"You will never guess what happened to me." Dani said as she sat down on her bed and curled up, hugging her knees to her chest.
"Then put us out of our misery and tell us." Bri said, rolling her eyes as she brushed her hair. Dani nodded slowly, then shook her head, then nodded again, then shook her head. Jackie raised an eyebrow and she and Bri shared a confused look.
"I got hugged by Malfoy."
"What!?" Bri and Jackie both burst out at the same time.
"It was so incredibly weird. I thought I was going to combust." Dani shuddered. Jackie giggled and sat down on the edge of her bed to face Dani. She was holding her toy moose in one hand.
"How did it happen?" she asked.
"Well, I went to put itching powder in his bed and was pretending to be Katie so then he walked in and I still pretended to be Katie and then he hugged me thinking I was Katie." Dani shrugged.
"Oh my gosh." Bri commented.
"Ya-huh." Dani nodded in agreement.
"So then what?" Jackie asked, eager for more information.
"Uh, I panicked a lot but got away I guess." Dani shrugged. "It was just so weird! He even said I was beautiful! And he touched my face!"
"Not with his lips I hope!" Bri gasped.
"No, his fingers." Dani shook her head as she corrected her friend.
"You must've been terrified." Jackie said. Dani nodded, staring off into the distance as she thought about what had happened. Then she shook her head to clear her thoughts.
"We should get some sleep."
"Yeah, we should."
The three girls all got ready for bed and slipped under their covers, turning their lamps off and drifting off to peaceful sleep.
In the morning, Dani was the first one to wake up in their dorm. She threw a pillow at Bri, who once she had woken then threw the same pillow at Jackie. This resulted in all three of them being awake, so they made their way down to breakfast together.
"Eurgh, I hate mornings." Dani growled as she sat down at the Gryffindor table.
"Same." Jackie agreed, leaning her chin on the palm of her hand. Bri sat across from the two and nodded.
"Hey, Dani?"
Dani turned to see Oliver Wood and smiled. She moved over so he could sit down, and he then found himself in between her and Jackie, who was busying herself with eating so she wouldn't die.
"What's up?" Dani asked, heaping some food onto her plate as she spoke.
"Quidditch practice is at lunch. Don't forget to come, alright?" he said, a teasing smile on his face.
"No problem." Dani laughed. "You don't have to worry about that."
"Good." Oliver chuckled. "See you round then." He stood up and went to join his friends, and Jackie turned to Dani with her mouth wide open.
"Oh my gosh I love you!" she said, hugging her friend tightly. Bri laughed as she watched.
"I know you do! But come on, of course I wasn't going to pass up that opportunity to have him sit next to you!" Dani laughed.
"You're so awesome!" Jackie giggled.
A while later Dani, Bri and Jackie were all walking to their next class. They walked into the room and Bri and Jackie sat next to each other up the back. Dani sat at the desk in front of them and they all began chatting away as they pulled out their books and other required items.
"Hey, gorgeous."
Dani spun around to see a boy with brown hair slipping into the seat beside her. She stared at him as he put an arm around her shoulders, smiling at her.
"Excuse me?" she asked.
"Uh, Katie? Are you feeling okay?" he asked slowly. Dani breathed a sigh of relief that what had just happened had not been meant to happen to her.
"I'm Katie's twin sister, Dani." she explained. The boy took his arm back quickly and raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't know she had a twin." he said.
"Yeah, well. She does." Dani shrugged.
"I see." he mumbled. "Well, sorry about that. Katie's my girlfriend."
Dani paused in what she was doing and slowly turned to look at Bri and Jackie, who had been watching with amused expressions and now had wide eyes. She turned back to the stranger again.
"She's what?"
"My girlfriend."
"You've got to be kidding."
"Uh, I'm not."
"Wow. Okay." Dani shrugged and turned back to her work. Katie had gotten herself into a very sticky situation.
"By the way, I'm Dayn Masten." he extended a hand and reluctantly Dani shook it.
"You kinda know who I am." Dani shrugged.
"Yeah." Dayn nodded with a smile. "So where's Katie, do you know?" he asked.
"No idea. And I don't care." Dani turned back to her books. Dayn sighed and kept looking at her, making her feel as if her personal space was being invaded.
"You, move." Dani and Dayn both looked up to see Malfoy staring at Dayn.
"Sorry, no?" Dayn said, frowning. Why would he want to move in the first place? Besides, he'd just made a new friend. Sort of.
"I told you to move, so you move." Malfoy said. Without another word he reached forward and grabbed Dayn, shoving him out of the seat and sitting there instead. Dani stiffened. What on earth was he playing at?
"Hey, if she's your girlfriend you should have just said and I would've moved, okay?" Dayn snapped angrily.
"Okay, then. She's my girlfriend! Steer clear of her!" Malfoy shot back.
Dani fought the urge to turn around and look at Bri and Jackie. Perhaps pretending to be Katie again could work to her advantage, right? Then Malfoy slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him and she almost died on the spot.
"Um, Malfoy?" Dani said quietly.
"Why are you calling me Malfoy?" he asked, turning his piercing gaze to look at her.
"Because that's what your enemies usually call you." Dani said.
In an instant Malfoy had shoved her away from him and stood up, a look of total disgust on his face.
"You're Dani?" he spat.
"Well I didn't want to ruin the moment... but yeah." Dani grinned.
Malfoy stared at her, his eyes wide in shock. He'd put an arm around her. He'd thought she was Katie. He'd announced that she was his girlfriend.
"Uh, sorry." he mumbled pathetically.
"What?" Dani asked.
"Forget it." Malfoy glared at her and walked off to another desk, sitting down.
"Malfoy, you know if you really want to sit next to me I won't bite you." Dani called, giggling.
"As if anyone would want to sit next to you!" he shot back.
"Malfoy, Monroe, detention."
"No way! Not fair!" Dani whined. First day back at classes and she already had a detention. What a lovely reputation she was getting.
Dani heard someone snort behind her and she turned around to see Jackie covering her mouth with both hands and with tears streaming from her eyes. Bri was staring at the desk with a smile on her face, also finding the situation pretty funny.
Seeing her two friends like that, Dani couldn't help it. She burst out laughing as well.