The great hall was engulfed in sunlight, the next morning and the busy chatter of its student's echoed throughout.

"I don't know, Lily. She hasn't said a word all morning," Kia said, quickly glancing at the Ravenclaw table. James, Lily, and Remus had already sat down. James was leaning precariously over his food, his eyes drooping with last nights sleep. Kia and Lily had already drunk a full mug of coffee and sitting quite fine in their seats.

"Trust me, she'll be over here, she's just eating," Lily yawned.

Kia frowned and picked at the eggs in front of her. Sirius and Peter came in through the doors and sat down at the table. Sirius had a broad grin spread on his face while Peter looked less than thrilled.

"Good morning," Sirius said brightly.

"What's good about it," James said, grumpily.

"The sun is shining, breakfast smells delicious," Sirius grinned.

"And we have Potions next," Peter said, glumly.

"So, it isn't all that bad," Sirius said.

"With Slytherin's," James retorted.

"Never mind," Sirius said, slumping back into his seat, his grin fading.

"Potion's isn't all that bad, I think it's rather fun," Kia said.

"It isn't when you're terrible at it," Peter said.

"Well, then I'll help you," Kia said and sipped from her orange juice.

Peter went pink in the face.

"Hello all," a certain purple haired girl said, sitting down in an open seat next to Remus.

"Absynthe! I mean- uh," Kia exclaimed, but quickly changed her attitude with all seriousness, "What brings you here."

"Oh shut up," Absynthe said.

"Good morning Aby," Sirius said.

"What did you just call me?" Absynthe asked, turning her head sharply towards him, confused.

Sirius looked slightly put back, he had expected her to remember, but then again... "I used to call you that all the time, back when we were kids."

Absynthe gaped at him, unable to gather anything to say. Luckily, Lily spoke for her. "So," she said, changing the subject, "feeling any better?"

"Slightly," Absynthe replied, but not forgetting to cast a dark look towards James first. "Well, what classes have you first?"

"Potions," Kia said, brightly. Absynthe looked around at the table of glum faces and suppressed and quiet laugh. "What about you?"

"Muggle Studies," Absynthe replied.

"I do too," Remus said, shutting his book.

"Wait, what?" Sirius said, glaring at his friend. "What about Potions? Don't tell me you dropped it."

Remus had a guilty look on his face, but nodded his head.

"Oh come on! You were the decent once among us, what are we going to now!" Sirius said, banging his forehead on the table.

"We always have Kia," Lily said. Sirius kept his head on the table and groaned again. Lily frowned and stood up, "Come on, we'll be late." She grabbed Kia by the wrist and led her away from the table.

Absynthe was smiling brightly once again, holding her hand to her mouth, trying not to laugh.

"Ah, dammit. Now you've upset her," James moaned and left to follow her.

"That's pathetic," Absynthe commented.

"How so?" Remus asked.

"Well, they've been dating for a few months and already they're acting like a married couple. It's just sad," Absynthe replied.

"I suppose, but at least you can tell they're in love," Remus said.

"Yes, that's wonderful," Absynthe frowned. "Well, I'm off to class."

She stood up from the table and walked out of the Great Hall. She made her way through a long and empty hallway and sighed. This wasn't going to change, James and Lily's fling. She was starting to realize it was more than a fling and it depressed her greatly. She always had Lily to depend on since they were younger, what now? It seemed that she was ripped from everyone, even since she was a child.

"Oy, Aby!" a voice called.

"Speaking of children," Absynthe mumbled to herself. She turned around to see Sirius hurrying up the hall to meet her. "Didn't I make it clear I didn't want you to call me that?"

"Actually," Sirius said, speaking in short breaths, "you didn't specifically said 'Sirius don't call me Aby.'"

"Sirius, don't call me Aby," Absynthe replied, turning around again.

"Wait, I wanted to talk to you," Sirius said.

"So talk," Absynthe continued to walk.

"Well, it's just that we haven't said much to each other since we got here, and I well, I kind of missed that," Sirius said, running his hand through his hair.

Absynthe stopped. "That, Sirius Black, is your fault. I tried talking to you, but you, Mr. I'm-too-good-to-hang-around-girls ran off with Potter. So, don't try to turn the tables on this. Now, I have to go to class."

"It wasn't," Sirius began but was interrupted by footsteps.

They both looked to see Remus heading down the hallway, carrying his book, looking towards the ground. He looked up surprised to see his friend. "Sirius? I thought you were supposed to be in the Dungeons?"

"I was just walking there," Sirius said, glumly, turning and walking the other way.

Remus and Absynthe began to walk to their class, both of them silent. "So, what are you taking this class, I thought your parents were muggles?" Absynthe asked, suddenly.

Remus smiled a look of sadness crossed his face, "No, my parents have magic blood in them."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that in a bad way," Absynthe said, looking at his face, unable to read his emotions.

"Quite alright. What about you? Muggle family or not?" Remus inquired.

Absynthe snorted. "Actually, I come from one of those pure blood is all that matters families. They were 'highly displeased' that I was put into Ravenclaw, thinking I should be in Slytherin. But it's not that they're death eaters, they just think Slytherin is for the classy life. I don't know," she sighed.

"Family?" Remus added.

"Yeah, they're quite a handful sometimes," Absynthe smiled.

Remus nodded as they entered the classroom.