"Melanie!"

I turn around and I see a smiling Violet walking towards me. I smile back, "Yeah?"

"You just left this morning! You didn't even wake me up or anything!"

I blush, "I just…wanted to get away from the Ravenclaw tower…"

She raises one eyebrow, "Is it because Roger?"

My stomach drops, "Why do you say that?"

"No reason, just you two aren't together so much anymore."

I sigh, "Oh that. Yeah I know."

Violet stares at me with questions roaming her eyes but I just shake my head and she sighs disappointed but just starts walking with me. I love Violet for this, she knows when I don't want to talk and respects that but sooner or later I always end up telling her. I loop my hand in between her hers and smile brightly at her.

We begin to walk to our first lessons of the year together. Thankfully for me Roger has double Potions first while Violet & I have Care of Magical Creatures with Gryffindor's. As we reach Hagrid's hut I hear laughter. I look at Violet but she rushes forward to see what everyone is laughing at. I follow and try to squeeze past everyone. As I finally get passed I see what everyone was laughing about.

Fred & George are passing back and forth these creatures using the Wingardium Leviosa. The creatures look like pale, slimy deformed shell-less lobsters that had legs sticking out at odd angles. They were about six inches long and smelled strongly of rotten fish. I step forward towards them and point my wand at the creatures, "Finite Incantartem."

They stop in midair and I levitate them down back to the boxes. Then I look at Fred & George and put my hands on my hips. I give them a look as their mother always does and they look at each other until finally George speaks, "Melanie, it was a joke."

I continue to look at them, "Honestly, you guys should know by now that playing pranks with creatures in front of me is not a good idea."

I continue to look at them trying not to laugh at their puppy dog faces until finally I crack and I burst out laughing. They smile at me and I smile back. George nudges Fred and he swallows and opens his mouth to speak.

"Melanie—"

"—All 'ight gather 'ound!" Hagrid yells.

I looked at Fred for a second wondering what he wanted to tell me. I smile at him, "Tell me later?"

He nods and we all walk up towards Hagrid and those odd looking creatures. Hagrid smiles down at us, "Now these critters 'ere are called Blast-Ended Skrewts, yeh will be takin' care of 'em."

Nobody steps forward towards the box and I see Hagrid's face grow sadder and worried so I step up towards it not listening to my gut yelling at me to turn back. I smile at Hagrid, "Can you choose one for me?"

I see his mouth, underneath the thick beard, make a smile, "Of 'course…now let's see…ah!" He pulls up a small Skrewt and hands it to me, "Be 'careful, they bite."

At that instant the Skrewt bites my hand and I flinch, but I don't drop it. I try my best at a smile, "Thanks."

After that more people slowly walked up to the box to get their Skrewt. After everyone's received their Skrewt Hagrid comes around with leashes. I begin to put it around my one when I hear a girl scream. It was Angelina Johnson. Her Skrewt was going crazy and dragging her all around Hagrid's Hut. I see it was because she was holding onto the leash. I look at my leash and I instantly tie my Skrewt around a tree. Violet walks over to me, her hair all messed up and clothes dirtied and I begin to laugh. She hits me on the side of the head, "I don't understand why you want to become a Dragon Keeper."

I sit down as I continue to laugh, "Dragons are so interesting! I can't wait to become one." I say excitedly.

At that moment Fred & George walk up to us and tie their Skrewts on separate trees near mine. They, unlike everyone else, seem to be having fun. Like always. George sits down next to me, "I will pay you if you take care of my one for me."

I smile, "And with what money will you pay me with?"

Fred sits down on the other side of me, "Our joke shops money."

Violet rolls her eyes, "You guys don't even have a joke shop."

"Yet my dear," George says correcting her, "but when find and get our money back from Ludo Bagman we will be rich."

I laugh, "Well if you get any of the money back soon maybe I will take care of your Skrewt."

Suddenly we hear screeching from our Skrewts. Hagrid come up to us, "wha' are you all doin'? Go help yeh Shrewts."

I enter the Great Hall slowly alongside Violet. We get a burst of pain with each step we take as we get closer to the Ravenclaw table. The Skrewt's were tougher than I thought. Violet & I had to go through the same thing Angelina went through. And at first it wasn't that painful but the pain started to increase during each class. Now, its dinner time, and the pain is the worst. We make it to the Ravenclaw table. Violet sits down first then helps me sit, "Are you sure you still want to be a Dragon Tamer?"

I roll my eyes, "I'm not changing my mind over just one day with a little Skrewt."

"What's a Skrewt?" I hear a familiar voice say from behind me.

I turn and I see Roger standing fidgeting with his fingers, "Hey."

"Hey." I say back awkwardly.

Violet looks from back-and-forth at us then stands up slowly, "…well this is awkward…I think I'm just going to…yeah..." She stands up slowly and walks to another empty seat at the table. Roger sits down at her spot and looks at his hands.

"I'm sorry about ruining your chance with Viktor." He says.

Oh gosh, please save me from this conversation. I think to myself. I look at him and sigh, "It's okay. I don't even like him like that."

Roger continues to look at his hands, "I know, but still… sorry."

I smile at him, "I told you its okay. I seriously don't mind anymore."

He sighs with relief and finally looks me in the eyes, "I'm glad."

"I bet you are. I mean you went a whole two days without talking to me! You must have been crying the whole time!" I say with a giggle.

He laughs and pushes me teasingly, "Yeah, I was crying buckets."

We laugh and he bites his lip, "Look, I have to tell you something." I gulp, oh no. He sighs, "Your going to be shocked I think but you need to know… I—"

"—Hey guys." Violet says interrupting him.

Roger sighs, "hey, look we are kind of in the middle of something here…"

Violet raises his eyebrows at him, "Well sorry but I need to take Melanie to the Hospital Wing."

I look at her confused but she just ignores my look and helps me out of my seat. I look at Roger, "We can talk later." Then I turn and leave with Violet. We walk quickly until we are out of the Great Hall and we slow down. I look at her now, "Why did you lie about that?"

"I didn't lie completely. I just saw your face and I came to rescue you." She says proud of herself.

"My face?"

She nods, "Yeah it was like you were saying 'save me'. So I did."

I smile, "Thanks."

She smiles, "No problem, but what was he saying. It sounded like it was going to be a confession."

I bite my lip, "I don't want it to be a confession."

Violet look at my face closely, "Really? I thought Roger would be your ideal guy. You know, tall, handsome, a Quidditch player."

I rub my forehead, "I don't know how I feel about him. I just don't understand what love is. How does it feel?"

Violet's expression softens and she pats my head, "You'll know soon enough."

I look at her confused but she ignores that and we continue to walk to the Hospital Wing until we hear someone say, "Then when he enters his office he will see everything upside down."

Suddenly Fred & George come into view and they continue to talk until we are a few feet in front of them. They look surprised to see us until they notice us limping. George helps Violet and Fred helps me. Fred looks at us, "Skrewts?"

I nod, "Why are you guys not injured?"

Fred smiles, "We didn't even go near ours after we tied them up against the tree."

I roll my eyes and we begin to walk slightly faster towards the Hospital Wing. I begin to grow tired and I lay my head on his shoulder. I see the Hospital wing get closer and closer with each passing minute and I begin to grow more anxious. As we finally enter we notice that nobody's inside. George helps Violet to a bed and Fred helps me. When he finishes helping me lay down he sits down next to me.

I smile at him, "Thanks for the help. Without you two it would have taken us an hour to get here."

He smiles and bites his lip nervously. I look at him confused but then his hands grab mine softly and he looks me in the eyes. I look into his chocolate brown eyes and I see them filled with nervousness. He gulps, "Melanie, I want to tell you something."

I feel something heavy in my throat so I just nod. He smiles lightly and moves to the bed with me and sits closer. I feel his breathing on my face as he whispers, "Melanie, your pretty, smart, and funny. I've liked for as long as I can remember."

I feel my heart beat faster as see him lean in towards me. The last thing I see before I close my eyes his Fred's face filled with hope and happiness. I feel his soft lips against mine and I only have one thought in my head. Fred Weasley likes me.