Hi everyone, its a short but prompt update so I hope you dont mind :)

"I'm not going to the Quidditch trials so leave me alone Millie" Charlotte murmured as she turned over in bed.

Millie glared at her "Two of our best friends are going to be trying out, of course your coming!"

Marlene reappeared from the bathroom, still looking sleepy "If you say so..."

Millie glared at her "What's that supposed to mean?"

Lizzy rummaged through her trunk looking for socks "That you have ulterior motives?"

Millie glared at her "I do not!"

Charlotte sat up a grin spreading across her face "What?"

Millie scowled at her "Have an ulterior motive!"

Charlotte smiled "Of course you don't, you just like Gideon"

Millie smirked "Exactly" then she paled "NO! How did you do that?"

Lizzy and Marlene burst out laughing while Charlotte smiled contentedly "My cousin"

Mille was scarlet now "If I ever meet your bloody cousin..."

Charlotte rolled her eyes "Yes, yes; anyway when? Why?"

Millie glanced around at the other two for help "I don't want to talk about it"

Marlene sighed "Well if you..."

Lizzy grinned "Tough luck if you didn't wanna talk boys you should have been a Hufflepuff!"

Charlotte grinned "Yeah come on, we know what we are doing"

Millie glared at her "No way Charlotte McMillan, I can read your mind. There is no way you are going all Glenda on me!"

"Galinda" muttered Marlene as Charlotte and Lizzy exchanged confused glances.

"It's cold" moaned Charlotte as they walked down to the pitch together.

Millie rolled her eyes "Put your scarf on them"

Lizzy pretended to clutch her heart in shock "But Millie; it will clash!"

Charlotte gave her a withering look "Very funny Lizzy; I think my sides may split!"

"So are you nervous?" Edgar asked the twins trying to change the subject.

Fabien laughed "Why would we be?"

Gideon nodded "James is our cousin; we are bound to get on the team!"

Marlene coughed "Actually I think that will mean that you`ll have to try extra hard; James isn't going to want people to think he's just letting you on the team for the sake of it"

Gideon frowned at her "Thanks for that"

Lizzy rolled her eyes "Well she's right; besides there are loads older people trying out today"

Fabien smirked "Nice try guys; we`re still utterly confident"

Gideon's face disagreed; he had gone very pale "There won't be many people watching will there?"

Lizzy laughed "Quite a few; but don't worry Ed brought a camera"

Millie glared at her then turned to Gideon with a soppy smile "Ignore her; I'm sure you`ll be great"

Gideon grinned at her and pretended to punch her on the shoulder "Cheers Millie; see guys this is a really good friend!"

Millie went very pink and Lizzy had to bite her lip to stop herself laughing.

"Millie?" Charlotte asked quietly "Are you alright?"

Millie crossed her arms almost dropping her sandwich in the process "Why wouldn't I be?"

Edgar glanced over Lizzy towards his sister "What's up Mills?"

Lizzy grinned at Millie "Hey we can tell Ed, he's an honorary girl after all..."

Millie shot her a look that would have frozen hell over "Do you have a death wish?"

Edgar leaned away from his sister "Whatever it is I don't want to know alright?"

Lizzy groaned "Spoilsport. Hey I think that's the keepers now. Is that Dirk Creswell trying out? "

Charlotte looked up "Yeah, look he's really good!"

"Isn't he the one who was nearly head boy?" Marlene asked.

Edgar nodded "Yeah but they gave the badge to Ted Tonks instead"

Millie snorted "A Hufflepuff head boy, what's the point of bothering?"

Lizzy shrugged "Well Andromeda Blacks head girl so it probably evens out"

Charlotte rolled her eyes "I don't know what your problem is with her; she's nice enough"

"To you" muttered Lizzy as she watched a second year she didn't know fly round the pitch.

"Hey look over there it's the twins!" Marlene yelled even though the speeding blobs of ginger were hard to miss.

Edgar nodded "They aren't bad; I'm sure they`ll make the team"

Lizzy grinned "Of course they will; it runs in the family"

"So?" Lizzy said as they ran towards the twins who looked unusually solemn.

Fabien looked at her mournfully "We didn't get it"

Gideon sniffed "Apparently we are to young"

Fabien sighed deeply "There's always next year I suppose..."

Lizzy rolled her eyes "Are you done?"

Fabien hugged her "Well ask a stupid question!"

Millie grinned at Gideon and stepped in front of him "You got it then?"

He high fived her "Yep, did ya doubt us?"

Millie was still smiling though it seemed more forced "Nope"

Charlotte glanced at Marlene and they both sighed

Fabien noticed then asked Lizzy "What's up with them?"

Lizzy shook her head "Nothing, so is the team complete yet?"

Gideon shook his head "We need one more chaser; by the way guys James wants us to start training straight away."

Marlene rolled her eyes "How straight away?"

Edgar grimaced "I'm guessing at you having a late dinner?"

Gideon nodded "Yep though you don't have to hang around."

Lizzy crossed her arms "Don't have too or shouldn't hang around?"

Fabien ruffled her hair patronisingly "There's no fooling you is there?"

Gideon waved half heartedly "See you later"

Millie smiled "Will do"

Lizzy made sure that Millie wasn't watching before rolling her eyes

"Has anyone else noticed how quiet it is without the twins?" Charlotte asked as they ate.

Edgar nodded "Yeah it's really weird; I miss them"

Lizzy snorted "Nobody else just talks for the sake of it"

Millie kicked her under the table "Don't be mean"

Lizzy glared at her "If that's mean then I've always been mean!"

Charlotte daintily speared a carrot "Have you only just noticed?"

Marlene smiled "Lizzys not mean; just ruthless and calculating"

Lizzy bowed sarcastically "Thank you so much; with friends like you..."

Edgar looked slightly scared "Now I know what I miss, the normal conversation!"

Marlene frowned towards the door "What are they doing back so early?"

Lizzy and Millie turned round to see James and the twins storming over.

"What's...?" Lizzy began as James made a beeline for her.

James shoved a note at her "Please tell me you didn't know about this?!"

Lizzy picked up the note as Millie read over her shoulder "I give the Slytherin Quidditch team the right to use the pitch today because of the need to train their new seeker, Professor Slughorn"

Lizzy winced "Who's the new seeker?"

Fabien glowered at her "Guess!?"

Charlotte glanced at the Slytherin table "Oh no"

James took a deep breath "I repeat, please tell me you didn't know about this?"

Lizzy shook her head "I didn't know; James..."

James scowled at her "Forget it! When I get on that pitch I'm going to destroy him!"

Lizzy crossed her arms "Oh cut it out James; you love quidditch! Between you and Dad the only compulsory you came up with for me as a boyfriend was that he had to like Quidditch!"

James sat down next to her "Well here is another one; no Slytherin's!"

Lizzy took a deep breath "James please will you give him a chance; you already have something in common now!"

James grabbed a bread roll "The only thing we have in common is a desire not to piss you off"

Lizzy rolled her eyes "Very funny; please make an effort. And you two" she glared at the twins "I get that he's the sworn enemy when you're playing but if he dies because of a bludger related injury..."

Gideon rolled his eyes "Don't worry Lizzy we share the desire not to piss you off too much"

Lizzy raised her eyebrows, and then smiled "Glad to hear it"

"Oh hang on" Lizzy said to Millie as she saw something blonde "Back in a minute"

She ran up to Narcissa who was talking to one of her friends "Oh yes Druella I know it's dreadful...Oh hello Elizabeth"

Lizzy smiled "Hi Narcissa, have you seen Regulus?"

Druella snorted "Have you lost him already Potter?"

Narcissa glanced between them, then smiled uneasily "Well he's still at Quidditch practice why do you need him?"

Lizzy pointedly ignored Druella "I just need to talk to him, could you let him know that I was looking for him?"

Narcissa nodded enthusiastically "Of course I can, I`ll tell him if I see him"

Druella snorted "I'll tell him what a..."

Lizzy glared at Druella then turned to Narcissa "Thanks a lot"

Lizzy ran up the stairs back to her friends "So we were going to the Library right?"

Millie groaned thearetically "Unfortunately!"

Charlotte scowled at her "Well I would have gone this morning but somebody dragged me out of my bed"

Millie snorted "No, your love of gossip drove you out of your bed!"

Marlene smiled "Come on guys; let's just go get Charlotte's book then we can..."

"Start our homework!" Millie said doing a mock dance of celebration.