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Chapter 10 Shannon hummed quietly to herself as she pulled a brush through her long hair. She liked Hogwarts, she preferred it to Beauxbatons where she had transferred from, it was friendlier for a start! She'd got to know most of the girls in Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor but was very curious about Hermione Granger. It seemed that this intelligent Gryffindor was one of the elite, one of the untouchables. Hermione wasn't the only Ggryffindor to have stirred Shannon's curiosity, the famous Harry Potter had also caught her eye. O her return to Beauxbatons, Fleur Delacoeur had boasted about meeting him and filled many of the younger girls with an overwhelming curiosity. Shannon wanted to get closer to these Gryffindor elites, to find out more about them, but how to penetrate the depths of Gryffindor? She pondered this as her fingers deftly plaited her hair. "Shannon, come on, we're going to be late!" Susan Bones burst in, hurrying her friend.
"It's ok, I'm ready now. Anyway, why would I want to be late for charms? It's been very entertaining watching you and Seamus dance around each other!" Susan giggled, she liked Seamus a lot and knew he liked her too but under the tutoring of Lavender and Parvati, was playing hard to get. Shannon pulled her friend out of the common room.
"Come on, I need to talk to Lavender and Parvati before we start."
Ginny was feeling very frustrated, today was her 16th birthday and it was turning out to be a pretty lousy day. She couldn't bare to even look at Harry, let alone talk to him, it was tearing her up inside. The post had arrived as usual with presents from home and she'd opened the presents from her brothers and her friends. There'd been nothing from Harry though, in fact, she'd not seen him all morning. So, here she was, sitting in Potions, desperately trying to concentrate on the sleeping draught she was meant to be making.
"Miss Weasley!" Snape boomed "I suggest that you think very carefully before adding goat's bile. We don't want any accidents do we?" he added acidly.
Ginny's brain suddenly kicked into in gear as she realised she'd picked up the wrong bottle. She blushed as Caroline Jones, a bitchy Slytherin commented, "Ooh, has Weasley got Potter on the brain? Oops, I forgot, he's lost interest!" this was followed by shrieks of laughter from the rest of Slytherin,
"SILENCE!" shouted Snape "Miss Weasley, I suggest you leave your personal problems outside of my classroom, 10 points from Gryffindor for your lack of discretion." "Don't worry Ginny" Colin whispered "just ignore them. Anyway, I got you something for your birthday, here, Happy Birthday!" he passed her a small package under the desk which she quickly pushed into her robes. She smiled at him, "Thanks," she whispered as she returned to her potion.
Ginny wasn't the only one having a bad day, Hermione stormed into the Gryffindor common room and slammed a pile of books on a table. Ron, who had been slumped over a parchment, jumped out of his skin, shocked at the colourful language that had escaped Hermione's lips, including the name Lavender.
"What?" Hermione snapped as Ron stared up at her.
"Hey! I didn't say anything! Anyway, what's up?" "Lavender is doing my head in! No matter where she is, there's always some sort of trouble being stirred up. I'm fed up of having to sort out distraught first years because of Lavender and Parvati's meddling." "Tell me about it, I wish she'd get the message that I'm not interested anymore!" "Hmm………" came Hermione's response. She watched as the door swung open and the pair in question entered the common room but they were not alone. In between them stood a girl with long blonde hair and hazel eyes, joining in the giggling.
"Oh, she's done for." sighed Hermione,
"What's that?" "Shannon. The troublesome two have her in their clutches. It's a shame, she seemed to be a nice girl." Ron shrugged, "it's a lesson we all have to learn. Anyway, it'll be nice to have a Hufflepuff around." For the older students, visiting each other's common rooms had become a regular occurrence, predominantly due to cross cross-house relationships developing. Hermione tore her eyes away from the trio and sat down, pulling out a roll of parchment. She frowned as she read through the essay title, yet another essay on Giant wars. She hadn't been working long when she heard someone pull up a chair beside her.
"Hi Hermione! How you doing?" Hermione turned to find herself staring into a pair of hazel eyes.
"Er….Shannon, hi, I'm good thanks." she was puzzled by this sudden change of interest from the new girl, " I thought you were hanging out with Lavender and Parvati." "I was, but to be honest, I'm not really into that level of gossip. Hey Ron." Ron grunted in reply, not bothering to look up from his parchment.
"Don't mind him," smiled Hermione "Potions has that effect on him!" Shannon grinned, "it seems Snape has that effect on a lot of people! Anyway, I'm off now, see you around." "Yeah…..see you…." Hermione watched as Shannon left, meeting Harry on his way back from Quidditch practice.
"Hey Harry," Shannon greeted him.
"Hi……" Harry looked bewildered as Shannon left, he glanced over at Hermione who shrugged.
"That was surreal," Harry thought to himself, "She's never done that before." he shrugged and headed upstairs. He didn't notice the solitary figure in the corner letting the tears flow down her cheeks. Ginny reached into her robes for a tissue, was he over her so soon? She pulled out a tissue and noticed Colin's gift fall out with it. She smiled to herself as she tore off the metallic gold paper that surrounded it, revealing a small box. She gasped as it opened to reveal a delicate pendant, a tiny diamante owl on a gold chain, it was so beautiful but then the tears came back, this should have been from Harry, she wanted him back but had no idea how.
There it is! Sorry for the wait but there's more to come! Please review!
Disclaimer: They all belong to the great JKR!
Chapter 10 Shannon hummed quietly to herself as she pulled a brush through her long hair. She liked Hogwarts, she preferred it to Beauxbatons where she had transferred from, it was friendlier for a start! She'd got to know most of the girls in Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor but was very curious about Hermione Granger. It seemed that this intelligent Gryffindor was one of the elite, one of the untouchables. Hermione wasn't the only Ggryffindor to have stirred Shannon's curiosity, the famous Harry Potter had also caught her eye. O her return to Beauxbatons, Fleur Delacoeur had boasted about meeting him and filled many of the younger girls with an overwhelming curiosity. Shannon wanted to get closer to these Gryffindor elites, to find out more about them, but how to penetrate the depths of Gryffindor? She pondered this as her fingers deftly plaited her hair. "Shannon, come on, we're going to be late!" Susan Bones burst in, hurrying her friend.
"It's ok, I'm ready now. Anyway, why would I want to be late for charms? It's been very entertaining watching you and Seamus dance around each other!" Susan giggled, she liked Seamus a lot and knew he liked her too but under the tutoring of Lavender and Parvati, was playing hard to get. Shannon pulled her friend out of the common room.
"Come on, I need to talk to Lavender and Parvati before we start."
Ginny was feeling very frustrated, today was her 16th birthday and it was turning out to be a pretty lousy day. She couldn't bare to even look at Harry, let alone talk to him, it was tearing her up inside. The post had arrived as usual with presents from home and she'd opened the presents from her brothers and her friends. There'd been nothing from Harry though, in fact, she'd not seen him all morning. So, here she was, sitting in Potions, desperately trying to concentrate on the sleeping draught she was meant to be making.
"Miss Weasley!" Snape boomed "I suggest that you think very carefully before adding goat's bile. We don't want any accidents do we?" he added acidly.
Ginny's brain suddenly kicked into in gear as she realised she'd picked up the wrong bottle. She blushed as Caroline Jones, a bitchy Slytherin commented, "Ooh, has Weasley got Potter on the brain? Oops, I forgot, he's lost interest!" this was followed by shrieks of laughter from the rest of Slytherin,
"SILENCE!" shouted Snape "Miss Weasley, I suggest you leave your personal problems outside of my classroom, 10 points from Gryffindor for your lack of discretion." "Don't worry Ginny" Colin whispered "just ignore them. Anyway, I got you something for your birthday, here, Happy Birthday!" he passed her a small package under the desk which she quickly pushed into her robes. She smiled at him, "Thanks," she whispered as she returned to her potion.
Ginny wasn't the only one having a bad day, Hermione stormed into the Gryffindor common room and slammed a pile of books on a table. Ron, who had been slumped over a parchment, jumped out of his skin, shocked at the colourful language that had escaped Hermione's lips, including the name Lavender.
"What?" Hermione snapped as Ron stared up at her.
"Hey! I didn't say anything! Anyway, what's up?" "Lavender is doing my head in! No matter where she is, there's always some sort of trouble being stirred up. I'm fed up of having to sort out distraught first years because of Lavender and Parvati's meddling." "Tell me about it, I wish she'd get the message that I'm not interested anymore!" "Hmm………" came Hermione's response. She watched as the door swung open and the pair in question entered the common room but they were not alone. In between them stood a girl with long blonde hair and hazel eyes, joining in the giggling.
"Oh, she's done for." sighed Hermione,
"What's that?" "Shannon. The troublesome two have her in their clutches. It's a shame, she seemed to be a nice girl." Ron shrugged, "it's a lesson we all have to learn. Anyway, it'll be nice to have a Hufflepuff around." For the older students, visiting each other's common rooms had become a regular occurrence, predominantly due to cross cross-house relationships developing. Hermione tore her eyes away from the trio and sat down, pulling out a roll of parchment. She frowned as she read through the essay title, yet another essay on Giant wars. She hadn't been working long when she heard someone pull up a chair beside her.
"Hi Hermione! How you doing?" Hermione turned to find herself staring into a pair of hazel eyes.
"Er….Shannon, hi, I'm good thanks." she was puzzled by this sudden change of interest from the new girl, " I thought you were hanging out with Lavender and Parvati." "I was, but to be honest, I'm not really into that level of gossip. Hey Ron." Ron grunted in reply, not bothering to look up from his parchment.
"Don't mind him," smiled Hermione "Potions has that effect on him!" Shannon grinned, "it seems Snape has that effect on a lot of people! Anyway, I'm off now, see you around." "Yeah…..see you…." Hermione watched as Shannon left, meeting Harry on his way back from Quidditch practice.
"Hey Harry," Shannon greeted him.
"Hi……" Harry looked bewildered as Shannon left, he glanced over at Hermione who shrugged.
"That was surreal," Harry thought to himself, "She's never done that before." he shrugged and headed upstairs. He didn't notice the solitary figure in the corner letting the tears flow down her cheeks. Ginny reached into her robes for a tissue, was he over her so soon? She pulled out a tissue and noticed Colin's gift fall out with it. She smiled to herself as she tore off the metallic gold paper that surrounded it, revealing a small box. She gasped as it opened to reveal a delicate pendant, a tiny diamante owl on a gold chain, it was so beautiful but then the tears came back, this should have been from Harry, she wanted him back but had no idea how.
There it is! Sorry for the wait but there's more to come! Please review!