It was now 4am, and I had been lying in the same position for the last 6 hours, and could not sleep. If I rolled over I risked alerting something that I was awake and then someone would come in and force-feed me some sort of sleeping potion, and I liked to be in complete control of my own body, not under the effects of some mind-altering substance.

I was not under control yesterday though, what was I thinking kissing her. That is the point Wood you weren't thinking, even my conscience has an opinion today. Well who asked you I thought. I was really loosing it lately; I'm having an internal argument with myself. My thoughts fell short when I saw someone walking around outside my curtain.

This head moved around the edge of the curtain and groaned internally, I forgot she was a medi-witch in training. Valerie, this girl has been following me around for years, and I made the mistake a few years back of actually talking to her, which I thought would defuse the situation. But only seemed to make it worse. Every few weeks I would hear a story of how I became her knight in shining armor. I had barely had a whole conversation with the girl in the 7 years that we'd known each other. Thankfully, she was in Ravenclaw, so she couldn't watch me sleep, or something equally creepy.

I clamped my eyelids shut so that she wouldn't try to talk to me. This girl would probably give me some weird potion, so that I would declare my undying love for her, and then she'd be off planning the wedding.

She stood there just watching me, I could feel it and frankly it's freaking me out. Think I'd scare her if I sat straight up in bed and said Go Away really loudly. Ha I make myself laugh, imagine the look on her face, it would be a cross between did he just talk to me, and then the realization that I just told her to go away.

"How's the patient?" I heard Pomfrey ask

"Beautiful" was the reply. Um, no.

"I wouldn't get my hopes up Valerie, seems him and Ms. Snow have become even closer over the summer. I didn't think that was possible." Great how much had she seen, it would probably be breakfast gossip.

"Amy doesn't know just how lucky she is, I mean he's such a great guy, I don't understand all the things I hear about him, he's never been anything but nice to me." Valerie said as she filled the table next to my bed.

That's because I very rarely talk to you.

Pomfrey laughed from her spot at the end of the bed. "He certainly is a heavy sleeper, although I'm guessing he'd have to be, to spend all the time with the Snow's. I can't see the fights between those sisters being an less loud in the privacy of their own home."

You have certainly got that one right Madam. At least at school they seemed to realize that there were other people around, but in the privacy of their own home, it was like Amy, and Emily were the only 2 people on the planet. Believe me their fights could become something of a handful.

"Well, Ms. Hopkins, why don't we move onto the next patient?"

"Yes, madam."

I heard her move away from the end of the bed. I could still feel her eyes on me, nice enough girl but this always creeped me out, I barely knew her yet she knew every fact about me. She had tried to befriend Amy years ago. Amy had been nice enough at first but as she explained to me months later. The conversation would inevitably turn to the topic of me. After about 2 months, Amy started to avoid her, which by proxy meant that I also had to.

And now here I am, stuck in a hospital bed, in my pajamas, stuck with a girl who frankly freaked me out.

She stopped at the curtain. I heard her turn around and sigh.

Did these girls honestly believe stalking was their best option?

Give me a forward girl any day. I thought back to Jenny. She was the poster child for forward. She was pretty obvious that the only reason she dated me was for the sex. Which she raved about to all her friends. They kept me laid for most of last year though as luck would have it. Seems that they enjoyed sharing everything.

Amy wouldn't even share drinks with her sister, these girls where sharing sexual partners. Made you think about what went on behind closed doors in their dorms.

However as great as that situation was. Jenny became very possessive by the end of term. If I were seen talking to another girl, for any reason, including my players, she would hound me for days about it.

My dear friend Amy took great pleasure in making sure Jenny saw the two of us together. And even though Amy was dating Cedric and everyone knew that. Jenny would still freak. It all became too much for me to handle, so about 3 weeks before the term ended, if I wasn't on the pitch I was holed up in my dorm where she couldn't get to me. Bloody annoying, as that meant I would have to send Amy to the library to retrieve books for me to study for my finals.

I had never been more excited to be on the train home, Amy and Cedric has called it quits, she was coming home with me, and I wouldn't have to see Jenny until next year. I thought back to dinner, that girl didn't waste any time. Unfortunately I could not be any less interested. I think I was starting to want, 1 girl, and the only girl that came close to my dream girl, was currently dating my cousin.

"Get up." accompanied with a slap upside my head.

I opened my eyes, to see Amy standing next to me.

"What time is it?"

She glanced down at her watch, "It is currently 7:48am, and you need to get up, because you can't miss 2 days in a row in the first week."

Amy had brought down my uniform, complete with boxers, socks, shoes, even my bathroom kit. I think that was her hint that I needed to shower, or at least shave. Part of the uniform was that you be clean shaven at all times, shirt tucked in, shoes polished, at least while you were in class.

"Where do I shower down here?"

"There is a shower at the back of the hospital wing, Pomfrey said you could use It." she smiled at me "But be warned Valerie is still on duty, so you may have a surprise visit."

"Please Am, I beg of you keep her occupied for the next 15 minutes, it will be the fastest shower I have ever taken." I would have dropped to my knees and begged if I thought it would have done me any good.

She just nodded and went off to find Valerie while I gathered my things and headed to the back of the wing. The showers weren't that fabulous back here, but they would do at least I wouldn't smell for the rest of the day.

I undressed as quickly as possible and jumped under the hot water, I had to be quick because I knew she would only give me a 5-minute grace period. I was beginning to realize that my so-called best friend, liked to see me in awkward situations. She just found them incredibly amusing. For instance last summer, my aunt decided that I needed to go out with a nice girl, and I accepted because my aunt wouldn't let it go, she spent weeks telling me how beautiful this girl was, and how she had a great personality as well.

So the big night came, I was in my good robes, because we were going to a nice restaurant, I went to her house to pick her up and play the gentleman role with her parents. Everything was going great I talked up her dad for a few moments and then her mother came into the room and we chatted. And then Alanis came down the stairs, she was huge, and still is I may add. I have tried very hard not to judge people by their appearances but she was huge, and she wasn't all that attractive. But I decided to do the proper thing and go out with her as planned. Supposedly we had a lot in common, both only children. And that's where the similarities stopped. She was mean and pompous and felt that the whole world revolved around her. While doing the proper thing, I was forced to sit in a very nice restaurant, listening to her complain about how horrible her life is, and that she felt like she was being used by everyone.

When to my horror, who do I see walk through the door, Amy, Teri, Hugh, Michael, Megan, Traci, and Mallory, they had gone to the theater that night, and had decided to come to this particular restaurant for dinner, if I could have died on the spot it would have been magnificent, but alas I was stuck. I was forced to introduce everyone to my 'date' from hell, and after they had been seated a few tables away, forced to listen to Alanis talk about everything the girls were wearing and what was wrong with it. It was all I could do to keep my mouth closed, because the girl sitting across from me was wearing an outfit that wouldn't fit her if she went down 3 sizes.

Needless to say I did not live that one down for a while. To this day, if we pass a very large girl, Amy will ask me if I'm interested, or Teri will make a comment. But that's not even the worst part, Alanis still owls me from time to time. I have run out of excuses as to not go out with her, and Amy refuses to play the part of girlfriend if she comes around again she likes to watch me squirm.

I looked down at my watch, 15 minutes exactly; I threw on my boxers, pants and undershirt, and opened the door to signal it was ok to allow Valerie in. Instead Amy came in and sat on the sink next to me.

"What?"

"Nothing" she replied

"Do you have to sit right there it's making me nervous." I said lathering up my face

She shrugged "I guess I could sit on the floor."

"No, no it's fine" I said as she went to jump off the sink

"Did Valerie bother you at all last night, because I'll pound her if she did, you need your beauty sleep," she said grinding her fist into her palm, reminding me of her sister just days ago "God knows your not getting enough of it."

"No she was fine, I just didn't sleep well last night." I looked at her perched on the sink next to me, her long brown hair hanging down over her shoulder, perfectly dressed in her school uniform, with a skirt that I still to this day couldn't figure out how she got away with. The professors let it slide because the said her legs were so long, and her waist so small that she couldn't find skirts of proper length. Even Snape let her slide with it, although I think he fancied the way the skirt moved when she walked. She said all the time it didn't matter how short the skirt was she was wearing a cloak over it, but I firmly believe if it were anyone else there would be a problem.

She was always dressed immaculately, never a hair out of place, or a wrinkle in her clothes, makeup always perfectly done. If there was ever a man who met her and didn't fall immediately in love with her, I was yet to meet him. Yet it had taken Diggory ages to ask her out, and he only did so after he had asked my permission. Diggory was a nice enough bloke so I didn't protest too much.

I looked back at my reflection, while Amy sat there in silence, mindlessly twirling her wand in her fingers. She pointed across the room, and mumbled something that must have been a dewrinkling spell, because my cloak, shirt and sweater were now wrinkle free.

I wiped the soap off of my face and ran my fingers threw my hair to get the water out.

"So what do you have first?" she asked swinging her legs back and forth on the sink

I pulled my schedule out of my pocket where she had just seen me fold it up and stick it "Double Potions" I groaned. "I swear if we didn't have to take potions I would never step into those dungeons again."

"Oh you would so miss Snape's smiling face" she stuck her finger in her throat and gagged herself "Sorry made myself sick there."

I heard the door click open, and turned to see who was coming, Val stepped around the blind "Oh Amy I thought you had left."

"Yes well here I am"

"Oliver Madam Pomfrey wants to see you before you leave, needs to give you a clean bill of health."

I nodded at her reflection, as I continued to try to tie the new ties we were forced to wear this year. It was probably my 4th attempt when Val walked over "Here let me help, I had a very hard time tying mine this morning as well.

"She positioned herself in front of me, She flipped it around and had it good in about 2 minutes. She undid it "that was a little sideways"

I glanced at Amy was fighting the tears. The knot tightened around my neck a little to tight and I choked "Oh my god, I'm so sorry, are you alright, I'm such a moron" she exclaimed quickly loosing it up.

I laughed "Not a problem" I shot her a smile so she'd feel better "It's nice and straight now."

"Yes well, be sure to see Pomfrey before you leave." and she backed her way out of the room running into the panel as she left. I rubbed my throat, and then glared at my friend who was practically rolling on the floor with laughter.

"Don't look at me like that, I couldn't have tied it for you, Well I could have tried it magically, like I did with mine, but the end result would have been the same." She hopped down off the sink as Ben opened the door.

"I'll take it from here Amy, thanks for all your help. We'll meet you down in the hall in 10 minutes," he said walking over to me

"Ok but I'm timing you," Ben watched a little to closely as she left the room.

"Damn Wood, how do you do it?" He asked as he turned back around.

"Do what?" Ben and I had been friends since getting sorted. Waters, Weasley, then Wood, sorted in that order, back to back into Gryfindor. We got along increasingly well as we grew up, and now he was my link to sanity in that dorm.

Michael Kemp, Brett James, Sam Palmer, Ben Waters, Percy Weasley, and Myself, it had been the same dorm since we started here 7 years ago. Couldn't find a more unmatched but close bunch of blokes

We protected each other from Percy, especially when we needed the room for entertainment purposes. Many nights had been spent camped out on the common room floor, while someone used the room. Jenny and I had many late night "study" sessions.

From the moment Amy's picture went up, she had sent it to me as a Christmas present, along with a lot of other stuff. All of my roommates had become obsessed. I was also told all that year if when she came to school the following year she didn't look exactly like she did in that picture the would hate me forever. Six years in school with her, not a single one aside from Percy made a move.

"Do what, manage to hang out with her and not pant all over her." He yelled

"Well Ben as I've told you before I enjoy her parent's confidence."

"Screw confidence, I would have shagged her the minute I got feeling in my balls."

I took my books from him "Tell me you have Double Potions as well."

"Yep had to, if I want to Ace my NEWTS."

"Thank god, who are we with?" I asked weekly

"Slytherin, Flint shouldn't be in it again Wood, he took it last year didn't he?"

I shrugged "No clue."

I waited at the entrance of the hospital wing, waiting for Pomfrey to release me into the world of living

"Mr. Wood, you may go," she yelled from a back corner "I don't want to see you again for a long time."

We exited the hospital wing and walked straight into the rest of my roommates, minus Percy of course who was making rounds

"Welcome back, Wood." Mike called over a crowd, who turned to stare

"Time for Breakfast," Ben said giving me a hard shove towards the great hall

The trek to the great hall was a short one, and we entered the hall like we owned the place. Pretty cocky, but we were 7th years we had paid our dues, we deserved the respect.

I sat down next to Amy, who glared across the table at Ben. He sheepishly looked back at her "5 minutes, just 5 minutes, and it was Pomfrey's fault anyway."

"Whatever. I needed to talk to him" she said motioning towards me "But now I have to find Briann, before class." She got up

"You sat in the lavatory with me for half an hour, why didn't you talk then."

She leaned down, "Not a conversation you have in the lavatory."

She started to walk out of the Great Hall, which was given away by the head tilts of all of my roommates, as she walked away cloak over her arm. "Common Room, 6pm." she called over her shoulder without turning around. I could see Briann waiting for her

"Damn" I heard Mike mutter under his breath

"What do you two need to talk about, did you make a move on my future wife?" Sam demanded

I looked at them disbelievingly, "You can't all marry her, you do know that."

"Who said anything about marriage?" Ben asked, and received a slap from Brett "Did you see the rack on the new Puddlemere seeker, damn, now that's the girl to marry." Ben stated to anyone listening

"Nah she's a butterface" Brett said "Ya know everything is good But-Her-Face," groans all around everyone

This topic turned into defensive talk, whose strategies were better and so forth, it was no use talking to these clowns, they didn't have a clue. Before we knew it Breakfast was over and we were on our way down to the Dungeons.

We had assigned seating, and for the 7th year I would be sitting with Madeline Zim, a fellow Gryfindor, who let my copy all over notes, while I came up with new plays in class.

"Ah, Mr. Wood, so kind of you to grace us with your presence." Snape said to snickers from all the Slytherins.

I nodded and took my seat, as Madeline passed me yesterday's notes "Madeline it will be a pleasure spending the rest of the course with you."

"As always, Wood" She said before shoving her nose back into her book.