When Jay made it back from the hearing (I couldn't write it), Connor was relieved to find out that Thinn showed up and bailed Jay out of the hearing. Luckily, they made it the train which Jay's mother rushed them onto. Jay, also luckily, was still prefect and couldn't wait to find out who the other Ravenclaw prefect was. As they made it on to the train, Jay reminded Connor that he needed to go to the prefects' compartment. Connor dismissed Jay and he started to find a compartment to sit in. He didn't feel like talking to anyone so he went to the back and found his own compartment. When he got into the compartment, he waited, imagining how the Quidditch season would be and wondering if they would have a new DADA teacher? Connor then thought about the hearing. He needed to ask Jay about what happened. How did he get off so easily? How did stay prefect? How did he not get expelled?
As he thought about it in his head, a tall (but not taller than Connor) walked in. She had long, brown hair that reached and went over he shoulders. She had beautiful brown eyes, the most beautiful he had ever seen.
"I'm sorry, all the other compartments are taken. Can I sit with you?" she asked him. Connor was stunned by her appearance and forgot how to talk.
"Um …" Connor snapped back to reality, "yeah, sure!" He gestured to her to take a seat and she sat down. They sat there in silence until he asked her what her name was.
"I'm Abigail Rivers. Abby for short." She introduced herself.
"I'm Connor. Connor Hamshire." At the sound of tat name, her jaw dropped.
"You're kidding. THE Connor Hamshire! It's my first year at Hogwarts, but my older brother, Derek, told me a lot about you."
Something in Connor's brain clicked, "Derek Rivers? Shoulder length brown hair with unusual blue eyes?"
"That's him! When Derek described you, he did it a lot differently. He said you had long, brown hair like him!" It was true, some of it. Last year, the year of what happened to Freddie, Connor had shoulder length brown hair except a few days after he came home, his mother made it get a haircut. He now had a buzz cut, except his hair was showing and it wasn't so short or thin.
"My sister, Lily, told me that she dated a guy named Derek Rivers and that he crushed her heart."
"He told me differently. He said that a girl named Lily pounded him." They talked about this for a while until they started to laugh. They laughed because they found it silly that they were fighting their siblings' battles.
"Anything from the trolley?" an older woman asked as she was in front of Connor and Abby's compartment.
"One chocolate frog, one every flavored beans and TWO Licorice wands." Abby smiled an amazing smile at Connor. He handed her the licorice and they shared the rest. About thirty minutes later, ten minutes before they'd arrive, Jay found Connor in the compartment with Abby.
"It's Carly! Connor, it's Carly!" Jay rushed into the compartment to talk to Connor, completely ignoring Abby.
"Jay, meet my new friend, Abby."
Jay simply waved to Abby and continued talking to Connor.
"Anyway, it's Carly!"
"What's Carly?" Connor asked Jay.
"Everything!" he screamed with joy, "She's the other prefect!"
"Oh, good for her. That's wonderful! I'll go congratulate her."
"Wait, there's more!"
"What Jay?"
"We're dating!"
