Summers at The Burrow - Fred Weasley

Chapter Thirty-three - Lockhart's Favorites

Alicia, Angelina and i all got ready and headed down to breakfast in our uniforms. sometimes i ate and then changed but today i woke up early enough to put makeup on and change before hand. we met with the twins and Oliver pulled the team aside to let us know that he had spent his entire summer devising a plan to win the cup this year. that apparently involved us starting practice season on the very first day of term. no one was too upset about the practice since it wasn't winter yet.

once we finished eating we ran back to the dorms to grab our books then made our way to our first class this year which was charms. Professor McGonagall passed out our schedules while we were still eating so we didn't have to worry about going back to the great hall before making the trek to the other side of the school.

"Good morning class. we will begin class by discussing box blasting charms which are most practically known for their use in curse breaking." Flitwick announced as the class flooded into their seats. 

the twins, Lee and I sat together in the top row and when we heard blasting it immediately caught our attention. i don't believe Professor Flitwick has ever seen us being so attentive during one of his classes but this was one of the few classes that we actually took seriously. 

thirty minutes passed and there was a collective shuffle of paper as most of the class had to turn a page to continue their notes. Flitwick went on leaving us no time for a demonstration. i guess we would just have to see tomorrow.

once charms class ended we headed not far over to the defense against the dark arts classroom. the teacher this year was none other than the pompous blond oaf from Flourish and Blotts and a sinking feeling of worry for my safety had settled in my stomach.

"Welcome everyone! i have assigned you all seats so that we may all learn to our upmost capabilities this fine year." he said in a cheery voice.

i groaned as i began searching for my name written in nasty magical sparkles and found my name next to Adrian Pucey. i sat down and the twins both looked quite upset as they had been seated on opposite sides of the room.

"hello, Chloe." Adrian said holding out his hand for me to shake.

"Adrian." i replied taking his hand and shaking it.

"So when does practice start for the Gryffindors?" he asked sliding a little to close to me in the seat.

"that's none of your business." i replied gathering my things and standing up out of the seat.

"where are you going?" he questioned.

"away from you." i replied walking in Fred's direction.

"Oh of course! go on! run off to your little boyfriend!" he shouted as he slumped in his seat looking annoyed.

as soon as Professor Lockhart heard what Adrian said he jumped up and waved his wand. "there has been a slight change in seating arrangements!" he exclaimed as both my and Fred's names appeared on the front center desk.

"were not dating!" Fred and i bellowed at the same time as we walked begrudgingly to our new seats. we weren't mad that we were sat together, we were upset that now Lockhart expected us to act all like a couple around one another and it was stupid. positively stupid. 

"anyway," Lockhart began his lesson once everyone had sat down, "i have prepared a little quiz for all my classes to start off the year. it must be completed by the end of class."

the papers flew to our desks and i shuffled through the stapled packet to find that this 'little quiz' was fifty questions.

"Merlin's beard." i whispered under my breath as i returned to the first page writing my name on top.