Chapter 7: Lazy Saturdays and Hogsmeade
Adelaine hummed merrily as she walked back towards the kitchens which were very close to the Hufflepuff common room. She tapped the barrels to the tune and crawled into the common room.
"There you are Addie!" Leslie exclaimed from the couch Cedric was sitting next to her. She and Cedric had the same nickname for her.
Leslie was a petite girl with jet-black hair in a pixie cut. She had bright blue eyes which shone against her light olive colored skin. She was a muggle-born. Despite being the girly-girl type, she got along with Adelaine pretty well. Adelaine knew better than to be fooled by the girl's small frame, discovering early on that she was quite the dueler.
"Hey Leslie," Adelaine greeted her best female friend in her house.
"You were with Lee, weren't you?" Cedric asked. He had become her brother in all but blood over the past two years.
It's kind of ironic that Adelaine's crush, Oliver didn't really care for Cedric but only on the grounds of Quidditch. The twins didn't really care for Cedric for the same reason but Angie, Alicia and Katie found him attractive. This ticked Fred off, especially when it came to Angie. Adelaine found it gross since Cedric was like a brother to her.
Lee, on the other hand, didn't have much of an opinion of him, at least not that she knew of anyway.
Adelaine nodded. "I woke him up at seven this morning to wish him a happy birthday, but he fell asleep and he didn't wake up until nine."
"Why don't you wake me up on my birthday to wish me a happy birthday first?" Cedric teased.
Adelaine smirked at her honorary brother and asked. "When's your birthday again?"
"Haha, real funny," He said, rolling his grey eyes.
Adelaine laughed, walked up to her dorm and changed into her clothes. Because it was a Saturday, they had free dress; she thanked Merlin for not having to wear her uniform.
After she changed her clothes, Adelaine walked downstairs. She played some wizards chess with Cedric, and won. Honestly, she didn't care for how barbaric the game was but she loved playing it. She much preferred muggle chess but they didn't have it at Hogwarts.
She then started her homework, which she had been procrastinating on for ages. She may have usually received good marks in most subjects, but she still procrastinated like no other; she thinks it stems from the fact that she was called a know-it-all in her first year and she didn't want to come across as one but her friends made her realize that it was good to be smart and now she was proud that she was smart.
"Adelaine, it's time to go to dinner."
She hadn't realized that she hadn't eaten all day and was absolutely famished. It was another bad habit of hers to get caught up in something and not eat. She closed her Potions book and started to walk down to the Great Hall with Cedric and Leslie, debating whether or not to sit at the Gryffindor or Hufflepuff table. She had spent the whole morning with Gryffindors but the rest of the day with Hufflepuffs; she considered it the curse of being in a different house as her best friends.
"Daydreaming about a certain Quidditch captain?" Leslie smirked at her friend.
Adelaine blushed as she saw Lee wave to her from the Gryffindor table. She walked towards the table and sat down, slipping between Lee and George.
"We're always ditched for the Gryffindors," Leslie laughed.
Cedric shrugged. To that day, he didn't know how he got stuck with being the best friend of two girls. Actually, he knew the reason why he was close to Adelaine. He was only friends with Leslie through his friendship with Adelaine, he was told by both her and his dad to watch over her.
"So, what did you do the rest of the day?" Lee asked Adelaine.
As Adelaine filled her plate she replied. "I played Wizard's chess with Cedric," She noticed the twins' glower at his name. She shook her head and continued. "I won. I've never really liked how barbaric it was but what can I do? After that, I started my homework which I've been procrastinating on for ages. Although, that ended up in doodling."
Lee elbowed her teasingly. "You were probably doodling hearts with Oliver's name in them."
Adelaine was about to open her mouth to protest but knew it was no use; he was correct.
"So, our next Hogsmeade weekend is upon us," Fred said.
"Yes, it's next week," George continued.
"I'm going to suppose you three are going to ditch me to go to Zonkos, just like you did last time," Adelaine smirked, taking a bite of her food. It tasted delicious.
"Just like you would ditch us to go to the bookstore."
Adelaine blushed. "I can't argue with you there."
"We'll meet up at Honeydukes and then go to The Three Broomsticks," George recited the plan.
Adelaine, Lee and Fred nodded and finished eating. Lee threw his arm around Adelaine as they left the Great Hall.
"I should get back to the common room," Adelaine said.
"Alright, you want me to walk you back?"
Adelaine thought for a moment before replying, "I'll be fine."
"Okay, see you tomorrow."
Adelaine hugged him, hugged the twins and walked towards her common room. The three boys walked off to the common room to plan another prank.
It was now the second Hogsmeade weekend. Adelaine admitted to herself that it was not as exciting as it was the first time. Like she had predicted, the boys had ditched her to go to Zonkos while Cedric had gone to the Quidditch supply shop and Leslie had gone off to the beauty parlor.
Adelaine walked to the bookstore. The bell jingled as she walked in.
"Good Morning!" The bookkeeper greeted.
Adelaine smiled politely and said. "Good morning."
The bookkeeper smiled back as Adelaine made her way towards the books. The bookshop was quite open. It reminded her vaguely of the Hufflepuff common room - one of her favorite places in the world. She found a book, curled up in the chair and started to read, completely losing herself in an imaginary world.
"There's my bookworm best friend," Lee smirked at her.
Adelaine looked up at her best mate, blushing sheepishly and said. "I was supposed to meet you at Honeydukes. You weren't supposed to come find me."
"Yeah, but we were supposed to meet fifteen minutes ago."
"Oh, bugger," Adelaine swore.
Lee knew Adelaine only swore when it was absolutely necessary. Unlike him, Fred and George who had mouths of sailors, at least when they weren't around their mothers. Lee also tried to keep his mouth clean when he was with Adelaine, but that didn't happen most of the time.
"Come on, let's go," He said, throwing his arm around her shoulders.
Adelaine leaned into him as they walked out of the bookstore. They walked to Honeydukes and met up with Fred and George.
As a group, they walked into the candy shop; Adelaine was happy as she had quite the sweet tooth, especially for chocolate. Apart from the first time that Lee made Adelaine laugh in their first Charms lesson, the two bonded over their love of chocolate.
"We better stock up on everything chocolate," Lee smirked at Adelaine.
She smirked back at him. "You eat most of it."
"No, you do."
Fred and George smirked at the two best friends as they stocked up with everything chocolate.
"Well, that should last us a few days," Lee smirked at Adelaine, as they walked out of the candy store.
The four of them walked to the Three Broomsticks, finding a booth and sitting down.
"So, what prank items did you buy?"
The boys poured out all the contents of their bags on the table as Adelaine looked through some of the pranks.
"So, what are you thinking?" Lee asked her, eagerly.
Adelaine thought for a moment. "I like the teacup and the hiccough drops."
"We could do both?" Lee said.
"That could work."
Lee nodded. They drank some Butterbeer before heading back to the castle.
