CHAPTER ELEVEN

Emma-Leigh woke up remembering the day before as nothing but a dream.

"Damn" she said aloud then heard a very familiar snore. It hadn't been a dream! She ripped open the curtains and jumped into the bed beside her

"Oh Yah" she said

"Oh no" Michelle replied

"Naughty, Naughty Kool-Aid!" they said together laughing hysterically.

"Oh (gasp) my! (gasp) I've missed (gasp) you!" Michelle said as tears of laugher streamed down her face. "I haven't talked about Kool-Aid in a long time."

"Me either" said Emma-Leigh. By now Hermione had woken up.

"I'm going to say that's an inside joke and not ask" she said stretching. Emma-Leigh giggled.

"Maybe I'll sow you some time 'Mione. Let's go get breakfast." The, of course, being girls, took thirty minutes to get ready. The boys were down stairs already, waiting for them.

"Come on," Ron said "we only have half an hour before class!"

"We'll have plenty of time for you to eat your precious food Ronald Weasley." Hermione spat.

"Not this early in the morning" Harry said pulling Emma-Leigh close to him kissing her softly "good morning" he whispered.

"AWWWW" Michelle said in the most annoying voice ever "Emmelz and Harry sitting in a tree K I…"

"Silencio" Emma-Leigh said pointing her wand at her. Michelle's mouth was still moving but no sound came out, once she realized this she stopped and glared at Emma-Leigh.

"Are you quite finished?" Michelle nodded and Emma-Leigh mumbled the counter curse. The got down to the Great Hall and many of the students stopped their conversations and looked up at Michelle wondering who the heck she was. The first person that Michelle pointed out was Draco.

"Who. Is. That?" she asked

"Draco Malfoy" Emma-Leigh whispered, "I totally told you that you would like him." She laughed. "See that girl beside him?" Emma-Leigh pointed to a pug faced ugly girl beside him, "That's Pansy Parkinson. She is obsessed with him he hates her. She's only competition because she will try and curse you to oblivion if you try anything… but you wont let that stop you." Emma-Leigh winked.

"First class is Potions" Ron grumbled "with those damn Slytherin prats." Emma-Leigh and Michelle smiled.

They walked into potions and Professor Snape was already there.

"This is my friend Michelle from Bewitchment School of Sorcery. She will be joining our class today." Emma-Leigh said smiling sweetly at Snape.

"Whatever" he said distractedly. Emma-Leigh and Michelle took seats in front of Draco and Pansy. "This is the potion you will be brewing. The ingredients and directions are on the board. Work in partners… start." Snape said and left the room. The class was silent at his odd behavior but they soon started on their potions.

"So.. Emmelz" Draco drawled. Pansy sniffed at him A) talking to Gryffindors and B) using Emma-Leigh's nickname.

"Yes Draco?" Emma-Leigh purred with out looking at him.

"Are you going to introduce me to your friend or what?" he asked using the Malfoy charm. Emma-Leigh turned around and flashed him a flirtatious smile.

"Oh of course," she said " this is my friend Michelle, she is staying at Hogwarts over Christmas break."

" What a coincidence I'm staying over Christmas too maybe we can get to know each other a little better" he said looking into her eyes and kissed her hand. Michelle giggled

"Of course Malfoy?"

"Please, call me Draco." He said smiling.

"Alright… Draco." Emma-Leigh and Michelle turned back to their cauldron. Pansy was staring daggers into the back of Michelle's head. If looks could kill.

The last day of classes went with out a hitch. Not much work was done but they had a good time. It was time for dinner and once everyone had a seat Professor McGonagall hit her glass and all fell silent. Dumbledore stood up wearing robes of deep purple.

"Good evening. Before we eat I have a small announcement. On Christmas we will be re-starting an old tradition that died 18 years ago, called The Winter Snow Ball. Much like the Yule Ball we held two years ago, it will be open for fourth years and older. Younger students can go if asked by an older student. Unlike the Yule ball you can wear whatever you want"

"You hear that Weasley you won't have to wear those dress robes!" Pansy squealed.

"Yah and you can take off that Halloween mask Parkinson" Hermione yelled back. Someone shouted JERRY, JERRY, JERRY but Dumbledore got control of the room.

"That's quite enough of that. Anyways… It will be themed along the lines of a Muggle High School dance. DJ Maxx will be hosting it and it will go until you get tired and go to sleep, For those students that were planning on going home but now wish to stay the train will be leaving a day later so you can contact your parents or guardians to ask permission. Let's Eat!" with the closing words of Dumbledore's announcement food appeared and the chatter about the upcoming Snow Ball started.

"Wow. I chose a good time to come" Michelle said as she helped herself to some mashed potatoes.

"I guess this ball will be less difficult for me to get a date too," Harry said squeezing Emma-Leigh's hand.

"Are you asking me?" Emma-Leigh asked playfully disappointed, "I suppose I'll go with you" she said rolling her eyes and kissing him on the cheek. She turned to Michelle and Hermione, " What the hell are we going to wear!"

I would so say that too heh heh heh