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Chapter Three: Prefect Duties

Gabrielle tried to listen to Professor McGonagal's lecture but she was having a hard time concentrating. She couldn't believe a good looking boy had just fallen asleep on her shoulder, or that he had been flirting with her just a few moments ago. Apparently, she wasn't the only one to notice. Aside form Ryan rolling his eyes at the whole situation as though it were a huge joke, she also had Pansy Parkinson giving her the evil eye from across the room. Like it was her idea to have Draco next to her. She had heard about him and how he was with girls. I feel bad for girls who fall for him. They're likely to dismissed in a week. Draco is a notorious bad boy. She thought.

"Now that I'm done with the whole responsibility part of this, I'm sure you would like to know about the perks of prefect life." Said the professor. This snapped Gabrielle out of her trance, which in turn shook Draco awake as well.

"A special prefects bathroom is located behind the statue of Boris the Bewildered, and this year's password is Rub-a-Dub. Don't ask me what its significance is because I don't know. Apparently it is a lyric to one of the Headmaster's favorite muggle songs. There is also a prefect common room. If anything important or disastrous happens this is where you are all to report to unless otherwise instructed. This will also be a recreation room for you prefects. And only prefects please." She added looking at Draco. Apparently it wasn't just the students that knew about his reputation. "The password will be che sera sera. Now I must leave you. Have a good trip." She finished.

Everyone got up and started to file out of the room.

"I hope I see you around soon." Draco said to Gabrielle.

"Yeah me too." Said a blushing Gabrielle.

"DRACO! TALK! OUTSIDE! NOW!" screeched Pansy as she took hold of his arm and dragged him out of the room.

"Just goes to show who's really in charge of the relationship. Doesn't it? I mean it is Malfoy and all, but you would have thought he could control her." Laughed Harry Potter.

"Yeah really," laughed Ryan. Everyone started laughing so Gabrielle joined in too. She may have been laughing but inside there was an internal conflict going on.

Draco's going out with Pansy? Oh no.

What are you talking about? You have NO feelings for him. He's a player. He'll just use you. We are not gonna fall for him.

But he's so nice and cool, not to mention very sexy…

I can't hear you. Lalalalalalalalalala… I can't hear you.

Meanwhile:

…"Gabrielle, Hey Gabrielle! Woohoo! Are you with us?" asked Hermione Granger waving her hand in front of her face snapping her back to her consciousness.

"Yeah, yeah, huh? Sorry." Said Gabrielle.

"We were asking if you and Ryan wanted to go sit with us the rest of the ride." Harry said kindly with a smile.

"Yeah sure that sounds great. Hey you don't mind if I check in on my cousin do you? She's new and kinda bummed out so…" asked Gabrielle.

"Yeah go ahead. We'll come with." Said Harry following her out of the room and towards Brigette's compartment.

Gabrielle started to walk in the room, followed by Harry, Hermione, and then Ryan when she stopped short. Brigette was making out with Daniel Waggner in a corner booth.

"Well if that's your cousin when she's sad, I'm almost scared to find out what she's like when she's happy." Harry whispered in Gabrielle's ear.

"Yeah we uhhh… We uh, better go now!" Gabrielle said as she turned around in such a rush to leave that she ran smack into Harry's chest. That fact didn't help the matter at all, it just added to her enormous desire to laugh. They finally made it back to Harry's compartment. Not three seconds later Gabrielle started cracking up and it took a full quarter of an hour to get her calmed down.

"So now that that is over…" started Ryan but Hermione cut in.

"Oh no! Ryan we were supposed to be patrolling the corridors five minutes ago!" she shouted.

"We were?" Ryan asked confused.

"Yes, remember McGonagall told us at the meeting." She replied.

"Oh, well no I don't but okay lets go then." He said getting up. "See you guys later."

"Am I the only one who pays attention?" she asked. Harry and Gabrielle looked at each other and then at Hermoine. "Yes." They said in unison.

"Humph!" she said as she walked out of the room. As Ryan was walking out he turned his torso and shrugged his shoulders in question.

"Krum withdraw." Harry said simply. Ryan nodded and walked out.

"Am not!" yelled Hermione down the hallway.

"Wow ears just like Dumbledore, that one." Laughed Harry.

"No kidding." Gabrielle laughed back.

They started a conversation about their summers. Harry said his was miserable just as always and was glad to be back. Gabrielle told him about hers and the premonition. He was the boy who lived after all was he not, and he needed to know. They were discussing the classroom part of the vision when they heard footsteps approaching and the sound of Hermione and Ryan's voices.

"Well, this summer was actually quite nice. I didn't get near as much studying done, as I would have liked. But who can turn down a summer vacation like that one. Right?" Hermione said.

"Krum withdraw." Harry yelled out the door.

"Cho withdraw!" yelled Hermione.

"Not true!" Harry yelled, now angry. But Hermione and Ryan had already passed.

"Soooooo…." Said Gabrielle trying to change the subject.

"I'm not stuck on Cho. I'm not. In fact I can't stand her anymore."

"Okay." She said uncertainly. But her curiosity got the best of her. "You wanna talk about it? Come on what did she do?"

"She, she likes, I mean out of all people why did it have to be him eh? The slimy, sneaking little git." Said Harry.

"Who?"

"Malfoy." He stated with as much hatred in his voice as possible.

"What?" Gabrielle said shocked.

"Yeah can you believe it? Am I really that terrible that she would have to go after my exact opposite to piss me off?"

"No Harry. Not at all. That's terrible, it really is. I'm sorry. Hey," she said causing Harry to look up from his dazed anger. "Hey, screw her right. D'you know how many girls would die to have a guy like you, especially you. I know I would. So forget about it, alright?" she said with a smile.

"Alright." He said smiling back. "So now that I have divulged my relationship problems, it's your turn."

"Well, see I would but I don't have a boyfriend. So, no stories. Sorry." She said quietly, now extremely embarrassed.

"Oh that's cool. But how bout the past." He said with a grin. His arms were folded on the table and he had his chin resting on them.

"Uh, yeah. Umm, there are none." She said now blushing a red that would rival Ron's hair had he been in the room.

"Okay, now I see. Screw 'em right?" he said now laughing.

"Right." She said and started cracking up. For the second time that day she had laughed so hard that she fell out of her seat, which caused Harry to laugh even more. Just then Ryan and Hermione walked in.

"Okay Gabrielle you're up. Time for patrol." Hermione said.

"With who?" she said still laughing because Harry had just fallen out of his seat and started ticking her. "Stop it!" she pushed him off of her and tickled him."

"Malfoy." Ryan said. Both Harry and Gabrielle immediately stopped.

"What?" the two said in unison.

"Okay guys, you are really starting to freak me out with this whole talking in unison thing," Ryan said sitting down in Gabrielle's vacated seat.

"Yeah no kidding." Added Hermione. Gabrielle stood up and Harry sat up.

"Well, I'll see you in a while guys." She said. She ruffled Harry's already untidy hair on her way out of the compartment. Harry smiled after her. As she walked away to meet Draco for patrol she heard Hermione ask, "Well, what was all that about Harry?" Gabrielle smiled and walked on.

Okay so you may have noticed that I switch perspectives a lot in this story. It happens irregularly, when I want you to see the situation from both sides. Please Review. Please.

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