Liliana's POV

"Julian! Julian!" I called up to the boys' dormitories, but no one answered. "Aw, come on, let's go, slowpoke!"

Slowly, Draco came down the stairs.

"What are you doing here?" I asked. "Alone? And late? Aren't you playing today?"

He gave me a look of annoyance and turned to leave.

I sighed and asked my question in a different way. "Where's Julian?" I yelled behind him.

"I'm here, Lily."

I looked up. "There you are! Finally! Come, let's go!" I took his sleeve and dragged him out of the common room.

"Someone's excited today," he commented, amused.

I gave him a look while smiling. "Hmmph. Let's go see how the Nimbus 2001s are doing."

(Time Skip)

"Well, that was something," Julian observed.

"I just wish I would been able to see a fair game between Slytherin and Gryffindor during my time in Hogwarts," I spoke, sighing. "It's seems nearly impossible."

"How did you get into Slytherin, Lily?" Julian suddenly asked, catching me off-guard.

"Oh?" I pondered the question for a bit, then smiled. "Because I belong here. Why do you ask?"

He shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe because...you're too nice?"

He said the last part quietly, so I pretended not to hear it.

"Lilyyy!" Tracey yelled, coming over to us. "How was the match? Why aren't you two in the hospital wing?"

"Why aren't you?" Julian asked.

Tracey scoffed. "I told Daphne to leave because my ears couldn't take it anymore, but she wanted to stay for Pansy. Honestly, she cries like an ostrich."

I tried my best to hold back my laughter. It worked.

"Potter might've gotten the snitch, but he's got plenty of bones-"

Tracey abruptly stopped talking at the sight of my sudden seriousness.

"Please don't talk that way about my brother again, thank you."

With that, I dragged Julian away for the second time that day. Why do I feel like I'll be doing that quite often in the future? Well, it must've been an instinct.

"You're still defending Potter?" Julian asked, making me stop in my tracks.

"You must be joking!!! Of course I will stand up for my family! Is that a question even?"

He shook his head. "Getting involved with Potter will do you more harm than good. Stay away from him."

"No." I backed away from him. "You don't tell me what to do. You can't make me turn my back on my family. I knew him before I knew you."

I ran towards the hospital wing, in hopes of finding Ron and Mione.

"You'll regret it!" he shouted after me.

No, I thought. I'll make sure I don't.