I'm not dead after all.

A/N: I don't own Harry Potter (sadly) but I own my ocs.

She couldn't help it. Hailee physically recoiled from the entrance of the train station. Her mother let out a sigh and gave her an exasperated look. "Hailee please."

The girl tried her hardest to stop trembling, but it proved to be futile. So instead, she took a deep breath and counted to three. It helped calm her nerves for a moment and she opened her eyes to look at her mother. "I'm sorry, mum. I'm trying but..."

Her mother's eyes softened. "Oh Hailee..." She pulled her daughter in her arms. "I promise you it will be fine. You make friends, alright?" Hailee didn't have the courage to break her mother's heart and tell her she probably wouldn't make friends, so she only nodded her head. "I mean, if Scorpius can do it, so can you."

Both being hated for their families deeds, Scorpius and Hailee developed a close bond with each other. They had a sleepover the night before the young Malfoy left for Hogwarts. Both had been terrified. Scorpius terrified that no one would want to be near him and Hailee terrified that her friend would get hurt. Both of their fears had come true. Hailee cried when reading the letters he send her. While the letters he send to his parents pretended he was fine, her letters explaubed the harrasment and bullying he went through. The first half of the school year was horrible for Scorpius. When he came home for Christmas, she held him tight while he silently cried.

Surprisingly, things became better when he went back. The bullying wasn't as harsh anymore. Albus Potter willingly asked him for friendship. She had been shocked but happy at the same time. It made her wonder why Albus had been so afraid of her during their first meeting if he was fine with Scorpius. She soon understood why. Scorpius wasn't directly related to You Know Who. The one who murdered his grandparents... Of course he was afraid of her at first. Luckily, he apologized to her.

Louis... She thought a lot about him these last days. She hoped he didn't get in too much trouble with his parents. He was so nice to her...

"Hailee?" Hailee blinked and looked up at her mother. It seemed like she got lost in her thoughts once again. Her mother sighed. "Can we go now? You wouldn't want to miss the train, would you?"

She wouldn't mind actually. "No, mum..."

Her mother smiled and hand in hand they finally walked into the train station.

After her mother had plastered her face with kisses, Hailee boarded the train. She had already put on her school robes and was searching for Scorpius. She was sure that Albus was with him too. Louis would be with them too if she was lucky.

She finally found him. He was in a conversation with Albus when she entered the compartment. They both looked up and she felt selfconcious. "Um...hi..."

Scorpius gave her a small wave and Albus gave her a polite nod before turning back to Scorpius. She sat down next to the blonde as the boys resumed their conversation. When she noticed the pause in their conversation, she mustered the courage to speak up. "Where's Louis?"

Scorpius tensed up inmediately and Albus snickered slightly before explaining that Louis went to his sister's compartment.

"What's wrong?" Hailee asked her childhood friend worriedly. Her face darkened. "Louis didn't do anything to you, did he?"

Scorpius quietly shook his head and Albus smirked, leaving the dark-skinned girl even more confused. "Well you see, Scorpius here-" He gestured to the flustered boy. "kind of fancies my cou-"

"SHUT UP!" Scorpius yelled.

Albus laughed and Hailee shrieked in delight. She already knew that Scorpius liked boys and it didn't bother her. She was happy because, excluding his silly crush on uncle Zabini, this was his first crush. "Don't worry Scorp, I get it. It's the bllue eyes, right? Or maybe the veela genes? It gives him that sort of exotic look, right?" She would have blabbered more if Scorpius hand't told her to quiet down.

"Someone may hear!" He hissed at her.

She chuckled as answer. The door of the comparment opened and Scorpius' object of affection walked in. "Welcome back." Albus greeted his cousin who seated himself next to him and snuggled up to him.

The blonde Weasley answered with a grin and when he spotted Hailee, his grin widened. "Hey!"

Hailee grinned back at him. "Hello to you too." She mentally smirked. How she would enjoy teasing Scorpius with Louis.

"Um Lou, will you enjoy this year more than last year?" Scorpius timidly asked.

Albus gagged and Hailee shot him a warning look. Louis shrugged. "As long as I don't get too much homework I'll be fine.." He turned to Hailee. "What house do you think you be sorted in?"

Hailee thought for a while. "I don't know...probably Slytherin."

Louis hm'ed. "You'll be with Al and Scorp then."

Albus was indeed in Slytherin. It wa ssurprising for a Potter to be in Slytherin. Glancing at Albus quickly, it seemed like he didn't really care. Then again, he probably reacted differently last year. She wouldn't know unless she asked Scorpius.

Louis sighed. "All my friends and my favourite cousin are in Slytherin... poor me."

Hailee tried hard not to smile. He already considered her a friend. Albus though, rolled his eyes.

"You have friends in Gryffindor. Also, there's Rose."

Louis rolled his eyes, copying his cousin. "Yeah, but I'm not as close tot hem as I am to you. I probably won't even see them anymore after I graduate, you know how it goes. Also, I'm not a big fan of Rose after last year, remember?"

Albus chuckled. "You got to get over it, Louis." He purposefully pronounced his name as "Lewis", knowing that it would irk his half French cousin.

"Never!" The boy wildly shook his head. Hailee felt lost as the other two boys burst out laughing.

Louis frowned. "It isn't funny. He groped me for Merlin's sake." Hailee's eyes widened at that. Louis got groped? That's not a laughing matter...

Albus caught her shocked face and shook his head at her with an amused smile before frowning at his cousin. "Every Weasley who was present during that time hexed him after he did that, don't be dramatic. Also we were laughing about what happened before that.." Hailee visibly relaxed after hearing that.

Louis grumbled and scooted away from his cousin. The green-eyed boy rolled his eyes. They spend the rest of the ride in a comfortable silence with Scorpius and Albus occasionally talking and Hailee staring at the window. Louis had fallen asleep and, seemingly haven forgiven his cousin, leaned on his cousin's shoulder.

Hailee didn't feel that afraid anymore. She had friends now. The only thing she hoped was for the other students at Hogwarts to leave her alone. The train stopped and her fear kicked in again. 'No...'

Man, I was really dead. Someone should make an invention which makes it possible to write without using your hands. Like only using your mind...please... My mind is telling me to write but my hands are like "Nah, too lazy.."

Then again I have a lot of ideas in my head right now and it would be a shame if I didn't write them so I'm going to ignore whatever my hands are saying LOL