I know, the chapters keep getting shorter, but once their summer rolls around, I swear they'll be longer. I really need some more reviews, guys. They make me so much happier to update.

Disclaimer: Don't own HP, just this plot and a few characters.

James, Elaine, and I were walking to the Great Hall. Usually I didn't hang out with Elaine, but James had a crush on her. So she was temporarily in our group. I didn't mind though, she was a nice girl.

"So, you're in Gryffindor, right?" Elaine asked me.

I nodded my head. "Yes, ma'am. Why don't you sit with us at lunch today?" Elaine was a Hufflepuff, but I was sure nobody would say anything if she sat at our table.

"That sounds good," she replied with a big smile.

We reached the Great Hall and took our normal seats, granted Elaine was with us. Ray and Sam had already been down there for ten minutes and saved seats for us. Elaine decided to sit on the left side of James, which made him give us all a large smirk.

"Good seat choice," he complimented her, which made her blush.

"James, why are you harassing her?" Albus suddenly appeared and took a seat across from James. And then he smiled at Elaine. "A nice girl like her doesn't deserve to be around you."

He glared at his brother. "Why don't you just leave, Albus?"

James was a very jealous person. And he knew that there was a chance that Elaine could fancy his brother more than him.

"Why would I want to leave?" Albus questioned with a smirk. He smiled at Elaine. I complimented his random charm.

"I know Albus from my classes," Elaine said while leaning over to James so he could hear her better. "He's very nice." A blush crept on her face as Albus' smile grew wider.

"Yes, James, I'm very nice."

Okay, Albus and James always had a tendency to fight over girls. They never fought about Saba because she was too old for Al, but Elaine was in Albus' year, so she was fair game to both of them. Usually Sam and James fought over stuff, but only jokingly about girls. That was for a subject for the brothers to fight over.

"Shouldn't you be going, Al?" James suggested with a scowl spreading over his face.

"But I don't want him to leave," Elaine muttered to James. "We can all be friends!"

I laughed at her optimism. She was a nice girl. A little out there, but nice nonetheless. And from talking to her earlier she seemed like a drama queen. Maybe she liked how the brothers were fighting over her.

Albus stuck out his hand for Elaine to shake. "We are officially friends." He smiled at her again, and Elaine smiled back while shaking his hand. Al's smooth talking was very rare, but when he did it, the boy was a genius. James was never charming, but occasionally Albus was and it was impressive to watch. Even Sam has complimented him on it.

"Won't your friends miss you, Al?" James' face looked even angrier and more irritated.

"They can live without me for one day," he said with a shrug. "Wasn't the Herbology essay we had to do the other day murder, Elaine?"

She nodded her head and sighed loudly. "It took me hours!"

"Really? Rose told me you were pretty smart," he commented. I wasn't even sure that was true, but it was a nice touch.

"Well, I'm not Rose smart, but I'm okay."

"I'm sure you're just being modest," he responded.

I rolled my eyes but kept quiet. While taking a bite of my sandwich, I noticed the glares James was shooting at Albus and the smiles Albus was sending back, which was how they spent most of their lunch.

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"Can you believe him?" James questioned as Sam, Ray, and I followed him. We were walking around the lawns outside before dinner because James really needed to blow off some steam.

"Calm down, James. I doubt he actually fancies her," I reasoned.

"It doesn't matter if he fancies her because now she probably fancies him over me. And I'm the one that actually does fancy her!" he finished with a yell.

We walked down the sloping lawns towards the lake. It was a nice spring day, so we were trying to enjoy the weather while we could. The last class we had was History of Magic, and we definitely needed to relax after sitting through that much boredom.

"Why would she even consider fancying him? He's not any better than me," James continued to ramble. "I'm much more handsome than him!"

That was kind of a lie. They looked a lot a like except for the different eye colors. That was about it.

"You're exactly right, James. I'm almost positive she doesn't fancy him," Ray said.

"Oh, who am I kidding? Of course she fancies him! Did you see the way she batted her eyelashes at every comment he made? Seriously, where did he get those moves? Not from Dad, and certainly not from me. Damn that charming Freddie. He's been rubbing off on my little brother."

Sam stopped James, stood in front of him, grabbed his shoulders, and started shaking him. "James! Shut up before you explode! Breathe James! BREATHE!"

James didn't move, he just glared at Sam. I was surprised that James was angry about Albus flirting with Elaine. He usually never showed that much emotion at one time. "I'm fine, Sam."

"You don't sound fine!"

Ray laughed. "I agree with the Sam Man." That was a nickname for Sam that we made up during our first year. Sam felt it made him sound more macho."You sound kinda crazy. No offense or anything."

I looked across the lawn and saw a group of Slytherin girls talking. The group of friends consisted of Fantasia Imelda, Darlene Sanguini, Pauline Sartre, and Karan Holst. I was okay with all the girls except Fantasia. That girl was pure evil, and ,of course, she got up from her spot to come over and bug us. She was in my year and was just annoying beyond belief.

"What's bugging you, Potty?" Her voice rang out into the air. I cringed at the ungodly sound. You know, I liked to think her voice was the sound of the devil himself.

"Go away, Fantasia," James barked.

We're not mean people, but if you knew Fantasia you would be mean too. She was Satan to us. Refer to my earlier comment. Well, she wasn't really, but you get what I mean.

"Seriously, Pothead, I'm concerned about you," she replied with a fake grin. What a wretched smile.

The other three girls finally reached us and just stood around their friend. Pauline was definitely my favorite. Karan could be bitch but overall was okay. And I wasn't sure how I felt about Darlene, considering this was her first year and I didn't really know her.

"Honestly, Fanny, I'm not in the mood." James smirked at her. He called her Fanny because she was a big girl and had a huge butt, which he liked to torture her about.

Fantasia let out a big huff and walked away, while muttering, "Stupid Gryffindors." She really loved us...

"Why is she the most insufferable bitch I've ever met?" James asked aloud while staring off into the distance. He briefly looked at us, and we all shrugged. "Let's head back to the castle. We have dinner soon."

We started walking towards the castle without question. James was great at telling what time it was without a watch or clock nearby. Usually he could get five minutes within the correct time, so we always listened to him for when we had to be somewhere.

"Remember last year when you slipped a Ton-Tongue Toffee in Fantasia's drink?" Leave it to good old Ray to lighten up the mood.

James laughed at Ray's statement. "That was great. Her tongue was bigger than her head! I almost exploded with laughter." Considering James was a prankster, it was no surprise that he had pulled a practical joke on Fantasia more than a few times. "Remember when I gave her a Crying Chocolate? It made her cry for four hours."

James' uncle George created the Crying Chocolate about two years prior and they worked brilliantly. Obviously, they made the eater cry hysterically.

"I almost crapped myself with that one," Sam agreed. "She was a blubbering mess. Blubbering, he he, get it? Blubber, like a whale!"

Okay, that did make me giggle.

"She's always blubbering to begin with, but with the chocolate…" James got all of us laughing.

I'm honest, we weren't usually that mean! But, come on, Fantasia's evil and you know it.

My thoughts drifted towards Darlene Sanguini. She seemed like a nice enough girl. So why was she hanging out with Fantasia? I decided to question the guys about her. "Hey, what do you guys know about that Darlene girl?"

"I know her sister is that seventh year Nina Sanguini. That's about it," Ray told me.

"Why do you wanna know, El?" Sam asked as we entered the castle. "Fancy her or something?"

"No, I'm just curious as to why anyone would willingly hang out with Fantasia Imelda."

James grinned at me. "It's the question that will never be answered. Maybe she pays them? I have no clue."

"What time is it now, James?" Ray questioned James, while looking from the doors to the Great Hall and up the stairs.

"Time to eat!" James declared as he opened the doors to the Great Hall. We noticed that probably 70 percent of the student body were already eating.

"Wow, you are good," I told my friend who had said it was time to eat.

He smiled proudly at us. "I know. It's a gift, what else can I say?" We sat at our regular seats and dug into the big dinner in front of us.

"Hey, James, whether Elaine marries you or Albus, at least she'll still be a Potter," Sam teased.

As a response James threw pumpkin juice in his face which led to the two boys getting detention with Professor Kim. And trust me, Professor Kim's detentions were never worth the offense.