The Bet

It was a dark and stormy night when we arrived at the castle. I had just sat down at our table when the sorting began. Of course I only clapped when the hat put people in to Griffyendor. Once it endedMarleighcameand sat down next to me.

"Paige! I didn't think you were coming back, after what happened." Marleigh said, sounding out of breath.

"Well I did. So you just decided not to check?" I said getting frustrated not with her but with Dumbledore, I was so hungry that I was thinking about eating a houseelf!

"And now let the feast begin!" Dumbledore said, and the food appeared along the Gryffindor table. I immedlatey started grebbing food and eating it. A couple of guys from down the table were staring at me.

"I don't feel comfortable with them staring at me," I finally said,"It makes me feel like I shouldn't eat this much."

"I'll go and talk to them." Marleigh said getting ready to stand up and walk down there.

"No thats okay, I can do it." Isaid standing up and walking confidentley down towards the boys. At frist I was really angry, but then I noticed the group of boys as Fred, George, Ron, and Harry.

"We we wondering, why are you here?" Asked Fred smiling.

"Well I decided that I was going to be strong and prove that some stupid guy wasn't going to keep me away from my favorite place in the world." I said hoping that the whole Gryffindor table could hear.

"Wow you said that like you meant it." Said George.

"She'll be gone by Friday, I bet my broom on it," Harry said,"She never means anything like that." I held out my hand,"Deal"

They all stared at me like I had said "Voldemort". "Wow, now we all know how mental she really is," Ron said, his eyes still wide.

I walked away, chewing on my nail. "What did you do?", Marleigh asked noteing the worried look on my face.

"I made a bet with Harry."

"Bright Idea, whats next jumping off the Astromony tower?" Marleigh asked with a hint of scarcasm in her voice.

"I have to make it till Friday, or else I lose my broom." I said, thinking about how it wouldn't matter if I wasn't comming back.