"Wake up. Come on!"

"Just leave her; you know she loves to lie in."

"Yeah, but I need to know."

Groaning, Lucy opened one eye. She squinted to see whose finger was being repeatedly poked into her side. "Marlene, stop. I'm awake," Lucy mumbled, her voice husky from sleep.

Rolling over, she closed her eyes and tried to get back to sleep. "Lucy! What did Sirius say?"

Lucy sighed and sat up, rubbing her eyes blearily. This girl had a one track mind.

"Remember, you promised you'd find out what Sirius thinks." Marlene's tone was sharp- she had expected Lucy to inform her of his reaction straight away. Marlene McKinnon was the type of girl who always got her way.

"Oh, yeah. I completely forgot. Sorry. I'll find out today for you." Marlene looked disgruntled.

Lucy quickly got up and went to the bathroom-her head couldn't deal with one of Marlene's tantrums this early in the morning. When she came back from her shower, brushing her wet hair, she bumped into Lily.

"Oh, sorry." Both girls apologized at the same time. They smiled at each other.

"Lucy I'm sorry about yesterday. I was out of order."

"Don't worry about it," Lucy interjected. "Seriously, you can't help how you feel. It's just I had to stick up for my friend, you know?" Lily nodded. "Actually, he wasn't too bad last night. He's alright when he stops asking me out."

Both girls looked at each other with exasperation. "Boys!" Lucy exclaimed. "Boys." Lily agreed. "Cant live with them, can't live without them!" Laughing, Lily and Lucy both walked to their beds.

The two beds were beside each other and they couldn't have looked more different. While Lucy's was reasonably tidy, Lily's was piled high with robes, bits of parchment and books. Lily may have seemed like a perfect student, but she had her human side.

"Thank God it's Saturday!" Lucy said. She quickly dressed into a pair of jeans and a warm hoody- it was beginning to get cold and November was just around the corner.

"Yeah," Lily groaned as she cleared the contents of her bed into her trunk & clambered in between the covers.

"I'm not leaving this bed for at least five hours." Lily's sleeping habits were well known- she wasn't exactly an early morning person.

Lucy smiled and walked towards the door. It was time to wake the boys. She ran up the stairs to the boys' dormitory. She was just about to open the door when it swung open. Almost losing her balance, she stumbled but a pair of strong arms caught her. "Thanks," she smiled up at her saviour.

"No problem." It was Shane Pattin, her classmate. He was beater on the Quidditch team and he was very well built.

With a start Lucy realised that his 'well built' arms were still supporting her. She blushed slightly. He obviously realised why, because he released her immediately.

"Um, the lads aren't awake if that's what you're wondering," he told her.

She frowned. "Well, I'm going to have to do something about that!" He laughed gently. "Lucky them. It's not everyone who gets the chance to be woken up by a pretty girl." Lucy smiled up at him. His blue eyes gazed into hers. "Well, I better go. I need food!" Shane broke the silence. "Hopefully, I'll see you soon Luce."

He walked away and Lucy realized she was staring at his ass. She mentally shook herself. "Still, there's no harm in looking, is there?" she muttered to herself.

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