“Nova wake uppppp!” I said, shaking my best friends awake.
“Nooooooo,” She muttered.
“Don’t make me push you off of your bed to get you up,” I responded.
“You wouldn’t do that.”
I grinned and hopped up onto her bed, jumping on it a couple of times before Nova bounced off.
“Okay lesson learned. You WOULD do that,” Nova laughed.
“Yes ma’am,” I jumped off her bed and helped her up off the ground. “I may have gotten a tab bit too excited that our uniforms are here and that we have to meet our professors today.”
“Ohhhhh, what do our uniforms look like?” Nova asked, walking up a bit more.
“A black skirt, a white blouse, short sleeve though, a black v-neck jumper, yellow tie, ballet flats, and our cloaks. We also have one winter cloak.”
“Awww darn it. Do I have to wear a skirt?” Nova asked.
I smiled, “Yep. You gotta join me in my misery.”
Nova sighed, “Fine, fine.”
We got dressed in our uniforms and walked out of our dorm room. It was 7:45 am so we said good morning to Susan and some of the other Hufflepuffs that were hanging around in the Hufflepuff common room before heading down to the Great Hall for breakfast at eight o’clock sharp.
I sat down next to Luna and we fell into conversation about teachers as we waited for Breakfast to begin. Hermione warned me about Filch and not to let him catch me bringing cookies out into the courtyard or sneaking around.
“Guess who,” A male voice singsonged, while someone’s hands covered my eyes.
“Hmmm, well it has got to be someone who’s a morning person which means it can’t be Livius so... Harry?”
“HEY! I’m not Harry!” Livius cried, lifting his hands off my eyes.
Across from me sat Harry laughing and behind me stood Livius, looking offended. I burst out laughing, “Sorry! But you’re never so cheerful in the morning. And Harry is the only one out of the guys who knows me well enough to do something like that!”
He grinned, “I know, I know.” Livius hugged his sister before sitting in between me and Nova.
“Why are you so cheerful anyway?” Nova asked, poking him.
“Well, Draco told me what they are doing in classes and we already know it all so we won’t have a tough time in class.”
“Wait, so you and Draco are buddies now?” Ron asked, surprised.
“Kind of,” Livius shrugged.
I squinted at him. Something was off. He wasn’t telling us the full story. And my guess was it had to include Draco telling him not to tell us. Nova and I looked at each other and I knew she was thinking the same thing. We would have to get it out of him later.
“Can I have your attention please?” Dumbledore called at the front of the room where he sat with the rest of the professors and heads. “As you know Christmas break is coming up. Many of your parents have sent us an owl saying that they will not be home for Christmas and are traveling while they want you to stay here. With that in mind, you will be receiving your mail at the end of the meal. If you are staying here, think of some ways to keep in the Christmas spirit and remember Christmas Break means no classes. Bon appetit.”