LILY

'So since I'll be leaving next year, I figured I should give you this.' Al said handing me an old looking piece of parchment.

'I have all the stationery I need Al' I said looking at the yellowing paper. 'And besides it doesn't really look like I could get much use out of it. It's kind of old.'

'It's not just a piece of paper' Al said, with an air of impatience.

'Then what is it?' I asked.

'It's a map. James gave it to me last year. It basically shows you Hogwarts and everyone in it. All you have to say is "I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good" and you can see everything. I wish I had this sooner, could've gotten me out of a lot of trouble,' he said wistfully.

We were on the train back to Hogwarts and Al had asked me to come see him about something important.

'Go on try it' Al said expectantly. 'You have to tap it with your wand'

'Okay I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good.' The minute I tapped the parchment a detailed map of Hogwarts appeared, along with the locations of everyone in the castle.

'Merlin' I gasped 'you can even see the ghosts'

'Pretty cool right?'

'How did I not know about this before?' I asked, curious. I mean you would think someone would tell me about the magical map.

'Well it's sort of passed down through generations of Potters and everyone figured it would be better if it was kept a secret. It was created by our granddad James. Remember the stories dad used to tell us about how he snuck out of the school and went to the Shrieking Shack and Hogsmeade? Well he had a little help from the map.'

I was actually kind of mad about the fact that no one had bothered to tell me about the cool map but I was also curious.

'Why are you giving it to me now? We still have a couple of months left of school.'

'Well I've gotten as much out of it as I can, and I'll still have to borrow it sometime, mind you. There are certain things I must do that Professor Fawcett might not... ahem… understand.'

'Eww I really don't need to hear about you doing one of my best friends' I said a little grossed out.

'How did you know? Did Scorpius say something? I am going to kill him.'

'No what would…' then it dawned on me 'Oh God Al, the night of the party? Really? Both your families were about ten feet away the whole time.'

'Would you rather I did it when the prefects and professors are patrolling the halls?' he said smirking a bit. Scorpius was rubbing off on him.

'I would rather you didn't do anything at all. It's gross'

'You really can't talk Lil, what with you making mooneyes at Scorpius all the time. He is one of my best friends you know and that is really gross' he said mocking me a bit.

'Oh shut up. We aren't even dating'

'Yet.' Al said.

'Let's just go find the others okay.' I said feeling rather embarrassed.

I squished in between Scor and Lysander. Al laughed at me. And I just glared. Merlin I had only known the boy for six months and my idiot brother was already planning our honeymoon. Everyone was talking about the upcoming Quidditch match. In a week Slytherin and Gryffindor were going to face each other in what was basically the final. If Slytherin won they would win the cup for the first time in five years. If Gryffindor lost Al would be responsible for the first Gryffindor defeat in nearly half a decade. We hadn't lost a Quidditch Cup since Dom's disastrous first year as captain. And my whole family was coming to watch. So no pressure. The door slid open.

'Nicky' I jumped up to hug her. 'Why didn't you come for the party? I missed you.' Patrick Finnegan followed her into the compartment. I looked at her quizzically.

She nodded slightly and smiled shyly. They managed to find space in the already stuffed compartment.

'So I got the mail saying the floo networks were down. Is that why they had to run the train?' she asked.

'Yep' I nodded. 'No one knows what happened but after Herman Breakwater almost blew up they decided to suspend all floo travel and communication.'

'Lorcan I swear nothing happened.' I heard someone whine from right outside the compartment.

'Really? Then please explain why your tongue was shoved down Bole's throat.'

'We were just talking.'

'Telepathically?'

'It's just a misunderstanding.'

'How is me catching you snogging another bloke a misunderstanding?'

'Andrew and I are just friends.'

'Just go away Andrea.'

It was all too much for us and the entire compartment including Nick started laughing hysterically. The two idiots finally noticed whose compartment they were standing outside and turned bright red. They stalked off in different directions. Though I had secretly been hoping this to happen for a long time, I felt absolutely nothing. It was just really funny. I was definitely over Lorcan.

a/n: i'm sorry I know this chapter is very short, but I just can't really think properly now. Please tell me what you think though :)