I use a song called My December by Linkin Park in the following chapter, and if you haven't heard it yet, YOU REALLY NEED TO LISTEN TO IT!!!!!!!!!! IT…ROCKS!!!!! And, if you aren't a Linkin Park fan and haven't heard it, I still suggest that you listen to it, because it's much different from their other songs (in other words, it's not DEFINITELY NOT in the rock genre).
Oh, yes, and I decided changed telepathic messages to bold and italics.
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Chapter 17
As they walked onto the snow-covered grounds, they shivered and realized they had forgotten their coats.
"That was kind of stupid…it's like 15 degrees out here and we forgot to bring coats," said Tiffany.
"I blame the purple elves," said Rachelle matter-of-factly.
"Me too," Tiffany said.
The girls turned around and went back into the Entrance Hall, were warmth seemed to emit from the walls.
"We'd better hurry, we're going to be late as it is," said Tiffany, looking at her watch.
"Maybe one of us should go to Care of Magical Creatures and tell Hagrid that we're going to be late," Rachelle suggested.
"Yeah, and they can tell the other two what they missed," Tiffany added.
"I'll go back," Bita volunteered.
"Should we trust her?" Tiffany asked Rachelle uncertainly.
"I guess…She does make good grades," said Rachelle.
"Ok, bye Bita. See ya soon," said Tiffany, turning back to Bita.
"Bye!" said Bita, smiling proudly and taking her stuffed lemon out from underneath her robes. "Come on Jonny, they're going to go get us lemonade while we wait outside with the ferns," she said to the lemon.
Tiffany stared at Bita's retreated back. "Maybe I should have gone…"
"Yeah…but I don't think Bita will mind the cold as much as you would have, because she has Jonny," said Rachelle.
"That's true…come on, we should go."
On the 4th floor, Rachelle and Tiffany bumped into Matt and the giggly blonde. They were walking close together and laughing at something. Rachelle completely ignored them, or at least, tried to completely ignore them. Tiffany, on the other hand, glared at Matt and purposely stepped in his way.
"Excuse me," he said, still smiling from whatever he and the girl had been laughing at.
"No. You don't deserve to be excused," said Tiffany angrily.
"I thought we were going to get our coats," said Rachelle, trying to pull Tiffany away from Matt.
Tiffany stood stubbornly still and continued to glare at Matt.
"What did I do?" Matt asked, sounding sincerely worried he had done something bad.
"You led her on," said Tiffany, gesturing to Rachelle. "Ever since the fish. EVER…SINCE…THE…FISH, you've been acting really nice to her. Walking her to classes, sitting with her at meals…and all this time you had another girlfriend. Well, I hope you're proud of yourself for successfully making Rachelle feel really stupid."
Tiffany then allowed herself to be pulled by Rachelle and they both walked the rest of the way to Gryffindor Tower in silence.
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"You really shouldn't have done that. Now he probably thinks I'm more blonde than his girlfriend," Rachelle said quietly after they got their coats and were headed back down to the grounds.
"Who cares what he thinks? Besides, I did that for ME, on my own accord. If he thinks you made me do it, then oh well!" said Tiffany.
"Yeah, I guess…"
When they finally reached Care of Magical Creatures, they saw that Bita wasn't paying the least bit of attention to what was going on in class and that they probably wouldn't get caught up with what they missed.
Tiffany and Rachelle jogged over to where Bita was standing, staring at Malfoy.
"Bita, did you tell Hagrid why we were late?" Tiffany asked.
Bita continued to stare.
"Bita…?" Tiffany said, poking Bita's shoulder.
"IT'S THE KING OF THE LEMONS!" Bita said, pointing excitedly at Malfoy.
"Didn't you think he was related to Waffle Pudding?" Tiffany asked.
"No," said Bita flatly.
Tiffany rolled her eyes. "Fine, what makes him the king of the lemons?"
"He has yellow hair!" said Bita happily.
"So do about a million other people," said Rachelle.
But Bita wasn't listening; she was staring at Malfoy again and stroking Jonny's head lovingly.
After Hagrid finished warning the class about how Bleezies (the creatures they were currently studying) often spontaneously combust and multiply, he instructed everyone to form a group of four, take a Bleezie, and try to still have only one Bleezie at the end of the class period.
Harry and Ron stood together and looked at Hermione expectantly, but she joined The Odds a few feet away.
"What is it, Hermione?" Ron asked, frustrated.
Hermione glared at him.
"What did I do?" Ron asked, even more frustrated.
Hermione turned her back on him and began talking to Rachelle.
Ron turned to Harry. "Do you know what I did?"
Harry quickly changed the subject. "Hey, look, there's Neville…now we only need one more person..."
"Why are you mad at him?" Rachelle asked Hermione after Harry and Ron had left in search of a fourth person for their group.
"Yeah, what did he do?" Tiffany asked curiously.
"Absolutely nothing. That's the problem. Now, let's get to work," said Hermione, and that was the end of that.
After a while, Rachelle burst into laughter and said to the empty space near her left shoulder, "Yeah, whatever you say, Bob."
"Bob?" said Hermione.
"Yes. Bob the llama!" said Rachelle proudly.
"Oh…" said Hermione.
The Odds told Hermione all about Ckaloatia as they fed their Bleezie spaghetti.
Toward the end of the period, The Odds and Hermione heard Ron and Malfoy fighting.
"You better shut up, Malfoy, if you want to go to Potions with all of your limbs," Ron threatened.
Malfoy glanced at Hermione, who was watching them worriedly.
"Hey look, your girl friend is gonna come save you," Malfoy said, amused.
Ron cracked and prepared to curse Malfoy when Hermione came over and pulled Ron's wand out of his hand.
Malfoy walked off, laughing, toward Crabbe and Goyle to tell them about everything that just happened.
Ron turned to Hermione and said angrily, "You know, you REALLY need to stay out of other people's business!"
Hermione's glare returned and she said, "We don't know how dangerous Malfoy can be when he's mad, and you know he'd tell his dad if you cursed him…I didn't want you to get hurt, you goncuzuean boogy fwap!"
She then turned and began to walk off, but stopped suddenly, turned around and came back, smacked Ron, and then walked off.
Tiffany and Rachelle passed a thoroughly shocked Ron on their way to where Hermione now stood.
Rachelle stopped momentarily and said quietly, "Goncuzuean boogy fwap isn't a good thing, you know."
She and Tiffany then continued to go to where Hermione now was, far away, and were soon joined by Bita.
When the bell rang a few minutes later, The Odds and Hermione started to walk back to the castle for their Potions class when Rachelle noticed that Ron and Harry weren't around.
She stopped walking and sent to Tiffany, Where are Harry and Ron?
(A/N: Ok, since this is in The Odds' point of view, I'm going to tell you this in an author's note – right now, Harry has just had a random surge of loneliness and is suddenly depressed because he has no real family. OF COURSE I know that never happens! ::becomes hysterical:: THIS IS FAN FICTION! NOT FACTIONAL FICTION! ::ahem:: Now, back to ze fic.)
As if in reply, the background music for My December by Linkin Park started playing from the area around Hagrid's hut.
Rachelle gasped and said excitedly, "SINGY!"
The odds turned around and jogged back to Hagrid's hut with Hermione reluctantly following.
Everyone was gathered around Harry, Ron, and Ginny, and suddenly, Harry started the song.
Harry:
This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear
(He paused as short instrumental played)
This is my December
This is my snow-covered home
This is my December
This is me alone
And I…
Ron:
Just wish that I didn't feel like there was something I missed
Harry:
And I…
Ron:
Take back all the things I said to make you feel like that
Harry:
And I…
Ron:
Just wish that I didn't feel like there was something I missed
Harry:
And I…
Ron:
Take back all the things I ever said to you
Harry:
And I'd
Harry and Ginny:
Give it all away
Harry:
Just to have somewhere to go to
Harry and Ginny:
Give it all away
Harry:
To have someone to come home to
Harry:
This is my December
These are my snow-covered trees
This is me pretending
This is all I need
Harry:
And I…
Ron:
Just wish that I didn't feel like there was something I missed
Harry:
And I…
Ron:
Take back all the things I said to make you feel like that
Harry:
And I…
Ron:
Just wish that I didn't feel like there was something I missed
Harry:
And I…
Ron:
Take back all the things I ever said to you
Harry:
And I'd
Harry and Ginny:
Give it all away
Harry:
Just to have somewhere to go to
Harry and Ginny:
Give it all away
Harry:
To have someone to come home to
This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear
Harry:
Give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to
Harry and Ginny:
Give it all away
Harry:
Just to have somewhere to go to
Harry and Ginny:
Give it all away
Harry:
To have someone to come home to
(A/N: To those of you who've never heard this song, the reason Ginny's part is completely insignificant is because the girl that sings most of the "give it all away" lines with Chester in the real song has a very insignificant part, BUT I LOVE THAT SONG, and I wanted it to be as close to the real version as possible.)
The second bell rang, and everyone was late to their next class.
