Reality Bites Harry Potter

Too much drama for just one day

The next few weeks pass in a blur of studies, hangouts and just plain shenanigans. I managed to avoid the topic of my date until finally one day the girls corner me. I sit down to breakfast and Susan sighs. "So what exactly happened on your date with Prince Charming?" she asks and I hear a tray fall behind me. "I'm sorry, what did you just call me?" Fred asks and I turn bright red. "Nothing, she's had a bit too much eggnog, ignore her" I say and he smirks. "Whatever you say, princess" he says, winking as he leaves. I groan loudly. "Susan!" I hiss, storming after him. "What do you think she meant?" I yell after him and he sighs. "Honestly, I don't know anymore. With you, with her, with all of you honestly. I thought we were all friends but half of the time when I sit by you, you go silent and you've never went silent on me. I regret going out with you because obviously it changed things" he says, storming off. I run to the dorms, trying not to cry. This was all Susan's fault. I had to come up with some revenge. I see Peeves on my way and I stop. "Peeves! I need your help" I say and he smiles mischievously. "How can I help, Princess Shay?" he asks and I frown. "I need a way to publicly embarrass Susan, the same way she did to me" Peeves smirks. "Say no more, milady. I have it under control" he says. I storm off to my dorms, not even caring that technically I'm missing classes. I just wanted things to be ok with Fred again. I take a nap, hoping maybe it'll make my day better. I wake up to a tentative knock on the door. "I don't know how to fix it but please make it stop" Susan says and I frown. "What did Peeves do?" I ask, opening the door. I see a floating mistletoe over her head and lots of kids laughing. "It won't stop" she mumbled and I frown "Sorry... Fred won't talk to me, said all of us are hiding things from him and he's super pissed at me so I told Peeves I wanted revenge. Apparently, Peeves takes things very seriously" i mumble. She starts to cry. "He said only true love's kiss can break the spell! What does that even mean?!" she yells and I stifle a laugh. "It means you have to kiss Blaise, most likely in the middle of the dining hall" I say and she pales. "But... we have only kissed once and half of his friends don't know we're dating" she mumbles and I frown. "Well, either he has to kiss you or you're gonna have a floating mistletoe forever" I snark. I take her hand, leading her to the dining halls where I see Blaise sitting with his Slytherin friends. "We have a problem" I say to him and he looks up, seeing Susan. "Are you ok?" he asks softly and she shakes her head. This whole situation was starting to annoy me. "It's a really long story, the specifics aren't necessary, but she needs you to kiss her for the mistletoe to go away" I say. He shrugs, leaning in to kiss her. The mistletoe falls to the ground and I smile. "See, Susan? Simple fix" I say and she turns to glare at me. "I wouldn't have needed a fix if you hadn't caused the problem in the first place" she snarks at me. "And I wouldn't have caused a problem if you knew how to keep secrets and not use code names IN FRONT OF THE PERSON THEY'RE ABOUT!" I yell and I hear a chuckle behind me. "You girls are so overdramatic. What is the problem now?" he asks and I sigh. "I have a crush on your brother and Susan had to blurt it out in front of him and now he's mad at me" I say and George frowns. "So she told him you like him?" he asks and I shake my head. "No.. she called him prince charming in front of him though and that's essentially the same thing" I say and George smiles softly. "Why don't you let me handle my brother and you go find your sister so she can help you calm down. And Susan, learn to be subtle" he sighs. I sigh, going to find my sister. She hugs me, rubbing my back. "It'll be ok, I promise" she says and I nod. "I just hate him hating me" I mumble and she laughs. "He doesn't hate you, he just needs to calm down" she says. I feel a tap on my shoulder and look up to see Fred. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you" he says softly and I shrug. "You have a right to be mad. It's just hard to explain" I mumble. He smiles softly. "You're ok, Shay. Let's just try to make things normal again." I nod, hugging him. "Awww are we all friends again?" George asks and I roll my eyes but can't help but smile. "Thanks, troll-face" I say and he laughs. "You're welcome, brat" he says. I sigh, so glad this stupid dramatic day was over. Now we could finally focus on more important things. "So, who's helping me decorate for Christmas?" I ask and I hear lots of groans. "I can help" Fred says and I smile. "Good. You get to hang mistletoe in hideaway corners where teachers won't find it. I'm on tinsel and garland duty" I say running off and he laughs. "I think you've seen enough mistletoe today" Fred yells after me and I make a face at him. "Just help me" I say and he rolls his eyes but agrees. I string garland on all the stairwell railings, throwing tinsel in to make everything look pretty. Pyper is on wreath duty and all the other gingerpuffs are on tree decorating duty, there's so many Christmas trees that I'm surprised how quick the whole castle looks Christmas-y. I smile, zooming around the castle. "Only 3 days til christmas!" I cheer.