The Next Best Thing

2| Sorry, Malfoy

"Juliet, don't touch this...this git! He's prime evil!"

Juliet's POV

"Man, I've never eaten so much food!" Ron placed his hands on his stomach and sighed.

Harry and I laughed. "Honestly, Ronald. I think you ate five plates of that chicken."

He playfully glared at me. "Juliet, I saw you eating quite a bit too."

My eyes widen. I put my hands up. "I was hungry!"

He rolled his eyes. "And I wasn't?"

I had a witty response to say, but I didn't have any time to. The next second, I slammed into someone and fell to the ground.

"Hey! Watch it you filthy little-oh!" The voice belonged to a boy, I think. The voice was a little high pitched to judge. I looked up and saw the same eyes as I saw before...during dinner. The blonde that couldn't stop staring at me.

He held his hand out for me. I reached up to gladly take it, but he was pushed out of the way instantly. Ron helped me up instead. "Juliet, don't touch this...this git! He's prime evil!"

I frowned at my friend. "Ron, that's very rude of you to say. Have you even met him?" I glanced at the boy and noticed he was glaring at Ron.

Okay, maybe Ron isn't too far off.

I smiled at the boy, holding my hand out. "I'm
Juliet. Juliet Kennedy."

He grinned and took my hand in his, kissing it. "The name is Draco Malfoy. And may I just say, it is a pleasure to meet you, Juliet."

I resisted the urge to shiver at the arrogance in Draco's voice. "Well, we had better get going. Nice talk, Malfoy."

He frowned as I pulled my hand from his and linked arms with Harry and Ron. "Wait! You know you can call me Draco. You don't have to call me Malfoy."

I gazed at the blonde headed demon and smiled. "Sorry, Malfoy. I think I'll stick with the last name basis."

He sneered at the three of us, his friends copying his look. "You just made a big mistake, Kennedy." He stormed off, the two other boys following him.

I laughed, "Man, those two are like lost pups."

Harry laughed. "Yes, yes they are."

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The Gryffindor Common Room was beautiful. Gold and red covered the room. Ron's older brother, Percy, was giving a speech about rules in the Gryffindor tower, but I wasn't listening. I was looking for Hermione. I wanted to share a room with her.

Suddenly two arms wrapped around my neck. "Guess who?"

I turned around and smiled at my friend. "Mione! Want to share a room with me?"

She rolled her eyes playfully. "Of course! Silly, why wouldn't I?"

On the train ride here, we had become really close, and I couldn't be happier to have her as a friend. "Let's go and claim a room!" We ran up the stairs and found our stuff already together in a room.

I laughed. "Huh, they must have known we wanted to be in the same room."

Hermione giggled. "I suppose they did...or maybe I came up here earlier and rearranged the rooms." She smirked.

I laughed and hugged her. "Mione, you are the best."

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"T-today we a-are l-l-learning about-" Professor Quirrell was starting the lesson but I tuned him out instantly. It was hard for me to pay attention to someone who always stuttered. I know it sounds mean, but I just really can't. I can not take notes when someone stutters. It's a weird thing of mine.

Sooner than expected, the class was over and the boys, Hermione, and I were on our way to the next class.

It's bad that in every class, Ron does something wrong. This time, he couldn't make a feather move. I mean, he is better than Seamus, who has already blown two feathers up.

"Honestly, Ron. It's not that difficult. It's LeviOsa...not LeviosA." Hermione rolled her eyes at Ron's stupidity.

Ron glared at her, crossing her arms. "Alright, if you are so brilliant...show us how it is done."

Hermione shrugged and lifted her wand. "Leviosa." The feather floated effortlessly up off of the table.

The Professor smiled happily. "Well done, Miss Granger. Everyone look! Miss Granger's done it!"

"Stupid mudblood." I heard a voice mumble from a couple chairs away. I glanced over and met the eyes of Draco Malfoy. I rolled my eyes at his comment and returned to my feather.

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And that is the end of chapter two! Sorry, it is shorter than chapter one. This is just a filler for what is about to happen! I hope you are enjoying it so far, no matter when you are reading this story! Thank you for the reads! I love you all!

~Eliza

NEXT UPDATE: 5/28/17 (if I can't update again today!)