Fifth Year:
On the way back to Hogwarts, all seven of us sat together in one compartment.
Alice and Roxanne having their own conversation, and joining us once in a while. Teddy and Fred explaining Mia that it was okay to break the rules, if we didn't get caught. But she went on with what James did was not okay, and I should have clicked to the button on my bracelet...
But that's no fun, is it?
Teddy was sitting across from me, hitting my shoe once in a while. Next to him was Mia, Roxanne, and Fred. Roxanne was the closest to the door, Alice sitting across from her and explaining her how to braid her hair.
James was already half asleep from exhaustion, his head falling in every five seconds.
"Did you guys get anything from the gift shop?" Fred asked me.
"I didn't even know there was a gift shop." James' head fell down again, I rolled my eyes and pushed it back up.
"What?" Teddy chuckled. "It was huge. How did you not see it?"
"Well, we were a bit busy with running away from a muggle man." James' head fell once again, his body slowly falling forward. I left it and watched.
"He really fell asleep didn't he? With all that talking?" Alice whispered next to me.
"Let him sleep." Roxanne whispered, playing with the braid in her hair.
"Oh, no need to whisper." I shrugged. "He won't hear it anyway. Look."
I got close to his hair and pulled a small piece of hair. No reaction.
I pushed his head back harshly but it fell again.
"See? Nothing."
If I didn't know him, I would thought he was dead.
We went on with our conversation, the sun was still out, hiding behind the mountain.
When I turned back, James' whole body was bent down. I sighed and grabbed his arm, putting his head on my arm and leaning on the window.
He let out a small snore, which took my whole will power not to laugh. I could smell his hair shampoo, which made me slowly open a window and wait for the smell to go away.
What? I don't like it distracting me.
Alice and Mia laughed at something and I just smiled back.
*****
We were finally back at Hogwarts.
good. I can't feel my arm, and I need food.
Everyone started grabbing their bags and getting up, so I moved my arm, making James fall and wake up.
"Wakey wakey Jamie" I mimicked Emma's voice as he groaned and got up.
All the students were off the train and Hagrid took us back to the castle. It was early afternoon, probably just after lunch time.
Everyone went for their own ways, we said good bye to Alice since she wanted to have lunch.
Fred, Roxanne, Teddy, James and I made our way to the garden, to enjoy this sunny day.
Mostly Slytherins and a few younger Gryffindors were outside as we passed them. I saw Albus looking at James next to me with a very.... very angry look.
He walked towards us with big steps.
"You brat! Give me back my wand!" He jumped on James, who woke up ten minutes ago, not so aware of the situation.
"Get off me!"
Teddy was next to me, nudging my arm every time one hits, or pushes the other. We are the only ones who don't have any siblings, so we enjoy our friends sibling fights.
"You took my wand!"
"I needed it!" Albus was on top of James, James holding Albus' hands to make him stop hitting.
"You- you used it?!"
"What was I suppose to do with it? Go on a date with it?!"
Fred pulled Albus off of James, and Teddy and I complained.
Fred was holding Albus, and Roxanne was trying to keep a serious face, while Teddy and I were next to James.
Albus was in the middle of swearing when he stopped and grinned.
"What did you do with my wand, James?" His creepy smile made me really uncomfortable.
James sighed, and cleaned his shirt. "I gave it to Minnie, so I could keep my wand. And it was bloody worth it! I pranked two muggles with Lily, hah!"
Hey, I didn't do anything. Technically it was all him.
Albus' grin got even wider, and Fred suddenly let go of him.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Wood."
I looked at Roxanne, she gave me a half smile and told me to turn around.
I sighed and closed my eyes, slowly turning around, I saw Professor McGonagall looking down from her glasses.
"Great." I exhaled deeply and we both followed her to her office.
*****
"Why is it, when something happens, it is always you two?" She asked with a disappointed look.
"Believe me professor," I sighed. "I have been asking myself the same question since I met him."
James put his hand in the air but didn't complain.
She exhaled and looked down from her glasses. "Care to explain?"
"We were walking...."
"I was going to tell him not to...."
"But then he was all over..."
"I could have protected myself, but you said no wands, so..."
"We first ran and found this old storage room..."
"And when he said..."
"Enough." She sat down and gestured us to do the same. "Miss Wood, you go first."
I slowly sat down and explained in a calm voice. "We were coming out of..." she will find out anyway, so it's better if I tell her now. "the storage room. And we accidentally bumped into two muggle siblings. They were all good, we said or names, they said theirs, blah blah blah. But then-"
James cut me off and continued the story. "But then, what happened is, the boy was looking at Lily with his creepy face. And she was obviously uncomfortable. Now you tell me, Professor, would you want your students being uncomfortable? So, of course- we asked him, kindly, to stop staring. But an ignorant ass he is-"
I will take over now.
I cut him off. "What he is trying to say is... if the dude would just stop being a creep, there wouldn't be any problem. He was basically asking for it-"
"That's enough." She leaned back on her chair and interlocked her fingers. "Miss Wood?"
I looked at her with a half scared face. "Yes, professor?"
"Can you tell me exactly what he said, I need to make sure Mr. Potter isn't..." she looked at him with the corner of her eye. "exaggerating."
I nodded and remembered the conversation we had with Leo. "He kept asking if I was interested, even though I told him that I am not."
She gave me a small nod and exhaled deeply. "Well, I must punish you for using your wand on muggles. So..." She looked at James. "Five point will be taken from Gryffindor."
I sighed and closed my eyes.
"But, for sticking up for your... friend," She send me a look and I swallowed. "You will be getting thirty points." We said our thank you's and she gestured us the door.
The door closed behind us and I leaned on the wall. "I thought we were about to get expelled."
"This went way better than I thought."
We walked down the halls and joined our friend in the common room.