Chapter 4

Sarah woke up to the sound of voices down in the common room. She went to go see who was up this early. It was 5:00 in the morning. She crept downstairs and she saw a fairy talking to Seamus Finnigan.

"Good Morning!" She said to both of them.

Seamus was looking fidgety and Rose had a smile on her face. "What a wonder message to give to a wonderful girl." She sighed. "Only one more week till the wonderful MAGICAL BALL!" She said importantly.
    Seamus looked nervous as if something might come down the stairs any moment. His hand shook when he finished doing his homework.

The fairy smiled in her sly smile. "I can't wait!" She vanished.

Sarah was so tired last night and was crabby that she didn't get to sleep in. She did her homework thinking that she'll get it done before the day starts and surely she did. She was much more happy after that. She took out the sheet of paper she found in her books. She still couldn't figure who it was. It was some one from Gryffindor she knew that. She sighed, there were so many boys who could've been there.

"Wait!" She said aloud. She frightened herself and Seamus. "Sorry." She said.
I was getting my books in between classes. She swore that she bumped into a boy. Why would a boy go into the common room on a time like that? Unless they forgot their books too. She couldn't stand it. She had to ask Jennifer something but she wasn't up yet. It was now 7:00.

"Seamus, who was late for Defense Against the Dark Arts class? Not including me." He looked up surprised that she even talked to him. "Uh. It was you and Neville. He always is late though. Why you ask?" Sarah didn't answer him. She looked at Seamus as he was still looking at her. "What?" She said. "I said, why you ask?" Seamus said puzzled. "Oh, nothing." She said.

Jennifer came down from the stairs having heard voices too. Her eyes got big as she saw Seamus. "Hi Jennifer." He said nervously. Jennifer smiled at him.

Sarah saw Rose at the corner of her eye in Seamus's ear. He walked up to Jennifer and they went by the fire. They started talking. Sarah went back up the stairs to her bed and saw all the girls sitting up waiting.

She walked over to her bed and sat down. "Why is everyone sitting up like that?" She asked Hermione who was next to her. "A lot of girls got asked by a guy they don't even know. Lavender got asked by a 7th year!"
Sarah raised her eyebrows. "I know whose note that was." She whispered to Hermione. "It was Neville."

"I know." Hermione said coolly.
"You didn't tell me?" Sarah said. Hermione didn't say anything. Jennifer walked in. She looked as if she might explode. She didn't say hi to any of them and went to bed.