Heirs to Something Greater (d.m)

7: Clueless

A/N: Hello Lovelies. This chapter is a bit different than Adelines and I would recommend reading both, as always ;) Have an amazing read y'all (No TW)

"Ronald, scoot over. The bench isn't big enough for you to take up all the room!" Hermione was yelling at Ron for sitting in the middle of the long seat. It wouldn't have mattered if all 6 of us hadn't needed to scrunch together. There were way more students in this class, compared to all the others... that was probably why we had to take three sessions a week.

"Why's she always so bossy?" Ron groaned while scooting closer to Harry. Harry and I chuckled.

"Well maybe if you didn't take up the whole bloody bench, she wouldn't have to tell you to move," Adeline added and Ron stared at her, Hermione seemed to appreciate it though. Easton was joining the five of us for some reason. Don't get me wrong, he was more than welcome, but he seemed a bit uncomfortable with the scenario.

The door slammed behind us and all heads turned to watch a man in long black robes walk down the row between the desks. I recognized him from last night, he was the one Cedric had us James Bond our way past. Once he reached the end of the aisleway, he focused specifically on Adeline and me. He seemed to be particularly interested in Addy, his eyes looking over her as if she was some unsolved puzzle.

Why were we right at the front? He was literally staring down at us just a foot away and I was extremely uncomfortable.

"Miss Finley. Miss Bloom. Welcome to Hogwarts," He said, his voice devoid of any sort of emotion. He seemed rather disgusted at our presence, but he sounded disgusted the night before as well so maybe that's just what he sounded like normally. He began to scan the room instead of us, and Addy turned to me with her eyebrows raised. I shrugged my shoulders in response, something I seemed to be doing a lot lately.

"For those of you who don't know, I'm Professor Snape. In my classroom, there will be no talking when I'm talking. This is a potions classroom. Not social hour. You are expected to do the work I give you. No exceptions," He drawled and I widened my eyes. Way to suck the fun out of the room, Jiminy Christmas... this man was certainly an interesting character.

"I'll assign you with your lab partners in a few moments. You will be paired up with someone from another house. You all need to get potions textbooks from the library tonight and have them by tomorrow," I didn't mind the different house thing, I had tons of friends from different houses in the class! Chances were pretty high that I'd be paired up with one of them.

He scanned the silent classroom before pulling a sheet of paper off of his desk. "I'll put you into pairs now and once I do, go sit with your partner. These will be your partners for the rest of the year, no exceptions."

"Potter, you're with Chang, Weasley with Crabbe." He went through the list with a bunch of names I didn't recognize, eventually, most of the class was sorted. At our desk, only Easton, Addy, and I sat. Maybe he was going to place me with Adeline since we were new?

"Malfoy and Bloom."

My stomach dropped and my mouth went dry, there was no way. I looked at Snape and then Draco quickly, Draco seemed just as surprised. I turned to Adeline and she looked like she was about to argue, which of course she did.

"What! No!" Addy slammed her hands on the table in a panic. The room looked towards her and Snape directed a glare her way.

"Excuse me, Miss Finley."

"Sorry, nothing," Snape looked away from Addy and continued on with his list. I turned to Adeline and she seemed desperate to get the thought out of her head that Draco and I were even going to be next to each other.