Good day everybody! Happy Easter by the way! I hope everyone got to eat loads of chocolate - I know I did. Now it's back to dieting! This time I actually plan on sticking to the diet plan. You see, for my birthday this year I get to go watch Daniel Radcliffe at the theatre. He'll be performing The Cripple of Inishmaan! I can't wait! *-*
Right, as for my reviewers... You know I love you all!
MeganAllard - WOW, realmente... Voce gostar mais de qualquer momento sem ser algo com o Josh. Isso é raro. Vou lembrar disso pro resto da minha vida :p. Ele POR ENQUANTO nao vai atormentar o Harry e nem a Jess... Mas esse é o Josh, ele sempre espera para o perfeito momento. O proximo capitlo tem mais Remus Lupin! Nesse ele nem aparece, infelizmente. Mas nesse tem Josh e tem Lila! Eu ja te disse que vou tentar incluir ele em todos - ou pelo menos quase todos! Quando vai chegando no final, fica mais dificil. Mas... Acho que consigo dar um jeito! ^^ E nesse finalmente tem a primeira fala da Melody!
Poseidon'sdaugther3 - Goodness gracious, please don't break anything! I should warn you, you're extremely FORBIDDEN to mention anything about what I told you through PM. Not that I revealed much (I'm evil that way). Right, as for Lila Davis... It's pronounced "Lee-la" but don't put much strength into the "ee"... I guess it's more like "le-la" instead of "lee-la". Does that make sense? :p
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'Ello 'Agrid
The entire school knew Harry Potter had fainted on the train by morning. Jessica glared at whoever she caught whispering about him. She would nudge Harry, playfully, every now and then. He would only glance towards her and give her a half smile.
"Oh cheer up, would you? They'll forget all about this in a day or two." Jessica smiled.
"Easy for you to say, you didn't pass out." He mumbled.
"No... But it felt horrible." Jessica stopped in front of him, blocking his path into the Great Hall. "Harry, Dementor's are terrifying creatures. I guess that's why they have them in Azkaban, making sure those insane criminals stay put."
"What's your point, Jess?" Harry sighed.
"My point is, everyone was scared and they'll all realise it sooner or later." She grinned.
"Right. Can we get breakfast now?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. She nodded eagerly and dragged him towards the Gryffindor table.
Jessica sometimes really disliked it when their table was so close to the Slytherin's. She'd decided over the holidays she'd give Draco some time to make up his mind about their situation, but he was definitely making her dislike him more and more each day. Not only were he and his friends teasing Harry about fainting, they were putting their hoods up and pretending to be dementor's.
"Just ignore them, Harry, it's not worth it." Hermione said.
"Good day!" Fred said, cheerfully, as he sat down next to Harry.
"Why so glum, Potter?" George grinned, taking a seat next to Ron and opposite Fred. Harry looked towards the twins, towards the Slytherin table, and then back down to his plate.
"You'll be happy to know that Malfoy, Zabini, Crabbe and Goyle weren't all cheerful on the train." George nodded.
"It's true. They came running into our compartment like a bunch of scared little girls." Fred grinned.
"Crabbe was crying." They said together.
"Well, I guess that does make me feel a little better." Harry smiled slightly.
"They're being completely immature." Hermione frowned.
"They've always been." Ron said, with his mouthful.
"Swallow before you speak, Ronald!" Hermione said, sternly.
"Yes, mother." Ron rolled his eyes.
"Anyway we have to get going." Fred said, grabbing another croissant from the table.
"Our first class is with Flitwick." George nodded. He waved towards Josh, who came running towards them holding an overly large bucket in his arms.
"Should I be worried about what you three are up to?" Jessica sighed.
"Of course not, Munchkin, we're little angels. Besides, it's been a while since we've messed with Flitwick." Josh grinned.
"Let's get going then!" Fred beamed.
Harry and Ron chuckled as the three boys sped off down the hall. Professor McGonagall stopped them at the door, visibly annoyed and telling them to walk. Jessica shook her head and rolled her eyes before turning her attention towards Hermione. She was deeply focused on her new schedule.
"We're starting new subjects today!" Hermione said suddenly, extremely excited. Jessica leaned towards her and tried to see what her friend was so excited about.
"Hang on a minute." Ron said, taking Hermione's schedule into his hands. He'd also been curious to know what all the fuss was about. "How many classes are you taking this year? Divination, Muggle Studies and Arithmancy are all at the same time."
"How are you going to be in three classes at once?" Harry asked, confused.
"Don't be ridiculous. How could I possibly be in three classes at once?" Hermione laughed and shook her head. She took her schedule back and secured it in one of her pockets.
"That's exactly our point!" Jessica said, furrowing her eyebrows and glancing upwards. Hermione sometimes made no sense.
"I've sorted everything out with Professor McGonagall, okay? There's nothing to worry about." Hermione grinned. "We'd better get going."
"Hermione, we know the castle inside and out. Including its secret chamber." Ron smirked at the thought.
"He's right; we don't have to worry about being late." Harry laughed.
"I haven't even finished breakfast yet." Jessica said, now turning her attention to the glorious food before her.
"Suit yourselves. I'll see you in class."
Hagrid entered the Great Hall, just as Hermione left. He was wearing his long moleskin overcoat and was absent-mindedly swinging a dead polecat. He cheerfully made his way to three very familiar faces and grinned down at them.
"All righ'?" He said eagerly. "Yer in my firs' ever lesson! Right after lunch! Been up since five gettin' everythin' ready! Hope it's okay... Me, a teacher... hones'ly!"
"You'll be fine, Hagrid." Jessica assured him with a wide grin.
"We're all curious to know what you're going to show us." Ron nodded.
"I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up on a giant flying chicken, or something." Harry laughed.
"Well if I ever fin' a giant chicken, I'll let yer know abou' it!" Hagrid exclaimed. "I best be goin' now, I need ter eat me breakfast an' head back ou' there to make sure everythin' is still in order."
"A giant flying chicken?" Jessica quirked an eyebrow, amused by Harry's imagination.
"It could happen." Harry shrugged.
"Sure it could." She replied, sarcastically smirking.
"What are you on about? You were worried we'd have to fight zombie vampires." Ron exclaimed, with a slightly terrified expression. Jessica narrowed her eyes at him in response.
"We best get going; it'll take ten minutes to get to the top of North Tower for Divination." Harry said.
"I would be twenty if we didn't drag that one along." Ron mumbled, glancing towards Jessica.
She was too busy finishing off her chocolate milk to even take notice. Harry stared at her, possibly for a while longer than initially intended. He noticed she would go cross-eyed when drinking milk, seeing as she would stare at the remaining contents in the glass. It was strangely adorable. Definitely something he hadn't noticed in the previous years.
"Harry... Are you listening to me?" Ron asked, curiously.
"Yeah... Let's go." Harry said, getting up.
x.x
"Welcome children! Welcome! Sit, please sit! My name is Professor Trelawney. You may not have seen me before. I find that descending too often into the hustle and bustle of the main school, clouds my Inner Eye." The woman was very thin; her large glasses magnified her eyes to several times their natural size, and she was draped in a gauzy spangled shawl. Innumerable chains and beads hung around her neck, and her arms and hands were filled with bangles and rings. The entire classroom was silent after her extraordinary pronouncement. She continued to urge the students to sit around the various round tables. Jessica sat in between Harry and Ron, and stared into the crystal ball before them. She focused on it as an image began to spiral. It was dark, cloaked, and there was a mask...
"In this room you shall discover the noble art of Divination! In this room you shall discover if you possess the sight! Together, we shall cast ourselves into the future! This term, we shall be focusing on reading tea leaves. I must warn you at the outset that if you do not have the Sight, there is very little I will be able to teach you... Books can take you only so far in this field."
"What a load of rubbish." Hermione mumbled.
"When did you get here?" Ron jumped as she appeared beside him. Harry and Jessica stared at her, also wondering where she appeared from.
"Me? I've been here all this time." Hermione rolled her eyes.
"You, boy, is your grandmother well?" She said, heading towards Neville Longbottom, who jumped slightly when she began approaching him.
"I... I think so." Neville trembled slightly.
"Oh... I wouldn't be so sure if I were you, dear." Professor Trelawney said, after glancing into his teacup. Neville gulped. "Once we're done with tea leaves, we shall progress to palmistry. In the second term, we shall look into crystal balls – if we have finished with fire omens, that is. Unfortunately, classes will be disrupted in February by a nasty bout of flu. I myself will lose my voice. And around Easter, one of our number will leave us forever."
A very tense silence followed that pronouncement, but Professor Trelawney seemed unaware of it. Jessica stared around the room and nervously fidgeted with the table cloth.
"Now, I want you all to divide into pairs. Collect a teacup from the shelf, come to me, and I will fill it. Then sit down and drink, drink until only the dregs remain. Swill these around the cup three times with the left hand, then turn the cup upside down on its saucer, wait for the last of the tea to drain away, and then give your cup to your partner to read. You will interpret the patterns using pages five and six of Unfogging the Future. I shall move among you, helping and instructing."
The four of them proceeded to the shelves and grabbed a blue teacup each. Trelawney filled it for them and they headed back to their table.
"I'm seriously considering abandoning this class." Hermione sighed.
"You're just upset because books aren't going to be so useful." Ron smirked.
"That's not it, Ronald." She said, making a face at him.
Jessica stared into the crystal ball once again, after she finished her tea. Part of her wished she'd see the same thing again, hopefully this time she'd be able to focus more on it. Perhaps find some useful answers.
"Right." Ron said, opening his book at pages five and six. "What can you see in mine?"
"A load of soggy brown stuff." Harry smirked.
"Broaden your minds, my dears, and allow your eyes to see past the mundane!" Trelawney cried.
"Well, you've got a wonky cross..." Ron said, consulting his book at all times. "That means you're going to have 'trials and suffering'. Then there's a thing that could be the sun."
"The sun means 'great happiness'." Jessica said, now leaning towards Ron. Hermione rolled her eyes, not really paying much attention.
"So, you're going to suffer, but you're going to be happy about it?" Ron wondered, confused.
"You all need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me." Hermione huffed. The others chuckled at her visible annoyance. Harry picked his teacup and tried to understand what Ron had just concluded.
"Let me see that, my dear." She said, sweeping over and snatching Harry's cup from him. Everyone went quiet to watch. She stared at it, rotating it counter clockwise. She suddenly shouted, terrified, and dropped the teacup back onto the table. She began retreating, her hand dramatically pressed against her heart. "My dear boy... You have... The Grim!"
"The grin? What's the grin?" Seamus Finnigan laughed.
"No, no, my dears. The Grim. With an 'm' at the end. The giant, spectral dog that haunts churchyards! My dear boy, it is an omen – the worst omen – of death!"
Harry paled instantly. He felt like he was about to be sick. Ron and Jessica tensed and stared towards Professor Trelawney. Hermione seemed to be the only one that didn't believe any of it.
"I don't think it looks like a Grim." Hermione said, flatly.
"You'll forgive me for saying so, my dear, but I perceive very little aura around you. Very little receptivity to the resonances of the future." Trelawney stated, shaking her head slightly.
"It looks like a Grim if you do this." Seamus said, tilting his head sideway and narrowing his eyes. "But it looks more like a donkey if you lean towards the left."
"Right, let me know when you've all finished deciding whether I'm going to die or not." Harry huffed, irritably.
"You're not going to die." Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Excuse me, Miss know-it-all, but Professor Trelawney clearly said that he's got an omen of death." Lavender Brown spat.
"Alright my dears, let's end the class here for today. I'll see you all next time. Mr. Longbottom, you shall be late next time, so make sure you work hard to catch up!"
"Harry, this whole thing is ridiculous." Hermione said, as she packed away her books. "Don't pay any attention to it. No tea leaves can determine whether you're going to live or die."
"And if it can, they've still got to go through us." Jessica said, making fighting gestures. Harry rolled his eyes, but smiled at the two girls.
x.x
Harry sat right at the back of the room for Transfiguration. Ron sat with him, whilst Hermione and Jessica sat in the table in front. Harry was quite glad his friend had left her hair loose today; he could easily distract himself by playing with the long dark curls.
You always fidget with her.
Harry read the note Ron had passed him, cautiously, and rolled his eyes. He didn't always fidget... It was only when she was close enough to be fidgeted with. It wasn't his fault he had the urge to do so. He continued to play with random strands of Jessica's hair and barely listened to what Professor McGonagall was saying about Animagi. Apparently they were wizards who could transform, at will, into animals. He wasn't even looking when she transformed herself, in front of their eyes, into a tabby cat with spectacle markings around her eyes.
"Really, what has got into you all today?" She said, as she turned back into her human form. "Not that it matters, but that's the first time my transformation's not got applause."
Everybody, except his three friends, turned towards Harry. Hermione then raised her hand.
"Please, Professor, we've just had our first Divination class, and we were reading the tea leaves, and-"
"Ah, of course." McGonagall frowned and nodded. "There is no need to say any more, Miss Granger. Tell me, which of you will be dying this year?"
"Me." Harry said, after a slight moment of silence. Jessica finally turned towards him, looking at him worriedly.
"I see." McGonagall said, fixing Harry with her beady eyes. "Then you should know, Potter, that Professor Trelawney has predicted the death of one student a year since she arrived at this school. None of them has died yet. Seeing death omens is her favourite way of greeting a new class. You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you'll excuse me for not letting you off homework. In case you do die, you need not hand it in."
Hermione laughed at that and Harry definitely felt a little better. McGonagall gave him a small smile before returning to her lesson. Jessica stretched her arms into the air and allowed a small piece of parchment drop on the desk behind her.
See? They've already forgotten about the incident on the train. I can assure you that your death omen will be the talk of the school by lunch time. As always, the three of us will be there to kick butt if needed.
J.
Ron tried not to snort when he read the note. Harry shook his head and poked Jessica in the back as a response.
x.x
"I hear you're dying, Potter." Josh said, as he sat next to his sister.
"That's a lovely greeting." Jessica rolled her eyes.
"I guess you were right about everyone knowing." Harry muttered.
"Relax... Trelawney loves talking about death. She's a bit mental, but one of the most hilarious teachers this school has! No one beats Snape, of course." Josh smirked.
"How is it you find Snape hilarious?" Ron asked, bewildered by what he'd just heard.
"Oh, you'd be surprised." He grinned.
"Josh... I have fifteen minutes before I need to get ready for my next class. There's a confined space with your name on it, not too far from here." Lila Davis casually walked up to the Gryffindor table, patting a few heads along the way. She loved the attention, as always. "Unless you'd rather stay for lunch."
"That's my cue to go! Have fun with Hagrid, I only get him tomorrow." Josh shrugged before getting up and chasing after his girl.
"What does he see in her?" Lavender Brown screeched when she was ignored by the blond Selwyn. "She's an attention seeker and a bloody Slytherin for goodness sake!"
"I know, Lavender, but there's still hope." Parvati nodded.
Jessica ignored the horrified girls and turned her attention back to her food. She caught a slight glimpse of the Slytherin table and saw Draco Malfoy muttering a few words in Pansy Parkinson's ear. She would giggle in response and wrap her hands around his arm. She saw him link their hands together and smirk. Jessica suddenly found herself angrily stabbing her food.
"You do know the chicken's already dead, don't you?" Harry said, flinching every time her fork hit her plate.
"Yes." She mumbled, still sending a few glares towards the Slytherin table.
Her eyes eventually met Blaise Zabini's. He smirked slightly and shook his head. She was in for it now, and she knew it. Blaise was always good at reading people through simple gestures, though she'd never tell him that. The last thing she needed was him gloating.
"Our next lesson is with Hagrid!" Ron exclaimed, cheerfully.
"Oh yes, the giant flying chicken lesson." Jessica grinned, her full attention turning towards her friends.
"If there's a flying chicken, you'll have to buy me a large packet of Pumpkin Pasties." Harry said, raising an eyebrow.
"Deal." She grinned.
x.x
Everyone was quite happy to get out of the castle for a while. The sky was a clear, pale grey, and the grass was springy and damp underfoot as they set off for their first ever Care of Magical Creatures class. Everyone huddled together, beside Hagrid's hut, on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. It took a while for Jessica to realise they'd be sharing the class with all the other third years. That included Slytherin in the picture, of course. Draco Malfoy was talking animatedly to Blaise, Crabbe and Goyle. The two idiotic bodyguard types would glance over towards Harry every now and then, before returning to their conversation. Jessica saw Pansy walk up to them and link her arm with Draco. She frowned and turned towards her friends. She couldn't be jealous of Pansy Parkinson, could she? It made no sense!
Hagrid was waiting for his class at the door of his hut. He stood in his moleskin overcoat, with Fang, the boarhound, at his heels.
"C'mon, now, get a move on! Got a real trea' for yer today! Great lesson comin' up! Everyone 'ere? Right, follow me!" He called out. Hagrid strolled off around the edge of the trees, past the Forbidden Forest, much to everyone's pleasure. Five minutes later, they found themselves outside a kind of paddock. There was nothing there. "Everyone gather roun' the fence here! Make sure yer can see. Now, firs' thing yer'll want ter do is open yer books-"
"Exactly how do we do that?" Draco Malfoy snarled.
"Well yer stroke the spine o'course!" Hagrid said, shaking his head and muttering a few inaudible words.
"Oh yes, of course, why didn't we think of that?" Draco muttered to his friends.
"Righ' then, so yer've got yet books an'... An' now yer need the Magical Creatures. Yeah. So I'll go an' get 'em. Hang on!" Hagrid said, as he trailed out of view.
"I think they're funny." Hermione said, turning towards Jessica.
"Oh, tremendously funny!" Malfoy smirked, making his way towards the two girls. Jessica took a deep breath before turning to stare up at him. He'd grown loads over the summer. "Really witty, giving us books that try to rip our hands off. God, this place is going to the dogs. That oaf teaching classes, wait until my father hears about this."
"Shut up, Malfoy." Harry said, menacingly.
Draco, Crabbe and Goyle were amused by Harry's sudden outburst. Harry Potter looked ready for the kill. Draco Malfoy, of course, wasn't going down without a fight. And he knew exactly how to play it. He slowly made his way towards Harry, only to stop midway, a terrified expression forming across his face.
"Dementor! Dementor!" He shouted, pointing behind Harry.
Surely enough, everyone turned around and expected to see the horrifying creature floating behind them. Nothing. Jessica spun round and clutched her wand tightly. She would've said something rude, threatening perhaps, if only Pansy Parkinson hadn't latched herself onto Draco that very second.
"Draco! Look!"
Everyone's attention turned towards Hagrid and a magnificent creature standing beside him. Jessica's eyes went wide in amazement as she stared at it. The creature had body, hind legs, and tail of a horse, the front legs, wings and head seemed to be of a giant eagle. It had a steel-coloured beak and large, brilliantly, orange eyes. The talons on its front legs were half a foot long and deadly looking.
"Well... It's not a chicken." Jessica whispered to Harry, completely dazed. He only nodded in response.
"It's a Hippogriff! Beau'iful, ain't he? This 'ere is Buckbeak!" Hagrid exclaimed. "Now, firs' thing yer gotta know abou' Hippogriffs is, they're proud. Easily offended, Hippogriffs are. Don't ever insult one, 'cause it might be the las' thing yer do. Yer always wait for the Hippogriff ter make the firs' move. It's polite see? Yer walk toward him, and yer bow, an' yer wait. If he bows back, yer're allowed to touch him. If he doesn't... Well we'll get to that!"
Jessica raised an eyebrow and stared at the creature. It was far too big for her liking. She'd much rather spend the entire class securely hidden behind a large rock, or something. Perhaps even behind Crabbe. He was big enough.
"Right! Who wants to go firs'?" Hagrid beamed.
Nearly everyone backed away instantly. Buckbeak was tossing his fierce head and flexing his powerful wings. It definitely wasn't something to mess around with.
"I'll do it." Harry shrugged, realising no one else was really up for it. He just wanted Hagrid's first lesson to go down smoothly.
"Oh no! Harry, remember your tea leaves!" Lavender squealed.
"Oh please." Hermione rolled her eyes.
Jessica climbed and sat on top of the fence and curiously watched as Harry made his way towards the Hippogriff. The Slytherin's were all messing around with their monster books, clearly not paying attention to the lesson.
"Oh Draco! Don't you dare go near that big thing! I don't want you to get hurt!" Pansy exclaimed, hanging herself off his arm. Jessica huffed irritably.
"Since when did Malfoy become interested in girls?" Ron sniggered, leaning against the fence.
"Don't know. Don't care." She rolled her eyes.
"Pansy Parkinson has always been in love with him. The entire school knows about it." Hermione said.
"Look! It bowed back!" Dean Thomas shouted.
Everyone now stopped to witness what was happening. Nobody was close enough to realise Harry was slightly trembling at that moment. Hagrid had beamed in excitement and allowed Harry to get close enough to touch it. Jessica's eyes were wide when she realised he was going for it. Draco, Crabbe and Goyle pushed passed the other students to get a closer look. Blaise followed them, but acted much more politely.
"After his omen, I wouldn't be surprised if he got his head bitten off." Draco chuckled. Jessica took a deep breath and tried her very best not to pay attention. She focused on Harry petting the giant creature. Hagrid was extremely excited by it and suddenly exclaimed Harry could ride him. Draco groaned slightly. "Oh this is ridiculous."
"He's not really going to do it, is he?" Hermione screeched.
Surely enough, Hagrid placed Harry onto Buckbeak and the giant bird got into action. Hermione grabbed hold of Ron's hand, terrified. Jessica stood up, completely shocked. She watched as the creature galloped around a few times before soaring into the air. She only remembered she was balancing on a small piece of wood when she began falling backwards. She mentally braced herself for the impact, which never came. Opening her eyes slowly – she hadn't realised they'd been closed – she was met with blue-grey. There was a hint of panic but it was gone within seconds.
"Clumsy creature." He muttered.
"Get your hands off her, Malfoy!" Ron bellowed. Hermione nudged him slightly for being unnecessarily rude.
"Thanks." Jessica said quietly.
She adjusted her clothes once her feet were on the ground once again. She wanted to properly thank him for not allowing her to go head first to the ground, but he seemed pretty busy with Pansy Parkinson. A little too busy for her liking. It was getting very hard to ignore her urge to punch Pansy across the face. Everyone's eyes were on them when he pushed her up against a tree and their lips locked.
"I didn't know they were dating!" Jessica heard Lavender Brown whisper – not so quietly.
"Jealous much?" Blaise Zabini said, as he stopped behind Jessica.
"Shut up." She muttered.
"It means nothing, you know? He's just teasing." Blaise shrugged. Jessica turned round to face him.
"That's mean, Blaise. Pansy deserves better."
"Yeah, but there's only so much I can do." He smirked. "You started it, apparently. You've got something going on with Potter."
"Harry and I are just friends. Not that it's any of your business." She rolled her eyes and walked off. Blaise chuckled to himself before returning to his group of friends.
"He's coming back!" Hermione exclaimed, pointing towards the air.
The entire class cheered as Buckbeak touched back down, Harry still safe and sound. Harry jumped down from the bird and happily patted it once again, before returning back to his friends.
"That was the best sensation ever." He said, a wide grin spread across his face.
"There's no chance I'm going near that thing." Jessica said, rather terrified that the creature was approaching them.
"He's nice." Harry smiled.
"Yeah... You're not scary at all!" Draco Malfoy snarled, stupidly making his way towards Buckbeak.
"Malfoy-"
It happened all too fast for anyone to register. One moment Jessica was glancing between Harry and Buckbeak, the next there was the all too familiar blond being knocked to the ground. Draco curled into a ball on the grass, clutching his bleeding arm.
"It's killed me! I'm dying!" Draco bellowed, dramatically.
Hagrid secured Buckbeak back in his collar, keeping him distracted with a few dead animals. Blaise was the first one to run up to Draco and help him up. He glanced backwards, hoping someone else would help. Jessica reluctantly approached them, earning a slight glare from Ron. She flinched when she saw him covered in blood.
"Hagrid, he needs to be taken to Madam Pomfrey." She said, almost pleadingly.
"He should be sacked!" Pansy sobbed, as Hagrid carried Draco away from the others.
"I really hope he isn't." Harry sighed.
"It was an accident... And it was Malfoy's own fault." Ron frowned. "I'm surprised you helped him."
"I was just repaying the favour." Jessica shrugged, before walking off and following the rest of the class back to the castle.
"What favour?" Harry asked Ron, raising an eyebrow.
x.x
The Gryffindor common room was especially agitated that night. The first years were mostly talking about the mass murderer Sirius Black and Harry's death omen. The older students were discussing the many reasons why Hagrid shouldn't be sacked. Jessica sat by the fire with her brother, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fred and George. The twins were particularly asking for every detail about Draco Malfoy's attack. It was obvious they'd be teasing him during the following day.
"Jordan had to go see Madam Pomfrey after his accident during DADA and he said Malfoy was crying his heart out." George smirked.
"He's an overdramatic little prat." Fred sighed.
"And it'll be his fault if Hagrid gets sacked." Harry frowned.
"Hagrid won't get sacked. My dad is one of the school Governors, it's not like he'd allow it." Josh said, pulling on his tie.
"One Governor alone can't make the final decision, though." Hermione stated.
"But it'll be enough to get a proper trial. The entire class can be witnesses." Josh shrugged.
"Except for those dirty Slytherin's, of course." Ron muttered.
"Watch it, Weasley, my girlfriend's in Slytherin." Josh raised an eyebrow and lazily pointed his wand towards Ron.
"Can't we please change the subject?" Jessica groaned, dropping her body on the soft carpet.
They spent a large part of the night randomly talking about teachers and the muggle world. It was past midnight when both Ron and Hermione decided to call it a night. As usual, Jessica and Harry were still wide awake. George was fighting against sleep. He almost gave in, when a slightly squeaky voice interrupted their ongoing conversation.
"Fred... Could I possibly borrow your notes from Herbology?"
Josh amusedly turned from his comfortably lazy position on the armchair to see an average sized girl, with wild, curly blonde hair and light green eyes. He smirked when he noticed the strong blush forming across her cheeks.
"Sure. Come with me, I'll get them for you." Fred grinned.
Josh and George both snorted when Fred skipped up the stairs, closely followed by the girl. Harry stared at them, confused. Jessica simply raised an eyebrow.
"What was that about?" Harry asked, curiously.
"That was Melody Thomas." Josh smirked.
"She's madly in love with my brother." George sighed.
"That's obvious." Jessica laughed.
Jessica retired to her room at two in the morning. She had no idea how she'd wake up the following morning, but she was certain Hermione would find a way. She noticed Lavender Brown was still awake, excitedly reading a book. Jessica furrowed her eyebrows as she got closer.
"Oh! Hello there, Jess. I hope you don't mind, I wanted to read your book." Lavender whispered.
Jessica glanced towards her opened trunk and groaned, slightly louder than intended. Not only had Lavender taken her favourite book, she'd also taken hold of her stuffed lion. Her Roary.
"Oh! Did you see Draco Malfoy snogging Pansy Parkinson in the library? Apparently they got in trouble for it too. Is it weird that I'm starting to find him extremely attractive? He's nothing compared to Josh, of course, but still-"
"Lavender, give me my stuff back before I turn you into a toad." Jessica said, threateningly pointing her wand towards the blonde.
"Relax, would you?" She held her hands up and allowed Jessica to retrieve her belongings.
Harry furrowed his eyebrows when he saw Jessica stomping down the stairs, clutching onto her book and stuffed lion as if her life depended on it.
"Something wrong?" He smiled.
"I hate Lavender Brown." She pouted. Harry snorted slightly and held out a hand for her.
"Come on, I'll read you another story."
I suppose I should warn you all that I'm not a Lavender Brown fan. To me she comes off a little bit insane - and not in the good way. So basically, the way I write about her, is kind of how I picture her. :p
And Jessica is jealous of Pansy? Geez, I have no idea what to do with her and Draco. Seriously. I'm going to lock them in a cupboard... I actually might get Josh to do that at some point. Sounds pretty interesting. muahaha.
Right... I shall get started on the next chapter pretty soon... REMUS LUPIN IS IN THE NEXT ONE! I love that character so much that I just can't help my excitement. I'm ahead in Naruto - even though I haven't posted the new chapters yet - so I can get started on it very soon! AAAH Lupin! *-* I'm totally fangirling right now. :x
So, until next time my darlings! XOXO