i woke up in the morning with my head pounding. i sat up and rest my head in my hands. this was going to be a rough first day. "a!" get up! we need a hangover remedy"
she shoved her face in her pillow and turned to call out "head over to the boys" before shoving her face in it again. i get up and out of bed and head over to the bathroom. i hear arabella move and i looked over to see her sitting on the side. she knew just as much as i did that finding something to help would be impossible.
i run the water and splash some on my face before washing it. she walked into the bathroom and waited for me to move before she soaked her face with the water. "we need to stop doing this to ourselves," she let out, her face was dripping. she saids says that every year and does it stop us? no.
i find my ropes and put them on. it takes me longer then usual and i eventually find a way to do my hair, i quickly sat down and braided them leaving a few pieces straggling. this was my look, along with sleek straight hair, arabella and i shared that one. she walked out of the bathroom and put on her robes too. she's about ready when i say "i'm heading to the boys room," they normally wait for us then we head to the great hall together. "ok i'll be right behind you," she calls back as i'm already half way out the door.
we get there and i knock, before anyone could get the door arabella called out "i'm coming in!" and i walked right behind her. they weren't in there. "lame, let's go," and she was already walking out.
when we arrive at the great hall we see the guys sitting and already half way done with their plates. "aw thanks for waiting guys," i say as we take a seat.
"no problem," theo responds before shoving another bite of egg in his mouth.
"pumpkin juice will help," blaise says and pushes to glasses towards us.
"thanks," arabella grabs a glass and fills it, then fills mine. we down the drink within a minute. the pumpkin juice left a relieving feeling in my throat when there wasn't a burning going down it instead like the firewhiskey. i fill my plate with toast and put a little strawberry jam on it and dig in. i was starving.
we finish all our breakfast before heading off to our classes. my first class was potions. blaise and malfoy were in it so i wasn't alone. we walk in and stand around the table that presenting three potions, i looked at the blackboard and on it said welcome to advanced potions. underneath it it said love potions. i looked over at the table and one of them smelt familiar, like i'd smelt it before. i look to my left to see malfoy and realize it's just him instead. he really needed to lay off of the cologne sometimes.
i looked at the door and saw rowan pemberthy walk in. i hadn't seen her in so long. we'd first met in first year, we were in the same boat coming in, even rode in the same train compartment. but after we were sorted we weren't as close but we still talked whenever we had classes together.
"damn," draco commented staring at rowan. she was really pretty.
"you might wanna wipe off the drool off your mouth malfoy," blaise retorted. "she's pretty but i've seen better." i roll my eyes. this was going to be a long class.
i waved over rowan and she came and stood next to me. she must not have had any of her friends in her classes, they were in a significantly smaller group so i decided to talk to her instead of listen to the guys talk about other girls. i was already insecure before and now i know how much they notice them. especially when they like them more then others, they notice all the little things.
"hey!" says rowan walking over.
"hi!" i reply "i'm so glad you're in this class with me otherwise i would've been stuck with them" i playfully roll my eyes and let out a laugh.
"yeah thank god you were here otherwise this would've been a long class".
"oh yeah. i would've had to hear about all the different girls they're practically drooling over"
"that sounds soo fun" she says sarcastically, she really had a hufflepuff heart with a slytherin sense of humor so it was so much easier to get along with her.
rowan and i were laughing and getting along when we are interrupted by a subtle but loud "quiet down! quiet down!" slughorn finally started the class. i wonder how this was going to end up. "today we are going to go over these three love potions"
i zoned out, this always happened after hangovers. actually this was a normal thing. i hear words but don't listen or pay any attention to it.
"liquid luck"
"amortentia" i finally turned my attention back to class. "the strongest love potion in the world"
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"whoever manages to brew up the most deathly potion of living death by the end of this class shall receive this vile of liquid luck" then slughorn sent us off on our own.
i was working at a table with rowan at it, blaise and draco were over here too.
let's just say we never got any potions finished with the amount of laughing and jokes we made throughout the class. we were enjoying ourselves in the back when slughorn calls out to the class. we have a winner. "harry i award you this vile of liquid luck. use it well."
i looked over at draco and his face turned to instant jealousy.
i gather my things and leave the classroom with my table mates.
"we'll see ya around rowan," i say as a goodbye
"bye!" she said and walked away leaving me with the two guys.
"i think i'll like her," draco says.
"get over yourself malfoy," i say and walk away from them to head to the common room to meet arabella like we said we'd do after every class.
screw being on time on the first day.
