Chapter 1:

Ah morning, the most awful part of the day. The sun streamed through the crack in the blinds in the tiny room, I looked around and spotted my roommate Ginny. Yes, that Ginny. I should explain my name is Jane Potter the daughter of Lily and James Potter and of course, the sister of Harry Potter. Since our parents died when we were just babies Harry and I were sent to different families in order to keep the chosen ones separate incase one of us was killed the other one would be there to fulfil the prophesy. Harry was sent to live with our asshole aunt and her asshole husband and there pig of a son. I, on the other hand, was fortunate enough to be sent to live with the wonderful Weasley family.

Life with the Weasley's has been amazing I honestly couldn't complain. Molly and Arthur treat me like their own child. I share a room with Ginny as she is the only other girl that lives i the Burrow. Gin is like the little sister that anyone would be lucky to have. She is the closest thing to a friend I have. Even though my home life is ideal, the same cannot be said for my social life. You would think having the name Potter would come with instant popularity but that is sadly not the way. Harry is everything people thought the offspring of Lily and James Potter would be. He is a Gryffindor, confident, brave, charming and a member of the golden trio. Whereas me, I am a Slytherin, shy, a bit of a recluse and not the perfect child people expected lily and James to produce. As you can imagine being a Potter in Slytherin does not bode to well with the other members of my house.

Anyway thats enough about my life back to reality. Today was the last day of summer and Molly was making us to Diagon Alley to collect all of the school supplies we would need for the year. I dragged myself out of bed and headed to the bathroom to get ready. The perks of being one of the few girls to the live in the burrow was that Ginny and I recently got access to our own bathroom after Molly decided that young women shouldn't have to beautify themselves in the same area that Ron uses to take his extra long showers. I washed my face and applied a very light amount of makeup mainly consisting of mascara, powder and the smallest bit of concealer under my eyes. As I was finishing up my mascara a shout could be heard from downstairs. "Jane! Ginny! We are leaving in 5 minutes if you are not down here by then you will have to wear the same uniforms as last year!" shouted Molly. "Oh Shit" I heard Ginny shout, followed by a thump of what I can only assume came about as a result of her falling out of bed. I hurriedly scooped my long brown hair into a messy bun on the top of my head, and then threw on some cropped yoga pants and a vest shirt. As I ran down the stairs I was putting on my battered nike sneakers and grabbing my scruffy backpack.

"I'm here. I'm here." I said sliding into the kitchen and snatching the slice of toast out of Ron's hand just as he went to take a bite. "Jane, would you please go with Ginny around the different places she needs to go to get the items she needs for school. Normally I would do it and let the older boys handle themselves but I am not willing to have a repeat of last year where the twins spent the money for their uniforms in a bloody joke shop." Molly said glaring at the twins. "Yeah thats fine, I don't mind. I could use some new items from the Joke Shop myself." I replied while winking at the twins who started to laugh at the disappointed look their mother shot me. Not too long after that Ginny came downstairs and we headed off to complete our errands.

Once we all reached Diagon Alley we all broke off into our respective groups, Ginny and myself, the twins and their mother and Ron went to meet up with Harry and Hermione. First stop Flourish and Blotts. As the door swung open into the shop parents could be seen frantically running around the shop trying to prepare their children for the school year ahead. Ginny and I eventually gathered up all of the books we needed for the year and took our place in the extremely long check out line. In hindsight maybe leaving all of the before school shopping to the day before school was not a good idea but I tried my hardest not to think about school over summer. Ginny and I passed the time by chatting about random things.

As we got two people away from the front of the queue I felt a pair of hands wrap around my eyes and a voice whisper in my ear "Guess whoooo ?" The unmistaken cheery voice of Fred Weasley rang through my ears. "Ummm I don't know, hopefully not that ginger tosser Fred Weasley." After I said that the hands that were previously over my eyes dropped to my shoulders and spun me around. I was met with the puppy dog eyes of the Weasley in question. "That wasn't very nice Potter. I would bring up how your hair looks like a crow has taken up residency in it but I am too much of a gentleman for that." He smirked nudging me with his elbow. I chuckled at his goofiness and we all chatted until it was time to check out.

FREDS POV

When we walked out of the bookstore with Gin and Jane, George came up to me and whispered in my ear.
"What was that all about?".
" What do you mean what was what ?" I replied.
" You know what I am talking about. The guess who thing. You have been drooling over her all summer. Do you like Jane?" George half whispered half shouted.
"No way! Like she is a good looking girl but she is not my type."
"Oh yeah? Then why is your eyes currently on her butt?" He replied with a wink.
"Its a girl wearing yoga pants George, of course I'm going to look at her butt!"

I shouted this last part a little too loud and my head shot up to see if the girls had noticed, luckily they were too engrossed in the conversation they were having. Thank Merlin for that !

I couldn't stop thinking about what George had said to me. Was I making it that obvious? During the summer I may have developed a slight crush on Jane. She is no longer the little girl that came to live with us. I realised I had this crush on her when she came back from a run one day and she had on those damn yoga pants. Since that point the crush has grown. I didn't think anyone had noticed, but I should have known George would have figured it out the man knows me better than I know myself. Its not only a physical attraction I have towards her. Even though we have lived together forever, Jane keeps herself to herself but over summer she and I began talking more and I realised that we have a lot in common.

The girls didn't take too long getting their uniforms. They were in and out in no time and once they were done we headed back to the Burrow. When we arrived home, we saw the golden trio standing in the kitchen. Jane dropped her bags at the door and ran to give her brother a big hug. "Harry! I missed you. Hows my little brother doing?" She said ruffling his hair. "Jane you are three minutes older than me. That doesn't make you my big sister." Harry said trying to tame his scruffy raven hair. "Now now, little Harry. As the older twin out of George and I. I have to agree with Janey on this one." I said slinging my arm around her shoulders. I couldn't help but notice how petit she was when I put my arm around her. She laughed at my reaction but didn't remove the arm around her shoulders, causing my stomach to do a little flip.

We all chatted in the kitchen, mainly talking about Harry and what summer was like for him in the muggle world. After what seemed like ages, Jane said she needed to go put her stuff away before my mum shouted at her. She shrugged out from underneath my arm and excused herself. Ginny followed not long after her.

JANES POV:

As I started to pack up the things I got today into my trunk. Ginny came into the room and cleared her throat. "So 'Janey' care to tell me what that was downstairs?" Ginny said with a raised eyebrow. "What do you mean?" I asked with a quizzical look. "Oh nothing, just you and Fred getting cozy in the kitchen." She replied flopping down onto my bed. "Gin. Really? Are you seriously trying to insinuate that I was flirting with your brother.". "Please don't lie to me I can see when someone is flirting or not. I know you and Fred were flirting with each other. The cheeky winks at breakfast, the guess who game in the bookshop and the flirty looks.-"

Just as she was about to continue a knock came to our bedroom door and Hermione walked through. Ginny and Hermione were close friends, I never really got to talk to her that much. I always felt uncomfortable around her and I know she feels the same around me. I honestly couldn't blame her, I am a Slytherin and my house mates are hardly welcoming of her. Even though I have no issues with muggle borns, being in Slytherin can sometimes give the impression that I do. I honestly don't even know how to approach this subject with her due to my lack of confidence. The exact lack of confidence that stopped me ever having friends. Hermione sat on Ginny's bed and the two began to gossip. Every so often Ginny would try to incorporate me into the conversation but I don't know most of the people they were talking about so my input wasn't of great importance.

It was about an hour later when Ginny left to go to the bathroom leaving Hermoine and I to sit in an awkward silence. "So how was your summer?" I said trying to stop the torture that was this silence. "Good yours?" She said looking everywhere but me. "Good" I said. Just as the awkward silence was about to take hold again she cleared her throat and said. "Jane, can we talk please ?" This caught me off guard. "Uh yeah sure I guess." I said nearly choking on my own spit in fear. I took a seat on my bed and faced her.

"So Jane. I know you don't like me and I get it but I just want you to know I have no hard feelings towards you. I just would prefer to let you know that I know I am despised by all of Slytherin house but you are my best friends twin sister and I would like to try change your opinion of me for the sake of my friendship with Harry. I hope one day maybe we could even be friends." Hermoine said in what seemed to be one long breath. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. She actually wanted to be friends with me. Lonely Potter was finally getting a friend. "Hermoine thank you for this. I don't hate you, I know why you think that but I don't feel that way at all. Just because I am in Slytherin house does not mean that I share all of the same beliefs as them. I would never judge someone on their parents being muggles. The Weasley's raised me better than that." I said laughing to myself at the last part. Hermoine jumped off Ginny's bed to hug me. Ginny came back into the room not long after with snacks and the boys in tow.

"So what are we going to do tonight it is the last day of Summer?" Ron asked to the room. "I don't know about you but I am up for some alcohol and games." George said. Everyone agreed in unison except me. Not out of disagreement but I wasn't sure if I was invited so I just assumed I wasn't. "What about you Jane ?" Fred said jumping on the bed beside me. "I'd love to go, that is if I'm invited. If I am not invited it sounds lame and you suck." I said looking up to the ginger giant plonked beside me with a smile on my face. "Of course you are invited Jay" he said throwing his arm around my shoulders again and ruffling my hair. When I finally pulled my head away from Fred's I was met by Ginny winking in my direction.

A/N: Thanks for reading. This chapter is quite slow but only really used to set the outline of the story. It will get better after this I promise ! Let me know what you think xo