Chapter Nine: Harry's, uh, Girlfriend
Holly looked down at her hand. She slowly opened her palm. There was no note inside. But wouldn't it of been so mysterious if there had been?
She continued on her way to the common room. Just as she was passing the old, wooden door that lead to the dungeons, she heard a squeal of happiness, and the smell of pizza…
… vegetarian… pizza…
The usual sound of mixed voices was heard in the Potions classroom, first period, when the 7th year Gryffindors and Slytherins had Potions.
Now, usually, in most classes, this noise is stopped when the teacher begins the class. Unless of course the students don't like the teacher. But with Snape, you were pretty much forced to shut up.
But that was the problem. Snape was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey, where's Snape?" Ron asked no one in particular.
Hermione shrugged.
"You're complaining?" Dean replied, who was shooting spitballs at the chalkboard with Seamus.
"Well, I guess not, but I was just wondering," said Ron. "… Does anyone else smell pizza?"
Harry sniffed. "Hey, you're right. Wonder why."
A shadow passed over Hermione's face. "Could…"
Ron looked at her. "What?"
Hermione shook her head. "Ne – nevermind."
Harry went back to watching Lavender and Parvati argue about who has more split ends, when a very pleased-looking Draco walked into the room.
As he sat down, he addressed the class. "Oh, by the way, every one of you failed Professor Snape's assignment."
"And what makes you think that?" Hermione asked defensively.
"Because I handed it in first," Draco replied. "Even that vegetarian pizza."
"You… you didn't!" A boy blurted out in disbelief.
"I did," he shot back.
One of his Slytherin friends stifled a laugh. "You didn't actually get all of those ridiculous ingredients, did you??"
Draco just gave him a knowing smile, and they both laughed.
"That's disgusting!" said Hermione.
Ron was slightly confused. "Whaa….?"
Holly's eyes went wide. "So now Snape's…?"
Draco smirked at him. "The new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"
"Do you realize what you've done?!" Hermione yelled at him, her fists clenched.
Draco glared at her. "Shut up, Granger. You're just angry because now your dear little Potter is guaranteed to fail another class."
The Slytherins all snickered.
"Aw, stickin' up for her boyfriend, is she?" One of them joked.
Ron stood up, his chair squeaking violently. "Hermione is NOT going out with Harry!"
Draco laughed. "Did I just hear Weasley confess his love for Granger??"
"He never said that!" Hermione screeched.
Before a Slytherin could say something else, Harry decided it was his turn to say something. "You can all just shut up now, because it's no use. I'm going out with Harry, not anyone else."
Everyone turned to stare at her, and the wide grin fell off Malfoy's face, but he quickly replaced it, keeping his pride.
"That's right," Holly said.
Malfoy's back stiffened. "Well, you have horrible taste." He scoffed.
And that was that.
Hermione leaned towards Harry. "You know, you didn't have to do that," she said appreciatively.
"It's okay," Harry replied. "I wanted to."
Ron simply looked at Holly in astonishment. "You're going out with yourself???"
Hermione and Holly glanced at each other and rolled their eyes. "Yup, that's right, Ron," They laughed.
A/N: Whoa, it's been like a MONTH since I've updated, eh? Well, there's a chapter for you. I hoped you like it PLEASE REVIEW ;) Next chapter will be DADA class with the new teacher! And we ALL know what that means.