Chapter 26 The Boy From America
A boy Harry guessed to be his age came in from a side door, he had neatly, slightly gelled, dark brown hair. He was so tan that Harry thought he must live on the beach, he was wearing khaki shorts, a red and white collared polo shirt, and flip-flops. "Scott comes to us from the United States School, Magibrother's Academy. Therefore, he is a fully qualified wizard and will be joining the sixth year students." At this news, many of the hopeful younger girls frowned.
"At Magibrother's Academy there are no houses, so we will be having a rare, small sorting for Scott." Professor McGonagall brought in the worn and tattered sorting hat and stool up to the front of the hall where Scott accepted them. He sat down on the stool and put the hat on his head, it seemed to take a few moments before shouting "GRYFFENDOR!" The Gryffendor table exploded with cheers and applause at their new member as he jogged over to the table. He found his seat right next to Hermione and sat down, casually putting his arm around her. At this Blair looked highly affronted and Ron stopped dead, leaving half of his egg hanging from his mouth. "Hey cousin." He said and the two cracked up at the looks on everyone's faces. "So wait….you're….her…?" Blair asked, still looking at them bug-eyed. "Yeah." He said, still smiling.
"Also." Said Dumbledore, instilling silence over the hall once again. "Professor McGonagall reminded me to tell all of you that the Quidditch forms are due today by Five o'clock. I feel the need to tell all of my students that this is a rare and very much an honor and if any of you choose to abuse it-" Dumbledore's eyes strayed to where Malfoy was sitting. "Then I will be forced to ban all privileges including Quidditch, from that student, and, naturally you will be sent back here immeaditly. That is all." At that he sat back down to his plate of kippers. "So what's this, my cousin, the wallflower, finally found a boyfriend?" "Yes, this is Blair, Blair this is Scott, and we met last night at a party."
She replied, blushing a little when she said this. "Woah, you guys have parties? I think I'm gonna like this school after all! Here I thought you all were as prim and proper as my dear cousin!" "Yeah, we can get pretty wild, but don't say that too loud, they're strictly banned." Said Harry from across the table. "Man! I'm not gonna die here after all! We had parties all of the time back home! I mean Florida's like a huge party itself! There are all sorts of clubs downtown and being as rich as I am, I can get in anywhere!" Noticing that Lavender and Pervati were eyeing him with looks of interest he said loudly
"But I've got a girlfriend at home, Sydney, she means the world to me!" Ron still hadn't snapped out of it yet, he had whipped the bit of egg away at least, but he was still staring, open-mouthed at Scott. "You okay man?" Scott asked, concerned. "Fine." Ron mumbled and looked down at his plate. "Well we'd better get to Herbology with the Huffelpuffs." Harry interrupted, standing up. Hermione gave Blair a quick kiss on the cheek (among daggers sent their way courtesy of Ron) and they were off. Seamus caught up with them as they trudged down the lawn towards the greenhouses.
"Bloody brilliant party last night if I do say so myself!" "I still can't believe you had a party last night!" "Yeah, Seamus' Shagfest, bloody brilliant!" Ron said, eager to start conversation with Scott. They got to the greenhouses where they spent the whole period burying seeds in three inches of dragon dung before the bell rang. "Ugh, potions with Slytherins next." Harry said as they climbed the front lawn.
Alrighty, this one's hot off the press! To make up for my delay. Hope you like. Please REVIEW! It helps my motivation soooo much! Ron's funny in this one as well... hope you like
-Laura