"The Yule Ball will happen very soon,". Said Professor McGonagall much louder than usual to regain the classrooms attention. "We shall end class early, but only to take lessons in the room next door."
A few groans enveloped the room as McGonagall rolled her eyes and lead the students out to the corridor and into the next room.
It was small compared to the transfiguration classroom. Tessa bumped up against Angelina and Lee who laughed at some Slytherin students, standing in the doorway, looking at the room in disgust.
"Alright, Alright," said Professor McGonagall clapping her hands. "Find a partner." She lightly pushed some students across the room in encouragement. "Get going." Tessa laughed as Lee grabbed Angelina before she could protest and began waltzing towards the middle of the room.
Tessa scanned the room, for a familiar face, and caught the sight of Fred walking towards her. She smiled, but it cracked when walked passed her and grabbed the hand of a Ravenclaw girl that looked too excited for Tessa's pleasure.
"May I have this dance?"
Tessa turned around to see George smiling at her raising an eyebrow.
"You may," said Tessa. She held out her hand as George wrapped his arm around her waist and lead her into a waltz.
"You haven't got a date yet?"
Tessa sighed as she entered the Common Room with more talk of the Yule Ball. She avoided the right side of the room and slumped up the stairs to her dormitory.
She opened the door and to her surprise no one was there. She closed the door and walked towards her bed throwing her bag onto her trunk and jump onto her mattress laying a handover her eyes.
A moment later the door shut startling Tessa as she jolted into a seated position.
"He's an arse," said Angelina jokingly.
"Oh shut it," laughed Alicia. "It's only one date."
"You got a date?" Asked Tessa stretching her arms and getting up from her bed.
"Yes," said Alicia excitedly.
"To whom?" Asked Tessa standing up from her bed and walking over to her wardrobe.
"Some Durmstrang guy," interjected Angelina.
Alicia blushed as Tessa laughed.
"Do you even know his name?" Asked Tessa as she opened one of the doorspulling out blue jeans and a gryffindor sweater.
"No," stated Alicia quickly. "But I will after dinner." She grinned almost menacingly as she leaped off her bed and waltzed towards the bathroom.
"She's excited," said Angelina to Tessa with a smile.
"That she is," agreed Tessa quietly closing her wardrobe's door and quickly changing into her clothes as the cold air nipped at her exposed skin.
The Common Room was dimly lit by the crackling fire. A loud bang of an explosion defused the silence making a group of First Years jump away from the fire facing their backs. George, Tessa, and Lee stifled their laughter as another explosion caused them to quickly move away from the fire.
"Must've missed that we were playing SnapBang," whispered George in Tessa's ear whom giggled lightly turning red from holding in the laughter.
A few more rounds of snap bang and the Common Room filled with scattered students allowing the game to end with a card exploding in Tessa's hands.
"Finally," grumbled Lee.
"Sore Winner," joked Tessa sticking her tongue out as Lee returned the gesture.
"Come on let's go talk to Fred," said George as he stood up and walked over to his brother sitting at a table in darkest section of the room.
Tessa waved goodbye as the two sat down and began whispering in hushed tones. Tessa pulled out her Potions notebook and hers notes placing on the ash covered wiping away the excess that wasn't underneath her Potion's Book and notes.
She could hear Hermione's scoff as she smirked up at her entering the room with Harry and Ron splitting away from her to sit at the table with Fred, George, and Lee.
"That's disgusting," stated Hermione sitting near Tessa.
"It makes it seem like I practice potions way more than I actually do," said Tessa.
Hermione looked impressed and quickly changed her face back to judgement as she opened her piles of books one at a time until they surrounded her in a half circle.
The Common Room was quiet once more with the occasional conversation reaching louder in volume and quickly die down again as to not interfere with everyone else's conversation, until she heard Fred loudly call for Angelina whom was across the room.
A ringing in Tessa's ears drowned out the conversation between she and Fred. She saw Angelina nod her head approvingly as a blurred halo pulsated at the edges of her vision.
Tessa glanced at Fred who was staring at her with a smirk on his face. Tessa quickly looked down at her book and began skimming the pages writing shakily on a blank sheet of parchment.