I am not JK Rowling and own none of the Characters except my OC's (ex: Ava). JK Rowling is an amzing person and I hope to one day write as well as her. Please read and review!

Hello. My name is Ava Collins and I am an idiot. Why am I an idiot you ask? Well I fell in love with my best friend. That's not idiotic you say, that's soooo romantic! You sound like my little sister Maria. It is NOT romantic and it is NOT a good idea. Why? Because my best friend happens to be Albus Severus Potter. Yes, the son of the infamous Harry Potter who defeated the dark lord. Now do you agree that I'm an idiot? No? Well maybe I should explain how this happened in order to convince you. Yes I think I'll do that.

It happened 7th year after being best friends with Albus since 1st year. See we met on the Hogwarts Express when I tripped and fell (I'm the clumsiest person I have ever met) into a compartment holding him and his cousin Rose (now another one of my closest friends). They had been trying to shake off a bunch of kids that only wanted to be friends with them because of their parents. Being muggle-born, I had never heard of any of their parents and liked them for them. The three of us became instant friends on that train ride as they filled me in on the wonder that was the wizarding world. After we were all sorted into Gryffindor we picked up three more for our close-knit group of friends: Margaret (Maggie) Longbottom, Jake Hamilton, and Scorpius Malfoy. The six of us have all been friends since that first year, but Albus and I had always been each other's best friend. We told each other everything and trusted each other to the very end. Anyway like I said it was 7th year when I fell in love with him. It just kinda snuck up on me. Bloody Cupid. So I'm guessing you wanna hear the story now so I'll start during the tryouts of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

"And our new Keeper is…Jack Thomas!" Al's voice bellowed across the field as disappointed potential Keepers shuffled off the pitch.

Al was captain this year now that his brother James had graduated. I knew he was nervous because James had been a great captain as well as a great Seeker. I knew that Al was worried about not being as good as his brother and finding a Seeker as good as James. Al, along with me and Jake, played Chaser and definitely had inherited his Mum's chasing skills. The Gryffindor Quidditch team consisted of us three as Chasers, Scorpius and Hannah Fiore (a fifth year) as Beaters, and now Jack Thomas (6th year) as Keeper. I saw Al's face pale as he called for all players wanting to tryout for the spot of Seeker and a bunch of silly, giggling girls lined up.

I went up to him and put my hand on his shoulder. "Al, it's going to be ok. So maybe there isn't really anybody that can seek as well as James…" looking at the girls made me want to throw up because I knew they weren't here for Quidditch (probably didn't even know how to play), but for Al. "But we will find someone and you'll be a brilliant captain!"

Al gave me a half-smile and started to tryout the hormone-filled girls. None of them could even fly! They just bat their eyes at Albus and kept saying something about it being sooo hot out just so they had an excuse to wear only their sports bras. Disgusting. Sure Al was a good looking bloke. Okay, so he was a really really really good-looking bloke (not that I can say that since he's my best mate), but that didn't mean that every single girl in the school had to be bloody obsessed with him! I wasn't jealous mind you, I was just…..annoyed.

I could tell Al was about to give up when a small, but feisty redhead entered the pitch with a determined expression on her face.

"Lily?" Al stared at his 6th year sister in amazement as she entered the field. "But you don't even know how to play! Plus it's too dangerous for you!" Albus was much too protective of her.

Lily smiled with a Ginny-like glint in her green eyes and grabbed a broom.

Everyone watched in awe as she gracefully flew around the pitch with amazing speed, catching everything thrown at her. She was amazing! It was obvious she inherited her father's skills just as James had. As she landed, the whole team enveloped her in a hug.

"Merlin! Where did you learn to fly like that Lil?" Albus gaped at his sister.

"James and Dad taught me over the summer. They figured it was time that I test out my Quidditch talent." Lily smirked at her brother as he stared at her wide-eyed.

None the less, we had found ourselves a brilliant Seeker.

After tryouts, me and Al had planned to walk back to the Gryffindor common room together so I walked into the boy's locker room to get him. Should not have done that. Me, being the clutz that I am, tripped over my own feet and slammed into a bare chest, falling on top of it. Said chest was the only exposed body part (thank Merlin), but it was enough. When had Al gotten so…ripped? His body was crazy good looking. I mean I had seen him without a shirt before of course, but it had never had this effect on me. And he had this smell…I couldn't quite place where I had smelled it before, but it smelled amazing…..like chocolate and evergreen combined in one. Lying on top of him, I could feel every muscle of his chest and his beating heart. Merlin he was attractive. Shit. I shouldn't be thinking this about Albus! He was my best mate! Quickly I stumbled off of him and mumbled an apology. Al just smiled unfazed.

"It's cool Aves! I know you have two left feet!" He ruffled my dark brown hair platonically and helped me to my feet and proceeded to put his shirt on. Thank Merlin. I swear if I continued to stare at his chest I might start drooling….what the bloody hell was wrong with me? Think platonic thoughts Ava. Friendly waves. Friendly, platonic talks. Friendly hugs…where I might be able to touch his chest again if I'm lucky…No! Bad Ava! Stop Stop Stop Stop! I was overwhelemed.

Al looked over at me worried. "Ava are you alright? You're face is all red….are you sick?"

"Um….ya…. maybe….I don't know. I'm just…..gonna go." I sprinted out of there faster than a snitch. Being in the fresh air helped me clear my mind and convince myself that my mind is probably just hallucinating from lack of food this morning. Ya that had to be it. I walked back up to the common room feeling much better, certain that those thoughts would NEVER enter my brain again. Ya right.