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"Ooh!" Said a Ravenclaw prefect, I think her name's Sara, or maybe Samantha, ah, can't be sure.

The rest of the prefects didn't happen to share the same excitement.

"A ball?"

"You mean we have to dance?"

"As in dance with girls?"

"In these hideous dress robes?"

"I don't know how to dance!"

"Are you nuts James?" A voice spoke up, a very familiar voice, I turned around.

It was Keith Creevey.

Keith is the beater on the Gryffindor team and to say that I hated him, was an understatement. He is the sort do person who doesn't leave a single opportunity to humiliate me. How he made prefect, is beyond me.

"Move aside old guy!" He grunted, pushing me aside, causing me to ram my head into the compartment wall. Hard.

"What do you think you're playing at?" Dominique glared at Keith, who cowered. I told you she gets boys around her little finger.

"All of you divide into pairs and disperse for rounds, NOW! Malfoy are you OK?"

"OK, yeah." I said massaging the back of my skull.

Soon enough, everyone filed out of the cabin with the exception to James, Dominique and I, well that's because I was still trying to shake the dizzy feeling that came from the bang.

"Did you see Rose?" It took me a moment to realise that Dominique was addressing me.

"Yeah, why?" I asked slowly, elongating the why.

"Dom! Nothing in particular, don't you have rounds to go to, I can see your partner waiting." James said maybe a shade too brightly for my taste.

I turned around to find Abbie Nott glaring at me.

I quickly jogged out of the compartment.

"You take that way" she said pointing to the right.

"Yeah," I pointed to the compartment, "we meet up here to exchange routes?"

Abbie agreed and we split ways.

There wasn't much going on at this time. I had to separate a few second years rolling on the floor, punching the other in the stomach. Tiny little bastards. I swear I wasn't that small when I was in my second year. I carefully skipped Al and Alice's compartment because firstly, I wasn't really that curious and all of their activities in there and secondly, I know they weren't just holding hands in there. Thankfully my round is almost up. I was starving anyway.

I passed around back and forth for some ten minutes or so and then decided to head straight for Cas' compartment. I have to report for the other route in thirty minutes or so, a chat wouldn't hurt.

"Here comes the prefect!" Cas grinned at me as I quickly slumped down on my seat.

"Have a pasty in celebration!" Rose said mockingly, chucking her pumpkin pasty at me.

"No thanks!" I brushed the mashed up thing off my robes.

Cassia began to enquire me about the prefects of the other houses. When I told her about Keith, she simply scowled as if to say 'I knew it!'. I was careful to not let the details of the ball slip. Though it would've been fun to see Cas' shocked face, it was better not to risk it.

She however generously offered me one of her chocolate frogs and half her cauldron cakes. I got Victor Krum again. All was fine until...

"Seen Al anywhere?" Rose asked innocently.

"He's right here Rosie!" Al pompously strut into the compartment.

It was obvious that he'd been necking Alice. His robes were disheveled and slightly torn, his face was red, his Quidditch captain's badge was pinned upside down and his tie was missing. There was also interestingly a bruise on the side of his neck

Cas suddenly burst into a fit of giggles.

"Why Cassia, find me funny?"

"More than usual yes."

"Oh Alice I love you!" Rose sang.

"Oh Alice I do!" Cas crowed.

"Wherever you go!" I joined in much to Al's displeasure.

"My heart beats out to you!" Rose finished just in time for Cas to give a bow.

"Oh shut up!" He said, a tinge of red on his cheeks.

"Is little Albie blushing?"

But before Al could respond the door opened to reveal Alice herself. She grinned and waved at us before putting her arms around Al's neck. She was wearing her school robes, which I must say were an inch too tight.

"Hello Alice!" Cas said, with a slight edge to her voice.

Alice gave a foolish little grin and whispered something in Al's ear which made him go beet red. Well it could've been because Alice had been gripping his neck way to tightly.

The compartment slowly broke into awkward conversation. Alice was sitting on Al's lap and was quite keen on resuming the ahem, session they were having. I couldn't help my gaze turn to them every few seconds.

"What say you Scorpion?" I was snapped out of my thoughts by Rose who was brandishing a small powder blue box.

"Er...What? I have to go for rounds, see you later."

I quickly rushed out of the compartment and ran up to the spot my fellow prefect and I settled upon at the prefects carriage. Abbie hadn't come back yet. I peered throughout the window to see what James and Dominique were up to.

They seemed to be in the middle of a heated debate. I never told this to anyone but when I'd once lost my hearing in our third year for a whole month (it was all Al's fault) I'd become quite adept at reading lips.

I pressed my face to the glass.

They-are-too-young-to-go-through-this-so-quickly-James

They-aren't-babies-for-merlin's-sake-Dom

You-don't-realise-the-complications-do-you

I-think-they-have-a-right-to-know

No-one's-sure-about-it

Yet-trust-me-it-will-be-for-the-best

We-could-break-it-to-them-slowly

Rose-hasn't-got-

I would've been able to read further had it not been for the arrival of Abbie. She gave me an odd look and went the other way. I decided not to dawdle and get on with the rounds quickly. It was best to get the conserve ration out of my mind, entirely.

Still, I couldn't help but wonder- what was the conversation about? Why was Rose so important? Who were they?

Yet, it seemed like no time as the evening came and I had to rush about telling the others to change into their robes.