Hello lovelies! So sorry it's been such a long time since I've updated. I thought there wasn't really any interest in this story, but I've just noticed it had gotten reviews (thank you to those of you who did review), and I've gotten new inspiration. Also, I know it's a bit short, but the next one will be longer, I promise.
The first week flew by- and by "flew by" I mean crawled along at a ridiculously slow pace. But finally it was Friday. I grinned as I entered the common room after my final class and threw my bag down by the couch before plopping on top of it.
"Finally. I swear the first week back is always the slowest," I commented as Fred and George took their places on either side of me. The twins made murmurs of agreement before grinning at me. "But now we have the whole weekend," commented Fred.
"And you know what that means," continued George.
I grinned before shouting, "Party!" You see, it's a tradition that every Friday after the first week of school the boys and I throw a party in the Gryffindor common room. I was pretty excited about it, and I knew a lot of other students were too. It wouldn't take much preparation. Basically all we needed to do was get some music playing, and of course cast a silencing charm on the room so that McGonnagall wouldn't hear.
After dinner I ran up the stairs to my dormitory to get ready. After all, half the fun of going to a party is getting to dress cute, am I right? I went through a good majority of my clothes and finally settled on a cute mini dress I had bought this summer. I knew it'd come in handy. It was a sleeveless, deep purple dress with a sweetheart neckline and a flowy skirt ending just above my knees. I paired it with some silver flats. I then applied a bit of makeup and smiled at my reflection in the mirror. I could already hear the music playing downstairs, so I knew it had started a little bit ago.
I made my way down the stairs and grinned as I looked around at all of the students having fun. I felt two pairs of familiar arms go around my shoulders. "You look great!" Fred and George said at the same time, as they do.
"Thanks boys!" I gave them a genuine smile and began dancing with them. It had been about an hour when the worst possible scenario happened. Okay, maybe not the worst, but it was pretty damn close. Let me set the scene for you: Fred, George, and I had taken it upon ourselves to dance together on top of one of the tables in the common room. Other students were dancing and drinking butter beer while the music was booming. Suddenly the portrait hole swung open. Thinking it was more students coming in, nobody payed much mind to it, until I realized with horror that it was McGonnagall, dressed in her night clothes- hair curlers and all- accompanied by Filch and Professor Lupin.
"Uhh, guys," I started, looking quickly at Fred and George, before my face went back to McGonnagall who seemed to be getting increasingly angrier. "You remembered to do the silencing charm, right?"
The twins had identical looks of simultaneous realization/horror on their faces, and I couldn't help but face palm. The other students seemed to notice the teachers' and caretaker's presence as well, as they all seemed to freeze at the same time. I noticed that Lupin's gaze seemed to be fixed on me. McGonnagall flicked her wand, silencing the music. "What is going on here?!" she shrieked. "Get to bed, all of you!"
The students began making their way either up to the dormitories or back to their own common room. Fred and George hopped down from the table and helped me down as well. We tried sneakily to get away with the rest of the crowd until we heard, "Except you three!" We cringed and turned around at the same time to see McGonnagall giving us a stern glare. "Why do I get the feeling that the three of you were behind this?"
We were already caught, no use trying to deny it. "Uhhh, well, probably because nobody else could throw such an awesome party. I'm flattered that you recognize our style, Minnie." I smirked as I heard the twins trying to hold their snickers.
"Minnie" however, looked far from impressed. "Detention!" she called, "But we all know that you three cannot be in the same detention period if it can be helped. Therefore, Weasleys, you'll be with Filch, and Ms. Cooper, you'll be with Professor Lupin."
My eyes shot to his and we made eye contact before McGonnagall began speaking again. "Now get to bed." She looked at each of us in turn before going out the portrait hole, followed by Filch and Lupin. He stopped before he got out of the common room, turned around to look at me, and said, "Tomorrow night, 7:00." I nodded and he continued his journey through the portrait.
Fred and George had already begun dragging their feet to their dormitory. I began walking up the stairs to my room and for some reason the only thing that was going through my head was that I was going to be alone with Professor Lupin tomorrow. I know I should be disappointed that I got detention, but for some reason, all I felt was excited.