A/N: WOW! It's been forever since I've written a story for this website. Hopefully everyone's reactions will be better this time around. I'm older and a better writer, if I do say so myself, than I was about four years ago, so yeah. Anyway, No flames. Constructive criticism is welcome. Just so you know, Albus Severus Potter is going to be called Sev, if only because I'm stubborn and that's what I want to call him. :) And the way I portray Lily Luna is as the odd ball in a sense. She's more in touch with the muggle world if only in the sense that she listens to muggle music (Hey what's good is good right?). That's just me tho.

Rated M for Language.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my original characters. Last names will be used that you recognize (E.G. Wood, Longbottom, etc.). J.K. Rowling owns it all... Lucky woman that she is.

I Thought We Were Friends

A Next Generation Fic

Albus "Sev" Potter and Kailee Wood

Chapter 1: Hangovers are a Bitch: Sev's POV

Sev Potter groaned as he rolled over in bed, blindly reaching out for his glasses. When he slipped them on and opened his eyes, he instantly regretted letting his older brother, James, and their god-brother, Teddy, convince him in taking "just one more shot" of Firewhiskey the night before.

"Go away!" He growled when someone pounded on his door. His head was pounding and he was tempted to risk getting expelled from Hogwarts if it meant that he could hex the person disturbing him into next year.

He heard the lock on his door click open and groaned. Lovely, just bloody brilliant! All he needed was for one of his parents to see him like this. His mum would kill him.

Luckily, the chuckle he heard was decidedly masculine and when he peaked open one eye, he noticed that the blue haired man standing in his doorway looked nothing like his father.

Teddy Lupin walked over to Sev's bed and shook his head. "One too many last night, eh?"

"You should know, you bloody bastard." Sev glared at him. "Just one more shot, Sev! Come on, it won't kill ya!" He mimicked James and Teddy's words from the night before.

Teddy laughed out loud this time. "You'll survive it. Just take this, go drink some coffee and get some breakfast. You'll be feeling better in no time. Aunt Ginny says that you need to get downstairs anyway."

"What the hell is this?" Sev asked, taking the vial from Teddy's hand.

"It's a hangover potion. It tastes horrible but that's what the coffee and breakfast is for afterward."

"I hate you right now. Just so you know."

"You'll get over it." Teddy grinned. "Now come on before Aunt Ginny comes up here after you."

Sev downed the hangover potion in one gulp before getting out of bed to pull on a pair of Puddlemere United pajama pants and a tee shirt.

"Hogwarts letters." He heard his mother announce as he came down the stairs.

When he walked into the kitchen and headed straight to the coffee pot. Sev was glad that his parents had decided that they wanted to keep some muggle appliances around the house. He wasn't sure what he would do without coffee, what his brother had declared "the sweet black nectar of the gods."

"It's about time you got out of bed, punk." James stated, grinning when Sev winced.

"Leave your brother alone, James." Their father, Harry, said from the head of the table where he was reading that day's edition of the Daily Prophet.

The preference of silence in the morning as opposed to chaos was on of the many things that Sev and his father had in common. Unfortunately, James, Lily and Teddy seem to have come to the conclusion that chaos is perfect for any time of day or night. Of course, to give credit where credit is due, Teddy has calmed down since he started dating Victoire Weasley, Sev's cousin, but that doesn't mean he's completely calm yet.

After Sev had poured his coffee, he walked over and sat down before grabbing his Hogwarts letter from middle of the table. He already knew the main points of the letter. The only thing that would change is what books he would need for his classes. He took a sip from his coffee cup as he read through the first page of the letter. As he got to the bottom of the page, he nearly choked when he tried to swallow his drink. Yeah, there were two details that he had forgotten. He'd been made a school prefect. Of course, he knew it was a possibility since he was going into his 5th year and he had done well in the majority of his classes, but he didn't think that it would actually happen.

"Why do you look like you're about to puke, Sev?" Lily asked, glancing across the table at her older brother.

"Um, I, uh, made prefect." He looked back down at the piece of parchment to make sure that he had read it correctly. That was when he saw something he missed the first time. "And I'm Quidditch co-captain."

Forgetting about breakfast, he ran over to the counter where his parents kept parchment, a quill and some ink for quick letters that needed to be send out. He started to scratch out, his hand writing had never been perfect, a quick note before whistling for his snowy white owl to come to him.

K-

Diagon Alley today? And did you make captain for quidditch?

-S

End of First Chapter

Alright I know that it's rather short, but hey, leaves you wondering who "K" is huh? Well not really if you actually read the Author's Note beforehand and the title sequence but still. I'm not going to offer free cookies or threaten to off a puppy or anything like that. Just know that no reviews mean no updates. :) Let me know what you think. This chapter was actually kinda hard to write though i'm not sure why. Anyway! Hugs and all that jazz. See ya next time.

Rae