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Done with my rant. Read and review please!

Izzy's POV:

Hey Izzy,

Hope you're having an awesome

day! How's school? Do you have friends (other than Alby, of course)? Are you learning anything useful? Is anyone being mean to you? Because I'll come and beat them up for you.

Trent's birthday is coming up. What if I sent him a package that exploded in his face or something? Haha. Are you coming home for Christmas, or spending break with the Potters? You should definitely come home, or I might cry.

Fishstick and me miss you SO much! Come home soon.

Smell ya later,

Marie

I scanned back over my sister's letter again, laughing softly to myself. Truth was, I'd forgotten about Trent's birthday on December 2nd. Yeah, I was a bad sister. Whoops.

I folded the paper carefully and set it in my trunk, then pulled on my clothes, braided my hair, and trotted down the stairs.

I looked around the common room for the familiar head of messy, black hair. Spotting it, I walked over and sat down by all.

"First Quidditch match today," he informed me, "against Slytherin."

I groaned. Gryffindor-Slytherin matches were the worst. The players got completely vicious; some Slytherin beater had completely knocked James, our keeper, off of his broom last time. Nasty fall…

Al looked down at me, his untidy hair covering his green eyes. "Oh, I'll be careful, don't worry." His tone was obviously supposed to be reassuring, but I knew better than to believe him. He said that every time.

"Right…"I responded unsurely. "But if you go and get yourself killed, I will not feel the least bit sorry for you. You all just get way too violent out there."

Al just laughed. "Izzy, we both know you'd miss me!" he joked.

"Whatever," I scoffed. "Hey, I need to grab a sweater, but do you want to go outside? It's so nice out," I asked Albus.

"Sure, meet you back down here in a minute," he said, and we both went up to our separate dorms.

I trotted up to the sixth year room and grabbed my jacket. I shared my room with just two other girls: Allison Creevey and Melissa Jackson. I liked Allison good enough; she was really nice and pretty funny, actually. Melissa, on the other hand…we just didn't get along.

I found Al waiting on me in the common room, and we made our way to the lake. As we were walking around the clear blue water, watching tentacles occasionally break the glassy surface, I felt a drop of water hit my head. I looked up abruptly.

Suddenly, it was pouring. I laughed loudly, glancing at Al. He was just looking at me curiously.

"I love the rain!" I explained, but started up towards the castle anyways. I saw a flash of lightning, heard a roll of thunder. I stopped in my tracks, smiling widely and spinning, the rain trickling down my cheeks. I heard Albus laugh at me, and I looked up at him. He was just grinning down at me.

"I'm cold!" he complained. "And you're insane," he told me, laughing. "Come on, we're going inside," Al told me, grabbing my hand and pulling me to the castle. I giggled some more as we made our way back.

We got to the doors, and Al released my hand. I muttered a quick spell, drying off both of our clothes. Al and I went back up to the common room, warming up by the fire. We must have talked for a few hours there, because Al looked at his watch and yawned.

"It's late," Al informed me, "and I have a big game tomorrow. Can't have our star seeker too tired to find the snitch!" He grinned crookedly at me.

"Yeah, yeah. Don't get too big of a head, or else that broom might not hold you up tomorrow," I told him, smiling slightly. "Well, go get your beauty sleep, Al."

He rolled his eyes at me. "Good night to you, too, Izzy," he muttered.

I just laughed at him as I made my own way up to the dormitory.

A/N: So, this was mostly a filler chapter. Sorry it's so short. Next one's gonna have some action, some drama…ya know. It should be longer. And yeah, I know this chapter was all kinda random, but…whatever. I might put up another chapter today, if it affects anyone's life. I don't have much else to do, but no promises.

Also, there's this story called It's Your Life, Live It by UpxInxThexClouds. It's pretty cute, so you should check it out. Sounds like this author is feeling pretty discouraged 'cause no one will review, and she's written 5 chapters. Been there, done that, right? Anyway, look it up!

As always, read and review and I'll love you forever!