"Alright, why don't you take a seat?" Headmaster said once I had entered her office.

You see… today was "career advice" day. Well, for some people, like me. All my other friends were done.

Wilbur wanted to be a Metal-Charmer. I had learned a lot about this profession after helping him sort out a schedule for the next two years.

Emily was super excited because McGonagall had approved of her idea to be a clothing shop owner in Hogsmeade. The Headmaster had even told her about some books she could read about fashion design and managing a shop, which she had asked her parents to get for her.

Teddy wanted to be an Auror. Harry had been talking to him about it a lot lately, with everything going on, and had almost taught Teddy to cast a patronus. I was happy for Teddy. He seemed a perfect fit for the roll of an Auror.

Justin asked about becoming a Professor. He had even talked about it with Professor Slughorn, who was planning on retiring soon and needed someone to take his place. Justin was perfect for the job.

But me? Where did I go?

"I remember you saying in our last private lesson, that you didn't know what you wanted to do. Have you thought more about it yet? I have brought some suggestions of suitable jobs for your skills: Many different departments of the Ministry of Magic, like Auror Department, Department of Mysteries, or the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. I was also wondering if you would be interested in a teaching position. As you probably know, your friend, Justin, is most likely going to become the Potions teacher, but I was thinking it would be nice to become the Headmaster full time and give my Transfiguration position away-"

"Thank you Headmaster." I didn't want to cut in, but I also didn't want her to continue rambling to find out I actually had a plan. "I was wondering, if it is possible to go to college."

She gave me a confused look. "Ms. Walker, you do realize that there are no wizarding colleges, and attending a muggle one will be of no use to you."

I laughed a little. "Yes, I know this, but I wasn't really planning to take on a wizard job." McGonogall was hesitant to say anything, so I continued. "I never found anything that caught my eye, especially because I have had my heart set on following in my fathers foot steps ever since I was a little girl. I want to be an architect. I've planned everything out! I can still live in the wizarding world and use magic. I learned there is a way to transfer muggle money for wizard money, so I can still support myself on this job."

"How will you get in?"

"That's were this gets hard." I said, gesturing with my hands. "I know this school has a lot of power and influence, and I was wondering if you could pretend to be a normal high school to get me in. I will order high school textbooks and read through them. Then you can test me, and use my scores to get me in. I … could you do that?"

I was worried, until a small smile crept onto her face. "Of course."

I let go of the breath I had been holding in. "Thank you. I'll work extra hard-"

"I know you will. Now as for the classes you should take… You don't need to take any specific classes, plus you will take the NEWTs test in Transfiguration, Potions, and Defense Against the Dark Arts at the end of this year, so you wont have to take those classes again. I know you are muggle born, but it would be wise to take Muggle Studies, since you haven't lived in their society for two years. Also, certain classes and extra-curricular classes that are alike to nuggle classes would be good, and we can talk about that later. I shall talk to the teachers about helping you learn muggle curriculum. Do you have any colleges in mind?"

"A few of them… in my home country."

"Did you hear?"

"What?"

"Slughorn is making me take his NEWTs class twice. I'm halfway through it already and he's making me take two more years." Justin looked extremely annoyed.

"Since you're taking his job, he's going to need you to know everything. Besides, you're probably going to be more of a… TA than a student."

"TA?"

"Teachers Assistant."

He sighed, staring into the potion we were working on. "At least we'll still have these private classes together."

"Actually..." I started and Professor Slughorn walked in.

"You're leaving me!?"

"I have to study as much American High School curriculum as I can. Plus, since I've been doing this class longer than you have. I've finished all my NEWT level work and I'm going to take the test at the end of the year."

"You'll still be taking these classes though." Slughorn spoke up.

"I will?" I turned to look at him.

"Yes!" Justin whispered behind me.

"I talked to the Headmaster and she told me your plan for the future. I'm impressed. I have taken over the job of being your science teacher, and I planned to have that happen at the same time as Justin after school lessons. You guys can learn from eachother, and…" He lowered his voice slightly, "I couldn't trust Justin in here all by himself."

"Hey!" Justin exclaimed.

I smiled. "Thank you, professor."

"Anytime."

We finished pretty quickly after that. Justin and I decided to head to the Great Hall discussing our career options.

"So what are you gonna do?"

"I want to get my architectural license."

"Architects build houses right?"

"Design houses actually. And not just houses, all types of buildings."

"And you want to design buildings because..."

"My father had an architectural license. What about you? Why teacher?"

"I don't know. I didn't really have a plan until Slughorn asked me if I would like the position. He sounded really worried, asking me to just consider it, like I was going to say no and that would be it. Oh and McGonagal wants me taking Transfiguration. I'm going to be a teacher, why do I need to know Transfiguration?"

I saw Emily and Wilbur walking out of the Great Hall, holding hands. I waved and Emily waved back, then they started walking towards us.

"Plus, she knows how I'm doing in her class. It's like she doesn't want me to get this job." Justin was going on. "There's such a small chance I'll get into her NEWTs class, I should probably give up now."

"Do you need help studying? I could help you out."

"Really? I might-"

"Hey guys." Emily approached us.

"What's up?" I replied.

"We were headed toward the library. Our OWLs are quickly approaching."

"I should probably go." Justin backed up. "Oh, and I might take up on that studying offer." With that, he turned and made his way back the way we came.

Emily leaned closer to you. "He sooo likes you."

I jumped back at the comment. "No he doesn't."

Wilbur finally spoke up. "Even I know he does. And I'm not good at this stuff." He lifted up his and Emily's conjoined hands to prove his point.

"But, he isn't acting like Teddy-"

"God Ana. Not all guys act the same. Wilbur didn't act like Teddy." Emily raised her eyebrows.

"He… ugh."

"Teddy handled his feelings very strangely." Wilbur said.

"It doesn't matter, this is about Justin."

"Well, why do you think Teddy hates him? He is targeting Teddy's ex-girlfriend."

"Let's never call me 'Teddy's ex-girlfriend' again and why should Teddy care. His feelings for me are long gone."

"But its still gonna be weird for him." Wilbur gestured with his pointer finger.

"And it wasn't weird for me when he dated Aubry? It was the reason we broke up! Then they broke up a few weeks later. Then there was that other girl I didn't learn the name of."

"Okay, I say, you have this argument with him. I'm just telling you, he's over the 'he used to be a bully' thing."

"Why am I having this conversation with you? I need dinner."

"Not until you tell us if you like him back." Emily said, making a stop gesture.

"He doesn't like me."

"Do you like him?" She said, a bit more forcefully.

"No I don't." I sighed, giving up. "After dating Teddy, I realized I really didn't like guys all that much."

"Is that your way of coming ou-"

"Or anyone. No wait, I'm wording this badly." I dropped my head in my hands. "I don't like dating. I don't want a boyfriend or girlfriend. I don't want to get married when I grow up. Wait… Justin won't ask me out will he? How will I handle that? I don't think I can. What am I going to say?"

"You're gonna break it to him like any other person would." Wilbur crossed his arms. Emily smacked him. "ow"

"I'll figure it out. See you guys later." I walked around them, giving a quick wave goodbye, then made my way to the Great Hall.

It's late. I know. I suck. School started this week and it was probably the longest week of my life. Trying my hardest to wrap this up. See you guys Wednesday (hopefully)!