Currently I was sitting in my Biology class, which was a couple of steps from World History, next to Stephanie, Skyler, and Fred. Last hour was really awkward after Fred came to sit with our little circle because everyone was just staring at him. Especially Amanda, I mean she has a boyfriend (who absolutely hates me), but she knew how much I've been looking for a decent guy to crush on. Unfortunately, all the decent guys in Maplewood are either my very good friends—I would never love them that way!—, taken, or gay.

For example, all the way back in sixth grade, I had the most unnerving crush on my friend, Vince, but sadly he was going out with someone else and a few weeks later, he moved halfway across the country. It took me half of a year to get over him, and, of course, that's when he moved back and my crush on him resumed. Eventually, I invited him to my house (where I kicked his butt on Guitar Hero!) and I met his family when my Mom and I took him home. That next Friday, at school, he told me that his family liked me and that he wanted to ask me out; I said yes. Over the weekend, I thought about my very first boyfriend and had a panic attack because I was thinking about what would happen if we broke up, so on Monday I asked if we could just be friends and we have been ever since. Surprisingly, at the beginning of freshmen year, he moved back to Pennsylvania, which broke my heart, but he came to visit last summer and told me a piece of information that assured me that I would never have a crush on him again: he was gay. We still talk about once a month and compare our opinions of hot guys, and he's one of my best guy friends, but the only difference is that my blood boils when I hear him tell me about people making fun of him at his new school, although he takes care of it with his amazing debating skills!

Anyway, we were all waiting for the tardy bell to ring and as Skyler was torturing Stephanie, Fred took that opportunity to talk to me.

"Kristin, why was everyone staring at me last hour?"

I laughed. "Maybe they all think you're good looking, I don't know!" His eyebrows rose.

"Oh, even Skyler and Ryan that?"

"Sure."

"Ah, but that means you don't think I'm good looking; you didn't look at me at all!" By this time, I was laughing so hard that I had to put my head down so that people weren't thinking I was choking, or something.

"You know what Fred? You are hot stuff!" Both of us laughed and when my other two friends looked at us, we laughed even harder.

"Kristin! I've never heard you flirt before!" Stephanie exclaimed.

"Yeah, Clueless, you're a sheltered child!" Ever since the Fall Festival last year, he's called me Clueless because of the fact that I don't cuss and that I don't understand perverted jokes.

"Oh, come on! I wasn't flirting." All three of them looked at with disbelief. "I was merely stating a fact." Fred grinned and I blushed. His lovely hair, which was a little longer than his ears, swished as he looked toward the front of the room at our teacher, Mrs. Blight.

"Good morning! Today we'll be making babies." Me and my friends glanced at each other in confusion. "Yes, you heard me right, we'll be using what we learned from genetics last semester to make a child and I hope you all act like young adults because you'll be doing this in pairs." She gestured for all of the guys, since there was an excessive amount, to get up. "Okay, I'm going to give the guys a choice, go sit down next to a girl, otherwise I'll assign you one, or you'll have to pair up with a guy." Skyler immediately sat down next to Stephanie and a second later, Fred sat next to me.

"I'm sure glad I know you, it would be awkward if I was paired up with some stange dude," he said, rolling up the sleeves of his green shirt.

"Just a little bit awkward, just a tad," I said, smiling. Mrs. Blight explained to us how to flip a coin to determine what our baby looked like and determine the gender.

"I have to flip to see if it's a girl or a boy? Alright." Fred flipped the nickel and it was tails. "A, um…"

"It's a girl. We have a daughter!" I looked over at Skyler and Stephanie to see that their child was a boy. "Aww! Our children can have play dates!" I turned back to my partner to see that he was talking to the guy in the group sitting in front of us, Wesley. I didn't exactly hear the conversation they had, but I heard Wesley's last words.

"Damn! You're going to have a fat baby!" I lowered my head and started doodling on the data sheet; I knew that he was thinking that since I'm overweight, me and Fred's baby will be, too.

"I suggest you move to a different seat, because if not, I might have to resort to kicking your ass." I looked up and saw that my new friend was defending me and I smiled as Wesley and his partner moved to the other side of the room.

"Thanks, Fred." I whispered.

He put an arm around my shoulder, "Hey, I can't have a git insulting my family, now can I?" I gave him a sharp look when he said the unfamiliar word that I've only ever heard in the Harry Potter series, but quickly flipped the coin to see what our daughter's head shape was going to be.

"Well, we have a daughter, named Clara Mari Wilson, who has red hair, blue eyes, and she looks just like her mother," Fred said, bragging to Stephanie and Skyler.

"We have a son, Logan Anthony Hurris who…doesn't look like either of us," Stephanie said, holding up the picture of their child.

"Maybe," I said, "maybe they'll get married some day." We all laughed, before which Fred gave me the most serious look he's ever given me in the four hours that I have known him in.

"Kristin, there's something I have to know. When's lunch?" I rolled my eyes as Skyler put in his own statement.

"Yeah, I'm STARVING!" he said, which is what he always says all the time.

"The four of us all have choir next hour, so we have first lunch, which means we go to lunch—" The bell interrupted me. "We got to lunch right now." We all stood up and headed out of the class and into the hallway.

"Do you have any idea where locker 146 is?" Fred asked as we walked towards the main hallway.

"It's right next to mine; follow me, my dear." In no time we got to the royal blue colored group of lockers that held our own. I immediately twisted and turned the dial until the door popped open; when I looked at Fred to see if he had gotten his open, he was staring at me in amazement.

"I-I've never had a locker before, would you mind helping me open mine?" I nodded and opened his in ten seconds flat. "Thanks." After I shoved my World History notebook on the shelf, I grabbed my Law notebook and my lunch and the two of us headed to the cafeteria.

"It's usually absolutely freezing in there, so you came well prepared," I said, referring to his long-sleeved shirt. The moment we walked in, the cold air hit my face and a shiver ran down my back. "Come on, let's sit over here." I led him to a table with Skyler, Stephanie, Amanda, Michelle, and Kristina already sitting there along with four other people.

"How many friends do you have?" Fred asked as we sat down across from each other.

"You'd be surprised. Okay, before you go and get in line, everyone this is Fred, and Fred, these people you've never met would be: Kristina, Becca, Alex, Meghan, and Matt. Food time!" I gave Amanda my bag of chips, Skyler my fruit snacks and Fred some assurance as he went to stand in line with Matt and Michelle.

"Kristin! You are one lucky chick!" Becca said as she crunched on her spinach chips. "You've got a boyfriend!"

"Whoa! Are you high? You know I'm not the type of person to go out with someone I just met, I don't know anything about him!"

"Well, ask him then!" Alex said, keeping my best interests in her heart.

The moment Fred sat down with his lunch, some disgusting looking country-fried streak with gravy—I mean, sure it might be okay at a restaurant or at home, but the school lunches at Maplewood are…well there is a reason I bring my lunch—I asked him about his family.

"I come from a big family: I have three older brothers, a twin brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister."

"How come they don't go to this school? You're the only person here I didn't recognize when I walked in this morning."

"Uh—" he was saved by the bell, literally. The incredibly short lunch hour ended and I saw myself giving goodbyes to my friends who weren't in choir. All of us that were headed into the ominous door next the soda machine at the front of the cafeteria, which led to the band room.

Let me tell you something, that room will always be called the band room, always, and there will never, ever, be a choir room. The band at Maplewood is practically our only pride and joy, so they have their own room full of trophies and plaques on the walls, while the choir has nothing. Our choir is so over looked that the band director, after our concert last year, told us that because of the concert, we looked less like the band's bastard child. Isn't that lovely for a teacher to say?

Anyway, after I grabbed my music folder and set my stuff in the chair, I walked with Fred to our teachers, Miss Delacroix and Mrs. Meek.

"Miss D? This is a new student, he doesn't exactly know where to sit, so…"

"New student? You came at the right time, sweetheart, we're all getting new seats today, so you can just stand off to the side while I rearrange everyone." Fred nodded and everyone stood off to the side as she placed everyone in new seats. In the end, I sat on the edge of the alto section, right next to the baritone section, rather next to Fred! I've never been nervous in choir, but then again, I've never had to sing next to a guy before. "Okay, stand up! Warm up time!"

Choir was over and it was about ten minutes until the end of the day in my Law class. Ms. Lucas also taught this class, so I was looking forward to just sitting there, instead, we took notes and role-played murder all class. Now was the time to introduce Fred to my only other friend in the class, Tyler. All of us were standing up, and at with my shortness, I felt awkward with my newest tall friend standing next to me, so what do I do? I call another tall friend over towards us.

"Fred, I want you to meet my friend, Tyler; I call him my tall friend. Tyler, this is Fred, my newest friend!" They shook hands and then we all fell silent.

"Why do you call him your tall friend?" Fred asked. "Aren't I tall enough for you?"

I laughed and said, "Well, I think he's taller than you; I already know he's over a foot taller than me! You should've seen us at the last dance, I couldn't get my arms around his neck!" We all laughed and my heart fluttered as Fred took my arms and wrapped them around his neck.

"Perfect." Tyler poked me on the arm.

"Can I talk with you for a moment, Kristin?" I nodded as he led me to an empty corner. "He likes you, a lot."

I sighed, "Everyone's been telling me that today. Tyler, I just met the guy! How on Earth can you tell if he likes me?"

"It's a guy thing, and as your friend, I just wanted to tell you to watch out. This Fred guy seems like a troublemaker and you're the number one student in the sophomore class, I don't want him ruining that for you, Kristin."

"I'm glad you're looking out for me Tyler, you're a great tall friend!" I said, giving him a hug. We walked back to where we were and saw that Fred was looking out the window. "What're you looking at?" He turned and looked at me with the saddest eyes.

"I was just thinking." The bell then rang and tomorrow was looking to be quite interesting.

A/N: I'm going to honestly tell you that I didn't' plan on updating this quickly, 3 chapters in 3 days! The earliest I can update is Wednesday, latest Friday, but that's okay because I need some opinions about what's going to happen next! I have three ideas of where I can take this:

1. Have Fred stay at Maplewood for awhile and then tell Kristin who he is and take her to his world.

2. Have Fred stay at Maplewood for one more day and then take Kristin to his world.

Or

3. Have everyone else from the HP universe just keep coming to Maplewood until the school is magically turned into Hogwarts, or something.

(Personally, I'm rooting for the 2nd choice, but I would love the opinions of my readers, so if you have one, put it in a review!)

***Earth to all HP fans! According to Google, today, January 9th is the birthday of a very special person: Severus Snape! Happy Birthday!