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Albus glared at the boy lying on the ground of the playground. His lip was bleeding and he was clutching his knee to himself. Clearly, the boy was in pain, and yet, Albus did nothing to help him up. He just continued to glare down at the boy. Albus and him were quite similar. They both had black hair, both wore glasses and both knew that next year they would be attending the magic school-Hogwarts and not this Muggle primary school. In fact Albus and this boy were neighbours. Moreover, Albus Potter and Alfie Jordan were best friends and yet Alfie was on the ground sniffling whilst Albus crossed his arm and did nothing to help.

The teacher on playground duty frowned in their direction as she observed some misbehaviour going on amongst the Year Six boys. She edged closer to the scene and that's when she heard the conversation.

"We're best friends!" Alfie groaned out at Albus.

"But you hurt my sister. Only Jamie and I can make her cry – not you." Albus stated simply, clearly feeling no regret about hurting his best friend.

The teacher had to smile. "Blood is thicker than water," she murmured softly, as she strode the remaining length of the senior playground and went to sort the boys out before any real damage was done.

From behind a bush, Albus' younger sister came out and had a curious expression on her face. She had heard what the teacher had said: 'Blood is thicker than water'. She'd have to remember to ask her mum what that meant, when she got home from school.

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