This is so late because my account was fucked up. This is sort of a filler but the next one with be the Hogsmeade trip so...Yeah.

James' Point of View:

I didn't want to make Aslinn uncomfortable with my jealousy so I tried to cover up how angry I was about her date with Jinx. We'd gone to the first Hogsmeade weekend with Roxi, Poppy, and Fred since third year and now she was going with another guy.

I was angrily walking down the corridor when I felt someone fall into step beside me. When I glanced over I saw Poppy trying to keep pace with me, it was proving difficult with her short little legs. Finally I took mercy on her and slowed down until our steps matched.

"You're mad about something, James. Do you want to talk about it?" she asked, her quiet voice straining to be heard above the chatter in the crowded corridor.

I ran a hand though my messy hair before answering her, "What would you do if the person you were in love with wanted to be with someone else? How would you get their attention away from the other person and onto you?"

Poppy let out a sigh before taking my wrist in her hand. "You're in love with Aslinn, everyone knows about it so I don't know why you're trying to be subtle about who it is."

I stopped walking for a minute and turned to face her. "What do you mean everyone knows about it? Does Aslinn know?"

She giggled before saying, "No, she's as clueless as can be. Why don't start dating another girl to try and get her attention like she's getting yours with Jinx?"

I knew that would be a very hard thing to do, it was like I was hurting Aslinn on purpose and that didn't seem right. Then again I was tired of being hurt by her falling in love with guys like it was nothing. Maybe dating another girl would make her jealous or at the very least it could help me get over her. That was something I'd been trying to do since fourth year but it seemed to be mission impossible.

"Who do you think I should start out with? I don't want to go out with a total slag, that'd just make Aslinn mad at me. She's afraid that I'm going to develop a complex because of it," I said, smiling by force of habit.

"You need to stop worrying about what Aslinn thinks about you," Poppy said, tugging us down onto a desk for transfigurations.

"I have an idea," I said, putting my books onto the desk and turning to face Poppy. "I don't want to date any girl and make her think that we're actually going to go somewhere when we're not, that would be mean. Why don't we fake date and make Aslinn think that we're real? That way I'll be with someone that's not a slag and I won't be hurting anyone's feelings."

Poppy's face lit up and she took my hands in hers. "That's a great idea, James. That's going to make her super jealous, her two best friends dating. This is a genius plan, Mr. Potter."

"What's a great plan?" Aslinn's voice asked from behind us. Then her eyes landed on out clasped hands, "Did I miss something while I was out? Are you two together or something now?"

Poppy gave me a wink before taking control, "Yeah, it happened after breakfast this morning. It took me a little by surprise but it was a lovely surprise."

She nodded like she was happy for us but I saw a little bit of sadness behind her big blue orbs. "I'm going to go talk to Roxi about this weekend. You two are lovely."

She pretty much ran over to Roxi and started talking rapidly with her hands. I saw Roxi's carefree smile drop before she took Aslinn's shoulders in her hands and started to rub the comfortingly. She leaned forward and whispered something into her hair before class started, I could tell it was something to make her feel better but I couldn't for the life of me figure out what was wrong with her.

Aslinn's Point of View:

He was dating Poppy and I had no clue. I felt like someone punched a hole into my chest and pulled my heart out. There was this ache that had my entire body pulsating with pain. There were tears stinging the back of my eyes but I couldn't let them fall, I didn't' want James or Poppy to see me crying.

"Miss Malfoy, why haven't you tried to change this goblet into a rat yet?" Professor McGonagall asked, slamming her palms onto the desk in front of me.

I wiped the tears off of my cheeks and looked up into her severe gaze. "I'm sorry professor; I'm just a little bit distracted. I'll try again."

"We're about to change classes, I won't take points away from Gryffindor this time because it looks like you're having a bad day. Next time I won't be as lenient," she said, giving me a slight smile. Then she leaned in and whispered, "Mr. Potter takes after his uncle Ronald when it comes to girls. He'll never realize that you have feelings for him until you come out with them. Just a little piece of advice from someone who's known the Weasley/Potter family since they were pretty much born, give him some hints."

I gave her the best smile that I could muster before the bell rand and dismissed us from class. I ran to the closest bathroom and let out the tears I'd been trying to hold in. They poured down my cheeks as I fell to the floor and pulled my knees up to my chest.

"Why are you crying?" a haunting voice asked, echoing throughout the bathroom walls.

I wiped my face and looked up to see Moaning Myrtle floating a couple feet away from me. I sighed before asking, "Can you keep a secret?"

She nodded her head so quickly that her pigtails whipped through her translucent face. "I can keep a secret very well; no one ever talks to me. They barely even come in here; once they figure out I'm here."

I gave a heady sigh before answering, "I'm in love with James but he's dating my best friend Poppy. But then again I'm dating this new guy, Jinx, and I think I pulled this onto myself but I have no idea. What do you think?"

She tapped her chin before saying, "Do you think that it's possible Mr. Potter has feelings for you as well? Maybe he's dating that Poppy girl to make you jealous. Did you tell him about your date with Jinx before you found out about their date?"

"I told him about my date before but he seemed to be completely okay with it. I honestly don't think there's any way that he has feelings for me too. He sees me as a best friend and nothing more."

The door of the girls' bathroom flew open and Moaning Myrtle shot back to her stall. I heard the toilet flush and knew that she was gone now. I sighed before turning to see James standing there.

"Why are you in here? This is the girls' bathroom," I said, cleaning my face off on the mirror to avoid his eyes.

"My best friend ran away from transfigurations crying, I think I need to come after her," he said, placing his hands on my waist and his chin on top of head.

I took a deep breath before giving him a fake smile, "I think I'm about to start my period. I have an overflow of emotions right now; I guess they're just taking over for a while."

He was used to hearing about periods by now. I mean he's gone and bought me muggle tampons before, that's true friendship right there.

"Well if you need anything you know I'm always going to be here for you. I love you," he said, kissing the top of my head before leaving the room.

I sat on the ground and tried to catch my breath. This by was seriously going to be the death of me.

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