I don't know when it happened, but at some point between my first year here at Hogwarts and now, three years later, I've come to find myself in a situation that I have no idea how to resolve. I, Amy Heartworth, have been friends with Ron Wesley for years before entering Hogwarts. Upon entering Hogwarts our relationship was strong, but took a slight turn; in first year we were just friends, second year was the same, but third year he started to act differently and I started to feel differently about him. Now here I am on the Hogwarts express attempting to avoid confrontation with a certain ginger haired boy.

"Amy, there you are. How long have you been waiting here?" a ginger haired boy poked his head through the doorway of the compartment.

The brunette sighed.

"Hello Ron." Her voice showed slight irritation.

"What's wrong?" Ron's green eyes washed over with concern.

"Nothing," Amy tried to lie and brush off the subject.

"I've known you for a long time, you can't lie to me."

"It's nothing you need to be concerned about. Really it's nothing."

"Fine." Ron wasn't happy that Amy seemed to be hiding things from him, "how long have you been waited here?"

"An hour, maybe more."

"Why?" normally Amy wouldn't be that early.

"Dad kicked me out of the house early," Amy stated simply looking back down at her journal

"Why?" shock flowed over Ron's features.

"He said he had enough of seeing my ugly face around the house, so here I am finally going back to Hogwarts." Amy put on a fake smile trying to cover the sadness she felt.

"I still say you should come live with us, or your grandmother," Ron stated crossing his arms angrily.

"My grandmother hates me there is no way I would ever go live with her and I wouldn't want to impose upon your family. There are only a few more years before I'm able to leave that bloody house. Most of that time will be spent in Hogwarts, so it won't be all that bad really."

"It sounds like you're trying to convince yourself more than me."

"Yeah, well, maybe I am, maybe I'm not."

"What you writing now?" Ron tried to change the subject.

"Oh just some thoughts," came the blunt reply.

"About?"

"Stuff."

"Like?"

"People."

"Who?"

"Just people."

"You and your blunt answers." Ron sighed, Amy always did blunt answers to everyone.

"But that's what you love about me." Amy smiled a giant smile attempting to look as cute as can be.

"I love you?" Ron asked in mock shock.

"Not nice." Amy pushed Ron away from her slightly.

'Only if I could say those words for real,' Ron thought as he laughed.

"You know if I didn't know better I'd say the two of you were dating," Herminie commented upon entering the compartment.

"Hello Herms. How was your summer?" Amy asked.

"Wonderful," Herminie replied sitting down beside Amy.

"So how'd it go with your father?" Herminie asked turning to the brunette beside her.

"Not good."

"What happened?" Herminie asked, concern flashed in her brown orbs.

"The usual," Amy said in a small voice.

"He beat you again?" Ron's eyes flashed with anger.

"Real bad," Amy answered quietly.

"There's no way I'm letting you go back there this summer," Ron blurted out.

Amy and Herminie looked at him like he was crazy or something.

"What? Don't look at me like I'm crazy! He's beaten you to an inch of your life before. You've been to the doctor so many times because of him and his bloody anger problems. How many broken bones have you had now? Huh? Too many to count. You can't live there any longer. Next time he might actually kill you!" Ron ranted on.

Amy blinked absently at the ginger haired boy. Then she smiled at him.

"Thanks Ron, for caring so much about me," Amy said as a small amount of heat raised to her cheeks.

"Well, duh I care about you…you're my best friend Amy," Ron said deciding now would not be the best time to tell her his feelings.

Amy felt a little disappointed that Ron didn't say something else.

"Oh and what does that make me Ron?" Harry asked, "I thought I was your best friend."

Harry put on a fake pout. Everyone busted out laughing.

"No, Harry, you're my brother," Ron said simply.

Harry smiled a genuine smile at the three.

'It's nice to be back in Hogwarts again,' Amy thought as she listened to her best friends continue to talk around her.