"RON?!" Harry exclaimed loudly as he entered the noisy common room. Harry had seen, right before his eyes, Ron and Hermione, SNOGGING!

"Well, isn't this a surprise," Lauren said, as Hermione blushed.

"Well...you...know..." Hermione began, but she never seemed to finish.



"Well," Harry said, "nice coupling guys, but could it had been at any worse a timing?" Harry chuckled.

The group continued on to bed, ignoring the loud partying that emitted from the common room.

The next morning, Lauren slept in, not realizing her need to get up early. Hermione woke her up instead.

"Come on sleepy-head! Classes start today!" Hermione said cheerfully.

"Do I have to?" Lauren groaned. But she got out of bed quickly, and effortlessly.

After getting dressed, Lauren and Hermione met up with Harry and Ron downstairs, and they all left for the Great Hall (after, of course, Hermione gave Ron a peck on the cheek. By now, Harry was starting to feel left out).

They reached the Great Hall, as the loud chatter and gossip began. They all got their schedules and sighed.

"First transfiguration class and it's with the Slytherins, I'm honestly starting to lose hope!" Ron said dramatically.

"Oh well..." Lauren said smiling, a bit of excitement lingered in her tone.

"What are you smiling about?" Ron remarked.

"Oh! Nothing..." Lauren said.

They entered the class and Lauren gaped, her mouth wide open.

"These classrooms are amazing! They're so rustic!" Lauren commented.

"Well, they have been around for over 100 years!" Hermione scoffed.

Lauren glared at her, feeling hurt.

"Today," McGonagall started, "we'll start a very complex transfiguration spell. I'll need you all to put yourself into partners."

Hermione motioned for Lauren to be partners with her; Lauren refused, still hurt, and took a seat beside Draco instead. Ron gasped, so did Harry, Hermione seemed too hurt to care though. Ron partnered with Harry, as Hermione (fully capable), worked on her own.

The class went on, as Lauren and Draco laughed at the pathetic attempts Ron made at the spell. Lauren and Draco on the other hand, had no trouble turning the chair into a dog, and even got it to do tricks (which got them bonus marks). Hermione wasn't in her positively best working mood. The sight of Lauren with the man she hated most (other than Voldemort) made her sick to her stomach.

The class ended as Slytherin left Gryffindor. Lauren kissed Draco goodbye in the hallway, not just a peck, this one lasted for a few minutes, leaving Draco hanging at the end.

"Well, some ones made a wh-(Hermione gasped, "RON!") of themselves." Ron continued almost triumphantly.

Hermione seemed to glare at the two of them. They started to walk, Lauren far ahead of them.

"I honestly would have never known...Lauren? Maybe she should have been in Slytherin..." She said a small trace of fear in her tone.

"Well, there must be some reason she wasn't in Slytherin...the Sorting Hat doesn't put people in houses for no reason...right?" Harry answered solemnly.

They walked down the wide hallway, Lauren long gone. As they headed to Potions, Harry had a strange pang of fear, erupting from his scar. He took it as nothing. It had been happening for a while now. Although, somewhere, deep down, he thought it may have meant something...yet, for now, he didn't know what.