Chapter 17

The next morning Jackie woke up early and looked in the mirror.

Jackie said, "Well…it's just like last year everyone had dates for Hogsmede except for me. Well I was with Fiona but that's not the point. The point is that I'm not going to let that happen to me again because I am going to ask Colt out on a date."

"Jackie what are you doing?" said an angry Hermione

Jackie spun around. She didn't know that she woke Hermione up. "Um…I'm….rehearsing my lines for the school play."

Hermione said, "We have a school play?"

"Yeppers. Didn't you know?"

"No, I didn't know." Hermione got out of her bed. "What play is it?"

"Um…it's Romeo and Juliet."

"Really? Oh how I've always loved Shakespeare! Oh Romeo, oh Romeo art thou?"

Parvarti and Lavender started giggling madly.

Hermione glared at the pair. "Honestly when will you two ever grow up? So when are the auditions Jackie?"

Jackie replied, "Um…there…right now…in the Divination room."

"Wow I better get a move on. Thanks Jackie." answered Hermione

Parvarti said, "Are you sure there's a school play?"

"Yeah there is."

"Omg Parvarti we have to try out!" exclaimed Lavender

So Hermione, Parvarti and Lavender left the girls' dormitory. Five minutes later, Nehal, Danielle and Heather woke up and went to the great hall with Jackie.

"Omg there's Rocky!" squealed Nehal

Danielle looked at Nehal. "Just act normal Nehal and everything will be okay."

"Darn tootin'!" agreed Heather

The four girls sat down at the Gryffindor table. Now and then Jackie kept glancing at Colt to see when the opportunity would come when she would ask Colt to go to Hogsmede with her. Jackie finally saw that opportunity when Colt started to leave. "This is it." thought Jackie. Jackie got up and walked towards Colt. "Hey Colt."

Colt turned around. "Hey what's up?"

Jackie gulped. She had never asked a guy out before. Heck, guys didn't even ask her out. They usually asked her three beautiful, amazing and confident friends. "Um…" started Jackie. "I um…um…um…"

"Yeah?"

"Um…I…Um…just um…wanted…um…to tell you that your shoe lace is untied."

Colt gave Jackie a weird look. "Oh, okay thanks." Colt bent down to tie his shoe.

"Safety first!" added Jackie

Colt started to walk away.

"Er Colt?"

"Yes Jackie?"

"I wanted to know if you um…wanted to um…"

Just then Hermione, Parvarti and Lavender marched through the great hall towards Jackie.

Hermione said, "You're such a liar! There is no school play!"

"Omg someone shoot me now." thought Jackie

Jackie was totally speechless she looked back at Hermione then at Colt then at Hermione again. "Gotta go!" Jackie ran off quickly

"There was a school play?" asked Colt puzzled

"Yeah that's what she told us." said Lavender

"But…" Parvarti said, finishing Lavender's sentence. "There actually is no school play!"

"And I was so looking forward to doing Shakespeare." sighed Hermione

"Whose Shakespeare?" asked Neville. "Is he a guy that shakes his spear?"

Hermione looked at Neville. "How dare you say that? Shakespeare is one of the greatest play writers of all time! I can't believe you would insult him like that!" Hermione angrily walked out of the great hall.

Heather saw the look on Neville's face. He looked as if someone just slapped him. "Don't worry Neville; Shakespeare isn't actually the greatest play writer of all time. I find his plays rather boring. (Like how Homer Simpson says it) We had to learn about him at our old school."

Neville smiled with relief.

"What class do we have next?" asked Nehal changing the subject

"We have double history of magic with Professor Binns. We'll probably be hearing another one of his boring lectures." said Danielle

Nehal smiled, "Well that's good. It means I have more time to stare at Rocky."

Danielle said, "That's how I felt when I first started liking Ian. I noticed everything about him the way he smiled, the way he laughed and the way he blows his nose and looks into the tissue…"

"Gross!" said Nehal and Heather at the same time.

Heather said, "That's disturbing."

"It only happened once when I saw him do it in potions!" exclaimed Danielle

"Yeah and it was a surprising color too!" said Draco who stood behind them. (LOL)

Nehal said, "Why do you keep on coming back to our table?"

Draco smirked, "Why is there something wrong with wanting to talk to your friends."

Nehal, Heather and Danielle all looked at each other. They had no idea why Draco was acting like this.

Danielle was the first to break the uneasy silence. "If you have something to say, say it!"

Draco said, "Actually I do have something to say, you know your boyfriend was just talking about how great you were to all the Slytherins."

"Really he was?"

Draco nodded his head.

"What did he say?"

"Why don't you ask him?"

"You know I think I will." Danielle ran towards the Slytherin table. "Ian!" She yelled. Students gave her some weird looks as she passed by.

Draco looked at Heather.

Heather said, "Oh I get it…you want me to leave so you can talk to her alone…well I'm not leaving. I still have to finish my Lucky Charms cereal. They added new marshmallows." Heather then thought her to self. "Maybe Jackie was right about those too!"

Draco looked at Nehal. "Did you take my letter?"

"What letter?" said Nehal

"You know the one at the Owlery."

"Oh that letter…no I didn't take it. I gave it back to you. Didn't you mail it?"

"I was going to but it wasn't there anymore…somebody must have been in there with us…somebody must have took it."

Just then Roger Davies and Riley walked over towards them.

Roger said, "I'm sorry Malfoy. But according to the rules you're not allowed to sit at another house's table."

Draco glared at Roger and Riley. "Do you mind? I'm trying to have a conversation here."

Nehal sniggered.

Riley said, "Sorry Malfoy, rules are rules."

Draco replied, "Applebalm go touch yourself!"

The whole great hall burst into laughter. Riley's face boiled up with anger. "Malfoy!"

Draco was also getting angry. "Yo what the fuckin' hell do you want?" Draco stood up to face Riley.

Nehal shook her head. Being macho was defiantly not the way to solve an argument. It only would make it worse.

Draco and Riley glared at each other until Draco slammed Riley down on the Gryffindor table. Several Gryffindor girls screamed. Draco held a fork and his arm around Riley's neck choking him. "You sorry now? You got a problem? You disrespecting me? As long as you're here, you best watch out for me, man." (That's from the O.C.)

Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape came to end the brawl. Draco let go of Riley and pushed him to the ground. Professor Snape whispered something in Draco's ear. Draco nodded his head in return and left the great hall.

Riley sat up slowly, cursing under his breath.

Nehal and Heather looked at each other.

Heather said, "I didn't know Malfoy could be so violent."

"I did." answered Nehal. "I think I'm gonna make up with Jackie now."

"Yeah that might be a good idea." replied Heather.

Meanwhile Jackie was sitting on her bed in the girls' dormitories working on her Ancient Runes homework. Jackie always seemed to be pretty good at history, unlike any of her other subjects where she struggled in them.

Nehal came to the room waving a washcloth as a symbol of surrender and truce. "Safe yet? No hostile tone, no bitter complaints, no yelling at one of your best friends!"

Jackie smiled.

"Omg a smile!" exclaimed Nehal. "I haven't seen you wear one of those in a long time. You've been so depressed lately. Now who wants that?"

"Alright. I was a mess yesterday. I'm sorry."

"Apology accepted! Because I love you. Now, get your skinny ass up and let's go to history of magic."

Jackie sighed, "If we must."

"Oh before we go I have to tell you something. Want to know what happened with Malfoy?"

"Sure." Jackie answered thinking Nehal was going to tell her what was going on between her and Draco.

"He slammed Riley down on the table and held a fork up to his neck!"

Jackie's jaw dropped. She knew Draco was a bad boy but maybe this was a bit too much. "Oh poor Riley, is he okay?"

Nehal shrugged her shoulders, "Who cares. Come on let's go!"

The four girls entered the classroom.

Jackie said, "Eeeeeee look its Colt and he's sitting all by himself."

"Well…" said Heather. "Go talk to him." Heather smiled at Jackie and gave her some encouragement.

"Hey Colt!" Jackie said sitting down beside Colt.

"Hey." Colt said taking a quick glance at Jackie.

"So have you heard about the Hogsmede trip?"

"Yeah I have but I don't think I'm going."

"Oh." Jackie said disappointed. "Well I'm not going either…how come you're not going?"

"Well…I was wondering."

"I'd love too!" Jackie said quickly thinking that Colt was asking her out.

"Great because this is Ernie's seat!"

"Right…well I'll just be moving now." Jackie went and sat down beside Heather.

Heather said, "He is so wrong."

"I know." sighed Jackie

"That's Justin's seat!" (LOL I love that)

Jackie glared at Heather. "Does it really matter whose seat that is?"

Heather noticed the anger in Jackie's voice. "No it doesn't but I was just pointing out that Justin sits there instead of Ernie."

"Good morning class." said Professor Binns as he entered the classroom.

"Good morning Professor Binns." answered the class

"Today we will be learning about famous wizards and witches in the 19th century…"

Jackie kept staring at Colt. "There's got to be a way for me to ask him out!"

"Why don't you try talking to him." suggested Heather

"I've tried that but it didn't work. I just kept stuttering. In order to get his attention I have to get him to notice me. Now that is going to be a real challenge."

Ring! The bell rang, the girls left the classroom and Jackie spotted Colt in the corridors.

Jackie said, "Look Heather its Colt…but he's with a group of guys. How am I supposed to get him to notice me now?"

Heather said, "Jaxs just be real and go out there and just do your thang! This might be the only chance you're going to have with him."

Jackie nodded her head and took a big breath. "Okay I can do this."

Jackie did the model walk, she glanced at Colt but he wasn't looking at her. She walked back towards Heather and Colt still wasn't looking at her. Jackie started dancing and doing the macrena. (Not sure how to spell it, sorry) Jackie looked at Colt. He was obviously more interested in the conversation that he was having with his fellow Hufflepuff friends.

Jackie gave up and walked back towards Heather. "That's it. I'm through with playing hard to get!"

Heather replied, "Jackie he didn't even look at you once!"

"Hey guys!" said Danielle. "What's going on?"

Jackie answered, "Danie what does a girl got to do to get a guy's attention?"

Danielle noticed the crowd of boys. "You want Colt's attention?"

Jackie said, "Yes and I've been trying to get it!"

Danielle smiled. "Don't worry Jaxs; I'll give you Colt's attention!" Danielle walked over to the crowd of boys and dropped her quill on purpose. "Hey boys!"

The boys all looked at Danielle, including Colt.

Danielle said, "Would one of you mind picking up my quill for me…oh never mind I, can just pick it up myself." Danielle did the bend and snap thing from Legally Blonde. "Hey do you guys want to come study with me?"

"Yeah!"

Danielle smiled. "Great!" Danielle looked at Colt. "You stay here! Someone wants to talk with you." Danielle then walked off with the boys drooling and following behind her.

"I gotta see this." said Heather and she followed them off.

Jackie walked up to Colt. "Hey Colt, how's it going?"

"Good." answered Colt

"Well that's always good…um…Colt I was wondering um…why aren't you not going to Hogsmede?"

"I don't really feel like going."

"But you should because it's so much fun and there's so much to do like go shopping, drink butter-beer, eat candy and relationships are formed!"

Colt studied Jackie. He thought, "Well she's not bad-looking and she seems pretty nice too." He then said, "Well if I do go there, I'll be going with Rocky."

"You are?"

"Yeah."

"But I thought…isn't Rocky going with Nehal?"

"What? When did this happen?"

"Hello! Boy where have you been? It's been like the latest gossip around the school. Rocky asked Nehal to go with him yesterday!"

"So…my friend asked your friend to go out with him?"

"Yeppers."

"Oh…well…I gotta go Jackie I'll see you later." Colt ran towards the Hufflepuff common room leaving Jackie just standing in the corridor alone.

"See you later? What's that supposed to mean?"

Colt burst through the Hufflepuff common room. "Rocky!" He yelled.

"I'm over here Colt!" said Rocky who was playing a game of wizard's chess with another Hufflepuff!"

"Rocky why didn't you tell me you were going to Hogsmede with Nehal?"

"I was going to tell you but it kind of slipped my mind!"

"How can something like that slip your mind?"

"I don't know…it just did!"

"Well who am I going to go to Hogsmede with? I can't go with Cory because he's going with his Slytherin friends and I can't go with Riley because the Ravenclaws are having a Quidditch practice…"

"Well why don't you find a date? Then we can have a double date thing going on."

"Yeah alright that sounds good but who's going to be my date? You know I haven't had much experience with girls."

"What about Jackie?"

"Jackie? Were just friends."

"Sure…anyways she seems really nice. I think she likes you Colt. She's been hinting at you for a while!"

"You know what? I'm gonna go ask her right now."

"That's the spirit Colt!" said Rocky but Colt didn't hear him because he was already dashing towards out the portrait hole.

Colt ran towards the corridor where he and Jackie had their little conversation.

"Yeah can you believe it he just left like that!" said Jackie who was talking to a picture near by.

"Good your still here." said Colt who was exhausted from all the running he did.

Jackie was startled to see Colt. "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine. Hey Jackie do you want to come to Hogsmede with me? Well actually it's not just with me; we will be joining Rocky and Nehal. So do you want to come?"

"Sure!" Jackie said and gave Colt a hug. Jackie let go and said, "See you later." Jackie winked at Colt and walked off.

"Whoa!" said Colt. "I think I'm falling for her."

"You better not be!" said Draco who saw them hugging in the corridor.

Colt looked at Draco, "I'm not afraid of you Malfoy. I know you want Jackie back but she's mine now."

Draco replied, "Don't talk about her like that! She's not an object or a toy for are own amusement!" Draco then thought, "Whoa did I just say that?"

Colt glared at Draco. He didn't know what to say. Draco had won this fight.

"I'll be watching you Slade!" Draco said and walked off.

A/N: Hey what's up peeps? Don't forget to review for this chapter. Oh and the next two chapters are going to be long ones. Lates!