second chance - george weasley

six

9th of January

I was having breakfast with Bella on the Hufflepuffs table, because it felt weird to sit along with the boys, and I was telling her about the party.

'' I should've been there! I can't believe I missed you kissing Draco.''
'' Firstly, he was the one who kissed me, and secondly '' I took a sip of coffee '' for some reason it didn't feel that great.''
'' Was he a bad kisser?''
'' No, not at all, he's a great kisser it's just.. I didn't quite feel the spark I thought I would feel you know?''
'' Really? Why do you think that might've happened?''
'' I have no idea, it was hot, but it didn't give that cozy feeling.''
'' Maybe you only had a crush on him, nothing more serious.''
'' Yeah probably, now tell me about your date with Blaise!''
'' He was so nice, I'm telling you, such a gentleman!''
'' Cute, I'm glad I was of help.''
'' Don't tell me you-''
'' No, nop, I'm innocent, Draco and I only gave him a little push.''

Bella just shook her head and laughed.

A few minutes later Ron came to our table along with Harry.

'' Hello lads.'' I told them.
'' Hey girls, we're heading to class, wanna come?''

We both nodded and went to class along with them.

On our way there we bumped into Fred and George, and usually they would just ignore rON because I was there, but this time they greeted us and tagged along.

'' Good morning.'' Fred said.
'' Morning.'' said George.
'' Oi '' said Ron with a confused expression.

I looked over at Bella and she was gasping.

'' I thought they hated you.'' she whispered to me.
'' They probably still do, they're just being nice.''

Meanwhile, we reached the classroom and went inside, we were having Charms, my fellow Slytherin colleagues didn't attend Charms class so I was on my own there, along with Bella who was the only Hufflepuff of our year enrolled in Charms as well.

We were being taught how to turn a rat into metal and then turn it back to its usual self.

Ron and I thought it'd be funny to prank Lavender and make a rat tail grow out of her butt, so while everyone was busy and distracted, we quietly chanted the spell and pointed towards her, and in a matter of seconds two big rat tails grew out of her lower back.

We burst out laughing while she didn't even notice that she looked like a rat from behind.

I was hiding my smile on Ron's back as I stood behind him.

In the middle of our hysterical laughter I looked over at the twins, Fred was just laughing while looking at Lavender while George was laughing and looking at me.

I stared at him and laughed, making him laugh harder than before.

Once Lavender noticed we all stood quietly and acted as if we had no idea that had happened, our professor chanted a counter-spell and the tails grew smaller but didn't disappear completely.

Class ended early due to our prank and we left class feeling victorious and laughing on our way out.

'' That was brilliant.'' said Harry.
'' Yeah, it was wicked.'' Fred complimented.
'' Thanks.'' I looked at Fred and smiled.

The twins moved a bit further from us and Bella pulled my sleeve slightly.

'' What-is-going-on?'' she raised her eyebrow.
'' I don't know, but they're being nice for some reason.''
'' Well okay, I have to go now, I'll be meeting Blaise for the break.''
'' Okay, have fun.''