"Mr Creevey! Would you be so kind as to explain why you are ten minutes late to my lesson?" Professor Mcgonnagol barked. Her eyes slid suspiciously to Ginny. "You too, miss weasley!"
"Well…we were…uh…" Collin stammered. Giggling from the class of immature Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. "No, it's not like that!" Collin said, blushing furiously. The wolf whistles didn't help.
" Collin was helping me with my Herbology homework." Ginny said, smiling all too sweetly. "Weren't you Collin?" She said through gritted teeth.
"Oh, yeah,o-of course. Herbology homework." He said, glad for a reprieve.
Mcgonnagol raised a single eyebrow. Detention. My office. 5 o'clock." She gave them a reproachful glance. "Well, sit down then. Or am I going to have to wait all day?"
Fuming, Collin got in to a seat next to Collin. Detention on her second day back! She had a strong urge to hit something, someone, but she didn't dare. And she had thought her lie was pretty good! It sounded better than the real reason:oversleeping.
As Mcgonnagol started writing something on the board about cross-species transfiguration, whatever that was, Evelyn burst through the door. She looked pale and worn out.
"Miss c=Cavenaugh! Surely you know this means a detention!" The transfiguration professor snaped.
Evelyn went to her desk and whispered something as Ginny and Collin strained to listen. Something about Dumbledore and arrangement.
"very well, mss cavanaugh. Sit down."
Ginny could have sworn her chin touched the floor. No detention? Beckoning her over, Collin and Ginny grilled her for an explanation.
"What was that? How did you escape detention?" Collin asked, amazed.
Evelyn shrugged, looking uncomfortable "I dunno. She must've been a good mood or something."
"Evelyn, Mcgonnagal is never in a good mood."
"Can we please change the subject?"