The Other Potter

Yule

The next morning Talia and I walk into the Great Hall to see Jacob and Brooks whispering, heads close together.

"Uh oh, what happened?" I ask, sitting across from them.

"So you know how Anna Jackson and I have had this thing going?" Brooks asks.

"Now. Continue." I say, getting my food.

"I decided to ask one of the Beauxbaton girls to the Yule Ball instead." He says. I freeze with my fork in the air while Talia freezes in the act of grabbing a piece of toast off the floating tray. She grabs a piece of toast and a bagel and toss the bagel at Brooks. I fling a forkful of eggs at him.

"Are you mentally deficient?" He demands, wiping off the egg.

"If we were mentally deficient we would have missed." I say. I roll my eyes and shake my head. "Why would you do that to yourself? They are leaving at the end of the year. You have to go to school with Anna for another two."

"She wouldn't hurt me."

"You mean like you're hurting her?" Talia asks. He looks at us in confusion.

"Boys." We say in exasperation in unison.

"Have you asked one yet?" I ask. He waves at a girl not far down the Ravenclaw table from us. I huff. "Does Anna know yet?"

"Not yet." He says. I share a look with Talia and an understanding goes between us.

"You'll understand if we conspire against you for this horridly ridiculous act, right?" Talia asks.

"We figured it would be 50/50." Jacob says with a shrug.

"You two were talking about ways to protect yourselves from us when we walked up, weren't you?" I ask, narrowing my eyes.

"You two are scary!" They say defensively in unison.

"Good." We say in unison. Talia and I stand and go to the Slytherin table. She kisses Natalie in greeting while I squeeze between Theo and Anna.

"Nice to see you too." Theo says with a laugh. I pluck a fruit off his plate and turn to Anna.

"Your boy toy is a Class A idiot." I tell Anna.

"Class A?" All but Natalie asks me, even Talia.

"Extreme." She explains before turning to Talia and me. "What'd he do?"

"Oh! He's going to the Yule Ball with a Beauxbatons girl. Already asked her and everything." I say, taking a piece of bacon off Malfoy's plate since Theo didn't have any on his.

"Oi!" He says. I give him a challenging look and he shuts up.

"Anyway, you have an advantage for revenge with him. Physically and emotionally."

"Don't tell me you've been using it in your pranks." Theo whispers in a groan, knowing where I'm going with it. I shrug.

"My body." I hiss back.

"What advantages?" Anna asks, obviously trying to keep it together.

"His least favorite person is Bryan Cole." I say, naming off the boys' version of Nora Marshall.

"We are willing to overlook you being with one of our arch nemeses this one time." Talia says.

"How generous of you." Anna says sarcastically.

"We were being facetious. Chill." I say, rolling my eyes.

"What about the physical aspect?" Natalie asks. I start smirking darkly.