Chapter 6
Romantic Revelations
Arianna stared down at the blank parchment in front of her. Around her the Great Hall was buzzing with sounds of students eating and chattering with friends. Arianna had the feeling she was being watched and sure enough, looking up from the table she saw 4 pairs of eyes on her.
"I don't know what to write," she shrugged breaking off a piece of her toast and popping it into her mouth.
Lila seemed frustrated. "How about….dear mum, I had this weird dream with some strange woman and low and behold there is a girl in my dorm who is identical to her."
Peyton snorted into her pumpkin juice. "She can't say that. That's got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. If I was her mum I'd send her an owl back telling her that she was mental."
Lila frowned. "But my aunt won't. She'd be very concerned."
"That's the point," Arianna sighed getting a bit agitated with her cousin. She knew Lila was only thinking out for her but quite frankly Arianna just wanted to let it all go. It had bothered her earlier but with Lila's continuous "voice of reason" in her ear she was getting sick of the whole thing. "If I send her this letter she'll probably have a panic attack or something and come straight here. We already discussed how worried she is."
Lila rolled her eyes. "You were the one who came up with the idea to send her the letter in the first place."
"Well, maybe I've changed my mind," Arianna rolled up the parchment.
Lila opened her mouth to argue when Shane interrupted her. "Is that her?" he asked looking down the table.
4 heads swiveled in the direction Shane was looking. Sure enough, Summer Thomas had taken a seat all the way at the end of the Gryffindor table. She sat alone and stared down at her bowl as she ate some cereal.
The group became dead silent. Arianna couldn't believe how identical she looked to the woman in her dream. Maybe Arianna had just caught a glimpse of her earlier and she appeared in her dream. It could happen. She'd read about it in a book somewhere.
Arianna was suddenly snapped from her thoughts when Lila began speaking in a harsh whisper. "What are you grinning about?"
She wasn't grinning was she? Turning around she looked at Lila and realized that she wasn't speaking to her but to Ian. Glancing over at Ian Arianna could see the smile tugging at his mouth. Why was he grinning?
"It's nothing," he said shaking his head the smile still on his face. Arianna didn't think it was nothing and Lila must have felt the same.
"What is it?" she demanded her voice rising a little. Arianna was a bit surprised by this. Lila was known for her temper as she so clearly demonstrated earlier, but Arianna didn't see why she was getting so upset.
"She's not all the scary is she?" Ian tried to avoid Lila's eye. He caught Shane's and winked. Shane tried to stifle a laugh so it came out as a sort of choking sound.
Arianna too let out a small giggle. Of course it would be Ian to point something like that out. She came to an instant stop when she saw the look on Lila's face. Her red hair was blazing and her face had became red too. Arianna frowned as she saw tears well up in her cousin's eyes.
"You bloody jerk," she shouted loudly getting up from the table in a rage. The entire Great Hall became silent as everybody turned to see what the commotion was all about. "If she's not that scary maybe you can ask her out then huh?" and with that Lila left the table and stormed out of the big doors.
Ian smile had vanished and now he looked a bit panicked. The Hall was still quiet as all eyes remained on the group not sure who Lila had been shouting at. "I better go after her," Ian said quickly jumping up and following her path out. Once he was gone everybody seemed to feel it was all over and the noise began to pick up again.
Arianna looked across the table at Peyton. She looked just as bewildered as Arianna felt. "What was that about?" Peyton furrowed her eyebrows together in confusion.
Arianna felt Shane's arm wrap around her shoulder and she looked at him. "The beauty of love," he smiled.
"Love?" Arianna questioned. "Do you mean…"
Shane cocked his head to the side. "Don't you see it?"
"Ian and Lila?" Peyton twisted her spoon absentmindedly through her porridge.
Shane nodded and made a snapping noise. "You got it."
"Have they said anything to you?" Arianna demanded. How could Lila leave her out of something like this and how did Shane know?
Shane smirked. "Ian has confirmed to me that yes, they are together."
Both girls' jaws dropped. "He did?" they exclaimed in unison.
"Last night after I caught them having a little…goodnight kiss," he shuddered a bit but then broke into a fit of laughter. "You should have seen Lila. I've never seen her so red."
Arianna's thoughts floated back to last night when they were going to sleep.
"I'll be up in a bit," Lila stretched. "I just have something to do."
It started to make a bit of sense"How long have they been together?" Arianna inquired.
"Ian said they got together sometime over the summer," he screwed his eyes up in concentration. "Possibly July, I can't really remember."
"It's been that long? How come they never told us?" Peyton looked shocked.
"You got me," Shane shrugged.
Arianna rested her elbow on the table and placed her chin in her hand. "I can't believe it."
"Me neither," Peyton frowned as she shook her head.
"Good morning Miss Weasley, Miss Jordon and Mr. Wood," a cheery voice came from behind Arianna. Professor Spinnet smiled as she handed them their new schedules. "Glad to see the morning got off to an exciting start. If one of you wouldn't mind passing along Miss Weasley and Mr. Finnigan's timetable it would be much appreciated.
Peyton took them and placed them beside her. "No problem Professor."
"See you students later," Professor Spinnet nodded a bit before continuing down the table. Arianna liked Professor Spinnet. She was tough but fun and she made their Transfiguration classes exciting. She was also the Head of Gryffindor house making her a great quidditch team supporter.
"What have you got today?" Shane questioned leaning over trying to get a good look at Arianna's timetable. The timetables' appearance swept Ian and Lila out of the trio's head for the time being.
Arianna lay it down flat in front of her giving Peyton a view too.
Hogwarts Schedule
Student: Miss Arianna Weasley
House: Gryffindor
Head of House: Professor Spinnet
Monday:
History of Magic
Professor Binns
Care of Magical Creatures
Hargrid
Arithmancy
Professor Thomas
LUNCH
Transfigurations
Professor Spinnet
Tuesday:
Potions
Professor Parkinson
Ancient Ruins
Professor Flynn
Herbolgy
Professor Longbottom
LUNCH
Defence Against the Dark Arts
Professor Cooper
Wednesday:
Charms
ProfessorFlitwick
Transfiguration
Professor Spinnet
Herbology
Professor Longbottom
LUNCH
Astronomy
Professor Sinstra
Thursday:
Care of Magical Creatures
Hagrid
Defence Against the Dark Arts
Professor Cooper
History of Magic
Professor Binns
LUNCH
Ancient Ruins
Professor Flynn
Friday:
Arithmancy
Professor Thomas
Charms
Professor Flitwick
Potions
Professor Parkinson
LUNCH
Astronomy
Professor Sinstra
Peyton grinned. "We've got everything together."
Arianna smiled. "You took Ancient Ruins and Arithmancy too? Brilliant."
"You both took Ancient Ruins and Arithmancy?" Shane scrunched up his nose. "Why?"
"Why?" Arianna repeated. "I happen to find the subjects interesting. Plus, they're a whole lot better than Divinations."
"Well, I've never taken either of those classes but I bet you would be right about that part. Divinations is the worst class I've ever taken," Shane frowned. "Don't quite know what possessed me in the first place."
Peyton laughed. "My mum loved Divinations. It was probably her favourite subject. My dad on the other hand said it drove him mental and he dropped it after one year. I agree with him though, Divinations isn't as great as my mum made it out to be."
"You know Shane," Arianna said glancing down his schedule and stopping upon seeing Muggle Studies listed, "if you wanted to learn about muggles you could just talk to my mum, after all, she is one."
"Yes well, I happen to find Muggle Studies interesting," he said mocking Arianna. She stuck her tongue out at him.
"You guys reckon we should go find the others, classes start soon," Peyton cut in looking down at her wrist watch.
"Sure," Arianna nodded popping one last piece of toast in her mouth. "I need a few words with my dear cousin."
