A/N: I don't really have anything to say. HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS! This is so exhilarating. I love Christmas. Yipeeee!
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"I have rounds this week." Britt said, standing in front of her friends, three weeks into the school year. They all looked up at her. Leslie knew what she was going to do, she was going to ask Leslie to do it, because Britt had never done rounds before, she didn't even know who the other person was, but she had heard Alice's horror stories from the year before, and dreaded them the second she found out she was going to be the fifth year prefect.
"Britt, chillax for a bit, alright?" Kim said, breaking Britt's glare of annoyance.
"Stop talking American and speak universal." Britt snapped, glaring at Kim.
Kim rolled her eyes and continued her lecture, "rounds aren't going to kill you, as long as the other person doesn't make you travel around the whole castle five times, like Alice's rounds partners usually do, then you should be alright-"
"Plus you're going to be with Jut, Jut's the laziest person in the whole school, I don't even know how he became prefect, you're going to get along great with him, he won't care, Britt. Promise." Alice said from behind her nail file.
Britt nodded and sighed.
"We'll wait up for you." Leslie said with a yawn.
"Fine." Britt said.
Britt walked over to the arm chair beside the couch that Kim, Alice, and Leslie were sitting on and swung her legs back and forward as they dangled doing nothing. Leslie rested her head on Kim's shoulder and closed her eyes.
"Leslie! Wakie wakie!" Britt said, launching herself onto Leslie's lap. "You just said you would wait up for me, and I expect you to wait up for me!" She said, slapping Leslie's face violently.
"What the hell, Bridget?" Leslie said, pushing the small girl off of her. She sat up and glared at her friend.
"Call me that one more time!" Britt exclaimed, pulling her wand out.
"No. Because I'm not stupid, I saw what you did to McGonagall, you're the reason she retired!" Leslie exclaimed, crossing her arms.
Everyone snickered at her and Britt rolled her eyes. Britt walked over to the fire and started playing with the flames with her want. The clock struck ten and Britt sighed.
"I must go meet up with my fellow prefect!" Britt exclaimed dramatically. "See you later."
"Bye." The other girls said as Britt left the room with a skip in her step.
"So, Lily, how're you doing on your studies?" Leslie asked her.
Lily looked up and shrugged, "Good, I guess."
"You don't really care for your studies?" Leslie asked, a little shocked.
"No, not really."
"Well, you should step up your game. If your studies aren't good then you're future is doomed and you're destined to fail…"
"I don't really care about my future. I mean, my father is Harry Potter. I can get anything I want anyways, it doesn't matter very much." Lily said.
Alice, Kim, and Leslie all looked at her with complete shock.
"Wow…" Alice said. "That's just low, Lily. What would your father say if he heard you say that, eh?" Alice said.
"My father wouldn't hear me say that." Lily said countering Alice's remark with one better. She was good.
"At least she's honest…" Kim mused.
Leslie rolled her eyes. "You are going to step up on yours studies." Leslie said, telling her more through her eyes than what she said with her mouth.
Lily narrowed her eyes at Leslie, annoyance flowing through her like a fire I a dry forest. "You wouldn't."
"You never know." Leslie said. "I like to leave people guessing."
"Whatever…" Lily muttered before pulling her knees to her chest and looking into the fire. Leslie stared at her as she did, so many emotions than could be said flooded through her face.
"What just happened?" Alice asked.
"Leslie has some blackmail on Lily." Kim said, observing the situation wisely. Lily caught Leslie's eye and neither of them broke it for a few very lengthy moments.
"No, I don't." Leslie said, breaking the staring contest with Lily and looking at Kim.
"Lies." Alice said in a deep voice.
"Only slightly." Leslie said with a smirk.
"How about them Tornadoes?" Alice said with a smirk, changing the subject wisely and successfully. Leslie caught Lily's eyes for another moment and then Lily carried Alice's conversation switcher. Leslie was quite proud of herself and couldn't swipe the smug smile off her face for the rest of the night.
"What is it?" Kim asked, cornering her the next morning, before Leslie had her daily dose of five cups of coffee.
"Shut up, Kim." Leslie said, irritated as she added a cute clip to her hair, pinning it out of her face. The sparkly piece caught her eye in the mirror as she turned her head.
"I want to know!" Kim said in a very similar tone as a five year old who wanted a cookie before dinner.
"No. I'm not telling you. I found out in the confinement of me, Lily, and one other person…"
"So there's another?" Kim asked, putting her hands together and squeaking loudly. "OOh! This is so exciting!" She exclaimed.
"Kim, come on, it's not good to gossip…" Leslie said with a small smile.
"But Leslie." Kim whined again. "I want to know! Just tell me the other person!"
"Professor Lupin." Leslie said with a small smirk as she applied her lip gloss to her lips.
Kim's eyes grew to the length of large dinner plates.
"NO!" Kim exclaimed. "NO NONO! THAT'S SO WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS!"
"Shhhhhhhhhhhh." Leslie hushed, turning to her friend. "No one can know, and if she knows you know, then she'll be pissed at me. But, technically, I didn't tell you. You pieced it together, right?"
"Of course, Les. I would never tell her I know and I would never tell anyone." Kim said, holding her pinky out. Leslie smiled and took her friend's pinky with her own.
"Good." Leslie said.
The two girls left their dormitory and walked down to the great hall and sat with Alice and Britt who were bickering about toast today. Leslie rolled her eyes as she poured herself a cup of coffee and drank it in a few minutes and poured herself a second.
"Ahhh…" Leslie sighed, feeling herself again. It was unimaginable what coffee could do to a person. She looked down the table at James who was talking animatedly about something or other to his cousin and their friend, G.
Leslie saw James glance at her and she quickly turned her head and smiled as a small blush crept upon her face. Dammit. She thought. Why'd he have to look? She smiled and traced the rim of her coffee cup, thinking about a few weeks ago when she was so close to him and his arms were around her waist, rubbing her sides. She closed her eyes and thought about it, smiling wide.
"You alright, Les?" Lily asked, kicking her from under the table. Leslie opened her eyes and nodded, a little embarrassed. She looked down at her cup and took another sip of it and glanced at James again, who was listening to something G was saying, his blond hair spiked up and his tie loosely hanging around his neck, his shirt nearly half-way unbuttoned. Leslie rolled her eyes thinking about the pale boy and his personality in general.
"I had the weirdest dream last night…" Alice said. Everyone looked at her, some of her dreams were known to come true and everyone always wanted to hear what she dreamt about. "Your dad, Lils, became the headmaster, and Weasley became the transfiguration professor, and Lupin left to do something, nobody knows, and I don't know why exactly, but he and Weasley broke it off, and then all the… all the professors… they were…" She looked up at Lily, worry in her eyes. "They were all related to you, and it was like…" Alice started breathing heavily and having convulsions.
"Shit!" Leslie exclaimed. She got up and Kim rushed behind her to hold her down.
"Body bind her!" Leslie exclaimed.
The professors rushed over and Kim put her in the full body-bind curse and Leslie cushioned the landing.
"Alice!" His father exclaimed.
"Bring her to the hospital wing." Weasley said. "She needs immediate medical attention."
Leslie watched as Alice was carried away from the great hall and to the hospital wing by her father, Lupin, and Professor Ophelius, the Defense professor.
"She'll be alright." Weasley said, looking at the girls. "I promise."
Kim, Leslie, Britt, and Lily nodded.
"We should get to class." Leslie said to Kim. Kim nodded and grabbed her bag and the two walked to the Transfiguration classroom, depressed about their friend.
"I hate when this happens." Kim said.
"Me too." Leslie agreed. "I get so worried. And it's already the first month, what does that say about the rest of the year and how it will go, Kim…" Leslie said. "Tell me she'll be fine."
"Les, she's always fine. Alice is a strong girl, she won't let a simple defect prevent her from being the most powerful and influential witch the wizarding world has ever seen." Kim reassured her. "You know Alice, you know her intentions, and you know nothing could stop that. She's the most determined girl I've ever met, and nothing ever has or ever will get in the way of that."
Leslie nodded, not being able to deny her friend. She was stating the truth. No matter what Alice was thrown, she always sassed life with more than life could bear.
A/N: If you have any suggestions for the story, it would be cool if you left them in a review!