Ron looked extremely startled. What the hell was his sister just doing! Whatever, now everyone was staring at him. Great. He ducked down a bit in his seat and started down at his plate.
After most people were done eating, Dumbledore stood up. The whole room quieted.
"Students, I have some most unfortunate news. Our DADA teacher, Professor Patel, has acquired dragon pox and will be in St. Mungos for the remainder of term. I'd like to present our new teacher, Professor Krum."
The whole room gasped.
"Professor KRUM! As in VIKTOR Krum!"
"Ohmigawd I wonder if he'd sign my boob!"
"So that's why he stopped playing quidditch!"
Viktor Krum walked into the great hall and made his way up to the staff table, where he waved to the students, who were now applauding him, and sat down.
"Professor, would you like to say a few words?" Dumbledore grinned.
"Well, I would like to thank you for allowing me to teach here at Hogwarts. And, I hope you all will enjoy my classes."
One girl from the Hufflepuff table screamed, "I LOVE YOU VIKTOR KRUM!"
After that, everyone made their way back to their common rooms, Ron chatting with Dean, Seamus, Parvati, and Lavender about the arrival of Viktor Krum.
When they walked through the portrait hole, they saw Harry and Ginny yelling at each other, and Hermione sitting timidly in the background.
"GINNY, YOU ARE ACTING LIKE THIS IS ALL MY FAULT! I DIDN'T ASKED TO BE TURNED INTO A DAMN CAT!"
"BUT YOU NEVER MADE ANY EFFORT TO CONVINCE ME THAT YOU WEREN'T! YOU JUST SAT THERE LETTING ME PET YOU AND CONFIDE IN YOU AND CHANGE MY DAMN CLOTHES IN FRONT OF YOU!"
"WHAT! I WASN'T WATCHING!"
"BULLSHIT! YOU'RE A GUY, OF COURSE YOU WERE WATCHING!"
"OH, DON'T FLATER YOURSELF, GINNY!"
"ARE YOU SAYING I'M FAT!"
"HARRY, GINNY, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" Ron yelled, joining in the love fest.
"STAY OUT OF THIS RON!" shrieked Ginny.
"YES, PLEASE GO (bleep) YOURSELF, THIS ISN'T YOUR FIGHT!" raged Harry.
"COULD YOU PLEASE JUST SHUT UP AND KISS!" said Hermione. Neville, who was sitting near her, glared at her.
And then Harry passionately scooped Ginny into his arms, brushed his hand through her hair, and kissed her. The whole room erupted into cheers, except for Neville, who was crying, and Ron, who was kicking things.
Just kidding. Actually, Ginny just slapped Harry hard in the face, and Neville's face lit up.
Neville held out his arms, but Ginny ignored him and Harry felt like hexing him.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER, COME NEAR ME AGAIN AND YOU'RE DEAD!"
Ron cheered and hugged his sister. Everyone else looked shocked, except for a few girls who were giggling.
"THANKS A LOT HERMIONE!" Harry roared, and he made his way to the boy's dorm.
That night, Hermione waited to see if Viktor would come back. She stayed up to the wee hours of the morning, and to no avail. Her "friends" had neglected to tell her that he was staying at Hogwarts as a teacher.
So she looked really bad the next day, with dark circles under her eyes that no amount of magical concealer could cover.
And to top it all off, she feel asleep at breakfast and her head fell in her bowl of cereal.
So, needless to say, when she walked into DADA with Ron and Dean, she was pretty damn embarrassed when she saw Viktor Krum sitting at Professor Patel's desk. He didn't see her go in, fortunately, so she just ran back out and into the girl's loos for the remainder of the lesson.
Ron and Dean stared after her. Hermione, ditching a class?
But whatever. So, Ron sat with Dean, Parvati sat with Lavender, Seamus sat with Neville, who was looking quite forlorn, and the rest of the Gryffindor's paired up. Harry came in last, and took a desk by himself. He had heard Seamus talking the day before, so he was not surprised when he saw Krum.
Next, in came the Slytherins. Crabbe with Goyle, Pansy with one of her ugly friends, etc. Malfoy was the last in. He scanned the room, looking for a place to sit.
"Crabbe, go sit by Potter," he ordered.
"Mr. Malfoy?"
Malfoy turned to see Krum. He sneered at him. "Yes, Professor?" he emphasized the last word.
"I will not allow you to order my students about. I am the teacher, not you. You will sit in any available spot you can find."
Harry looked up, startled. His eyes met Malfoy's. They glared at each other. They glared at "Professor Krum". They sneered at each other. They sneered at Krum. Then Malfoy took the seat next to Harry.
"I'm warning you, Pothead. Don't make me angry." Malfoy said out of the corner of his mouth. Then he turned to smile at Pansy, who was waving flirtatiously at Malfoy and making rude hand gestures at Harry.
"Or what? You'll sic Parkinson on me?"
This made Ron, who was sitting in front of them, laugh, though he stifled it quickly. The guy behind him broke his sister's heart, after all.
The lesson went really well. They practiced some really advanced hexes, and Malfoy had to go to the hospital wing half-way through class, thanks to Harry's hexing expertise.
So after that Harry practiced with Krum, which was really quite enjoyable. They caught up, and soon they were talking and laughing about the TriWizard Tournament while hexing each other.
Harry and Krum were pretty evenly matched, but Harry was a little bit better. Everyone was really impressed.
After class, to Harry's dismay, Susan caught up with him, forced her hand in his, and started bombarding him with questions, such as "Why didn't you meet me Sunday like you were supposed to?".
To make matters worse, the pair passed Ginny in the hall, who ignored them both. Harry's heart felt dead.
Little did he know, Ginny had the strong temptation to kick Susan, wrap herself in Harry's arms, and make out for long hours.
And then there was Hermione, crying her eyes out all day in the loos. "Oh, Viktor! Does he love me? Does he hate me! Did I miss my chance!"
Harry and Susan were cuddled up next to each other under a tree, Susan's arm around Harry's neck, tickling his neck annoyingly every few seconds. Harry was about to make some excuse so he could leave, when he saw Luna and Ginny, walking through the grounds, towards Hagrid's cabin. Suddenly an idea struck him.
"Susan, I, erm- have to go do some homework. I'll see you tomorrow, alright?" Harry kissed her forehead lightly, she giggled and nodded, he left.
He ran up to his dorm, pulled out his invisibility cloak, which he had recently nicknamed Edward, and ran back down again.
He found Ginny and Luna sitting down in the pumpkin patch, talking and picking randomly at flowers.
"So, how're things with Neville?" Luna asked.
"Oh, just fine and dandy! I'm having a lovely time with him." Ginny chirped sarcastically.
"Really?"
"No, Luna. I was kidding."
"Oh. So, what about Harry...?"
"Don't talk about him!"
"Oh, so you don't like him anymore?"
Ginny grunted. "No."
Luna brightened. "So, you wouldn't mind if I asked him to the Wizard Prom?"
Ginny looked abashed. "LUNA!"
"I can kid too, you know," Luna giggled. "So, you do still like him?"
Ginny paused. "Like him? No. Love him? Certainly." She sighed, running her hand through her hair. "I wish he would just come up and kiss me, and make everything better."
And then, of course Harry had to sneeze. He tried to run away a bit, first. But it was a very loud sneeze. Both of the girls stood up and looked around and saw not a soul.
Ginny gasped. She had been doing a lot of that lately. She turned to whisper something in Luna's ear.
Harry didn't move. He didn't dare, lest they hear him.
"Harry!" called Ginny. "I know you heard what I just said! Now let me tell you something! You have spied on me for the last time. I don't care what you just heard, I wouldn't take you back if you were the LAST MAN ALIVE!"
Then Harry walked toward her, still cloaked in invisibility, picked her up and kissed her.
She gasped (again).
Ron was extremely upset. Not because his ex-bff had just kissed his sister, who didn't want to be kissed in the first place. No, he didn't know about that YET.
No, he was upset for two entirely different reasons. First, though he didn't like to admit it, he missed Harry. It wasn't any fun hanging out with Dean, Seamus, Lavender, and Parvati, especially when all the girls did was giggle excessively and try to get down his pants.
The other thing he was upset about? One very long word: antidisestablishmentarianism.
No, just kidding. I meant to say Hermione.
She was all over Krum like a fat kid all over cupcakes. And he'd never tell her, but he was all over her like a bulimic kid all over the toilet. And all she did lately was sulk and cry and wallow in self-pity because dearest Viktor broke up with her. She couldn't see that there were other guys, better guys, right under her nose.
Hm, too bad.
Snufflesella: Next chapter, you'll find out what happens with Ginny and Harry, and there will be a lot of new, hilarious stuff. 10 more comments guys and chapter 4 will be up ;)