Chapter Six: Jo meets Cedric Diggory
Jo awoke to an alarm the next morning. She checked the time on her clock. It was 7:30 a.m. She got up and got dressed so she could go to breakfast. Jo slowly walked down the stairs to the common room. She was very tired, but wanted to have a good meal in her stomach before going to her first few classes. As she stepped out of the Slytherin dormitory, she saw Harry waiting for her. She ran out to greet him.
"So, how was the first night?" Harry asked her.
"Well, if you like being scooped up be the shoulders by two big guys who are bossed around by some weak scrawny kid, than yeah, it was great." She remarked.
"By who," Harry asked a hint of anger in his voice,
"Two big guys and some scrawny freak." Jo repeated.
"Oh, don't worry about them, I will strike fear into their cold blooded hearts, then they won't bother you no more." Harry said, grinning to his little sister.
After breakfast, Harry, got a pass to be dismissed from his classes to show his sister to hers'.
"Thanks for showing me around bro. It's really nice of you." Jo said, looking up to her older brother.
"Hey, no problem, after all, you are my sister." Harry replied. Harry was taking her to her third class, Transfiguration. They climbed up a flight of stairs and entered another hallway. There were a bunch of kids wandering around and chatting. Harry waved to a couple of them and said hi.
"Who are they?" Jo asked curiously.
"Oh, just some friends." He replied.
"I know they are friends, but exactly who- -" Jo began to ask, but heard a bunch of girls squeal. When they did, every kid around parted to one side of the hallway or another, some left the hallway completely (mostly Slytherin guys). Then the hallway fell silent as Jo looked around to see what was going on. But all she saw was some guy standing at the end of the hallway. He began to walk down the hallway. Still, nobody said a word. It was so silent; Jo began to wonder if people were even breathing.
"Harry, who's he?" Jo asked Harry in a small whisper.
"Oh, him? That's Cedric Diggory, the most popular guy in school, even more popular than me. All the girls love him, but he doesn't like most of 'em. He is going out with a girl named Cho Chang. Then, to top that off, almost all the guys want to be like him." Harry said shaking his head and grinning to himself. When the guy got closer to where Jo and Harry were standing, Jo caught herself supporting the same dreamy grin that looked exactly like a lot of the other girls in the hall did, and ordered herself to wipe it off her face.
"Hey Potter." Cedric said.
"Hey, 'sup?" Harry asked.
"Oh, nothin'." He replied, "School and Quidditch is all I have had time to do. Lucky for me, I have a two-hour break after my next class. Hey, who's the girl?"
"Oh, this is my little sister Jo." Harry replied casually.
"Hey, you look familiar. Oh, I know where I've seen you, you're that kid that I ran into on the train, sorry 'bout that. Really didn't mean to hit you. I am so rude, hi, nice to meet you, I am Cedric Diggory, guess you are Potter Junior." He said as he stuck out his hand to shake Jo's.
"Jo, my name is Jo." She replied sharply.
Cedric smiled a movie-star smile. "Fine then, Jo, not Potter Junior. Well, if y'all will excuse me, I have to get to potions; Snape'll have my head if I am late three times in a row. I'll catch ya later." He said and walked off. As he left and went up the stairs, everyone crowded back into the hallway. Jo could hear some girls saying,
"Can you believe that Cedric Diggory actually talked to that first year? Why didn't he say hi to me?"
Jo smiled at the other girls' jealousy. She liked having attention, even if she had to get in trouble to get it. She loved attention almost as much as she loved chocolate. And she loves chocolate a whole lot.
As they continued to walk down the hall to Professor McGonagall's class, Jo asked,
"Harry, what year is Cedric in?" Jo said dreamily. She was off so far in la la land that she ran into the blond haired girl, Sabrina.
Jo awoke to an alarm the next morning. She checked the time on her clock. It was 7:30 a.m. She got up and got dressed so she could go to breakfast. Jo slowly walked down the stairs to the common room. She was very tired, but wanted to have a good meal in her stomach before going to her first few classes. As she stepped out of the Slytherin dormitory, she saw Harry waiting for her. She ran out to greet him.
"So, how was the first night?" Harry asked her.
"Well, if you like being scooped up be the shoulders by two big guys who are bossed around by some weak scrawny kid, than yeah, it was great." She remarked.
"By who," Harry asked a hint of anger in his voice,
"Two big guys and some scrawny freak." Jo repeated.
"Oh, don't worry about them, I will strike fear into their cold blooded hearts, then they won't bother you no more." Harry said, grinning to his little sister.
After breakfast, Harry, got a pass to be dismissed from his classes to show his sister to hers'.
"Thanks for showing me around bro. It's really nice of you." Jo said, looking up to her older brother.
"Hey, no problem, after all, you are my sister." Harry replied. Harry was taking her to her third class, Transfiguration. They climbed up a flight of stairs and entered another hallway. There were a bunch of kids wandering around and chatting. Harry waved to a couple of them and said hi.
"Who are they?" Jo asked curiously.
"Oh, just some friends." He replied.
"I know they are friends, but exactly who- -" Jo began to ask, but heard a bunch of girls squeal. When they did, every kid around parted to one side of the hallway or another, some left the hallway completely (mostly Slytherin guys). Then the hallway fell silent as Jo looked around to see what was going on. But all she saw was some guy standing at the end of the hallway. He began to walk down the hallway. Still, nobody said a word. It was so silent; Jo began to wonder if people were even breathing.
"Harry, who's he?" Jo asked Harry in a small whisper.
"Oh, him? That's Cedric Diggory, the most popular guy in school, even more popular than me. All the girls love him, but he doesn't like most of 'em. He is going out with a girl named Cho Chang. Then, to top that off, almost all the guys want to be like him." Harry said shaking his head and grinning to himself. When the guy got closer to where Jo and Harry were standing, Jo caught herself supporting the same dreamy grin that looked exactly like a lot of the other girls in the hall did, and ordered herself to wipe it off her face.
"Hey Potter." Cedric said.
"Hey, 'sup?" Harry asked.
"Oh, nothin'." He replied, "School and Quidditch is all I have had time to do. Lucky for me, I have a two-hour break after my next class. Hey, who's the girl?"
"Oh, this is my little sister Jo." Harry replied casually.
"Hey, you look familiar. Oh, I know where I've seen you, you're that kid that I ran into on the train, sorry 'bout that. Really didn't mean to hit you. I am so rude, hi, nice to meet you, I am Cedric Diggory, guess you are Potter Junior." He said as he stuck out his hand to shake Jo's.
"Jo, my name is Jo." She replied sharply.
Cedric smiled a movie-star smile. "Fine then, Jo, not Potter Junior. Well, if y'all will excuse me, I have to get to potions; Snape'll have my head if I am late three times in a row. I'll catch ya later." He said and walked off. As he left and went up the stairs, everyone crowded back into the hallway. Jo could hear some girls saying,
"Can you believe that Cedric Diggory actually talked to that first year? Why didn't he say hi to me?"
Jo smiled at the other girls' jealousy. She liked having attention, even if she had to get in trouble to get it. She loved attention almost as much as she loved chocolate. And she loves chocolate a whole lot.
As they continued to walk down the hall to Professor McGonagall's class, Jo asked,
"Harry, what year is Cedric in?" Jo said dreamily. She was off so far in la la land that she ran into the blond haired girl, Sabrina.