A/N: To those of you wondering; this story will be relatively short; showing snippets of their lives during their school years. When i wrote out their small scene in O.S.A.B. I just knew i had to write a side story for the tragic duo; and hope you all enjoy this tale of love and loss.

Onwards to the story.

Disclaimer: Characters belong to J.K. Rowling

1991

She looked at the small boy next to her curiously. His wiry black hair was parted to the side; reminding her of her grandfathers. He had out a rather large tome and seemed utterly engrossed in what he was reading.

She smiled nervously at him as the boat tipped from side to side.

"I'm Lav; what's your name?"

The boy glanced at her for a second before returning to his book.

She looked around awkwardly; feeling slightly embarrassed as he continued to ignore her.

"Theo."

She blinked for a moment; not quite hearing the voice before smiling brightly and chattering with him about any odd and inane thing that came into her head.

She didn't notice his soft smile as he let her blabber on about anything she could think of.

Lavender paled when she heard they would be separated into different houses; she heard a boy say they would have to battle a troll and couldn't help but tremble in fear at the thought.

She smiled shakily at her 'sorta' friend.

"No matter what house you end up in; let's stay friends."

The boy looked up at her in slight shock before shaking his head. "Even if I'm in slytherin?"

She blinked and shrugged. Eyeing his tense shoulders she couldn't help but smile evilly. "Especially if you're in slytherin."

She winked at him before grinning brightly.

"It'll be fun to have a friend in the so called evil house." She hummed in delight. "Maybe we can have wicked adventures! I heard slytherins are very sneaky!" Her eyes brightened in excitement. "Merlin! We'll never be caught!"

Theo looked at her in shock before smiling softly and shaking his head in exasperation. "You're utterly mad."

She simply grinned.

Her cheeks puffed in annoyance and anger as she pulled him into a hidden alcove.

The boy hissed at her before looking around worriedly. "Are you trying to get me killed?"

She frowned at him; hurt evident in her eyes. "You've been avoiding me; ever since the sorting you've taken to pretending I don't even exist!"

He nodded at her before sighing and looking apologetic. "You're a lion; I was told I can't be friends with lions." He frowned. "It'll only get me in trouble." He looked down; avoiding her gaze.

She narrowed her eyes at him before bonking him on the head; making him cry out in shock.

"Are you; or are you not a snake?"

He glared at her. "Of course I am! Hence why we can't be fri-"

"Then you should know how to sneak around yes?"

At his stunned expression she smiled. "I'm not going to stop being friends with you just because of your house; I already told you that." She shrugged. "So you might as well get better at sneaking around cause you won't be getting rid of me."

He blinked in surprised before groaning and leaning against the wall.

"Why on earth did I ever get on that blasted boat with you?"

She looked around worriedly; not wanting to get caught but concern outweighing any other rational thought.

She nearly screamed when she bumped into something before sighing in relief as she noticed the dark wiry hair.

Grabbing her friend she pulled him into a tight hug; ignoring the way he flinched and tensed at the contact.

"I was so worried! I heard about the troll and know your rooms are in the dungeon and I just cou-"

He hushed her before slowly putting his arms up and retuning her hug somewhat stiffly. "It's fine; our head of house led us to a safe part of the castle."

Lavender sighed in relief before pouting at her friend. "Geez you're going to give me gray hairs at this rate! And mummy said withes shouldn't have grey hair until they're at least one hundred."

Theo choked before chuckling softly. "You're just too odd." He hummed and looked away with a small smile playing on his lips. "Maybe a bit mad as well."

She pouted before smiling brightly at her friend. "Anywho, can you go over our lesson with me today? I just absolutely had no clue on how to transfigure that rat into a goblet! And then with Parvati there;" She sighed dramatically. "There was utterly no hope for me to get my work done."

She frowned softly as she looked at her friend's irate expression. The train ride had been tense from the beginning and only kept growing more so.

"Erm… what are you reading?"

He glanced up at her and snapped the book closed; making her flinch at the unexpected noise.

"Did you know that was going to happen?"

Her eyes widened as she shook her head furiously. "I didn't! Honest!" She frowned at her friend; imploring him to believe her. "I had no clue we would get all those points!"

He sighed and sagged into his seat. "It hurt; you know?" A frown tugged on his features. "We all worked so hard to get those points; to finally be recognized in the school as something besides 'slimely snakes'." He couldn't help but sneer at the term. "Just to lose all our hard work in a flash!"

He glared at the wall furiously. "I wouldn't even have minded if we tied; but dammit! They didn't have to take it away from us so cruelly!"

He went silent as he sat in his seat; his anger bubbling over.

"I'm sorry."

Her voice was soft and low; making him blink up in surprised.

She sighed sadly. "I… I know I had nothing to do with it… but it still wasn't right… so I want to apologize."

He looked intently at her for a moment before snorting in amusement and shaking his head. "You are such a Gryffindor."

A smile tugged on her lips.

"Does that mean I'm forgiven?"

He grinned and hugged her.

Her eyes widened in surprised before she returned the hug.

Out of all the times they had hugged each other in the past; she had always initiated the contact; for him to do it this time…

She sighed happily before leaning into the touch; a soft smile on her lips.

A/N: First year; first meeting. I hope you enjoyed the first insight on this little love tale and stay for more. If you enjoyed this tale please leave a review; they make me smile in happiness when i see that others have enjoyed these small tales. Thank you.

Till next time.