Liz walked down to the Great Hall alone looking around to see if she could find a friendly face to sit with for lunch. She spotted Harry, but he was in deep conversation with Ron.
"Liz, over here!" she heard a voice call to her. Liz turned to see Jeff, Angelina, and Dean waving over at her. Liz walked to where they were sitting and sat down next to Fred.
"So, what are we talking about?" Liz asked as she started to put a grilled cheese on her plate.
"We were just discussing soccer," Dean replied as he stared at Liz shoveling food into her mouth.
"So, tell me again what the positions are?" Angelina asked curiously.
"Hey Tina. Where'd you disappear off to? I thought you were going to meet me in the common room," Draco asked Tina as she took a seat next to him at the Slytherin table.
"Sorry, it's just that I was having a crisis with Mere and Goyle. It ended up with her in tears and I just couldn't leave her at her time of need. That bastard," Tina spit out.
"What happened? I thought before we left them last night that they were doing just fine."
"They were doing great. But it turns out Mere found Goyle and Pansy this morning in the Charms classroom kissing."
"PANSY?" Draco shouted.
"Why? Do you have a problem with that? Is there something going on between you two?" Tina sneered as her eyes narrowed.
"Mere? Are you okay?" Roger asked after about an hour of Mere crying in his arms.
"I c-can't believe him…he left me – he left m-me for that bitch…"
"Goyle?"
"H-he was my date a-and he," Mere paused to sob, "Liz saw him kissing Parkinson."
"Wow," Roger seemed genuinely shocked, "Wow, Mere, I'm really sorry…"
"Why are you apologizing?" Mere sniffed, "Why is it always other people who apologize for bastards like Goyle?"
"Well, we have to do it for them since they're not nice guys like me," Roger replied sheepishly. Mere managed to muster a weak grin.
"Thanks, Roger."
"Hey," Roger looked over his shoulder and then back at Mere, "Want to down to Madame Rosemerta's tavern? We can talk over butter beers."
Mere nodded, "Sounds good."
Maya looked at the middle of the shelf trying to find that book on moons and stars for her Astrology essay that she hadn't even started on. She felt a tap on the back of her shoulder.
"Looking for something?" a voice behind her said. Maya turned to be face to face with Sirius and in his hand was the exact book she was looking for.
"Thanks," Maya replied blushing with the knowledge of what happened last night.
"Look about last night…" Sirius started.
Maya interrupted, "It was…fun," as a smile crept onto her face.
"So, are you going to answer me?" Tina asked as Draco turned away. "Where are you going? Is this how you're going to treat me everyday? Or are you just going to not talk to me ever again after what just happened last night?"
Draco spins around after hearing the last sentence. "Look, I don't like her if that's what you're implying. But I don't like the fact that those two hooked up and never told me."
"Well, geez that's all you had to say. You didn't have to get all huffy at me and just completely ignore me," Tina retorted as she gave Draco a hug. "Now see how stupid you were acting?"