Monday morning brought Transfiguration class with Professor McGonagall, my best class, except for the fact I couldn't turn my tea cup into a rat. I got as far as having a cup with a tail before class had ended.
"For all those who did not completely transfigure your cups I would like a two page essay on the theory of transfiguration. For everyone else you're off for the evening," McGonagall shouted as the class filed out of the room.
'Go figure' I thought. Hopefully that wouldn't take me away from my plans of attending the nights quidditch practice.
Walking out of the room I turned left, and began walking up the corridor to Charms, when I was pulled to the side, into a dark classroom.
"Shhh," A soft whisper spoke, holding a hand out to cover my mouth. I was very confused, unsure exactly what was going on.
When the scurrying in the corridor stopped, the figure let go of my mouth. I could barely make out the face.
"lumos," he said and immediately a flash of light beamed from his wand. I could see that it was Travis, Yvette's older brother.
"Katie, I don't think we've been introduced," he said smirking.
It was the first time I'd stood face to face with Travis. The classroom was still dark but I could tell it was him - tall and petite.
"What do you want?" I asked, my voice shaking. It was evident that I was nervous.
"Funny you should ask. I have been dying to be introduced to you for awhile now, but it seems some don't wish to introduce us properly," he spoke, taking a step closer. I tried to back away, but was stopped by the wall.
"Why would you want to be introduced to me?" I questioned. It was true. No seventh year pays any attention to first years – that's just how it is at Hogwarts.
"why not?," he asked laughing. A cold chill ran through my body and shook me up inside. He smirked slowly and tried to run his hand over my right cheek and I turned away.
"Oh Bell, you should feel honored. How many seventh years even look at a first year? Wood has nothing on me! He's still a boy; you need a man." He said.
"Wow, you think you are all that because your older… you're so cocky!" I said mustering up all my courage.
"If I was Charlie would you be saying that?" he asked with a smirk.
He was playing on my emotions and worse even he knew It, but I didn't know what to do. Was it just a guess that he made or did he know I had a crush on Charlie?
As he reached for me I diverted myself so his hands missed, and shoved myself away from his grasp. Grabbing the door I was getting ready to turn it as he yelled,
"Colloportus."
The door wouldn't turn. Reaching under my robes I took out my wand, and silently thanked Flittwick for teaching us how to unlock a door the previous week.
"Alohomora" I spoke lightly. The door clicked and I opened it, running out the door towards the common room, without looking back to see if I was being pursued.
I decided to skip the rest of charms and potions. Instead I went towards the common room; saying the password the fat lady opened up and I walked through the portrait hole into the common room.
"Katie?" Oliver questioned seeing me come in.
I walked over to where he was sitting on the couch and sat beside him.
"Hey," I said smiling, relieved to see him.
"What's wrong? You look flustered," he asked me. I let out a nervous chuckle.
"Nothing really, I just wasn't feeling very well." I responded.
Hesitant to believe me, Oliver eyed me curiously before reaching out and grabbing my hand, squeezing lightly.
"What are you doing up here?" I asked him curiously.
"I hadn't done my essay for Arithmancy, so I'm ill…." he replied, ending with a fake cough.
"Oh I see, maybe you should stop playing quidditch so much," I teased.
The rest of the afternoon was devoted to Oliver doing his essay while I laid in the chair beside him taking a nap. As the end of classes drew nearer, other students began to enter the common room.
"There you are!" Yvette yelled, entering the common room. She walked over, grabbed a hold of my hand and yanked me up to the girl dormitories.
"What's going on?" I asked her after we were in the comfort of our own dormitory.
"Where were your for Charms?" she asked.
I stumbed over my speech a minute before re-collecting my thoughts. "I wasn't feeling very well so I came up here to get some rest before tonight."
"Oh, I thought it might have been something else… okay then, as long as you're feeling alright," she responded.
"What do you mean by something else?" I inquired.
"Oh, nothing.. Really its nothing," she answered with a smile that I could tell was fake.
"Oh alright then, I'm going to go meet up with Alicia and Angelina for dinner and then we can meet up after and go watch as they practice quidditch," I said, gathering my things together that I would need for the night.
"I don't think that's a good idea," Yvette stated boldly.
"Why not?" I asked. Her response had been out of left field.
"I just don't think it's a good idea is that okay?" she asked and I could tell she was feeling slightly offended.
"Okay, whatever.. You don't have to go, but I'm still going!" I said trying to remain calm. I stood still for a moment letting my words sink in before I raced out of the dormitory towards the portrait hole.
"Woah, what has your panties in a bunch?" Fred asked as I stormed past him.
"Bludger off!" I responded before realizing how harsh I was being.
"Sorry."
"It's okay, what's wrong?" He asked.
"Can you walk with me to the great hall?" I questioned. Shaking his head yes, he wrapped an arm around my shoulder and walked out of the common room with me.
On our walk I explained to Fred what had happened to me.
"I wonder what the hell Shriver was thinking" he asked aloud when I was finished.
"I have no idea… and he didn't do anything wrong besides being a cocky asshole," I said.
"Katie, don't worry George and I wouldn't let a soul touch you," he said.
At that moment George had walked into the entrance hall where we had just come down the stairs, and he had Angelina on his arm.
"What wont we let a soul touch?" he asked having just heard the last tidbit of the conversation.
"Oh nothing, was just telling Katie here that no one will hurt her as long as we're around, isn't that right?" Fred said.
"Of course it is! But Katie is so sweeet, no one could want to hurt her!" he laughed.
The four of them entered the great hall and sat down for an early meal.
"Hey guys, Charlie told me to spread the word, Quidditch practice has been canceled due to the weather," Alicia said walking in and sitting next to Fred.
I hadn't noticed the weather outside, nor had I looked up in the great hall to see the stormy appearance above. A sigh of relief went through me, as I wasn't really wanting to go down and watch the practice if Yvette wasn't going to go. The five of us ate dinner together and walked as a group up to common room. As Alicia and Angelina sat in between the twins laps near the fire I decided to go up to the dormitory and get my homework.
On my way up to the stairs the seventh year boys were all huddled by a table. Glancing over, they all stopped talking and looked at me. Travis was smiling and Charlie, who I never thought knew who I was, looked me up and down as if someone had been talking about me.
Rather than let them stare I ran up the stairs and to the dormitory where I had originally intended to do my essay. Upon reaching the dormitory I found Yvette lying on her bed reading a book. She looked up at me for a moment before starting to get up and leave.
"Yvette… I'm sorry about earlier," I said trying to relieve some of the tension. She gave me a rude look and returned to grab her things.
"Just know Travis is an ass and stay away from him." She said, walking out of the room.
After she left I pondered on her words.
It was obvious from her statement she knew something that I didn't, or at least more then she was letting on. Had Travis been talking about me to his sister.
Is that what he meant when he had told me that people wouldn't introduce us? But why would he want to be introduced to me?
So many questions entered my mind as I slowly fell asleep without doing the essay I had originally intended on doing.