A/N Woo hoo! I actually got the second chapter done! I am proud of myself. To anyone who may have actually read this I'm sorry it took so long for me to get it up. I have school and stuff and we just started the speaking part of our spanish final so I'm busy studying and all that jazz. Anyway I hope you enjoy the next chapter :D
Gwen opened Albus's sketchbook to the first page. It covered in beautiful drawings. Little sketches of animals, drawings of his friends, and little doodles covered the page. She turned page after page staring at the beautiful drawings on each page. There were portraits of her and the rest of their friends, a drawing of Albus's family and a sketchy outline of the castle. Half-way through the sketches faded into a more cartoon-y style. Caricatures of their teachers, little cartoon creatures with brightly colored markings and little cartoon versions of kids in their year. He had cast spells on some of the cartoons so they moved. There was one of her and the Ravenclaw team flying around the quidditch pitch, of Rose studying, and of Damian and Will arguing. She smiled and continued flipping through the pages.
Albus gingerly picked up the notebook lying in his lap. The cover was worn from use and the binding was falling apart. He carefully opened it to the dog eared page that Gwen had chosen for him. The page soft from being crumpled and smoothed down so much, one corner was had a stain that looked suspiciously like coffee. He smiled to himself and began reading. It wasn't what he had expected. Instead of a story or a poem it was like a journal except it was written like a story. It was like Gwen narrating her life. He smiled, this entry was about the day they had been late to History of Magic. Her narrations were certainly entertaining if not a bit rude. He grinned and elbowed Gwen in the ribs. "My goodness Miss Longbottom, your language is preposterous." He laughed and pointed to a particularly rude comment about the oaf who had decided it would be entertaining to spread her belongings across the entire school. She just rolled her eyes and smiled and continued to flip through his sketchbook. Across the side of the page were the lyrics of a song with little doodled music notes surrounding it. He finished the entry still smiling then looked over at her. She was still immersed in his sketchbook. Quietly he turned back to the front of the book and began reading. The first entry was dated back to their first year at Hogwarts. It talked about her "new friends" and how they were really cool. Albus smiled the narration was so much different, it was so innocent. He continued reading managing to get halfway through their second year until Gwen caught him.
"Al!" She screeched looking at him in shock. He froze then held the journal above his head as she lunged at him. "AL! Give it back!" She yelled. Albus just smirked and kept reading, still holding it above her head. "Watch yourself Longbottom," he said laughing still holding the book above his head. "Oh, what's this?" He said looking over at her smirking. "You used to think I was attractive? Hmm I can definitely use this information to blackmail you." She shrieked and lunged at him again this time managing to grab the notebook from him. "That's it your privileges are revoked." "What privileges?" Albus asked wiggling his eyebrows and grinning deviously. "Oh my God your such a pervert!" Gwen said laughing. "God you've actually turned into a regular teenage boy, this is very upsetting." she nudged him and smiled. Albus laughed "Uh I think I've been a regular teenager for a while now, you just didn't notice because I'm so charming." Gwen raised her eyebrow. "Uh-huh because that's totally why. C'mon let's go to breakfast." She pushed him down from the branch and he landed in a heap on the ground. "Ouch!" He said sitting up as she climbed down to meet him. "You could have let me climb down." He rubbed his back and stood up taking his sketchbook from Gwen. "Your to slow." She teased skipping in front of him.
Albus followed her a few paces behind. "So what did you think?" "Of what?" Gwen said turning around so she was facing him. "My sketchbook? Did you like it?" He asked. "It was really spectacular." She said beaming. "Really it's amazing, I didn't know you were so talented." Albus let out a sigh of relief. "Good, your opinion means a lot to me." He smiled and sped up so he was walking beside her. "So what's this I hear from Rose about a dance?" He asked as she turned around so she was walking beside him. "Oh, yeah that. Well what did she tell you about it?" "Well I know it's a dance for one thing." Gwen rolled her eyes and said "Yeah no really, what else?" Albus laughed. "Well they're holding it after Christmas so it's like a winter New Year's thing. Also you have to bring a date and Rose is bringing Scorpius and keeps flipping out because she needs to find the perfect dress and all that crap. Also she's already had like two panic attacks and poor Becca has had to deal with both of them." Gwen laughed. "Oh my God she's ridiculous. Yeah that's about all I know so far to. Oh you can only go if your in the third year or older though they don't want poor little eleven year olds being scarred for life by the older students." Albus laughed. "Like that hasn't already happened." Gwen smiled. "Yeah so do you know if your gonna go?" Albus shrugged. "I don't know. I mean you need a date..." Gwen smirked. "I doubt you'd have a hard time finding a girl who'd want to go with you." Albus looked at her, clearly confused. "What do you mean?" Gwen just laughed. "Forget it, we have a while to find dates anyway so it's not like it matters."
A/N So how'd I do? I wrote this one in one shot and just gave my friend it in parts to Beta. Again I'd appreciate reviews they'll help me out a lot. If someone gives me an awesome review I might just give them a one-shot character in a later chapter who knows :) I'll update soon I hope, so I'll see you all then :P
