Disclaimer: Don't own anything made by J.K. Rowling, which seems obvious, cause it was made by her, not me…

Chapter Three: Cupcakes Get 'Em Every Time

I had found an empty compartment and was now sitting, looking out the window, listening to Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer. I was trying to pull myself back into my excited state, and music was usually a good solution. I was also trying to avoid the "Are you okay?" type questions. I hated those awkward moments where you say you're fine but the other person is obviously aware of the fact that you're lying. I prefer to keep my bad moods to myself altogether.

I closed my eyes and allowed myself to be submersed in the song.

Only rainbows after rain, the sun will always come again.

That's all my conversation with Draco was, just a little rain in my day, now it was time for the rainbows. Maybe that was corny, but for now, it was floating my boat.

"Hey!" I heard someone say rather loudly in my ear. My eyes snapped open to find Ginny settling into the seat across from me.

"Hey!" I said excitedly, pulling my headphones out as a smile spread across my face.

"Miss me?" Ginny said, chuckling.

"Obviously," I replied, rolling my eyes and smirking at her. "So how was your summer?"

"You know," Ginny said, "the usual. People coming and going, quidditch, garden gnomes, Fred and George blowing things up." We both laughed.

I had always been jealous of the seemingly carefree summers at the Weasley house.

"Did you hear about the Death Eater attack at the World Cup?"

"No," I replied, furrowing my brow at her.

"Yeah, after the match, they rampaged through. Burned everything to the ground," she said, her voice fading and saddened. I didn't know what to say. This information collided with that of my earlier conversation with Draco, bringing back my growing fear of His return. Not to mention it explained where my parents had been 'out of town'.

"Are you okay?" There it was.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I said, trying to shake it off. "That's just really horrible."

Ginny seemed satisfied with this answer and we continued talking.

When we were almost to Hogwarts, Ginny and I went to the changing compartment to put on our robes. I was waiting for Ginny outside the compartment when I saw Fred and George Weasley bounding down the hallway.

"Hey there Grace," they said in unison. They were always doing that.

"Hi…" I said suspiciously. They seemed like they were up to something, which was not uncommon for them, but I kept my guard up nonetheless.

"You might enjoy some of our new products for this year," said George.

"Yeah, cooked up some good ones over the summer," continued Fred. I went to say something, but before I could, there was the sound of a slamming door and Goyle appeared in the corridor, looking livid; which was understandable seeing as his head had expanded to twice its normal size, which was pretty big to begin with. Goyle spotted Fred and George and began sprinting toward them (which was the speed of the average person's light jog) yelling "I'LL KILL YOU WEASLEY!"

"Don' worry mate,"

"…it'll wear off…"

"…in a few days."

They both laughed before turning to run for an escape. Before leaving, Fred looked at me and said "Cupcakes: gets 'em every time." He winked at me before taking off down the corridor with his twin.

I was laughing hysterically at the scene when I heard Ginny from behind me,

"You see what I have to live with!"

She smiled and joined in my laughter as we headed back to our own compartment. But I couldn't help but think about how much I wished I got to live at the Weasley house.

A/N:sorry it took me a while to update, i had to write my AP summer essay..blahhhh. anyway thank you soooo mcuh to chey for reviewing! i definitely appreciate constructive criticism! it would be suppperrr awesome if more people could review too! thankss :)