A/N: Written by Lucinda :)
They met on Platform 9 ¾. Just briefly. They happened to walk into each other and then they were lost in the crowd. Such a seemingly tiny, insignificant moment for most but they remembered it forever. Over the years their friendship waxed and waned but they were always drawn back together by a mysterious force. Destiny, you could say. Love, they would say in years to come.
That first train ride was spent in each other's company; getting to know who they were, their likes and dislikes and other meaningless information that only they knew about each other. At some point the door was yanked open by a small, mousy brown-haired boy who stumbled through his words. He was Neville Longbottom and he had lost his toad. It turns out he never wanted a pet but his grandmother bought him Trevor and he really didn't want to seem ungrateful, it was just that his grandmother was awfully pushy about these kind of things, and he always lost things, and forgot things, and then Trevor was gone in the midst of the crush on the platform.
After saying they hadn't seen him and reassuring him everything would be alright, Neville left and they were nearing Hogwarts so they changed into their robes. They continued to talk about everything until the train stopped at the station. They left the train and went to the boats. They rode on different boats due to the number restrictions but as soon as they landed on the shore they met up and walked into Hogwarts together. Every year, apart from the last, they would enter the school together.
They entered the dorm and sat down on their beds which were next to each other. They helped each other unpack and decorate, which meant Seamus helped Dean put up his West Ham poster. Seamus was busy shoving socks and sweets into a drawer when he heard Dean mumble, "Help. Seamus, I… I can't reach." He had been fighting the poster for about 10 minutes.
"Give it here." Seamus replied.
Dean stuck the bottom down whilst Seamus got hold of the top of the poster and stuck that down for him. They then played cards and ate some of Seamus's sweet stash until the other boys arrived.
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