AN: It's not a very long chapter, but Alyssa finally get what she deserves. Sadly, it has a few downsides.
Disclaimer: -glances around- my disclaimer seems to be missing...oh yes, it's in the first chapter just waiting to be read. Please, do so.
Thomas straitened his tie, taking the extra time to glare at Roxanne as she fixed his messy hair.
"Honestly, you're worse then my Uncle Harry and Albus, hair all over the place constantly, if we want Alyssa to flirt with you, we want you to look like you groom yourself" Roxanne muttered, trying to smooth out his hair. To her annoyance, when she smoothed it down, it just popped right back into it's original place.
"It always looks that way!" Thomas yelled, shoving her arms down.
Lily snorted loudly from her place on the couch.
"Why did we have to do this in the Hufflepuff common room? Couldn't we go to a bathroom or something? Hufflepuffs are giving me dirty looks" Thomas muttered. The Hufflepuff common room was the only place they could think of where there was no risk of Alyssa or Lysander hearing their plan, and with Scorpius being a Hufflepuff, they had easy access.
A first year walked into the common room, saw Thomas, and darted up the stairs quickly.
"What did I do?" he asked Lily, who giggled.
"You're a Slytherin, Thomas, they're just not used to seeing you hanging around in here, is all. Plus, that first year seems to be afraid of every little thing that crosses her path. Saw Hagrid yesterday and screamed bloody murder and ran off towards the castle again" she replied, shaking her head.
Thomas let out a long sigh and looked at Roxanne.
"Why am I doing this, again?" he asked.
"Because Alyssa Finnigan makes all of our lifes miserable and you want Lysander out of her clutches just as badly as the rest of us" Roxanne responded. Thomas blinked at her, obviously confused. "Who is Lysander?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
Lily groaned loudly and threw herself backwards onto the couch.
"Lysander Scamander, twin brother of Lorcan Scamander, both Ravenclaws, one of our best friends, blonde hair, freakishly tall, blue eyes...any of this ringing a bell?" Roxanne asked. Thomas looked deep in thought for a minute, before he smiled brightly.
"You mean the two blondes who race around her looking for Nargles?" he asked, seeming proud of himself for remembering who they were.
Roxanne smirked.
"Yes, that's them, alright. They're a little strange at times, but they're great. At least they would be if Lysander would ever pull his head far enough out of his arse to see that his girlfriends a menace to everyone and everything around her" she said.
"Someone's actually dating her? That's amusing" Thomas muttered, rolling his eyes.
Roxanne finally seemed happy with his tie and his hair, and she took a step away from him, smiling brightly.
"Alright, Zabini, here's how it's going to work, all you have to do is get Alyssa to admit that she doesn't care about Lysander. Flirt with her, anything you can think of" Lily said, standing up and walking over to them.
Thomas opened his mouth to ask exactly how he was supposed to do that, but Roxanne started pushing him towards the exit.
"We're off to Hogsmeade, my friend" Lily said, patting his shoulder as they exited the common room and both girls grabbed one of his arms, pulling him down the corridor. He struggled to keep up, thinking that it was going to be a long day.
Once in Hogsmeade, the three looked around for any signs of Alyssa.
"Where would you normally find a she-beast?" Lily asked herself quietly. "The depths of hell" Roxanne muttered in response. Thomas bit his lip to keep from laughing and pointed. Alyssa was leaning against the building across from them, talking to one of her friends, laughing loudly.
"Fantastic work, Zabini, now go over there and ask her to talk or something while I go find Lysander, alright?" Roxanne asked, patting his shoulder. Thomas opened his mouth to respond, but before he could, Roxanne and Lily both raced off.
"Will I ever get to speak?" he asked quietly, before putting on his best charming smile and marching over to Alyssa.
"Hello Alyssa, I've come to apologize, I was horribly rude to you yesterday" he said as soon as he reached her. A smile covered Alyssa's face, and she giggled, winking at her friend before grabbing his arm and pulling him to the side of the building into the small alleyway.
"I knew you'd come around, Thomas" Alyssa said, smirking as she leaned forward to kiss him.
"But wait, I just have one question, aren't you dating that Scamander boy? Lysander, I believe his name is?" Thomas asked, praying that Roxanne and Lily showed up. He saw them just outside the alley, holding Lysander by the shoulders. Roxanne gave him a thumbs up and he focused his attention back on Alyssa.
"The only reason I'm doing anything with Scamander is to make Potter upset, and snogging you will have the same effect, only with that Weasley girl who seems to want get under my skin" Alyssa said, waving a hand in the air.
Thomas closed his eyes when he heard the gasp from Lysander and pushed Alyssa away.
She seemed a little shocked, but turned.
When she saw Lysander standing there with Lily and Roxanne, her jaw dropped open and she stuttered, trying to find an excuse.
"Save it for someone who cares, Finnigan, we're through" Lysander growled, turning and shoving past Lily roughly. "Lysander!" Lily yelled, a desprete tone in her voice. Lysander stopped for a moment, but shook his head and kept walking.
Lily bit her lip and turned in the opposite direction, pushing past Roxanne and storming away.
"I'll get you both for this" Alyssa growled, before she stormed off as well.
Thomas looked at Roxanne and raised an eyebrow.
"I think we might have done more damage then good" he said quietly. Roxanne looked at him, then looked to where Lily was hugging Molly, her face buried in her cousins neck. Molly looked up and met Roxanne's eyes and shook her head, a frown on her face.
Roxanne turned back to Thomas.
"I think you may be right" she whispered, before she turned and walked off down the street. Thomas sank to the ground against the building, letting out another loud sigh.
"I knew it was a horrible idea" he said, shaking his head. He heard footsteps, and a few seconds later, Alexander was sitting next to him.
"You do realize that after this Roxanne will give up because Lily's hurting, right?" Alexander asked. Thomas nodded his head. He knew that with Lily hurt, Roxanne would give up on anything else she had planned for Alyssa.
"You also realize that we now have to fix this?" Alexander asked.
Thomas stood up, holding out his hand to help Alexander up.
"Let's fix it, then"