I sat on the end of Alicia's bed, zoning out and staring into the mirror. My reflection over the past week had changed drastically. I had bags under my eyes from not sleeping, and my green eyes looked lifeless. The other girls were talking about what colors they wanted to paint their nails for the party that was happening later that evening. I really couldn't bring myself to care.

"Here Talli! Paint your nails this color!" Alicia said, passing me a turquoise color, trying to include me.

"Thanks…" I said, absentmindedly starting to paint my nails, tuning out their conversation.

"TALLI!" Ang practically yelled at me a few minutes later, and I jumped in surprise.

"What?" I asked, glaring at her.

"Are you excited to see Allan?" she asked.

"You had to yell to ask me that?" I asked, annoyed with my friend.

"You were completely zoned out!" she defended herself, "And don't think you can change the subject, you didn't answer my question!"

"Of course I'm excited to see him!" I lied, I mean, I was about as excited as I got these days.

Truth was, I wasn't really feeling excited about anything anymore. I felt completely numb. After the funeral I spent most of my time in the room that I shared with Ginny, always pretending to be asleep when someone entered the room. People would try and talk to me, but after ignoring they people normally got the hint and left. They only people who could sometimes make me smile were Fred, George, Lee and Wood. But the smile would vanish just as quickly as it appeared. I knew that they were up to something when they entered the room yesterday. The four of them had been wearing identical smirks as they forced me to go to Alicia's party.

After everyone was satisfied with their nails (Alicia's a bright yellow, Katie's a bright blue, and Angelina's silver) we started working on our hair. I pulled my hair into a half ponytail and put my light blonde hair into loose curls that fell a little above midway on my back, leaving my side bangs down straight. Alicia scrunched her hair, which was currently dyed back to her naturally blonde color. And it fell just under her shoulders, and she pulled her bangs into a poof. Katie straightened her chocolate hair, and pulled it into a teased ponytail (Alicia's idea). Ang pulled her hair back and into a side bun, and she left a few strands down, and curled. She left her bangs untouched, as they were already straight.

"Would it kill you to leave your hair down Ang?" Alicia asked, chuckling, while Angelina, being the mature person she was, stuck her tongue out at Alicia.

"Yes, I think that it would!" She replied, and we all laughed, even I chuckled a little.

Soon we were putting the finishing touches on our makeup. Katie, Ang, and I all did something simple, the basic eyeliner, eye shadow, mascara and cover up, but Alicia went all out. I probably couldn't tell you how many layers and colors of eye shadow she had on, but it worked. Somehow.

After that we went and put our dresses on. My dress was strapless with a sweetheart neckline. The bust had beads and sequins on it in red and blue, along with big red gems. The skirt had pink mesh fabric and some purple mesh fabric. It fell just above my knees.

Alicia looked stunning in her colorful strapless dress. It had a sweetheart neckline, but it plunged into a band of gems right under the bust. Her dress didn't really have a pattern, it was just a bunch of random colors, but it looked good. The skirt was pleated, and went to just above the knee.

Angelina's dress was a deep pink, and it had big gems all over the dress. There was a strip of fabric right under her bust, and the dress only had one shoulder strap, and went a few inches above the knee. It looked amazing on her.

Katie's dress was a bright blue spaghetti strap, with a sweetheart neckline. The bust was full of sequins and a strap just below the bust cut them off. The skirt flowed simply down to right above her knee. Katie looked lovely.

"Are you guys ready for this?" Alicia asked, laughing, and we all shook our heads, knowing this was going to be a long night.

I shuddered as I remembered what happened last year…

I was sitting out on the balcony, alone. Alicia was making out with some random guy; Oliver (I know, it's still bizarre that we are friends) was doing the same. They were having some stupid competition to see who could make out with the most people. They were trying to settle an argument; one that would never truly be settled.

Anyway, Katie was with her boyfriend Mark, they had only been dating a month, and I personally did not think it would last. No matter how much they denied her and George had complete crushes on each other. Katie was only fooling herself (and I guess Mark…) by dating him. And Angelina was off dancing with Cedric, since Hannah wasn't there (I mean he clearly was practically in love with her, but Hannah was completely oblivious).

Fred and George were off flirting with every girl in sight, it was actually quite funny. Fred has gotten slapped twice. I think that they were trying to see who could get the most owls over the next few days from girls. My money was on George, he had yet to get slapped, and he was generally a lot sweeter than Fred.

Chuckling at my friends, I looked up at the clear sky. It was clear, so you could see the stars perfectly in the navy sky. It made me feel so small and useless, as cliché as it sounds. I could hear someone coming out and standing beside me.

"The countdown is about to start," Oliver said, putting his arm around me and leading me inside.

I felt oddly happy that he had his arm around me, but I pushed that thought to the back of my mind. There was NO WAY I was going to develop feelings other than friendship towards him. I mean he is Oliver bloody Wood. It was enough of an effort not to hate him.

But I could hear Alicia's voice in the back of my head, "You two would be perfect for each other!"

Both Oliver and I just laughed it off whenever she said it, or when we had hated each other we just glared. But now I could see why I would like him, and what all of the other girls saw in him. He was hansom, charming, an- TALLI NO! Bad Talli. Oh I am going insane, I am talking to myself like a dog, and I am developing feelings for Oliver. Wait, NO I AM NOT!

Okay Talli, deep breathes.

"Are you alright?" Oliver asked, (SHIT DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD?) "You are being oddly quiet."

Oh, thank God, "No, I'm just thinking," I replied, giving him a small smile.

"I told you that was a bad idea," He said, shaking his head at me, giving me a heartwarming smile.

Not a smirk, a smile! Talli! Snap out of it! I scolded myself, yet again. I really was doing this way too often tonight. It could not be healthy. As I snapped myself out of it, I 'glared' at him, and shoved him lightly. We stopped at the edge of the crowd, all preparing to count down.

"TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!" Everyone shouted, "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

And everyone turned to kiss the person next to them. Shit. I hadn't thought about that. Oliver's lips soon found mine, and I could have sworn I saw fireworks. Damn, that sounds really cliché, I need to stop that. I really do. I didn't want it to stop, and clearly he agreed because he pulled me closer and I snaked my arms around his neck, tugging gently on his hair, causing him to moan. Grinning I slipped my tongue into his mouth, and we both moaned at the contact. All of a sudden, I felt myself being pulled away from him, and I heard a slap. I looked at Oliver and saw that he had a red handprint on his cheek, and a very angry girl standing in between us.

"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" she asked me, and I was very thankful that most people were drunk, and completely ignored us.

I just gave her a blank look.

Oliver winked at me, then turned to this very angry and upset bimbo and said, "Darling, what's wrong?"

"YOU WERE MAKING OUT WITH TH-H-I-I-S-S W-H-H-H-HORE!" she said, tears streaming down her face.

Oliver gave me an apologetic look and worked on calming her down, and I took this moment to walk away. Part of me pissed at her for breaking up my make out session, part of me happy she did, and part of was laughing that Oliver had to deal with her.

Later that evening (okay, early morning) Oliver found me again, and apologized. And we hung out for the rest of the night.

"We should keep our kiss a secret…" Oliver said, cautiously.

"Yeah," I said, nodding my head in agreement, pretending (to myself and him) that I was not hurt by that, "Alicia would have a field day if she found out."

Oliver chuckled at that, and I could help but join in. When I was tired he walked me up to the room I was staying in, and gave me a quick kiss goodnight before walking away. I smiled, and went to bed happy.

When I woke up the next morning I subconsciously started smiling again, and when the memories of last night came back to me my first thought was: Well, shit. I have a thing for Oliver Wood.

I knew I was in trouble.

I have no idea what was going through my mind that night, or the rest of the school year, but thankfully at the end of the year I was able to snap out of it. And I was right about Mark; I think he lasted another month. He turned out to be a complete arse whole.

I was sitting on my bed in the dorm reading a book, and Angelina and Alicia were in the bathroom arguing over how Angelina never wore her hair down. Again. This argument happens more times than it should, it's pathetic really. Katie had gone off to see her boyfriend, Mark. I really didn't like the guy, he seemed kind of shady to me, but Katie was happy, and I trust her judgment in guys. It's Alicia you need to watch out for.

I was trying not to think about Oliver. Our relationship had turned very flirty over the last couple of weeks. Not that I minded of course, but it was still different. I found myself thinking about him more often than not, and I could no longer deny that I had feelings for him, as much as I tried to ignore them.

But I was drawn out of my thoughts when the door flung open and Katie jumped onto her bed, sobbing. Angelina and Alicia stopped arguing and we all rushed towards her bed.

"What happened dear?" asked Angelina.

"The bastard cheated on me! With Helen Yerks no less!" she sobbed, and all of us cringed.

Helen Yerks was a Katie wannabe. If Katie got something, Helen Yerks wanted it. Clearly Mark was no different. She was a fifth year Slytherin (shocker right?) and she was the perfect example of the Slytherin stereotype. A complete and utter cold hearted bitch.

"We'll get them back. I promise," I said, already thinking of ways that we could get them back.

Growing up with Fred and George did have its perks. And I had a plan already formulating in my brain.

"Talli…" Katie said, "You know you don't have too.."

"Yes we do Kate," Alicia said, "No one messes with our girl!"

She smiled, "Nothing too violent you guys…"

We nodded, knowing how much she hated causing people pain.

"I was thinking we send them both some Weasley Wizard Wheezes…" I said.

"I'm thinking puking pastilles for her, and tongue-tie toffee for him," Angelina said, "Because looking at her makes me sick and if he's going to be an arse and use his tongue on people who aren't his girlfriend, then he shouldn't be allowed to use it at all!"

Needless to say they spent some time in the Hospital Wing and it took Madame Pomfrey a week to heal them both. Fred and George were really quite proud of their creations.

"Talli?" Katie said, waving her hand in my face, "Where did you go? Tell me it was at least somewhere warm!"

"Sorry…" I said, "Ummm, yeah it was warm."

"Alright, you guys go down. I'll meet you down there, you know 'we must make an entrance' as my mother always says," Alicia said, and we nodded and made our way into the decorated ballroom.

The room was stunning. There were icicles hanging on the ceiling and down the stairs, there was fake snow falling from the ceiling, along with tinsel all over. There were trees all over the room, and it looked like it was out of a fairy tale. Even I cracked a smile at the sight.

There were already people lingering around and talking, a select few were already dancing. The Weasley twins, Lee and Wood were not there yet, but I knew that they would be arriving soon. Angelina made her way towards the drinks, and I was going to follow her when Katie grabbed my arm and gave a desperate look.

"Please try and enjoy yourself Talli. I hate seeing you like this," Katie said, sadly, "Your parents wouldn't want you to close yourself off…"

I felt a wave of sadness hit me, but I knew that she was right, so I nodded, and she gave me a soft smile and hug before we followed Ang towards the drinks. We all grabbed a butterbeer, and all of a sudden Katie spit out the butterbeer that she had in her mouth and practically collapsed onto the floor in laughter, Angelina soon followed suite. I looked around to see what they were laughing at and I wasn't disappointed. Fred, George, Lee and Wood all walked in wearing neon colored suits. Fred was in neon orange (trust me, it clashed as terribly with his hair as you would think), George was in an electric green, Lee in a bright blue, and last, Wood in an obnoxious hot pink.

I dissolved into a fit of laughter, unable to hold it in. And when I say laugh, I mean I really laughed for the first time in a week. That would explain why they had been wearing the identical smirks before I left.

"It's great to see you laugh again, Talli," Fred said grinning, "I knew that this would work."

"It was my idea though," said George.

"No, it was my idea."

"No, it was m-"

"Guys!" I said, rolling my eyes at the twins' antics, "I don't care whose idea it was! Thank you for enduring public ridicule to make me laugh."

They smiled, and George walked over and kissed his still giggling girlfriend.

"Hey," he said, smiling.

"Hello!" she said, grinning from ear to ear.

"Let's go dance!" he said, dragging Katie off without giving her a chance to say no (not that she would, of course).

"Have you two seen Terri?" Fred asked, hopefully, looking around the room for his shy, red headed girlfriend, thus, completely missing Angelina's glare.

"No, I haven't sorry," I said, probably a little sharper than I should have.

Fred shrugged and grabbed a drink. And once he grabbed his drink the Spinnets made their way down their elegant grand staircase. Alicia was in the middle, in her brightly colored dress, on the right was her father in his white suit and salt and pepper hair, a huge smile on his face, and on her left was her mother in a deep purple floor length gown, her slightly greying blonde hair pulled into an elegant bun, and a soft smile was on her lips. The great thing about the Spinnets was that they were completely happy. The smiles that they were wearing were not fake, like some families were when they make an entrance. They loved each other, and wanted everyone at the party to enjoy themselves. They were probably one of the nicest wizarding families I have ever met.

Alicia happily made her way over to us, and once she saw the suits the boys were wearing she burst out laughing.

"You guys need to wear neon suits every year now," she informed them, and they just chuckled.

All of a sudden a pair of hands covered Fred's eyes, "Guess who?"

"Terri!" he said, laughing, and turned around to give his girlfriend a kiss.

"Hey darling," she said, smiling at him, it took her a second to notice his attire, and her eyes widened as she did, "What the hell are you wearing?" she hissed.

"A neon suit?" he said winking at her, she just rolled her eyes, but I knew that he was going to get a mouthful later.

I looked at him and mouthed 'sorry' and he just shook his head, and rolled his eyes. I took this time to look at Terri, her red hair was down and curly, and her hazel eyes were flashing in anger (she was clearly overreacting, it was funny! Everyone else clearly thought so! Everyone in this room knew Fred and knew that this was something that was very in character for him), and her dress was strapless and purple. It was a sweetheart neckline, and under the bust were gems and beads, and then a layered skirt that went a few inches above the knee.

I personally thought the dress looked terrible on her, but that was probably because I didn't like her. She was dating the guy that one of my best friends liked, and that guy happened to be my best friend. Besides, I am very picky about whom the twins date, and she clearly does not get their sense of humor; and we all know Fred, his entire personality is made up of his humor and making people laugh.

Joy joined us shortly in a strapless dress and sweetheart neckline, the bust part of the dress was green with blue sequins, and they made a cute swirly pattern, then under the bust was a big black bow, and a straight black skirt landing a few inches above the knee.

She looked at Lee's suit and just rolled her eyes, completely used to it to the point that it didn't surprise her, but she clearly did not see the humor in it as the rest of us (minus Terri) saw. She just didn't even bother asking anymore.

I could see Tiffany making her way towards us, and I snorted, I really tried to hold it in, but I couldn't. Her dress looked like a slutty tutu. That was the easiest way to describe it. It was strapless (and clearly was too small for her breasts, which she made bigger with magic, because she was practically falling out the dress, and I really didn't want to see that). The bodice of the dress was full of clear colored gems. While the skirt was a light blue and in multiple layers, barely covering her arse. And on top of that she was wearing silver hooker heels. I must say, I was slightly (ONLY SLIGHTLY) jealous of how long her legs looked, and then I realized it was because she was showing most of them.

I then realized why Wood kept her around. She looked like such a slut, all the time, she was sure to be super easy to fuck (as she has even proclaimed herself-she was quite proud of all the sex she was getting-and I must say, at times I was a little jealous), and most guys would be jealous because she was pretty. I just rolled my eyes and Wood winked at me, and made his way towards his 'girlfriend'.

"I thought that you had to wear clothes to this party…" Angelina said, joking around and sounding disappointed.

"Oh I didn't tell you, clothing optional, and she clearly chose optional," Alicia said and we all laughed, while she glared.

Oops, I think she heard us. But when she reattached her lips to Wood's I decided she just hated us, and was glaring at us just because. All of a sudden I felt someone's arms wrap around me.

"Hey baby," I heard Allan say, and I was slightly surprised, that was very bold of him.

"Hey," I said, turning around to give him a peck on the lips.

"How are you doing?" he asked, looking concerned.

"I'm alright," I said, "how's your break been?"

"It's been good, I did a lot of reading," he said laughing.

"Of course you did," I teased.

Tiffany and Wood came and joined us, finally done sucking face.

"So why the hell are you wearing that hideous suit?" she asked, acting like the bitch that she is.

"Because I can," Wood said, but he winked at me (indicating that he was in fact wearing it to get a laugh out of me), and I playfully rolled my eyes.

Tiffany did not miss the exchange and glared at me, "Why the fuck are you winking at that slut? Is she the reason that you wore that suit? I am your GIRLFRIEND that bitch is not so why couldn't you have worn a black suite like I told you too! You are treating her special just because her dad died! You HATE her remember?"

I wanted to slap the bitch so hard, but Katie beat me too it. KATIE. Miss-I-Wouldn't-Hurt-A-Fly. We all stared at her in shock, and Tiffany ran off towards the bathroom. Oliver shot me an apologetic look and went after his girlfriend (though, judging by the look on his face I wasn't sure how much longer she would be his girlfriend) and I gave Katie a hug.

"Thanks darling," I whispered in her ear, pecking her on the cheek and blinking back the tears.

"Anytime," she replied.

"Wow, Katie, I didn't know you had that in you!" Fred laughed, desperately trying to lighten the mood, sensing my distress.

"She was being a complete and utter bitch. She deserved it," Katie said shrugging, "She has been annoying me forever, I guess I just snapped."

"I'll drink to that!" Lee said, and we all laughed and took sips of our drinks.

"Want to dance?" Allan asked, and I nodded, being whisked away onto the dance floor.

We were dancing for about a half an hour before I was attacked in a group hug. I looked up laughing as I saw Hannah and Rae, with Cedric following behind, shaking his head.

"Hey sweetie," Hannah said, "How are you?"

"I'm doing alright," I said, "How was your break?"

"Amazing!" she said, with a huge grin on her face.

"Cedric finally grew a pair and asked her out," Rae explained, smiling happily.

"REALLY?" I screeched, earning a few strange looks.

"Yes!" Hannah said nodding happily, and Cedric came up and put his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek.

"Took you long enough," I said, winking at him, and he just chuckled.

"Didn't it?" Rae said, "You have no idea how hard it was to convince them that the other person did in fact fancy them back!"

I laughed at Rae and said, "You poor soul!"

"I know! I deserve an award!"

We all laughed at this. Then Cedric led Hannah away to dance, and Rae got her sights on someone and went off to work her magic, leaving me alone. I didn't notice when Allan left, and I felt kind of bad, but I had been waiting over a year for them to get together and he was a big boy, he did know how to handle himself in a room full of people. They were like Katie and George, though admittedly, I was not quite as excited as I was about Katie and George (they would always be my favorite)! I made my way towards the drinks table, past a glaring Tiffany (I swear I thought she was going to kill me!) and grabbed some firewhiskey, needing something stronger than butterbeer.

I made my way onto the balcony, looking for some cool air. This year was so much different than last year. Last year the only thing I had to worry about were my feelings for Wood (that I was focusing on ignoring), and what to do with myself after my break up with Chris, two things that seemed completely insignificant to me now.

Unlike last year the sky was clear and I could see all of the stars, this year the sky was cloudy and there was not a star in sight.

"You really like this place, huh?" I heard a voice next to me (I hadn't even heard anyone come out!), but I could hear the distinct Scottish accent in his voice.

"Yeah…I really do," I replied, not even turning to look at him.

I stared out into the yard watching a couple of kids have a snowball fight in the back yard. Not having a care in the world. I would give anything to be like that, but everyone has to grow up eventually.

"Hey Oliver, can I ask you something?" I asked, there was a question that was bothering me.

"You just did, but I suppose you can ask another one," he said, grinning teasingly at me.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" I knew it was a stupid question, but it was slightly unexpected, he was not one to pity others.

I figured he would leave me alone after my father died (only for a little while) because he is not a complete arse and he wouldn't be cruel after I lost somebody important. But I was not expecting him to be nice. I mean the snowball fight? The suit? All those times he came in with the twins and tried to make me laugh?

"I know what it's like to lose someone important to you. You didn't honestly think I would be a complete prick to you, did you?"

"No, of course not. But I just figured you'd ignore me," I answered honestly.

"Nah, losing someone you love is hard. You never forget, and it will always bring a little pain, but over time, you begin to heal. Having people being there for you to cheer you up helps. It eases the pain," he said, "When I was ten I lost my Grandma, she was like a second mother to me. She lived with my family, and when I was nine she started getting really sick and the healers couldn't do anything about it. So, as time went on, she only got worse, and soon, I was hardly allowed to see her. She didn't want my memories of her to be of her dying. And when I was ten, she passed away. It was really hard, but Alicia was there, and helped cheer me up. No matter how much I yelled at her to leave me alone, or how many mean comments I made, she still came, and eventually, I started feeling better. I got used to not having her around, and came to terms with the fact that she wouldn't want me to sit and sulk. My grandmother loved watching me fly and play Quidditch, and I made a promise to myself that I would become a Quidditch player for her. It became my passion, and to be anything else would be letting us both down…"

As he finished I gave him a hug. I don't know why, it just felt right, and clearly he thought so too because he hugged me right back.

"You will become a famous Quidditch player one day Oliver, I know you will," I told him, as we broke away from the hug, and he gave me a big, genuine smile.

"I hope so…"

It was so weird to see him doubt himself like this, and I felt terrible because I didn't know what to say, but even if I did, I wouldn't have had the chance to say it because Tiffany came out.

"Oliver sweetheart, the countdown is about to begin," and after one more smile from Oliver and a glare from Tiffany (seriously, if looks could kill, I would have been dead-thank Merlin she didn't come out a few minutes early and witness our hug, I think she literally would have pushed me off the balcony), they were gone.

Sighing I made my way inside, and looked for Allan. It didn't take me too long to find him. And thankfully, because the countdown started shortly after I found him.

"TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!" Everyone shouted, "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

I grinned, and stood on my tip toes to kiss Allan (and in the back of my mind I thought I would much rather be kissing Oliver, but I quickly ignored that thought completely-I think it had to do with how similar the last few minutes had been to last year) soon we pulled back to get air, and went back to the refreshments table, grabbed some firewhiskey and made our way into one of the spare rooms, where our friends were waiting. Generally, this always ended badly. I think one year Fred had to streak across the back yard, and I believe Lee had to pole dance (it really was quite humorous, no matter how fuzzy the memory was) and I'm pretty sure Alicia and Wood had to kiss (which ended in them both gagging and almost vomiting).

"Okay, for those of you who are new, we are going to play Truth or Dare. And if you don't know how to play, figure it out as we go cause I really don't feel like explaining it. The only thing that we do differently is after every turn we take a drink. Got it?" Alicia asked, and we all gathered and sat in a circle, "I'll go first, Talli, truth or dare?"

"Umm…truth," I said, knowing Alicia's dares were the worst.

"Do you have a crush on Ollie?" she asked, passing me a vial of veritaserum, which I took a small sip of.

I rolled my eyes, I should have seen this coming, "While I admit he isn't being a prick, I do NOT fancy 'Ollie'."

"Damn…" I heard her mutter under her breath.

"Oliver, truth or dare?" I asked.

"Dare," he said, and I grinned mischievously.

"Go give Lee a lap dance," I said, winking at him.

Karma is a bitch. He glared at me and rolled his eyes, but got up and did it anyways. Now you may think that was cruel of me, but I had to do it last year. And any other ideas would involve him doing something downstairs, but I knew there were Quidditch scouts down there, and I wasn't bitchy enough to ruin his chances at going pro.

After a lot of laughter he turned to Tiffany, "Truth or dare?"

"Dare," she said, giving (well trying to give) him a seductive look, I thought she completely failed.

"I dare you to do seven minutes in heaven with me," he said, and all of us rolled our eyes.

Seven minutes, and lots of cringing, later Tiffany was asking Allan, "Truth or dare?"

"Dare," he said, and by the look in her eyes I knew she had something evil in mind (or at least she thought she did).

"I dare you to kiss Angelina!" she said, looking so proud of herself and smirking at me.

I chuckled; did she really think that would piss me off? Talk about a fail. Did I like the idea of my boyfriend kissing my friend? No. But I understood that this was a game and that they did not actually want to kiss each other.

So Allan got up from next to me and walked over to where Ang was and kissed her on the lips briefly before walking over and sitting back down next to me.

"Ummm…Lee, truth or dare?"

"Dare baby!"

"I dare you to go to edge of the roof and take a piss!"

Lee winked, and got up, opened the window and we all ran towards the window to make sure he did. And he did all right. Right as someone was walking out. After he was done he dove back and erased his footprints, and just in time, because they looked up he was already inside, and we were leaving the window. We all burst into fits of laughter and passed the firewhiskey around.

"Terri, truth or dare?"

"Truth…" she said, looking slightly nervous as she took a sip of the veritaserum.

"What's your biggest turn on?"

"Guys who play Quidditch, even though I don't like the sport," she said, blushing.

"Uhhh…Joy, truth or dare?"

"Truth," she said, having been here last year she knew that it was always best to pick truth (I think she had to dance on a table last year…)

"Who was your first crush?" Terri asked, passing her the veritaserum.

"Charlie Frans," she said, blushing, and after passing the firewhiskey around she turned to Katie, "Truth or Dare?"

"What the heck? Dare," she said, clearly the alcohol was starting to take effect, I could feel my brain getting slightly fuzzy.

"Kiss Cedric," she said, and Katie went up and pecked him on the cheek.

"You didn't say where!" she said, giggling, "Alicia, truth or dare?"

"Dare!" She said.

"I dare you to kiss Fred!" she said, and I knew where she was going with this, she clearly wasn't a fan of Terri either.

Alicia nodded, and walked over to Fred, sat on his lap, and full on kissed him. When she pulled back she winked at Fred and Terri looked livid.

"Ang, truth or dare?" she asked, completely ignoring Terri (who was the only angry one, Fred didn't seem to mind nor did Alex, but I have a feeling their relationship is pretty open…)

"Dare."

"I dare you to flash my neighbors!"

So Ang got up, went out onto her room and pulled her strap down, and then the front of her dress, and screamed, "WOOO! I FEEL FREE!"

We all burst into fits of giggles, and she almost fell off the roof she was laughing so hard.

After a few more rounds I think everyone was completely drunk. Terri was in a corner crying, Tiffany was yelling at Wood, who was ignoring her and talking to Alicia who was getting her neck kissed by Alex. Next to Alex George and Katie were making out (he was practically on top of her), and Fred and Lee were running around playing tag, while Joy was complaining about being fat, Ang was ranting to herself and I was currently kissing Allan. And everyone else was smart enough to leave. I think that it is safe to say we were pretty drunk. So why we did what we do next I will never know, but I will forever blame the alcohol.

"Let's go out and play Quidditch!" Oliver's, excitedly, and we all agreed (like I said, God only knows why-it definitely wasn't our smartest idea).

Terri and Tiffany rolled their eyes, and after they realized that we were serious they left, and we made our way outside, grabbing brooms (and between all of Oliver's and Alicia's brooms we had enough for everyone) and we split into teams. Oliver, George, Katie and I against Fred, Ang, Alicia, Lee and Joy.

I was seeker against Joy, Oliver was keeper against Lee, and George and Katie were our chasers against Fred, Alicia and Angelina.

I threw the quaffle up, and the game began. Let's just say it's a miracle nobody ran into a tree. The actual game of Quidditch didn't last very long. Soon we were on the ground in fits of laughter for no apparent reason. Really, I had no idea what was so funny, it just was. I think it was Fred getting hit in the head with the quaffle. Now I think Lee was streaking down the street, and George was getting ready to join him. Alicia was spinning in circles and Angelina was taking off her dress because she was sick of wearing it. 'It was to restricting'. Katie was on the ground making snow angles and Fred and I were making a snowman named Bob, while Oliver was throwing snowballs after Lee, swearing that the next one would hit him.

Eventually we made our way back inside and collapsed in the truth or dare room (after we cleaned up of course) and we all passed out.

When I woke up the next morning I could hardly move. My head was ponding and it was way too bright.

"Ugh…" I groaned.

I could hear everyone else in the room groaning.

"Someone better have that fucking potion!"

"I got it!" Fred groaned as he passed around a glass full of the potion, and everything started to clear the memories started coming back, and we all burst into laughter.

Hardly believing that we attempted to play Quidditch last night.

"I think that this was the best party we've had," Alicia said, giggling.

And we all nodded. And for the first time in a while, I felt happy. I just hoped that the feeling would last.