Last update for today! Enjoy!
"And so King Coloman of Hungary stopped witch-hunts around 820 because there had been no evidence-" the bell rang, cutting through Professor Binns flat whine about European History of Magic.
"Merlin save me, I couldn't even keep my eyelids up it felt like invisible anchors weighing them down." Ginny yawned, feeling suddenly energized.
"You know what's strange? Usually this part of my arm would be drenched with Ass's drool for the entire period. Today she was staring at Binns for an entire two hours without moving at all." Jade said.
"Hey girls, if you don't mind, I have to run. I'll see you later?" Astoria asked, shoving her books into her bag.
"Are you mad at me? I was only joking." Jade said quickly.
"What? No silly! I'm just really late. I'll see you later! Bye!" Astoria said running off. Jade and Ginny turned to each other after seeing Astoria disappear and shrugged.
"Hey Gin! Cool class, isn't it?" Michael asked, putting an arm around Ginny.
"Killer." Jade said seeing Ginny giggle.
"So we're going to see Terry and Anthony down by the lake. Want to tag along?" Michael asked. Jade smiled and looped her bag on her shoulder.
"It's all right; you both can go have fun." Jade said.
"Are you sure? I think Terry's single." Michael sang.
"Too bad for Terry, he'll have to stay single a little longer! I have to go, bye Gin!" Jade waved.
"Bye!" Ginny said, watching Jade meet up with Neville. She turned around and smacked Michael's stomach. "I told you to stop acting so creepy around my friends!" Ginny hissed.
"Hi Jade! Are your classes finished for the day?" Neville asked, handling Trevor with great difficulty.
"No. I have one more left. What happened to Trevor's box?" Jade asked.
"I lost it!" Neville squeaked.
"You lost Trevor's box but not Trevor? That's great Neville! You're making progress!" Jade said seeing Neville smile and letting go of Trevor. They chased Trevor down the hallway, down the stairs and into a deserted hallway. Trevor stopped in front of a pair of boots, croaking. Neville and Jade stopped in front of Marcus Flint and two more boys, grinning down at the toad and back up to Neville and Jade.
"Look at what the toad dragged in." Marcus said, slowly.
"Jade, get out of here. I'll get Trevor." Neville said, earning a few chuckles from the boys.
"I'm not leaving you with them Neville." Jade said.
"Why force the pretty little thing to leave when she clearly doesn't want to? Relax Longbottom. We'll take good care of her." Marcus said, walking towards them.
"You won't touch her! I won't let you!" Neville quivered, taking out his wand.
"You with Weasley, Longbottom?" Marcus asked Jade who pointed her wand at him.
"You better step away or else your lungs are going to be filled with sand in the next two seconds." Jade warned.
"I take that as a no. How about me? Draco said something about sandpaper about you…and I like a little texture on my…" he said, glancing down at his privates and looked back at Jade, smirking. "You know what I mean?" he asked.
"Now Flint…that is no way to speak to a lady." A voice said.
They turned around to see George standing there, his arms crossed, tapping his wand. Red sparks were falling out of the tip of his wand and he didn't look too happy about seeing Marcus.
"I don't think she wants anything to do with you Weasley. Why don't you leave us alone?" Marcus said. George pushed himself off the wall and smiled.
"I wouldn't even dream of doing that. They're my friends you see and I would hate to share them with you…since you're so cuddly and rapist-like and all." George said.
"We don't need to have a discussion about this. I'm sure you're a nice creepy little rapist and your friends are perfectly nice creepy rapist assistants but I'm a little uncomfortable and Neville probably needs another round of deodorant. Let's go guys!" Jade said, grabbing Neville's arm.
"No one will be leaving until I tell them to." Flint growled.
"Wrong! You won't be leaving. Happy early Christmas!" George said, throwing a murky bottle green ball at Flint's feet. In a matter of seconds, dark green slime formed around his ankles and rapidly made its way towards his friends. "Come on you two! It's the first time testing it out, anything could go wrong!" George said, pulling them backwards. Thick brushes and trees started sprouting from the floor, developing towards them.
"Run!" George yelled. They ran for their lives trying to get out of the hallway by testing each door. When none of the doors would open, George led them towards another hallway and up the stairs.
"What the hell is this thing?" Jade asked, turning her head to see dirty green water and roots form at the bottom of the stairs.
"Portable Swamp! Watch your step!" George said watching her trip up. Jade fell and her glasses slipped from her face, flying towards the swamp. She went to reach for it but George scooped her up and scooted her away from it.
"You'll never find your glasses now. You'll be risking your life going back to look for them." George said.
"But I can't see my glasses! I mean I can't see anything!" Jade said.
"What's going to happen to Trevor?" Neville asked. Jade and George turned to Neville, raising an eyebrow.
"It's a swamp Neville, I'm sure Trevor will be fine." Jade said.
"Consider him back home. I'll eventually come back and un-swamp it but I'm not sure when that'll be." George said. Neville nodded, still walking with them. "So Neville…don't you have to be at that class?" George asked. Jade looked at a blurry outline of George and smiled, seeing his head turn towards her. From the way she saw the sides of his cheeks lift, she knew he was smiling too.
"Oh no! I knew I was late for something! Wait…what am I late for?" Neville asked George.
"I don't know Neville, Herbology?" George asked.
"That's right! I was supposed to help Hannah and her friends for tomorrow's Herbology exam! I'll see you both later then!" Neville said, taking his things and leaving.
"You're a hard woman to get alone, did you know that?" George asked.
"Did your brother ask you to say that?" Jade asked walking with him.
"Ron would never ask me to say that to you." George said.
"Stop trying to be funny George, you know who I'm talking about." Jade said.
"Percy then? No? What about Charlie? Bill? Well if you're going to say no to all of them, you might as well be talking about me. Although I'd love to court you, I have an evil twin you see and he'd murder me, making you a lonely woman." George said.
"I'm glad you came all the way here to tell me this." Jade said seeing George grin.
"Let's be a little serious now. I think you know why I sought you out today." George said.
"Although I have to say, your timing is impeccable. Saving Neville and me from Flint." Jade said.
"That was a few bonuses that worked out well. I even got to try out the portable swamp!" George said.
"So what's been going on? Is it about me running away every time I see him?" Jade asked, as they walked outside, towards the lake.
"He's a little worried about you. He says he doesn't want you to feel uncomfortable around him, that's why he sent me." George said.
"It's just the entire chain of events that's got me so uneasy. Every time I'm with him…something goes wrong." Jade said. George nodded, chuckling.
"Well you know, if you don't want anything to do with him, I'm sure he'll understand." George said.
"I don't know George. I like Fred but I just don't know whether it's safe for my life to be around him." Jade said. George sighed and went to say something.
"WATCH OUT!" a voice rang out. Jade turned around to see a Quaffle flying towards her.
"George stop it!" Fred shouted, chasing after it. Jade ducked and the Quaffle swept upwards, aiming for her again. George pointed his wand and shouted an incantation, having it stop directly in front of Jade.
"Holy shit George! It's a good thing you stopped that Quaffle. Are you okay Jade? I'm really sorry about that. Seamus never learned the wrist thing." Fred said, standing there in his Quidditch robes.
"I'm okay. Déjà vu all over again wasn't it?" Jade asked, looking at George who shook his head.
"It's a good thing George was here, isn't it? I mean I know I would have stopped that Quaffle too." Fred said.
"Before or after it hammered into my face?" Jade asked pleasantly. Fred chuckled.
"Oh you little joker." He said, playfully punching her shoulder. He didn't realize how hard he hit her because of the Quidditch gloves but Jade fell into the cold lake, screaming.
"Are you serious? Are you trying to get her killed?" George asked as Fred ripped his robes off and jumped into the lake.