annie's pov
"how do you reckon we should wake her up?" i heard someone say.
"leave it to me." another voice said.
someone took a deep breathe, and then-
"WAKE THE FORK UP!"
i sat up straight as my eyes adjusted to the sunlight poring in through the windows.
bella and lani were laughing their butts off.
"haha very funny." i said sarcastically. "next time, can y'all just tell me if i forget to set an alarm?" i groaned.
"can't make any promises." lani shrugged.

we got ready and went downstairs to the great hall for breakfast. i started digging in on some toast with scrambled eggs, some sausages and pumpkin juice.

a few minutes later, asher slid into the seat next to mine.

"morning anns." he said, helping himself to some toast and orange juice. i don't get how people drink that stuff. blegh.

"hey asher. how are you?" i asked him.
"eh, i'm alright. you know what would make me feel better though?" he asked me.
"what?" i asked as the bell rang.
"you and me, walking to..whatever class we have right now." he said.

i laughed as i got up and slung my bag over my shoulder. "sure. and, it's herbology. how do you not even know what our first period is? didn't you read your timetable?" i asked him, as we made our way outside to the grounds.

he shrugged. "timetables? not my thing. you, however, are." he grinned at me.

asher always flirts with me, as a joke. i think it's a joke though.

i just laughed. "keep dreaming angel." i said.
"haha. it's funny because it sounded like she complimented him." lani said. i totally forgot about her and bella. we all began laughing.

"wonder what sprout will have in store for us today." bella said.

"anything is better than those god damn mandrakes. i can't tell you how many times i passed out due to those retched creatures." lani complained.
"thirteen. i was counting." i informed her. she hit me upside the head.

we went inside the greenhouse, and lined up around the table.

"good morning and welcome back fourth years. god, you're all fourth years now! time goes fast! so, the person on your right side will be your herbology partner for the rest of the year." sprout informed us. "so take this lesson to get to know one another."

i looked at my right. there was a pretty hugflepuff girl with dark brown hair and round, white glasses, similar to harry's.
i shook her hand. "hi, i'm annie leblanc. i'm a gryffindor." i said.

"hey annie, i'm arendelle amelia diggory, but most people just call me aren. i'm hufflepuff." she said.

"so, what are some things you like?" i asked.
"well, i really like teddy bears and butterbeer. i'm chaser for the hufflepuff quidditch team and i have an owl named euphemia." she said.

"cool. i like throwing parties, playing pranks and i have an owl called pepper." i said.
"wow we are complete opposites." aren laughed.

"yup! but hey, don't opposites attract one another?" i asked.
"haha yea they do."

we spent the rest of the period laughing and getting to know one another. turns out aren is cedric diggory's younger sister.

"isn't he entering the tournament?" i asked.
"yeah, he is. i'm just kind of scared for him. dumbledore said that people can die. i don't want anything bad to happen to him. and he's very committed. he will stop at nothing to win." she said.

i invited her to sit with us at lunch.
"can hufflepuffs sit at the gryffindor table?" she asked.

"i don't know, but it's worth a shot." i shrugged.
we had divination next, which was a complete joke.

trelawney predicted at least three peoples' death and gave us an essay that had to be five inches long.

"first day back and we already have this much homework." ron groaned as we made our way to the great hall.

"i know right, it's almost like we're at school." i said.

i munched on some sandwiches while aren got to know lani and bella.
then i remembered that i had potions next, and my textbook was in my dorm.
"uhh, i'll catch up with you guys later." i told my friends and ran upstairs.

i was making my way to my dorm when i heard muffled sobs. i opened the door a bit and saw a girl with ginger hair, sitting on the edge of her bed and crying.

i went inside and sat next to her.
"hey, what's wrong?" i asked.

she looked up and wiped away her tears.
"why should i tell you?" she asked. "i don't mean to be rude but i don't even know you."
i mean, she does have a point.

"you're right. i'm annie leblanc. i'm fourteen, in gryffindor and i don't like seeing people upset." i said, holding out my hand.

she shook it. "hi annie, i'm mavis amara. i'm fifteen, in gryffindor and i like playing quidditch."

"hi mavis. now that i know a little bit about you, can you please tell me why you're sitting here crying?" i asked her.

she took a deep breathe. "my parents are divorced. ever since then, my mom has been in multiple relationships, all of them toxic. some of the guys were even abusive. a couple of weeks ago, she started dating this guy. he seems very nice and their love seems genuine, but i just have trust issues when it comes to my mom and guys. i just worry about her. she's been through so much, and i don't want some a-hole breaking her heart again."

i didn't know what to say.

"look, i know it's hard. you love her. you care about her and don't want anyone to hurt her. but she's an adult. she chooses who she dates. you have every right to be concerned, but you shouldn't constantly worry over it. don't let it affect you too much. did this guy seem nice?" i asked.

"i mean, yeah. he even came over to see me off the train. so that's a first." she said.
"see! maybe he's the one! now come on! we have to get to potions and snape will probably take. like, fifty points from gryffindor if we're late." i said and grabbed my potion textbook. we went down to the dungeon and had to endure one hour of torture and snape telling all of us how dumb we are. i sat next to mavis and got to know her a little more.

"that greasy haired, slimey peice of-" lani said.
"careful lani! you don't want him to hear you!" bella said.

"i don't think i'd mind if he did." lani said.

"hey there mavis!" some kid with really curly hair said, and waved at her. she waved back.

"who was that?" i sang and wiggled my eyebrows at her.
she slapped my arm.
"he's just an acquaintance of mine. his name's wyatt olef." she said.

"he's cute." lani said, looking back at him.

"what about joey?" bella asked. lani shrugged.

"i can have a crush on someone and still like someone else at the same time." she said.

"okayy." i said, baffled by lani's mentality.

it felt nice to make new friends. mavis and aren seem really nice. aren sat with us for dinner again. she and mavis bonded over their love of quidditch.

asher sat on the opposite side of the table.

"sup leblanc."
sean slapped his arm and whispered, quite audibly, "sup? couldn't do any better?"
asher swatted him away.

i giggled. "sup angel." sean, meanwhile, was staring wide-eyed at bella's direction. but i noticed, horrified, that it wasn't bella he was staring at.

it was lani.

uh oh.

a/n:
sean you idjit.
also, i listen to hedwig's theme whenever i write a chapter for this book. it helps me get in the mood, and i can picture everything i write happening within the walls of hogwarts too.
here you go CANDYST0RE !
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