(Hey! Thanks to everyone who reviewed. And god, I'm so sorry! I don't know what I was thinking, putting Fudge instead of Crouch. My apologies! And just to clarify, Andrew is starting his 4th year along with David, Anna is starting 3rd year, and Adam and Alex are starting 6th year. Oh, and Anna is George and Alicia's daughter, meaning she, David, Alex, and Adam are cousins.)
Arin-I don't care about my goggles but if you wanna steal me some, be my guest. LOL. Oh, and I tried to call YOU, but your phone was turned off and your house phone was busy. Anyway, Davy and I went to QS Lube and then I got him to take me to Easton and we got kicked out of Barnes and Noble again. It wasn't even my fault this time. Anyway, I can't go boarding on Sunday because I've got a family brunch thing the country club.
"Here's one," Anna said, waving us into an empty compartment. "So, Andrew, how was Lithuania?"
"It was OK," I said. "Kind of boring."
"Have you seen the new girl?" David asked me. I shook my head. "She's more than fine, let me tell you. Looks a little like your mom."
"Watch it, Weasley," I mumbled. "What's she here for?"
He shrugged. "I don't know. I heard she transferred from Durmstrang." I looked out the window and watched several trees pass by. "So, do you think there'll be anything between you and Jasmine?"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, you told me at the end of last year, she started talking to you again and stuff."
"We broke up," I said. "I don't even like her anymore."
He nodded. "Good call," he said. "Because I heard she's dating Steven."
"Steven Flint?"
He nodded. "Pretty sick, I know," he said.
"Oh well," I said. "I bet he's cheating on her by now anyway."
"Probably."
"I'm going to go find the snack lady," I said. "Anyone want anything?"
"Cauldron Cake," David answered.
"Chocolate Frog," Anna said. I nodded and made my way out of the compartment. I looked up and down the corridor. I turned left, passing compartments, searching for the fat witch who sold the snacks. She was pretty hard to miss. I heard a giggle and a thump from inside one of the compartments. Did I really want to know? I slid open the door and quickly shut it. No, I didn't want to know. Great, now I did. Steven Flint and Aimee Hafner were all over each other. So much for Jasmine. I shook my head in disgust. It was almost as bad as the time I walked in on my parents practically going at it.
Overcoming my nausea, I continued on and eventually found the snack cart. I loaded my pockets with snacks and returned to the compartment where Anna was hysteric. I watched her begin beating on Adam and Alex, who had somehow turned her hair blue. "It compliments your eyes," Alex said, snickering.
"Change it back!" Anna screamed. She stopped hitting him and smirked. "Change it back or I'll tell Aunt Angelina and Uncle Fred about the time you blew up the toilets." Adam and Alex looked at each other, their eyes wide. Alex sighed and pulled out his wand. Anna cringed.
"Relax," Alex said. "I'm going to change it back." He mumbled a spell and flicked his wand. Anna sighed in relief as her hair changed from blue to red.
"It really does compliment your eyes," I said as she sat down next to me. She scowled and shook her head in disgust.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
I groaned as Sara pulled the Sorting Hat off her head and hurried over to the Gryffindor table next to her friends.
"Oh, stop being so mean," Anna said. "I'm sure she won't bother you that much." I looked up and watched Sara point at me and her friends began to giggle.
"More groupies for the Andrew Wood fan club," David said. I shook my head and sighed as Yale, Nicole was sorted into Hufflepuff.
"Hey, look over there," David said through a mouthful of potatoes. I followed his line of vision towards the Ravenclaw table. I saw a girl, a girl with blonde hair whose back was turned to us. "That's her." I studied her.
"Well, er, she has nice hair," I said.
"The front's nicer to look at."
"Will you two quit it?" Anna snapped. "We've been back, what an hour, and you're already checking out girls?"
"Hey, she's new," David said. "New face to look at."
"You can't even see her face! Her back is turned to us!"
"You know what I mean." Anna shook her head as Headmaster McGonagall stood up and dismissed us. (A/N-Yes, I know I put McGonagall. You can't expect Dumbledore to live forever. Let us take a moment of silence in remembrance to him)
The next morning, I had the misfortune of oversleeping. Where was Mom when I needed her? I hurriedly got dressed and sprinted to breakfast. "Sleep in?" Anna asked me as I sat down.
"Thanks for waking me up," I mumbled to David, who merely shrugged. I shoved a piece of toast in my mouth and David elbowed me in the stomach. I began coughing and thought I was going to choke and die. Anna began smacking me on the back and eventually, I began to breathe. "What?" I snapped at David.
"Look." He pointed across the Great Hall to the Ravenclaw table. This time, I could see her. He was right, she was easy on the eyes. She had blonde hair that reached past her shoulders and something about her eyes seemed, I don't know, weird. Not weird in a bad way, but weird in a way I can't explain. "Not bad, eh?" David mumbled.
She looked up, and we both jumped. She eyed us critically for a moment and I just sat there, staring at her. I couldn't look away. I wanted to, but I just kind of kept looking at her. I watched as she said something to her friend and stood up. "She's coming over here," David whispered as she began crossing the Great Hall towards our table. We sat there, speechless, our mouths hanging open, as she sat down.
"Hi."
"………………….."
"I'm Jenna." She held out her hand. "Jenna Davies."
David let out a weird gurgling noise.
"Er, uh, I'm Andrew. Andrew-"
"Wood," she finished. "I know who you are." She blinked and I stared. "So, you're in fourth year too?"
"Uh, yeah," I said.
"What class do you have next?"
I thought for a moment, unable to remember. "Uh, Potions," I finally answered.
"Oh. I have Charms. What about after?"
"Er, Herbology."
"Really? So do I!" She smiled. "I guess I'll see you there." She smiled, winked, and swept off.
We sat there, dead silent. "Was she…… did she…… whoa," David said. "I think she likes you."
"Nah," I said, taking another bite of toast. "She's just saying hello. She was just being nice."
"It's because she knows who you are," Anna said. "She knows you're Andrew Wood, so she's jumping on that opportunity."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Tons of girls like you because you're famous," Anna said.
"No they don't, they just-"
"Oh, come on," Anna said, rolling her eyes. "They think, 'Hey, it's Andrew Wood. Wow, that'd be a source for fame. Maybe I'll date him and get famous too.'" I didn't say anything. "None of the girls that like you, like you for who you are. They like you because they think you're good-looking and because your parents are famous quidditch players."
"Well, maybe she's different," I said. "Maybe she understands."
Anna shook her head and sighed. "I'm going to class." She got up and left.
David exhaled. "I think you should ask her out."
Potions equals death. Mom and Dad told me all their horror stories about Snape, and he's only gotten worse. He really is prejudice against all Gryffindors. If his own children were in Gryffindor, he'd torment them.
I was relieved to go to Herbology. When I got to the greenhouses, the new professor wasn't there, so I made conversation with some other Gryffindors in my year. "Hi, Andrew." I turned around and saw Jenna.
"Oh, hey," I said, trying to think of something else to say.
"So, this is pretty cool," Jenna said, looking around the greenhouse. "Back at Durmstrang, where I used to go, they didn't even have greenhouses. And it was always cold."
The greenhouse door opened and a chubby man hurried in. He looked extremely nervous. "Good morning," he said. "I'm Professor Longbottom and I'll be your new Herbology professor." He looked up at us and we stared at him. "Right," he said. "So today, we're going to begin studying gillyweed."
"Think he could shed a few pounds?" Jenna giggled. I smiled.
"It wouldn't hurt him to skip a meal." She giggled some more and I felt extremely pleased with myself. Perhaps this year, things would be different.
(Much thanks to Mello80 for the Neville teaching Herbology idea.) I hope you all liked this chapter and if you didn't, well I'm sorry. My new year's resolution is to update more frequently. But, I don't know because starting next semester, I have no study halls. I feel really bad though, because I've had a full 10 days of winter break to write, and I haven't. Basically my day goes like this: Wake up, watch reruns of Dawson's Creek, go snowboarding, do something else, do something else, and go to bed. How fun. I did go to see Ocean's Twelve today and loved it. If you're looking for a good movie, check it out. Or watch Dodgeball. It's the best movie. I've now seen it 6 times. My band is playing at a party tonight, so I'd better get going. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing and Happy New Year!
