Seamus Finnigan was standing right in front of her.
"Sure," she replied.
They danced to the final song. Walking out of the Great Hall together, Seamus seemed kind of antisocial. He wasn't saying a lot.
"Chammi, would you g-g-g…"
"Spit it out!" she added jokingly.
"Would you go out with me?" he said in a rush.
"Well………sure!" Chammi couldn't remember when she'd been happier. They took each other's hands and walked out. When they had to part to go to their common rooms, they hugged.
Then Seamus kissed her.
Chamille felt like she was walking on air all the way up to the Hufflepuff common room.
"So….what's new with Seamus?" asked Hannah.
"Yeah, we saw you two dancing!" added Susan.
"Oh my word!" she exclaimed, "Seamus came up to me and asked me to dance….then on the way out he asked if I would go out with him!"
"And you said…?" inquired Susan.
"Yes, of course! Then he had to go back to the Gryffindor room….but he kissed me before we left."
Susan and Hannah screamed.
"OH MY WORD! Are you serious! Zacchy kissed me, but it wasn't that big of a deal…since I was already going out with him…" added Susan.
"Oh, and I'm going out with Ernie!" added Hannah.
"So, you did get to go out with your Gryffindor….and I have to say, Seamus is a whole lot better than Harry," commented Susan.
They continued to talk until they decided to go to bed.
The next day was Sunday. Hannah, Susan, Chammi, Ernie, Zacharias, and Seamus all hung out around the lake. They packed a picnic, went swimming, and laughed and talked all afternoon. Seamus, Zach, and Ernie got to be good friends also……
On Monday, the Hufflepuffs had double DADA with the Ravenclaws. Chammi noted that this was soooo not fair, as Hannah and Susan got to hang out with their boyfriends and she didn't. Of course, they had every class with Zacharias and Ernie, seeing as they were all Hufflepuffs.
They were learning absolutely nothing………Quirrell was the world's stupidest teacher.
"Why don't we ever do anything interesting?" wondered Susan.
"I don't know; Hogwarts should seriously consider getting a new teacher…." agreed Chammi.
"So, are you guys doing anything tonight?" asked Ernie.
"Not that I know of," said Hannah.
"I'll check with Seamus……what should we do?" asked Chammi.
"I don't know….maybe we could go to the library and hang out there…?" said Zacharias.
"Now you're starting to sound like Hermione Granger…though I can't think of anything better!" Susan said.
However, that night, they never got to meet in the library…………Seamus had set his feather on fire in Charms, and Chammi spent the evening with him in the hospital wing.