Mel's POV

I pass through the barrier of platform 9 ¾ to find a pair of arms thrown around my shoulders.

"Melanie, I've missed you so much" Rose Weasley gushes; her eyes lighting up while stepping away from me. Rose has been my best mate since we met on the train in first year. When we were both sorted into Gryffindor and realized we had a lot in common like witch weekly, quidditch and a serious love of red nail polish. Now were almost inseparable, especially with our other best mates Albus Potter (Rose's cousin) and Scorpius Malfoy (to the complete shock of everyone's parents).

"Let's go find the boys" I hear Rose say.

I grab my trunk as we make our way through the mass of people on the platform towards the train. Rose has very little shelf control when it comes to talking about herself so she just couldn't wait till we found the compartment the boys were in to start telling me all about her vacation.

"France with Dominique and Lily was so much fun! The fashion there is unbelievable. I wish you could of came with us! But no you had to go to Italy with your family," she says pouting, "how was it anyway?"

"It was good, Italian boys are very hot " I respond waggling my eyebrows at her.

"Meet anyone? She asks.

I groan a little. "Life doesn't revolve around boys Rose!"

Recently I'd actually been thinking a lot about boys, well more like one boy. I couldn't stop thinking about Al, he nose, his hair his eyes, everything. I couldn't stop.

"Focus Mel! We're almost at the compartment they told me to meet them in."

The closer we get we start hearing two familiar voices coming from our usual compartment.

"What are they…? " Rose starts to say, but I stop by putting my hand to her mouth. "Shhhh! I want to hear this." I whisper.

She catch's on quickly and we open the compartment door, just enough to see and hear through, making sure to be as quiet as possible. And right there are Scorpius and Al, gossiping like girls. I take a moment to look them both up and down. Since I had only seen Scorp in July he doesn't seem to have changed too much other than that his hair is noticeably blonder, probably due to being outside playing quidditch all day everyday. Because of my trip to Italy I hadn't been able to see Al at all this summer so I take a good look at him and notice his now super messy hair more filled out body. He is looking hot and apparently so does Scorp by the scarlet blush that was spreading from Rose's cheeks.

"Wow" I can't help but whisper.

"I know…" is all rose can manage to whisper back.

As I started to focus on what they were saying the volume increases. Al is looking pretty frustrated and Scorpius doesn't seem to be helping.

"We've had this discussion before. Just ask her out." Scorp says.

" I can't" Al says this almost like a whine.

" Why? You're absolutely perfect for each other."

"She doesn't feel that same way about me." He says frowning

"Of course she does. What girl can resist that Potter charm?"

"She can."

Al signs and run his fingers through his messy black hair. I motion to rose with my hands to step away from the compartment. She follows me down the hall.

"Who do you think he's talking about" Rose asks.

"To be honest I'm hoping it's about me, I've sort of developed a little crush." I start to say before Rose interrupts me.

"Holy mother of merlin balls! This is amazing news!" she almost screams in my face while holding my hands and doing a little happy dance.

"I don't want to risk ruining our friendship if he doesn't like me back."

"He does, I'm so sure of it. But I understand." Thank merlin she understands, and this is why we're best friends. She lets go of me and starts pacing in front of me.

"What should I do?"

"I'm going to do some investigating and find out whether you're the one they were talking about and when I do, you'll be set." Grateful for the fact that I don't have to deal with this alone, I grab Rose and squeeze her tightly towards me. I'm so surprised she's being this cool about me liking her cousin. Maybe she's known all along?

"Lets go in there now we've been spying long enough, I still can't believe we did that" rose says with a giggle.

"I have butterflies in my stomach!" I'm panicking; I haven't seen him in so long.

" Don't worry" Rose reassures me "Everything will be alright"

"You promise? I whisper.

"Mhmm" she says right before she pushes me into the boy's compartment. As soon as they see us both their heads pop up and they get up to welcome us.

"What took you so long we've been waiting?" Scorpius asks while giving both Rose and I hugs. I shrug before grabbing Albus and giving him a big hug.

"I've missed you so much" I whisper in his ear. I lean away for a moment to see him blushing.

"Me two." he whispers back.

"We got caught up talking about our vacations." Rose lies easily.

Rose and I put our trucks away, and Rose goes to sit beside Scorpius. Leaving the only other available seat next to Al. I sit down and give him a warm smile. Before joining in on Rose and Scorpius's conversation.

"France was amazing, but I had to learn a little French." rose smiles " but I missed you guys so much."

Al turns to me. "Tell us about your trip to Italy, Mel? "

And I do. I tell them about the weather, the language and the culture. We talk about what the boys did that summer. Which was basically, quidditch, quidditch and more quidditch.

And before we know it, it's already time to change into our school robes.

I step into our compartment in my Gryffindor robes with rose at my heels. Once inside I see Al and Scorp already in their Slytherin robe's.

"Scorp, can you believe were in 6th year?" I ask.

"No, it feels like yesterday when we were all 1st years"

"Yeah, but I'm so excited" Al interjects

Scorp laughs at him, " you're just saying that because you're quidditch captain."

"What? Al you got quidditch captain? Since when?" I'm so shocked how amazing for Al, but very bad for me.

"Since now, didn't Rose tell you?"

"Nope." I say turning to her. Rose laughed distractedly gazing out the window. How could she not tell me? This is important information.

"Sorry must have forgotten," she says, without turning to look at me. Which in Rose language basically means she's either lying or not wiling to admit the whole truth.

"Well surprise! I'm quidditch captain two!"

"Oh wow." Al says. I know what everyone's thinking right now Al is captain and the Slytherin quidditch team; I'm captain of the Gryffindor quidditch team. Not good a good combo.

'Hey Mel," Al says turning to me, "no matter what we're best mates okay? No matter who wins in the end? Deal?"

I shake his hand, "of course. Deal."

At that very moment the trolley arrives outside our door. Both Al and Scorp both get chocolate frogs while Rose gets a cauldron cake.

"I can't stand those things." I say pointing to Rose's treat, I stand up and order a bag of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. We spend the rest of the train ride caching up, laughing and playing lots of exploding snap. As we near the end of the train ride I look outside and see Hogwarts in the distance. The cattle looks more beautiful than ever and my insides well up at the thought of all the amazing new memories we're going to share this year. Goodbye summer, hello 6th year.