A/N- Well, the underline didn't show up, but I think the brackets worked
well enough. So we'll stick with them. Now here's a short li'l chapter, and
I promise the next one will be longer. Pleez review me?
The twelve contestants trooped backstage, some looking happier than others. Ron was grinning like he had just won the lottery, and Hermione was looking very pink. Parvati Patil looked extremely satisfied, and Sirius Black couldn't have been happier. This was exactly his thing. Oliver and Angelina were both smiling in an embarrassed sort of way.
Draco, of course, was looking a combination of murderous and pleased. The effect was quite interesting. Lucius had a similar expression on his face, only without the pleased half. He was glaring an evil glare at all the other contestants who had just gone. Professor Snape looked humiliated and angry, but he just didn't look as evil as the Malfoy family could. It could be that perhaps greasy black hair isn't as sinister looking as clean blond hair.
All the other people waiting in the room were looking at them excitedly as they opened the door. "How was it?" Fred asked happily as he took a swig of Butterbeer. Angelina smiled at him. "It was great!" she said. Oliver laughed. "Well of course she thinks it was great, she didn't have to be humiliated out of her wits!" Professor Snape snapped, sitting back in a pouf with a glass of champagne. Sirius rolled his eyes. "Lighten up, Sevvie!" he said before turning to Fred, "he's just mad because he practically had to say that he liked Hermione. It was either that or Professor Sinistra or Mrs. Malfoy."
"Shut up, Black," Snape said angrily, rolling his eyes. Sirius decided to appease him, and turned to talk to Professor Lupin. Katie Bell and Alicia were talking apprehensively to Angelina. "I'm so nervous," Katie said, managing a weak grin, "What if they ask me who I like?" At this, Oliver looked over at them, and Katie turned two shades of red. "Don't worry, Katie," Angelina said, "When I was just out there, Oliver practically admitted that he liked you."
Percy was sitting with Penelope and Oliver just a table away. "How was it?" he asked nervously, already blushing. Penelope turned even darker thank Katie had, and Oliver had to answer. "It wasn't bad, Perce, don't worry," he laughed. He knew that although he hadn't thought it was bad, Percy would totally freak out. Percy was like that. Perfect Prefect Percy.
While everyone was looking around at each other nervously, embarrassedly, or murderously, Draco had given up trying to decide whether to look happy or sad and was sneaking towards the refrigerator with the champagne in it. "Get me some too, Draco!" the ever-subtle Pansy called across the room. Draco gave her as evil a glare as he could manage against his girlfriend.
Lucius looked over at Draco, who was still attempting to get some. "Professor Snape, you can go ahead and handle this," Lucius said, in the middle of a conversation with his wife, "I don't really think that my job as guest contestant extends to handling my son."
Professor Snape's lip curled unpleasantly. Before anything else could happen, Lee's magically magnified voice echoed once again throughout the room. "Would our second and final group of girls please report to the stage? That would be Cho Chang, Alicia Spinnett, Katie Bell, Lavender Brown, Narcissa Malfoy, Padma Patil, and Aurora Sinistra!"
The twelve contestants trooped backstage, some looking happier than others. Ron was grinning like he had just won the lottery, and Hermione was looking very pink. Parvati Patil looked extremely satisfied, and Sirius Black couldn't have been happier. This was exactly his thing. Oliver and Angelina were both smiling in an embarrassed sort of way.
Draco, of course, was looking a combination of murderous and pleased. The effect was quite interesting. Lucius had a similar expression on his face, only without the pleased half. He was glaring an evil glare at all the other contestants who had just gone. Professor Snape looked humiliated and angry, but he just didn't look as evil as the Malfoy family could. It could be that perhaps greasy black hair isn't as sinister looking as clean blond hair.
All the other people waiting in the room were looking at them excitedly as they opened the door. "How was it?" Fred asked happily as he took a swig of Butterbeer. Angelina smiled at him. "It was great!" she said. Oliver laughed. "Well of course she thinks it was great, she didn't have to be humiliated out of her wits!" Professor Snape snapped, sitting back in a pouf with a glass of champagne. Sirius rolled his eyes. "Lighten up, Sevvie!" he said before turning to Fred, "he's just mad because he practically had to say that he liked Hermione. It was either that or Professor Sinistra or Mrs. Malfoy."
"Shut up, Black," Snape said angrily, rolling his eyes. Sirius decided to appease him, and turned to talk to Professor Lupin. Katie Bell and Alicia were talking apprehensively to Angelina. "I'm so nervous," Katie said, managing a weak grin, "What if they ask me who I like?" At this, Oliver looked over at them, and Katie turned two shades of red. "Don't worry, Katie," Angelina said, "When I was just out there, Oliver practically admitted that he liked you."
Percy was sitting with Penelope and Oliver just a table away. "How was it?" he asked nervously, already blushing. Penelope turned even darker thank Katie had, and Oliver had to answer. "It wasn't bad, Perce, don't worry," he laughed. He knew that although he hadn't thought it was bad, Percy would totally freak out. Percy was like that. Perfect Prefect Percy.
While everyone was looking around at each other nervously, embarrassedly, or murderously, Draco had given up trying to decide whether to look happy or sad and was sneaking towards the refrigerator with the champagne in it. "Get me some too, Draco!" the ever-subtle Pansy called across the room. Draco gave her as evil a glare as he could manage against his girlfriend.
Lucius looked over at Draco, who was still attempting to get some. "Professor Snape, you can go ahead and handle this," Lucius said, in the middle of a conversation with his wife, "I don't really think that my job as guest contestant extends to handling my son."
Professor Snape's lip curled unpleasantly. Before anything else could happen, Lee's magically magnified voice echoed once again throughout the room. "Would our second and final group of girls please report to the stage? That would be Cho Chang, Alicia Spinnett, Katie Bell, Lavender Brown, Narcissa Malfoy, Padma Patil, and Aurora Sinistra!"
