Chapter Nineteen: Danger Times is a Hit
The next day was Sunday and Jo was happy that she didn't have to go to any classes or detentions. She came down in to the common room to find it almost empty. "Hope they left me some food." She said jogging away down towards the Great Hall.
"Hey Potter, wake up late?" Cedric asked as he walked out of the Great Hall.
"Yeah my alarm isn't working well." Jo said before a yawn.
Cedric laughed. "Look, can you meet on the fields after dinner so we can get the practice time in? Or did Hooch let you get it in during detention?"
"She let me off. But I wouldn't mind getting some more in w/ you, at least that is if you're free."
Cedric looked at his watch. "Uh, how about I talk to you about it later, I have a job I have to take care of." Cedric said. He jogged off.
"Ok..." Jo said more to her self. She walked over to the Slytherin table and sat in between Malfoy and Jess. "Hey guys what's up?" She asked grabbing some toast.
"Nothing." Malfoy muttered, apparently still kind of upset from the night before and what Snape had said to him.
"We're fine." Jess said trying to cover up from Malfoy's lack of morning attitude.
"What happened last night Malfoy? I want the truth." Jo said turning to him.
Malfoy poked at his eggs with a fork. "Nothing." He said obviously lying.
"I said I want the truth." Jo said kind of forcefully.
"He just wanted to talk about Quidditch, that's all."
"Doesn't seem like all." Jo said taking some eggs and putting them on her plate.
"No, no that's all." Malfoy said as he grabbed a piece of toast and put some butter on it.
Jo sighed. "Guess what guys. My paper gets published to day!"
"Cool! That'll show Chang." Jessie said encouragingly.
"Yeah. I just hope people read it. I didn't put all the gossip and lies I wanted to. I'm not going to go that way until a few weeks or so have past." Jo said finishing her eggs.
"Congrats Potter, look around you." Sabrina said as she walked up behind Jo, The Danger Times in hand. Everyone around the Great Hall was skimming through the paper, stopping to read an article every so often.
Jo smiled. "You think they like it?"
"Don't know, guess we'll find out." Sabrina said looking around. "Harry seems to be engrossed in it. So do his friends."
"Let me see one of these papers Spellman." Jess said holding out her hand.
Sabrina dropped her copy into Jo's hand. "It isn't bad Jo, it isn't bad."
"Here Jess." Jo said handing it to Jessica.
Jessica took the paper and spread it in-between Malfoy and her self so they could both read.
"Not bad Jo, not bad at all." Jess said as she read through an article.
"There's one on Chang page 2." Jo said happy that her fiends in Slytherin liked her paper.
Everyone who heard her automatically switched to page two.
Jo began to laugh at the sight of Cho's face. "HOW DARE YOU WRITE THAT ABOUT ME!!" She screamed from her house table.
Everyone from Slytherin and Gryffindor and most people from Ravenclaw started laughing as they all finished the article around the same time as the others.
"Cho Chang founder of tea and the pinkest person in school! Raspberry tea any one?" Malfoy teased.
His Slytherin buddies laughed, even Sabrina joined in.
"You--you shut up Malfoy!" Cho said turning bright red.
"You're starting to look like a raspberry." Sabrina said. Everyone started laughing harder.
"You two best watch your backs!" Chang said getting up and striding from the Great Hall. Sabrina scoffed and zapped Cho with a spell to turn her hair to electric blue and made her trip over a pile of eggs.
Chang went flying out of the Great Hall screaming. Everyone including Jo laughed.
Malfoy clapped Sabrina on the shoulder. "You know Spellman, you're not half bad...for a Ravenclaw. That was pretty good for a no-rule-breaker."
Sabrina smiled. "You aren't that bad for... Well a Slytherin." She said as she walked back to the Ravenclaw table and sat down next to Heather.
"Guess everyone is going for the paper Jo, guess you've got some work to do."
"Well Jess, I'm going to need a staff. At least I hope to have one. I'm gonna pay them a sickle an hour." Jo said happily.
"I'll join up!" Sabrina said telepathically. She was apparently happy to hear that there was money involved.
"For you it'll be 4 sickles an hour." Jo replied happily.
Sabrina turned from the table and smiled brightly at Jo.
Jo smiled back and nodded. "Ok I want to see you in my dorm after breakfast we have a lot of work to do." She said to Sabrina telepathically before taking a drink form her pumpkin juice.
"Ok, I'll see you there." After that, Jo heard nothing else form Sabrina, for Harry had walked up and began to talk with her.
After breakfast Jo walked back to her dorm with fans of her paper following her.
The next day was Sunday and Jo was happy that she didn't have to go to any classes or detentions. She came down in to the common room to find it almost empty. "Hope they left me some food." She said jogging away down towards the Great Hall.
"Hey Potter, wake up late?" Cedric asked as he walked out of the Great Hall.
"Yeah my alarm isn't working well." Jo said before a yawn.
Cedric laughed. "Look, can you meet on the fields after dinner so we can get the practice time in? Or did Hooch let you get it in during detention?"
"She let me off. But I wouldn't mind getting some more in w/ you, at least that is if you're free."
Cedric looked at his watch. "Uh, how about I talk to you about it later, I have a job I have to take care of." Cedric said. He jogged off.
"Ok..." Jo said more to her self. She walked over to the Slytherin table and sat in between Malfoy and Jess. "Hey guys what's up?" She asked grabbing some toast.
"Nothing." Malfoy muttered, apparently still kind of upset from the night before and what Snape had said to him.
"We're fine." Jess said trying to cover up from Malfoy's lack of morning attitude.
"What happened last night Malfoy? I want the truth." Jo said turning to him.
Malfoy poked at his eggs with a fork. "Nothing." He said obviously lying.
"I said I want the truth." Jo said kind of forcefully.
"He just wanted to talk about Quidditch, that's all."
"Doesn't seem like all." Jo said taking some eggs and putting them on her plate.
"No, no that's all." Malfoy said as he grabbed a piece of toast and put some butter on it.
Jo sighed. "Guess what guys. My paper gets published to day!"
"Cool! That'll show Chang." Jessie said encouragingly.
"Yeah. I just hope people read it. I didn't put all the gossip and lies I wanted to. I'm not going to go that way until a few weeks or so have past." Jo said finishing her eggs.
"Congrats Potter, look around you." Sabrina said as she walked up behind Jo, The Danger Times in hand. Everyone around the Great Hall was skimming through the paper, stopping to read an article every so often.
Jo smiled. "You think they like it?"
"Don't know, guess we'll find out." Sabrina said looking around. "Harry seems to be engrossed in it. So do his friends."
"Let me see one of these papers Spellman." Jess said holding out her hand.
Sabrina dropped her copy into Jo's hand. "It isn't bad Jo, it isn't bad."
"Here Jess." Jo said handing it to Jessica.
Jessica took the paper and spread it in-between Malfoy and her self so they could both read.
"Not bad Jo, not bad at all." Jess said as she read through an article.
"There's one on Chang page 2." Jo said happy that her fiends in Slytherin liked her paper.
Everyone who heard her automatically switched to page two.
Jo began to laugh at the sight of Cho's face. "HOW DARE YOU WRITE THAT ABOUT ME!!" She screamed from her house table.
Everyone from Slytherin and Gryffindor and most people from Ravenclaw started laughing as they all finished the article around the same time as the others.
"Cho Chang founder of tea and the pinkest person in school! Raspberry tea any one?" Malfoy teased.
His Slytherin buddies laughed, even Sabrina joined in.
"You--you shut up Malfoy!" Cho said turning bright red.
"You're starting to look like a raspberry." Sabrina said. Everyone started laughing harder.
"You two best watch your backs!" Chang said getting up and striding from the Great Hall. Sabrina scoffed and zapped Cho with a spell to turn her hair to electric blue and made her trip over a pile of eggs.
Chang went flying out of the Great Hall screaming. Everyone including Jo laughed.
Malfoy clapped Sabrina on the shoulder. "You know Spellman, you're not half bad...for a Ravenclaw. That was pretty good for a no-rule-breaker."
Sabrina smiled. "You aren't that bad for... Well a Slytherin." She said as she walked back to the Ravenclaw table and sat down next to Heather.
"Guess everyone is going for the paper Jo, guess you've got some work to do."
"Well Jess, I'm going to need a staff. At least I hope to have one. I'm gonna pay them a sickle an hour." Jo said happily.
"I'll join up!" Sabrina said telepathically. She was apparently happy to hear that there was money involved.
"For you it'll be 4 sickles an hour." Jo replied happily.
Sabrina turned from the table and smiled brightly at Jo.
Jo smiled back and nodded. "Ok I want to see you in my dorm after breakfast we have a lot of work to do." She said to Sabrina telepathically before taking a drink form her pumpkin juice.
"Ok, I'll see you there." After that, Jo heard nothing else form Sabrina, for Harry had walked up and began to talk with her.
After breakfast Jo walked back to her dorm with fans of her paper following her.