second chance - george weasley

three

6th of January

'' Well, this was all for today.'' Snape closed his book '' But, before you leave, make pairs for the group project and write down your names on the paper that's on my table.''

I looked around and the only 3 other unpaired people were Pansy, Cormac and George.

George and I looked at each other.

'' Are you serious..'' I whispered to myself as I looked away.
'' It's better than staying with Cormac, I guess.''
'' Fine, be it.''

George nodded and went to write down our names.

'' I'll do my part on my own, you'll do your part on yours.'' I got up.
'' Ok.''

I left the classroom with Draco.

'' I can't believe you left me stuck with George.''
'' I'm sorry, Crabbe was unpaired.''
'' Pansy was unpaired too!''
'' I didn't know, sorry.''
'' It's okay.''
'' So, are we going to lunch?''
'' Oh yeah I almost forgot about that, of course let's go.''

Draco and I walked together to Hogsmeade to have lunch.

We had a great meal on the Three Broomsticks but didn't really get into any specific topics while there.

After paying for the food we started walking back.

'' Hey Draco, do you happen to know if Blaise fancies Bella?''
'' Well I think he does, why?''
'' Bella is crazy about him, I was wondering if we could get them together.''
'' I'm sure we could yeah, we'll figure something out.''

We got into the castle.

'' I'm going to Quidditch practice, are you coming?''
'' Nah, I'm going to the library to do my work.''
'' Okay, see you later.''

We hugged and parted ways, I went to the library and sat down in a cornered table to not be bothered.

I spent two hours researching and two hours writing down the final text.

The essay was due in two days so I was really afraid George wouldn't get it done on time since he hadn't been the best student these past few years.

After finishing writing down everything I got up to leave and bumped into Ron.

'' Hey Ronnie.''
'' Hey, what are ya doing here?''
'' Doing the potion's essay, and you?''
'' Came to look for Hermione, she's usually here, have ya seen her?''
'' No, not really, sorry, but I think I would've seen her if she was here, been here for four hours already.''
'' Alright then, where are you headed to now?''
'' Probably going to grab a drink at the Inn, wanna come?''
'' Absolutely.''

We smiled and walked together to Hogsmeade to go get the beers, and after buying them we sat down on the grass near the lake.

After a few beers Ron was already a bit tipsy.

'' I missed these, my dad only bought english beer back at home, irish beer is way better.'' I said.
'' Everything that is irish is better.'' he said proudly and raised his beer.
'' I can agree, apart from men of course.''
'' What?! That's a lie, look at me, I mean..'' he got up '' I'm a good piece of a man ain't I?''
'' Sure Ron, whatever you say mate.''

We toasted and he sat back down while still laughing.

'' So, how are things with Hermione?''
'' That girl, she makes me crazy y'know? She always finds a way to get on my nerves but I still like her.''
'' Shouldn't you tell her?''
'' Probably, but I don't know, I like this teasing back and forth, it's cute to see her angry.''
'' I'm going to pretend like I understand, cheers to you then.''
'' How about you? You've been single for a while now.''
'' Thank god, men are so stupid.''
'' Why do you think that?''
'' Well, if I need to remember you, Oliver cheated on me with Astoria and Dean 'couldn't handle my personality' like he said, so, I don't think I'll date anyone so soon.''
'' But it's been so long, you should try again.''