Bittersweet (ON HOLD)

CRACK UP

luna blackwood

I waved my parents goodbye as the train strayed further away from King's Cross.

I hear the boys coming into my compartment.

"You're the only one without 4 names, you're the odd one" Atlas ranted as he sat down across me, munching on chocolate frogs.

"No she's the odd one, she's a year older then all of us" Sage pointed out, petting Larissa's head like a puppy.

Larissa scoffed and shoved Sage's hand away and fixed her hair.

"Touch me one more time and that's the last thing you'll ever do" Larissa threatened.

"Touch me one more- yeah yeah whatever" Sage mocked and sat down. "Like that did any mess"

Larissa hit the back of his head. "Fucking hell Issa" Sage exclaimed, rubbing his head in pain.

I looked outside our window as they continued whatever they were talking about. Come to think of it, this is my fifth year in Hogwarts. So far I am loving it here, time really does go by fast. Last year was absolutely terrifying. The Triwizard Tournament cost a few lives but that's Hogwarts for you. That's definitely something I could never forget.

I saw Atlas in the corner of my eyes bantering with Sage while Larissa was flipping through her magazine.

"What are you thinking about Luna? You've been quiet this entire time" Atlas asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Now wouldn't you like to know?" I responded flatly turning my head towards him.

"Obviously, I'm just curious to know what's going on in that pretty little head of yours" he snickered.

Did he just call me pretty? Wait no my head? Huh?

I rolled my eyes.

Turning my head to Larissa "You are going to tutor me all year y'know?" I babbled, completely ignoring Atlas' question.

Atlas scoffed and raised his hands in defeat.

"Wait you were serious? I thought that was just a stupid bet!" Larissa groaned as she looked at me and she covering her face in annoyance.

"No it was not a stupid bet, you're tutoring me whether you like it or not" I answered while smiling at her.

I knew I was irritating her, she hates teaching me because I was 'hard to teach' whatever that means.

"Luna, you need to stop being lazy. We're in our fifth year now" Sage interrupted.

Did he seriously just say that to me?

"You're saying that like you're smart yourself" I spat, raising my eyebrows at him.

"How about you both just stop being lazy" Atlas growled, anger and annoyance from me ignoring him earlier, "It's not that hard"

"God I fucking hate you all" Sage mumbled, looking away from us like a grumpy 4 year old.

"Nope, studying is a waste of time and energy, listen a bit in class and then rest just use common sense. That's enough for me to pass tests" I muttered under my breath while fidgeting my fingers.

"True, but why ask Larissa to tutor you if your common sense is said enough?" Atlas challenged, leaning his elbows on his knees, legs parted, eyeing me with a few strands of hair falling in front of his face.

...Since when did Atlas get so hot

I looked up at him. Our eyes met as his face softened at the sight of me. I gulped.