The next morning I woke up to my best friend – Beth Wood – poking me in the ribs.
"Wake up!" she shouted "Come on Lils, we have Potions. You don't want to be late for that."
With great hesitation, I got up and got ready for the tormenting day ahead.
While we were eating breakfast in the Great Hall, Beth was talking about a new broom that was coming out. I wasn't really listening, because I didn't care. Well it's not that I didn't care, I was just too sad to care.
I hadn't seen Lucy all morning. Not that I minded though, I hate her. Well I don't hate her, just strongly dislike her. She stole my boyfriend, cousins don't do that. Sure Roxy did it to Hugo, but that was different, Paul was straight. But Hugo still loved him and it was a known fact that Hugo did play on the other side of the Quidditch pitch. Roxy should have talked with Hugo before accepting Pauls invite to Hogsmeade. But then again that's Roxy for ya.
Oh no, Beth asked me my opinion of what she just said. Okay Lily, usually what people do in these situations are say "Yeah, I completely agree with that." Well guess what? I did that, and it didn't work! Beth can see right through me.
"Look Lils, it's okay. We all get that you're upset about the whole Seamus and Lucy thing. But it'll all be okay soon. You'll see." And with that she began gathering her books and we made our way to Potions. Oh Beth Wood, what would I do without you?
Guess what I just remembered? I sit beside Seamus in Potions, and I always have! Old Slughorn tends to put the same pairings every year, not that I minded until now. This would be so awkward! What if he wants to talk? What should I do, hit him or listen. Or maybe just ignore him all-together? Yeah that sounds good, and I can just hit him in my mind.
I went to sit beside him, but no, it seems that Princess Lucy wants to take even more from me! Well that's fine, this way I don't have to talk to anyone, I can just sit beside Frank. Yeah Frank's nice, we were friends when we were younger. Quiet boy though, James said it's because of me that Frank's like that. But I heard Professor Longbottom was like that too, so it's okay.
"Hey Frank!" I said merrily, as I plonked myself down on the seat.
"Hi Lily." He said merrily back. Maybe it wasn't me who ruined him, or maybe he just had a new confidence boost, who knows.
We spent most of the class taking notes and I would talk with Frank occasionally. I kept on getting looks from Lucy – mean ones – but Beth made up for them with reassuring smiles, thumbs-up and the occasional mean face to Lucy. Oh how I love my best friend.
At lunch Beth and I went for a walk around the Black Lake. It was a bit windy, but the sun was shining brightly and it made Hogwarts look even more beautiful.
But of course, as most of my family live in Hogwarts, there is always that issue of personal space.
"Hello Lily, love." Albus said over my shoulder.
"What do you want Albus?" I asked, really not wanting to talk to my brother right now.
"What makes you think I want anything?" he asked innocently. "OK, forget I said that. I just wanted to check and see if you're alright. You know, 'cos of – erm what happened yesterday." He looked sort of embarrassed that he was asking this in front of everyone.
"I'm fine Al, thanks for asking." I patted him on the shoulder "You really don't have to worry about me."
"No, I know you're able to take care of yourself, I was just checking is all." And with a cheeky wink to Beth and a pat on my head; he made his way back up to the castle.
That evening, Beth and I sat in Gryffindor common room doing our Divination homework.
"Hey what do you think Jupiter has in store for my future?" Beth asked, randomly.
"I think you will be the next captain of England's Quidditch team." I said, merrily.
"Aah, Lily darling, I think you're forgetting; I'm Scottish," I laughed at this "and proud, might I add." And we both began to laugh. Just happy hysterics, laughing for no reason. And that is another thing I love about my dear Beth Wood.
Once we had recovered from laughing, I turned my head to face the direction that quite a bit of noise was coming from. It was Molly and Lucy; fighting. It seemed that Molly was giving out to Lucy. Ooh, I wonder why? (Note the sarcasm).
They were making quite a scene actually and you could see Rose on the edge of her seat, just waiting to intervene if it got physical. And she did jump when Lucy gave her sister a little shove.
"Would you two just stop it!" Rose said in an urgent whisper. "You're being ridiculous!" Rose was so like Aunt Hermione, it was uncanny. Lucy stalked up to the dorm, and Rose stood, talking to Molly. You could easily see that Rose was on Molly's side, though she tried hard to hide it.
I could feel all the Wotter eyes on me. They all looked quite embarrassed, or was it awkward? They knew what Molly and Lucy were fighting about. I turned to Roxy and shrugged (a way to ask what was going on), but she just nodded towards me.
They were fighting about me? Molly must have been giving out to Lucy for being so mean, for the whole 'stealing my boyfriend' thing. I felt a stroke of gratitude for Molly; she was standing up for me. Good old Molly. She was quite a shy individual, so she must have been pretty angry with Lucy, because I know I was.
But still; too many people were getting involved. I mean it was nice that they were thinking of me, but I'm over it (I know after a day – amazing right?). I Lily Luna Potter am over Seamus – whatever his middle name is – Thomas. I am, aren't I?