LILY

So that's weird. I mean the whole Scorpius thing. I always said that I hated him but as you can probably tell I'm a pretty judgmental person. I really didn't know much about him. He seems interesting with the whole sarcastic/cynical attitude. And he is well frankly speaking absolutely gorgeous. But I like the good guys, like Frank. He's nice and cute in a round-cheeked wholesome sort of way. Nothing like Malfoy with that permanent sneer and those flashing grey eyes.

He just stared at me the whole class long. I wondered if Lucy had put something in my hair or made it smell or something. That kid was scary. We had our morning break so Lorcan and I went toward the Great Hall.

'Hey does my hair smell?' I asked him.

He picked up a bit and put it under his nose. 'No, why would you think it did?'

'Oh it's nothing just thought Lucy might've done something'.

'You're really strange you know,' he said laughing as he slung his arm around my neck.

It felt kind of good and I imagined what it would be like if we were actually together, in that way. It honestly didn't seem so terrible. Maybe I do have a tiny crush on him. No no. I like Frank Longbottom right? Cute, nice and available Frank Longbottom. We reached the entrance hall when we met Andrea, accompanied by an uncomfortable Nick.

'Hi' I said feeling a little awkward. That was nothing to what I felt seconds later when Andrea and Lorcan started passionately kissing.

'Do you want to go in,' I asked Nick knowing how weird this must feel. I mean it was one of her best friends making out with her ex-boyfriend. She nodded and we walked into the Great Hall. Seating during the morning break isn't as strict as it is in the evening or during lunch so we went and sat with Ariana at the Hufflepuff table.

'Hello,' she said with a smile making space next to her. Nick, Ria and I are really close, well we were at least, until last year. Fourth Year was an absolute mess. Nicky dated Lorcan and Ariana messed around with Rohan. It did not end well. Ria didn't really want a serious relationship and started avoiding Rohan and Lorcan and Nick had huge arguments, you should have heard some of them. Nick kept going off about something completely pointless and Lorcan would just sit there looking more annoyed by the second. And Ria and Ro, well that was actually a little sad; because they used to be best friends and it all sort of fell apart. And no one really had time for me so I spent a lot of time in the library.

Then I really messed up. So one night after Ariana and Rohan had their usual fight about whether or not to actually be in a relationship he came up to the library. I had just finished a really difficult Potions essay so I really wasn't thinking straight. That's not really a good excuse for what I did though, but I was tired and he was the first person who had actually listened to me in six months. And it was so easy and we talked for an hour. We avoided talking about Ariana and just talked about light stuff. He told me about his dog and how she was going to have puppies and how excited he was. Yeah so I know you're probably thinking that it's weird that a sixth year was talking to a fourth year about puppies but it was nice. We talked about Quidditch (we're both on our house teams) and we even talked about how much his sister annoys him. Then when we really had to get back to our common rooms we stood up and just hugged each other. Suddenly his hands cupped my face and he kissed me. We broke apart, I mumbled something about having to get back, and I gathered my books and ran. I went back to the common room and just lay on one of the couches. And after that evening we stopped talking. I knew he told Ria; he's honest like that. But still every time I saw him with Ariana I would feel so terrible, I started avoiding both of them and it was only during the summer that Ria and I finally patched things up. She had broken it off properly and we just talked. Honestly stuff like this is easier when you're writing letters and you don't actually have to see the person. She forgave me and we made up, but it wasn't the same.

Yes so getting back to break. 'How was your first seventh year History of Magic class?' Ria asked.

'Okay, I have Scorpius Malfoy in it though. I don't even know why he's taking it; every time I turned back he was either looking out of the window or staring at me. I know it's weird that I'm taking History at a NEWT level but really he was just rude.'

'Oh and Al told me to tell you, it's Quidditch tryouts next week,' Ria said.

Okay so I love Quidditch and I'm actually not that bad at it. I've been in every house teams since my Third Year, but sometimes I feel like I'm obligated to play, because mum played for the Harpies and for England and dad was the youngest seeker that played for Gryffindor in something like a hundred and fifty years. My whole family plays Quidditch. Every captain for the last ten years has been a member of my family, or as good as. Teddy Lupin my dad's godson and basically one of my brothers was captain followed by Victoire. Dom came next and then James became one of the youngest captains since Oliver Wood. Al got the captaincy this year and everyone expects me to get it next year and then after me Hugo and so on and so forth until our children come to school and become little Quidditch captains themselves. It's a lot of pressure.