Chapter 2 – Hogwarts

We arrived at Hogwarts and made our way to the great hall together. Once inside Luna left to join her fellow Ravenclaws. Seamus, Ginny, Neville and I took seats at the Gryffindor table.

I heard giggling and looked up to see Lavender and Parvati taking seats across from us.

"Great" I mumbled under my breath.

Ginny who heard me laughed.

"Hello Seamus" Lavender said ignoring the rest of us.

"Hi" he replied

"Did you have a good summer?" She asked smiling "Parvati and I had loads of fun"

The sound of her screechy voice really annoyed me.

"Yea he had a great summer you know with all the Death Eater attacks and having to say goodbye to one of his best friends thanks to the Muggleborn Register" I snapped at her "Now shut up your voice is really starting to get on my nerves"

"I wasn't talking to you Mackenzie" she said rolling her eyes at me and continuing her conversation with Seamus.

"I swear one of these days I'm going to end up hexing her" I whispered to Ginny "and I won't be held responsible for my actions"

"Look at her. Her boobs are practically hanging out of her shirt trying to get his attention" she whispered back at me.

"Not trying" I sighed looking at Seamus "succeeding"

"What are you whispering about" Neville asked leaning into the girls.

"Nothing important" I stated drawing Lavender daggers.

Parvati nudged Lavender and then nodded her head at me. Lavender turned to face me and opened her mouth to say something but before she could speak Professor Mcgonagall entered with the first years and everyone turned to watch.

"What a year to be starting" Ginny stated and I agreed

We watched as the first years were sorted until "Yeardley, Annabelle" was sorted into Hufflepuff and the feast began.

We all filled our plates and began eating and talking about the year ahead of us.

Once the feast ended and Snape gave a speech -which was only applauded by the Slytherins- Ginny and Neville headed over to say goodnight to Luna while Seamus and I headed up to Gryffindor tower together.

"Why do you always snap at Lavender?" he asked and looked over at me.

"Because she's an inconsiderate bitch" I stated "and I can't stand her. She just gets on my nerves with the constant giggling"

"Well try to be nicer. You're the one who has to live with her" he replied "and she's not so bad once you get to know her"

"I've had six years to get to know her and I still can't stand her and I never will" I said to him crossing my arms over my chest. "Why do you always have to defend her?"

He looked at me and shook his head "Maybe I like her" he said "you should give her a chance"

My heart skipped at this. "She's had her chances" I stated and sped up ahead of him not waiting for a reply.

I expected him to try to catch up with me but he just fell back and started up a conversation with Lavender.

I hated it when we argued. He was my best friend and it broke my heart when he would stick up for her over me. He never heard her bitchiness and didn't know what she was really like. I could never be friends with someone like her.

I looked back at them and she shot me a smug grin which pissed me off more. Sheknew exactly how I felt.

I wiped a small tear away and kept walking alone until Ginny ran up beside me.

"What was that about?" She asked me

"Him sticking up for Lavender again" I answered "He thinks I should give her a chance because he 'likes her' apparently"

"You ok?" she asked putting a hand on my shoulder.

"I will be" I said offering he a small smile.

We reached the portrait of the fat lady and gave her the password. The portrait swun open and we stepped inside.

"I'm going to head up to my dorm and unpack" I told her and headed up to the seventh year girls dorm alone.

I looked over at Hermione and Lexi's beds. The ones that would remain empty this year. I then walked over to the bed between them and opened my trunk pulling out my books and clothes and putting them away.

Just as I was changing into my night clothes the dorm door opened and Lavender walked in with Parvati.

"He's definitely going to ask me out this year" Lavender giggled.

I rolled my eyes at their gossiping and finished changing.

"You really think your biggest worry this year is going to be who asks you out?" I asked not really surprised at her priorities "you really are more stupid than I thought"

"You're just jealous that Seamus likes me more than you" she snapped back at me with a smug look.

"That must be why he spends so much time with me then" I laughed at her stupidity. " You think one argument and he's going to ditch seven years of friendship just to suck up to you"

"Oh I'm not after friendship Mackenzie" she smiled "and neither is he when it comes to me"

"No he's looking for a new toy now that Lexi's gone" I answered "and your whore enough to fill that spot"

I grabbed my uniform for the next day and headed to the seventh year boy's dorms and barged in. Neville was in the middle of getting changed and quickly covered up.

"I am not sharing a dorm with that" I snapped angrily.

"I thought you weren't taking to me" Seamus laughed.

"I wasn't but I can't stand another minute in that room with them. I'm staying here tonight" I stated without asking them.

I looked around and noticed how empty the dorm was without Dean, Harry and Ron. I couldn't believe Hogwarts had come to this. It saddened me that they weren't around anymore.

Seamus noticed my sadness and tried to cheer me up.

"So your coming into my bed tonight then" he joked smiling at me.

"In your dreams Finnigan" I replied smiling as I climbed into Dean's empty bed.

"He's not here and you still choose his bed over mine" he said faking being hurt.

I laughed at him both of us knowing I had never slept in Deans bed before.

Neville had gone to bed by this point and had started snoring loudly.

"How do you sleep with him?" I asked. I had always thought Seamus and Dean exaggerated how loud Neville snored but hearing it for myself I knew they were right.

"Goodnight" Seamus said kissing my head before going to his own bed.

"Goodnight" I said snuggling under the covers.

Lying here just made me think about Dean which upset me. I really missed him. He was my closest friend after Seamus and I hated not knowing if he was doing ok or if he had been caught by snatchers. Or worse a voice in my head whispered. He could be dead already.

I cried myself to sleep silently praying he would be ok.

A/N Well this is chapter 2 hope you like it. Please let me know what you think. I know nothing exciting has happened yet but I want to build relationships and let you get to know Bailey a bit more before all the good stuff happens. Thank you for reading. Next chapter will be up soon possibly on Sunday.