Saturday

August 2nd

8.12 PM

Girls Bathroom on the Second Floor

Sheesh! I'm sorry that I didn't write yesterday. It slipped my mind. I'm still trying to get used to this whole di- I mean journal thing. But I've noticed that I'm not quite as jumbled as I was to begin with. Hey, I know it's only been a couple of days, but I really have noticed a difference!

So to catch you up on yesterday, nothing much happened. George did ask me if I was alright more than twenty times, and every time I would smile, sigh, and say, "Yes George, I'm perfectly fine."

Which by the way, I unfortunately am. Why couldn't I have come out of the accident with a crutch or something? You know, to get more sympathy? But no, of course I have to come out with nothing more than a centimeter scratch above my eyebrow.

And also, it got around school pretty fast that Alicia Spinnet fell down the stairs. But do I even get sympathy from that? No! Of course not! All I get is when I pass the slytherins they mutter something like, "Have any good trips lately?" Or, "Your face looks better now that it slammed down into the floor."

Yes, they are dreadfully mean to poor Alicia, but I have to admit that I have some pretty good jabs at them. Did I say some, I meant I always have great jabs at them.

What can I say? It's a gift. I suppose that they hate me because A) I'm a Gryffindor, B) I have 'accidentally' split my potions on more than half of the slytherin population, and C) In quidditch I always humiliate the boys.

But hey, they're such easy targets!

Anyways, that leads us to today. So George and Fred are both in Hogsmeade today with Lee, Katie, and Angelina. They decided they wanted to get out of the school and get some 'fresh air'.

What they mean by that is that Lee and Katie, and Angelina and Fred want to make out passionately behind the Three Broom Sticks. (Apparently they don't get to enough here..) That was me being sarcastic by the way. And George always goes along because he doesn't want to be left here.

Usually I go with George and we mingle and such, but that didn't happen this time. I got detention for something that I did yesterday and had to stay here to complete it. (Scrubbing each toilet in the girls and boy's bathroom's on all floors.)

And all I did was say something slightly inappropriate to Draco Malfoy.. I believe it started at the end of potions..

I was one of the last ones to walk out of the classroom because another one of my potions had 'exploded' on Pansy Parkinson again and I had to make the area spotless again. (Again, hah! Like it ever was in the first place! That snake just likes to see me squirm..)

George had told me that he'd wait for me, so when I walked out, I was surprised to see Malfoy instead of the beautiful Weasley brother I had expected.

Malfoy was leaning against the wall, one of his legs crossed over the other in a confident kind of way. His mouth immediately turned into the infamous smirk that I was so familiar with. I felt myself smirking back, and prepared to pass him.

He stepped in my path and crossed his arms. I was literally nose to chest with him right then, so I sighed impatiently and took a step back.

"What do you want ferret boy?" I asked in a tired voice, and also crossed my arms.

"Oh nothing, I was just wondering if the rumors were true. If you had snogged Weasley after he pushed you down the stairs." He snickered like he was the cleverest person to walk the earth.

I rolled my eyes and replied, leaning in like I had a secret to tell. "Oh yes, it was in the heat of the moment, and well, we couldn't control ourselves!" I smirked again and laughed, preparing to pass him yet again.

I felt him grab my bra strap through my robes and pop it. I felt steam coming out of my ears as I started forward to hit him.

Someone from behind me grabbed my waist as I lunged for Malfoy's throat. I heard Oliver's soothing voice saying, "Calm down Leash. He's not worth it."

By this time, I was lunging harder and was virtually in the air as he held on tight. Malfoy was laughing hysterically.

"Oliver let me go! Let me punch in his bloody ugly-ass mug.." Oliver held tighter and I finally stopped. He hesitated but then let go as he saw that I calmed down.

"Let's walk away Leash..Come on." I turned around and smiled slightly at Oliver and began to walk away, but then Malfoy's voice floated after us.

"Personally I don't even know why you wear a bra Alicia. You've got nothing up there to hold." He began to snicker and before Oliver or even I knew it, he was on the ground holding his nose, and I was shaking my fist, trying to numb the throbbing pain in my knuckles.

"Well you wear pants don't you Malfoy?" I said as his eyes began to water from the pain.

"MRS. SPINNET!" I heard a familiar roar and turned around grudgingly to face Professor Snape. He pointed at me furiously.

"What makes you think that you can punch one of my students for no reason! I will send you to Professor Umbridge for this!" I felt the color drain from myself, I saw the scars on Harry's hands, I didn't want that! And it wasn't even my fault! I was provoked!

Lucky for me, Oliver butted in.

"Severus.." Oliver started, and Snape turned around, startled by another voice. His eyes narrowed as he looked at his former student and current colleague.

"Severus, I was here and Miss. Spinnet was plainly provoked." Oliver looked different when addressing Snape. His back had straightened up and the glint in his eye now looked firm and official.

Snape looked like he was going to either strangle Oliver, or roll his eyes at him. "Well that might be so Mr. Wood, but that gives her no reason to physically harm Mr. Malfoy."

Oliver continued, "That might be so, but the punishment shouldn't be that harsh. She does not deserve to be punished to that extent over something they both caused."

Snape looked like he was going to mass murder something. "Alright Mr. Wood, she is sentenced to cleaning the entire school's portion of toilets in the girl's and boy's rooms. All except for the ones in the common rooms that is. And Mr. Malfoy shall do detention with me. Should this ever happen again, the consequences will be much worse."

Snape turned to help his favorite student up, and they both proceeded to the hospital wing. Malfoy turned his head back to me, and I felt Oliver step closer to me. Malfoy gave me a cold look and then turned the corner.

I was so relieved to not be going to Umbridge that I squealed and hugged Oliver hard.

He laughed and then sobered as I pulled away.

"You have no idea how much you just helped me Oliver, I can't begin to thank you enough." I said this as we began to walk back to the common room.

He looked down as we walked and replied, "Anytime. He did provoke you and I believe that he deserved that magnificent slugger you just gave to him." He chuckled and I laughed too, a little late though because I had just noticed how bright Oliver's dark eyes became when he laughed.

NO! YOU'RE MADLY IN LOVE WITH GEORGE WEASLEY!

Okay, I convinced myself, have no worries.

"It was a pretty good punch, aye?" I laughed and looked down and noticed that my knuckles were covered in blood. Oliver followed my eyes and whistled.

"Woo that's a pretty good battle gash you have. We should probably go to the hospital wing." He started to steer me towards the hospital wing, but I turned around and started going the other way.

"Not a chance in hell I'm going to that place again. I was there yesterday, and if I go now, Snape will probably make me do something even worse." Oliver jogged to catch back up and we continued walking to the common room.

"Well then I have bandages in my first aid kit in the common room, I'll fix it up then."

I nodded reluctantly. I kind of liked the idea of the whole battle scar thing. We reached the door, and he said the password, opening the door and letting me in first. I smiled and thanked him.

"Alicia! What in the world?" I heard George say. I looked at him and then remembered that he was supposed to be there instead of Oliver, but I don't know how it would've turned out if he had.

"You should have seen the other guy." I said, and laughed, still following Oliver to the corner where he kept his quidditch things in a locked trunk.

"Seriously Leash, what happened?" George said, coming to stand in front of me. He tenderly picked up my hand and I pulled away when it began to sting.

"She got in a fight with Malfoy." Oliver said as he came back over and began to open the first aid kit.

"Are you kidding me? That damn moron..I'm gonna kick his-" He began to rant, making his way to the door, but I jumped up and grabbed his arm, making him stop.

"No It's fine Georgie, I got this gash from slugging him in the nose. He's a lot worse off, I swear." George calmed down and chuckled.

"That's my Leash.." And he ruffled up my hair. "George no! I worked hard on those braids!" I swatted his hands away from my two French braids.

"Did Oliver tell you why I sent him instead of me waiting?" Asked George as he collapsed in the arm chair beside of me and Oliver.

I guess I looked confused because Oliver jumped in and said, "Sorry mate, I was kind of trying to stop our Alicia here from killing Malfoy so I didn't get to tell her that you sent me because you couldn't wait for her." He gave George an apologetic glance and then went back to wrapping my hand.

"Oh it's okay, but it's because Fred finally broke through on our new product! We're going to sell it tomorrow in Hogsmeade..It's called Blind Bat Bars and it's used.."

He began to ramble on about the product and I tuned him out, sighing inwardly. Of course jokes were more important then me, I knew that. So why did I feel so disappointed?

So that's pretty much all that happened that day. And today I had to start cleaning the toilets at 10 AM and I just now finished. I believe that it's the most boring day that I've ever experienced.

Not only that, but it's probably also the grossest.

I believe I'm scared for life.

Alicia Spinnet-World Class Boxer

Thank you for reading, and sorry it took so long again! Have no fear, the next chapter is on its way!