Chapter two:
After a long week of dealing with classes while distracted by the chatter of the exchange it was finally time to find out who the four unfortunate student would be switching houses for the whole year, I prayed we didn't get Malfoy, but deep down in my gut I just knew that's who they would send to Gryffindor.
I sit down nervously between Emilie and Albus as McGonagall walks up in front of us and clears her throat "Good evening everyone today is the day you've all been waiting for." Chatter ceases as we all hold a breath "I'll start with Hufflepuff," she pulls out a piece of parchment which I guess had the four names written on it "Lucy Weasley you will be going to Ravenclaw." I watch as one of Albus' many cousins walks her way over to Ravenclaw table and be greeted "From Ravenclaw Benjamin Wilder, you will be going to Hufflepuff."
She pauses again and lets Benjamin walk to Hufflepuff. Now Slytherin and Gryffindor "Next Scorpius Malfoy from Slytherin will be going to Gryffindor," I watch as Malfoy walks to our table and sits right beside Rose who is smiling, she is the only one smiling, all the fifth year boys at Gryffindor table are glaring at the blonde haired boy. "And Emilie Thomas from Gryffindor will be going to Slytherin." Albus and I aren't sure what to do except grab our friend in a hug and tell her we will still see her and hang out.
She walks slowly to the slytherin table who weren't all that happy to have a Gryffindor at their table it seemed, she sits down next to a black haired girl I believe was named Rowe Everly who was also in our year. "Now, don't think of this as some punishment please, I want you to enjoy this experience, you will stay in your new house all year and at the end of the year if you feel the need you can permanently switch to that house. Have a good evening, good night." Albus and I get up still shocked about Emilie being moved to Slytherin for the year.
He puts an arm around my shoulder and we walk in step with each other the whole way to the common room where we sit down on the couch, I do my best to ignore Malfoy and Rose when the walk in. "I hope your friend can survive in Slytherin Miller." I hear Malfoy say, I glare at him "I'm sure she'll be fine Malfoy, she's a Gryffindor after all." I say before going up to the dorm and holing myself on my bed closing and charming the curtains and curling up with Leo.
When I come down the next morning I'm feeling better, although a bit annoyed that we still had to deal with Malfoy this early "Morning Miller." I hear him say as I sit down next to Albus as the table that morning, I ignore him as I put some strawberry jam on my toast "So what do you want to do today Al?" I ask with a smile, he smiles back proud that I am able to ignore Malfoy "How about we spend the day at the lake, it's a nice day out today." I nod as the mail arrives Al's owl lands with three packages one for him, one for me, and one for Emilie. He unties them and the letter attached before feeding his owl who gives a thankful hoot and flies off again.
"I'll take Emilie's over to her, she loves your mums treats." I say smiling and getting up to walk over to Emilie who was sitting off on her own at the Slytherin table "Hey, how was your night?" I ask handing her the box of sweets "It was okay, it was just me and that Rowe girl actually so it wasn't to bad." I smile glad to hear that "Want to go to the lake today?" she nods "After breakfast?" she asks, I nod "Yeah, see you at the entrance hall?" she nods back again before I get up and go back and sit down.
"Is she doing alright?" Albus asks with a full mouth, I frown at his manners but nod "She's fine, it's just her and Rowe she said so she can handle herself I'm sure." I say eating my toast and some eggs.
After breakfast we meet Emilie in the entrance hall and walk down to the lake together where we sit on the rocks and just sit in silence "So how do you think this year will turn out?" Emilie finally asks, I look at her and shrug "Hopefully everything will go back to normal and we won't have to deal with this ever again." I reply staring out at the lake as the giant squid splashes around in the water.
"It will." Albus mutters softly, just loud enough for Emilie and me to hear, always the optimist Albus was, I smile at him "Yeah, it will." I say and he smiles back before wrapping an arm around both of us "It will always be the three of us." He says, I hoped he was right about that one.
We go back in at lunch, Emilie smiles at us before slowly walking to the Slytherin table, we walk to the Gryffindor table and sit down, I grab a sandwich and some chips to eat and when I'm finished I tell Albus I'm going to the common room, he nods looking worried "You alright?" I nod "I'm fine Al." I say before walking off.
When I get there Malfoy is the only person sitting there doing his homework from this week "Hey Miller." He says with a grin that just got my blood boiling, I ignore him and go upstairs and get the muggle book I was reading called Divergent and walk back down to sit in the big comfy chair next to the fireplace. I curl up and crack the book open to my bookmarked page.
"Hey Miller, did you understand anything in Professor Longbottom's class yesterday?" Malfoy asks me suddenly, I look up was he actually talking to me civilly, was he sick, this couldn't be the Malfoy I knew. "Honestly not really, I'm not much of a plant person, you could always ask his son August though, he's great at Herbology, he always helps me or Al with our homework." I say, was I actually having a civil conversation with this boy that had tormented me for the past five years.
He nods and doesn't say another word and I go back to reading my book again. "I thought your parents were wizards." He randomly says, I look up startled at the randomness that was Malfoy at this very moment "Um well they are, but they actually encourage me to read muggle books and do muggle things." I say, I hoped at that moment I was lying really well, I didn't want Malfoy to be the first person that knew I didn't have parents.
He looks at me for a minute "Your lying." He says simply, he closes his text books and walks over while I'm shaking my head "No I'm not." I mutter as he sits down on the couch "Look, I won't tell anyone if you tell me the truth, it can be our secret, come on Miller." He says I look up at him, my eyes look into his blue-grey eyes and for a minute I believe I can trust him but as I open my mouth the portrait opens and he gives me a wink before saying "Thanks for the help on the homework." And walking off as Albus rushes over and sits down "Are you alright? He didn't hurt you did he?" I shake my head numbly wondering why he was doing this.