrina was kissing him. Harry felt extremely awkward but he was enjoying it. Just as he was about to kiss back, Sabrina stopped. They were very close to each other and she smiled. Harry looked over at Cho's table and realized that she wasn't there.
"Where did she go?" Harry asked his friends.
"She left as soon as you two started snogging." Ron said smiling. He was still very close to Hermione but he looked like he was comfortable about it now.
"Yes! It worked! I'd like to thank everyone who was involved in this production. Hermione and Ron of course who without them sitting by one another could Cho have never seen Harry and I. Which brings me to Harry whom without which would've made me look stupid if I was kissing the air." She said smiling at Harry. Harry smiled and started blushing. Hermione looked at Ron.
"Um, Ron. You can move now." She said with uncomfort.
"Oh yeah, sorry." He said turning scarlet. The two slid apart. Before they knew it, it was time for them to go back up to Gryffindor tower. Hermione and Ron left and headed to the front of the back to show the first years where to go. Sabrina and Harry walked alone. They remained silent for a while until Sabrina started talking. Harry was still thinking about the kiss.
"Um, what happened in there." she began not sounding as confident as she did before, "I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have but it seemed like a good idea at the time. Plus you did get rid of Cho."
"Yeah." He said. That was the only thing he could say. What he really wanted to do was tell her how much he liked the kiss and pick her up and start snogging again. "You're a good kisser." Sabrina looked down, smiled, and chuckled.
"Thanks. I was a little nervous."
"So was I. Maybe one day we could get together or something?" He said fidgeting a little. She looked up at him and smiled.
"I'd like that." She said. She was looking more seductive than ever to Harry. He smiled back at her.
"Cool." He said. He wanted to take her hand. He saw it next to him. He should grab it, he thought. Just grab it.
"Here we are." Hermione said. Harry didn't even realize where his legs were carrying him. Harry and Sabrina went through the portrait of the Fat Lady and into the common room after saying the new password, Tenacious Teapot. Sabrina looked around the common room and smiled.
"Do you like it?" Harry said standing next to her. She turned around and smiled at him again.
"I love it! It's so cozy!" She said losing her tough New York personality. Hermione came up to Sabrina bringing Lavender and Parvati with her.
"Sabrina, this is Lavender Brown and Parvati Patel." Said Hermione as the two girls waved and Sabrina smiled back.
"Are you really from New York?" Lavender squealed.
"Yeah." Sabrina said with discomfort. Lavender and Parvati looked at each other and grinned.
"How are the guys there?" Said Parvati gleaming.
"Most of them think with their dicks and are total jackasses but some of them are alright." Lavender and Parvati flooded Sabrina with questions as they went up the stone steps to the girls' dormitories. Hermione followed looking as if she was sorry she had introduced them to Sabrina. Harry watched Sabrina until she was out of sight. Harry was the only one left in the common room, or so he thought.
"I bet you enjoyed your kiss tonight didn't you mate?" Harry turned around and saw Ron standing beside him.
"Loved it." He said smiling. "What are you doing here?"
"That's my business, not yours. You got your wish didn't you?"
"I wanted to talk to talk to her, not snog. Well, the snogging was alright, but still."
"Damn she moves fast." Ron said shaking his head as the two boys went up to their dormitory.
"I asked her out on a date."
"Oh really? What made you do that?" Ron said looking at Harry curiously.
"I don't know. I was thinking of what I saw in Snape's pensive. My Dad was so good with girls I kinda felt like I owed it to him. Besides the fact that she's absolutely gorgeous." Said Harry. Ron smiled.
"Good you stuck that in there in the end. It would be kinda weird if you were thinking of your Dad when you ask out a girl." He said with a smirk.