Prefect's Room:
Afternoon on the first day:

Eddy opened the door and walked into the Prefect's room.
It was totally empty of people. Finding a comfy chair she sat down and waited. 'Surely someone will come soon.'
Glancing down at her nails and then back at the door, Eddy sighed. 'This is going to be a long wait.'

Peering around the edge of the already opened door, Emma saw another person in the room.

Hesitantly, she let her presence be known by entering the room and clearing her throat loudly.

"Hello..." she said, twirling a strand of hair around her finger nervously. She looks nice, I guess... she thought to herself. "I'm Emma," she added, extending her right hand to the girl.

Eddy looked up and smiled brightly. She stood up and shook Emma's hand. "Hi, I'm Eddy. I'm the Gryffindor prefect. What about you?"

Gesturing to the crest on her robe, Emma replied, "Ravenclaw of course." Falling into a moment of silence, she took in her surroundings. "So... have you seen the other prefects around?"

Not awaiting an answer, Emma turned to the table and sat in the chair opposite of the one Eddy had occupied. Getting comfortable, Emma turned her eyes to... Eddy, wasn't it? Yes, that's what the girl had said her name was.

A grin visible on her face, she waited for Eddy to say something before she could ask another question.

"Well, before I got sorted, I met this Slytherin named JJ. He's pretty cool, but I think I scared him off. Heh Heh. He's kind of skiddish." Eddy grinned, hoping this girl would be a bit friendlier. Rolling her foot a bit, she crossed her legs and pulled at her skirt.

Emma sighed as she eyed the girl fidgeting around. "So what are we supposed to do here?" she asked, taking the charm of her necklace and running it up and down the chain.

Straightening in her chair, Eddy responded. "I have absolutely no idea." A slightly mischievous grin spread across her face.

JJ looked into the room that the open door led into. He peered in seeing two girls chatting. Her back to him, a girl that he thought he recognized was talking to... Oh no.

JJ groaned. Why did she have to be a prefect' he thought. I can't go in there while that thing is in there (In fact, I can't go anywhere without her being there). She'll attack me and I'll never get out. He sighed. He didn't mind the other one but he wasn't in the mood to be imposed on with questions from that poofy haired thing. He decided it was best if he left before she spotted him.

Out of the corner of her eye Eddy saw JJ turn to go. How evil do I feel right now? ... Very'

"Hi JJ." She smiled sweetly and waved. What was that saying again? Oh yes, 'kill them with kindness.' Eddy wonder fleetingly if the person who'd first coined the saying had intended it for such Slytherinly uses.
Before he could turn around and respond, Eddy turned her full attention back to the nice girl in front of her.

JJ groaned at the sound of her voice. Why? he asked himself, feeling very unfortunate. He turned to look into the doorway.

The sound of a shoe scuffing on the marble floor was what made Emma's head turn to the doorway to glare at whoever was intruding on them. A small look of confusion on her face, she cocked her head at the sight of the boy Prefect in the doorway.

"Hello... I'm Emma."

He would have turned away and ignored Eddy, but he didn't feel like being too mean in front of the other girl. She had no reason to be ignored.

"Hello, Emma," JJ said, a bit of a sting on the edge of his words. "I'm JJ, the Slytherin Prefect." He walked up to the two of them, dreading the eyes of red-head. What was her name again? Was it Eddy? He thought for a moment, stopping in front of them. He didn't know if Eddy was it. Oh well.

"That's the guy I was telling you bout before." Eddy informed her companion quietly. She refused to turn her eyes in JJ's direction. There was a difference between being friendly and being a doormat.

JJ eyed both of the girls skeptically. 'Telling her about me? What?' He wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. With this girl, he betted it was a bad thing. But he was interested.

"What'd she say about me?" JJ asked Emma, glancing at Eddy who was staring at Emma. He smirked. She hadn't looked at him once since he had been in here. Maybe she wouldn't bother him anymore. Hah, now that would be a good thing.

"Nothing important. She'd just asked if I'd seen any other prefects around and I mentioned you."
Eddy felt like an idiot. 'Gryffindor courage, psh, whatever.'

"She just said she scared you off..." Emma said as bored as she could make it sound, but a tiny bit of excitement crept into her voice. Slytherin, did he say? She thought, as she looked him up and down.

He seemed to be annoyed with Eddy or something. But Eddy wouldn't look at him, so Emma decided to take this little get together in her own hands. "You're friends with Malfoy, are you not? I think I've seen you with him before..."

Steeling her nerves and preparing to count to ten, Eddy looked up at JJ. She smiled and dug into her bag, she pulled out 2 peppermints. "Would you like another one, you've finished the first one?" She stuck her hand out to him.

Emma looked at the two of them. They seemed to have known each other a lot longer than she had known either of them. At the remark about peppermints, Emma felt really confused. "Am I missing something here?" she asked, her cheeks flushing slightly at the feeling of being out of the loop.

JJ looked back at Eddy, grinning slightly. "Nah," he said to her, a bit of a smirk coming into his grin. It wasn't her; he just wasn't in the mood for a peppermint no matter how much of a sweet tooth he had.

"No, you're not missing anything. She just offered me a peppermint," he said, turning to face Emma again. He smirked. She had looked him up and down. Hah, this is what he gets for being a Slytherin; the looks are always in Slytherin blood.

"Would you like one?" Eddy felt ashamed for having ignored Emma. This was between her and JJ, no need to bring poor Emma into the middle.

Blushing as he turned his attention on her, Emma forced herself to pay attention to Eddy, not some friend of Draco Malfoy. "I'd love one, thank you," she said, taking the offered sweet and popping it into her mouth.

Looking at Eddy and back to Emma, he caught her attention again. "But yeah, I'm friends with Malfoy. In fact, he's my best friend. Why?" he asked, still smirking.

Trying to watch JJ without him seeing her proved to be difficult. "I just think Malfoy is quite mean..." she said in a voice almost impossible to hear over small sounds like breathing. "How do you get along with him?"

Waiting for his reply, Eddy rolled her shoulders back, stretching. Looking back at JJ, she cocked her head to the side.
"What's he like? I don't think I've met him yet," she inquired, looking from Emma to JJ.

"He's just so..." Unable to describe Malfoy without cursing her brains out, Emma settled to just scream instead. "No one can get through to him..." Avoiding JJ's eyes, she added, "Well, hardly anyone." She watched Eddy, unable to look at JJ without letting her cheeks go red.

Eddy quirked an eyebrow. "So, JJ, Mighty Miracle Worker, how do you do it?" Eddy twisted in her chair, putting her elbow on the armrest and her chin on her fist.

"Miracle worker?" she questioned to Eddy behind her hand. She couldn't get over the term 'Miracle worker'.
"I don't understand," Emma told Eddy. "What's going on?" She asked the both of them, still avoiding looking at JJ.

Eddy turned her head to Emma. "Nothing, you had said that most people couldn't get through to Draco, but apparently JJ has, therefore he's a miracle worker."

Goodness. What? Does she think we've had some love affair? Eddy thought shaking her head. Eddy had noticed the girls blush before but had passed it off as Emma being shy, now she was beginning to think it was something different.

Well, he's either a miracle worker..." Looking at JJ, Emma blushed yet again before lowering her head back to Eddy's ear. "Or he could be even worse than Malfoy. That would get through to the twitchy little ferret." It nearly broke Emma's heart to say those things. She didn't know why, but her heart raced every time she thought of him. He's a Slytherin! You can't love a Slytherin! Her head knew this, yes. But it was her heart she had trouble convincing.

"I can't help it if we're friends," JJ defended himself watching Emma whisper to Eddy. "Don't act like I've just performed magic in front of your eyes for the first time." He wasn't so sure about the name 'Mighty Miracle Worker' for himself.

"Ferret? Wait, Malfoy is the guy who got turned into a ferret? Oh my gosh, that's hilarious. Who turned him back? And why?" Eddy whispered back to Emma. Now she remembered who Malfoy was.

Smiling and laughing like they had been friends forever, Emma suddenly stopped, realizing JJ must feel left out, just standing there awkwardly. "I'm so sorry..." she whispered, not realizing how long it had been since JJ had spoken.

Responding to Eddy, Emma said, "It was against the rules to turn him into that ferret in the first place. I thought he was more charming that way... but McGonagall never asked my opinion."

Eddy sighed dramatically. "There are some people in this world that would be much better off as furry woodland creatures."
She turned her attention back to JJ. "You never answered our questions."

He shrugged towards them. "What questions?"

"How you got through to Malfoy," Eddy said, looking for the answer as if it was written on his face.

JJ shrugged. He knew how he had gotten to him, but he wasn't about to tell these two people. He doubted that they would understand. "Quite simple. I guess we just get along well. He's a cool guy. Again, my best friend."

He could see the unsureness in Emma's eye and the "Are you kidding?" look in Eddy's.

"He's not -- You wouldn't understand. Never mind." JJ paused and looked as if he was in deep thought but came out of it saying, "I'm sorry to both of you, but I'm going to go catch some sleep. It was nice meeting you, Emma," JJ said, giving her a small wink as he turned towards the portrait hole. He had fun seeing their reaction. He wasn't purposely trying to play with a girl's heart, but still, he found it amusing when they blushed or giggled or gave him a dazed look or even if they glared at him. He laughed to himself softly as he headed for his Slytherin dorm.

Eddy sighed. "Well that was ... a bit of a let down." Eddy grinned at Emma who was blushing deeply now and seemed to be frozen in place. "Word of advice, don't let him get to you, sugar. He doesn't seem like the settling-down-with-one-girl type." With that, Eddy rose and followed JJ out the door and walked to the Gryffindor common room.