"She sighed as she boarded the train. This was not going to be good. Yes, it was her first year at Hogwarts, but it would also be her first year living in the House of Slytherin. She did not want to live there, but she knew given her family history that the sorting hat would place her there."

"She stared at the nameless seventh year from across the table. He was a fellow Gryffindor and quite adorable. She had noticed this before, but never this strongly. Suddenly he looked up from the conversation with his friend and winked at her. Her cheeks flushed. This was new. Things had been a little weird since the start of term. She'd been getting attention from non-marauding males. She smiled flirtatiously at the seventh year and glanced back down at her meal. Alice prodded her with her elbow and grinned knowingly at her."