Her stomach had dropped. She had actually run to the loo to throw up, but to no avail; she was too worked up to even get anything out. Tears were a common occurrence for her during the first two days after opening her letter, and then her emotions had changed to anger. This situation was not something she was happy about. He probably only got the position because his father threatened to hex the whole faculty if he wasn’t picked, she thought. Sure, he seemed to be intelligent enough in class when he tried, but she didn’t understand why he would be selected for Head Boy. He was a lawless troublemaker, always getting into a fight with someone, or being the main subject of catty drama among the female population at Hogwarts.