Chapter 9

Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Harry Potter.

The next day the girls headed down to breakfast as quick as they could to see Rocky and Colt.

Nehal and Jackie sat closest to Rocky and Colt. "Hi!" They said in a cute and flirty manner which was quite unusual because it was the first official day of school and it was early in the morning.

Nehal said, "We haven't properly been introduced yet. I'm Nehal." Nehal put out her hand for Rocky to shake.

"And I'm…ow!" Nehal elbowed Jackie. She wanted Rocky for herself.

"I'm Rocky and this is Colt." He motioned at Colt to shake Nehal's hand.

"I'm Colt but my real name is Max."

"So then why don't you just call yourself Max?" asked Nehal

"I like the name Colt better."

Jackie said, "Me too because I love dogs!"

"It's a name for a horse."

"Oh…right…I knew that."

They sat down and started to eat. Just then an owl arrived.

Danielle said, "Hey Nehal it's your owl!"

Arrow landed on the table in front of her.

Nehal thought, "Oh wow this is embarrassing."

"Are you in trouble?" asked Heather

"I don't think so. Maybe I just forgot something." Nehal tore open the letter. Everyone in the great hall was looking at her. "When you want attention, you don't get it, and when you don't everyone looks at you." She thought grudgingly.

"Whose it from Neh Neh?" asked Jackie

"I'll find out in a second Jaxs!" Nehal opened the letter and sighed with relief. The letter was from Steven. Nehal smiled. "It's from Steven!"

"Ooo Steven!" said Heather out loud.

Danielle sniggered.

"Who's Steven?" Rocky asked trying to catch a glance of the letter.

Jackie turned around, "That's for us to know and for you to find out." She smiled at the two boys.

Colt said, "I'm sorry I didn't quite catch your name!"

"Um…my name." stuttered Jackie. "My name um…is…um…"

"Jackie!" yelled Heather

"Yes, that's it! My name is Jackie!"

"Are you gonna eat that?"

"No." Suddenly Jackie didn't feel so hungry. "Excuse me." She walked out.

Danielle said, "What's got into her?"

"Boy problems." said Heather and started to eat the food off Jackie's plate.

Professor McGonagall came by and handed out the time tables. "Where's Miss Allan?"

Heather said, "She went away…but I can take hers."

Danielle said, "Better not get any butter stains on it!"

"Ha ha! Very funny."

Nehal smiled. "Hey we have Dada with you Hufflepuffs." She said turning around to face Rocky and Colt again.

Rocky replied, "Do you know where room 284 is?"

"Ya I do actually. Want me to show you?"

"Ya that would be great. I'll meet you later Colt. "And with that Rocky and Nehal left.

"Hi Heather!" said Neville

"Hey." said Heather in between bites.

"Can we talk?"

"Sure." said Heather, picking up a muffin and following Neville.

Tommy walked by.

Heather smiled, "Hey speedo boy!"

Tommy nodded and skipped away.

Neville wrinkled his nose. "Um…Heather what's the deal with you and Tommy?"

Heather gulped, "Me and Tommy?"

"Yeah?"

"Well I've known him for a long time and every summer I go to Shamrock lodge and Tommy and his parents go their too! So we just kind of like brother and sister…you know?"

"Oh…so you don't like Tommy as more than a friend?"

"Just as a friend." lied Heather

"Oh…okay I just thought there was something going on between you two!"

"Now Nev Nev, be reasonable here. Why on earth would you think of something like that? Come let's go back and eat."

Heather sat back down beside Danielle.

Danielle whispered, "What was that all about?"

"Oh Neville just thought that there was something going on between Tommy and I. "

"And?"

"That's all."

"Come on it's so obvious that Tommy likes you and that you like him back. But you're just too afraid to admit to it."

"Well kind of, sort of, not really. I have this love/hate relationship thing going on with him at the moment."

"Er…explain?"

"Well…we're late!" cried Heather looking at her watch.

"I don't think that is what you were going to tell me!" Danielle said running behind Heather.

"I'll tell you about it later."

"Okay."

Meanwhile, Nehal was giving Rocky a tour of Hogwarts. "And here we have the girls' washroom. Of course you're not allowed in here but you should see the sinks in there, they are absolutely filthy."

"So…do you want to show me the grounds?" Rocky looked at Nehal.

"Uh…I think we should be going to class in about…now!" Nehal ran towards Dada.

The class stared as Nehal and Rocky came in together. Some girls giggled as Rocky went by. Nehal just ignored them.

"Hey guys." said Rocky seating himself between Colt and Nehal. She turned towards Heather and Danielle and rolled her eyes. She looked at the space between them. Something looked odd.

Nehal gasped, "Guys! Where's Jackie?"

"Er…she must have slept in." offered Heather

"Oh no Heather!" said Danielle. "We forgot to go to the Gryffindor common room!"

"Oh right…whoops!"

"I'll go." Danielle and Nehal said at the same time.

"No Nehal, you were already late. Good thing the professor didn't notice!" said Danielle and she left silently.

Just then the new Dada teacher came. "Hello I'm Mr. K." he said in a thick Russian accent. (Mr. K was my gr.10 science teacher)

Heather said, "Hopefully he's better than Mr. Judge."

Nehal nodded her head.

"Late introduction though." said Colt. "It's been five minutes." The group sniggered.

Meanwhile, Jackie was trying to make up her mind about what to do. "All right! I'm going out. Lord guide me to the right path!" She was about to leave the room, when someone bumped into her.

"Ow!" said Jackie rubbing her head, furiously.

"Same here!" said a familiar voice. Danielle stood up. "Jackie! You must have a head, as hard as a rock!"

"Danie!" squealed Jackie. "I don't know what class we-"She was cut off by Danielle.

"Come on Jackie, no time for chit chat!"

"Say what?"

"Forget it!" said Danielle. "Grab your books and let's go!"

Together the came into the classroom quietly, Jackie sat between Heather and Colt.

"Er…Jackie?" Danielle said uncertainly

"Yes?"

"We saved you a spot?"

"Does it matter?" asked Jackie. "I can still see you." She noticed Mr. K. for the first time. "Um…does he do anything but smile?"

"Nope!" chorused Heather, Danielle, Rocky, Colt and Nehal.

"Oh! What happened to Mr. Judge?" asked Jackie

"Rumor has it that Dumbledore found out about Harry and him!" whispered Nehal.

"So he got sacked?"

Nehal nodded.

Jackie answered, "Good, because I was getting tired of his flats and sharps!"

Danielle, Nehal and Heather laughed.

Mr. K resumed to his papers, so they had a whole free period.

"Riley…" Rocky started.

"What about him?" Nehal said sharply. Rocky just stared at Nehal. "You were saying?"

"Riley has already started Quidditch tryouts!"

"WHAT?" Nehal practically yelled. Luckily no one heard her, over the chatter. Her thoughts were racing. If she didn't get a team now, they wouldn't have a chance with the Quidditch cup. She was so preoccupied; she didn't notice Rocky talking to her. Rocky thought she was ignoring him, so he started to talk to Colt instead.

"Nehal!" Danielle said poking her.

"Ow! What?" said Nehal, coming out of her daze.

"Rocky was talking to you and you just totally." Danielle stopped and started at the list Nehal made, while Rocky was blabbing. "Oh!" Danielle smiled. Nehal was really taking the Quidditch responsibility seriously. Only thing she did take seriously.

The list read:

Keeper- Ron

Seeker- Jackie (or Harry)

Beaters- (Who ever tries out)

Chaser (Who ever tries out) and me

Nehal noticed Danielle looking and mouthed, "I'm nervous."

"Don't be." Danielle whispered back. She looked over at Heather, who was eating another muffin. (Aww LOL) "Must be a charm!" thought Danielle. She glanced over at Jackie and saw that she was hitting it of with Colt. Apparently, Colt said something to make Jackie laugh. Danielle nudged Nehal and winked.

Nehal smiled and then turned towards Rocky. As she did, she crumpled the sheet of parchment; she was drawing on, and stuffed it in her bag. "Er…Rocky?"

Rocky turned around and looked at Nehal.

In spite of herself, Nehal gasped. His grey eyes, were cold and icy. In that moment, Rocky reminded her of Malfoy. Wait why was she thinking of Malfoy now? She took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, I kind of spaced out." She smiled weakly and stared an empty space of parchment. She could feel his eyes still on her. Just then the bell rang. "Saved by the bell!" thought Nehal, as she ran out trying hard not to cry.

Danielle and Heather followed, and finally Jackie who was practically glowing. "Colt and I ha-"She was cut short by Nehal's question.

"Where to next?"

"I think we have potions!" groaned Danielle.

"Wonderful!" cried Nehal and started walking fast.

Jackie thought, "Potions. Great I get to see my ex – boyfriend!"

"What's got into Nehal?" Heather inquired.

"I'll explain later!" said Danielle. "Speaking of later you have to tell me soon about you and Tommy."

Nehal was coping the ingredients down from the board, when someone call out her name. She looked up.

"Hey Pradhan!" It was Draco. "Any insults to throw at me?"

Nehal blinked and continued to the work.

"That's weird." Draco whispered to Ian. "Why is she so quiet? And where are the rest of the members of the happy troop?"

Just then Danielle, Heather and Jackie came in.

"I spoke too soon!" Draco said dryly.

"Nehal?" said Danielle

"Hmm?" Nehal answered absentmindedly. (Wow big word) Clearly, she wasn't in the mood to talk.

Danielle and Jackie sat on either side of Nehal. Heather sat with Neville.

Danielle waved to Ian and blew him a kiss. Ian caught it and smiled at Danielle.

"Good morning class." said Professor Snape, whose hair was much greasier then usual.

"Good morning Professor Snape." said the students.

"I want you to copy the ingredients down from the board if you haven't done that already and then we will talk about what were going to do this year because if you fall behind then there's a chance that you could fail."Snape smirked at this thought.

Jackie whispered to Nehal, "Oh, see, Draco looks even hotter in his Slytherin robes. You should totally hook up with him, if you know you're into him…"

Nehal said, "Stop it."

"What? At the very least you're due for a little rebound action unless you're still into Dean?"

"I'm not."

"Alright. Since you're my pal you can have a courtesy hold on Draco for the weekend, but after that he's fair game…even though we did break up he is looking fine!"

"He's already fair game, thanks."

Danielle joined in on the conversation, "Do you guys know what the story is with Heather?"

They all looked at Heather.

Nehal answered, "She's going out with Neville… supposedly."

Jackie said, "And hanging out with Tommy. Right… we're supposed to believe she's just friends with both of them?" She looked back at Heather and Tommy nodded at her. "Did you see that?"

"What?" asked Danielle

"Tommy just gave Heather the nod!" exclaimed Jackie

"What nod?" asked Nehal

Jackie replied, "The "lets hook up" nod." She paused. Wanna know what I think? I think Tommy likes Heather. But I think Heather likes Neville. Danielle you and Ian like each other. And I know I like Draco. And I don't know who the hell, Nehal you like anymore. This is all turning into one big love… rectangle plus one, whatever that is."

Danielle and Jackie laughed.

Draco looked back at the three girls. Nehal looked at Draco. Draco smirked at Nehal and she smiled back at him.

Jackie once again saw this and misunderstood. She thought, "I'd pay to know what he was thinking. Or maybe he wants to go and fuck Nehal. Stupid Malfoy, why did I ever like him? Oh yeah because he's super hot and is a bad boy. Which makes him perfect for Nehal; they have so much in common. She's so much prettier than me so I bet Draco would take a ride with Nehal any day."

Draco's gaze then switched to Jackie. "She looks angry." He thought

Jackie looked up from her doing her work and found Draco staring at her. She stuck her tongue out at Draco and he turned around.

"Okay then." said Draco

"What?" asked Ian

"Nothing."

"Okay well…Malfoy I've been thinking…maybe we should watch the Gryffindor tryouts and see whose captain and who makes the team."

Draco smirked. "I like the way you think Smith."

Ring! The bell rang.

"Hey guys." Cory said catching up to Draco and Ian. "You see that girl over there with the dirty blond hair?"

"Yeah." answered Draco and Ian.

"She's so frickin' hot!"

Ian looked at Cory in the eye. "That's my girlfriend you idiot!"

"Whoa calm down man." said Cory. "I bet she's easy."

Ian's lips tightened and his fists clenched. "Whatever dude." He walked away.

Draco looked at Cory. "You messed with the wrong guy man!"

Jackie saw Nehal with a bunch of papers, in the common room.

"Whatcha doing?" asked Jackie

Nehal said, "I'll give you a hint. A broom!"

"You are sweeping Hogwarts?"

"No! I am posting Quidditch tryouts!"

"Hope, we get cute boys!"

"How come not a lot of girls tryout for the team?" asked Nehal

Jackie answered, "Maybe because they think that Quidditch is rather masculine."

"That is so not true. I mean Jackie you and I have been Quidditch fanatics for years!"

"Ya well maybe there just scared to play or get hit by bludgers, which from experience are very painful!"

"Hey! I like being chase because you get all the action and go into enemy lines. Also, I don't like it when people protect me. I'm tough and I can totally take care of myself."

"Well…I um…um…can take care of myself too!"

"Ya right." scoffed Nehal. "Remember that time you started freaking out because you had huge zit on your forehead and you didn't want everyone to see it so you stayed home from the school dance."

"Ya but that was like one time!"

Nehal continued, "And then that time you were too scared to ask Mr. Moonpie for an extension on that really hard assignment in 3rd year!"

"Ya but…"

"And another time…"

"Alright I get it!"

By now everyone in the common room was staring at them.

"Do you mind?" yelled Nehal. The students all turned away.

Jackie said, "Anyways…why are you having the tryouts so early?"

"Rocky told me that the Ravenclaw's had their tryouts last night and together Roger Davies and Riley…gosh what's that guy's last name…well whatever it is they are unstoppable and unbeatable. Plus, I really want to win the Quidditch cup this year. Last year Slytherin won."

"Ya well we beat them once."

Nehal stepped closer to Jackie. "Once isn't good enough." And with that she walked away.

"Whoa." Jackie said in shock, due to Nehal's temper.

A/N: Well hope you like this chapter. Some of the stuff I took from the show One Tree Hill. Omg I love that show! Oops…off topic, sorry about that. The next chapter will be more about Danielle. So if Danielle is your favorite character you might just be interested in reading it.