Chappie 4 of "A Bottle of Red". WoOt. R/R! ~The Redheaded Duck~

"Guys! Woot! Guess what?" Elisa's still-wet feet pounded on the stairs up to her dormitory. She burst through the door. "Guess..."

Empty. Messy, vacant beds. No note. Where could they be this early? She made her way downstairs to the common room, which was empty except for some chattering, stalker-type third year boys. They all followed her out of the common room and Elisa didn't even notice until they were halfway down the hall.

"Uh, can I help you?" She asked a bit annoyed.

"We were, um, wanting to wash your hair, miss," a brave one said, squeaking as if he were a house elf. Elisa inwardly laughed at the affect she had on people.

"Well, can I get back to you? I have to tell my friends something, then we'll make arrangements for a hair washing!" The stalkers all looked overjoyed at the thought of this and wobbled back to the common room in a clump.

Elisa wandered the tower aimlessly before passing by the library. She knew that her friends sometimes had occasional tendencies to crave reading at early hours of the morning.

"Dudes, guess what?" She yelled out as soon as she saw her friends' faces in the corner of the library, earning her a mean glare from Madame Pince. Lindsay motioned for her to come over to the table she, Lorelei, and Corinne were sitting at. "What's going on?" she asked looking confused.

"We're waiting for Remus to come over and talk to Lindz," Lorelei answered. "I heard it from some guy at the Hufflepuff table who was talking to his friend, who said that he heard Frank talk to Peter about how Remus was telling James and Sirius that he was going to ask Lindsay out."

"Ohh." Elisa was used to used, coming from Lorelei.

"He's getting up, he's coming this way, he's... gone to get another book. Ugh, I never knew that there were people in this world that read more than we do. That's the third this morning." Lorelei sat back in her chair, as if it was the guy that she liked that she had to wait for.

"Wish we had a video camera." Lindsay said, not taking her eyes off Remus.

"Or popcorn, I'm hungry." Corinne added.

"Guys, I have news..." But nobody heard Elisa just yet. She was about to burst with excitement.

"So what about you, Corinne, found anyone?" Lorelei sat up again in her chair, her period of bitchyness somewhat suspended.

Corinne sighed and laughed. "Nope, no takers... You?" "Nah, Sirius hasn't spoken to me since I sold his pants for 20 Galleons."

The girls all nodded and waited for the statement to sink in. "Ohhh." The sad part was, that knowing Lorelei, she wasn't joking.

Finally, the quiet moment Elisa needed arrived, and she said again, "Guys..." "What??"
"I'm going to Hogsmeade with James Potter!"