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Chapter Three
"Alice… you just don't understand." Lily told her best friend. They were standing in Kings Cross station waiting to board the Hogwarts Express. She was tired of trying over and over to explain to Alice that it was, in fact, awful that James Potter would be her partner this year. The idea of spending hours on end with Potter alone in the common room, on rounds and in class had given her nightmares over the summer. Everything about the boy either annoyed or disgusted her. Alice seemed to think that she was over reacting.
"Your right Lils, I just don't understand." Alice told her as she rolled her eyes. "I don't understand how a mature, self respecting, smart, and pretty girl such as yourself cannot simply accept that the most dashing and popular boy in school might like you. I also cannot begin to fathom why you have convinced yourself that it will be an awful year, when you cannot possibly know for sure that it will be. What is it that the muggles always say?" Alice looked thoughtful for a moment before continuing, "You need to look at the glass as half full, rather than half empty." With that being said, Alice pushed herself towards the brick wall between platforms nine and ten.
"I DO LOOK AT MY GLASS AS HALF FULL!" Lily yelled after her best friend. It wasn't until Alice was completely through the wall that Lily added in a small voice, "Half full of rotten pumpkin juice." She then followed Alice through the wall.