Disclaimer: Not mine.

The next two days passed like quicksand. The team rarely talked to her, and when they did it was nothing like it had been before. They were constantly wary, always looking over at Oliver and leaving whenever he seemed to get upset.

That was another problem; Oliver's anger. It got to be so bad that Oliver would yell at Katie when she tried to wave at Andy. No one yelled at Katie; even though the twins were her age, Katie was still the baby, and everyone knew that.

It was around the end of the second day, and by this time the team's patience had worn thin. Andy was just marching over to Oliver to tell him off when Lee Jordan who, along with the twins, was standing by Katie punched Oliver right in the face.

Within a few seconds Oliver had jumped Lee, and the two were wrestling about on the ground, fists flying. And that was when Andy knew that whatever she had been thinking before, things had changed. It was completely idiotic of her to believe that her plan could work.

She would have gone over right then and announced her desire to rejoin the team, only a crowd had gathered around the pair, and Professor McGonagall was striding over to them. Sure, she knew Lee didn't deserve detention, but Andy couldn't help but feel a little vindicated at the thought of Oliver getting punished.

The thought kept her happy all throughout Transfiguration. Angelina and Alicia, who always sat just beside of her, kept giving her odd looks, but Andy ignored them, reveling in her blissful mood. She deserved to have a bit of happiness before being forced to endure Oliver again.

During lunch, Mandy the Ravenclaw came up to Andy and asked her if she'd like to be her partner in Charms. Andy, too stunned to say no, agreed. Then, as if sensing that Andy would back out if she stayed around, Mandy skipped off, and Andy didn't see her again until very near Charms time.

She was in the corridor, hurrying to Charms—she'd stopped to ask Katie how Lee was—and imagining how Flitwick would look if she were late, when she caught wind of a hushed whisper coming from a darkened corridor next to her. She hesitated at first—because obviously the corridor was dark because it wasn't used, and it stood to reason that whoever was down there was up to no good—but she had Prefectular duties, and if she happened to be late now, she could tell her professor that she was just doing her job.

However, she'd only gotten a few steps in when she recognized one of the voices. She still couldn't see anyone, but it was most obviously Mandy the Ravenclaw who was talking.

"Mandy?" asked Andy. The voices stopped, and then footsteps came towards Andy. She pulled her wand out instinctively, but she needn't have. She'd been right before, and it was Mandy who came to her. Her cheeks were flushed and Andy wondered if it wasn't Oliver who was back there. But, no, that didn't make any sense, because it had been a girl's voice Andy had heard, and it hadn't been just Mandy's.

"What are you doing over here, Andy?" asked the Ravenclaw. Andy eyed her suspiciously, but soon decided that the flush she had didn't exactly inspire thoughts of snogging. Still, she looked like she'd been caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

"I could ask you the same question," said Andy. Mandy laughed, and waved a hand

"I was just talking to a friend," she said.

"In a darkened corridor. An abandoned, darkened corridor. When you're probably about to get in trouble for being late to Charms." said Andy doubtfully. Mandy grabbed her arm and began walking out of the corridor.

"You're right; we really ought to be getting to Charms. Flitwick does get so distressed when someone is late."

As Mandy pushed her towards the Charms room, Andy caught one glimpse of the girl in the corridor. There was a flash of white blonde hair, and a single bronze ribbon, and then it was gone, and Andy was left trying to place that hair for the rest of the day.

Author's Note: Sorry this is so short, but I wanted to get this one out today, and I wanted to leave you wondering what exactly is going out with Mandy and the blonde!

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