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After pulling downs the blinds Eva threw her bag off the shelf above her and grabbed the first book that fell out of it, which happened to be her Defense Against The Dark Arts Textbook. She randomly opened the book and proceeded to reread about creating a Patronus - she didn't need to read it as she had already memorised every syllabus needed for her O.W.L exams and could probably take the exams the very next day if it was asked of her, but she did need to look like she was doing something in case Castilla McLaggen decided to grace Eva with her infuriating presence. That would give Eva a reasonable excuse to send Castilla away.

About 15 minutes later, Eva thought the coast was clear and was just standing up to put her book away again when the door to the compartment swung open. Eva jumped back in fright and turned to the door with a very annoyed expression on her face.

"Wha-"

"Have you seen Freddy?" An impatient voice asked from the doorway. The silhouette moved away from the doorway allowing Eva to identify the person. Unfortunately, it was Castilla. Dressed in a not too short miniskirt, tights, a fitted t-shirt and a cardigan, she could be seen as sweet girl, however Eva knew better.

"I'm sorry?" Eva asked, confused as to why she was asking her.

Castilla flicked her blonde curls behind her shoulder, showing off some rather pretty diamond fish earrings. "I asked if you've seen Freddy. You know, being one of his friends and all." Castilla explained as if talking to a 5 year old. Eva blinked. "Do you know where he is or not?" Castilla asked exasperated.

Eva shook her head. "I'm afraid I have no idea, I don't spend as much time with him as I used to." Eva gave her a pointed look, which made Castilla smirk and look fairly smug.

"Well, Freddy should only really spend time around one girl. It would seem improper otherwise." Eva rolled her eyes. Castilla started to walk out of the compartment but turned back to ask "You sure you haven't seen him pass this way?"

"Why would I have my eyes pealed to the corridor or be on the lookout for Fred?" Eva crossed her arms.

"Because you have nothing better to do, and once upon a time yo- Freddy, baby, where have you been?" Castilla threw her arms around a tall ginger who happened to catch Castilla's eyes as he walked past the compartment.

"Hello Cas." Fred's words came out muffled as Castilla pulled him into her shoulder, a rather awkward and uncomfortable looking position. He pulled his face out of her hair and looked a bit startled when he realised who Castilla had been talking to. "Hey Eva." He waved a hand and smiled a small smile.

"Hello Fred." Eva smiled sadly. "How are you and Roxy?"

Fred's smile widened. "We're alright. I'm sorry we didn't see you this summer, we did invite you over several times but only Mel, Markos and Scorp ever turned up, none of them giving a clue to your whereabouts."

Eva nodded in affirmation. "Mum took Nikki with her on one of her business trips to Shanghai."

"And you?" He asked.

"I was in Europe." Fred expected Eva to say more but she didn't continue.

Fred frowned slightly, Castilla's eyes flicked back and forth between the two before she wrapped Fred's arm around her waist - obviously feeling threatened. The movement caused Fred's frown to turn into a look of confusion. "What were you two talking about?" He asked.

Eva opened her mouth but Castilla got there first. "I was helping Eva with some studying, the poor girl has been struggling with Potions. You know with me now being a sixth year and having just completed my O. I was a great help."

Eva glared at the other female in the room, she clenched her jaw but didn't call Castilla out on the lie. "Yes," She said through gritted teeth, before she plastered a smile on her face, "But I'm afraid I'm a lost cause. Thank you so much for your help, Castilla, but I think it would be wasting your time."

Castilla turned on her heel and walked out of the compartment towards her own, dragging Fred by his collar, without so much of a word. Just as Fred disappeared from sight he waved a little farewell wave. Eva walked forwards to shut the door before slumping down to the ground. Her friendship with Fred had been great, but once he started dating Castilla it became a bit strained... and she couldn't forget the scene her father made at the Hogwarts Reunion a few years ago.

Eva was blushing but beaming. Fred had kissed her. In the middle of the dance floor. She looked up at the tall ginger who was dancing with her and was happy to see that he was grinning like the Cheshire Cat. But that happiness was short lived, out of the corner of her eye she could see her father storming towards her and Fred.

"Get away from my daughter." Draco demanded as he wrenched the two apart.

"Dad!" Eva exclaimed, irritated and slightly embarrassed by her father's outburst.

Eva looked over her father's shoulder to see her mother break through the wall of people surrounding the dance floor, closely followed by George Weasley. Both of them looking amused but slightly worried with wide eyes.

"Don't you 'Dad!' me, young lady." Draco narrowed his eyes at her, before he put a hand over his heart. "I feel like my heart has been shattered into a million pieces, I have every right to be angry."

"What?" Eva looked utterly bewildered as she looked up at him.

"He kissed you!" He pointed accusingly at Fred, who started looking very uncomfortable. "You kissed my 11 year old daughter! And you've only known each other a week!" He started pulling at his hair. "That kind of behaviour never leads to anything good as it is unbelievably reckless and will only lead to heartbreak."

"I would never do anything to hurt Eva." Fred defended.

"You think that now, Fred Weasley, but it's always a possibility." Draco said solemnly. "And it's a possibility I'm not willing to let happen."

Eva put her head in her hands, to make matters any worse everybody had stopped what they were doing and had their undivided attention on Draco, Eva and Fred. Hermione put her hand on Draco shoulder and led the group to one of the corners of the room.

"Talk this out here, but don't do it so that you embarrass each other." She said sternly.

"Eva-"

"Dad, I'm not a child!" Eva interrupted him.

"Yes you are! You're only 11. You'll be a child until you're of age, and even then you'll only really be counted as an adult when you turn 21."

"It was only a kiss!" Eva protested.

"'Only a kiss'? A kiss can lead to a lot of things!"

"Like what?"

Draco hesitated. "Stuff!"

"Would you have me wait until I'm 21 before I kiss someone again?!"

"Preferably 51." Draco muttered. Eva's eyes widened considerably. Draco sighed and pulled Eva into a protective hug. "Look Eva, I just don't want you to get hurt. I think you're too young to be kissing boys and dating them, you've just joined a new school and you don't want them to be a distraction from your studies or the heartbreak that comes with boys to put you off this fantastic place."

"You make a point." Eva mumbled.

"Now I would prefer you wait until after you've finished school as you'd have finished your exams, but I doubt I could make you do that, and you'd resent me for it. So all I ask is that you wait a few years, maybe when you're 16 or finished your O. ?" He let Eva go from the hug but held onto her shoulders. "Can you do that for me?" Eva nodded. Draco looked up at Fred. "I'm sorry Fred, but you'll have to wait a while until what happened on the dance floor can happen again."

"Yes, sir." Fred gave a half-hearted smile.

"Thank you... I'm sorry to have ruined your night." He said to both of them. Eva looked behind her father and saw Scorpius, with guilt written all over his face.

"It's alright, Dad." Eva said, her eyes never leaving Scorpius. "I don't blame you. I'll talk to you later, Fred." She looked at him for a second. "I need something to eat." She walked off in the direction of the buffet table, which also happened to be in the same direction where Scorpius was. "I hate you." She spat in her twin's ear as she walked past.

She and Scorpius had made up after a few weeks of Scorp apologising profusely, they were each other's best friend and twin, that bound is pretty strong. Although Eva didn't think it seemed particularly strong at the moment, as Scorp was constantly surrounded by his little fan club and didn't seem to have anytime for her anymore. Being a better Seeker than Harry Potter had certainly done wonders to his popularity.

Fred and her remained good friends, but as previously stated, after he started dating Castilla things had been strained. Although she wasn't sure if he was aware of that.

It was about a week after they had returned from the Christmas holidays during Eva's fourth year. She was reading a book in front of the fire of the Gryffindor common room, it was 'Red Queen' by Victoria Aveyard, her mother had given it to her for Christmas and she was enjoying it immensely. The book had been out for years but Hermione figured Eva was old enough to read the book, having turned 15 on the 23rd of December. She felt someone tap her on the shoulder and she turned to see Fred looking nervous.

"Hey Fred." Eva smiled at him.

"Can I sit?" He asked.

"Sure!" Eva scooted over to make more room for him on the sofa. "What's up? You look nervous."

"Um..." Fred hesitated.

"Come on, Fred, you know you can tell me anything."

Fred took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "I've just asked out Castilla McLaggen." He rushed out, Eva's facial expression turned to one of hurt but she quickly covered it up with a brilliant poker face. It was about 10 seconds after his confession that Fred opened an eye to look at Eva's reaction.

"Well, what did she say?" Eva asked, interested in the answer.

"She said yes." Fred smiled. "Roxy and I spent a lot of time with her and her family over the holidays. Dad took us to Spain and we happened to bump into the McLaggens whilst we were there, they were staying at the same hotel." He babbled. "And Castilla is a really nice girl, everybody at school sings her praises." Eva raised an eyebrow, which went unnoticed by Fred. Eva knew for a fact that Castilla did not do very well in a lot of classes so she doubted very much that her Professors would be singing her praises. Also Eva certainly did not think highly of Castilla, Eva thought her to be very much a wolf in sheep's clothing, she may be a sweetheart to everyone else but she was rotten to Eva. "I didn't know her very well before, but I really got to know her and I like her... You don't mind, do you?" Fred looked concerned.

Eva smiled at him. "Of course I don't mind. Fred the kiss was years ago, it's normal for us to have moved on from that."

Fred smiled. "Great, I was afraid you'd be angry or it would hurt you." He gave her a hug. "Thanks Eva." He stood up. "I'll see you later, I gotta tell Roxy. She'll be ecstatic, she and Castilla became great friends in Spain." He turned and left.

Eva got up from the sofa and kept her poker face on until she reached the curtained safety of her bed before the mask dropped and her eyes started to tear up. She knew it was probably ridiculous and petty but she felt like Castilla was replacing her, the only thing that Roxy seemed to talk about was how wonderful her new best friend Castilla was, and now Fred was dating her. She let two tears fall before she told herself to pull herself together and do her homework.

She must have been sitting there for quite a while for Eva was brought out of her thoughts when there was a quick knock on the door before it opened, causing her to fall backwards in the passage of the carriage as she let out a squeak of surprise. She looked up to see a chuckling Bellamy offering her a hand up.

"I'm sorry I wasn't able to catch you this time." He said with a smile on his face.

"You can't save the girl every time." Eva smiled back at him as she took his hand.

He helped her up. "That's a shame, I hate seeing a damsel in distress." They stood there for about a minute before he cleared his throat. "I just thought I'd let you know that we'll be arriving at Hogsmeade Station in 20 minutes, you might want to get changed into your robes."

She smiled at him. "Thanks Bellamy, I don't think I would have noticed if we had arrived I was so lost in thought."

He grinned. "So I did save you from something then?"

She put a hand to her head and sighed dramatically. "Yes, you saved me from myself." She announced as they burst into a little fit of laughter.

Once they had calmed down, Bellamy stepped back. "I'll let you get ready. See you in the Hall."

"Bye." She replied, as she closed the compartment door again before getting out her robes and changing.