December 30th,
Today I met a girl at Diagon Alley today. She seems like a pretty cool girl really. She is a fourth year Ravenclaw, so I am pretty sure she knows my cousin. Her name is Lauren Grey. She is a plump girl with glasses, her hair is dark, and her skin is fair with freckles. I met her at the book store; I was trying to find a book on water plants, when Lauren bumped into me followed with a thud.
"Oh I am so sorry," she said, her books had fallen to the floor. The gentleman inside me would never let a girl pick up her books from the floor by herself. So ofcourse I helped her pick them up.
"Don't mention it" I told her. I helped her with her books, and as I picked them up, I noticed that all of them were on Herbology.
"Thank you," she told me quietly, she didn't look at me at all, not even once. She just stared into space. It was like she was trying to avoid me. At this moment I am hoping she isn't one of those psychotic fan girls who only likes me because of my dad.
"Do you like Herbology?" (I know what a cliché question for me to ask a complete stranger).
"Not really," was all she answered. "You look familiar though." She finally looked at me and her brown eyes scanned me over through her glasses.
"I'm Albus Potter," I said.
"You're a Hufflepuff right?" she asked me.
"Yeah I am, and you're a Ravenclaw right?" I asked her, I remember seeing her in some of my classes before.
"Your cousin is Rose Weasley right?" She asked. "She is pretty nice."
"She can be," I said with a grin. My cousin, Rose Weasley is in my year and older than me by a few months (She was born in April, while I was born in December). Trust me here when I say that she never lets me live it down either, which sucks because she loves to nag about everything (thankfully James is a bit more nicer about it). Besides that we are best friends. We have been friends since the day I was born.
"I am Lauren Grey by the way," she said to me. I hit it off with Lauren pretty well. I found out that she is really good at Defense Against the Dark Arts and Arithmancy, but she is really bad at Herbology and Transfiguration. She told me that she is an only child, and that her dad works at the Banks as a curse breaker and her mum is a small business owner. I told her about my family, and about my brother and sister, and how crazy we can be at times. I have to admit that I do wish I was an only child at times. Siblings can be great, but they can also be the biggest annoyance on the face of the earth. I am no sure though if I will see her outside of classes again after this.
That's it for today
-Albus-