Jessica Green was an ordinary Hogwarts student. She had not one bad intention inside of her, and remained quiet for the most of her school life. Harry Potter still remained a strange yet impressive boy whom she never had the pleasure of meeting properly. In fact the only thing they had in common was the fact that they were in the same house and year together. There was only one time where she had dropped a book in the hallway on the way to potions class, and he had happily retrieved it from the cobblestone floor for her. It was nothing more and she continued her life as normal. Jessica was born into a perfectly normal wizarding family. She grew up alongside her mother, father and sister, Hope and her brother Kyle. Jessica was the youngest sibling. Nothing exciting happened to Jess. Well, almost nothing.

The tables were piled high with platters of mouth watering food. Each house table was covered head to toe in croissants, pancakes, waffles, sausages, beans, bacon rashers, eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms, fresh orange juice and lined with silver cutlery.

"Jess…" The voice was faint, like a whistle in the wind.

"Jessie…" It came again, muffled, barely audible.

"Jessica!" This time it could be heard, quite clearly too.

Jessica unhooked her gaze on the fireplace that was inside the Great Hall and moved it onto her friend, Molly, who was waving a hand frantically in front of her face. Jess smiled weakly.

"Are you tired or something?" Molly asked, slowly returning to the book in her hand. Molly liked to read but not very often. She thought it best to keep a healthy balance of reading and going out with other friends. Jess on the other hand was more reluctant to go out with the other two girls in their room, Natalie and Katie. It wasn't because she didn't like the two girls, they were her other two best friends. But generally, it didn't occur to Jess that she HAD to go out.

"Sorry. I'm not tired, just thinking."

Molly stared at her, clearly expecting a better explanation.

"Go on…"

"You know, just thinking."

Molly pulled a face and put her book down, making sure she wouldn't lose her place. Folding her arms, Molly puffed out, quite loudly in fact, almost unintentionally.

"What? I guess I'm just nervous about this stupid Winter Ball next Saturday..." Jess trailed off when she saw other students coming to sit down for breakfast.

"Seriously? I thought last week, you were totally excited for it." Molly asked, reaching for a croissant and butter. Jess followed her action and spread the fresh butter onto the warm croissant. The yellow substance melted fairly quickly and made the pastry smell even better.

"I was, but now I'm just not sure. Everyone already knows what they are wearing, who they are going with and they've even planned out the after party!"

Molly smiled comfortingly as Jessica held her head in her hands in shame.

"I just don't get … it…"

"What?" Molly asked, confused, still stuffing her chops with juicy croissants.

"IT" Jess replied, raising her eyebrows. She thought Molly would get the message but clearly her friend was one sandwich short of a picnic this morning.

"The whole social gathering thing. You know parties, dresses and… guys…"

Molly snorted, almost choking on her orange juice. However, Jess clearly wasn't impressed and shook her head in disbelief.

"Look I'm sorry Jessie. I just don't see why you think it's such a big deal! It should be fun and entertaining not stressful and boring!"

Jess sighed and got up from the table "I think I'll go for a walk now. I'll see you later?"

Molly nodded and waved Jess off. She then turned to Katie who had only just sat down.

Walking down the corridor, Jess heard different conversations between various people. She continued on to the owlery, only to be interrupted by Samuel Gray. He was, as usual, with his little posse of friends. Slytherins always seemed to travel in packs. She hadn't really met him before and only ever saw him in a few lessons or around the school. Jess did not see him coming and they clashed quite violently, Jess being the smaller one, thrown back into the wall.

"Whoa! Watch where you are going, you stupid girl" Samuel exclaimed, brushing his robe off.

"Excuse me for walking." She replied, getting to her feet and pushing past the boys, each of them chuckling to themselves. Jess turned left and walked into the owlery, the sounds of wings and squawks coming from the birds. All different shapes and sizes.

"At least you aren't rude" Jess said, walking over to one of the owls that sat in the middle. Unfortunately, the owl replied back with a bite and Jessica bit her own lip from the sharp pain that followed. Sighing, she looked out onto the lake below that surrounded Hogwarts. It was a beautiful sight, really useful for clearing the mind.