(Tia)

Making my way back from the party, I was pretty dazed. Had I really drunk that much? My hair was plastered to my forehead and I could feel my make up running down my face.

Turning the corner, I suddenly realised I didn't know where I was. I could hear footsteps from somewhere ahead of me. I bumped off the walls as I went, the sound echoing around me. I hoped it wasn't a teacher heading my way.

I didn't mean to do it. Maybe I really had had too much to drink. He was in front of me before I even realised it. I just walked straight into him. How embarrassing!

I tripped and he caught me.

'Are you ok?' he asked.

I looked up at him. He was gorgeous. His soft green eyes and his short brown hair with that worried look on his face.

I had fancied Ryden for as long as I could remember. Not only was he good looking but his personality was just as good. He was kind, caring; everything I was looking for. Not that he'd ever want someone like me.

'Uh yeah sorry about that I'm fine,' I mumbled.

Oh god, I thought, I am so glad he can't hear what I was thinking.

I blushed.

It didn't seem to faze him; he just looked at me and winked. It made my heart melt.

And then he turned and walked away.

I have no idea how I finally made my way back to my room after that but I woke up fully clothed in the middle of the bed, the covers twisted round me. I dragged myself out of bed. My head was pounding. Feeling dizzy, I grabbed the dresser. As I steadied myself I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror on the wall opposite me. I looked awful!

After a good shower I joined Taylor in the great hall for breakfast.

'So where did you get to last night?' she asked. 'We turned around and you had gone. You didn't get back till at least half an hour after us.'

'Long story,' I replied, the events of last night flooding back into my head. I felt myself going red again.

I saw my brother making his way towards us, picking his way through the crowd. He looked as bad as I felt.

'Are you ok?' I asked as he joined us at the table.

'Snape caught me last night!' he exclaimed.

Me and Taylor both shook our heads. It was always him that got caught.

Just then the food disappeared. This was our cue. There was the scrapping of chairs and chattering as we all made our way to our next lessons.

Mine was the history of magic. Oh what joys!

These lessons were always boring. For a start there's the teacher, a ghost. When he died he just carried on teaching. And he just drones on and on and on and on…

Today was no exception. Goblin rebellions. I sat there listening and making notes. As the bell went I looked at the page in my notebook I had been using and saw I had been doodling hearts around Ryden's name. Looking around me to check no one had seen I hurriedly shoved my book into my bag and headed out of the lecture room.

Everyone has their own special place. We have one. Me, Taylor and Jamie. It's a little bench on the edge of the castle grounds, not too far away from Hagrid's cottage, hidden away from everyone. We come here often.

Some of my best memories are here. Where me and Taylor first touched a unicorn. Where me and Jamie came here the night our parents had died and sobbed in each other's arms. But more importantly where us three laughed, cried and had fun at our time at Hogwarts.

Little did I know that in the future it was to become even more special.

(A/N: heehee you will find out about this in a future chapter :P)

As I made my way there after my lesson I could smell the crisp morning breeze and hear the sounds of birds chirping as they flew by. The three of us always met here before any lessons we had together.

This place helped me relax so much. I drifted away day dreaming about me and Ryden when…

'Tiiiiii-aaaaaa!'

Taylor and Jamie were running towards me. I smiled, Jamie looked happier than he had this morning. Good, I thought, but then that wasn't surprising. He was with Taylor and I knew that he fancied her like crazy! I was forever teasing him about it.

'Hey guys!' I say as they bound over to me and sit either side of me on the bench.

'Got a surprise for you,' says Jamie opening his bag.

Taylor got up to help him retrieve something from his bag.

They'd make a good couple I think to myself. I'd never really noticed before. But stood next to each other they looked…well it just seemed to work. I smiled at the thought. Maybe I needed to do some match making there!

I was brought back down to earth when I heard the cutest squeaking noise coming from something in Jamie's hand. The noise was coming from a small envelope and when he opened it out flew three small creatures, two pink and one a light shade of blue. They were tiny and were like small balls of fluff, slightly tufted on the top with long slender wings beating crazily as they flitted around me.

'Wow! They are just the cutest things ever! And there eyes are so big and cute,' I said excitedly. 'What are they? Where are they from?'

I realised I was babbling and paused to let Jamie speak.

'There Snuggly Snaggle Puffs,' he said. He blushed. I saw Taylor smile.

(A/N: For those of you that have not realised this is because of the moment they share in Hagrid's lesson together in the last chapter if that makes sense.)

He continued, 'There great as pets apparently. So I thought I'd bring you some.'

'I love them, they're adorable,' I said as I jumped at him, throwing my arm around his neck. 'Thank you!'

'I thought you would,' he said. 'Now come on, we are already 20 minutes late for divination because of this little detour.

It was moment like this, moments when I was truly happy, that I almost forgot the troubles that we faced every day at Hogwarts. Almost…