I sat in a chair by the window and stared out of it. For the first time in a while I have been all by myself for practically all day. Neville was too busy studying for his test and for some reason Josif has been ignoring me. I turned from the window and looked around the room to see him talking animatedly with a few kids from our year. I let out a small sigh as I sunk back into my chair. Why is he ignoring me? It feels weird not talking to him; we talked to each other every school day for the past four years and now nothing. What did I do? I went through my memories and couldn't figure anything out. I looked back at the book in my lap; I was studying for a Transfiguration OWLs… Well if studying is reading the same passage over and over again. I closed the book and brought it upstairs to my dorm. When I came back downstairs and saw Josif now all alone. I walked toward him to see him reading some book.

"Hello" I said but he did not reply. I sat down with him and stared at the page he was reading. "So how are you doing?" I asked with no response, "Josif?" He closed the book as loudly as he could and turned toward me.

"I'm sorry Kodiak, but you are the last person I want to be talking to right now" he said and I stared at him wide eyed as he stood up and went up to the boy's dorm. What did I seriously do? This is surprising since he is usually so nice.

"Are you okay?" I heard someone ask, I turned around to see Neville walking toward me. I gave a small smile and a shrug as he sat down beside me in the chair Josif was just sitting in. "It doesn't look like that?" he asked frowning nervously, "did I do some-."

"It's not you, it's…" I began trying to figure out how to word it, "like I said it's nothing." He gave a small sigh and a smile which makes me do the same.

I put the piece of chocolate egg in my mouth as I sat in the common room. Christmas and Easter has pass and Josif is still ignoring me. Neville still knows something is wrong but I haven't told him about Josif, but I get the feeling he already knows. Neville took one of the chocolate eggs and began to eat it as he studied. I got the feeling he wasn't concentrating much on that. I looked around the room to see Josif reading a book by himself in the corner of the room; something that would have been out of character a few months ago but is now a usual thing. I looked back at Neville who was still attempting to study.

"I will be right back" I muttered as I stood up. I decided I will attempt to talk to Josif again, "hello." He ignored me like usual and I sighed. "How long is this going to last Josif? Can you please tell me why you are mad?"

"You two" was all he said. I finally got a response at least… Wait, he said you two?

"What do you mean 'you two'?" I asked confused.

"Neville and you, it was better when it was only the two of us" he said and I looked at him astonished.

"Are you… jealous or something?" I asked confused and he jumped up from his seat. The book he was reading fell to the floor with a thud that echoed through the room. I looked around to see all eyes on us, even Neville's.

"Me jealous?" Josif asked as his face got red, "why would I be jealous."

"'Cause you like her" I random kid yelled at the two of us and Josif's face somehow got redder.

"Shut the bloody hell up" Josif yelled at the kid before leaning down to take his book, "and I am not 'jealous' and I don't l-like you." His voice cracked mid sentence and before I could say more he left the common room. I could not help but stare at the spot where he was standing in confusion. Josif likes me?

"Kodiak?" I heard Neville say from behind me, "are you okay?"

I took a deep breath and replied with, "ummm… I think so." I felt him put his hand on my shoulder and turn me around. I walked him back to the chair eyes still on me. I had no clue what to think now.

I searched through the corridors looking for him. Where could he be? According to other boys in his dorm he had left around midnight. It was now 2 am and if either of us get caught… well we will be in big trouble. Just then I heard a noise. I hid beside a table with a plant on it as someone walked by mumbling something.

"Josif" I whispered loudly as I stood up. He jumped a little and turned toward me.

"What are you doing out late?" he asked surprised.

"Looking for you, it's late and if you get caught you will be in trouble" I said.

He rolled his eyes and replied with "you too. Why are you looking for me, shouldn't you be with your 'boyfriend'?"

"I wanted to talk to you about before" I said as we headed back to the common room as quietly as possible.

"Everything was better before you started dating him" he whispered catching me by surprise, "I was going to ask you out… soon and then you had to go and date him." I stared at him shock as he looked around the corner for anyone.

"Well sorry I love Neville, and you should have known that we were probably going to date other people. That happens in any friendship, stop acting like a kid and grow the bloody hell up" I said glaring at him. His face went red and he replied with a glare. He opened his mouth to reply but was cut off.

"Well, well, well. Students caught after curfew in the halls, their better be a good reason" the voice said, we turned around to see Professor Snape. I knew this was going to happen.

"Umm… uhhh" I said trying to think of something.

"She was looking for me because I snuck out after curfew, it's my fault" Josif explained.

"That isn't a good enough excuse, 10 points each from Gryffindor and 2 weeks of detention" Professor Snape said and I took a deep breath, could be worse. We nodded our heads and hurriedly went back to the Common Room without speaking. Once we got into the room we separated; I got the distinct feeling we were not going to talk to each other for a while again.