F. R. I. E. N. D. S.

Nighttime, great Hall, dinner

Flitwick was a fucking troll. The man could have said LITERALLY anything to hide this incident, but he, out of SHEER pettiness chose to go with... Constipation. I slowly walked to my place in ravenclaw table with fear in my heart. The cluttering plates provided the back drop to my walk of shame.

Soon I reached my seat, three of my friends scowling at me. I sighed as I bowed down my head facing the trio.:"all right. So my stomach was a little upset. happens to everybody. But I implore you before roasting me-"

"we are not gonna roast you Harry!" Padma cut me off scowling.

I blinked. They weren't?

"Harry do you even understand the value of being a Ravenclaw." Padma asked anger evident on her face furthering my confusion. :"you missed out on a entire days worth of classes. Do you even understand the value of education?"

I blinked and it was my turn to frown now. :"yes but I was-"

"do you even CARE about your studies Harry. Do you Even.... give a SHIT!"

The quartet felt silent. Only the clinking of plates could be heard. I rubbed my eyes hard and sighed :"that entire thing... You just wanted to set yourself up for that on liner didn't you."

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Padma burst into laughter along with the other two.

I blinked and sighed:"that was...bad, Bordering on pathetic really."

"HAAAHAHAHAAAAHAHA"

I sighed in exasperation:"REALLY not funny guys."

"HAAAAAAHAHAHA... oh my- oh my God.... HAHAHAAAHAHA! "

I smiled:"okay, OKAY. Let it ALL out."

"bet that's what YOU were wishing last night!" Michael said causing the bursts of laughter to get louder.

I opened my mouth a light chuckle escaping as I looked back at michal:"you are KIDDING. right? "

Terry suddenly said pointedly:"oh, we SHIT you not, harry!"

Immediately the laughters died down. All three of us changed our focus to Michael. Who was smiling confusedly.:"guys... 'We shit you not!' " he continued, still smiling expectantly, while the three of us looked at him with frowns.

"cause, he can't take a shit, so-"

"yeah, yeah. We get what you meant terry. But That's the best you could think of?" Padma said scowling.

He looked around flabbergasted and stuttered:"I-I-I also got some other stuff as well. How about 'no shit' or 'shit's about to get real' or-"

"do you think that matters NOW? " Padma said causing him to shrink:"you completely ruined the flow."

Terry went into panic:"b-but I-"

"no buts" Michael interrupted a scowl plastered across his face.

"yeah, you suck Terry." I completed, I myself scowling, matching the vibe.

Terry shrank, going back into his turtle shell, nibbling on his pork chop.

"*snicker!* " Padma suddenly went, setting the spark causing all of us to burst into laughter. That gave me a real sense of comfort that I hadn't felt in days. All that terror and anxiety that had been weighing me down suddenly went away. I felt, lighter.

I sat down on the bench, laughing my ass off and grabbed a swig of the orange drink. I suddenly remembered all I had done the other day. Til now I had been so engrossed in being scared, that I forgotten to appreciate how AWESOME it had been. Luckily I had good friends to remind of that. I raised the cup up high and shouted with enthusiasm.:"RAVENCLAW! "

They all blinked confusedly at me:"why... Are we toasting?"

Oh. Right! They don't KNOW about my encounter with the spiders.

I replied:"for my... Speedy recovery?"

They looked at each other and then shrugged:"meh" "we can work with that."

"""RAVENCLAW!!!!"""