A/N: So, here we are again.
It was the rushing air around the windows of the Ravenclaw Tower that woke Ella from her sleep. She stretched her arms before settling back down in the soft covers. She heard rustling from the other side of the room and figured that another one of her dorm mates was waking.
"You awake?" whispered Coco from the bed next to her.
"Unfortunately" replied Ella, moving on her side to look at her friend. She was lying on her back, staring up at the painted ceiling.
"I don't want to get up yet" Coco whispered, Ella agreed, but knew if they didn't get up now, they never would.
Rising from the comfort of her warm bed, Ella placed her feet on the cold floor and started waking everybody up. First Nina, who awoke without much drama, then Rachel, who groaned in protest before giving in and rising from her bed. Then it was Alyssa's turn.
After much groaning, loud noises and finally an Aguamenti spell, they finally managed to get her out of bed.
"I hate all of you" Alyssa said harshly, trying to dry her hair. Ella smiled apologetically before getting ready for the day.
After a short goodbye to their roommates, Ella and Coco walked down to the common room to meet Jeremy. Unsurprisingly he was already up and sitting on one of the chairs reading a thick book.
"Did you sleep well?" Ella asked, sitting down next to him. He put down the book,
"Yes, I did, you?" he asked placing the book on a table by the sofa.
"Good" she replied. Coco sighed,
"When you two are done small talking, can we please get breakfast?" she said, Jeremy laughed,
"All right Coco we'll get food" he said dragging Ella off the sofa and towards the Great Hall.
When they got there, Ella glanced towards the Gryffindor table to try catch a glimpse of her brother. She saw him next to the Weasley kid, 'he must be making friends' she thought.
"I'm going to go talk to Harry" she said to Jeremy, "I'll be back soon." She made her way over to the Gryffindor table, she could feel the eyes of the other students following her as she walked towards it. Students of other houses rarely went to the other tables, so it was no wonder why everyone was looking at her. Luckily, there weren't as many people in the hall as it was still quite early.
"Ella!" exclaimed Harry as she approached the table. She saw the looks the Weasley twins were giving her and ignored them.
"Hey Harry" she said sitting next to him, "You ok?" she was curious to hear what he thought about the castle.
"Yeah, it's great" he said excitingly. Then he seemed to remember he had company.
"Oh, this is Ron Weasley, we met on the train" he said, introducing her to the redhead.
"Nice to meet you Ron, I figured you were a Weasley" she said shaking his hand.
"It's the hair, isn't it" he said sadly, Ella nodded.
"Alright Black, I think you've overdone your stay" said Fred,
"Yeah, please return to your table" George said, pointing to the Ravenclaw table. Ella sighed,
"Are you still upset about the Quidditch match last year?" she said, "Because I told you that it wasn't my fault you're seeker fell off his broom"
"Well this year, we are gonna beat you" snapped Fred,
"Yeah, Wood has it all worked out" replied George.
"Whatever" replied Ella, she wasn't even sure if she was trying out this year. "See you later Harry, good luck for today" she ruffled her brother's hair before standing up to go back to the Ravenclaw table.
As she walked away she heard Harry and the Weasley twins explaining to Ron who she was. She smiled those twins were a handful.
Ella walked into DADA with Coco and Jeremy, they sat down in at their usual place in the middle of the class.
"Hey, Ella" Steve Branson was standing in front of her desk. Ella sighed,
"Hello Steve" she said in a bored voice. She really didn't want to deal with him at the moment.
"So, how was your Holidays?" he said leaning on the desk.
"Fine, now can you please move" she said curtly, she scanned the room desperately trying to find the Professor.
"Why are you being so harsh babe?" He still hadn't left.
"First, don't call me babe, second, I am trying to get ready for DADA and third if you don't remove you hands from my desk and leave, I'll remove them from your body." She stared hard at him, a clear sign to back off.
"Wow, wow, ok, I'm leaving" He lifted his hands from her desk and walked away, turning his head to wink at her.
"Ugh, I feel sick" she said to Coco as the professor walked in. "I swear, he never knows when to stop." Coco shuddered.
As Ella turned her attention to the front she noticed that Jeremy had gone quiet and was looking hard at the board. Something was bothering him, was it Steve? Probably, he bothered everyone. Why would he care that much that Steve talked to her? He wasn't a threat or anything.
As the lesson went on Ella forgot about Steve and instead filled her head with the things the professor was saying. But at the back of her head she still remembered the look on Jeremy's face.
"This is bull, it's only been a day and we already have homework" Coco groaned as they ate dinner that night.
"It's because we're Ravenclaw" Ella replied, "They expect us to want to do work."
"Well, it's stupid" Coco replied in a muffled voice. Her head was lying on the table underneath her arms. Ella sighed,
"Are you going to eat?" she said "or just complain for the rest of the night?"
Coco glared at her friend before picking up her fork and stabbing her food with enough force, that Ella thought she might crack the plate. She turned to her own food and tuned into the conversation that Alyssa and Nina were having.
"I've told you already, I didn't steal your hairbrush" Alyssa crossed her arms and glared at Nina, she sighed
"Well who else would use it?" she asked curiously "Ella?" she said pointing at said girl. Alyssa laughed,
"Ok funny, but really I didn't take it" Alyssa replied taking a bite of her dinner.
"Then who did?" shouted Nina sighing in frustration. Ella turned away letting them argue.
"Hey, are you trying out for Qudditch?" Jeremy was looking at her with blue eyes, she sighed, she didn't know how many people had asked this question.
"I honestly don't know, I mean I enjoy playing, but I kinda want to focus on my studies this year." She rested her head on her hand, the other playing with her fork as she pushed her food around the plate.
Jeremy looked thoughtfully at her, trying to think of a solution.
"You can always play next year and if you really want to focus on your studies I think you should" he looked at her and smiled.
"You can always play in the summer" he said playfully eating the rest of his dinner. Ella nodded thoughtfully taking a bite of her food, thinking over his advice. Jeremy always gave good advice and she tended to listen to it.
"I'll think about it I guess, besides trials are next week" she told him looking into his eyes. He smiled and nodded,
"Whatever suits you" he said turning back to his food. Ella realized that she had never really noticed how blue his eyes were, they were more of a dark sea blue than the light grey of hers. She quickly turned away before he caught her staring.
Dinner passed without much more conversation, but Ella didn't fail to notice the jolt in her stomach whenever she looked at Jeremy. It was weird. ' What is wrong with me?' she thought as she slipped into bed later that night. Ella had never felt this way before and she wasn't sure what to think about it. 'I'll talk to Coco later' and she fell asleep, the image of Jeremy's blue eyes wandering across her mind.
A/N: Sorry for how short this one is, i'm getting writers block again so this chapter didn't really have a point, but I wanted to get something up, so here it is. School is starting again in a few weeks and my summer will be over, i'm very sad cause I don't want to go back to getting up at 6:30 every morning.
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