Beautiful Scars

Chp 9

"Alright," Blaise grunted as he stood up, "Let's go start this year off with a bang."

I glared over at Blaise as I knocked on the door to Slughorn's new classroom. "I can't believe we got lost."

Blaise leaned against the wall and groaned, "I shouldn't have eaten that crepe."

The door suddenly opened and some Hufflepuff let us in. The room was damp, and the tables were all separated into groups of four, with two cauldrons between them. Slughorn was standing in the front of the room writing a list on the board behind him.

He turned to face us as we shut the door, "Ah there you two are." He walked over and looked us both in the eyes, "I do trust that you two have a good excuse for being late on your first day?"

I turned to Blaise for some sort of idea and he looked down at my chest. "Yes sir," He said straightening up and looking at the Professor, "Malfoy was patrolling the hallways for loose stragglers and I offered to help."

I looked down at my Head Boy badge. 

Oh. Right.

Smart thinking mate.

A lot of the class had now turned around to look over at us. Some were murmuring about what Blaise had just said.

Slughorn blinked in surprise and looked down at my badge, "Merlin's Beard! You're the new Head Boy." He chuckled and patted me on the shoulder before facing the rest of the class, "Everyone, make sure you properly sort out the beetles before you place them in your jars. Otherwise, you're going to have it explode or worse."

Blaise nudged my foot, I was surprised that you didn't say anything.

I chuckled and looked over at him, Honestly, I completely forget about it.

Professor Slughorn turned back to face us and smiled, "You boys are making good examples of Slytherin House. I'll award you both 30 points." He pulled me over to the side, "Mr. Malfoy, every now and then, I throw these little dinner parties with some of my favorite students-"

I saw Blaise rolling his eyes behind the professor, Looks like being Head Boy has its perks.

He snorted, I joined that club two years ago and I wasn't even a prefect.

I smirked at him, You are now.

Blaise's eyes widened, I thought the Headmaster picked who was appointed.

Not this year. Granger and I get to pick the prefects from our houses. 

Blaise smiled as he looked away, I am so going to abuse this power.