All The Houses

Like a Brother

The next morning I woke before Teresita. I went down to the kitchen and talked to the house elves until my friends came.
"I'm gonna get fat with all the food the house elves give us" laughed Rose. "Did you have a nice birthday yesterday, Calandra"
"Oh she had a nice birthday" smirked Teresita. I rolled my eyes.
"What does that mean?" Asked Rose
"Oh she just hung out with Justin..... and kissed him" replied Teresita in causal manner.
"You don't know that I kissed him"
I say defensively.
"Fine then, I suspect she kissed him" said Teresita while rolling her eyes.
"Did you" asked Rose. My cheeks burned bright red, but I didn't answer.
"You did, didn't you!" Squealed Rose.
"Well..maybe... just a short..." I mumble.
"I knew it!" exclaimed Teresita. Suddenly Ren, who had been quite the whole time, got of his chair and stormed out of the the room.
"Is he ok?" I ask
"Probably just doesn't want to listen to us talk about kissing boys" Rose said dismissively. I wasn't too sure about that, though. After breakfast I went to find Ren. I found him the court yard staring at the ground.
"Are you ok?" I ask him.
"Yeah, just a bit tired" he mumbles.
"You sure?"
"Yeah"
"Come inside, it's freezing, and class is starting soon." He nods and walks back inside with me. We head down to the dungeon. We had potions with the Slytherins. I hoped I didn't have to sit next to Justin's sister again, but Ren ignores his other friend's calls and sat  next to me. I wasn't paying much attention to the Professor during class. Neither was Ren. We were both talking at the back of class and had no idea what to do during the potion. We were just copying the people around us. When Kat ( Justin's sister, incase you forgot) thought I wasn't looking she tried to slip something into my potion, but I caught her hand and said as if I was talking to a baby
"Oh, silly Kat. You don't put that in the potion." She scowled, but said nothing. All during the rest of the class she was shooting dirty glares and look at me.
"She likes you" said Ren sarcastically.
"Yeah that's Justin's sister" I say.
"Next time she tries something, tell me"
" Ha, thanks for the offer, but, I'm grand"
"Grand?"
"It's an Irish thing. It means fine." I sigh "I'll have to start using the word divine so people can actually understand me" I laugh.
"Are you calling me posh? Grand is a posh word" he laughed.
"Please get back to your work, Miss Walsh and Mister Crates" said Professor Slughorn sternly. After potions I had history of magic. I liked history when I was going to muggle school, but the teacher here was so boring. He was a ghost. The only ghost teacher in the school. His name was Professor Binns. I listened to him today though, because he was talking about the war of Hogwarts. It only happened a couple of years ago. It was actually really interesting. After that I had defence against the dark arts, and then lunch. It was raining outside so I went to the great hall to meet my friends.
"Sorry. Gotta go to the library and do some research for an essay" says Rose.
"And I have this really long essay to do and it needs to be done by tomorrow, so I gotta start now" complained Teresita.
"It's gra...fine" I say, but really I didn't want to spend lunch alone. Rose said I could help her with her research, but that sounded really boring, so I decided to explore the castle. I was walking along a corridor seventh floor. It was eerie and lit by torches. I was admiring a painting of dragon when I bumped into someone. I screamed and looked to see who or what I bumped into. I could make out a mop of fair hair and shining green eyes. It was Ren.
"Ren? What are you doing up here alone" I asked
"I could ask you the same thing" he retorted, but I could see he looked guilty about something.
"I was just wandering around the castle, but you look like your hiding something" I say calmly.
"So, what if I am"
"I want to know what it is". I give a stern glare.
"Ok, come with me, just up here". He stops in front a tapestry. He walked past it three times muttering something. Suddenly a doorway opened up. My eyes widen in shock.
"What's with all these secret rooms in the castle" I say. We walked into the room. It small and empty.
"This is what your hiding? A empty room" I say
"No, it can be any room you want it to be. Come out again and I'll make it into a broom closet". So we walk out, and he repeats the process of walking past it three times, muttering something. Again, a doorway opened up. He opened it and it revealed a broom closet.
"See. It can be any room you want it to be" says Ren.
"Cool." I gasp. I walked past it three times, muttering the room I want it to be. The doorway appeared and I opened it. It was a small room with cushions on the floor. It was warm and relaxing in there. We sat in it for a while, talking. We laughed and teased each other.
"You know, your like a brother to me." I say to Ren. His face drops a bit and he nods and says
"Yeah". Lunch was almost over so we raced to our dormitories, and got our bags. I didn't do much the rest of the day, but came back to a questioning Teresita.
"What did you do all lunch? Where you with Justin? Are you two a couple now?" She pestered.
"I was hanging out with Ren!" I say frustrated. "And, I don't know if Justin and I are a couple."
"Oh" she said sounding disappointed.
"Goodnight, Teresita"
"Goodnight".