A/N: I own diddly squat, all Harry Potter characters are property of J.K
Rowling.
Chapter 4 - When Harry met Kaitlin
When Harry woke up it was a sunny Monday morning and the birds were singing. He put on his glasses and quickly got dressed. Ron was waiting for him in the common room. They waited for Hermione who was in a much better mood because she was so happy that they were starting lessons again.
They went down to breakfast and waiting for them was one of the best Hogwarts breakfasts they had ever seen. There were mountains of waffles and the best Bacon and Eggs Harry had ever seen.
After breakfast the trio made their way along the familiar path to the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom. When they got inside most of the people were already seated but there was no teacher present.
Harry gazed aimlessly around the classroom and he caught sight of a familiar ponytail. It was her! At first Harry didn't believe his eyes but when she turned around he looked into her eyes and he knew it was her.
Hermione looked to see what Harry was staring at with such an intense look on his face. She saw that he was staring at the new girl.
"Her name is Kaitlin", said Hermione with a rather irritated tone.
"What? I mean how do you know?" Harry replied.
"Lavender Brown told me. She transferred here from Beauxbatons because her family did not have any relatives in France, so they moved here to be closer to them."
"Oh" said Harry.
"She's Cho's cousin you know…" said Hermione
Harry's heart sank to the pit of his stomach. Just as he saw a spark of hope, it was extinguished immediately. Now he really didn't have a chance. He knew how girls could be, if things didn't work out with a guy then automatically that poor guy became the scum of the earth no matter whose fault it was.
As he was thinking about how miserable his life was, their new professor walked in. She was very young for a teacher. She was also quite pretty. Ron gave Harry a look that showed that he shared this thought.
"Morning class" she said in a cheerful voice. "My name is Professor Lintz and in case you haven't noticed, I am your new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher." She finished her sentence by flicking her long, sleek blonde hair over her shoulder. Her eyes were a cool grey that Harry thought looked oddly familiar. But he shoved the thought to the back of his mind as he was brought back to earth by the sound of pages turning.
The lesson ended and as they were leaving the classroom Kaitlin bumped into Harry, dropping all her books onto floor. She quickly apologized "Oh, I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking were I was going and, I really didn't mean to … oh, its you."
"Yes it's me. Are you ok?" he said, kind of shocked.
"I'm fine, oh I'm so sorry, I'm Kaitlin Chang." she said
"Nice to meet you. I'm …"
"Harry Potter, I know. So what are you doing after lessons today? My cousin, you do know Cho don't you? Anyway, she says she doesn't have time to show me around and I haven't made any good friends yet, so I was just wondering if maybe you could take me on a tour of the castle?" she sounded so sweet
What the heck! His mind was screaming 'YES! PERFECT, SAY YES!' But he remembered he still had some unfinished holiday homework.
"Sure but not tonight I'm rather busy, maybe on Friday at about 6?"
"I can't wait!" Kaitlin replied and she ran after the other Ravenclaws to Potions
That was awesome, Harry thought he had just scored big time. But before he could make a move on her, he felt that he had to confront Cho first.
He arrived at Transfiguration just in time. Hermione and Ron had saved him a seat between them. He sat down quickly as Professor McGonagall entered the classroom. There was no daydreaming in this class. McGonagall began to talk and Hermione started jotting notes about how to become an animagus while Harry and Ron tried to follow in their books.
