September 27, 2021

"Everything in the Prophet is just shit!" Rose cried out dramatically. Scorpius shook his head at her teenage melodramatic ways. For being the smartest girl in the fifth year, you'd expect her to actually to read the Daily Prophet.

"Oh, Rose," Scorpius said while rolling his eyes, "Your cousin would be bashing your head in if he would hurry up in the bloody bathroom." He yelled the last part into the the bathroom so that Albus could hear. Being late for Transfiguration with Professor
Tristis was the eighth deadly sin.

"Oh come one give him a break. With a girlfriend like Alice Potter you can't look anything under excellent." Cass said with a laugh while flipping her perfect, long, brown over her shoulder.

"She's not my girlfriend." Albus huffed as he walked out of the bathroom wiping his hands on his school robes.

"Yet!" Scorpius added trying not to crack up. He was succeeded until Rose couldn't help but slip a giggle. Then the three of them laughed until they cried. Albus stood there with his arms crossed a a scowl. The other three always teased him about
Albus having a crush on Alice. Alice was the prettiest girl in the fifth year, other than Cass, and Al was the best looking guy. Everyone said that the two as a couple was inevitable. Scorpius especially, he was almost obsessed with the idea of the
two of them dating.

"You're right." Albus stated with confidence, "I'll ask her out today." His friends stopped laughing and started cheering. Cass hugged Albus tightly. Scorpius whistled loudly.

"Okay everyone get yourselves together." Scorpius said ending the celebration, "I have Transfiguration first and I don't want to be late. That detention in the forest was bloody awful." He shuddered remembering being trapped in that death trap with Hagrid,
who hated him because of his father.

"Well then, see ya! Al and I have have potions. See you at lunch." Cass called out. She grabbed Al's arm and the two disappeared down the corridor.

"Okay let's go Scorp." Rose said as they continued the other way down the corridor.

-•-•-•-

In the past five years the four friends had developed into very different individuals.

Cass had quickly grown very tall and beautiful. All the guys started to notice her, and she knew it. Very quickly she turned from the confident girl who talked a lot to the most popular girl of the third, fourth and then the fifth year. Cass also fixed
her teeth the muggle way that Scorpius didn't understand. She developed an award winning smile that made boys weak at the knees.

Rose had always been a fast learner. Even in Ravenclaw she was the smartest girl in the year. She read books so much she developed the need for glasses. She also drank so much coffee that it stunted her growth and she was so tiny. She was also always
pining on her brother's roommate Jared Woods. She would never be able to say a word to though without freaking out. She also was incredibly shy, she only ever talked to her closest friends or cousins.

Scorpius was the loudest Ravenclaw that ever existed. When he wasn't studying, he was the second smartest in the year, he pulling a prank on some unexpected victim. That alone convinced James that he was not terrible. Scorpius was easily the funniest
guy in the year. He was constantly cracking jokes everywhere. Everyone knew that Scorpius incredibly loyal and would never do anything to betray his friends.

Albus was the hardest of the four to define. He was Cass's partner in crime, the most popular guy of the fifth year. He was Rose Weasely's cousin, and her best friend. He was Scorpius Malfoy's teammate, they were the two to start the school quidditch
team. What was he to himself though? Albus described himself as the type of person who got along with everyone. He had no enemies. He was also good looking. Unlike his father, his hair was always neatly combed and his glasses were stylish. Other than
that, what was Albus Potter?

The four were extremely tight, but what would happen when their feelings got in the way.