Cast:
Amber Brooks (Alexis Bledel)
Rachel Gilbert (Sophie Turner)
冬青, 冬青树 Rosebird (Emilia Clarke)
Moosh Monroe (Julianne Hough)
Celine Howard (Bethany Joy Lenz)
Margot Stevens (Ashley Benson)
麦酒, ale, 啤酒 Roberts (Troian Bellisario)
Laura Summers (Zooey Deschanel)
Albie Tyler (Chyler Leigh)
Ade Matthews (Blake Lively)
Aline Johnson (Karen Gillan)
Atie Anderson (Leighton Meester)
Zoe Woods (Amanda Seyfried)

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Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia)
Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale)
Clark Kent (Henry Cavill)
Sawyer Ford (Josh Holloway)
Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin)
Alex Karev (Justin Chambers)
Robb Stark (Richard Madden)
Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley)
Castiel (Misha Collins)
Toby Cavanaugh (Keegan Allen)
Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan)
Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer)
Isaac Lahey (Aaron Johnson)
Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder)
Steve Rogers (Chris Evans)
Meg Masters (Rachel Miner)
Seth Cohen (Adam Brody)
Caroline Forbes (Candice Accola)
Lydia Martin (Holland Roden)
Emily 王座, 宝座 (Emily VanCamp)
Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki)
Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley)

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Chapter 2 - Sophomore Slump 或者 Comeback Of The 年

The 下一个 morning Rachel was woken up 由 Holly, who was sitting on her bed, going through her luggage.
“What are 你 doing?” she muttered, sitting up on the bed. “Holly!”
“I cannot believe I forgot to pack a hairbrush. What is wrong with me? We’ve got that hot teacher’s lesson first, and I wanna look nice”, she explained.
“For what purpose?” Rachel yawned. “He’s your teacher.”
“Don’t be such a buzzkill. Of course he is our teacher but he can still be hot, can’t he?” 冬青, 冬青树 smiled as she grabbed Rachel’s brush from her bag. “So, Aline and Celine told me something.”
“Told 你 what?”
“That 你 like Clark”, 冬青, 冬青树 said, and Rachel groaned.
“Those bitches.”
“They only told me after I made them. It was last night after all the 浓情巧克力 puddings, 你 know what sugar does to Celine”, 冬青, 冬青树 said.
“Well, there is nothing to talk about”, Rachel stumbled up from the bed, ready to wake Z and Margot up.
冬青, 冬青树 sighed. “I know 你 think that no one likes 你 and 你 like no one, but that’s not true.”
“Holly, I think I made it very clear I do not want to talk about this”, Rachel 说 sharply before shaking Z awake.
冬青, 冬青树 nodded, knowing her well enough not to push it.

Meanwhile in the Ravenclaw chambers Aline opened her eyes, feeling happy about the start of yet another school year. Hogwarts felt like a 秒 首页 to her and she couldn’t imagine living without it 或者 her friends.
Moosh was already dressed in her Hogwarts uniform and she smiled at Aline.
“Hey”, she said. “Did I wake 你 up? We still have a few 分钟 before we meet the girls for breakfast.”
“No, it’s fine”, Aline said, rubbing her eyes. “I’m hungry anyway.”
“That is seriously so weird. One of us is always hungry”, Atie 说 as she got up from her bed, smiling. “We have Defence Against the Dark Arts first. With the Gryffindors.”
“Yes, we do”, Moosh said. “With the hot new teacher.”
“It’s been a while since we’ve had a hot teacher”, Atie said.
“I like Robb’s dad!” Aline said.
“Yeah, but he’s not that hot, is he?” Moosh smiled. “Nice isn’t code for hot.”
“I suppose it’s not”, Aline snorted before getting up from the bed. “Come on. Breakfast awaits.”



In the Hufflepuff chambers Laura was woken up 由 Amber, who was looking at the time.
“Come on, the girls are probably already waiting for us”, she said.
“I want to sleep”, Laura announced, burying her head in the pillow. “Last night was”, she yawned. “Tiring.”
“Maybe so, but we’ve got lessons soon, and we have Herbology first with the Slytherins”, Celine 说 as she put on her robes. “And I, for one, would like to get something to eat before we go spend time with that lovely group of people.”
“It’s not like there’s a rivalry between the Hufflepuffs and the Slytherins”, Amber said. “It’s the Gryffindors.”
“And half our 老友记 are Gryffindors”, Celine said.
“You’re just saying that because Stefan is a Gryffindor”, Bee 说 as she got up from the bed. “Since 你 like him.”
“Oh, come on”, Celine snorted. “I’m not that desperate.”
“That’s what us girls always like to tell ourselves”, Ade 说 as she put on her shoes. “Now, come on, we’re gonna be late.”

Meanwhile 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 was heading out of the Slytherin common room, followed 由 Damon.
“Are 你 going to go sit with the girls again?” he asked.
“What do 你 mean, again?” 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 asked.
“You sat with them on the train, didn’t you?” Damon snapped. “Look, we 爱情 you, and 你 爱情 them, but I just.. I don’t know why 你 hang out with them.”
“Because unlike 你 guys, I think this stupid rivalry has gone on long enough”, 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 said. “Why do 你 think us Slytherins are still seen as the bad guys? Even after the Battle of Hogwarts?”
Damon 说 nothing, just waited.
“Because we act like the outcasts”, 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 said. “That’s why, Damon”, with that she walked off, not looking back.



Finally the Hufflepuff girls entered the Great Hall and spotted the other girls at the Ravenclaw table. During breakfast, students were allowed to sit wherever and with whoever they want. It was the only time during the 日 where there wasn't any separations due to the houses.

“Finally!” sighed Margot while hugging Celine. Out of all the girls, they were the ones that knew each other the longest so they were really close.
“Guys, you're a bit late” added Z, smiling.
“Yeah. Sorry about that” 说 Amber
“But Laura here wanted some extra sleep” teased Ade.
“That's not my fault if I'm really tired” complained Laura.

“Oh no!” cried Aline “You can't be tired. We have the slumber party tonight!”
“Don't worry” 说 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 “It will be okay.”
“I don't want it to be “okay”! I want it to be perfect!” 说 Aline loudly.
“Aline, come on. It will not be ruined just because Laura is a bit tired.” explained Rachel.
“What did 你 do anyway?” 说 Aline turning her head towards Laura. “Couldn't 你 have updated your diary another day?!” she 说 bitterly but she sounded mostly exasperated.
“Stop it. You're being a bitch” 说 Moosh.
“and we all know that 你 get full on HBIC when you're panicking, but tonight is going to be fine.” tried to calm down Celine before Aline could say a word.
“Yeah you're right.” muttered Aline. “Sorry Laura.” She stand up and went to her friend so she could hug her.
“It's okay.” replied Laura while hugging her back “I know 你 don't mean it.”
“Oh. Can we invite guys?” asked Bee when the two girls sat back at the 表 “I was thinking going to Seth to inv-...”
“NO!” interrupted Aline “The sleep over 由 the lake is about us being a family. –“Us” meaning us girls.”
Rachel, Moosh, 冬青, 冬青树 and Celine chuckled at that.
“What?” asked Aline “What's so funny?”
“You're being bitchy again” replied Moosh and the other girls started to laugh.
“Ugh.. “you're being bitchy again” muttered Aline while mimicking her friend's voice and then stick her tongue out.
“Then everything is settled for tonight” 说 Z after the girls stopped laughing.



“Talking about HBICs. Damon is always bothering me about staying with 你 guys...” started 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 “So I was thinking that if 你 girls could make an effort towards the Slytherins, maybe we could end this rivalry once and for all.”
“What makes 你 think that we can end this?” asked 射线, 雷 “Gryffindors and Slytherins are enemies for centuries! Nothing will be resolved if I suddenly start talking to Damon Salvatore...”
“Well, you're 老友记 with Meg and she's a Slytherin” Amber pointed out.
“That's different. She's not... a pain like Damon is” replied Ray
“I'm not saying that he should start braiding your hair 或者 something” snapped 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 a little “Just try to be nice if they talk to you. Please. Girls?”
Moosh looked at 射线, 雷 and then at the Ravenclaw girls and 说 “We'll try”
“Yeah. Us Gryffindors too.” replied Margot
“Thanks girls” 说 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 “Seriously. This means a lot to me”

“Now, who's excited about the new teacher?” asked 冬青, 冬青树 with excitement.
“I am” replied Atie with a smile “He seems qualified.”
“Yeah. I wish we could have DADA with the Gryffindors right now instead of Herbology with the Slytherins – no offense Ale” sighed Celine.
“I wonder why's that” 说 Moosh knowingly.
“Yeah. Does it have something to do with Stefan 由 any chance?” teased Amber.
“Haha. Very funny but no. I'm just curious about the new teacher” 说 Celine while her face suddenly turned bright pink.



“Hey there ladies” 说 Robb while approaching the Ravenclaw 表 with Alex, Steve and Toby. While Toby sat 下一个 to 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 so he can talk to her, Alex took a 座位 between Atie and Moosh.
“So...” Alex whispered to Atie “We should do something about your crush” He winked at Moosh.
“Is he for real?” thought Moosh while smiling at her friend who was blushing.
Steve however seats 下一个 to Ade and Amber in order to talk to them about Quidditch practice. Z, seating in front of them, started staring at him longingly.
So, Robb took the only 座位 available 下一个 to Margot and asked “How are 你 all doing?”
“Do 你 mind to leave us alone for once?” 说 Margot abruptly “Don't 你 have any other 老友记 besides Aline?” she added a bit harshly.
The girls were shocked at this since Margot was never mean to anyone without motivations.
“Oh o-okay... I'll see 你 in class then” 说 Robb a bit confused and leaving the 表 in order to sit elsewhere.
“What the hell?!” cried Aline “What was that for?!”
“Why does he always has to be the one joining us huh? Why not other Ravenclaw?” answered back Margot. “You know what? See 你 in DADA” and at that she left.
The girls remained silent but they knew it had something to do with Castiel.

At the same time, Stefan and Sam passed 由 the girls' table
“Hey man, where have 你 been?” asked Stefan to Alex.
“I'm talking to this two lovely ladies” replied Alex while pointing to Moosh and Atie.
“If he's bothering you, let me know so I can rescue you” Sam told the two girls, joking.
At that they started to laugh but they were interrupted 由 Isaac, who arrived near them as well.
“Sam. Clark and Bruce are waiting for 你 at the Gryffindor table.” he 说 “They want to talk about Quidditch before the classes start”
“Should we go as well?” asked Z talking about her and Ray
“Nah. It should be fine” 说 Isaac, smiling “Besides 射线, 雷 seems busy” he added while looking at her. She was seating 下一个 to Aline but she was whispering something to Holly. It looked like they were planning something.
“So let's go.” 说 Sam “See you, my lady friends” he added with a smile and he walked away with Isaac.



冬青, 冬青树 and 射线, 雷 were indeed planning something and were glad that they had come to an understanding.
“So it's settled. Tonight then” 说 Ray.
“They're going to be so surprised” replied 冬青, 冬青树 with an evil laugh.
The classes were about to start so the girls stand up and exited the Great Hall. The group parted as the Hufflepuff girls and 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 went to the Herbology greenhouse and the Gryffindors and Ravenclaw headed towards the first floor.
Rachel noticed 冬青, 冬青树 stopped and was going through her pockets.
“What are 你 doing?” she asked.
“Just searching for something” replied the latter “A-ha! Found it.” she added while pulling out a small tube out of her left pocket.
“Oh my God.” 说 Ray, rolling her eyes as she recognized the object.
“What?” asked 冬青, 冬青树 as she started applying her lipstick. “I want to look pretty” she added with a wink.

*****

The Slytherin and the Hufflepuff students were waiting for Professor Longbottom to arrive. He was one of the most 流行的 professors in the school since he had a central part in the fight against Voldemort at the time.
But the class didn't start until at least ten 分钟 so the students were quietly chatting outside.
Neal was discussing with Damon about what 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 told them earlier.
“She's right, 你 know” he started “We never tried to mix with the other students”
“What are 你 saying?” replied Damon harshly “You want me to go to my brother and have a game of Wizard's chess with him? Buy bunk beds 或者 something? 你 know Gryffindors and Slytherins are not meant to be friends. They're just not supposed to.”
“Come on. I'm sure those girls are not awful” 说 Neal “If they were, do 你 really think 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 could put up with them?” he saw Damon's hesitation.
“I guess not” Damon admitted “But that doesn't mean we have to hug each other and exchange friendship bracelets”
“Of course not” replied Neal, rolling his eyes “but 你 can at least talk to them.”
“Why are 你 trying to make us all friends?” 说 Damon suspiciously “Slytherins and Gryffindors hate each other since the beginning of Hogwarts. Why change now?”
“Why not? Are we suppose to follow the status quo that four wizards established centuries 以前 because they hated each other? Come on, be nice. For Ale. Besides, they can't be that bad.”
“I'll do my best. But only so 你 can leave me alone with this”.
As Professor Longbottom let the students enter the class, Neal spotted Albie talking to the girls and decided that he should talk to her.
“Okay, cool. I'll be right back.” he 说 absently to Damon.
“Yeah sure” his friend replied.



“Hey” 说 Neal while grabbing Bee's wrist and pulling her outside while she was about to go in the class.
“Hey” she replied surprised 由 the fact that he was talking to her nicely.
“So... I just wanted to let 你 know that I'm sorry for what happened yesterday in the Great Hall”
“Did 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 force 你 to say this?” replied Bee amused.
“Hum. No. I mean this. 你 didn't do anything wrong so here it is: I'm sorry.”
“Well I guess it's not your fault if you're a jackass. It's your nature.” replied Bee with a sigh.
“Nice” 说 Neal with a smirk “I guess I deserve that don't I?”
“Yeah.” added Bee with a smile “I appreciate the apology though”
After that, she turned around and entered the greenhouse. Neal just stood there with an idiotic smile on his face. Suddenly he remembered why he was there in the first place and entered the classroom as well.

Meanwhile in front of the DADA classrooms, the students were waiting excitedly for the new teacher.
Except Aline who was waiting for her best friend, Robb. As soon as she saw him in the corridor, she joined him.
“Robb! I'm so sorry for what happened this morning. I just don't know what happened to Margot 或者 what made her say this things to 你 bu-...” started Aline quickly
“It's okay. It's not your fault” 说 Robb
“You're not mad?”
“At you? Of course not! You're not responsible for what other people say, 你 know.” replied Robb, a bit amused.
“I know. But I feel guilty since she's my friend 你 know. Even though I'm mad at her, she still means a lot to me”
“I'm not even mad at her Aline. 你 know she may be right. I mean, I do spend a lot of time with 你 and maybe 你 want to see less of me.”
“Don't be ridiculous” replied Aline, while she slapped his arm “You're my best friend. Of course I want 你 around.”
“But if I start bothering you, you'll tell me right?”
“Yeah but it will never happen. 爱情 你 too much” 说 Aline and she hugged her friend “Besides..” she continued “I'm the one always bothering you, not the other way around”.
“True.” replied Robb laughing.
They made their way back to the group of Gryffindors and Ravenclaws. Aline noticed that Isaac was staring at her with what seemed to be an angry look but didn't have time to ponder it as she was taken away 由 a beautiful blonde girl named Caroline Forbes, another one of her closest friends.
“So, 你 come back and 你 don't even say “hi” seriously?” 说 Caroline while pretending to be mad.
“I know. But 你 know how it is” replied Aline with a smile “The first 日 is always the worst one Care Bear.”
“Yeah, that's why I was only fake mad at you” she smirked
“I noticed. We have to catch up though. Is after class okay?”
“Absolutely” smiled Caroline.



At the same time, Rachel was determined to get to the bottom of what happened with Bruce the 日 before. So as soon as she saw him with his friends, she went to him.
“Hey Bruce. Can I talk to 你 for a second?” 说 Rachel as she interrupted his conversation with his friends. Seeing his hesitation, she added “It will only take a minute, I promise”
“Okay” replied Bruce reluctantly.
“So” began Rachel when they seemed far away enough from the group. “I just wanted to know what happened yesterday.”
“What happened?” asked Bruce with an expressionless face
“Well, we were talking and suddenly 你 ignored me”
“I thought our conversation was over.” replied Bruce, shrugging his shoulders.
“You seemed mad” 说 Rachel
“I wasn't” 说 Bruce “I just thought we had 说 everything we had to”
“How could 你 think that?” cried Rachel in disbelief, angry 由 the fact he tried to ignore what was going on. “We barely talked about anything!”
“I guess that we don't have anything to say to each other then” he replied harshly.
“I suppose not.” snapped Rachel.
She spotted the new teacher approaching the class so she decided that for once, he'll be the one left behind in confusion. Without a word she walked away from him and joined her friends.



As every student entered the greenhouse, Professor Longbottom started his class.
“Welcome to the first class of the year. As 你 already know, 由 June, you'll have to pass the OWLs. For Herbology, you'll be asked about plants you've studied in the past years. So today, as an introduction, 你 could choose either to study Devil's Snares 或者 Mandrakes. I already choose with who you'll be partnered up so we won't waste time. So Steve will be with Adeline” he started while 阅读 his list.
“Hum. Professor?” interrupted Ade “Steve was called in the headmistress office because he's the Quidditch captain.”
“Oh yes” responded the teacher “Professor McGonagall told me about this. And before I forgot, she told me that 你 have to go to her office after this class” he added talking to Derek.
After that he continued announcing the duos: Ade therefore got paired with Seth, Dan with Lydia Martin, a Slytherin student, Meg with Ale, Klaus with Laura, Albie with Amber and Damon with Celine. At this 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 smiled encouragingly at Damon, letting him know that everything was okay between them.
“And Neal you'll be with Derek. So now everyone get to work.” announced Pr Longbottom. “If 你 encounter any difficulties, let me know.” and at that he let the students choose whatever they wanted to study.
“Derek, man. We're so going to rock this year” 说 Neal while grabbing his friend 由 the shoulder and walking towards the Mandrakes section.

麦酒, ale, 啤酒 joined Meg who was near the exit. “So what do 你 want to do?” she asked
“I was thinking we could go to the Devil's Snares. Since we don't have to wear the earmuffs, we could talk.” replied Meg
“Yeah sure. What about?”
“I just wanted to say that I find the fact that you're 老友记 with so many people outside the Slytherin house awesome.” As she finished her sentence, they had already reached the section.
“Really? Wow. Thanks” 说 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 with a smile “You're like the only Slytherin to think that though” she added while looking at Damon who was sitting 下一个 to Celine near by.
“I'm sure it's not true. 你 know your 老友记 will get use to it eventually”
“Maybe” admitted 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 “But 你 know it has been three years that I talk to the girls and they still bother me with it”
“My guess is that the guys might be afraid that you'll leave them for the group” replied Meg amused.
“If they really think that, they are idiots” 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 说 laughing.
“They are boys” 说 simply Meg.
“True. What about 你 though, does anyone bother 你 because of the fact that you're 老友记 with Ray?”
“Nope. Not since I've punched this guy back in 4th year.” 说 Meg smirking.
“Oh yeah, I remember” 说 Ale. “That was bad ass.”
“Yeah. I actually enjoyed it” snorted Meg “But it's really different from your situation though. I'm only 老友记 with 射线, 雷 and it has been hard at the beginning. 你 have the other girls, I can't imagine what it must feel like.”
“Oh I don't mind, they are amazing. I wouldn't trade them for the world.”
“They do seem great.” added Meg nicely.
“They are. 你 know, 你 could hang out with us sometime.” 说 Ale
“Really?” 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 nodded “I'd 爱情 that.” 说 Meg with a smile.
“Great. I just hope that Damon isn't too hard on Celine” 说 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 while looking at her 老友记 from afar.
“I'm sure he'll bahave” replied Meg.
And at that both girls, started to laugh at how unlikely this idea was.



The truth is that these girls couldn't been 更多 wrong. It had been twenty 分钟 since Damon had been working on the Devil's Snares with Celine and so far he acted nicely.
Actually Damon was surprised 由 the fact that Celine was nice. They barely talked though and their conversation revolved mostly around the plant.
“Hum. So 你 girls sure are a big group. How did 你 become all so close?” asked Damon awkwardly.
“Oh!” 说 Celine surprised 由 the fact that he tried to talk to her. “Well, some girls knew each other before Hogwarts and after we've been dispatched in the houses, we became 老友记 with the other girls. After a while, we came together as a group.” explained Celine “It all came together naturally really.” she added.
“Cool. Your friend seems nice. The Ravenclaw one” 说 Damon but he thought it will be better if he pretended not to care all that much “The name's Atina 或者 something” he added.
“Oh. 你 mean Atie?”
“Yeah. That one” 说 Damon, pretending to be vaguely interested.
“Yeah she's a sweetheart.” 说 Celine smiling “You know what?” she added after a long pause “You're not as bad as I thought 你 were.”
“Nor do you” replied Damon with a smile.

Albie, on the other hand, was looking cautiously at her friend Amber. She had noticed, at the beginning of the hour, that her friend seemed tired. She had pale black circles under each eye and therefore Albie was wondering about what could keep her friend from sleeping.
“I might as well ask her” thought Albie
“Hey. Are 你 alright?” she asked while staring at Amber.
“Yeah. Why do 你 ask?”
“You seem a little tired. What's wrong?”
“Yeah I didn't get that much sleep” 说 Amber very slowly.
“Why's that?” asked her friend, concerned.
“I was thinking all night about Jess Mariano. Stupid I know.” Amber sighed.
“Oh. I didn't know 你 liked him that much”
“Yeah. The thing is he hits on every girl but never me” admitted Amber shyly. “I just wonder who will be his 下一个 crush 或者 something”
Albie thought of the moment she saw between Jess and Aline the 日 before at 晚餐 but decided not to tell Amber. Instead she just shrugged her shoulders.



由 the Mandrakes section, Laura couldn't take it anymore. It has been forty 分钟 since she had been stuck with Klaus and all he had done so far was hitting on her - even the fact that they were both wearing earmuffs didn't stop him.
“So I was saying what about a 日期 at Hogsmeade?” asked Klaus playfully taking his earmuffs off.
“You should wear those” 说 Laura “Besides we don't even have the dates for Hogsmeade yet.”
He put the earmuffs back on “So what? I'm just asking before any other guy has the chance to, love” replied smirking.
Laura closed her eyes and took a deep breath “Don't call me love, please.” she gave him a glare “And who 说 anything about other guys?”
“Come on sweetheart. With eyes like these, I'm surely not the only one.”
“That's so not the point. And don't call me sweetheart either.”
“What should I call 你 then. Sugar?” he asked still smirking.
“It's even worse” thought Laura. After a sigh she responded “What about Laura? It's simple and it's my name so 你 can't be wrong with that. Anyway I'm going to pull the Mandrake out”
She did as she finished her words but she pulled too strongly and therefore spilled all the mud on Klaus' face. After she put the Mandrake in another plant pot, she turned to Klaus.
As soon as she saw him covered in dirt, she started laughing loudly. Klaus looked back at her in disbelief.
“Sorry” she managed to say between laughs “But it's just too funny” and she laughed even 更多 loudly.
“I guess I must look ridiculous right now” he 说 starting to laugh as well.
They both laughed for some time until they calmed down. They look each other in the eyes until Laura broke the silence.
“I like 你 better this way” she 说 calmly “Now help me with the Mandrake.”
Klaus didn't say a word but he kept smiling at her until the rest of the class.

Meanwhile in the DADA classrooms, Professor Ford was introducing himself to the students. “I'm Professor Sawyer Ford and I'll be teaching 你 Defence Against the Dark Arts this year. As 你 may already know, the topic of your OWLs will be defensive spells. Today, we'll start with the basic Shield Charm and later in the year, you'll learn how to cast a Patronus Charm. I know that last year, everyone was already paired up with someone else but since I don't know you, I took the liberty to change them and it will stay this way until this year's end. So let's begin.”
Stefan got paired up with Caroline, Atie with Alex, Moosh with Z, Robb with Emily Thorne, a Ravenclaw student, 冬青, 冬青树 with Toby, Jess with Isaac, Aline with Sam, Rachel with Bruce and Margot with Castiel. Clark being called in the headmistress office earlier because of the Quidditch, was left out of the pairings. Everyone was quite pleased with who they ended up. Except maybe Rachel and Bruce.



Margot, in the other hand, couldn't be 更多 happier. She couldn't believe her luck! She got to be paired up with Castiel so she can finally talk to him. After the teacher had spend some time instruct them how to cast the spell Protego, the students had been left alone in order to practice. As Castiel look through his books, she spoke to him.
“So you're 老友记 with Aline” 说 Margot hesitantly.
“Yeah. She's nice” he replied absently.
“Yeah. My name is Margot 由 the way.”
Castiel lift up his head “I'm Castiel. Nice to meet you” he added with a smile while shaking her hand.
Margot was a bit taken aback at this formal introduction but as we already established, Castiel was a bit special. Therefore she didn't mind.
“So what spells should we start with?” she asked.
“Hum I was thinking we could start with some harmless ones like Rictusempra 或者 Tarantallegra and see if we can protect ourselves with these ones. Is that okay?”
“Perfect” she replied.
“You know, I've read the book entirely and the most interesting part is how to create Patronus Charms.”
“Yeah I can't wait for that”
Suddenly Castiel stopped moving and asked her “Do 你 want to be my friend?”
Margot was surprised 由 the 问题 but replied immediately “Yeah, of course”
Castiel then smiled “You're ready?” and Margot nodded. She sure was. “Rictusempra!” he cried.

At the same time, 冬青, 冬青树 was dueling with Toby. However she pretended she couldn't cast the Shield Charm so Professor Ford's attention was concentrated on her. He then spend twenty 分钟 展示 her the right hand movement and incantation. As he did so, 冬青, 冬青树 couldn't stop staring at him. He was indeed really hot and she started mentally complaining how unfair life was because he was a teacher and all. After awhile she started to try to counter his spells but she faked that she couldn't until eventually she forgot to pretend. As she succeeded casting the spell for the first time, the teacher smiled at her and told her he would give ten points for Gryffindor. 冬青, 冬青树 smiled as he walked towards his desk.



On the opposite side of the classroom, Aline was having a great time with Sam. They succeeded casting the Shield Charm fifteen 分钟 以前 so now they were having fun, using the various charms on each other.
“Protego !” cried Aline as Sam tried to hex her with the Tickling Charm “Levicorpus!”
Sam didn't have time to counter her charm and ended up hanging in the air 由 the ankle.
“Gotcha” 说 Aline smiling.
Jess, who was dueling with Isaac 下一个 to them, stopped and come over to Aline.
“Wow! I don't even know this Charm” he 说 in awe.
“Actually, Charms is my area of expertise so I know a few spells that the teachers won't teach us” she explained with a smile.
“Hum. I hate to be the buzzkill here, but I'm still in the air” interrupted Sam
“Oh right. Sorry about that.” 说 Aline “Liberacorpus” she added and Sam fell loudly on the floor.
Jess smiled at her in awe and Aline felt herself blushing.
"It's no big deal, though, anyone can learn it", she 说 quickly.
"I doubt that", Jess smirked.
What Aline couldn't see was that a few feet away from them, Isaac was looking at them sadly.
Sam, however, noticed and said: "Hey, Isaac, 你 have a cool wand, can I see it?"
Isaac looked at him in confusion before understanding what he was getting at and walked over to them.
Aline, to Jess' disappointment, also turned to look at Isaac, who handed his wand to Sam without saying a word.
"Cool", Sam 说 lamely. "Yeah, it's.. it's longer than mine."
"You have no idea how weird that just sounded", Jess snorted.
Isaac blushed a little and then turned to look at Aline, who smiled at him.
"You have that party tonight, right?" he asked.
"Guys aren't invited, sorry", Aline rushed to say. As much as she wanted to invite him, and Jess as well, she had made a promise. Guys always came crashing, though, so she wasn't holding her breath in believing the night would end with only the girls.
"I should go", Jess said. "Isaac, we should get back to practising", he had noticed that the conversation wasn't going to go anywhere from that point.
Isaac turned to give Aline one last smile before Sam handed back his wand and off they went.
"Looks like you've got two guys in your pocket", Sam 说 after they were gone.
Before anyone could say anything, they heard an enormous sound and turned to the left side of the room, where Rachel and Bruce were.

“WHAT THE HELL?!” shouted Rachel “You could have hurt me!”
“You countered the other spells, I thought 你 could handle this one.”replied Bruce, angry as well.
“What if I didn't have? We agreed on doing only harmless spells. Stupefy isn't one of them!”
“You would have been fine. 你 have like 1% of chances to get actually hurt with this spell”
“Oh yeah. It's totally secure” replied 射线, 雷 bitterly “Why not using Unforgivable Curses as well then?” she added with a snort.
At this point, every students in the classroom were looking at them.
“You're dramatizing this” 说 Bruce exasperated
“I'm dramatizing this?! SERIOUSLY?” she shouted.
“Yeah. 下一个 time, why don't 你 work with your Clark and leave me alone.” replied Bruce harshly.
And before 射线, 雷 could say another word, he left the classroom.
Everyone remained silently staring at Ray. No one dared doing anything. As Aline and Moosh made a 移动 towards their friend, the 钟, 贝尔 rang and 射线, 雷 run out of the classroom.
"Should we go after her?" asked Aline to Moosh
"I can't right now, I have this Quidditch meeting" replied her friend and they stayed there looking at the classroom door.



Rachel also had a Quidditch meeting, and unfortunately she knew Bruce would be there as well, so she stalled before going, standing on the steps outside the empty classroom where the meeting was supposed to happen. She was still wondering what the hell had happened.
"Are 你 ok?" she suddenly heard a familiar voice and turned around to see Sam looking at her.
"Yeah", Rachel snorted, trying to look okay. "Guys are just.. weird."
"I think I know why he 说 those things, though", Sam 说 quietly.
"Shut up", Rachel snapped. "He tried to kill me!"
Sam snorted. "Of course he didn't. Stupefy can't kill."
"Well, it isn't exactly a spell to do good, either", Rachel said, wanting to change the subject. "We have a slumber party 由 the lake tonight. Do 你 wanna come? 你 could bring Stefan, too."
Sam smiled. "Isn't that a place only for girls?"
"Yeah, but guys always crash", Rachel snorted a little. "You could actually come invited this time."
"Come where?" suddenly the door to the classroom opened and Clark was standing in the doorway.
"Nowhere", Rachel muttered, walking past him into the room, Bruce's words echoing in her mind.

While the Quidditch players were in their meetings, the rest of the girls went to eat lunch.
"What do 你 think that incident was between Bruce and Rachel?" Bee asked. Since it was lunchtime and not a lot of people were around, they were all sitting together in the Hufflepuff table.
"Maybe Bruce is having a bad day", 冬青, 冬青树 说 as she ate her food. "What do we have next?"
"History of Magic", Celine groaned. "Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs."
"I hate History of Magic, it's so dull", Bee groaned. "What do 你 have next, Aline?"
"Transfigurations with the Slytherins", Aline made a face. "I know 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 说 we should try to be nice to them, but.."
"Hey, Damon wasn't that bad", Celine said. "He was actually quite nice to me."
"Oh, yeah? Maybe it was a bet 或者 something", 冬青, 冬青树 said.
"Come on", Celine smiled. "We promised we'd try, didn't we?"
"Yeah, I suppose we did", Aline said, picking on her food.



Atie and Moosh got out of the room where they'd had the Ravenclaw meeting and begun to walk down the stairs to eat some lunch.
"I am starving", Moosh complained.
Before Atie had time to say anything, Alex Karev walked past them in the steps, turning to look at them as he walked.
"You do know that Gryffindor is going to kick your sorry asses this 年 in Quidditch, right?"
"You keep dreaming, Karev", Moosh snorted. "You aren't even on the team."
"You don't have to be on the team to know if they're good 或者 not", Alex smirked at her before walking off.
"He is extremely cute. I think 你 should invite him tonight", Atie said.
"No, Alex is just a friend", Moosh said.
"Well, are we not allowed to invite friends?" Atie smirked.
"We're not allowed to invite boys", Moosh reminded her as they got down to the dining area.
"Oh, that is right", Atie made a dramatic sigh. "However will we survive?"
"Like we do every year. We'll just wait for everyone to crash", Moosh smiled as they joined all the girls at the Hufflepuff table. "Are Z and 射线, 雷 not here yet?" she asked as she noted that Ale, Laura, Ade and Amber had joined, but the Gryffindor team was still missing.
"You know the Gryffindors, always stressing about being the best in Quidditch", Celine smiled.
"Clark Kent doesn't strike me as a guy who stresses about anything", 冬青, 冬青树 说 as she took a sip of her drink.
Just then Rachel and Z walked into the hall, talking, but the talk ended as soon as they sat down.
"What's going on?" Moosh asked.
"We were just talking about Quidditch stuff", Z said.
"You mean strategies", 冬青, 冬青树 said.
"Oh, come on, we're friends, we're not going to tell anyone", Amber said.
"That's exactly what a spy would say", Z 说 in a serious voice, which made everyone crack a smile.
"Is everything ready for tonight?", Rachel asked.
"Yeah, we've stolen food, gotten all the blankets and stuff ready and we've got all sorts of games in mind", Laura said.
"We sound like we're 4 years old", 麦酒, ale, 啤酒 said.
"Well, there are only a few moments we can use to take the edge off around here", Ade said. "We might as well take them."
Everyone agreed on this and somehow the rest of the 日 went 由 faster than the first half. They were all waiting for the night eagerly.



The girls did it the same way they always did. They got outside, right down to the lake even before it was time for bed, then hid behind trees and large rocks, 阅读 图书 and chatting until it was sure that everyone was inside, sleeping. And then they settled on the 海滩 - if 你 could call it that. Some of the girls sometimes even went swimming. But the water was quite cold and 你 never knew what hid in the water.
Meg, Caroline, Lydia and Emily had also joined. Since they were their friends. And girls.
"So, the first game is easy", 冬青, 冬青树 announced. "Truth 或者 dare. Sit down, all of you."
"I cannot believe I was a part of planning these goddamn games", Rachel muttered as they all sat down. "I hate truth 或者 dare."
"And as I told you, it's a horribly entertaining game in a big group", 冬青, 冬青树 smirked.
Some of the girls had even brought balloons, mostly muggle ones, but some of them, once 你 blew them, they would blow up into fireworks. The girls were quite worried they'd make too much noise, though.
"Who goes first?" 冬青, 冬青树 asked. "Aline", she smirked. "I saw 你 talking to Jess Mariano today in class. Tell me, is he cute 或者 not?"
Amber turned to look at her in shock, and Aline tried to think of whether it'd be easier to lie 或者 say the truth.
"Yeah, I think he's cute."
Before anyone had time to 评论 on this, they heard noises from over at the castle. Just as they'd guessed, the guys were coming.