065 | Caught in Trouble, or Torment

                                    

                                          
Exploding Snap is a highly popular card game amongst the students at Hogwarts. It's exactly how it sounds. It's a card game in which the cards would spontaneously explode during the game. Think fast and you'll win. 
The cards lay flat down so that the pictures aren't facing us. The point of the game is to memorise the pictures when one rapidly flips the card over. Essentially, you match the cards to their identical picture whenever it's your turn. The key information is that it will mainly explode when you flip a card over and leave it unattended for a bit of time. 
However, Theo, Pansy, Tracey and I play this game differently, in a way that does not follow the traditional rules. We have our own spin on the game, by adding a dice. 
The six-sided dice decides how many cards each of us gets to flip over. So, better if you don't land on a six because then you'll be giving away six pictures for players to memorise. 
Of course, by educational decrees, this entertaining card game is banned. But, Theo somehow sneaked in three decks of cards. The more the merrier as the cards expand throughout a whole table in the common room. 
"You reckon you'll be coming out with a bandage?" Theo rolls the dice, landing on a three as he quickly flips three cards before flipping them back over again. I memorise the three he flipped over. 
We talk about Umbridge's arranged 'meeting' with me that will take place shortly. Yes, she really gave me a set time to see her. How wonderful is that? I spoke to the twins at dinner yesterday, they ended up with a plaster on their hand so God knows what Umbridge did with them. They didn't want to talk about it either so all I could do was simply comfort them, letting my anger stir within me.  
I roll the dice, landing on one. My intuition picks a card for me and I recognise the picture from one of Theo's cards. Carefully, I pick one of the cards he flipped and it's a match. A point to me. 
"Don't know, she'll probably just give me a personality makeover." I shrug my shoulders before putting on a fake voice. "Ahem, Umbridge is the best headmistress I've seen in my sixteen years of existence. I love the educational decrees and my Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge." 
"That's a personality downgrade." Pansy flips her cards. "She gets on my nerves, as much as Etain, that's when you know it's bad. Seriously, someone get her out of this school. She needs to fuck off."
"Language." I eye the girl. "Children." 
The herd of second-years on the table beside us snicker before going dead silent at Pansy's sneer. 
"The day she leaves, we need to celebrate. Bring some alcohol Theo." Tracey nudges the brunette as he laughs. "It's been too long since I got drunk out of my mind. I miss that. Honestly Pansy, I am so proud of you for not knocking that Etain bitch out cold- Oops, sorry Adria." 
I roll my eyes, hearing the voices of the table next to us starting to rise again. Children are immature, when it comes to language, they mock it and pick up on it. 
"Me too." I nod at Pansy, she makes an 'aw' sound as I flip cards again. "Takes a lot of patience to not bash her head against a table. Don't start a fight, Umbridge would probably expel you." 
"Agreed." Theo says, "But, you know, watching your girl fight is extremely hot. It's that feeling of 'I knew you could be rough but damn'." He raises his eyebrows at me (not in shock but in a less sensible and coy manner). "You have no idea how turned on Draco was when he saw you fight." 
The two girls squeal, hitting each other playfully as they agree and try to calm down. I'm not even sure if my brain is processing the newfound information Theo just told me. Draco Malfoy, turned on? Seeing me fight? No way. Not plausible.