"One day I want to start my own nudist colony."-Tom
"Dude you tried that on the bus, remember? It was just you hanging out naked."-Mark
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The next day, Harry and Ron woke up early. They dressed quickly and quietly trying not to wake Neville, Seamus, or Dean. As they got downstairs, Sabrina was already there sitting with Hermione looking at a book. Sabrina looked up and smiled. "Hey Harry! Hey Ron!"
"Hey, what are you doing?" Harry said looking at her book.
"I'm just showing Hermione some pictures. Want to see some before breakfast?"
"Sure." Said Harry sitting next to Sabrina. Ron sat next to Hermione. The next page in Sabrina's photo album had four different pictures. One stood out in front of Harry. "Who's this?" He questioned Sabrina. The picture contained Sabrina sitting at a table of what looked like a party. A boy that looked about their age was holding her tight in his arms. It looked like the picture hadn't been taken too long ago.
"Oh that's nobody." She said quickly. Hermione looked at her.
"That's nobody? By the looks of it I'd say it was your boyfriend or something. Look at the way he's holding you and looking at you. It looks like he's in love!" Harry shot Hermione a look. He felt his stomach sink down to his hips. He hoped to god that he wasn't Sabrina's boyfriend.
"We were in love for a while. Before I left we said we'd stay together but were allowed to date other people. It's just a long, long story I really want to get into right now." She said looking at the floor the entire time. Harry looked down at her and realized tears were streaming down her face.
"Sabrina are you okay." Ron asked looking at her with concern. She didn't answer. Ron looked at Harry and mouthed, Say something!
"Er, Sab?" She looked up at him with tears in her eyes. Harry did not have a very good past with crying girls.
"That's what he used to call me!" She said sitting up.
"Who used to call you Sab?"
"Him! Nick! I miss him so much. This is the longest we've ever been apart." She said hysterically. She leaned over to Harry and put her head on his shoulder still covering her face with her hands.
"I'm sorry." Harry said genuinely.
"It's okay. You didn't know." She sat up and wiped her tears. "God Harry I'm sorry. I've practically been molesting you since dinner last night."
"It's okay. I don't mind. It's, er, good you get this out. It's not good if you keep it in." He said patting her on the back.
"You're right Harry. Thanks." Said Sabrina as she sat up and walked over to the bathroom. "You guys can go without me. I'll be down in a minute."
"Do you remember how to get to the Great Hall from here Sabrina?" Ron asked diligently. Sabrina sighed then laughed.
"No."
"I'll stay with you and walk you down." Hermione said getting up and following her. Sabrina smiled.
"Thanks Hermione. I really appreciate how nice you've been to me." She said rubbing her eyes. On that note, Harry and Ron headed toward the Great Hall for breakfast. Both of them looked a little shook up after what had just happened. Ron was the first to speak.
"Well I never expected her to be like that!" Ron said loudly. Harry looked at him. "I mean, I know we haven't known her that long but still, you know, she seems like she has everything in her life under control. I never thought she'd just break down in tears like that. What is it with the girls you kiss Harry? You seem to make them cry soon after."
"Oh thanks. I'll be living with that the rest of my life thanks to you." Harry said with the least bit of sarcasm.
"Just doing my job." Ron interjected quickly. "Why did you ask her about that picture in particular?" Ron said looking at his friends reading his facial expressions. He didn't need an answer. "Oh, so you wanted to know if she had a boyfriend or not? You know considering you've only known her about 24 hours, you seem to be moving mighty fast with her."
"That's good though, right? I mean girls like it if the guys move fast."
"Not too fast I'd expect. They wouldn't want to think they have to sleep with you on the first date then marry you on the second. But yeah, I guess they like that. I wouldn't really know. Never asked a girl out before."
"You should give it a go. It might work out if you find the right person. Got anyone in mind?"
"There's this one girl who I've fancied for a while but haven't got the nerves to tell her yet." Ron said rather timidly and starting to blush. Harry grinned.
"It's Hermione, isn't it?" Ron glared at him with his mouth opened.
"How.how.?" He said stumbling over his own words.
"Well it's a bit obvious! Ever since fourth year I've sort of suspected it since you got all jealous every time she spent time with Krum."
"Don't mention that man's name around me. As far as I'm concerned, he's as good as dead." Ron said sternly. Harry had to laugh.
"So when are you going to ask her out?"
"I don't know. I've been thinking about it a lot more recently."
"You better ask her out before Krum purposes to her." Harry said looking at his friend as he turned red in the face with jealousy.
"He's going to WHAT?" Shouted Ron. Harry grinned from hear to hear. Ron knew then he was joking. "I'm going to kick your ass one day you know that?" They arrived in the Great Hall minutes later, sat down, and began eating their breakfast. A couple of minutes later, Sabrina and Hermione sat down next to them. To Harry's delight, Sabrina was smiling and acting like nothing had happened. Minutes later, Professor McGonagall handed the kids their new schedules.
"Ugh, why do I need to take Potions if I want to be an Auror?" Harry said putting down his schedule in disgust.
"You want to be an Auror? Cool! So do I! We'll be in all of the same classes." Sabrina said smiling.
"Doesn't your mouth hurt from smiling so much Sabrina?" Ron asked with his mouth full of toast. Hermione elbowed him in the stomach. "Ow!"
"You two are so cute together!" Squealed Sabrina. Ron and Hermione both turned red.
"Sabrina, I told you before, there's nothing between me and Ron. Can you please shut drop it?" Hermione said. Sabrina sighed blowing strands of hair from her face. Ron looked at Harry. Harry shrugged.
"So what do you guys want to be after leaving Hogwarts?" Asked Sabrina.
"Well, I've been with Harry through most of his dilemmas so I thought I should be an Auror too."
"Cool." She said putting some of her porridge on her spoon.
"Wait, you can't want to be an Auror. We haven't all got the same schedules." Hermione said pointing to all four of the papers. "Professor McGonagall must have made a mistake. I'll go ask her." She got up from the table bringing her schedule along with her and over to the teacher's table.
"Hey, I just realized something. no more lessons with Professor Binns!" Ron exclaimed. "Look!" Harry took a look at his own paper a nodded in agreement. Sabrina looked confused.
"Who's Professor Binns?" She asked.
"He was the ghost we had as a teacher for History of Magic." Harry said turning to her.
"Wait, History of Magic? I've got that." Sabrina said
"What?" Harry said looking at her in disbelief.
"Yeah, Dumbledore thought it'd be good for me, you know, since I don't know anything about the wizarding world in England."
"Well you're not going to be learning much from Binns. He's so boring he made the Goblin Rebellions sounds like a bunch of five year olds having a play date."
"Woo-hoo! A nap class!" Sabrina exclaimed. Hermione came back to the table looking distraught.
"She said there was no mistake. She thought it'd be best if we spent some time away from each other for once. Now I have to go to Charms all by myself."
"No you don't. I have Charms next too." Ron said looking at her smiling. Hermione still didn't look happy.
"We better go. Sabrina what do you have now?" Asked Harry.
"Um, Potions. What about you?" She said checking her schedule making sure she was right.
"Same." Sabrina smiled.
"Cool." She said just before waving goodbye to Ron and Hermione as they headed off to Professor Flitwick's office.
"Hermione, why are you upset that it's just us in Charms together?" Asked Ron looking at her. He just noticed how nice she looked today.
"I'm not upset really, just frustrated." She said moving her hair back to her back.
"Why do you hate me?" He asked.
"I don't hate you." Said Hermione with a smile.
"You act like it."
"Well I'm really sorry if you feel that way."
"Um, Hermione, do you think maybe one day we could- -"
"Oh no, I forgot my textbook up in my trunk. Ron, tell Professor Flitwick I'm so, so sorry and I'll be there as soon as possible. I can't believe I forgot it." She said running back to the direction of Gryffindor tower. Ron stood there dumbstruck.
"Hey Hermione," he began to himself, "did you know that I've loved you since the day I first laid eyes on you. Would you like to go out with me one day and maybe me marry me? Of course not because you have to go get your Charms textbook! Damn you Professor Flitwick and your charms textbook!"
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Harry and Sabrina arrived in the Potions classroom located in the darkest, dirtiest dungeon in the castle. Sabrina looked at Harry and wrinkled her nose.
"What a nice teaching environment." Harry had to let out a laugh.
"Wait until you met Snape. He's a greasy bastard."
"I see you've picked up on my vocabulary. It's infectous, I know." Said Sabrina. Just then, Draco and Pansy walked in.
"Sabrina. Sassy, sexy Sabrina." Pansy shot Draco a look but ignored it.
"Oh hey Draco. Where you thinking of me while you were jacking off last night?" She said taking her seat next to Harry.
"As a matter of fact- -"
"Oh god, please talk about something other than this." Harry pleaded.
"Draco, let's go sit down. You don't need to talk to a girl like her." Pansy said taking his hand and trying to bring him over to their seats.
"I'll be there in a minute." Said Draco taking his hand back. Pansy sulked into her seat and crossed her arms. "C'mon Sabrina just give me a chance. One date, just one." Harry looked at Draco. Was he actually pleading?
"No, and if you don't leave me alone I'll tell the teacher that you're sexually harassing me and then you'll have to deal with him, Dumbledore, and worst of all me. And believe me you don't want to mess with me. If you're ever in New York, just ask around. They all know me there." She said crossing her arms and raising her eyebrows.
"Excuse me miss but if you threaten my student again you'll be the one being sent to Dumbledore." Said a very familiar cold voice. Nobody knew it but Snape had just entered the room. Everyone turned to him. He walked over and stood between Sabrina and Malfoy. Sabrina looked at him still annoyed by Malfoy.
"No, no, no, you have it all wrong. See Malfoy is harassing me. Ask anyone, they'll tell you." Said Sabrina as everyone let out a small gasp. No one had ever said that Snape was wrong even though he usually was.
"Excuse me?" He said sounding some-what shocked even though still upholding his monotonous voice.
"You heard me." She said as sternly as ever.
"You must be our new student, Sabrina Constantine. Even though you are new to this school, and this country, that does not give you the right to demeanor other students or the professor. 20 points from Gryffindor."
"No." She said with her hands crossed in front of her chest.
"What?" He said extremely annoyed.
"No. You're not taking any points from Gryffindor because I did nothing wrong."
"Fine, 40 points. Take your seat."
"No."
"Take.your.seat."
"No."
"60 points from Gryffindor and go down to the Headmaster's office now before I do something I will live to regret."
"What? That's not fair! Sir, she did nothing wrong! Malfoy was harassing her." Harry said standing up and moving over to Sabrina. She looked at him quickly and flashed him a smile. Then just as quickly she turned back to Snape.
"10 more points for your reckless behavior, Potter. Stay out of your little girlfriend's affairs."
"First of all he's not my boyfriend. Second of all you shouldn't punish him for standing up for something that's right. You're just one of those people that just love to bring other people down because something happened in your life that you had no control over and you can't stand it." Said Sabrina. Before she had said that everyone was in shock. Now everyone had to check their pulse to see if they were still alive because nobody ever though they would live to see the day that somebody would stand up to Snape like that. Harry wasn't in shock, he was actually afraid. He, along with Snape, knew that she had hit the nail on the head. That thing that he had no control over was something that his father did to him back in Hogwarts in their fifth year. Harry looked up at Snape. He turned as red as Ron's hair.
"Get.out.now." He growled at a whisper.
"I'd be glad to." She said smiling and then walked out of the room. Harry realized he was still standing then quickly sat down. Malfoy hurriedly moved to his seat next to Pansy. The rest of the lesson was extremely tense. Nobody knew what had just happened. But whatever it was, it turned into Hogwarts history just like James Potter and his group of friends and the Weasley brothers' escape from Professor Umbridge. Although Sabrina had only been there for a day, the whole school was talking about her.
After class, Harry was walking the steps back up to the main part of the castle. He heard someone trying to catch up with him. "Hey Potter, wait up!" No, this could not be who he thought was talking to him out of free will. Harry turned around to see none other than Draco Malfoy catching up to him.
"Are you sure your vision is right Malfoy? You do know who you're talking to." Harry said taking a leaf out of Sabrina's book.
"I know who you are Potter so just shut up. Believe me, under different circumstances, I'd never be talking to you but something came up. I need you to help me."
"Why would I help you?"
"Because you know her. Sabrina trusts you. I can tell. You've got to try and get her to go out with me. Please? All I need is one date." He said in a tone of voice Harry had never heard escape his mouth.
"So that's why you've been acting so weird around her." Harry said starting to walk away smirking. Draco once again caught up with him and grabbed his shoulder.
"Please, one date that's all I want. Me liking Sabrina isn't going to change how I loathe you though." Harry stopped and looked at him.
"I'll talk to her about it but I'm not guaranteeing anything. She's one tough girl."
"Yeah, I know. Potter, as much as I hate to say it, thanks." Draco said running off to join his friends. He started walking to the Defense the Dark Arts class when he heard Hermione yell after him.
"Harry!" He turned around and looked at Hermione and Ron catching up to him. "Where's Sabrina? Wasn't she with you." Harry told them the whole story.
"Oh my god." Ron said with a he grin. "She didn't."
"Yeah she did."
"I can't believe her! I've been wanting to that for years I can't believe she did that!"
"Hermione we both know you would never do that. You're too much of a goody- two shoes."
"Well I've thought about it!" She said turning slightly red. Just then Sabrina ran up to them.
"Hey! Guess what? Dumbledore believed me! He's going to talk to Draco and Snape and he's not taking any points away from Gryffindor!"
"That's great!" Harry said.
"I am so happy I could hug someone! Harry, since I've been molesting you the past two days, may I hug you?"
"Of course." He said. Sabrina hugged him tightly. When she let go, they smiled at each other.
"Harry. Harry?" Ron asked trying to get Harry's get attention. "Harry!"
"What?" Harry said annoyingly.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts. Come on."
The rest of the day was very boring. Their new teacher, Professor Weber, was a tall male who was very boring. The only person who actually liked him was Sabrina because she claimed that it was another nap class. At the end of the day, the four of them were all sitting on a large new couch alone in the Gryffindor common room watching as Ron beat Sabrina at chess. It was pretty late at night and they were finishing up the game.
"No matter who you are or where you come from, nobody can still beat Ron Weasley at chess. Ha, I'm kicking your ass!"
"Ron, you better stop playing and get started on your Charms homework. There's no way you that essay's going to write its self." Hermione huffed.
"Keep your knickers on Hermione, I'll do it."
"You have no right to talk about my knickers that way. It's getting late. I'm going to bed. Sabrina are you coming?"
"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute. I just want to watch the fire for a little bit more. I can't resist flames." She said staring at the fire. Hermione rolled her eyes and walked up to the girl's dormitories. Ron nudged Harry.
"Go talk to her." Whispered Ron pointing to Sabrina. He looked at Harry, winked, and walked up to his own dormitory. Harry looked at Sabrina. She looked so incredibly sexy with the light of the flames reflecting on the side of her face. She turned to him and smiled.
"Hey, thanks a lot for today." She said looking him straight in the eye. Harry started feeling a little nervous.
"For what?"
"For helping me out today with Snape. You were right. He is a bastard."
"I feel bad for him though." He said sincerely.
"Why?" She asked completely confused.
"Because, he hasn't had such an easy life."
"But that doesn't give him the right to treat anyone like that!" She said starting to get annoyed.
"You don't understand. My dad kinda made his life a living hell in school."
"But Snape made the rest of his life a living hell. You can't hold your Dad responsible. What he did to me wasn't your Dad's fault." Harry looked down. Sabrina could tell he what he was thinking about. "You must miss him."
"Yeah, I do. I just which I knew him. I have so many questions for him."
"Sometimes it's better not knowing." She said looking down. Harry picked up his head and looked at her the same way she looked at him.
"What do you mean?"
"Never mind." She said looking up quickly and smiled awkwardly. They both looked at each other. "Thanks again for standing up for me today. I don't think I've met someone as nice as you." She leaned over and kissed him tenderly. When the kiss wasn't as long as the one in the Great Hall but this one was better. This one wasn't for show. This one was their kiss. She grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze. "I really like you, Harry." She said sincerely. "Do you like me too?"
"Yeah, of course I do! You're funny, smart, blunt, beautiful, sexy." He said feeling a little awkward. She smiled at him and chuckled.
"You talk too much." Just then she started kissing him but more intensely than before. This time Harry kissed back. He wasn't as nervous as the time last year when he had been snogging with Cho. Cho. He knew he wasn't suppose to think about his ex-girlfriend when he was making out with another woman, but he couldn't stop it. Sabrina was tugging on his t-shirt he wore underneath his school robes, which had been tossed to the side of the room earlier. Just as Harry was about to move his hands farther down her back, he pulled out quickly. Sabrina looked at him confused. "What?" She said softly.
"I.I can't do this." Harry said straightening up on the couch.
"Is it me? Did I do something wrong? I mean, I thought you wanted me to." She said going slightly paranoid.
"No, it's not you. You were.you were great. It's just I keep thinking about Cho." He said uncertainly.
"Oh, you mean that Asian girl you kept staring at you?" She said looking down.
"Yeah, it's weird though because I like you. I mean, I really, really like you. But I still all of these feelings for Cho. I'm sorry." He looked at her. She had her head down so he couldn't see her. She was obviously trying to hide her tears. She gave out a large sniff then stood up.
"Well in that case I better go." She said walking up to the girls' dormitories. Harry chased after her stopping before the stairs. He knew they were enchanted to throw any boy off.
"No, Sabrina wait!" But it was too late; she was already gone. He picked up his robes and walked up the stairs to his own dormitory wondering if he did the right thing.
"Dude you tried that on the bus, remember? It was just you hanging out naked."-Mark
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The next day, Harry and Ron woke up early. They dressed quickly and quietly trying not to wake Neville, Seamus, or Dean. As they got downstairs, Sabrina was already there sitting with Hermione looking at a book. Sabrina looked up and smiled. "Hey Harry! Hey Ron!"
"Hey, what are you doing?" Harry said looking at her book.
"I'm just showing Hermione some pictures. Want to see some before breakfast?"
"Sure." Said Harry sitting next to Sabrina. Ron sat next to Hermione. The next page in Sabrina's photo album had four different pictures. One stood out in front of Harry. "Who's this?" He questioned Sabrina. The picture contained Sabrina sitting at a table of what looked like a party. A boy that looked about their age was holding her tight in his arms. It looked like the picture hadn't been taken too long ago.
"Oh that's nobody." She said quickly. Hermione looked at her.
"That's nobody? By the looks of it I'd say it was your boyfriend or something. Look at the way he's holding you and looking at you. It looks like he's in love!" Harry shot Hermione a look. He felt his stomach sink down to his hips. He hoped to god that he wasn't Sabrina's boyfriend.
"We were in love for a while. Before I left we said we'd stay together but were allowed to date other people. It's just a long, long story I really want to get into right now." She said looking at the floor the entire time. Harry looked down at her and realized tears were streaming down her face.
"Sabrina are you okay." Ron asked looking at her with concern. She didn't answer. Ron looked at Harry and mouthed, Say something!
"Er, Sab?" She looked up at him with tears in her eyes. Harry did not have a very good past with crying girls.
"That's what he used to call me!" She said sitting up.
"Who used to call you Sab?"
"Him! Nick! I miss him so much. This is the longest we've ever been apart." She said hysterically. She leaned over to Harry and put her head on his shoulder still covering her face with her hands.
"I'm sorry." Harry said genuinely.
"It's okay. You didn't know." She sat up and wiped her tears. "God Harry I'm sorry. I've practically been molesting you since dinner last night."
"It's okay. I don't mind. It's, er, good you get this out. It's not good if you keep it in." He said patting her on the back.
"You're right Harry. Thanks." Said Sabrina as she sat up and walked over to the bathroom. "You guys can go without me. I'll be down in a minute."
"Do you remember how to get to the Great Hall from here Sabrina?" Ron asked diligently. Sabrina sighed then laughed.
"No."
"I'll stay with you and walk you down." Hermione said getting up and following her. Sabrina smiled.
"Thanks Hermione. I really appreciate how nice you've been to me." She said rubbing her eyes. On that note, Harry and Ron headed toward the Great Hall for breakfast. Both of them looked a little shook up after what had just happened. Ron was the first to speak.
"Well I never expected her to be like that!" Ron said loudly. Harry looked at him. "I mean, I know we haven't known her that long but still, you know, she seems like she has everything in her life under control. I never thought she'd just break down in tears like that. What is it with the girls you kiss Harry? You seem to make them cry soon after."
"Oh thanks. I'll be living with that the rest of my life thanks to you." Harry said with the least bit of sarcasm.
"Just doing my job." Ron interjected quickly. "Why did you ask her about that picture in particular?" Ron said looking at his friends reading his facial expressions. He didn't need an answer. "Oh, so you wanted to know if she had a boyfriend or not? You know considering you've only known her about 24 hours, you seem to be moving mighty fast with her."
"That's good though, right? I mean girls like it if the guys move fast."
"Not too fast I'd expect. They wouldn't want to think they have to sleep with you on the first date then marry you on the second. But yeah, I guess they like that. I wouldn't really know. Never asked a girl out before."
"You should give it a go. It might work out if you find the right person. Got anyone in mind?"
"There's this one girl who I've fancied for a while but haven't got the nerves to tell her yet." Ron said rather timidly and starting to blush. Harry grinned.
"It's Hermione, isn't it?" Ron glared at him with his mouth opened.
"How.how.?" He said stumbling over his own words.
"Well it's a bit obvious! Ever since fourth year I've sort of suspected it since you got all jealous every time she spent time with Krum."
"Don't mention that man's name around me. As far as I'm concerned, he's as good as dead." Ron said sternly. Harry had to laugh.
"So when are you going to ask her out?"
"I don't know. I've been thinking about it a lot more recently."
"You better ask her out before Krum purposes to her." Harry said looking at his friend as he turned red in the face with jealousy.
"He's going to WHAT?" Shouted Ron. Harry grinned from hear to hear. Ron knew then he was joking. "I'm going to kick your ass one day you know that?" They arrived in the Great Hall minutes later, sat down, and began eating their breakfast. A couple of minutes later, Sabrina and Hermione sat down next to them. To Harry's delight, Sabrina was smiling and acting like nothing had happened. Minutes later, Professor McGonagall handed the kids their new schedules.
"Ugh, why do I need to take Potions if I want to be an Auror?" Harry said putting down his schedule in disgust.
"You want to be an Auror? Cool! So do I! We'll be in all of the same classes." Sabrina said smiling.
"Doesn't your mouth hurt from smiling so much Sabrina?" Ron asked with his mouth full of toast. Hermione elbowed him in the stomach. "Ow!"
"You two are so cute together!" Squealed Sabrina. Ron and Hermione both turned red.
"Sabrina, I told you before, there's nothing between me and Ron. Can you please shut drop it?" Hermione said. Sabrina sighed blowing strands of hair from her face. Ron looked at Harry. Harry shrugged.
"So what do you guys want to be after leaving Hogwarts?" Asked Sabrina.
"Well, I've been with Harry through most of his dilemmas so I thought I should be an Auror too."
"Cool." She said putting some of her porridge on her spoon.
"Wait, you can't want to be an Auror. We haven't all got the same schedules." Hermione said pointing to all four of the papers. "Professor McGonagall must have made a mistake. I'll go ask her." She got up from the table bringing her schedule along with her and over to the teacher's table.
"Hey, I just realized something. no more lessons with Professor Binns!" Ron exclaimed. "Look!" Harry took a look at his own paper a nodded in agreement. Sabrina looked confused.
"Who's Professor Binns?" She asked.
"He was the ghost we had as a teacher for History of Magic." Harry said turning to her.
"Wait, History of Magic? I've got that." Sabrina said
"What?" Harry said looking at her in disbelief.
"Yeah, Dumbledore thought it'd be good for me, you know, since I don't know anything about the wizarding world in England."
"Well you're not going to be learning much from Binns. He's so boring he made the Goblin Rebellions sounds like a bunch of five year olds having a play date."
"Woo-hoo! A nap class!" Sabrina exclaimed. Hermione came back to the table looking distraught.
"She said there was no mistake. She thought it'd be best if we spent some time away from each other for once. Now I have to go to Charms all by myself."
"No you don't. I have Charms next too." Ron said looking at her smiling. Hermione still didn't look happy.
"We better go. Sabrina what do you have now?" Asked Harry.
"Um, Potions. What about you?" She said checking her schedule making sure she was right.
"Same." Sabrina smiled.
"Cool." She said just before waving goodbye to Ron and Hermione as they headed off to Professor Flitwick's office.
"Hermione, why are you upset that it's just us in Charms together?" Asked Ron looking at her. He just noticed how nice she looked today.
"I'm not upset really, just frustrated." She said moving her hair back to her back.
"Why do you hate me?" He asked.
"I don't hate you." Said Hermione with a smile.
"You act like it."
"Well I'm really sorry if you feel that way."
"Um, Hermione, do you think maybe one day we could- -"
"Oh no, I forgot my textbook up in my trunk. Ron, tell Professor Flitwick I'm so, so sorry and I'll be there as soon as possible. I can't believe I forgot it." She said running back to the direction of Gryffindor tower. Ron stood there dumbstruck.
"Hey Hermione," he began to himself, "did you know that I've loved you since the day I first laid eyes on you. Would you like to go out with me one day and maybe me marry me? Of course not because you have to go get your Charms textbook! Damn you Professor Flitwick and your charms textbook!"
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Harry and Sabrina arrived in the Potions classroom located in the darkest, dirtiest dungeon in the castle. Sabrina looked at Harry and wrinkled her nose.
"What a nice teaching environment." Harry had to let out a laugh.
"Wait until you met Snape. He's a greasy bastard."
"I see you've picked up on my vocabulary. It's infectous, I know." Said Sabrina. Just then, Draco and Pansy walked in.
"Sabrina. Sassy, sexy Sabrina." Pansy shot Draco a look but ignored it.
"Oh hey Draco. Where you thinking of me while you were jacking off last night?" She said taking her seat next to Harry.
"As a matter of fact- -"
"Oh god, please talk about something other than this." Harry pleaded.
"Draco, let's go sit down. You don't need to talk to a girl like her." Pansy said taking his hand and trying to bring him over to their seats.
"I'll be there in a minute." Said Draco taking his hand back. Pansy sulked into her seat and crossed her arms. "C'mon Sabrina just give me a chance. One date, just one." Harry looked at Draco. Was he actually pleading?
"No, and if you don't leave me alone I'll tell the teacher that you're sexually harassing me and then you'll have to deal with him, Dumbledore, and worst of all me. And believe me you don't want to mess with me. If you're ever in New York, just ask around. They all know me there." She said crossing her arms and raising her eyebrows.
"Excuse me miss but if you threaten my student again you'll be the one being sent to Dumbledore." Said a very familiar cold voice. Nobody knew it but Snape had just entered the room. Everyone turned to him. He walked over and stood between Sabrina and Malfoy. Sabrina looked at him still annoyed by Malfoy.
"No, no, no, you have it all wrong. See Malfoy is harassing me. Ask anyone, they'll tell you." Said Sabrina as everyone let out a small gasp. No one had ever said that Snape was wrong even though he usually was.
"Excuse me?" He said sounding some-what shocked even though still upholding his monotonous voice.
"You heard me." She said as sternly as ever.
"You must be our new student, Sabrina Constantine. Even though you are new to this school, and this country, that does not give you the right to demeanor other students or the professor. 20 points from Gryffindor."
"No." She said with her hands crossed in front of her chest.
"What?" He said extremely annoyed.
"No. You're not taking any points from Gryffindor because I did nothing wrong."
"Fine, 40 points. Take your seat."
"No."
"Take.your.seat."
"No."
"60 points from Gryffindor and go down to the Headmaster's office now before I do something I will live to regret."
"What? That's not fair! Sir, she did nothing wrong! Malfoy was harassing her." Harry said standing up and moving over to Sabrina. She looked at him quickly and flashed him a smile. Then just as quickly she turned back to Snape.
"10 more points for your reckless behavior, Potter. Stay out of your little girlfriend's affairs."
"First of all he's not my boyfriend. Second of all you shouldn't punish him for standing up for something that's right. You're just one of those people that just love to bring other people down because something happened in your life that you had no control over and you can't stand it." Said Sabrina. Before she had said that everyone was in shock. Now everyone had to check their pulse to see if they were still alive because nobody ever though they would live to see the day that somebody would stand up to Snape like that. Harry wasn't in shock, he was actually afraid. He, along with Snape, knew that she had hit the nail on the head. That thing that he had no control over was something that his father did to him back in Hogwarts in their fifth year. Harry looked up at Snape. He turned as red as Ron's hair.
"Get.out.now." He growled at a whisper.
"I'd be glad to." She said smiling and then walked out of the room. Harry realized he was still standing then quickly sat down. Malfoy hurriedly moved to his seat next to Pansy. The rest of the lesson was extremely tense. Nobody knew what had just happened. But whatever it was, it turned into Hogwarts history just like James Potter and his group of friends and the Weasley brothers' escape from Professor Umbridge. Although Sabrina had only been there for a day, the whole school was talking about her.
After class, Harry was walking the steps back up to the main part of the castle. He heard someone trying to catch up with him. "Hey Potter, wait up!" No, this could not be who he thought was talking to him out of free will. Harry turned around to see none other than Draco Malfoy catching up to him.
"Are you sure your vision is right Malfoy? You do know who you're talking to." Harry said taking a leaf out of Sabrina's book.
"I know who you are Potter so just shut up. Believe me, under different circumstances, I'd never be talking to you but something came up. I need you to help me."
"Why would I help you?"
"Because you know her. Sabrina trusts you. I can tell. You've got to try and get her to go out with me. Please? All I need is one date." He said in a tone of voice Harry had never heard escape his mouth.
"So that's why you've been acting so weird around her." Harry said starting to walk away smirking. Draco once again caught up with him and grabbed his shoulder.
"Please, one date that's all I want. Me liking Sabrina isn't going to change how I loathe you though." Harry stopped and looked at him.
"I'll talk to her about it but I'm not guaranteeing anything. She's one tough girl."
"Yeah, I know. Potter, as much as I hate to say it, thanks." Draco said running off to join his friends. He started walking to the Defense the Dark Arts class when he heard Hermione yell after him.
"Harry!" He turned around and looked at Hermione and Ron catching up to him. "Where's Sabrina? Wasn't she with you." Harry told them the whole story.
"Oh my god." Ron said with a he grin. "She didn't."
"Yeah she did."
"I can't believe her! I've been wanting to that for years I can't believe she did that!"
"Hermione we both know you would never do that. You're too much of a goody- two shoes."
"Well I've thought about it!" She said turning slightly red. Just then Sabrina ran up to them.
"Hey! Guess what? Dumbledore believed me! He's going to talk to Draco and Snape and he's not taking any points away from Gryffindor!"
"That's great!" Harry said.
"I am so happy I could hug someone! Harry, since I've been molesting you the past two days, may I hug you?"
"Of course." He said. Sabrina hugged him tightly. When she let go, they smiled at each other.
"Harry. Harry?" Ron asked trying to get Harry's get attention. "Harry!"
"What?" Harry said annoyingly.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts. Come on."
The rest of the day was very boring. Their new teacher, Professor Weber, was a tall male who was very boring. The only person who actually liked him was Sabrina because she claimed that it was another nap class. At the end of the day, the four of them were all sitting on a large new couch alone in the Gryffindor common room watching as Ron beat Sabrina at chess. It was pretty late at night and they were finishing up the game.
"No matter who you are or where you come from, nobody can still beat Ron Weasley at chess. Ha, I'm kicking your ass!"
"Ron, you better stop playing and get started on your Charms homework. There's no way you that essay's going to write its self." Hermione huffed.
"Keep your knickers on Hermione, I'll do it."
"You have no right to talk about my knickers that way. It's getting late. I'm going to bed. Sabrina are you coming?"
"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute. I just want to watch the fire for a little bit more. I can't resist flames." She said staring at the fire. Hermione rolled her eyes and walked up to the girl's dormitories. Ron nudged Harry.
"Go talk to her." Whispered Ron pointing to Sabrina. He looked at Harry, winked, and walked up to his own dormitory. Harry looked at Sabrina. She looked so incredibly sexy with the light of the flames reflecting on the side of her face. She turned to him and smiled.
"Hey, thanks a lot for today." She said looking him straight in the eye. Harry started feeling a little nervous.
"For what?"
"For helping me out today with Snape. You were right. He is a bastard."
"I feel bad for him though." He said sincerely.
"Why?" She asked completely confused.
"Because, he hasn't had such an easy life."
"But that doesn't give him the right to treat anyone like that!" She said starting to get annoyed.
"You don't understand. My dad kinda made his life a living hell in school."
"But Snape made the rest of his life a living hell. You can't hold your Dad responsible. What he did to me wasn't your Dad's fault." Harry looked down. Sabrina could tell he what he was thinking about. "You must miss him."
"Yeah, I do. I just which I knew him. I have so many questions for him."
"Sometimes it's better not knowing." She said looking down. Harry picked up his head and looked at her the same way she looked at him.
"What do you mean?"
"Never mind." She said looking up quickly and smiled awkwardly. They both looked at each other. "Thanks again for standing up for me today. I don't think I've met someone as nice as you." She leaned over and kissed him tenderly. When the kiss wasn't as long as the one in the Great Hall but this one was better. This one wasn't for show. This one was their kiss. She grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze. "I really like you, Harry." She said sincerely. "Do you like me too?"
"Yeah, of course I do! You're funny, smart, blunt, beautiful, sexy." He said feeling a little awkward. She smiled at him and chuckled.
"You talk too much." Just then she started kissing him but more intensely than before. This time Harry kissed back. He wasn't as nervous as the time last year when he had been snogging with Cho. Cho. He knew he wasn't suppose to think about his ex-girlfriend when he was making out with another woman, but he couldn't stop it. Sabrina was tugging on his t-shirt he wore underneath his school robes, which had been tossed to the side of the room earlier. Just as Harry was about to move his hands farther down her back, he pulled out quickly. Sabrina looked at him confused. "What?" She said softly.
"I.I can't do this." Harry said straightening up on the couch.
"Is it me? Did I do something wrong? I mean, I thought you wanted me to." She said going slightly paranoid.
"No, it's not you. You were.you were great. It's just I keep thinking about Cho." He said uncertainly.
"Oh, you mean that Asian girl you kept staring at you?" She said looking down.
"Yeah, it's weird though because I like you. I mean, I really, really like you. But I still all of these feelings for Cho. I'm sorry." He looked at her. She had her head down so he couldn't see her. She was obviously trying to hide her tears. She gave out a large sniff then stood up.
"Well in that case I better go." She said walking up to the girls' dormitories. Harry chased after her stopping before the stairs. He knew they were enchanted to throw any boy off.
"No, Sabrina wait!" But it was too late; she was already gone. He picked up his robes and walked up the stairs to his own dormitory wondering if he did the right thing.