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Chapter Fourteen

How I Ended Up In a Pickle

Monday, October 20th

I wasn't really sure why but they decided Al is fit with normal people again. Oh sure, he was still swinging between crying uncontrollably to hysterical laughing ending with incoherent mumbling to no one in particular. So of course, they let him go back to active school life.

Other than that the weekend was pretty uneventful, Rose and Lorcan thrashed around the common room most of Saturday while Hugo (the git) was making faces at them (but secretly taking notes). Lucy (still ignoring me) chose to split her time between listening to Hugo's complains and discussing the latest Witch Weekly issue with Pauline Bennett and Kylie Stark (while checking to see if I was paying her any attention. I wasn't).

When I wasn't with Al in the Hospital Wing, making sure he wasn't trying to eat his hair or throwing anger tantrums when it was time take his "sanity potion" (calming draught but ten times stronger), I was in the Slytherin or Ravenclaw common rooms, either lounging with Scorpius or playing exploding snap with Tamara and her fellow Ravenclaws along with a small number of Ravenclaw Lily-Pads spectators cheering from the sidelines.

Everything seems to go back to normal. I hope so.

Monday, October 20th

Al hasn't broke down yet. I'm not so sure if it a good sign as he might recovering or a bad sign when he just might snap at any minute.

I'm also not sure what I prefer, but Scorpius noted than whatever happen it'll be hysterical to watch.

Tuesday, October 21st

Al snapped.

I just got out of the Hospital Wing after being treated for my injuries. No, I didn't join in on Al's meltdown festival. I am an innocent bystander who got caught in the crossfire. I am also on my way to McGonagall's office.

Al has really done it this time. He was fine until dinner when he, Scorpius and Rose came and set by the Gryffindor table. We were half way through the meal when Al noticed Cleo walking in (looking whore-ish as usual) with a nameless boy holding her hand.

"GET OFF OF HER!" Al called and ran towards the nameless boy while throwing every hex and jinx he knows (which are quite a lot – he used to have brains).

"What-are-you-doing-you-twat?" Cleo hissed at Al, who was still hexing the now unconscious nameless boy.

"Proving my love." Al answered calmly. "Anteoculatia." the boy began to sprout antlers from the top of his head. "See?"

"How thick can you be, Albus?" she drawled. "I don't want you."

Al stopped hexing the boy and stared at Cleo. "You don't want me?"

"No."

"But I love you." There were a few 'oh' sounds but Cleo ignored them.

"Well, I don't love you." she said.

Al dropped his wand and made a voice similar to the one Fang makes when he's hungry or angry, before collapsing to the floor and starting to cry loudly.

I marched over to Al with Scorpius and Rose in tow and handed him his potion. He pushed it away and continued to sob.

"You have to stop it, Al." I whispered to him but he shook his head. I knelt down and tried to touch him but Al pulled away, still crying.

"This is embarrassing." Cleo said above us. "Look what you've done to blah-blah." Okay so the nameless boy does have a name but I just don't remember it, as if it's important to anyone.

"Shut up, Cleo." Scorpius said. "This is your fault. I told you not to mess with Al!"

"Oh sure, Scorpius the saint," she rolled her eyes. "You don't have any ulterior motives here what so ever."

"Look Zabini, we've had enough of you," Rose cut in. "Take blah-blah away from here and let us take care of Al."

Cleo began to say something but then Rose cut her words again soon after that they started to shout at each other and then the wands were out.

Now, one may wonder where the teachers are in this chaos. Well, some (Uncle Neville, Professor Williams and Professor Moore) were trying to help me move Al out of the Great Hall and up the Hospital Wing, others (Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick and Professor Vector) tried to hold Cleo and Rose off before someone gets hurt.

Rose was always good with her charms so surely when Cleo's eyebrows began to grow wildly, she (Cleo) dropped her wand, pounced on Rose and started hitting her with her fists.

"Hey!" I said and got away from Al and ran over to the fight scene (boys from all houses chanted 'fight-fight-fight' – pigs, all of them) and pushed a few girls out of the circle that formed around Rose and Cleo. Cleo and Rose rolled on the floor kicking and screaming while the teachers tried to pull them away from each other and calm down the other students.

"Prefects!" called Professor McGonagall. "Prefects- No, Smith you are not allowed to take pictures! Ten points from Hufflepuff."

I grabbed a hold of Rose's shoulder and tried to pull her away from Cleo but suddenly I fell to the ground and got caught in the middle. I felt a sharp pain in my lower back and realized someone just kicked me. I started kicking myself, for self defense of course.

"Gerroff!" I called and pushed Cleo, at least I think it was her, off of me. "That's it!" I called and began flapping my hands around slapping whichever it was.

"My eye!" someone called and all of a sudden there was a loud shriek and I was pulled away just as Cleo charged at Rose once again.

"You okay?" it was Scorpius. He cupped my face and searched for bruises in my face.

"She bit me!" I showed him the teeth marks on my hand. "I can't believe Cleo bit me. I hope won't turn into a slut every full moon." I said and looked at him. "What happened to your eye?"

Before Scorpius had the chance to answer there was a loud BANG and then a puff of smoke and when it cleared both Rose and Cleo where sprawled on the ground, unconscious.

"Are they… dead?" one of the students asked.

"Of course not, Mitford." said Professor McGonagall. "They're only stunned. Filius, please take Miss Weasley and Miss Zabini to the Infirmary." Professor Flitwick nodded and with a flick of his wand both Rose and Cleo hovered in the air (still unconscious) and walked out of the Great Hall as the two hovered in front of him.

"Mr. Malfoy," Professor McGonagall turned to Scorpius. "You may go and see for your cousin when she wakes right after I see you in my office."

"Yes, Ma'am."

"The same is with you, Potter-"

"I don't want to see Scorpius' cousin!" I interrupted her.

"I am speaking in regards of your brother, Miss Potter." She rolled her eyes. "Go and see how he's doing and come see me in my office with Mr. Malfoy, am I clear?" I nodded. "Good. You may also want to consider asking Madam Pomfrey to heal that." She pointed at my face and I nodded again.

Mutely, I headed to the Hospital Wing where Albus lay asleep in one bed while Rose and Cleo in the other beds, both still unconscious. Blah-blah was in the farthest bed, without his antlers, sleeping for all I know.

Wednesday, October 22nd

Middle of the night and I just got back from Professor McGonagall's office. She isn't amused with everything that happened. We, Scorpius and I, had to sit in her office and give her a play by play of what happened during dinner.

"But, Professor you were there." I said.

"I know, Potter." She said. "I want to hear your side before I discuss it with Miss Weasley and Miss Zabini."

Scorpius told her everything while I jumped in giving a smart remark every once in a while.

"-And after she punched me," Socorpius pointed at his black eye. "I pulled Lily away and then well…you stunned them Professor, but you know that already." His face flushed and I gave his hand a squeeze. Professor McGonagall's eyes flickered at our joined hands and I think I saw a ghost of a smirk on her thin lips.

Professor McGonagall sighed and rose from her seat. "Why is it, whenever something happens, it is always your family?"

I heard a snicker above us. It was Professor Snape's portrait. I arched my eyebrow at him. "May I help you?"

"Once again come trouble and a Potter is involved." He said dryly. "What a surprise."

"Behave yourself, Severus." The portrait Professor Dumbledore said playfully.

"I am always well behaved, Dumbledore." He said. "I'm only making a point." Then Snape's looked at Scorpius and me and narrowed his eyes. "How interesting…" his lips curled into a snarky smirk.

"That's enough, Severus." Professor McGonagall said and Snape returned to his usual sulky expression. "You may go back to your houses. I've already notified your parents, Potter, they'll be here tomorrow morning."

I groaned. "Mum is going to kill me." I whispered to Scorpius as we stepped out of McGonagall's office.

"It'll be alright." He tried to reassure me.

"Oh, to be young and in love…" I heard Professor Dumbledore say. "What joy it is to be completely oblivious to what others clearly see."

The door shut behind us before we got to hear Professor Snape's remark on the subject.

The upside of this madness is that for the first time in week I didn't get detention. I was bitten by a whore, but still there's a bright side to everything.

Godric, maybe I should take some of Al's sanity potion for myself. I really need some sleep. A whole month of it.

A\N: thank you for reading

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