The New Girl
Ron and Harry were sitting in the Common Room discussing how unfair it was that they had another detention with Snape, but only because Malfoy "accidentally" spilled all the contents of his cauldron, and in walked Dean and Seamus, speaking rather rapidly. By the sounds of their voices the boys could tell they were excited about something.
"What's up?" asked Harry, as Ron put on a face of disgust and dismay.
"We don't have a pop quiz in potions, do we?" Ron asked miserably. "I don't think I can stand another one."
Harry, after hearing this, remembered how on his last pop-quiz Snape had given him a negative five out of ten.
"Are you kidding? Haven't you heard yet? You're telling me you haven't heard, heard about the new girl?" asked Dean. The two shook their heads. "Well in that case, we'd better start from the top."
"The very top." Seamus started, "She's been sent here from America because of her outstanding grades and she's drop dead gorgeous! Prettier than Fleur de la Cour herself, and she probably hasn't got such a dreadful temper. I hope she's in Gryffindor! She's our age, too! Do you think, do you think, she'll go out with me? Elizabeth Victoria." he ended off rather dreamily.
By this point Ron was getting excited, but Harry sat there thinking that no girl could be prettier than Fleur. By this point he was totally over Cho Chang, and didn't really care whether he ever saw her again.
"You aren't babbling about that American girl, are you?" said a startling, rude voice. "I just assumed you were since it seems every other boy in the school is. If you ask me, they should have never let her in. She's nothing more than a pretty face. I'll bet that's why she has good grades in the first place!"
"It sounds like some one wants attention, and they want it real bad! Ginny, go talk to some one who actually cares what you have to say!"
Boiling with anger Ginny stormed off, leaving the others in a laughing fit. Ginny may have been the hit for a week, but no one really cared about that. To tell the truth, she wasn't really popular, she had just gone out with Jason DeWitt, a Slytherin, who was two years older than her for a week, turning houses against her. He dumped her for her relatively "desperate" behavior. From that point on she had been quite unhappy. Her brother, who you would think to be more understanding and a lot nicer, couldn't have been happier about Ginny's downfall, because she had made truly offensive remark about Ron being an awful Quidditch player in the company of many students. Hermione had also turned against Ginny because in the midst of her so-called "popularity" she had also insulted Hermione and in front of Malfoy no less, making it all the worse.
A short time after Dean and Seamus had moved away and Hermione was busy with home work, Harry remarked, "You know, what if Ginny is right, and that American girl is just a brat?" Neither of the boys could keep a straight face and began laughing hysterically, and soon they had Hermione glaring at them.
Later that day, as Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered the Great Hall, they noticed quite a crowd around the Gryffindor table. Harry seemed to have acknowledged what was the center of attention was, and stopped in his tracks. Ron, who had just walked into Harry, would have asked him what his problem was, but then he too spotted it, the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen!
Ron and Harry were sitting in the Common Room discussing how unfair it was that they had another detention with Snape, but only because Malfoy "accidentally" spilled all the contents of his cauldron, and in walked Dean and Seamus, speaking rather rapidly. By the sounds of their voices the boys could tell they were excited about something.
"What's up?" asked Harry, as Ron put on a face of disgust and dismay.
"We don't have a pop quiz in potions, do we?" Ron asked miserably. "I don't think I can stand another one."
Harry, after hearing this, remembered how on his last pop-quiz Snape had given him a negative five out of ten.
"Are you kidding? Haven't you heard yet? You're telling me you haven't heard, heard about the new girl?" asked Dean. The two shook their heads. "Well in that case, we'd better start from the top."
"The very top." Seamus started, "She's been sent here from America because of her outstanding grades and she's drop dead gorgeous! Prettier than Fleur de la Cour herself, and she probably hasn't got such a dreadful temper. I hope she's in Gryffindor! She's our age, too! Do you think, do you think, she'll go out with me? Elizabeth Victoria." he ended off rather dreamily.
By this point Ron was getting excited, but Harry sat there thinking that no girl could be prettier than Fleur. By this point he was totally over Cho Chang, and didn't really care whether he ever saw her again.
"You aren't babbling about that American girl, are you?" said a startling, rude voice. "I just assumed you were since it seems every other boy in the school is. If you ask me, they should have never let her in. She's nothing more than a pretty face. I'll bet that's why she has good grades in the first place!"
"It sounds like some one wants attention, and they want it real bad! Ginny, go talk to some one who actually cares what you have to say!"
Boiling with anger Ginny stormed off, leaving the others in a laughing fit. Ginny may have been the hit for a week, but no one really cared about that. To tell the truth, she wasn't really popular, she had just gone out with Jason DeWitt, a Slytherin, who was two years older than her for a week, turning houses against her. He dumped her for her relatively "desperate" behavior. From that point on she had been quite unhappy. Her brother, who you would think to be more understanding and a lot nicer, couldn't have been happier about Ginny's downfall, because she had made truly offensive remark about Ron being an awful Quidditch player in the company of many students. Hermione had also turned against Ginny because in the midst of her so-called "popularity" she had also insulted Hermione and in front of Malfoy no less, making it all the worse.
A short time after Dean and Seamus had moved away and Hermione was busy with home work, Harry remarked, "You know, what if Ginny is right, and that American girl is just a brat?" Neither of the boys could keep a straight face and began laughing hysterically, and soon they had Hermione glaring at them.
Later that day, as Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered the Great Hall, they noticed quite a crowd around the Gryffindor table. Harry seemed to have acknowledged what was the center of attention was, and stopped in his tracks. Ron, who had just walked into Harry, would have asked him what his problem was, but then he too spotted it, the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen!