What girl can resist the potter charm?
Chapter 3
Mel's pov.
I step into the common room that morning, waiting for Rose. She had said something about talking to her brother Hugo earlier. I look around the common room. Oh how I'd missed Hogwarts. Leaning against the staircase, I look for my friends. Rose and Hugo are by the fire, probably fighting about something ridicules. Alice longbottom and Lorcan Scamander are sitting on the couch together, what a cute couple does two would be. Fred Weasley and his twin sister Roxanne Weasley are playing exploding snap with Roxanne's boyfriend Jake Zabini. And I see little Lily Potter by her self near the portrait hole. I'm about to go talk to her when I hear.
"Hey, Melanie! Over here." Lorcan says from the couch, Alice isn't there anymore and he's patting the spot next to him motioning for me to come sit.
"Hi, Lorcan." I say flopping down beside him.
"beautiful morning, isn't it?"
" yes, it is. Are you excited for classes?" I ask.
"not really, but I do hope we get most of are classes with Ravenclaw." Lorcan says putting his arm behind me on the couch.
"well, I can see why you'd want that, with your twin brother being a Ravenclaw and everything. But personally, I think that would be bloody awful." I say with a laugh.
"there always answering every question, and looking down on us when we get one wrong."
" I guess, but there better then Slytherin." Lorcan says with a snort. I grab his arm and put it by his side. I can see the hurt in his eyes but he just indirectly insulted my two best mates.
" actually, I'm really hoping we get Slytherin." I say angrily,
"why would you want that?"
"for your information two of my best mates are in Slytherin."
"there you go again, picking Albus Potter over me." he says rudely.
"EXCUSE ME?" I yell at him, "this has nothing to do with picking Al over you. But, you're making the choice really easy for me…." I say getting off the couch and storming off.
I can not believe Lorcan. Who does he think he is? My boyfriend? No, he's not! I don't even feel that way about him. He seriously needs a reality check. Acting like a jealous boyfriend is not the way to get me to like him. Not like it would matter since I already like Al. I still feel kind of bad, because I do pick Al over him. But it's not my fault…
I take Lorcan out of my mind and see James walking towards me.
"Hi James. Did you just wake up now?
"Hey, I need my beauty sleep you know." he say winking at me. " but I was up long enough to hear you yelling at Lorcan about liking my brother." he says with a smug smile.
"I do not like Albus. What would make you think that? I was only defending a friend."
"sure, sure" he says shrugging. " you can deny it all you want, but I see the way you look at him"
"ts… what… that is… like… not…. Lets change the subject." I say hurriedly, " you still obsessed with Anna?"
"I am not obsessed with her." he says threw clenched teeth, " I just know were meant for each other." he continues, " and this is the year. She is finally going to go out with me." he says determinedly.
"don't hold your breath on that, James." Roxanne says coming up behind him.
" hi Roxy" I say giving her a hug.
"hey Rox" James says, " I'm going to go to the great hall with Fred, girls. I'm starving!"
"Bye Jamie" me and Roxy say together. James waves goodbye and him and Fred exit the portrait hole together. All of a sudden my eyes a blocked by a pair of hands, that smell familiarly like vanilla.
"guess who?" a voice says in my ear.
"Rosie" I guess. The pair of hands leave my eyes a I see my best mate Rose with her arms crossed.
"how'd you know?' she asks.
"You're hands smell like vanilla." I say with a smirk.
"darn, my amazingly good smelling hands." she says laughing and me and Roxanne can't help but laugh too.
"we should get some breakfast two" I say in between giggles.
" right lets go." Roxy says
We go threw the portrait hole and go down the great staircase. Caroline Thomas a friend of Roxanne joins us on the first floor, and we have to make a stop in the bathroom.
"why are we going to the bathroom? Do any of you guys have to go?" I ask confused.
"No we don't have to go." Rose replies with a chuckle.
"we have to check are hair and make up before we go into the great hall." Caroline says like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"C'mon guys I'm starving and you all look great, there's no reason to go to the bathroom." I say pushing them towards the great hall.
"we have to look good for guys." Caroline says and Roxy nods in agreement.
"fine go check your hair and make up. While me and Rose go eat. Right Rose? I ask expecting a quick yes from my bookworm best mate, I walk in the direction of the great hall. But I stop when I don't hear footsteps following me. I turn around and rose is like at me apologetically.
" not you two." I whine, " My friends are so obsessed with boys." I mutter following me friends. Rosie laid a consoling hand on my shoulder.
"think of it this way," Rose whispers " you can look even cuter for Al. Okay?
"fine" I grumble.
Rose, Anna, Roxanne, Caroline, Fred, James and I are all sitting together at the Gryffindor table in the great hall.
" Mel, when are the quidditch tryouts going to be?" Fred asks me.
"not sure," I answer "probably next week-end."
"were totally going to win the cup this year." James says " even if my own brother is the competition" he continues giving Fred a high five.
"okay, okay, enough about quidditch." Caroline says.
I eye Rose warily. "what?' she asks me irritated.
"can't believe you're wearing mascara."
"can't believe you straitened you're hair." she answers back. I look down at the ends of my hair that are now completely strait.
"Mel, we can all understand why Rosie would straiten her hair, with her mother being Hermione Granger and all, but you…" Anna say joining are conversation.
"what? It's no big deal, I wanted a change." I say.
"you're so gorgeous, Mel" rose says. "you don't have to change who you are now that you know that you like Al."
"yeah," Anna agrees. " you're 5'3, you have a creamy olive skin and you have the prettiest wavy dark brown hair ever.
" don't forget her eyes" Rose whispers.
"oh could I forget." Anna says rolling her eyes.
" you have the loveliest eyes I've ever seen other then Al's light green ones, scorpius's light grey one's and uncle Harry's eyes. Rosie says. So I have really dark green eyes big whoop. I feel a tap on my shoulder a I turn around to see Lily Potter sliding into the seat beside me.
" you know," she says quietly " I've heard Al say that he loves you're eyes."
"aw, thx lils." I say.
"hey Mel, look who's coming are way." Roxy says.
I look to my left and see Lorcan walking in my direction with a determined look on his face.
"oh no." I say
"It's going to be okay." Roxy say from my right. I had told her and Rose about me and l
Lorcan's fight from earlier. He comes up behind me and puts a hand on my shoulder.
"we need to talk." he says while I shake off his hand.
"I don't want to talk to you right now." I say getting up and heading to the Slytherin table. I don't get that many weird looks because the Slytherin's are used to me and Rose going to sit with Al and Scorp. I look around the table until I spot them near the middle. I tap Scorp on the back and he looks behind him. When he see's me and big goofy smile appears on his face.
"hey guys" I say leaning lightly on Al.
" had a rough morning?" Al asks gently rubbing my shoulders.
"you have no idea." I sigh, " I got into a big fight with Lorcan in the common room earlier this morning."
"are you okay?" Scorp asks.
"fine." I say.
"what happened?' Al asks me.
"he insulted Slytherin" I say grabbing Al's glass of pumpkin juice and taking a zip.
"really?" I hear a voice say. I look up and see a couple of Al and Scorp's friends looking at me intently. I realise it was Jordan Wood a good friend of Al and Scorp's who had said that.
"yeah, it was really rude and then he had to say that I'm always picking A…. never mind." I say hurriedly. That was a close one, can't have Al thinking the fight was about him now can I.
"thanks" the pretty girl beside Jordan says.
"by the way, I'm Kim Zabini."
"hi, Melanie Summers" I introduce myself, " I know your brother, Jake."
"really?" but he's a year older then us." she says
"well, he's dating a friend of mine."
"right, of course. It's a pleasure to meet you Melanie." she says with a smile.
"do you want me to beat up Scamander for you?" Jordan says winking at me.
I laugh, " I'm good, but thanks." I feel Al's hot breath by my ear and I lean in closer to him.
" I really hope we have most of are classes together, Mel." he whispers.
"me two" I sigh very content in his arms.
"Miss Summers, you should get out of you're boyfriends lap. You're going to need you're timetable." Professor Sinistra, the Slytherin head of house says to me, making everyone around us laugh.
"he's not my boyfriend." I say quietly blushing like crazy.
"huh, right." Al says hurriedly, blushing more then me.
"bye guys" I say. Scorp gives me a big hug smirking at me. And me a Al share a very awkward hug. I make my way back over to the Gryffindor table to see Rose waiting for me. She's giving me a knowing look and probably trying to hold in her laughter.
" where is everyone?" I ask not looking away form her eyes.
"hey already went to there first class." she answers
" oh , I'm late I'm sorry you had to wait for me Rose."
"aw, don't worry Mel we still have plenty of time to get to our first lesson." she says giving me a hug.
"I got you're timetable for you." she says handing it over.
"so, how'd it feel." she asks with a big grin on her face, that I can't help but grin back.
"what? I ask smirking, " sitting with him and acting like is girlfriend or sitting on his lap?"
"let's just pretend he's not my cousin. Okay Mel."
"sure thing Rosie." I say grabbing her arm and looking down at my timetable. Our first class is double potions… With the Slytherin's.