Friends | 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲

chapter 52

year 7

Hallies pov.

"tell me why i just saw Sebastian Benedict winking at me" I sat down next to Sage at breakfast.
"what?!" Sage whipped her head around to look at the door, Sebastian, a year 7 Slytherin, rich with (obviously) death eater parents, snob was stood with his group of snobby, and just as rich friends.
"okay—" Sage looked at me. "just because the twins left does not. mean we are single now!" she said, taking a long sip of coffee.
i rolled my eyes.

it felt like after the twins left, everyone in school knew them now, which, was great for the sales at the shop, but everyone knew about Sage and I dating the pair, and everyone thought that we broke up.
"let's just post a bunch of fliers around saying 'no, we are not single'" i laughed, it felt like something we had to do.
Sage laughed. "oh yeah, for sure"

"do you have a free period at one?" i ask.
"yeah" she says, taking a bite of her eggs.
"alright, let's meet up in the library and study?" i ask, getting up and making sure my wand is secured in my pocket.
"sure" says Sage.
"bye~" i say as i grab a stray paper. Sage waves me off.

i slip past the group of Sebastian and his
hooligans without getting spotted. i wasn't looking to be harassed. not on my first day back. for a split second i thought of how i had to write a letter for Serenity. it was tradition, i wrote her a letter about my first day, she would write back, telling me about her days at Hogwarts, information i never knew. that would leave me laughing at 2am. but, this time, i couldn't do that. i hated the feeling.

i grab the paper, opening it and skimming through it on my way to class, looking up every once in a while, trying not to run into anything. i wanted to keep my mind off of Serenity. the thought of her still prompted tears. i really missed her.

agonizingly, I heard a group of footsteps scuttling behind me and quickly turned my head around. i thought i was about to get jumped. more like, i was about to get jumped by a group of guys harassing me.
Sebastian and his friends came up to me, he threw his arm around my shoulders, which made my cheeks go red because i felt disturb. my cheeks always went red when i got anxious.
not because i liked him, obviously not, but because he was embarrassing.

"aw, Gold, are you blushing??" he said.
Sebastian had curly dirty blonde hair and snakelike green eyes. he wasn't to bad, but he wasn't my type. how i wished George still went to school at this moment. i miss that ginger.

"go away Benedict" i said mockingly. he liked using my last name, so i used his.
the guys behind us laughed and whispered.
"hey, hey listen, you know what, why not go out with me tonight?" he grabbed my shoulders. i stared at him and rolled my eyes.
"im late for class. and. I have a boyfriend you arse" i pushed away from his grip.
"she's playing hard to get mate!" shouted a guy behind us.
"no i am not" i hiss at the group and start walking faster, my cheeks hot with anger.

the group stops chasing after me. i'm already late enough as it is.
Potions is my first class, and we have a new professor. i kind of hate the thought of Snape teaching DADA. something about him doesn't feel right, and worst of all, he's obviously going to make homework tougher and he'll be more sharp. 
shrugging the thought off for now, because i had just entered into the Potions classroom and all i had to think about now was my new Professor. Professor Slughorn.

i barge in apologizing profusely.
"i'm so sorry Professor, i got a little caught up in the halls" i laugh awkwardly, trying to defuse the tension of the whole class being gathered in the back of the room, all staring as i walk into the room.
"oh.. well, thats fine, go ahead, join the group" he says with a smile. he seems like a nice man. he's plump and got a nice smile, his cheeks red like plums.
"so sorry" i say as i squeeze into the group, students roll their eyes at me.