Disclaimer: I am not a blonde I am not that old nor do I have a husband children and millions of dollars therefore I am not Jo and do not own Harry Potter.

A/N: So I told people that I was going to re-do 'Your own disaster' but instead I did this which is kind of like YOD but different any way let me know what you all think and if I should continue it. Oh and chapters will probably get a bit longer as I go on.

Chapter 1

Dorcas Meadowes often prided herself at being able to make brilliant honey sandwiches; she would often comment to her friends Lily Evans and Marlene McKinnon that "it was a talent not many could conquer." She would continue on saying that "you have to have the right amount of honey and butter, other wise it just won't work" every time this happened Lily and Marlene would just nod along, because there was no denying it Dorcas was excellent at making honey sandwiches.

That wasn't the only thing Dorcas was excellent at though, she was also very good at complaining about Quidditchand all physical activities and of course eating, she was great at eating.

Dorcas was your average 16 year old girl, she wished she was thinner and had bigger breasts, she wanted to be smarter, prettier, she never thought herself good enough, she always compared herself to her friends and she also had a fun time bitching about other girls with her friends, whilst gossiping about boys. Dorcas wasn't the centre of attention and she liked it like that, she enjoyed her life and had great friends of course being best friends with Lily Evans and Marlene McKinnon did have its downs, mostly in the fact that she was constantly looked over as they were both beautiful girls.

This didn't bother Dorcas all that much anymore however as she had gotten quite used to it and took pleasure in the quiet life but it certainly did not help her get a boyfriend. Dorcas sometimes thought that if she was quiet enough she could just blend in with the shadows and no one would notice she were missing, nevertheless these thoughts were blown out of her mind after having a good chat with Lily.

-x-

It was Dorcas' 6th year at Hogwarts this year and she was waiting for Lily with Marlene who had been making an on-going commentary about how people have changed over the summer and if it suited them.

"Oh look there's Benjy Fenwick, his looking much better, I think he must have grown or something because he definitely doesn't look like an elf any more."

Dorcas nodded agreeing as she looked at Benjy he had got quite better looking and looked nothing like an elf any more.

"Deary me, someone should tell Jessica that blonde is not her colour" as Marlene said this she flicked her long golden blonde hair behind her shoulder.

After a few more minutes of Marlene insulting/ complimenting people they finally saw Lily.

"What took you so long? Marls has pretty much been through everyone already" Dorcas said.

Feigning hurt Lily replied "you commented on people with out me?! I'm very hurt that you would do that."

"I'm sorry but I just couldn't wait any longer and you were taking far too long" Marlene grinned.

"Yeah sorry about that, first I had a fight with Petunia and then we were caught in traffic."

"Usual fight with Petunia?" Dorcas asked distractedly looking into a compartment to see if it were free.

Lily nodded, "there's a compartment here" Marlene called from a few feet away.

"It's been what 6 years since I got into Hogwarts and she still doesn't seem to be able to accept me, I just really miss what we had."

An awkward silence overcame the three girls, this usually happened when Lily talked about Petunia as neither girl really knew what to say. Finally Marlene changed the subject "How was France?" she asked Lily.

Lily beamed at the two girls and started talking animatedly about how beautiful everything was there and how all the man were good looking and the food was delicious.

-x-

"They never have enough apple pie, if I knew where the kitchens were I would go down and complain to those house elves now, I mean who doesn't like apple pie?!" Dorcas exclaimed looking at the Gryffindor table with disgust as there was no apple pie left.

"Calm down Cass, it's not the end of the world, they still have pecan pie and date pudding and heaps of stuff" Marlene said.

"It's just so annoying every year, NO, all the time; they never have enough apple pie for everyone. When will they learn?!"

"Don't talk about them like that" Lily snapped, "they are human too."

Marlene snorted into her food as she knew what was coming, "technically Lily, their not human, their elves."

Lily shook her head changing the topic "why haven't we seen Marcus yet?" Lily asked Marlene.

Marcus was Marlene's boyfriend they had been a couple since the beginning of the summer.

"Oh we broke up during the summer, didn't I tell you?"

Lily shook my head.

"How could you have not known, I wrote you and told you about how Marls was using me as her second." Dorcas said shovelling down some date pudding.

"Yes but you always say odd things so I didn't take that as Marlene and Marcus have broken up."

"Well you should have" Dorcas said childishly.

Lily shook her head smiling, "so what happened with you two? You were perfect before I left."

"I don't know we just fell apart, no big" Marlene replied simply.

"Oh my, look at Sirius Black, he has gotten even better looking, I didn't think it possible." Marlene squealed under her breath.

Dorcas looked down the table to where Sirius Black was siting with his friends. He certainly did look better looking then ever, his hair had grown a bit over the summer and kept falling into his grey eyes.

"This is the year girls" Marlene sighed while she watched Black, "I'm telling you this year he'll notice me as something more then just another classmate."

Every year Marlene said this and every year it turned out just the same. It was quite odd really that Black hadn't gone out or at least snogged Marlene yet as she was very pretty and was known to get around. She seemed to fit the girls he was with perfectly yet still nothing happened.

"You say that every year, I don't see what you see in him, I mean yes his good looking but he's really arrogant." Lily said.

"His not arrogant, Lils, his just sure of himself" Marlene replied not taking her eyes off Black.

"You do realise you've been staring at him for over five minutes now, it's getting kind of creepy" Dorcas informed Marlene.

"But he's so gorgeous, could you imagine our kids, they would be perfect and everyone would be so jealous of them."

Dorcas laughed and looked back at Black, he seemed to have heard her laughing or sensed someone's (Marlene's) eyes on him as he turned away from his friends and stared straight at her.

Dorcas gave a small smile as his eyes met hers and he grinned back, turning back to her food Dorcas found Marlene staring at her and Lily laughing.

"You look at him for one second and he notices you, I look at him for hours and he never notices me, life is so unfair." Marlene whined.

Dorcas and Lily shared a glance and started laughing, while Marlene sulked.