Lily got out of bed the next morning with the other girls in her room. Lily hadn't felt like chatting when she had gotten in the room last night, and therefore didn't know their names yet. She was still upset about Scorpius, but she felt bad about last night so she introduced herself

"I'm Lily," she said "I'm sorry about last night, I was...um...in a bad mood."

"Boy troubles?" one of the black haired girls said "oh, I'm Sydney, by the way."

"Well, yes," Lily admitted to Sydney's question

"We figured," said another black-haired girl "I'm her twin, Sophie."

"Nice to meet you," Lily said

"What else could have gotten you so upset?" Sophie laughed. Lily tried to laugh too but it got caught in her throat.

"Who is he?" asked the brown-haired girl "if you don't mind my asking, that is. Oh, I'm Mary, by the way."

"Hello," Lily said, not wanting to answer that question, and shook Mary's hand

"We saw you at the table with that one really cute boy," Sydney ventured

"Who? Loyd?" Lily laughed "no, it's not like that. He's just a friend."

"Oh," Mary said, smiling with pure, radiant joy "then I can still get him!"

Sophie flung a pillow at Mary. "This isn't about you right now," she laughed. Then she turned to Lily, suddenly serious "Who is he?"

"Um. . ." Lily hesitated "Scorpius Malfoy."

Sydney let out a low whistle "I've heard about him. Apparently he's hot."

Lily shrugged, embarrassed.

Mary rolled her eyes "Hot and hard to get."

"I heard he's a jerk," Sophie piped up, and Mary flung the pillow back at her

"You know, Lily," Mary said "you can't get HIM. No one can ever keep him."

"Mary!" cried Sophie

"What?" asked Mary "only stating the facts

"How'd you meet him?" asked Sydney

"Well," Lily said "our family's like. . .you know. . .our dads. . .hate each other."

Sophie let out a little dramatic sigh "Ah...forbidden love!"

Mary rolled her eyes again "Shut up."

"Make me!" Sophie cried

"Trust me, you don't want to me to do that," Mary replied, turning again to Lily "Are you sure – that it's him?"

Lily blushed and nodded vigorously "Yes,"

"Well," Mary dusted her hands off "if you set me up with your friend Loyd, I'll help you with Scorpius." she held out a hand "Deal?"

Lily accepted the hand and shook it firmly. "Deal."