CHAPTER FOUR: MULTI-SURPRISES

It was a few weeks into the school year, about mid-October. The crisp, fall air brought many surprises, but no one was prepared for these.

Nick burst into the Great Hall and slid into the empty seat next to his friends.

"Why are you all out of breath?" Erica said.

"I ran from Ravenclaw Tower to here."

"Why the heck would you do that?!" asked Callie.

"Remember how you said that Hufflepuff girl didn't come back to the dormitory two nights ago?"

Callie nodded slowly. Her roommate, Kelly hadn't returned from her Quidditch practices a few nights ago.

"The Ministry officially declared her M.I.A." Nick slapped down the latest issue of the Daily Prophet on the table. It had a picture of a freckled face brunette in a Hufflepuff Quidditch uniform, smiling and holding her broom.

"GOD DAMN FREAKING MINISTRY!" Callie said pounding her fists on the table.

"What's your problem with the Ministry?" Albus looked over at the girl, whose eyes were flaming with anger.

"I don't want to talk about it." Callie got up and left the table. Albus and Nick turned to Erica.

"Look, her dad worked for the Ministry and a couple of months ago he disappeared. They looked for him about two months but dismissed it. Callie isn't happy with it since they declared him dead. She loved her dad more than anything else."

"Well that explains her bad attitude…" Nick said.

"What are we going to do about Kelly?" Albus said.

"We leave it to the authorities. Are you going to say that we do something about it?" Erica looked at the boys. They both had stupid smiles on their faces. Erica face-palmed her forehead.

"Are you kidding? Do you guys want to be expelled?" Erica stormed off, most likely to find Callie.

"They wanted to actually try to get us expelled or something." Erica told her best friend.

"That is so stupid." Callie tried to change the subject. "Have you seen your Scorpion lately?"

"Shut up." Erica crossed her arms.

"What happened?" Callie knew something was wrong.

Flashback to last week…

"Scorpion!" Erica called out to her childhood friend. The boy turned and waved.

"Hey…Erica…" Scorpius said. "How have you been?"

"Fantastic! Except you've been avoiding me."

"And…?"

"I want to know why! We've been friends forever. Answer me!"

"It's because you hang out with that piece of garbage you call a friend!"

"Look, just because your parents didn't get along doesn't mean that you two have to act the same way!"

"Yes, I do. You don't understand. Filthy Mud-blood." Scorpius walks away.

"You know I'm not Muggleborn…"

End Flashback

"You're Muggleborn?" Callie said with surprise.

"I am not!" Erica slapped her friend with a nearby book.

"Okay…Here comes Nick and Al." Callie stood up. "GUYS! OVER HERE!"

Al and Nick began to walk over to the girls, when a rival Slytherin tripped Albus. His books and papers flew everywhere. Erica ran over to help him. She bent down and gathered the papers. Neither was prepared for what happened next. Both the students came up at the same time and…

It was shocking, unsuspected and magical at the same time. Albus and Erica pulled away from each other, their faces red with embarrassment.

"I can't believe it…" "Why would he kiss her?"

"Did you just see what I saw?" "She does like that filthy piece of garbage."

"Oh no…" Erica turned and saw Scorpius walking away. He wanted to apologize...no! Erica pushed the thought out of her head and saw him for who he was, a dirty, rotten snake.

"Thanks, Erica." Albus said as he walked away, dragging Nick behind him. "What?!" Nick said as he tried to pry Albus's tight grip from his arm.

Callie came up behind her best friend with a smug look on her face. Erica had a look of bliss across her face.

Callie: I know that look…

Erica: What look?

Callie: You're in loooove!

Erica: No I am not! *glances over at Albus*

Callie: Oh my god! You have a crush on *Erica quickly covers her mouth before she can say anything*

Erica: I do not!

Callie: Then why did you cover my mouth?

Erica: I didn't want him to hear you... *I won't say (I'm in love) music begins to play*

Erica: If there's a prize for epic failure, I guess I've already won that; No boy is worth the aggravation… That's muggle history, been there, done that!

Callie: Who'd you think you're kidding, He's the earth and Heaven to you, try to keep it hidden, Erica I can see right through you…

Erica: Oh nooo…

Callie: Girl you can't conceal it, I know how you're feeling and who you're thinking of….

Erica: Oh, No chance, no way I won't say it. No, no.

Callie: You swoon, you sigh. Why deny it? Uh oh.

Erica: I thought my heart had learned its lesson, *glances over at Malfoy,* It feels so good when you start out. My head is screaming, "GET A GRIP GIRL!" unless you're dying to cry your heart out!

Callie: You keeping on denying, who you are and how your feeling. Girl, I'm not lying. I saw how you have this feeling, Face it like a grown-up. When you gonna own that you got, got, got it bad?!

Erica: Whoa…No chance, No way. I won't say it no, no. *Sees Albus in the hall*

Callie: Give up or give in, Erica, check that grin you're in love…

Erica: This scene won't play; I won't say I'm in love… Your way off base, I won't say it. GET OFF MY CASE, I won't say it.

Callie: Girl, don't be proud, it's okay you're in love… *Walks away in defeat*

Erica: Oh, at least out loud, I won't say I'm in…Loooooooooooooove….

Callie: *Jumps out from behind a bush* I knew it!

Erica: I would slap you but you're my best friend…

End Chapter Four

I loved writing this chapter! I knew I wanted a little accidental kiss scene and something to break up the relations between Erica and Scorpius. So, there. I also gave Scorpius the bad habit of calling everyone a mud-blood. The song at the end, was actually something I did when I got bored one night.

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