CHAPTER 17: GAYCO!

The next day, Professor McGonagall came into Harry's dorm room for inspection. Harry's part of the room was a mess. A big, big mess. McGonagall told Harry that he was not allowed out of the dormitory until he had tidied up alone and non-magically. Everyone left the room looking sorry for Harry as he just sat there, on his bed, looking sorry for himself. After everyone had left, Harry put his hand in his pocket and found a pointy star shaped object in there. He didn't look to see what it was, but he rubbed the middle of it and thought: "oh, arse".

'Did someone say "arse"?'

Harry knew that voice. He looked up and saw, stood there, Louise "the cheeze". Harry let out a huge smile and got up, ran towards her and hugged her.

'Merry Christmas to you, too!' she said. 'Anyway, why "arse"? Why not, bottom?'

'I have to tidy my room,' Harry said in a whiny voice.

'Ooooh,' said Louise. 'Arse indeed!'

She waved her wand towards Harry's part of the room and everything flew into its right place. Which included Harry being swept off his feet and flown rapidly onto his bed.

'Sorry!' said Louise, inspecting her wand. 'That's never happened before…'

'Don't worry,' said Harry getting up and making his way over to Louise again.

'Sooo… like your laptop?'

'Oh yeah! It's amazing thanks!'

'Yes, I Googled you again last night and found your email address. I added you on MSN. I'm said Harry.

'Sooo…' said Louise after a pause. 'Did you get me a present?'

'A what?' said Harry.

'A present. For Christmas.'

'Oh! Oh, yeah… erm… yeah, of course. I got you…' Harry started walking about his room looking for something to give Louise. Louise suddenly found her fingernails very interesting. 'I got you…' Harry repeated. 'I got you… THIS!' A huge smile spread across Harry's face as he held out something he found Louise might like.

'A pair of half eaten socks?' said Louise, with a look of unwanted disbelief on her face.

'Yeah… they're all the rage with Fairies. I read it in erm… Hip Fairy Godmothers Weekly…' Harry was possibly the worst liar in the world.

'Really?' said Louise. 'I didn't see that article.'

'Well, they said that you'd put a spell on them and you could change a pair of mouldy old socks into nice new legwarmers!' Harry tried to sound convincing.

'OH YES! I remember now! Oh thanks, honey! I've been looking for something to make funky ever since I read that! Oh, thanks!' She gave Harry a hug then placed the socks on the floor in front of her.

'Now, Fairies aren't that same as you Wizards and whatnot. We have to chant spells at things instead of just saying words.'

'Right,' said Harry.

Louise cleared her throat.

'Look at me!

The great transformer!

Turn these ugly socks

Into nice new leg warmers!'

Louise chanted at the socks whilst somewhat idiotically waving her wand around, but surprisingly, the socks turned into nice new leg warmers. Louise looked rather pleased with herself!

'Applause please!'

Harry was about to clap but was then overwhelmed by the applauding coming from no particular source around the room.

The leg warmers were black and green stripy and did look rather rad. She sat down on Harry's bed and pulled the legwarmers over her Converse and tights. Harry noticed that she'd been wearing the exact same outfit the first time they'd met.

'Do you wear those clothes all the time?' Harry asked, because he had plenty of clothes Louise could have and jazz up.

'No dear, I just have loads of the same clothes! I'm resourceful!'

'Oh, right… cunning!' said Harry.

There was a long pause, where Harry decided he needed a new pair on Converse All Stars.

'Wanna go to Hogsmeade?' he said.

'Yeah sure!' said Louise.

Louise and Harry made their way down to Hogsmeade.

'So… you need a new pair of Converse, do you?'

'Yeah!'

'Y'know, I could have just magiced you up some?'

'Yeah, but this kills more time.'

'I suppose…'

They entered the shoe shop in Hogsmeade called Best Shoe Forward! And took a look around. The Converse were on the opposite wall. They walked across and looked at the shoes. They were none really that took Harry's fancy but Louise said she liked the yellow ones so he bought them to impress her. They walked back up to the castle, but on the way there, they came across a rather "disgustingly dead looking ferret" in Louise's words. Or, Draco Malfoy in almost everyone else's.

''ello, Potter! Didn't know you had a girlfriend!'

'She's… she's…' he realised that "she's my Fairy Godmother" might have sounded a bit strange. 'She's a friend,' he said simply.

'Yeah, you couldn't get a girlfriend, could you, Potter? Far to weird and clingy for any girl.'

'EXCUSE ME!' Louise said, she had cut across Harry causing him to fall over in the snow for reason at all.

'It is my job to treasure this boy and look after and stand up for him when people are making unfair comments about him.' She turned to Harry, who was still on the floor. 'What's this boy's name?' she demanded, pointing at Draco.

'Draco,' said Harry shortly.

'Gayco? What the hell kind of name is that!'

Harry thought that Louise's voice had just been multiplied in decibels by about a thousand.

'No, Draco,' he corrected her.

'Yes, I heard you the first time!' said Louise, her voice still booming. 'Well, it was lovely to meet you Gay, now come on, move, some people have to get back up to the castle.'

And with that, a flabbergasted Draco moved aside to let Harry and Louise through and they trudged back up to Hogwarts, after Louise had managed to heave Harry back to his feet.