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Ch. 8: First Day of Classes
Katie just stood there looking up at Flint in complete shock. Her mouth would just open and close, like a fish, without saying anything. She was trying to speak, but her voice failed her. He didn't really realize who had encountered him until after he asked if she was okay. They both stood on the staircase, not expecting to have had a run in this early. Katie got a hold of herself and nodded quickly, "Yes, I am alright…you don't see me at the bottom of the staircase do you?"
She tried to get around him so she could get to "class", when really she just wanted to get away from him. Flint just moved in her way, placing his arm on the wall and his other on the railing of the stairs. Katie moved left, and then right trying to get passed him. Irritated she let out a big sigh.
She placed her hands on her hips and said, "If you keep acting immature and if you don't let me pass, I will be willingly forced to hit you in a certain area you really wouldn't like."
Marcus' eyes got wide and then back to normal. He put on a smirk and said, "You wouldn't even dare love." He stepped aside in a gentlemanly bow to let her through. "Milady," he said as she passed.
"Why are you here again? Didn't you graduate last year?" Katie asked.
Marcus looked around, "I am not so sure I want to say this here. I am rather busy at the moment. I can talk to you later, okay? Meet me at the quidditch pitch at 8:30 tonight."
Katie looked unsure and just nodded her head slightly.
Marcus definitely changed his look. He had straight, perfect white teeth. His hair was short but a little shaggy and dark brown. Flint had definitely worked out! She couldn't really tell exactly by what he was wearing, but she could feel how strong and muscular he was. 'He actually knows how to take care of himself. This is really strange! He is rather cute…Bell what are you thinking this is Flint we're talking about! Marcus doesn't seem that bad, he seems different and a good kind of different,' Katie thought to herself as she made it up the last of the steps before she came to the 3rd floor where Defense Against The Dark Arts was. She looked back down and saw that Marcus was still there and was watching her.
He caught her staring back at him and he smiled genuinely at her and turned around and headed downstairs. Katie continued to watch Marcus as he walked down the staircase wondering where he might be headed.
Kate turned back around to face the door to D.A.D.A. and entered the room. She thought that no one would be in there now, but she was wrong. There was a man up at his desk, she assumed was the new professor. He looked up from his work, sensing someone else was in there.
"Hello there. I am the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Lupin. I didn't know that class was about to start. I thought there was several more minutes," said Professor Lupin.
"Hi, umm…I really didn't think you would be in here. My name is Katie Bell. There are a couple more minutes left of breakfast, I just wanted to get up here earlier. Think some stuff over," Katie said while fiddling with her robes.
"Oh, it's okay. I don't mind you coming in here to get away from people. I know how it is. I am not that old that I have forgotten what its like to be a student at Hogwarts."
Katie just smiled at him and picked a seat in the middle of the classroom, "Thank you Professor."
Professor Lupin went back to his paper work, while Katie picked a seat in the third row, third column of the desks. Katie placed her bag on the floor and got out her D.A.D.A. book, some parchment, a quill, ink, and her cd player.
She enchanted her cd player to be able to play in the magical world. Music sprang from the headphones, and she looked up to see if it was bothering him. Apparently it didn't faze him. Katie started to get into it, mouthing the words and bounced her head around slightly.
If only you were here
Things would be more magical
If I were there
Right now would be more radical
You're so not near
I'm wishing I could place a call
Say that you're into me just let me know how it will be
If you don't know don't say so
I'll wait till the perfect time think of all the perfect lines
I'll make sure if I let you know…
Someone snuck up behind her and grabbed her and yelled, "AARRRH!"
Katie jumped and screamed. Fred and George came from behind her and started to laugh hysterically.
"You stupid GITS! I nearly died just then!" Katie screamed at them.
George stopped and said, "Oh don't be such a drama queen Katie! You would be laughing too if it would have been you doing the scaring."
Katie rolled her eyes, took her headphones off and placed them back in her bag.
"Hello class! If you would all please take your seats I will quickly introduce myself and give you a brief summary of what we will learn this semester. My name is Remus Lupin, but you will address me as Professor Lupin. I am experienced in the defense against the dark arts. I am also a graduate of Hogwarts. This class will be a lot different than last year. I will require you to do more with your wand, and less assignments on parchment. We will start with basics of which fifth years should already know by now, and gradually more difficult. We will start off with chapter one, section one of your text books, I won't require you to read it but it may be helpful to you. This class is going to be a lot of fun! I really can't wait until we start, but since this is the first day of class we are to go over rules and what to expect in the class. I really don't have much rules, just I don't want anyone criticizing anyone's abilities. Some people are slower than others but that's okay. Some days I will work with you guys one-on-one. Any questions?"
A guy from Ravenclaw raised his hand.
"You, sir," Lupin pointed to the Ravenclaw student.
"Yes, what about tests? Will they be about the book or will they be about what we do?"
"Excellent question! Both book and what you learn to do. The book can only go so far in your learning. You may know how to do a spell, but you don't know if you can actually pull it off. I will do some pop quizzes too. I think it is mandatory to know how to fight things off that you may come across especially now, so I expect everyone to know what they are doing in my class. The pop quizzes though will be on what we practice. It will not be in the book. Anymore questions?" Lupin asked again.
"Can we eat and drink in here?" Fred asked smiling.
Katie chuckled silently…only the Weasley's would think about food!
Lupin smiled, and replied, "Yes you may, just as long as I don't see any trash on my floor, or crumbs on my desks and chairs. Anyone else have a question?"
He looked out in the crowd of silent students.
"Okay if no one has anymore questions that's it for today. We will start the fun stuff tomorrow. You can talk, listen to music to yourself, read, whatever you want except inappropriate things and talking too loudly until the class is dismissed."
Katie turned around to face Fred and George and listened to their conversation about what the first prank should be.
"…No, no, no, we already did that George remember second year? We have to think of something no one else has thought of to that slimeball Draco Malfoy. Katie do you have any suggestions?" Fred asked.
Katie thought to herself, a look of pondering on her face, "Well….I'm not sure. Come back to me when I have thought of an excellent prank to pull on Malfoy."
George pushed Katie lightly and said, "Well you were a lot of help! Not!"
Everyone started getting their things ready it was almost time for class to end. Katie grinned at the thought of catching Draco singing and dancing… 'that might be a good prank.'
"Class dismissed!" Lupin stated.
Fred, George, and Katie all walked out together discussing how good they are going to be this year in quidditch.
"Where are we going next?" asked Fred.
"Well…umm let me look…" Katie searched her robes for the time table, "looks like transfiguration."
Fred and George both smiled mischievously at each other. Katie looked at them skeptically with one eyebrow raised.
"Right…there you two go again scheming about some prank that you will do in Professor McGonagall just to get a rise out of her! You two are evil you know that. Well, while you are planning some rather devious I will be paying attention," Katie told the twins.
They walked in the classroom, sat down, and waited for class to start. Katie sat close to the front while the Weasley twins sat in the back whispering and snickering. Soon the class ended, starting with the same tiresome procedures as Professor Lupin had discussed.
Katie walked down the halls on her way to lunch. She couldn't wait until quidditch started again. She smiled while remembering last year, and the year before that. Then she remembered that this would be the last year they would have Oliver on the team and as a captain. A tear formed in her eye and she blinked trying to stop it from coming down. 'What are you doing Bell? You can't cry over something like that. Be happy for him.'
She reached the Great Hall, and her eyes immediately found Oliver. He was sitting with Fred, George, Angelina, and Alicia. They were all talking and laughing enjoying their first day of lectures. Katie approached them with a smile on her face. There was a seat left beside Oliver and she sat there, a little timidly.
"Hey Kates! How has your first day of classes so far?" asked Oliver.
She turned her face towards him and replied, "So far it's been good. I don't have Snape today so I think this day will be just fantastic!"
"Katie, guess what!" Angie asked her.
"Hmm?" Kates had food still in her mouth.
"There is a rumor going around that we might have a ball, but it won't be a Yule Ball," Alicia said in excitement.
Katie's eyes went wide. 'I can't go! I won't have a date'
It was like Angelina could read her thoughts, "No one is going to have a date. This is going to be a Masquerade Ball, and everyone will dance with anyone. No one will recognize you unless they know your voice or eyes or something."
Lee Jordan came and sat down by George, "Hey guys how's it goin?"
All responded, "Hey Lee."
Katie had finished her lunch and said to everyone, "Well I am going to class early, Angie, Licia you guys wanna come with me?"
"Sure," they both said.
The girls all got up and said their 'byes' and walked out of the Great Hall.
"I can't wait until quidditch starts! I wanna beat Slytherin so bad!" Alicia interrupted the silence with anticipation.
Angelina laughed, "Yeah, I would love to see us win the Quidditch Cup, and the look on Slytherins' faces. Wood deserves it! We need to win and play every game for Wood…it's his last chance to get the cup so I think we owe it to him!"
Kates nodded her head in agreement, "I definitely think he deserves it! He works his butt off with plans, plans, and more plans to win. He is incredibly smart too, though it seems like he wouldn't because he is always thinking, talking, dreaming about quidditch. This is our year girls! No one and I mean no one is going to stop us from getting that Quidditch Cup this year!"
"Dang, Katie! You may sound more determined than Wood…wait no one can be more determined than him! Change of subject…What are you guys going to wear to the ball? I think you have to wear a dress that's looks from the Middle Ages, and the guys have to wear frilly suits like they did back then," Alicia said as they walked towards the portrait of the fat lady.
The trio walked into the common room and up the girls' stairs to the 5th year dormitory. Alicia, Angelina, and Katie got their things for their next class which would be Herbology.
The day went by faster than Katie had thought it would. It was already five eleven as she looked up at her alarm clock from her bed. She was reading an article in a muggle magazine called Cosmo Girl. The article was about how you can tell if he likes you more than a friend.
'Okay, at five fifteen I will go outside and run eight laps around the pitch. I really need to get in shape before quidditch begins. I think I have gained some weight over the summer…' she thought to herself as she turned her attention from her magazine to her stomach.
Looking once more at her clock, it read five-fifteen. She sighed and rose up on her bed, tossed her magazine on the foot of her bed and got up. Katie changed into a sports bra, black wind shorts, and a black Ramones tank top.
Alicia came in as Katie was tying her shoes.
"Where are you going Katie?"
"I am going outside for a run. Wanna join me?" Kates asked after she finished tying her shoes and looked up at Alicia.
Alicia looked at Kate with a thinking expression on her face, "Not today, sorry Kate. Truthfully I feel like being lazy right now."
Katie laughed at Alicia, "Well, if you or anyone else needs me I will be running around the quidditch pitch."
"How long will you be?"
"Not very long, I will be running eight laps around it."
"EIGHT LAPS! I am glad I am not going with you!" Alicia shouted in shock.
Katie just giggled and shook her head.
"I am leaving now. Later."
"See ya later," Alicia said as Katie walked out the door and down the steps.
She finally reached the pitch and started to stretch and warm up. After she finished she started to jog. As she ran, she maintained her speed, but her breath was getting a little heavier. Thoughts came flowing through her mind as she ran.
'What would happen if I became Flint's girlfriend? Would Oliver care? I know I like Oliver better, but I actually have a chance with Marcus. Marcus seems like he has changed…oh my gosh….he has gotten hot! Wait? What? Well he did improve his face, teeth, and body. I can't wait until I get to see him tonight so I can actually have a talk face to face with him. My stomach is getting butterflies just thinking about meeting him…I am so nervous. I didn't realize how nervous I was until I thought about it. Okay that's two laps. What if there is awkward silence? He might reconsider that he likes me. Why do I worry so much? I just need to forget about it. Whatever happens, happens, no big deal. I stress myself out way too much. What if Oliver secretly likes me? He will completely give up on asking me to go with him to Hogsmeade and I will never be able to be his girlfriend. Katie! Get a grip on yourself girl! Stop thinking like that! You need to be focusing on more important things like quidditch and classes. Three more laps girl…you are doing good!'
Someone else came up to the quidditch pitch, but not for a run.
AN: I am going to leave it there because I wanna just get this posted asap! I am tired of having you guys wait! And the song is, 'Call and Return' by Hellogoodbye.
