one golden snitch

chapter 3

I look around the dawn light that is spilling into our room. Our bedroom is awesome. The majority of rooms have 5 or 6 people in them, but we have a cast off kind of room at the edge of the tower, and its small size means there's only 3 of us. The room is shaped like a semi circle, painted white with all our beds at regular intervals along the curved wall, and a door and some other furniture facing us.

All of our furniture is regulation pine, but posters and ornaments scatter the room. Rosie, at the far end, has floral sheets and various pictures of celebrities pinned up. I have a tall stack of books beside my bed, a small blue lamp with stars and moons cut out of it, and a deep blue duvet cover. Keri has super bright Aztec print sheets and her beautiful bright drawings blu tacked up.

I'm a morning person. It comes naturally after a week of 5am starts, and I can't get back to sleep. Pulling out my favourite book, 'the perks of being a wallflower', I settle down to read. Eventually, after a few hours, I see Rosie begin to stir.

'Rosie?' I hiss, tip toeing to her bed.

'Mum, leave me alone.' Rose mumbles blearily.

I shake her shoulder. 'Rosie, it's me you idiot.'

She sits up in her bed, revealing her floral pyjama clad shoulders. 'I'm not an idiot!'

'Course not Blondie.' I smirk. Rosie's clever, but me and Keri like to call her a dumb blonde to wind her up.

Keri is slowly starting to wiggle a bit, her dark hair flopping across the pillow. 'Hey Tay, are you thinking what I'm thinking?'

'If your thinking about food, then definitely.'

'No stupid, doggy pile!'

Me and Rosie run to the bed and leap on to Keris half awake form. She pops up out of the bed. 'shit! I hate you two! I think you broke my rib.'

'Don't be such a drama queen!'

'But it's so earlyyyy!'

Rosie glances at the plain clock on the wall. 'It's half ten.....'

'Oh my God, do you people hate sleep!' Keri exclaims, dragging her pillow over her head.

'Rosie, I think that one's a lost cause. I bagsy the bathroom first.' I say, dodging around the bed and rushing for a shower . When I get out, Rosie is sat playing on her phone. We might be magical, but really were just like other teenagers! Heading to the wardrobe, I pick out some clothes. Most of my stuff is purple and blue, with splashes of brightness here and there. We're probably just going into hogsmeade today, so I just put on Jean shorts and a purple top with a unicorn on it.

By now Rosie is in the shower, and Keri has hobbled out of bed in her furry slippers. I put on some bb cream, eyeliner, mascara and lip balm. I don't worry too much about how I look, but it's nice to feel pretty. Of course, compared to Rosie I look like an ogre.

Finally were all ready, and we grab our bags and head down to the common room. Most people have probably already gone to hogsmeade, as its kind of a tradition to go there on the first Saturday of term. Visits to hogsmeade used to be regulated, but now we can just go whenever we want, as long as we sign out. The younger ones have to be back by 7 for tea, but the 6th and 7th years can have tea in Hogsmeade and stay out until 10pm. Hagrid signs us out. He's been working at Hogwarts for a long time now. When I was younger I was terrified of him because of his height and bushy beard, but he's actually really nice.

In the village we get chips and sit on the feild at the edge of the village. Students sit all around us, laughing and soaking up the heat. It's nice to have a break from training and school. We have our NEWTS at the end of this year, and were under a lot of pressure. I notice the slytherins sitting apart from the rest of us, including the black haired boy. He's sitting with his group, minus scorpius Malfoy, who is nowhere to be seen. They seem so distant and untouchable, like there completely separate to us.

We stay in hogsmeade until 6pm, eating ice cream and looking through all the shops, but decide to go back for tea at school. Finally were back in the common room, sat in the comfy seats around the fire. 'Did you see Rose Weasley today? '

'No what was she doing?' I ask Keri. Rose is a good friend of ours, and somewhat a celebrity around school because of her parents. She's one of the cleverest girls in our year, and really nice.

'I saw her snogging scorpius malfoy! Scorpius Malfoy! A slytherin!' She says it like it's a dirty word. Keri was raised to believe that all slytherins are terrible. She comes from a pure blood ravenclaw family, and can be a bit snobby about it. Persephone Lovegood chips in. 'My mum used to know his father.' She trails off, pulling her long pale hair over one shoulder. 'He wasn't very nice, but mum puts that down to a brain infestation of Bizzlebogs.'

Keri looks bemused. 'Well yeah, but Scorpius is using her. I mean, he's a slytherin. And Rose' s dad is going to kill her if he finds out. She's a disgrace to Gryffindor!'

'Keri come on, Rose is our friend!'

'I don't know about you, but I'm not sure if I want to be friends with a traitor!'

'Don't be like that Keri!'

'Oh yeah Taylor, are you going to be a traitor too. I saw you looking at Alec earlier.' I don't know anyone called alec.

'Who on earth is alec?'

'That slytherin boy your always staring at!' I hadn't been starting at him. Had I? Keri jumps up and rushes up the stairs. We sit in stunned silence, while the rest of the common room fills with chatter.

I glance around at Rosie and Persephone. 'I wasn't staring at him.'

'He is quite fit.' Rosie giggles. 'I wouldn't blame you if you stared at that all day long.' She winks.

'Whatever, the way Keri talks it's like I'm going out with him. And anyway, the slytherins aren't our enemies!'

'they kind of are, Tay.'

'No, that's not fair. They're just the same as us.'

'Of you say so. come on, we have transfiguration homework to do.

Despite it being a Saturday, I do homework all evening, not finishing until just after 1 am. I tiptoe up the silent staircase, and go into our dark bedroom to undress and climb into bed, falling into an uneasy sleep.

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writing this made me miss summer.....

This chapter was a bit boring but hopefully it gave a bit more insight into there lives.

Yes my Hogwarts might be a little bit different from the real thing but who cares?

I want to get up to 5 votes before I upload again.

bye...........