A/N: I don't own Harry Potter

This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Writing Club March

Book Club - Addy Prentiss: (character) Fleur Delacour, (plot point) believing a lie, (emotion) love, (setting) apartment/flat, (dialogue) "I'm getting what I deserve, right?", (color) purple

Just My Luck: 3 - Write about a character left flabbergasted over something.

Word Count: 750

Lily smiled as the oven timer beeped loudly. This was going to be perfect. She'd already gotten a small glimpse of the man who had moved in down the hall. He had long black hair, beautiful golden skin, and she was fairly certain he'd smiled at her.

She pulled the cake out of oven. Carefully, she set it on the pot holders she'd set on the kitchen table. It would need a moment to cool. Sure, she'd made cakes for neighbors before, but this was the first time she'd been so interested in one of them. She put the jar of icing next to it, letting the heat from the cake soften the icing.

While the cake cooled, she went through her entire wardrobe. She'd pulled almost everything out of her closet, but still hadn't found the one thing she was looking for; her mint green jumper. Everyone said it complimented her hair and eyes nicely. She wanted to look her best when she met the new neighbor. Maybe he would be able to finally take her mind off the other person she loved, the one who didn't seem to love her back?

"What are you doing?" her roommate Marlene asked, stepping into the apartment. "And why does it look like your closet exploded?"

"I made a cake for the new neighbor," Lily answered.

"Okay... you always do that. What's with the exploding closet?"

"Have you seen our new neighbor?"

"No. Let me guess, he's hot?"

"From what I saw, yes. Now, have you seen my new mint jumper?"

"Under your bed maybe?" Marlene suggested. Lily smiled, got down on the floor, and crawled under the bed. She crawled back out a moment later. There were dust balls in her red hair, a smudge of dirt on her nose, and in her hand, the missing mint green jumper.

"Found it!" Lily yelled triumphantly.

"It needs to be washed," Marlene replied.

"Guess I'll just have to go with outfit two," Lily grumbled, sliding on a pale purple sundress. Marlene's eyes widened.

"When did you get that?" she asked, staring at Lily.

"Last week, when you were visiting your mum. Does it look alright?"

"It looks amazing. You look amazing," Marlene whispered. Lily sighed.

"But do you think he'll think I look amazing?" she asked.

"I don't know? I mean, if he has eyes and likes girls, then yes, he'll think you look amazing," she finally said. Lily smiled and headed to the kitchen to ice the cake. Marlene followed her.

"You know, um, Lily, I don't remember you making a cake for me when I moved in with you."

"I did, it was lemon. You somehow managed to flip your plate and landed on my head? Remember?" Lily asked. Marlene blushed.

"I remember. That dress looks really good on you."

"You've said that three times, Marlene. Is there something else that you want to tell me for the millionth time? Maybe that you like my hair?" Lily suggested. Marlene looked at Lily's bright red locks.

"It is a pretty color," she said. Lily sighed.

"Marlene, is there some reason you don't want to take this cake to our new neighbor?" she asked, slowly starting to spread icing across the top of the yellow cake. She had decided on a chocolate icing. Who didn't love chocolate? Marlene bit her lower lip.

"Yes, there's a reason," she blurted out. "I don't want you to take the cake to our new neighbor because you think he's hot and you might fall in love with him, and then you'd break my heart because I've been in love with you since the day I moved in," Marlene blurted out. The icing spreader slipped from Lily's hand. It landed with a clatter on the floor, leaving a smear of chocolate on the daisy patterned linoleum.

"You love me?" Lily asked, blinking her green eyes.

"Yes," Marlene admitted. "I just... you didn't seem... and then... and now... I just wanted you to know before you fell in love with Mr. Next Door and I lost my chance."

Lily walked over to where Marlene was standing. She stood face to face with her roommate.

"Marlene, I wish you had told me sooner. Then I wouldn't have had to wait until now to do this," Lily stated, giving Marlene a passionate kiss. A kiss that Marlene happily returned as the cake lay forgotten on the table. And the boy next door fell in love with the girl three floors up.