"Amelia Sterling! Get your arse down here! Right now!" Amelia sighed, putting down her quill. She had been busy writing a letter to Lee, telling him at what time to meet her at the station the next day. Cass, Jennifer and she were going to stay the night at the Leaky Cauldron, because Cass would have to work the next day and this would make sure Jennifer and Amelia would be able to get to the station, with a little help of the Weasleys. Cassandra had always liked their next door neighbors, and used to ask the oldest, Bill, to watch Amelia and Jennifer when they were little.

"I'm coming Cass!" Amelia grabbed the letter she had been writing and sent it away with Cass' owl Benju.

"Have you got everything?" Cassandra asked, checking her own purse again.

"Yes. Cass."

"And you Jennie?"

"Yes mum. Now can we get going?" Amelia rolled her eyes. It was no wonder Jennifer was so eager to go. She had been obviously talking to Percy, who had probably told her that Oliver would also be at the Cauldron. It was no secret that Jennifer liked Oliver Wood. It was also no secret that Oliver was aware of this fact, and didn't give a rat's arse about it. Amelia was just glad that she would get to spend some time outside of school with her friends. Because, believe it or not, most of her friend group was going to be there tonight. Most of them with their parents, but they didn't really care about that.

"Merlin, Jen! Eager much?"

"Oh shut up!" Amelia just laughed and followed Cass through the floo network to the Leaky Cauldron.

X- Harry Potter -X

"Lia!" Amelia almost toppled over as she was tackled by Katie Bell, one of her best friends.

"Hey Kates. How are you doing?"

"I'm great! You'll never guess what happened over the summer... I was staying at the same resort as Oliver and he-"

"Hello lass." The low voice, a heavy Scottish accent apparent in it, would cause any hot-blooded girl to shiver. Amelia was no exception.

"H-hello Oliver." Katie's voice went up a few octaves, like a child that had been caught doing something it shouldn't.

"Hey Wood. How's life treating ya?" Most girls kept blubbering on after that initial shivering sensation, but not Amelia. Sure, Oliver Wood was hot as hell, but he was just a guy. And Amelia never ever let a guy faze her.

"Good, as always. Hello Katie." Katie turned an ever darker shade of red than she had been two seconds ago. "I've got to go and get some quidditch supplies, care to join me Lia?" He asked, as he tugged on one of her long blonde locks.

"I would love to, Ollie." She used this little nickname to tease him. "But we still have to check in."

"It's okay. I'll see you tonight then. We're going for ice cream at Fortesque's."

"Sounds like a plan! Seven?" He nodded and turned around. Before Katie could continue her story about the summer, they were interrupted by none other than the Weasley twins.

"Well, look at this Freddie..."

"if it isn't our long lost little Lia." Both of the guys slung an arm around her and Amelia rolled her eyes.

"Look Kates, it's the troublesome twins! Don't you have some people to terrorize?" The twins faked being hurt and lifted their hands to their chests, theatrically. Amelia just rolled her eyes at their antics, before giving George a hug. "Good to see you, George."

"What am I? Air?" Came Fred's voice from her left. Amelia raised her eyebrows sceptically.

"Don't be such a wanker, Freddie." She let go of George and answered Fred's little grin with one of her own, before throwing her arms around his neck, giving him a proper best friend greeting.

"That's what I'm talking about."

X- Harry Potter -X

"Lia!" Amelia turned around with a smile, only to be picked up by Lee.

"Hey Lee!" Lee was a year older and very good friends with the twins, though he was less of a troublemaker.

"How was your summer?" Lia rolled her eyes.

"Unbelievably boring. Cass wouldn't let me go anywhere. I've been holed up in my room for most of the summer. All thanks to Black. Worst summer ever. How about you?" Lee shrugged.

"It was okay I guess. Spent most of it with my cousin, Hope." Amelia tried to get an image of the girl he was talking about, but somehow couldn't find one in her mind. Weird... Normally she was really good at remembering faces. Deciding not to spend too much time on it, she shrugged it of and started babbling enthusiastically to Lee, while making their way into the train. Luckily the twins had managed to snag an empty compartment and their friends were slowly trickling in, one by one. Instead of being able to sit next to Lee, on the seat closest to the compartment door, Amelia got stuck sitting in between Fred and Oliver. Not that she minded being next to either of them, but she had heard something the day before, when she passed two seventh years.

"Did you hear?" A dark-haired girl whisper-yelled to her blond companion. Amelia stopped in her tracks. She was never one for gossip, but she had been so bored over the summer that everything sounded interesting.

"What?" The blond answered, curiosity clear in her voice the brunette moved a little closer to the blond.

"Rumor has it that Oliver Wood has taken an interest in one of the Gryffindor girls!" A gasp came from the blond.

"Nooooo! Who?"

"I don't know, but I heard she's a fourth year."

"A fourth year?! Isn't that a bit young?"

"Maybe. But hey, who are we to judge, right?" After that Amelia had been repeating that conversation in her mind over and over again, trying to figure out who they could've been talking about.

A small bang shook her from her thoughts. Apparently the twins, who were seated across from each other, had started playing a game of exploding snap. Fred lost, resulting in the stack of cards blowing up in his face. While everyone was laughing, enjoying his embarrassment, Amelia noticed a small trickle of blood dripping down his left cheek. Without thinking she grabbed a tissue from her purse and pulled his face a bit towards her, so she could gently wipe the blood from his cheek. He looked at her with a small smile.

"Thanks Lia." He said softly. Lia smiled back at him, before turning to Oliver.

"So Ollie. Guess what I heard." Oliver looked at her, a look in his eyes that she couldn't quite place.

"What did you hear, Lass?" Amelia grinned at him.

"People are saying that you like some fourth year Gryffindor. I'm just wondering who it is." If she hadn't turned her eyes to George in that moment, she'd have noticed the color that rose to his cheeks.

"People say a lot." Lia turned her eyes back to Oliver, whose cheeks had turned back to his normal color. She was about to ask him why he avoided giving an answer to her implied question, when her attention was pulled back to George, who had started up a new game of exploding snap, with his twin.

"You tossers are going to hurt yourselves again."

"Don't care." They answered in unison. Amelia just rolled her eyes and grabbed her book. She had just finished the chapter, when there was a knock on the door and a mocha skinned girl with very, very long hair and sparkling green eyes entered the compartment. She didn't look familiar, even though she looked like she was around the same age as Amelia. Amelia looked at Lee, who was seated in front of her, trying to see if he knew this girl. The way he grinned at the girl, who answered with a smug little smile, suggested he did know her. Quite well. A secret summer love maybe? No, that wasn't it. If Lee liked someone she would know about it, that much she was certain of. But there was something about this girl. And then suddenly it hit her...

"You're Hope, right?" The green eyes moved to Amelia, an eyebrow raised. And suddenly those eyes weren't green anymore. They had somehow turned a quite unnatural shade of purple, startling her. After looking her up and down, the corners of the girl's mouth turned up.

"The one and only."