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It was late one Thursday evening and I was studying for finals with Elden, Sam, and Albus. I was sitting next to Elden at our large table and he was intently studying Divination. It was his favorite subject and he needed a good grade. I could never see Elden as the Divination type, but he liked it and that was all that mattered.

"That's it," Albus said as he picked up one of his books and chucked it over his shoulder. "I am going to fail Transfiguration." Madam Pince looked up from her desk and glared at him. He didn't notice her glaring though. He continued ranting about how he was going to fail the bloody subject and then Madam Pince got up from her seat and stormed towards us.

"What ever gave you the idea that you could throw a book, Mr. Potter?" she questioned him with venom in her voice. No one messed with Madam Pince.

"I'm sorry, Madam Pince, I'm just under a lot of stress," Albus apologized.

"Mr. Potter, that is no reason to take it out on the books!" Her emaciated face looked really pissed off. Merlin, she acted like he had just killed someone.

"It will never happen again," Albus promised.

The irritable woman growled under her breath. "Make sure it doesn't." With that said, she stalked back to her desk.

Sam grinned wickedly at Albus. Then he leaned in and quietly said, "If you and Madam Pince ever got into a fight…" His gaze turned towards the older librarian who was leering at all the children, making sure no one broke any rules. The library was always packed around the time of finals. "Let's just say, I'd have ten gallons on Madam Pince." We all laughed and Albus rolled his eyes.

"One night during Christmas break I slept over at the Burrow," I started telling them a story. "Granddad told me she started working here during his fourth year. Apparently, she used to be a babe."

They gasped. "Madam Pince was hot!" Sam exclaimed.

I nodded my head enthusiastically.

"Think about it though. Now she's horribly thin and irritable. But imagine when she was lean and happy." We all looked over at the woman with her long black hair in a tight bun. "I believe him too. She could have been really hot."

"That's just so…weird," Elden professed.

"Did Granddad have a crush on her?" Albus asked me. I nodded my head and we all laughed. "How big was it?"

"Let's just say, Grandmum was pretty jealous," I told them.

"Okay, no more distractions of how hot Madam Pince is," Sam declared. "I have to start studying Arithmancy or I'll do horrible. Yvonne Ivers and Nerina Demetriou are in my class and they keep telling me that I should have started studying ages ago." He sighed. "They think it's going to be extremely difficult. Watch Rose get an O on her Arithmancy final."

"Would it honestly surprise you if she did?" Albus asked.

Sam shook his head. "Not really. If I was half as brilliant as she is….I don't know if I'd be able to handle that power, actually. With great power comes great responsibility."

"Spider-man!" I exclaimed. He grinned and slapped me five.

See, last summer we had all gotten together and had a Muggle movie night. Since then we've been quoting movies on rare occasions and if another person catches the quote…well, they don't get anything. It's more for the bragging rights of having the knowledge. We were all sort of dorks.

"Are we going to have another movie night this summer?" Elden asked.

My jaw dropped. "What kind of question is that, Elden? Of course we're having another movie night! This summer I say we watch that movie Iced Tea. It's about these two really hot girls who like iced tea."

"Is that the whole premise of the movie?" Elden questioned. I nodded my head. "That sounds really stupid."

"Of course it sounds horrible! I'd be worried if you thought it sounded good. But they're hot, so…" I shrugged. "That makes it worth the pain of watching a horrible movie. They're not even just hot, they're REALLY hot. I'm sure there's more to the movie than just them liking iced tea. I think it has something to do with one falling in love with a neighbor and the other is just a huge tramp…"

"You're really not helping your case in making me want to watch it," Elden insisted.

"Be quiet!" We heard Madam Pince snap from her desk. "Or I'll have to throw you out! Do you young men understand me?" Her face pinched into the meanest expression I had ever seen.

"We'll be good, Madam Pince!" I called back and she nodded her head. Then I did something that really pissed her off. It wasn't even that bad…I just winked at her.

Her face turned a bright red and she ran over to where we were sitting. "What was that provocative gesture you just gave me?" She got close to my face and demanded of me. I shrugged and pretended I didn't know what she was talking about. "You know what you did. Just confess, young man!" The vulture was really snapping.

"Okay, you're right, Madam Pince. I winked at you. I couldn't help it though. You're so beautiful… You're even distracting me from my studies."

She blushed a deep crimson color. Immediately, she backed away from my face. "What did you just call me?" Madam Pince didn't sound angry anymore, just confused. I guess no one had called her beautiful in a long time. It must have shocked the hell out of her.

"I called you beautiful," I answered honestly. "I'm sorry if that offends you, but it's the truth. I can't help it if you're even more beautiful than any young students here at Hogwarts. They don't compare to you, Madam Pince."

Elden, Sam, and Al looked at me in shock. They should have known by then that I always pushed the limits, not like I had any limits to begin with.

"Well…" Her blush increased more. "Keep your feelings to yourself, Mr. Weasley." Then she walked back to her desk calmly.

Did I seriously just talk myself out of that? I was brilliant, I really was. How did she even believe me? Oh, I was smooth. She looked over at me from her seat in confusion and I smiled at her. She smiled back.

"How…how did you do that?" Albus asked, dumbfounded. "You just made her act like a nice person."

"It's just the way you say it, boys, it's just the way you say it," I answered. "Now, please let me get to my Potions. Oh, here's Ray coming to join us."

Raymond Yates walked into the library a reckless grin. He had probably just finished snogging some girl. I swear, Ray was becoming a man whore. And I think the girls were starting to notice he had wicked intentions. Some denied it though because he came off as such a gentle guy.

"Hey, boys," he greeted us with a smirk. He dropped his books onto the table loudly.

Madam Pince looked at him crossly, but I smiled at her again. She decided to let his loud entrance slide.

"Well, I should go get my book…" Albus got up from his seat and grabbed his book that he had lunged across the room. It was such an Albus moment.

"All right then," Ray said and he sat down. "I just got done snogging Jamie Illiac in a broom closet."

"But isn't Jamie dating Abe Dagworth?" Elden questioned, praying for any hope that Ray hadn't just helped a girl cheat on her boyfriend. Elden was a pretty big fan of morals. He also encouraged his friends to have good morals too. In response to Elden's question, Ray smirked and shrugged. Ray had really changed the past year. He had gotten cocky and had become a man whore, like I previously stated.

"You can't just snog some other guy's girlfriend, Ray," I told him. "It's not right and you know it."

"Maybe if he satisfied her snogging needs a bit better, I wouldn't need to interject," he tried defending himself. "Plus, she's the one that threw herself on me. Not the other way around."

"It's still not right!" Elden protested quietly. He leaned in closer to Ray, trying to grab his full and undivided attention. "This is getting serious, Ray, you can't just snog every girl in Hogwarts and expect there to be no consequences. Other guys don't like what you are doing much, at all. Someone will find out that you snogged their girlfriend and then they will beat you up."

"You know what, Elden, don't worry about it. It's none of your business, anyway," Ray declared arrogantly.

"I don't know what's happening to you. We used to be best friends." Elden's voice sounded hurt. "Why are you changing? What happened to the great guy who used to be my best friend? Where has he gone, Ray?"

"Stop being so emotional, Elden. I'm still your best friend. You're acting like a god damned woman."

Elden laughed. "See, there's my point! The great guy isn't there anymore. You're just an insensitive jerk and I miss the old you." Ray rolled his eyes. "Sorry if this is too emotional and attached for you to handle, but I have to say how I feel. I'm not a girl that you can use whenever you want and then throw away. You don't do that to best friends, Ray. You just don't."

"Maybe we shouldn't be best friends anymore if my existence disgusts you so much," Ray snapped. "And by the way, girls don't even act as emotional as you do."

Hurt filled Elden's face. He didn't want to lose his friend; he just wanted his old friend back. And he was right, Ray WAS becoming a total jerk. No one even liked talking to him anymore. All he thought and talked about was hooking up with more girls even though he had already snogged plenty. He just wasn't the same old Ray anymore.

"I found out you snogged Tawny Edaline last week," Elden said. "The girl thought you actually fancied her. How could you hurt someone as nice as Tawny? I heard her talking to her friends and she was so excited that Raymond Yates had taken an interest in her." Elden laughed, but it wasn't the laugh you used when you thought something was funny. It was the laugh you used when you thought something was ironic. "She really thought you were a great guy. Have you talked to her since?"

Ray shook his head. "She can be really embarrassing in public. She would bring down my reputation."

"Of course you haven't talked to her. You know how I know?" Ray glared at Elden. "I found her crying in the boys' bathroom the other day. I think she thought it was the girls'…Anyway, she was crying hysterically and you don't even seem to care that you hurt her so much. What do you have to say for yourself?" Ray's glare softened and I could tell he was starting to feel bad. "That's what I thought."

"Oh, sorry if I insulted you, St. Elden." Ray was getting defensive. "I'm just being a normal teenage guy and doing normal teenage guy things. Not like you'd know how it feels to snog a girl, you bloody prude."

Sam, who was sitting next to him, smacked Ray in the back of the head. "Low-blow and you know it. If you want to fight, fight fair."

"NO HITTING IN THE LIBRARY! THAT'S IT ALL OF YOU, GET OUT!" Madam Pince got up from her seat and was shouting like a banshee. Guess my charm couldn't get me out of this one. "I GAVE YOU PLENTY OF CHANCES, BUT NOW YOU ARE JUST BEING DISRUPTIVE!" We gathered our books and she literally chased us out of the library. "COME BACK WHEN YOU LEARN HOW TO SHUT YOUR BLOODY TRAPS!"

All five of us stood outside the library, holding our books to our chests. Madam Pince was pissed at us, to say the least. The tension in the air was awkward, considering the brawl that had just taken place between Ray and Elden. Of course nothing would be left unsaid and immediately Ray started fighting with Elden again.

"Snogging girls is perfectly normal, Elden, so don't go acting all high and mighty just because I do it."

"Did I say you weren't allowed to kiss a girl? I'm just saying stop being so…" he couldn't find an appropriate word, "promiscuous. And stop being such a jerk to your friends. You realize that we haven't hung out in months. Months! That's ridiculous, Ray. And you know why we haven't been hanging out? Because you're too busy with girls."

"If it makes you happy, I'll see Jamie again. Are you telling me I have to ask Jamie to be my girlfriend and then you'll stop complaining? Because I'll do it if that's what you want. Though it'll be weird because her parents are really good friends with my parents. Mum's always talking about Gypsy and Luke Illiac. I'll ask her out though, if that's what makes you happy."

The weirdest part was that Ray was being completely serious. If Elden told him to ask Jamie out and they would be on good terms again, Ray would do it. Ray was acting like a jerk, but this showed that he still didn't want to lose Elden.

"No, that's a ridiculous request. I'm just saying we all think you've been acting like a huge jerk lately."

"All of you think I'm a jerk?" Ray looked at us for an answer. We kept quiet. "All right, if you don't want to talk we'll take a silent poll. Who here thinks I've been acting like an arse for the past few months?" All of us but Ray raised our hands. "Are you guys serious?" We looked at each other nervously, but then eventually nodded our heads as our answer.

Finally, I spoke up. "You really have changed, Ray. You used to be this cool and nice guy. Now you're just a prat and no guy can even stand you anymore."

"We used to defend you," Albus cut in. "We used to say 'he's still a good guy, he's just going through a stage'. But this is past the stage phase, Ray. You've become a total arse. I mean, the guys didn't care as much when you were just using girls. Now you're starting to become a cocky jerk and suddenly it has become a big deal. We don't like how you are anymore."

"Seriously," Sam spoke up, "you have to stop acting like this."

Ray's face was angry. I guess he didn't like to hear the truth… "Forget you guys. Just…forget you." This statement was said more quietly than anything he had said before, but it held way more passion and intensity. It made me believe that he was hurt by us turning on him. Then Ray walked away quietly. He didn't stomp away in a tantrum, he walked away calmly.

"I think I liked it more when he was snapping at me," Elden whispered.

Al nodded his head. "This kind of makes me feel bad. Should we have not said anything at all? He seems really upset."

I shook my head in response. "He had to know. Honestly, the guy is on his way to being beaten up by the whole male population of this school. Or at least by all the Gryffindors. Even the girls will start to hate him soon."

"You're right," Elden agreed. "He had to know. It's the only way."

We walked back to the Gryffindor room in silence. There wasn't silence because we were uncomfortable. There was silence because we were contemplating what had just gone on. I was convinced that Ray needed to know how much he was pissing off every guy. But still…could Elden have told him better? Could we have been less harsh about it in any way at all?

"Flame-Freezing Charm," Albus told the Fat Lady the password. She let us inside the common room.

In a corner, my eye immediately caught Rose. She was frantically searching through the mountain of books in front of her. Apparently she couldn't find the right book she needed. "Here it is! There you go Arithmancy book…" She dug into the book like she was five years old and someone had thrown a candy bar in front of her. It made me laugh really hard.

"Ah, Rose, you just turned a very bad day into a humorous one," I called to her. She looked up at me and raised an eyebrow. "I'll tell you later. Just keep on studying, love."

She rolled her eyes, but then devoured the knowledge from her book again. Leave it to Rose to make me laugh when I was in a seemingly humorless mood.