one sickle ~ f.w.

chapter 29

'So which teacher do we go for?' I ask, sitting in an empty common room with George and Lee on the sofa and Fred in the opposite armchair. We're planning when and who to use the hiccough sweet on. 

'McGonagall?' George asks, 'We do have Transfiguration next so that would be easiest.' 

'Too risky, don't you think?' Lee responds, a grimace on his face. 

'Why?' 

'If we get caught, she'll be pretty strict.' 

'True, but what's life without a little risk?' George says. 

'Right, McGonagall it is,' I agree, putting the box in my pocket. 'Ten minutes 'till class, come on.' 

We want to get there way before anyone else no one will notice us. 

***

I walk ahead of the boys into the empty classroom and head straight for the desk. I pull the red and white box out of my pocket. The sweets are quite small, I drop one into the drink and head to my seat next to Fred. We still have a couple minutes before class starts so we make small talk. 

'This is going to be hilarious.' I say.

'Definitely.' Fred replies, smiling at me. 

As we're mindlessly talking, the rest of the class fills the room and Professor McGonagall follows, walking to her desk and setting down her parchment. 

'Right class, today we will be learning about the spell Draconifors and putting it into practice.'

The lesson drags on for a while and McGonagall still hasn't taken a drink.

We practice the spell on some small glasses and soon the room is filled with tiny roars. The spell turns objects into small dragons. They're sort of cute. I look over to see Fred looking at his dragon in awe. 

'I've named it Fred Jr.' He says, holding it delicately in his hand. 

'Original.' 

'You have really got the- HIC-' I was so caught up on the dragons we didn't even notice McGonagall take a sip. 'Excuse me, class. As I was saying, you've got the hang of this-HIC-'

Once she started she couldn't stop. She went into a fit of hiccoughs, barely able to get out a sentence. Embarrassed, McGonagall's cheeks went a shade of pink. 

'Forget it-HIC- class- HIC- dismissed. You're free to- HIC - go now- HIC-'

We run out the class, laughing until our sides hurt. 

'She was so embarrassed. That was hilarious!'

It had been a while since we had done a prank, and this one was great to get us out of our slump.

'Now we can do whatever we want 'til next period,' George says. 'Get in.'

We decide to just go laze around in the common room until our next lesson. Might as well take a break while we can.

I sit next to Fred and he puts his arm around my shoulder, pulling me close.

We're still laughing about the prank until McGonagall walk into the common room.

'You four,' she says, pointing directly at us. 'I want a word with you.'

She had obviously gone to the hospital wing for a serum to stop the hiccoughing.

Following her in silence, I take a look at the other three, trying to hide our laughter.

McGonagall's classroom, which still had our dragons from 20 minutes ago, was full of tiny roars, which made us chuckle even more.

Professor McGonagall sat down at her desk in front of us and pointed at her drink, which blantently had the sweet in.

How she didn't even notice it in the first place baffles me.

'Was this your doings? Another one of your silly little pranks?'
I've seen McGonagall annoyed but never angry. It was odd seeing her this pissed off.

'Well? None of you are laughing now, are you?'

None of us said anything.
Rhetorical questions.

'Right, detention, the four of you, for a week.'

'What?' I exclaimed. 'You have no proof that we actually did this though.'

McGonagall hesitates for a second, contemplating her next sentence.

'That is correct, Miss Y/N.' She says, fiddling with her thumbs. 'But I have a strong feeling you troublemakers had some part in this.'

She sighs and puts her head in her hands before looking up at us. 'Fine, forget the detentions. Just go back to your common room.'

We walk away, feeling good that we got away with it.

'And stay out of trouble.'

***
After dinner in the common room

I sit with Fred beside me and George in the armchair. Lee joins us after his study session.

'Hey.' He sits next to George and hands him a book.

'Cheers, mate.'

George opens it and seems engrossed immediately.

'What are you reading, George?'

'Oh, it's a book Lee's been talking to me about and said I should read.'

'That's pretty cool.'

He continues reading, not going into detail and I cuddle up to Fred.

I'm not sure how long it takes me but I fall asleep by the fire in Freds arms.

I'm happy with him.
He makes me happy.

A/N

heyy i want to apologise for my absence lol.
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