A few hours after the discussion Ava woke up to the sound of thunder. She looked around the room, Donna and Elaine were softly snoring, Mary, Stacey, and Hannah were all smushed togehter in a bed, she got up and looked out the window, she smiled to herself, thunderstorms always seemed to make her happy despite how awful she felt. As she made her way back to her bed, she saw a light from underneath the door, it seemed to be coming from the common room. Who could possibly still be up? She wondered. She quietly opened the door and peered off of the balcony. Seamus was still sitting on the couch, staring into the fire, he seemed to be in deep thought. It was around 4 in the morning.

Is he crazy? Ava asked herself

She made her way down the stairs, he didn't notice her, even as she slowly walked over to him. She placed a hand on his shoulder and he jumped. He turned to her. " Oh its you" he said and softly smiled. She chuckled softly. " Why are you still up? she said as she and sat beside him. He shrugged " Couldn't sleep, how about you?" he said.

" The thunderstorm woke me up and I saw that you were still down here" she said. He nodded and looked back toward the fire.

She stared at him " What are you thinking about?" she asked even if it was obvious

" Just about things" he said. Ava sighed, that was really all he was going to give?

" What kind of things" she pressed. He looked at her amused " I think you know Ava"

She smiled sadly at him " yeah I know" she said. He put his head in his hands " I can't get it out of my head, and why you? He could of chose anyone but it had to be you" he said.

" That's just the way it is, I'm part of a prophecy so i have no choice"

He stared at her " you don't deserve this, you are a good person, he could have at least chose Pansy Parkinson, I bet she would be more than glad to be part of the prophecy"

" Seamus!" she said, though she did hate Pansy Parkinson, no one deserved to have this fate, but maybe he was right, maybe she would think of it more as an honor.

" What?! You know its true! Her whole family would be proud of her if she got picked, they would see it a some kind of reward" he said

Ava didn't say anything, instead she just turned to the fire and stared at it like Seamus had been doing for the past few hours, she could feel him staring at her

" Are you scared? He asked

" I've never been so scared in my entire life" she whispered. Seamus grabbed her hand.

"This just isn't right, it shouldn't be you, You deserve to have a good life! He said , sadness in his eyes. She smiled sadly at him " I only wish, but Harry has it much harder than I do Seamus"

He frowned " Neither one is harder, you and Harry both don't deserve this, you are both forced to do something that you don't want to that puts your own lives in danger, I feel terrible for both of you"

At first Ava didn't say anything. Then she hesitated " Seamus I've been thinking, I don't think we should speak anymore"

He looked at her with a look of hurt and confusion "Why?"

" They will kill you. I saw it my dreams, you all die, Elaine, Ben, Tyler, Ron, and I can't lose you Seamus. Voldemort knew that Donna was my best friend, and she dies, if he knows about you and everyone else they will torture you and kill you and I don't want that to happen to anyone. I think it would be best if everyone didn't talk to me anymore, I don't want him to know who my friends are, he will use you to get to me and I don't want any of you getting hurt."

His hold on her hand tightened and he looked frustrated " That is whacked Ava, you need us! I don't care what they do to me, I won't leave you alone in this!"

Her eyes narrowed " You can't Seamus! Your going to die I saw it!

" No you didn't see it, you saw them 'say' that they killed us, and you also saw Voldemort catch Elaine lying that we were dead, I won't die Ava, I promise"

Ava was starting to get frustrated " I don't want to chance it! They will torture you and they will make me watch everything that they do to you and I wouldn't be able to live if I saw that, if they kill you I don't know what I would do! I wou—"

Seamus's mouth cut her off, she was greeted again with the butterflies in her stomach and melted into the kiss, he broke it and she rested her forehead against his " just shut up ok, I'm not going to die" he whispered

" But-" she started

" Don't. We are not leaving you. I'm not leaving you, so don't try pushing us away because it's not going to work"

She just nodded and he smirked, but his smirked disappeared " Why didn't you tell me about this sooner? You knew since third year and you didn't even try to tell me?"

Ava rolled her eyes" I told you already why I wouldn't tell you Seamus"

He gave her a stern look " no more secrets okay? if something happens at all or if you have anymore dreams you tell me, even if something happens with Malfoy, "

She smiled up at him" I promise" she said.

He pulled her to him, and they were quiet for a long time, then he chuckled " I knew you would fall for my charms one day"

Ava snorted " good job for ruining the moment",

He looked at her smug " see you didn't even deny it!"

Ava removed herself from him " You have no charms"

" Ouch I know you don't mean that" he said, pretending to look hurt. Ava shook her head " no really, you have no charms" she said, and laughed at the look on his face

" If I have no charms then why would you spend all those years hating me and the suddenly like me" he asked.

" Maybe your just such a good kisser" she said and laughed when she saw his eyes go wide

" really? Wow" he said.

She laughed at him again " yes be happy"

He smiled at her " I really think you should go to bed" he said. And as if on cue, she yawned, and he laughed

" If I go upstairs, how do I know that you will go to bed this time" she said. He scratched the back of his head, "I probably won't"

" Then I will stay here with you" she said

" you can't even keep your eyes open" he said. " I guess I will sleep down here then" she yawned and rested her head on his shoulder

" But—" he started

" Shut up, I'm staying down here" she said and closed her eyes, she felt his arms wrap around her and as soon as her eyes shut, she was thrown into blackness.

Seamus watched her for a few moments, she was the most beautiful and sweetest girl he has ever met. He always admired her, everyone liked her, she was funny, nice and extremely smart, he admired the way she stood up to Malfoy, the way she stood up to himself, he knew girls liked when he teased them, but she was different. She didn't giggle like most girls did. She wasn't afraid to put him in his place, throw an insult. He put his chin on her head. Yes Seamus knew that he was an idiot, and a jerk, but he would never even think of hurting Ava in any way, she was his now, and no one else was going to have her.

He closed his eyes and immediately fell into a deep sleep.

…

Ava opened her eyes yet again to the sound of thunder, she looked beside her to Seamus sleeping soundly. She looked out the window from where she was sitting, it was dark and cloudy outside and it was pouring rain. Suddenly she jolted to her feet, what time is it? They weren't in their rooms so how many people saw them together. She checked the clock on the wall, it was 2 pm, more than half of the Gryffindors definitely saw them, and most likely told people from other houses. She shook Seamus awake.

" Seamus wake up!" she whispered.

" Huh? What time is it?" he asked and yawned

Ava laughed " Its 2, maybe you are so tired because you decided to stay up till 4 in the morning"

He stretched, and got up from the couch and grabbed her hand " Well come on lets go for lunch then" he said.

When they reached the doors to the Great Hall, Ava loosened her hand, just in case he wanted to let go, but he just held on tighter, he turned around a smiled at her, then led the way into the Great Hall. Ava felt butterflies in her stomach, she didn't exactly know if this meant that they were a couple, but holding hands in public must mean something. She only hoped that not too many people noticed. She wasn't in the mood to be in the spotlight again.

Unfortunately as soon as they walked in holding hands, most of the Gryffindor table stared at them and whispered. People from other houses stared too, Ava saw Malfoy glare at them when they passed and noticed that Romilda Vaine looked like she was about to cry and Milicent Bulstrode glared hard at Ava

They plopped down on the bench across from Donna and Ben. Ava glanced at Seamus, he looked very pleased with himself. Donna smirked at Ava.

Ava ignored her and grabbed some sandwiches. " Finally you guys are up" Ben said. " I was going to wake you up myself but Donna didn't think that was a good idea"

Donna snorted " Didn't think it was a good idea? I caught you standing over Seamus about to drop an exploding snap card on his head"

Ava laughed. Seamus glared at him " I would of got you back ten times worse mate, and you know it"

" Not this time, I had a plan to make sure you weren't going to mess with me again until Donna screwed it up" he huffed

Donna grinned " Well they looked comfortable" she said and she and Ben exchanged glances and smirked at them.

Ava and Seamus blushed. " Well we were up late last night" Ava said and then blushed even harder when she realized what it sounded like.

" What were you doing up so late?" Ben asked and snickered.

" Just chatting" Seamus said.

Suddenly the sound of birds was heard above them, " Finally, the mail is here" Seamus said.

Finally! Ava thought, she hasn't heard from her parents for a while. A big brown bird dropped a package right in front of Ben, and two smaller birds brought a few things for Seamus and Donna. While Ava waited for her bird, she watched everyone open their own packages. Ben got the daily prophet and a few exploding snap cards, chocolate frogs, lots of candy and a letter from his parents. Donna was brought a few books, and some jewelry along with a letter from her parents. Seamus got a rememberall, since he always seemed to forget things and lots of candy and a large letter from his parent and other family members. Finally Ava saw her owl flying towards her. It dropped a big package in front of her. " Woah" Seamus said a he looked at the size of the package " Your parents sure do love you".

Ava opened the box. Inside there were lots of books, all her favourite candy, including muggle candy such as mars bars and gummy bears. A few new clothes were tucked away in the bottom of the box and the daily prophet was snuggled underneath dozens of letters. She took out the letters and sorted through all of them. She got many from her aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. None of them new she was a witch. She looked for the one from her parents. When she found it, she looked over it. It was a very long letter. She decided to save it for tonight in the common room and read all the others first.

In most of her letters, there were comments on how proud her family was of her because she was accepted at a major private school for in London England (that's what her parents told her family).

" What's that?" Donna said as she pointed at the mars bars and gummy bears " are those muggle candy?" I've never seen muggle candy before" She said and observed it. Ben observed it too, they were both purebloods after all.

Ava laughed " here try some" she said and gave them each a few of her treats. She had enough candy for the whole year anyway. She turned to Seamus " You want any?" she asked. He just shook his head " nah I'm good thanks, I got my exploding bonbons"

She turned too Donna and Ben as they inspected the gummy bears " you mean they don't move or anything?" Donna said.

Ava shook her head " Nope they just stand there"

Donna carefully bit into it, Ava laughed " They aren't like Bertie Bott's every flavored beans, they all taste good"

Donna looked more relieved and popped it in her mouth " mmmmhhmm these are good" she said, and ate the rest of them. Ben seemed to be more interested in the Mars Bars and devoured them " I think I like your muggle candy, though it will never be as good as wizard candy, it can still pass" he said. Ava chuckled and popped a gummy bear in her mouth.

Donna then leaned in towards Ava " look at the Hufflepuff table, guess who is sitting together"

Ava turned and instantly smiled. Stacey and Logan were sitting next to each other very closely and they were smiling and laughing.

" I knew they would make a cute couple" Ava said. " I set them up you know" she stated proudly.

Ben smirked " oh really?" he said with a sarcastic tone. Ava grunted " I did too! I gave her some special advice and now they are almost always together" she said.

" And what is that special advice?" Seamus said raising his eyebrows.

Donna snickered " It was advice that sent him in the hospital wing" she said. Ava blushed when Seamus and Ben burst out laughing.

" No way, what did you tell her?" Ben asked.

" I just told her to jinx him or something to get him to notice her, I didn't think she would take my advice seriously" Ava mumbled.

Seamus laughed " your crazy" he said.

" Well it worked didn't it, they are pretty much together" she said. He winked at her and grabbed his 4th sandwich.

" So whatcha guys want to do today?" Donna asked. Seamus and Ben looked at each other " We need to go find a couple of Slytherins" Ben said. Donna stared at them " Why would you even think about going near those snakes" she said.

" They owe us some cards and junk, we made a bet and like always, we win, those poor gits never learn" Seamus said and shook his head. Ava sighed " I can't believe you guys are still betting with them" She said "What was the bet?" she asked.

" It was nothing, it doesn't matter anyway cause we won" Ben said. Ava huffed "guys are so difficult" She then turned to Donna " We can go shopping at Hogsmead today?" She suggested.

" Sure" Donna replied, then they said goodbye, got up and headed upstairs to get their coats.

When they got up to the common room, Ava put on her jacket and scarf and when she went downstairs and saw Donna staring out the window into the rain, Ava knew what she was thinking before she said it

" Ava just look at it outside, I don't want to walk all the way to Hogsmead and get soaked, can't we just stay here in the common room?" she asked.

Ava sighed " Its not that bad out, we will only get a little wet" she said. Donna still didn't look to thrilled

" Please can we just stay here? We can go to Hogsmead next weekend" she pleaded

Ava sighed again and walked upstairs to take off her outwear, she wasn't mad that she couldn't go to Hogsmead, she could care less, all she wanted to do was to get out of the castle. She needed her space from everyone. She just wanted to be alone and get away from everyone always crowding around her.

When she made her way downstairs she saw Donna curled up on the couch, Hermiones cat was on her lap and she was stroking him.

Ava went and sat down beside her. " Where is everyone else?" Ava asked.

Donna shrugged " Who knows, I know that Hannah went out with Ernie today, Hermione is somewhere with Ron and Harry, Elaine is most likely snogging with Tyler, Stacey is studying with Logan and I don't know where everyone else might be" she said.

Ava saw a twinkle in her eye and Donna smirked at her " So, about you and Seamus, you're a couple now right?" she asked. Ava shrugged " I don't really know, he didn't really ask me, but all the signs are there, he kissed me last night, and he wanted to hold my hand when we walked into the Great Hall, I guess that makes us something, but I am still not completely sure" she said. Donna just smiled knowingly" It will happen" she said. Ava still shivered in excitment when she remembered how he kissed her.

Then a thought occurred to Ava "what do you think they were betting with the Slytherins?" she asked. Donna shrugged " Who knows, they are always betting crazy things". Then Donna stopped talking and smiled a sneaky smile at Ava. " Wanna go spy on them?" she asked. Ava stared at her, out of all of her friends, Donna was the most mature one, the most reasonable one, it was a rare occasion that Donna and a mischievous idea like this and Ava wasn't going to pass it up.

" Yes!" she said excitedly.

They ran out of the common room in search for the boys, they looked all over the school for them, but they were no where to be found. They even checked outside.

" Ugh we can't find them at all" Donna said and shivered as she and Ava walked around the school. Rain pouring down on them.

" I wonder where they could of gone" Ava wondered, but then she sighed " oh well, whatever they were doing, they are probably done by now-" Ava cut her sentence off short and dragged Donna on a hill and hid between a couple of rocks, she saw Seamus and Ben standing over by the Womping Willow, two Slytherins were standing in front of them, obviously the Slytherins that they bet with.

Though Ava wasn't looking at Seamus and Ben, or the Slytherins either. Instead her eyes were locked on the Womping Willow that they stood beside. It was softly swaying, as if knowing there were people intruding on its ground.

" Well go on, give it here" Ava heard Seamus say, and she saw the Slytherins mumble and hand them a few Vials and also a few chocolate frogs and some more candy and junk. Really? Ava thought, she never understood why boys were so obsessed with food, but Ava wondered what was in the vials. As One of the Slytherins handed Seamus one of the vials, she heard him say "Better give this one to your girlfriend, she is going to need it"

Seamus snarled at him. Ava's heart jumped, where they talking about her?

" Get out of here" she heard Ben say, and she and Donna ducked down further when they saw the two Slytherin boys heading their way. As they passed she could hear them curse and mumble " They won't get away with it next time" then they disappeared behind the castle wall.

Ava and Donna peeked from behind the rock and saw Seamus and Ben slap hands. Ava rolled her eyes but they suddenly got wide as she saw the tree start to thrash and shake.

She was about to yell at them to warn them but she saw them turn towards the tree. Why aren't they worried? Ava thought.

" I got it this time mate" she heard Seamus say, then he looked around to make sure that there wasn't anyone spying and pulled out his wand. Ava didn't hear what spell he used, but suddenly the tree stopped moving and became still.

" What? How did they do that" she heard Donna whisper beside her. Ava just kept looking at them and saw them look around a few times and then they walked toward the trunk of the tree and crawled through a small hole that Ava didn't notice until now, the hole was mostly hidden by all the roots and leaves but if she looked carefully, it was very noticeable.

Ava turned to Donna who looked shocked. " Let's follow them" Ava said.

Donna's eyes went wide " No, its dangerous, we found their secret hide out Ava, this is were they go when they always disappear, we are probably the only ones who found out about it, and I have no pleasure on seeing them angry when they catch us"

" Well fine stay here, but I'm going" Ava said and got up, she needed to hurry, the spell was starting to wear off and the massive tree started to sway again. Donna grabbed her wrist " What if the tree gets you?" she said.

" Well either way I am going, whether you are here with me or not, so come on" Ava said and attempted to walk again. But Donna stood up to chase after Ava " Ava wait!" she said, but she didn't see the stone sticking up from the ground and tripped " ow!" she cried and crashed into the back of Ava. Ava gasped as she felt herself fall down the hill.

Suddenly everything was a blur as they both tumbled down the steep hill. Ava gasped when she hit the ground with a thud, she felt dizzy and got up on her knees, she tried to wipe dirt off of her arms and face but proceeded on getting more dirt on herself. She looked up to see Donna lying on the ground.

" Don are you okay?" she asked. She heard Donna muffle and leaned up to spit a bunch of grass out of her mouth. She was just as dirty as Ava and her hair got all tangled, Ava guessed that her hair looked the same. At the sight of Donna Ava couldn't help but snicker. Donna looked at her " oh shutup" she said. Ava got up and dusted off her pants, then she saw the look on Donna's face.

Her eyes were wide and she was looking behind Ava.

" What is it?" she asked and turned to look where Donna was looking. Then she realized exactly where they had landed. Right beside the Womping Willow. She heard a massive creak as the Tree turned and began to thrash. Ava turned on her heel and grabbed Donna's hand " Hurry!" she screamed. But they were cut off when a huge branch landed in front of them cutting off their path. The tree was very angry.

Ava pulled Donna into another direction but two more branches came down, one to block their path and another to knock them off their feet. She felt all the air get knocked out of her when a thick branch hit her in the stomach and sent her flying a few feet away, landing on the hard ground. For a few seconds she couldn't breath and she tried to get up to get away. Donna was a few feet away trying to get past the large branches. The tree began to thrash more violently now and Ava was once again hit in the stomach and forced on her back. She looked up to see a branch coming down on her ready to squish her but she rolled out of the way just in time. She tried to get up but she was exaughsted. Then she felt Donna grab her hand and pull her toward the tree. They dived into the hole where they previously saw Ben and Seamus go in.

Ava gasped for breath and she heard Donna breathing heavily beside her. She looked and saw Donna shaking. Their hair was now even messier than before and they were much dirtier but now with a few bruises.

" Are you okay?" Donna asked. Ava gasped for breath again " Yeah I think so, that tree hit me hard, How about you?" she asked.

" Yeah I also got hit pretty hard but I think I will live" she said and smiled. They slowly got up and looked at the dark tunnel ahead of them " Well I guess there is no other choice but to see where this leads too" Donna said. Ava looked at the darkness in front of her " Yes, I guess so"

then they headed into the blackness to see where the tunnel led to. " How did they ever learn to control the tree?" Ava asked. Donna shrugged " Who knows, they are similar to the Weasley twins, I wouldn't be surprised if they even knew about it, I wonder if anyone else knows though, like Tyler, Ron, Harry or Dean" Donna wondered.

" Dean maybe, he is closer to them than the others are" Ava said.

" Maybe, who knows how long they have been keeping it a secret for" Donna said. " They could get expelled for doing something like this"

" Well they haven't got caught yet, and they have been hiding it suprisingly well, we didn't even have a clue about this" Ava said.

Donna suddenly doubled over. " What's wrong?" Ava asked, slightly worried, Donna groaned " That womping willow just hit me really hard, I might of cracked or bruised a rib" she said.

Ava held on to her arm " just a little further, we are almost there, it gets lighter up ahead" she said.

And she was right, though it was still dark, up ahead seemed to be a lighter shade of grey and when they ventured further it became brighter. Soon they pushed themselves through some boards in a wall and found themselves in a rickety looking house.

Ava looked around kind of disgusted " this is their hiding place?" she said aloud. Donna wore the same expression on her face as Ava did. They expected something at least a little more cleaner. Donna looked out the window " I can see Hogwarts from here" she said, Ava looked out and there was Hogwarts, it looked very small and far away, which was weird because the walk itself didn't feel very far, in fact it was extremely short, weird Ava thought, then suddenly it occurred to her " I know where we are" she whispered. Donna looked at her " Where?"

" Were inside the shrieking shack" She stated and looked around.

" Clever" Donna said, Ava had to admit, it was a very clever idea, no one ever came around the shrieking shack.

Ava heard voices coming from up the stairs, Ava and Donna climbed up the stairs until they reached an open door, they peeked inside and saw Ben and Seamus sorting and eating through all of their candy. There were dozens of vials scattered around them, Ben picked up one of the vials " how do you want to use this?" he asked. Seamus just shrugged " I have an idea, but we can save that for another time, I am so close to finding Madeye Moody to add to my collection of cards" he said and went back to sorting them. " What I am wondering is, what are we going to bet against them again? They will definitely want more until they win, unfortunately that's not going to happen" Seamus said and smugged at Ben who smirked " They sure won't".

" I can't believe we almost lost this bet though, it was too dangerous, we have to be more careful next time" Ben said.

Ava leaned over Donna so she could hear more clearly, but suddenly she lost her balance and she and Donna tumbled through the door, making a loud crashing noise.

" Bloody Hell!" she heard someone yell, she didn't know who it was. She and Donna were now lying on the dusty floor, She sneezed and looked up. Seamus and Ben were on their feet, wands in front of them.

"What the hell" Seamus said as he realized who it was. They lowered their wands. Ava rolled off of Donna, they both stood up and dusted off their pants. " No way" Ben said. " How did you get in here? And what the hell happened to you" he pointed at their messy hair and dirty faces.

" We saw you guys go through the tree, we wanted to follow you but the Womping Willow didn't let us off as easy as it did with you" Donna said and winced when she moved her side. Ben walked over to Donna and started to pick the leaves and branches out of her hair.

Ava saw Seamus staring at her, she couldn't tell if he was shocked or angry. " You guys are lucky you weren't killed" Seamus said and crossed his arms.

Ava walked over to one of the beds and sat down on it. " How did you guys see us anyway?" Ben asked.

Donna and Ava glanced nervously at each other " We were just taking a walk and we saw you guys hanging out" Ava said. Seamus smirked at her "nah, I think you were spying on us " he said and smiled mischievously. "we were not" Donna said, but the look she quickly gave to Ava gave them away. Seamus pointed at her " Aha! I saw that, I knew you were spying, we should have know" he said and sat down next to Ava.

" How long ago did you guys discover this?" Ava asked. Ben shrugged " around our third year, we were just messing around here one day and we ended up making the tree angry so we dove into the hole, then we found out it led to the shrieking shack" he said.

" But where did you guys learn the spell to keep the Womping Willow calm?" Donna asked. Seamus smirked yet again "Secrets" he said, " I have to give you credit though" he shook his head " You actually found it, no one has been able to find this place" Seamus said. " Who else knows about it?" Ava asked.

" Just us Tyler, Dean, Harry and Ron" Seamus said. " Ron and Harry found it third year, and now we always hang up here" he said.

" What do you guys even do here?" Donna asked, but gasped in pain and clutched her side as she moved. Ben ignored her question "Are you hurt?" he asked.

Donna smiled painfully up at him " Don't worry about me, I'm fine, probably just a few bruised ribs" she said. Ben frowned. " It seems to be more than just a few bruised ribs" he said.

" Donna cracked a few of her ribs" Ava said. Donna glared at her " No, they aren't cracked they are just brui- AH!" she gasped as she tried to move again. Ben pulled out his wand and pointed it at her " Don't move" he said. Donna looked nervous " you better know what you're doing Ben" she said.

He smirked and whispered a spell " there, now try to move" he said, Donna closed her eyes and slowly turned to the side. Not feeling anything she beamed up at him " It worked, When did you two start to be skilled with wands?" she asked.

" Dunno, just comes naturally" Seamus said and winked at Ava. She couldn't help but smile at him, she rolled her eyes " Whatever you say" she replied sarcastically. Seamus gently elbowed her in the stomach " come on, you've always known that I have been skilled with a wand" he stated.

" Actually, from what I have witnessed, you managed with your skill to burn your eyebrows off and create a bald spot on the back of your head, that you didn't notice until we told you days later" she chuckled.

Seamus ears turned red " I can't help that my accent tends to get in the way of spells, I say words differently than you guys" he said. Then he squinted at Ava " though you speak the same as everyone else and you still can't seem to get the spells right, so what's your excuse" he chuckled. Ava punched his arm.

Ben laughed and nodded toward Donna and Ava " Come on, let's get you two back to Hogwarts" and he grabbed Donna's hand and led her through the door to the hole that Ava and Donna came entered. Seamus smiled at Ava and grabbed her hand as well and pulled her though the door. Ava couldn't help but blush at the back of his head.

The all walked silently through the dark corridor until Donna broke the silence. "So what were you guys betting with the Slyrtherins?"

"You saw that?" Ben said.

"Yeah we did, now tell us what they were saying" Ava said. She heard Seamus sigh "It was nothing okay, we were just fooling around with them"

Donna sighed in annoyance "well you better be careful, because we heard them talking when they walked by and they said that they weren't going to let you get away with it next time"

Seamus and Ben burst out laughing "They say that every time" Seamus said "But they haven't one once"

"What is so important with them that you have to keep playing games with them?" Ava said. "One day they might crack and who knows what they could do" she said.

Seamus laughed "I hope one day they do, so they can see who not to mess with, it would be nothing that we can't handle"

Ava huffed and turned away "idiot" she muttered to herself.

They saw light up ahead, and quickened their pace, when they reached the entrance of the tree they bolted out before the Womping Willow had time to smash them.

They walked back up towards the castle, there were a group of young Ravenclawe girls crowded around the castle and they giggled when they saw them holding hands. Ava blushed

She could almost feel the smirk on Seamus's face.

They walked into the castle and almost immediately, Mary rushed up to them, looking visibly upset.

"What wrong?" Donna asked

Mary's lower lip trembled "How do you deal with it Ava?"

Ava raised an eyebrow "What are you talking about?"

"I mean with all the teasing from the Slytherins for being a muggleborn, how do you not get upset when they call you a-" She stopped talking, not wanting to say the word. Luckily she didn't have to, everyone already knew what she was talking about.

"Who called you that?" Ava immediately asked. If it was Draco she was going to kick his ass, Mary was a muggleborn as well and because she was so sensitive, people liked to pick on her at times.

Mary was shaking slightly, trying her hardest not to cry. "Pansy whispered it to me when I walked by, and then she tripped me and all her friends laughed at me in front of everyone"

Seamus rolled his eyes "Don't listen to them, it doesn't matter what they say, no one cares about them"

"Stupid bitch" Ava muttered. They all looked at her in shock, Ava never swore

"What did you say?" Donna said

"She's at bitch, teasing Mary like that, doesn't she have anything better to do?"

"No she doesn't" Ben said. "She doesn't have a life, does horrible in school, the only thing she is really good at is being a bully"

"Its not you Mary, its her" Donna says "She does it to everyone so there is no need to worry"

Mary gave a small nod

"Next time if she does that, just ignore her and she will look stupid, works everytime" Ava said

Mary nodded again "Thanks you guys, do you want to go to the library with me? Hannah and I were going to study for exams"

Ava completely forgot about the exams coming up, that the school year was nearly over.

"Nah we're about to go up to the common room, we will see you later tonight" Seamus said.

Mary smiled and nodded, then hurried off into the direction of the library.

Seamus led the others up to the common room, Ben and Seamus sat on the couches, Donna sat in the armchair while Ava paced the floor "Why do they have to be so mean to her? Don't they realize how sensitive she is?"

Donna sighed "of course they know that, that is the reason why they bully her, cause they know it hurts her, they are mean like that Ava"

Ava sighed "Mary is just so sweet, I hate to see people upset her, she sees good in everyone"

"So do you" Seamus said

"I what?" Ava asked

"you see good in everyone, you believe every wrong person in the world can become good" he said and smiled.

Ava blushed "Well thanks for the compliment but I don't see why you're bringing me in this, were talking about Mary"

"I am bringing you in this because you deal with more crap then Mary ever will in her whole life. And you never complain" Seamus stated

" I'm use to it, and I don't complain cause I know how to deal with it, Mary isn't use to it so this is different"

Seamus leaned back in the couch and didn't say anything.

"This isn't that different Ava, Seamus is right, you deal with a lot more than Mary" Donna said.

Ava sighed "stop it you guys, I already told you I don't care. So lets stop focusing on me for a second and focus on what I was saying before"

"For once can you stop putting other people before yourself, you worry about everyone but you" Seamus said frustrated "once in a while stop worrying about other people and put yourself first"

Ava stared at him "Well this got completely off topic"

Seamus chuckled "Just saying is all"

Ava turned to Ben "What do you think? Do you agree with Seamus?"

Ben raised his hands in surrender "Don't go bringing me into this, I want to stay out of it. But to answer your question, yes I agree with Seamus"

Ava glared at him

"All were saying Ava is take care of yourself for once, or let someone take care of you, your always helping other people" Donna said

"I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself thank you" Ava said

Donna sighed "alright we will just drop the subject then"

Ava smiled in triumph "Okay good"

Seamus caught that smug look in her eye and said "Don't go thinking you won this conversation princess"

Ava just stuck her tongue out at him, Seamus frowned, walked over and bent down to whisper in her ear "Don't stick your tongue out at me unless you want me to put it to good use"

Immediately Ava could feel her face turn red, she hoped Donna or Ben didn't hear what he said. Seamus smirked when he saw the look on her face.

….

It was later in the evening, Ava just finished her dinner and was heading back upstairs, she was surprised when she reached the common room, for Seamus was sitting on the couch reading a texbook.

"What are you doing?" she said, he raised an eyebrow

"I mean, your reading, you don't even read books and your reading a potions textbook"

Seamus chuckled and snapped the book shut "Well maybe your just such a good influence on me" he said and laughed out loud when she grinned

" or it could be because I am practically failing potions and since I would rather not get another howler from my mum I figured I could learn a thing or too to pass the exam and it turns out that reading the textbook actually helps!"

Her grin disappeared yet she still chuckled "let's just stick with saying that I am a good influence on you"

He patted the seat next to him, she walked over and sat down.

"I want you to come over for a week or two to my house in the summer" he said. She looked at him "What?"

"Like come over, see my family, where I live, all that" He said and grabbed her waist and pulled her onto his lap. Ava looked up at him "you know I would love that, but I don't think its such a good idea"

"Why not?"

"Well my parents don't know you, or your parents and because you're a boy, well you know.." she trailed off, blushing.

He chuckled "Ah, I see, they will think I will take advantage of a innocent girl like you"

She smiled "They are very protective"

He shrugged "Fine, then I will visit you"

Ava turned around in her seat "Seamus, I won't be able to see anyone this summer"

"Why?"

"My parents want me to be very educated, they are making me take a few muggle courses just in case I want to get a job and live in the muggle world instead of the wizard world, I do that all summer, every summer"

Seamus did a low whistle "jeez, not much of a summer is it" he stated. Ava sighed "yeah its not so fun, I tried to tell them that I didn't want to take muggle courses and I want to get a job and live in the wizard world, but they want me to just in case I change my mind"

"That sucks" Seamus chuckled "and I thought I had it hard, I will be sure to send plenty of howlers this summer"

Ava snorted "can't wait to hear those"

Seamus ignored her comment and hid his face in the crook of her neck "You know when Mary was talking about how people call you and her that word?"

Ava sighed "yes, what about that?"

"Do you get called it a lot? Like behind my back and stuff, I have only heard Draco and Pansy say it but I want to know if other people call you that"

Ava sighed "yes, I get called it a lot, but only by Slytherins, and I'm not the only one that gets called that, Hermione has it hard with Pansy and Draco too, they are always picking on her, they do it with all muggleborns"

Seamus's arms tightened around her waist "I wish those asses would top"

" I do too" she sighed, "but there really isn't anything I can do about it, I have tried everything, and the only thing I can really do now is ignore them and pretend I don't care"

"Well I don't think its fair that Mary isn't able to handle when Pansy said it once to her, when you have been dealing with it since first year" Seamus said.

Ava turned around and faced him "Seamus, Mary is very sensitive to stuff like this, Pansy and her friends never use to pick on her cause she was so quiet they didn't really bother. Now that they realized that they won't get a reaction out of me, they are turning on her and this could happen for a while. And who knows Mary could get so upset that she could hurt herself, and I don't want that to happen to her"

Seamus stared at her, he had no words for what she just said. She was probably the sweetest person he has ever met. Instead of saying anything he leaned in a kissed her, this beautiful and kind person was all his, and no one would take her away.

She kissed him back eagerly and tangled her hands through his hair. His hands roamed her stomach and before they could go further they heard a scream.

They quickly broke apart and looked at each other , then at the window where the scream had come from.