Chapter 12

Katie looked at the staff table, wondering where Dewey was. She finally spotted him looking bored while listening to Professor Binns, the History teacher, and playing with his mashed potatoes at the same time. Katie knew that Dewey definitely didn't want to be where he was, and immediately felt bad for him.

"I'll be right back," Katie said to her friends, and she marched up to the staff table and right up to Dewey. "Dew- I mean Professor Finn. Sorry to interrupt your conversation with Professor Binns," Katie smiled sweetly to Professor Binns, "but we have to go over some things for, uh, the... the SHOW! You know, the one come up this Friday? Do you think you can sit with the band and I to go over some last minute details."

Dewey looked awkwardly at Katie. The band had been going over the "last minute details" for months in advance. Then he got what Katie was saying, and his eyes seemed to thank her. "Uh, yes Katie. You are definitely right! I'm sorry to end our conversation here, Binns, but I'll catch you on the flip flop later!" Without even letting Professor Binns say goodbye, Dewey practically ran with Katie to the Gryffindor table.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! And thank you again Katie!" Dewey thanked as he sat down between her and Freddy. "I love you so much! That Binns guy was rambling on and on AND ON about some goblin war. So freaking boring!" Dewey helped himself to a plate of food.

"Also, I want to introduce you to some of our new friends," Katie said. She pointed to every person she called. "That's Lavender, Neville and Parvarti. Of course you remember Ron, Harry, and Hermione."

"Yeah. Nice to meet you," Dewey said, shaking Lavender, Parvarti and Neville hands. Then he winked at Katie. "So, Katie... any of these guys your boyfriends yet?"

"Well, just Seamus," Katie joked.

Seamus pretended to blush. "Don't say it in front of everybody, Katie!"

"Well actually, her boyfriend is Seamus... and Harry, and Ron and Neville," Zack teased. The group laughed.

"Well, I'm glad you picked friends with a sense of humor," Dewey commented, smiling. "So do any of you play instruments?"

"What? Are you planning on starting a new band with them?" Freddy asked pretending to be insulted.

"Nah, I got a good enough band... for now. But do you guys play instruments?"

"Naw, we play Quidditch," Harry answered.

"Oh yeah," Dewey exclaimed. "This little dude in first year explained it to me. It took me forever to get, though. This guy had to draw diagrams for me and everything!"

Katie giggled at the sight of some little kid trying to frantically explain Quidditch to Dewey, while he stood perfectly still until he got it.

"Speaking of your classes how was your first day?" Katie asked.

"Awesome!" Dewey said happily. "The kids are a little slow with rock music, but I just have to be patient. I mean, you guys got the hang of it, right?"

"Dewey, not all students like rock music," Summer reminded.

Dewey thought to himself for a minute. His eyes were unfocused and he began to nod his head. "Yes... yeah, that could work. Hey, thanks Summer. I have an idea. I'll be in my office if you guys need me." Dewey got off from his seat and marched out of the Great Hall.

Then he came back to the doors. "By the way," Dewey shouted. "Come by my office after lessons. I'll show you around."

"Ok, dude, see ya!" Freddy shouted back. Some of the teachers shook their heads in disapproval.

"Freddy," Katie whispered. "We have to make ourselves look good. You can't just yell at Dewey from across the Great Hall like that. It makes you and the rest of the band look bad."

Freddy looked alarmed. "Are you saying I don't have class?" He asked. Freddy burped right after. "'Scuse me," he mumbled.

"Ew!" Summer exclaimed.

"What? I said excuse me!"

"You're impossible, Freddy!" Summer said rolling her eyes. "Can't you at least TRY to make a good impression at Hogwarts. It's not too much to ask, you know." She went back to her food. Freddy made a face at Summer, who didn't notice.

Lavender, Parvarti and Katie finished eating first. "We still have 20 minutes to go to classes," Parvarti pointed out. "And we already have our stuff for the next class prepared."

"Oh I know!" Lavender exclaimed. "Let's show Katie some of Hogwarts!"

"Let's go Angels," Katie said, remembering this morning. The girls giggled. They even walked in perfect order, with Katie, who was Cameron Diaz, in the middle and Lavender and Parvarti at the sides.

They walked in step, flipping their hair at the same time. The girls took off their cloaks and flipped them over their shoulders while they passed a group of Hufflepuff 7th year boys. The boys began to howl and hoot and clap, while the girls giggled, and kept walking down the halls of Hogwarts. By the end of 15 minutes, Parvarti and Lavender had managed to show Katie the first floor and a quarter of the second.

"So did Cameron Diaz see any new sights?" Ron teased when the girls got back.

"Definitely," Katie said with a grin. "I saw the first floor and some of the second. It's so cool here! How can you guys stand it?"

"Okay, well we have to get to our third class of the day which is," Zack scanned his time table, "Divination? What the hell is Divination?" The group started walking to their next class.

"It's a class where you can like predict the future by reading tea leaves and palm reading," Parvarti explained.

"I think it's rubbish," Hermione complained.

"Nobody asked for your opinion," Summer said.

"Whatever, I'm off to Arithmancy . I'll see you lot later." Hermione turned through another hall and was gone.

Ron, Neville, and Seamus complained about how stupid Divination was to Freddy and Zack, while Lavender and Parvarti argued.

"So is this Divination class any good?" Katie asked Harry. She didn't know what to feel about this class except nervousness.

"To tell you the truth, no." Harry sighed while Katie chuckled. "The teacher, Professor Trelawny is always predicting how Voldemort's going to murder me, and that I'm going to die a painful death or something."

"About Voldemort, is he in like power?" Katie asked.

"Yeah, unfortunately. It was only last Summer I saw him in human form."

"Seamus told me about Voldemort, and how you, defeated him when you were but a baby," Katie said quietly.

"I didn't defeat him," Harry reminded.

"Then how did he lose his magic and stuff?"

"Since my mother died for me, something about that gave me a special defense against Voldemort that night. At least that's what Dumbledore told me in my first year." Harry and Katie had fallen behind the rest of the group. They began to climb a tower.

"Wow," Katie said. "So who do you live with? In the Summer, I mean."

"My horrible muggle aunt, uncle and cousin," Harry mumbled.

"I'm guessing they're not your favorite relatives?" Katie assumed.

"And please tell me again WHY your nervous about Divination," Harry joked.

"What? I am!" Katie said.

"You shouldn't be! To make Trelawny happy, just predict that bad things will happen and she'll pass you with flying colors," Harry assured. "I'll help you if you want me to."

"Thanks," Katie smiled and Harry smiled back.

"Hurry up, lovebirds!" Zack called from the top of the tower. Harry and Katie blushed, laughed and ran up the tower to join their friends.