second chance - george weasley

twenty-six

VIOLET's POV

BREAKFAST TIME

I was sitting next to George and Fred and having breakfast, Hermione had been daydreaming the whole time ever since she smelled the Amortentia, so I was trying to get her to talk to Ron about it.

'' 'Mione, come on!'' I mouthed.

She straightened her back and took a deep breath in.

'' Ron, do you maybe want to go to Hogsmeade with me today? I need to run some errands.''

Ron looked at me, a little panicked but accepted the invite.

'' Yes, yes, of course.''
'' Okay... great, then!...'' She said awkwardly

I winked at her which made her giggle and after everyone went back to their usual chit-chatter I laid my head on George's shoulder and he gently placed his hand on my leg under the table.

'' Violet?''

I look up to see Cedric standing there with the usual grin.

'' Ced, hi!''
'' Hi, so I was thinking, do you want to go out later? Maybe get some coffee?''
'' Actually... '' I looked at George '' I already have plans. Sorry!''

George's eyes widened slightly and his grip around my leg tightened in a pleasant way.

'' That's quite alright, I'll see you around, pretty!''
'' See you!''

After he left back to his table George came closer and whispered in my ear.

'' You have plans? With who?''
'' You don't know him.''
'' Try me.''
'' Hm, ginger, tall, charming smile, and smells like marshmallows.''
'' Wow, sounds like a dream.''
'' Yeah, it's Fred Weasley.''

I burst out laughing and he followed right after.

'' Not funny.''

Our laughter was interrupted by Dumbledore, who demanded our attention.

'' I require a minute of your attention, please '' he paused '' I apologize for disturbing your feasting time, but what I have to tell you is on a more disquieting note. At the request of the Ministry of Magic and all of the competent Professors that are responsible for your well-being, Hogwarts will, until further notice, play host to the dementors of Azkaban, and a new curfew will be implemented, in which all students must be in their own quarters by 6 in the afternoon, every class will be accompanied by the Head student to and from the classrooms and no exceptions will be allowed during this time. The dementors will be stationed at every entrance to the grounds. We all hope this... problem... is solved as soon as possible, thank you.''

As he ended the speech, rumors spread left, right and center.

There's a werewolf roaming the grounds!

He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named is back!

Someone escaped from Azkaban!

From the corner of my eye I saw the twins looking between each other and then getting up to go talk to McGonagall, my first thought was that they were going to ask about Quidditch but then I saw the Professor sharing a worried look with them and whispering something to them, and then they came back.

'' What happened?''
'' We just asked about what happened.'' Said George.
'' And?''
'' She wants to talk to us later, said now's not a good time.''
'' Us as in who?'' Asked Harry.
'' All of us.''