THE NEXT DAY.......

Harry arose the next morning to the bright sun beating on his face. He squinted, groaned, and turned the other way. Harry closed his eyes and tried to sleep for a little while longer but he was soon awoken by a slight tapping on his window. He quickly opened his eyes and saw his snowy owl, Hedwig, perched on the balcony, with the week's edition of the Daily Prophet in her beak. Harry removed his blankets, and slowly got out of bed. He shuffled over to the window, scratched his head, (causing his hair to become more out of place than usual) and opened the window to allow Hedwig to hop inside. Harry grabbed the newspaper, and put a couple of Knuts into the burlap sack tied to her foot. She nibbled his finger in appreciation, and flew up to the Owlery. Harry unfolded the paper, and sat on his bed. He thumbed through the various articles, and after finding nothing appealing, closed it back up, and stuffed it into his dresser drawer. Harry grabbed his uniform out of the closet, and made his way over to the bathroom, so he could take a quick shower before heading down to breakfast. Harry reached the bathroom, closed the door, and set his clothes on the stool by the sink. He kneeled down by the bathtub, and turned the handles to start the shower. The water soon became warm, and Harry slid out his clothes and stepped into the shower. The hot water shocked Harry for a moment, but it soon became relaxing. He was finished washing himself about ten minutes later, but stayed in the warm water for at least ten more minutes, so he could wake up a little more. He turned the faucet off, and grasped for his towel through the shower curtain. He quickly found it, wiped his face, then tied it around his waist. Harry pulled the curtain aside, and stepped out of the marble tub. Harry walked over to the mirror, and wiped the steam from it.....someone was standing behind him. Harry whirled around to find Ron leaning against the door. "Ron?!? Could you at least knock?!" asked Harry alarmed. "Come on Harry...its nothing I haven't seen in the Quidditch locker rooms already." replied Ron. "Yea... did you want something, or are you strictly in here to see me half naked?" asked Harry jokingly while wiping the water from his carmel toned skin. Yea. Can I borrow your extra bag? Mine ripped on the way back from breakfast." asked Ron. "Sure. Its by Neville's dresser." replied Harry while drying his hair with an extra towel. "Thanks. Harry, what's wrong with you? You've been acting pretty weird lately." "Nothing is wrong Ron. I'm perfectly fine." answered Harry, putting his glasses on. "Alright. Just wondered if you O.K. See you later then." said Ron. "Uh huh. Don't worry about me. I'm fine."Harry replied. Ron walked out of the bathroom, and shut the door behind him. Harry grabbed his clothes, put them on, hung the damp towel on the rack, and walked out.

After stopping in the Great Hall for a muffin, Harry walked down towards the dungeons for Potions. He hadn't even turned the corner, before a horrible smell entered his nose. Harry let out a grunt of disgust and quickly covered his nose with his sleeve. He turned the corner and saw a great amount of smoke emerging from the classroom. Harry approached the door with caution. He could hear screams and groans coming from inside. Still holding his nose, he turned the doorknob and opened the door. The room was full of chaos. Students were running everywhere holding their noses, and screaming. Harry turned his head and noticed a huge, violently purple plant sitting in the middle of the room, emitting smoke from a hole on it's top. "SILENCE!!!! screamed Snape. The whole room became quiet. Parvati Patil sat scrunched in a corner with her cloak held up to her face, Seamus Finnigan lay sprawled on the ground, looking like a sort of dead rodent on the side of the road, and Malfoy was found sitting at his desk with his scarf wrapped around his nose and mouth, while Crabbe and Goyle crwled on the ground, gasping for air, like a couple of dying hippopotamuses. Neville Longbottom, stood at the far end of the room, looking like he had just been hit by a car. "Looks like once again, Mr. Longbottom has managed to ruin a lesson with his sure stupidity." Snape drawled. With a wave of his wand, the purple plant disappeared. "Since it will take a while for this foul smell to dissipate, class will be canceled today. Mr. Longbottom, you will spend detention with me tonight. Report back here at 7:00." snapped the Professor. Neville gulped, then nodded in agreement. "Leave....all of you." Snape added. Everyone grabbed their belongings, and headed out the door, coughing. "I didn't mean to." Harry heard Neville whisper to Dean Thomas while walking down the hall. "That was great! We got out of old greasy's class! Go Neville!" said Seamus while patting him on the back. Ron came running up and playfully pushed Harry. "That was great! Where were you?" he asked. "I stopped to get a muffin. It only took a couple of seconds. Neville must have got a head start at messing up today, huh?" "Yea. You should have seen old Snape's face when that plant appeared out of Neville's cauldron. His face loked even uglier than usual when it started sending streams of that smelly smoke all over the room." Harry let out a small laugh. The two boys walked towards their dorms to drop off their bags, passing students loudly talking about the incident in Snape's class. Malfoy, quickly followed by Crabbe, and Goyle, passed Ron and Harry in the crowded halls. Harry could have sworn he saw Malfoy gave him a small smile right before he passed him. Harry felt himself go slightly red.

AT DINNER...................

"Hermione, can you help me with my Transfiguration essay?" Harry asked, sitting down to helping of turkey and gravy. "Sure. Where is it?" Hermione answered. "I left it up in my room. I'll go get it. Hold on, I'll be right back." Harry replied while getting out of his seat. "K." Harry walked out of the Great Hall. ron soon sat down next to Hermione. "Hey. Where's Harry?" he mumbled, stuffing a roll in his mouth. "He went to get his essay so I can help him." Hermione answered. "Oh......since your helping him.....I was wondering if you could help me with MY needs......." said Ron hopefully. "Hmmph. ....You disgust me. Tell me why I am with you again?" Hermione replied. "Because you can't resist my good looks and my corky charm" Ron replied. "....Yea." Hermione answered while looking down, holding back a smile.

Harry ran through the halls, hurrying to his room. " Late for something?" came a voice coming from a dark corner. "Who's there?" Harry asked. Draco Malfoy appeared out of the corner and stepped into the moonlight. "Oh. Hi Draco." Harry replied, relieved. "You just called me Draco. Aww, I guess that means we're together now." Malfoy said. "No. It was a, a mistake." Harry answered quickly. "Calm down. Only joking." said Draco. "Uh...yea." "So, where are you going in such a hurry?" Draco asked. "I left my essay in my room. I'm going to get it so Hermione can help me." Harry answered. "Wow! Harry Potter needs help?! What a surprise." Draco said sarcastically. "Ha ha. How funny. Where are you going?" asked Harry. "To get MY essay, . Pansy was like, "Draco, darling! I'll do it for you!!!" Draco said mockingly. "So, when someone offers to do your homework...you let them." "Depending on the help of others....how Slytherin of you."Harry said, smirking. "Shut up. I get good grades, do I not?" replied Draco. "Yea...cause other people do your work." "That's not the point. " Draco answered. "Well, I need to get the paper, so I can catch Hermione before she hurries off to the library again." said Harry. "Huh. Yea. See ya." Draco said "Bye." replied Harry, as he started down the hall. "Hey!" Draco called. "Harry turned around. "Yeah?" Do you, uh....want to come to a party tomorrow night, it's for Blaise's birthday. You can bring your people if you want." Harry could see a tinge of red in Draco's cheeks as he said this. "Yea...sure. I'll come alone. I'm sure Herm and Ron have "plans". What should I bring?" Harry asked. "You don't have to bring anything, but if you decide you want to....anything leather and kinky.....its Blaise" Draco replied. Harry let out a small snicker. "O.k. I'll see you tomorrow then." "Meet me in the Slytherin common room at 6:45, and I'll show you where it's at." Draco said. Harry raised an eyebrow. "O.K. see you." "Yea. bye." Draco called. The two boys went their separate ways, and disappeared.

" Hi Harry!" Harry turned around to see Seamus Finnigan walking towards him. "Hi Seamus." replied Harry. "Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to come to a party tomorrow. In our common room, it's for Dean." Harry's insides lurched. He already told Draco he would go to Blasie's party, but he couldn't let Dean down, he was one of his really good friends. "Uhh.....I have a lot of homework I have to get to get done." Harry lied "Oh." Seamus said in a disappointed tone. "But I'll stop by as soon as I'm done. I promise." Harry added. "O.k. great1 Hope to see ya there! It's gonna be great." "Yea. See ya." "Did I just lie to his good friend, in order to go to a Slytherin party? Harry thought to himself. "Why did i do that?! I'm a Gryffindor.....going to a Slytherin party! I KISSED a bloody Slytherin!!" Harry smiled to himself as he walked off.

Chapter 5! party time!i hope you liked this one. plz keep reviewing! Thanx! 3emi