During class the next day, Ava noticed that Seamus wasn't really himself, he was quiet and he seemed agitated about something, she noticed during class that he was unknowingly grinding his quill into his desk, making a shallow hole, he bit his lip in anger and his expression was hard.

After class was over Ava was so busy wondering what was wrong with Seamus that she wasn't listeing to what Donna was saying to her, much less thinking about see what was in front of her while walking. she didn't realize where she was going and bumped into someone, before she could say anything the person laughed

" Do you ever watch were your going" he said in a joking way. Ava looked up and her face lit up,

" Hey Logan, sorry about that" she chuckled nervously to herself

Donna poked her secretly In the arm " I will see you later Ava" she said and winked and walked away, Ava couldn't help but blush

" How are you?" she asked. He sighed " Same old, same old, I am so busy with Quidditch that I never have time to do any homework" he looked at her " I heard from people that you are one of the brains in your class, maybe you would like to help me sometime?"

Ava hesitated, she never liked being alone with people that she never knew well, it made her feel uncomfortable, he is just being nice, she thought to herself, he is a nice guy and just wants to get to know me better.

She looked at him and smiled " I would love to help you sometime" she said,

he grinned " Really? That would mean a lot, do you want to come to the library tomorrow during lunch?"

" Yeah sure" she said, then she noticed that his eyes were on her hair " what are you looking at?" she asked

He smiled slightly " I just noticed how pretty your hair looks in the light, it makes it look somewhat gold"

Ava was sure that her whole face including her ears turned beat red, no boy has said that to her, well she figured no boy ever would, he thought that guys never noticed those little features.

" Th-thank you" she stuttered, his hand reached out to lightly tug on a strand in front of her ear,

suddenly a light hit Logan's hand that was on her hair and a pop was heard, he yelped and quickly pulled away. Ava gasped and took his hand and looked at it, there was a burn mark on it and he winced in pain when she touched it

" sorry about that" said a voice behind them, she already knew who it was before she turned to look at him, Seamus walked up with a slight glare in his eye was talking in a fake sympathetic voice "I was aiming for the guy over there" he pointed to a random student who was walking from his class

Logan turned around to look at the kid " But he is a first year" he said.

Seamus shrugged "they are always the easiest to get" Logan looked at him with a shocked look in his eyes and Ava glared at him.

Seamus held out his hand " I am Seamus Finnigan, Ava's friend" he said with a slight snarl in his voice

Logan held out the hand that was not injured " I am Logan Rye, also Ava's friend" he also said with a slight snarl in his voice,

Ava figured that he noticed the way Seamus was treating him. They shook hands quite firmly, then he looked back at Ava with a softer expression " I will see you in the Library tomorrow, talk to you later" and then he walked away.

" You may want to go to the hospital wing for that burn" Seamus yelled after him " It was the jinx that makes the burn spread all over the body"

Logan turned around and glared at him " Thanks for the tip" he said and walked away more quickly

Seamus glared after him, Ava was furious. she stepped in front of him " What was that all about?" she practically yelled,

Seamus turned is angry gaze to her " What does he mean that your meeting him in the library tomorrow?"

he said as he ignored her question,

" it means Seamus Finnigan that I am meeting him in the Library tomorrow" she said sarcastically

" But anyway Why would you care?, we are just friends and I am helping him with his homework" she started to walk away,

Seamus ran up beside her " I have seen the way he looks at you, he looks at you like you're just a toy to play with"

Ava stopped cold " How dare you!" she yelled, Seamus backed away slightly, Ava marched up to him " How dare you say that about him!" she yelled again,

Seamus stood up full height then, about 2 inches taller than her " You let him touch you…twice! And you hardly even know him" he yelled back.

Ava hunched over slightly "okay, so maybe I was wrong to do that, but you had no right to barge in, I know how to handle myself!"

" Oh really? Like how you handle yourself with Malfoy?" Ava just stared at him.

he stopped cold after he realized what he just said. It took all Ava had to hold back the tears in her eyes from spilling. He stuttered when he saw the look on Ava's face " Ava, that came out all wrong"

Ava ignored him and stomped over to him and poked him hard in the chest " You are mean and heartless! Logan is nice to me and he cares about my feelings Unlike you!" she screamed, she saw his expression drop, Not feeling nearly satisfied but knew that it was enough she gave him one more glare and walked away from him

" Where are you going?" he asked as she walked away

" Anywhere will be fine as long as your not there, you wanted your space from my nagging, remember?

That did it for her, she smiled to herself. His expression quickly dropped as he remembered the day before, she glared at him one more time and whipped around and continued on her way.

…..

She didn't know where she was going, but she didn't care as long as it was far away from Seamus, she tried to hold back the tears in her eyes as she pushed through the crowed, but it was harder to keep control, she started to run, she had 2 more classes to attend but she didn't care if she missed them, she ran outside towards Hagrid's house,

she was very close with Hagrid but she didn't feel like speaking to him now, right now she wanted to be alone, she sat on a rock far away from the castle and cried.

Even though what Seamus said was not even close to as mean as what Malfoy has said to her, it hurt her because it came from him and what he said hurt her more than all the words that Malfoy did and would say to her.

She didn't know how long she cried but when she stopped it was starting to get dark out. " They will probably be having dinner soon" She said to herself. But she didn't care, she didn't feel like eating, instead she just sat there staring into the darkness of the forbidden forest, she didn't realize how close she was to the forbidden forest until she looked up, it was dark and scary. She got up and slowly made her way up to the castle, by the time she reached the doors, it was dark.

She could hear people finishing their dessert and saw as people made their way up to their rooms. Ava made her way into the hall, Elaine, Tyler, Neville, Dean, Gemma and Nancy were sitting there, She walked up to them and slowly sat down. Elaine looked up and gasped " Ava your okay" she said as she hugged her.

Ava looked confused " of course I would be okay, why wouldn't I?" she asked. Nancy looked bewildered

" you were missing for hours, Donna just left around an hour to go look for you"

"she did?" Ava asked, "We didn't know where you were when you missed your classes but we started worrying when you were not at dinner, We were all worried about you, but Donna wanted to go look for you, so she wasn't a dinner either"

" Donna missed dinner because of me?" Ava asked. Gemma shrugged " Don't blame yourself, we told her you would show up sooner or later, but she insisted"

Ava sighed " I better go find her" she said, but then it suddenly occurred to her " Where is Seamus and Ben?" she asked

" They weren't here for dinner either, They said that they were heading up to the common room" Dean said.

" Heartless jerk" Ava said to herself, she was glad that Seamus didn't come after her but at the same time she wished that he followed her, she might of yelled at him but at least she would of know that he cared about her a little bit, but now she knew that he didn't care about her at all.

For the next half an hour, she ran around the castle searching for Donna, she finally gave up and went upstairs to see if Donna was there, when she reached the common room, she noticed that Ben and Seamus were not there, strange, she thought to herself. It was only 7 30, they wouldn't be in bed now.

She went up to her dorm and found Donna checking the closet and her bed. She turned when she heard the noise and ran up and hugged her. " Oh thank goodness your alright" She gasped " I have been looking everywhere for you, this was the last place I was going to look before I went to go tell Mcgonogal.

Ava didn't listen to her, she quietly sat on her bed.

Donna walked over to her. " Whats wrong?" she asked " Is it Draco?"

Ava shook her head " Its Seamus"

Donna looked at her like she didn't know what to say, then she got up and sat on her bed and waited for Ava to talk.

Ava told Donna about everything that had happened that day, about Logan and Seamus and running to the forbidden forest.. When she finished Donna didn't say anything at first

She took a deep breath and said " really, the forbidden forest? You could choose any place in this castle and you run to the forbideen forest?"

Ava huffed at her " Sorry I wasn't really thinking of where to go at the moment, my mind was too busy on other things, like Seamus Finnigan"

" your right, I am sorry its just, the forbidden forest is really dangerous, remember Harry and Draco saw You- Know- Who our first year"

" I wasn't right in it, I was just outside of it" she said.

" Well still, even if your that close can be dangerous"

Ava huffed " can we talk about my little problem right now?"

Donna sighed " I am really sorry about what happened today Ava and you were right that he didn't have to barge in but to tell you the truth, I thought that you would of known by now."

" Would of known what?" Ava asked. Donna sighed again " That he is jealous"

Ava just looked at her " he is not jealous" she said.

Donna looked frustrated " Just open your eyes Ava, he was jealous of Logan so he couldn't help but not butt in"

Ava shook her head " Your wrong, he doesn't care about my feelings, he just did it to get me mad"

Donna hid her face in her hands and groaned " If he didn't care about your feelings do you really think that he would interfere with you and Logan?"

Ava thought about this, she had nothing to say to that.

" He didn't like that Logan was fooling around with you so he barged in, he just wanted to protect you" Donna continued. Still Ava was not convinced. " Whatever, I am going to finish my homework and go to bed"

Ava heard Donna groan as she walked down to the common room, what a great day, she thought, 2 fights with two of my friends plus a lot of homework, what could make this day any better.

Ava sat down by the fireplace and opened up her books, she heard the common room door open and looked to see who walked in, Ben and Seamus crawled through the door, when they caught sight of Ava, Ben smiled and Seamus sighed.

" Good, Elaine said you came back" Ben said " Your were missing for a while, we thought that we had to call out a search party" He said. Ava smiled at him.

Ben turned and ran up the stairs, Seamus stayed behind a little while longer, he had a look of relief in his eyes, he opened his mouth to say something to her, but decided not to. Ava turned away from him, still partially mad at him but mostly from embarrassment of yelling at him. After a few minutes she looked back up at him but he was gone.

Ava sighed, she didn't want to give in, but she wanted to apologize for the way she acted. She missed him always teasing her, she wanted to make things right again.

She heard the common room door open up again, she looked up to find Neville making his way in.

He looked up " hey" he said. She smiled back at him.

He sat down beside her " what are you working on?" he asked. " Astronomy, I don't know how much longer I can take it though" she smiled, Neville laughed at her

" I heard you went missing for a few hours" he said.

She groaned " Was it that obvious that I was gone?"

" Its you, of course its noticeable, everyone was worried about you" he said. Ava sighed " well not everyone" she said. Neville looked at her confused, and then it dawned on him " Oh you mean Seamus right?"

she looked at him curiously, he just shrugged " He was running all over the castle looking for you, I bumped into him. he didn't say much except that he had to go fix something and that he needed to find you"

Ava looked at him surprised " He was looking for me?", Neville nodded " yeah but Ben soon joined him"

Ava stared into the fireplace, she didn't say anything.

" You know, Seamus may seem like a git, a idiot, a tease and a prat, but trust me, deep down he is a really good guy, he cares about the people that he feels are close to him, and trust me, he really cares about you".

Ava looked at him " You seem to know a lot about him"

Neville just shrugged " I grew up with him and Ben, our mothers were best friends"

Ava laughed, " he must have been a hassle as a child" she said. Neville laughed " he always did get in trouble as a kid"

Neville suddenly yawned " I am going to head for bed, see you tomorrow" then he walked up to his room.

Ava stared into the fire for a little while longer and then decided that it was time for her to get to bed. As she crawled into bed she couldn't push the thought out of her mind, he really cares about me?