I awoke the next morning to hear Lucy screaming "PAIGE! WAKE UP CLASSES ARE STARTING SOON!" What? Classes were starting soon? I rolled over in bed and caught site of the time! I jumped up with a start and banged my head on the bed curtain pole. "Ow! Curse you!" I yelled at the pole. "You're talking to a pole Paige", Lucy said, laughing. "Whatever", I grumbled as I changed into my robes. "Hurry up Paige! We really need to go!" Lucy said. "I'm hurrying", I said as I finished changing. "C'mon!" Lucy yelled as we ran down into the common room. Lucy is so sweet; she's always looking out for everyone. "Oh, here's your schedule Paige", Lucy said "Our first class is double potions." great I love potions it's my best class. My worst class is Transfiguration; I once turned my desk leg into an angry snake. Poor Fred ended up in the Hospital Wing; he hasn't been very fond of me since. Lucy and I entered the Dungeon that served as the potions class room. "Ah welcome Miss Laurenson, Miss Weasleby", Pr. Slughorn said as we entered "you're a bit late but that's okay! Please take your seats." "Hmph Weasleby!" Lucy muttered as we sat down. James waved to me from across the class room; where he was sitting with Serena, so much for my best friend means more to me than her stepsister. "As I was just telling the class today we will be working on Love Potions!" Pr. Slughorn said. Several of the girls giggled loudly. "The instructions for the potion is on the board", Pr. Slughorn continued "But please remember; love potions cannot create real love, that would be impossible but they do create a strong obsession; which is why they can be quite dangerous, so be careful!" I looked up at the board and started to brew my potion. "Ah Miss Laurenson, how are you today? Is it safe to expect another one of your potion miracles?" Pr. Slughorn said as he passed by the table Lucy and I were sitting at. "I'm fine, thank you, and I'll try my best", I muttered embarrassed; Pr. Slughorn isn't a very quiet man and the whole class was now staring at me. "Good, good, carry on", Pr. Slughorn said moving on to another table. As the class progressed my love potion progressed quite well, I was just finishing it when there was a loud explosion from the table next to ours; it was Millie Finnegan. Millie could make almost anything blow up. "Oh dear! Someone help Miss Finnegan!" Pr. Slughorn said hurrying over to Millie who seemed to have lost her eyebrows in the explosion, other than that she seemed unharmed. "I'll help her Pr. Slughorn; I'm finished with my potion!" I said quickly jumping up. "Good, Good, I'll just be over there if you need me", Pr. Slughorn said, pointing over to James and Serena's table. As I walked over to Millie I heard several mutters of; "show off." Was I a show off? Did people really think of me that way? I felt my cheeks color. "Here Millie; let's get you cleaned up, I don't think you'll be able to finish your love potion now, sorry", I said, handing Millie a rag I spent the rest of the class helping Millie to get as much of her love potion done as possible. After the class was dismissed I went back to my table where Lucy was cleaning up my stuff. "Thanks", I said. "You're welcome", Lucy said. I grabbed my bag and we left the class room together. James and Serena we're waiting outside. "Hi! Morning sleepy head", he said "you missed breakfast." "I know", I said as my stomach rumbled loudly. "That's too bad for you it was delicious!" Serena said. I felt anger rise up in me here she was mocking me! "James I thought you said I was more important to you than Serena!" I said angrily. "And you are, but that doesn't mean I can't be friends with Serena", James said, glaring at me. "I don't want to be around Serena!" I said my voice rising. "You have no right to tell me who to be friends with!" James said; his voice was rising to. "Yeah? Well I'm not going to be friends with you if you keep hanging out with Serena", I practically yelled. We we're starting to draw a crowd but I didn't care; Serena was ruining my life! She had kept me from sleeping so she could ask me about lipstick, mocked me because I was starving, and she was stealing my best friend! I waited for James to say okay, to promise to stop hanging out with Serena. "Fine!" James yelled, "C'mon Serena." and they walked off; Serena turned around and stuck her tongue out. I stared after them shocked; James had chosen Serena over me? He barely knew her! "Come on Paige; we need to get to Charms class", Lucy said, tugging on my arm. I followed Lucy to charms class. We were reviewing levitation spells. I was so distracted that I kept hitting Louis; who was one seat in front of me, in the head with the pillow I was levitating. Finally he turned around and said, "Will you stop that Paige?" "Sorry" I muttered. And stopped levitating the pillow; causing it to drop onto Louis's head. Louis sighed and handed my pillow back to me. When Charms class was over I followed Lucy and Louis down to the great hall Fred started to approach us but when he saw me he hurried away. Does everybody hate me? At lunch I barley ate anything even though I was starving; it had just dawned on me that I had lost my best friend. I had known James since I was 7; my mom had met Mr. Potter through her work as an Auror. Ever since we had met James and I had been close friends. Now that we weren't friends anymore I felt empty; James was such a big part of my life, it felt weird not talking to him for so long, and it's only been one class. How was I going to get through this? Ugh this was all Serena's fault.