DISCLAIMER: I don't own Harry Potter.

Hey, everybody. I just wanted to say that I lost interest in their first year, but I'm going strong with their second year! I'm taking this one a little bit slower, which might help and as such, here I go. Read, Review and Enjoy!

You can go
You can start all over again
You can try to find a way to make another day go by
You can hide
Hold all your feelings inside
You can try to carry on when all you want to do is cry

I quickly realized after the sorting that it doesn't really matter how much I hate someone, they will always come into my life at some point. Take for instance my cousin, Scorpius Malfoy, he was sorted into Gryffindor. How the heck does that work out?! And another time was when we were all starting on the feast and the wonderful duo Raine and Chloe decided to pop into my life. Again! Maybe this doesn't happen to you, but it sure does happen to me and I would wish anything to make it stop! As soon as I started to think those things, Raine burst my bubble with her annoying presence. "Hey, Acacia. How was your summer?" she asked in a sickly sweet voice.

"What do you care, Raine?" I asked harshly, narrowing my eyes and looking at her straight in the face.

"Aw. Don't be so touchy," Chloe spat at me. Aspen rounded to her and looked as though she could slap the both of them in the face. But I looked at her and discreetly shook my head, at which time she turned back to her food and stabbed moodily at a piece of steak-and-kidney pie.

"Anyway. We came over here to congratulate Scorpius on getting into Gryffindor, not to talk to you simpletons," Raine said harshly. I narrowed my eyes but gestured for her to get on with it.

James raised his eyebrow with questions written evidently on his face, but didn't say a word. I just looked down at my plate and stabbed a potato with my fork. It helped that I didn't lose my temper with her, but she was still as annoying as a fly buzzing around your head would be. I looked at Rose who looked like she was about to fall asleep. She smiled at me, but then looked down at her own plate. I then looked at the head table and saw McGonagall staring at me. I knew that this should be weird, but for some reason it wasn't. There had to be a reason she was staring at me, and it would eventually get out. Someway or another.

XoXo

And maybe someday
We'll figure all this out
Try to put an end to all our doubt
Try to find a way to make things better now and
Maybe someday we'll live our lives out loud
We'll be better off somehow
Someday

We had finished with the feast and were walking back to the common room, when someone clutched my hand. I turned around and there was the guy I had seen on the train. What was his name? T-T-T-Tristan! That was it! He looked at me and smiled. I looked into his green eyes and I automatically got lost in them. "You never told me your name," he said sweetly, while trying to be mysterious.

"Maybe I don't want random tripping thirteen-year-olds to know my name," I said just as sweetly. He raised an eyebrow and then laughed. James heard him and looked back, glaring at the both of us. I shrugged and then looked back at Tristan. "Your hand is cold!" I said as I ripped it from his grasp. He shrugged and then went back to trying to weasel my name out.

"But, if you don't tell me your name, how can I call you by it?" he said expertly.

I shrugged and smiled at him. "I guess you can't." He pouted and then walked away.

"Maybe another day then," he said hopefully.

"Maybe," I answered, turning away and then sidling up to James. "Are you going to do that every time a random guy comes up to me and talks to me?" I asked, shoving him with my arm. He smiled and shook his head.

"That wasn't just any guy, Acacia. That was Tristan!" James pouted, looking at me with his stunning blue eyes. I just raised my eyebrows and wondered why he was being so petty. "I thought you said that you weren't going to mess around with him."

"James! I'm twelve! What do you want me to do?! He came up to me! Not everything is my fault!" I yelled, making people turn their heads. I paid no attention to that and just stared straight into his eyes.

"All right. We're going against the promise we made this morning. How about if he comes up to you again, you talk and I won't be offended, okay?" James said, trying to make a deal out of this.

"No! You're not going to be possessive of me! I am Acacia Lestrange and I can do whatever the hell I want!" I said sternly, my mother pouring out of every pore in my body. He took a step back and I just walked up to where Aspen, Fred, Albus and Rose were walking/

XoXo

Now wait
And try to find another mistake
If you throw it all away then maybe you can change your mind
You can run, oh
And when everything is over and done
You can shine a little light on everything around you
Man it's good to be so warm

We stepped into the common room and immediately sat down on the warm couches in front of the fire. James was the last one in and it looked like he was sorry for what he had said before. I guess he still didn't know that just because I was twelve and a girl, that didn't mean that I couldn't make my own decisions. He sat down next to me and I just folded my arms in front of my chest and refused to look at him. "Acacia?" he asked in a small voice, that's when I knew he was sorry. I finally turned to look at him and he smiled at me. "Can we talk?"

"We can talk here, yes. But I'm not going anywhere else to talk!" I spat. He nodded and then sat cross-legged on the couch.

"Fine. That's fine. Um, I know it was wrong of me to say that we could make a deal out of it, and I just wanted to apologize. Do you forgive me?" he asked, his voice returning to a normal twelve-year-olds.

"Sure. Just as long as you promise not to make anymore stupid remarks like that again," I said, finally turning to look at him. He smiled and nodded. And then Aspen and Fred decided to start a chant along with Albus and Rose.

"Hug! Hug! Hug! Hug!" they said over and over again until we finally did. We hugged for five seconds and then looked at Albus, Scorpius and Rose.

"What are you three still doing up? Go to bed!" James said sternly. Albus opened his mouth and started to make a reply.

"You're only a year older than us! Why do you get to stay up later?!" he complained. James rolled his eyes and then made another snappy remark.

"Because we're a year older! Just go to bed and everything will be okay, all right Al?" James said smoothly. I had to hand it to him; he knew how to calm his brother down. Albus and Scorpius begrudgingly turned around and marched up the stairs.

"You're horrible!" Rose said angrily as she marched up the other set of stairs.

"Way to get everyone against you, James!" I said with a laugh. James smirked and nodded.

"That's what my life is for, Acacia!" James said laughingly. Everyone started to laugh at that.

Aspen yawned then and decided it was time to go to bed. I followed her, because I was starting to get tired again. James stared after us and then went to bed too. I quickly undressed and then pulled my pajamas on, laughing with Aspen the entire time. I then crawled into my bed, pulling the covers over my body, sending warmth to tingle down the length of my body. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I realized how tired I was. I fell asleep quickly and easily.

XoXo

And i don't want to wait
I just want to know
I just want to hear you tell me so
Give it to me straight
Tell it to me slow

Cause maybe someday
We'll figure all this out
We'll put an end to all our doubt
Try to find a way to just feel better now and
Maybe someday we'll live our lives out loud
We'll be better off somehow
Someday

[x2]
Cause sometimes we don't really notice
Just how good it can get
So maybe we should start all over
Start all over again