Soooooooooooooo sorry for the super duper late post! I just haven't had much time to sit down a type! Hope you like it! And reviews are always nice!

Jenni was beginning to feel utterly miserable. Spring break had come to a quick end and the school year seemed to be wrapping itself up within a few weeks. Since the boys had come back from break Jenni had hardly spoken with them, and felt a ting in her stomach due to being aloof from them. Granted, she knew she was the one freezing them out because of their sudden change of break plans – which irritated her more than she knew it should have.

The boys have tried to talk to her, but after a month of her silent treatment they've given up and settled on only saying phrases along to the lines of "Hi, how are you?" and "Can you hand me that piece of parchment?" They decided to have her come to them and make amends rather than the reverse; after all it was her who's throwing the fit.

It was late into a Friday night as Jenni was finishing up homework in the dormitory when Melanie bursts into the room, "You need to stop this."

Jenni looks up at her friend, perplexed. "Oh, don't give me that face," Melanie demands, "You know exactly what I'm talking about."

"Oh," Jenni says, sensing a rant coming on.

"You can't just go on around the castle expecting something to suddenly make things better. You're mad at them for not telling you their late plans. Yes, they should have made these plans earlier, but what can you say – it's James and Fred, what else do you expect?" she continued, "you've gotten so mopey and grumpy it's become really annoying to the rest of us who are having fun and trying to bring you into the fun."

Jenni shouted, "Well excuse me if I don't think gossiping every minute of the lives of people I don't know of inside this giant castle is fun!"

"See this is exactly what I mean by grumpy!"

"I don't care about being grumpy or being childish for that matter. All I care about is the fact that two of my best friends changed plans on me at the last minute! Plans the three of us made before Christmastime and lied to me about the reason they left!" Jenni cried with furious tears falling down her face. Melanie forgot all about what she was going to say and focused on her hurting friend.

"I didn't know that," Melanie whispered.

"Yeah, well… they aren't completely out of the fault," she mumbled bitterly.

"How do you know they lied? I mean, yes they lie of course, but to you? That just doesn't seem possible," Melanie said stunned.

"I've known them my entire life and I know them through and through. I can easily tell when they lie, even though they've rarely lied to me," Jenni disappointedly said.

"Well, why don't you talk to them about it?" Melanie asked.

"It's because they would only lie about lying. Or they'll make up an entirely stupid new lie to hide the real reason. Like I said, I know them," she pointed.

"Do you have any idea what you're going to do?" she questioned. Jenni shook her head at her in uncertainty.

A couple of weeks went by since Melanie and Jenni's conversation in their room, and tension was building, not just between James, Fred, and Jenni, but throughout the castle as the school year was coming to an end and finals creeping around the corner. The boys were feeling desperate to have Jenni back, and not just because they need her help and focus for the exams. And, whenever Jenni found herself bored from studying in her room she had to retrain herself from going down to the common room to see if James and Fred are cracking jokes. But, little did they know how much the other longed to be in their company.

The final day before her first exam, Jenni was studying like crazy to absorb everything imaginable into her brain about every subject. She was just about to give up from stress when she feels someone tap her on her shoulder.

"Can we join you?" asked a timid voice. She turned around to see if the voice matched up with the face she thought, and gave a small smile at the two people standing nervously with books in arms.

"Sure, after all, I need something to keep me from breaking down," she replied.

James and Fred smile with relief and sit opposite her. "Studying Transfiguration?" Fred asks, and she nods in reply.

"Good," James sighs, "that's what we need your help with."

"I'm always here to help," Jenni smiles. The three continued to study together, testing one another, reading chapters, and laughing over jokes they would tell each other throughout the study session. Once they had finished, it was nearly dinner so they walked with each other to the Great Hall. When they entered Melanie and Scarlett were saving a seat for Jenni, but when they saw who was accompanying her, they made more room and were beaming at Jenni.

"Hey you three," Scarlett said with her eyes dancing as the three sat down to eat.

"Hello," all three replied, giving Scarlett a suspicious stare.

"What have you three been up to?" she asked curiously.

"Studying for tomorrow's exam. I think we're prepared, or at least I am," Jenni replied.

"Yeah I feel good about it," Said Fred.

"Me too," James agreed.

"Scarlett, quit the questions," Melanie said with a roll of her eyes.

"Fine, fine," she said, "I was only curious."

After the five friends finished eating they walked up to the common room, sat around the fire and caught up with each other considering the few months Jenni, James, and Fred froze out their friendship. When Melanie and Scarlett had gone up to go to bed, Jenni stayed behind with her gnawing questions in mind.

The boys were making conversation about numerous topics: how they know Teddy and their cousin Victoire are bound to date each other, how the exams are going to be hard, and how they can't wait until school's out and go back home. Throughout their conversation, Jenni was plucking up the courage to ask about the reason why they left for break.

"Why did you lie?" she asked quietly.

"Sorry?" Fred and James asked in unison.

"Why did you lie?" she repeated audibly.

"About what?" Fred inquired.

"Leaving for break."

"We didn't lie," James said.

"Don't lie now," she warned.

The boys gave each other a look saying 'you tell her'. Meanwhile silence rose between the trio.

"Alright," James started, "we didn't really leave because we were attached to our family. We left because… well... we didn't want to deal with Finny boy. We wanted a week away from him."

Jenni didn't buy it, however she wasn't going to fight it. If they weren't going to tell her the real reason for leaving, then she wasn't going to waste her breath hassling them for the truth. She convinced herself from this experience that every friendship must have secrets, even when that friendship seemed to be the most transparent of relationships.

"All right, that makes sense. I would probably have done that too if I couldn't handle a roommate," she replied with a tone of understanding. However in her mind she was thinking about how ridiculous that reason would be if true. She wouldn't leave a friend no matter how much she may dislike a roommate. It isn't worth leaving. She now knows that not everybody is exactly how they seem.