Harry looked distastefully at the murky water. More specifically he looked with abject horror at the wooden boat in front of him that was bobbing up and down. "We have to get into that?"
Ron looked at him oddly. "Umm... Yeah? Fred and George, my brothers you know, said it's dead good! Come on!" he said excitedly as he stepped into the boat. When Harry didn't move he taunted playfully," Whats the matter? Not chicken are you?"
Harry glared and, shuddering, stepped gingerly into the boat. As the small fleet set off, Ron chattered mindlessly, not seeming to care that Harry was sitting as still as possible so as to touch as little water as possible in a small boat on a lake with a rather excitable giant squid. Only when Ron mentioned something truly horrifying did Harry put any input into the one-sided conversation.
"... And I hope we'll be in the same House so's we can be in the same dormitory and everything! Oh and I hope we win the House Cup 'cos that'd be amazing and I can't wait 'til we..."
"Wait wait wait wait!" Harry said, holding up his hands, "We share a dorm? We don't get our own rooms?" His voice rose slightly hysterically.
"Yeah! Isn't it amazing? Fred and George said that it's the best! You can have midnight feasts and stuff..." Ron said in awe as he imagined the events. Then, he seemed to realise that Harry's tone and face couldn't exactly be described as 'excited' or even 'marginally impressed'. Rather, they seemed to be more 'horrified' and 'marginally disgusted'.
"Umm... It is great isn't it? 'Cos like, we'll be sharing a room and we can chat and stuff..."
At Ron's dejected face, Harry tried to backtrack. "Yeah, no. It'll be great. Can't wait." he said, forcing a smile onto his face. Luckily it seemed to work as Ron started chattering again at top speed leaving Harry to think. 'They had to share rooms? Well, he'd have to talk to someone about that. After all, daily beauty routines are not best shared with one's room mates on the first morning at a new school...'
~ Right, it's the Sorting next! Voting time! Do you want Harry to be Gryffindor or Slytherin? Please tell me, I'd love to know where my readers want me to go with this! Thanks xx