A/N: Thanks so much for being understanding, you guys. I really enjoy writing this story, and I'm glad it's appreciated.

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Carly and I were flicking Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans into each other's mouths. Jane was trying to snatch them out of the air while Georgie just relaxed and read a book I had lent her.

"Yes!" I fist pumped the air. I had made the last 10 shots I had taken. Carly, however, had just missed my face by a mile. "I'm winning."

Carly rolled her eyes and threw another bean at me. It bounced off my forehead. "Hey!"

I was about to throw one at her in retaliation when there was a knocking at our compartment door. It made me falter, and Jane managed to snatch the bean. She chewed it with a ridiculous grin on her face. I scowled at her before I looked to the door.

James Potter was pointing to the door handle. I sighed and let him in. "Yes?"

"I would like to speak with you for a moment, if your friends can spare you." He grinned at Jane, who had now taken my spot against Carly.

She waved us off, intent on catching as many jelly beans as she could. I followed James outside and closed the door. "What's up?"

"Mum and Elizabeth, Ary's mum, want you to come to the Burrow the day before New Year's Eve." He shrugged as he relayed this information.

I became suspicious. "Won't they owl me like they did last year?"

"Yes, but I also wanted to ask if you were hosting a New Year's party again." He smiled slightly.

I was now definitely suspicious. "James, you know I'm having another party. You offered to put up fliers in the hallways!"

He looked thoughtful for a minute, and then burst into laughter. "Oh, yeah."

I glared at him and crossed my arms over my chest. "What's going on, James? For real."

His gaze softened as his brown eyes met my own gray ones. "I guess I just wanted to speak with you, Linny. Is that a crime?"

I blushed. "No."

He smiled again. "So, should I tell my grandmum to expect you for dinner?"

I nodded. "I really like your family James, and I'm happy they like me, too." I paused and frowned thoughtfully. "Or, at least, I think they do."

He tugged on my ponytail playfully. "I know they do. See you around, Yank."

I grinned and waved at him as I opened the door to my compartment and stepped inside. Three eager faces awaited me. Carly spoke up first. "Well?"

I sighed as I sat down next to her. "I have a theory."

They looked at me expectantly.

"James Potter has been cursed so that he turns into a sweet and sensitive person on the train rides home," I announced, and helped myself to our quickly shrinking pile of jelly beans.

Jane scoffed. "He's just an idiot. But he likes you."

I munched thoughtfully on my jelly bean, which was thankfully strawberry flavored. "You know, I don't really know. Sometimes I believe it and others I don't. He says things that make me think he likes me, but his actions don't line up. He treats me like I'm one of the guys." I turned to Carly. "On that note, how's Jack?"

She straightened with a scowl on her face. "You saw him last."

I nodded, a small smile creeping onto my face. "And he said he thought you were the most beautiful, precious, and charming person he's ever met."

She flushed. "He did?"

I laughed. "No, but he was thinking it!"

Jane and Georgie rolled their eyes and giggled. Carly frowned. "How do you know?"

"I'm a Seer," I deadpanned. Carly threw a bean at my head, which I grabbed and popped into my mouth. "Seriously, though," I continued, "he looked happier this morning than he had after our last match. What's going on?"

Carly blushed and muttered something. Georgie was the only one who caught it. "YOU'RE GOING TO LIN'S PARTY WITH HIM?"

Jane and Georgie squealed with delight as I clapped Carly on the back. "Finally!"

"It's just one date!" She frowned, but soon brightened up. She laid an arm over my shoulders. "Don't worry, love, I'll still be seeing you every Wednesday up in the Astronomy Tower."

I snorted.

"Hey! I thought I was the love of your life, Lin!" Jane protested jokingly.

We three pretended to have a lover's quarrel as Georgie just looked on with a mixture of amusement and exasperation in her eyes. "Honestly, how I ever came to be friends with you lot is beyond me."

Jane hugged her tight. "It's because you were nice to us and so we leeched on to you and you haven't been able to shake us since."

"Sounds about right," Carly agreed as I nodded. Georgie burst into laughter.

"So," I began as I stretched out on the seat, "where are the boyfriends?"

Georgie smiled. "I'm going to his compartment in 15 minutes."

"I'm going in 5," Jane added.

"Traitors!" Carly exclaimed as she threw jelly beans at them both.

I rolled my eyes. "You'll soon be joining the club yourself, Hicks." I rummaged through my purse until I pulled out Pride and Prejudice. "I guess me and my lonesome will be having a date with Mr. Darcy."

Jane and Carly rolled their eyes. Georgie, however, looked thoughtful. "Isn't he a bit of a wanker?"

I immediately launched into a lecture about how he was severely misunderstood, while allowing that he was a jerk, but that ultimately the moral of the story was that love can create changes within people. I continued this rant, and didn't notice when Georgie and Jane both left. In fact, I only stopped when Carly threw a jelly bean at my head.

"Oi," she said, "I get it. Darcy's a wanker, and Elizabeth's a bitch, but it's alright in the end because they love each other."

"But," I protested, "it's so much more complicated! You have to take into account –"

"OI!" Carly threw another bean at my head. "Shut it. We've got half an hour before we pull into King's Cross, and I'd like to take a nap."

I huffed and turned to my book. "Mr. Darcy understands me."

Carly's response was to roll her eyes before she shut them.