LILY

After that lovely little chat with Malfoy (oh well at least it's good to know that I'm not the only one who thinks Andrea's an idiot) I went to the common room and flopped on to a chair. 'What's wrong Lils?' I heard Al ask.

'Did you know that Hugo had a girlfriend?' I asked him. 'And did you know that it was Nyx Nott?'

Al started laughing. 'No I did not, but I'm sure Hugo knows what he's doing. He's a big boy. You have to stop worrying about him.'

Just then Hugo tumbled in through the portrait hole. 'Hey guys' he said looking annoyed. 'What happened Hugo, saw you with your girlfriend. Thought you'd be back a little later.' The words sort of just tumbled out of my mouth. I swear I didn't mean to sound this stupid.

His expression changed to one of guilt. 'We… erm got caught by the… err the new Head Boy. I meant to be mad at him for dating one of the Furies (Rachel, Deino and Lavinia all hags from hell so Furies was a perfect name for them) little sister but he just looked so funny I just laughed. 'It's okay Hugo' I said, 'I guess you know what you're doing.'

Al just looked relieved; I bet he thought I would fly off the handle. I had inherited my mum's temper, which could lead to pretty big scenes. After a bit I saw Rose coming in through the portrait hole too.

'Hey Rosie' I said. 'Hey' she answered barely looking at me. She ran up to her dormitory and was back down seconds later with her clothes. She rushed back out. Oh well I bet she had patrolling to do or something. The Heads always had to stay out pretty late so she must have needed a shower to stay up. I looked around people had already started heading up towards the dormitories. I didn't see Frank, so he must've turned in early.

'Nick' I yelled when I walked in the door. I threw my arms around the tiny brunette. 'Hi hi hi!' she said excitedly. 'Oh Lils I have so much to tell you' I laughed. 'Well we have all night' I said. She was already in her pajamas. Veronica Anderson was American. She was also muggleborn. She moved to Hogwarts two years ago when her parents shifted. She used to go to the American Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, before that an ordinary public school.

She's adorable and she talks an awful lot. 'Slow down, Nick' I laughed.

'Sorry sorry,' she said 'but anyway so I was basically cut off from everyone these holidays 'cause my mum sent me all the way to Boston to stay with my grandma. Anyway you'll never guess who I stayed in touch with most the whole summer.'

'Who?' I asked curious.

'Patrick Finnegan.'

'What?' I said, surprised. Patrick Finnegan was the half Indian, half Irish boy in our year. He was cute but very shy.

'You got him to talk?' I asked.

She blushed. 'Well I got him to write.'

'You like him don't you?' I asked smiling.

'Kinda' she said grinning back at me.

Oh how cute. So they're probably going to end up together and I'll just be the only single person in my dorm. Again.

'Oh and Andy said she wanted to join us next Hogsmeade visit.' I barely managed to conceal a grimace at her words. So I should probably tell you that everyone loves Andrea Thomas. Except me, and Scorpius Malfoy I guess. Nick and Andrea are pretty close. It's mostly because they're both obsessed with their hair and use large quantities of makeup, but when Nick talks about stuff like that it's cute. When Andrea talks about stuff like that I usually just want to hex her.

'I think you should go by yourself' I said 'I promised Rose I would help her with some Head Girl stuff that week.'

'Okay' she said looking unconvinced. 'Do you like Lorcan?' She asked completely out of the blue.

'No!' I said vehemently. 'We're just really good friends, that's all'

'Really because you don't like Andy much and whenever I suggest hanging out with her you always have somewhere to be or something to do. You also make weird faces when I mention her name. I said the word "candy" once and you glared at me.' She said, all in one breath.

'Relax,' I told her. Just because I don't like Andrea much it doesn't mean that I'm in love with Lorcan. And in any case it would never work out Lorcan only goes for dumb girls.'

I looked at her face. Shite. She's Lorcan's ex.

'I'm sorry Nicky. No I swear I didn't mean that.'

'It's okay,' she said coldly. I'm kinda tired. I think I'm going to go to bed. Goodnight Lily.'

Fuck I am actually way stupider than anyone Lorcan has ever dated. I quickly changed into my pajamas and got into bed. I worry about myself sometimes.