Potter Watch [a HOO/HP fanfic](finished) [Demigods at Hogwarts]

Chapter 32: Awkwardness According to Valdez

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"....WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?"

Leo looked over in the direction of the fireplace. Man, but Ron was hilarious when he was shocked/angry. And Leo could tell he was both right now.

Ah, of course. The cause was Reyna. She had her arms folded, and was eying them all with that stoically regal expression which could usually cow anyone. But today the Brave and Prejudiced Ron refused to be cowed. "I am NOT hanging with a Malfoy!"

"Ronald!" Hermione yelled. "Stop being a prejudiced prat! He's sorry, clearly, because Reyna wouldn't be his friend if he wasn't!" She laid a hand protectively on Reyna's arm.

As usual, Annabeth chimed in. "He couldn't kill Dumbledore, right, Harry? That means there must be some good in him!"

Harry nodded. "I expect so. But that doesn't mean I have to smarm up to him. After all he did?"

Leo shrugged to himself. Harry did have a point.

Reyna looked close to tears. "I know he's done some bad things. But today he said that he hated his parents for turning him into a 'Muggle-hating, sadistic freak.' I think he deserves a chance, and besides, right now I'm the only friend he's got! Please, help him!"

"Reyna," Hazel asked hesitantly, "do you- well- fancy him?"

Reyna turned a little red. Leo chuckled to himself. "Classic." The Momtgomery twins and Ginny, whom he hadn't noticed at first, heard his comment, and they laughed. Leo shook his head. He could never decide who was who. All three redheads were almost identical.

"That's beside the point," Reyna said, now really blushing.

"You FANCY Malfoy? That git?!?!?!?" Ron yelped. "Listen, Reyna, you don't know the bloke like Harry and I do! He's a filthy, foul-"

"Clearly you don't know him as well as I do if you still think that," Reyna snapped.

Ron looked mutinous.

Hermione kicked him.

"Hey, uh, peeps, when is Piper getting here with that potion she wants us to try?" Leo asked, deciding that intervention was necessitous.

"George is helping her with the last touches," Hazel told him, laughing a little.

Leo gaped. "Whoa! They're, like, a thing?"

Hermione giggled. "She didn't tell you? Her mum approves so much that she gave George his ear back."

Leo whistled. "So that's why she was muttering about Nutella this morning."

Hermione looked confused. "What is Nutella?"

Leo slapped his forehead. "You people! Hazel doesn't know about chicken nuggets, Hermit Crab-"

"HERMIONE!"

"Whatever. You don't know about freakin' Nutella? Well, my apprentice, Nutella is-"

"Don't, man," Percy advised him. "She'll never get the awesomeness of Nutella." He turned to Hermione. "Point is, whenever Piper is really happy with her mom, she sacrifices Nutella to her."

Hermione looked puzzled. "She doesn't use the authentic Grecian hind that Aphrodite supposedly prefers?"

Leo scratched his head. "I dunno what you're saying," he complained. "I don't speak Swahili."

Hermione huffed. "You know perfectly well what I mean." Her SPEW badge elevated on her chest as she swelled indignantly.

Annabeth pointed to the portrait hole. "Look! Piper!"

Piper it definitely was. She walked in looking happy and excited at the same time, something that Leo hadn't seen in her for awhile. She was followed by George, who was carrying a small cauldron as well as several spoons. "Hullo, all!" he called cheerfully. "I hear we're to be joined by Malfoy the Smarmy Git."

Reyna scowled at him. "Be CIVIL, Weasley, or I'll jinx you into oblivion."

George raised his hands in mock terror. "I hear and obey, my lady."

"Hey!" Piper objected. "I thought that I was your lady."

"Of course you are," George said, and kissed her.

"Come up for air when you feel like it!" Leo yelled. The entire group burst out laughing- laughter that stopped really fast at the entrance of Draco Malfoy.

He had pulled on a Slytherin scarf, as if to emphasize his disconnect with the Golden Trio and the demigods. His eyes were defiant, and he looked at them all as if daring them to insult him. Leo thought the guy was pretty scary.

"Hello," Reyna said finally, "we were just about to start."

Draco looked wary. "What're you-"

Piper started to look mischievous. Clearly she'd been hanging out with George over the past two days, because Leo recognized the prankster grin. "We're trying out my color-change potion," she said brightly. "The effects should be interesting."

Draco started to look suspicious. But George was already handing out spoons. "Professor Tonks should be here in a minute," he informed Reyna.

That should have made her happy, right? But Leo saw to his astonishment that Reyna was looking embarrassed and annoyed.

And then the teacher walked through the door, and Leo grinned.

This was gonna be epic.