When Albus entered the classroom for Potions, he didn't expect her to be in the front row. She seemed to be trying to make a statement, front row and the first thing anybody saw when walking through the door.

The substitute finished talking and Scorpius turned his chair so that he was facing Al and Rose. "What the letter say mate?" He asked and suddenly Al remembered the letter his parents had sent.

"I don't know, I'll read it later, wouldn't be able to focus on the words anyways." Al rubbed his temples trying to merely will away the headache.

"Ahh, this wouldn't happen to have anything to do with the magnificent brunette who decided it was time for a seat change, does it?" Scorpius teased. From the beginning it had been Scorpius who had been the biggest advocate for Albus to finally kiss the girl. After the break-up he had been forced to choose a side, and since that day he had always been a little bitter that his best friend had forced him to make such a choice. It made sense for Rose to pick Al's side, but it was a hard decision for Scorpius and he always feared that his friends didn't understand just how much their friendship meant to him. Never had he thought that he would be civil with the Potters, but actually able to spend the summer at their house, that wasn't even a possibility as a dream to him.

Despite the side Scorpius had chosen, he always hinted to Al that he had made a mistake, hoping that one day, Al would finally admit that he had.

"Shut up." Al whispered.

"Does anyone have any idea who the guy next to her is?" Rose asked curiously.

"Donovan Jackson, he moved into our dorm last night, cool guy but he asks a lot of questions." Scorpius answered, remembering the previous night.

"Don't they always though, I mean they always want to know about the war from the perspective of the children." Rose rolled her eyes, it was all too predictable.

"Yes, that would make sense, wouldn't it? But all he wanted to know, was about the girl who ate alone." Scorpius looked at Albus' reaction.

"Why does he want to know about her?" Albus was intrigued but refused to show interest so he let Rose ask her questions.

"Well, he was actually pretty angry at us for abandoning her like that." Scorpius didn't say it aloud, but his anger towards the subject was well known.

"Yeah, but he doesn't know shit about what happened. Neither does anyone else in this damn castle, no one told them to ignore her, they made that choice on their own. I can't be held responsible." Albus managed to keep his voice at an angry whisper before storming out of the class.

The anger slowly subsided as he got further away from the class. Why did she sit in the front? Was something really different, had she finally moved on?

Why did it feel like suddenly the life they had built to avoid each other and the walls around themselves were being pulled down brick by brick?

She had decided to make a point by sitting in that seat today, by sitting in his seat. Not just the seat next to his or close, but that exact seat. She knew what she was doing, and he understood loud and clear the meaning of her actions.

If she thought she had won by throwing off his game, but two can play. He refused to lose. So, knowing that his friends had gathered his belongings, he headed to his next class and watched her, planning his next move.

He knew she wouldn't appear at lunch, and predictably she went to visit Hagrid. He watched as she left his cabin, heading towards the Greenhouses. He too headed in that direction.

"Nice to have you Mr. Jackson. You are certainly deciding to make quite an impression by befriending the like of her." He listened at the door as Neville spoke.

"Sorry sir, but it sounded almost as if I should be afraid." The new kid replied, Albus couldn't help but smile at what his godfather said next.

"Son, if you aren't afraid, you haven't met my godson yet. He is the jealous type and is more than a little protective of her." That was an understatement, if anything happened to her, who know what he would do. Again he almost laughed aloud at Alisha's annoyance over his protectiveness. Even if they were still together she would have been upset, she hated to be thought of as a burden and hated even more to have someone think they had to protect her. Especially after people began fawning over her after what happened with her father.

That was another reason he knew she would be alright if he left, she would survive. He listened as his godfather called him an idiot, time for his grand entrance.

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Admitantley she had beat him again, she knew to wave the boy in his face and it took all he had no to show his jealousy, so politely he excused himself from the conversation.

He was still trying to calm his heartbeat when his friends arrived. Unfortunately they knew him well enough to see something was wrong.

"What's up mate?" Scorpius asked while slapping his friend lightly on the back.

"I talked to her," They didn't bother asking who, only one girl could invoke that reaction.

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Ok, so this was a really short chapter, I usually try to make it 1,000 thousand words at the least, even with this message it probably won't make it that far. Next chapter should be the one in which they hold the Perfect's meeting, sorry that I haven't been able to reach that far. But it will most definitely be in the next chapter. Plus, two chapters in one day, I know I should have just made it the same chapter. And if you didn't realize that there is a chapter before this one that you haven't read, sorry.
Will Update soon,
The StoryWriter