way to go, tiger | Lorenzo Berkshire

࣪𖤐 Y6 | 6 . Dinner party

I REMEMBER EVERYTHING — ZACH BRYAN
'I remember, I remember everything.'

One Friday evening in late November, Cassie and Hermione sit in the library by the window while the boys sit on the sofas near them. Cassie leans forward and puts her book down. "Are you going to tell me about Ron or am I just going to have to figure it out myself?" she asks.

Hermione rolls her eyes and marks the page she was reading before closing her book. "If I tell you about it, will you shut up?" Cassie nods eagerly. Hermione takes a deep breath before explaining; "He's one of my best friends, Cassie. I had a tiny crush on him in first, second and third year but I didn't think much of it." she sighs. "Now, I don't know, it feels different."

"I s'pose you've both matured in that sense, though. You may of liked each other when you were much younger, the fact that you still like him shows that it wasn't just a small crush and you didn't grow out of it." Cassie shrugs. "Well, that's what I tell myself with Enzo, anyways. If we didn't really love each other, our love would've expired by now, y'know what I mean?"

Hermione nods, "I get it. I've always been jealous of yours and Enzo's relationship, actually."

"Really? Why's that?"

"Because your love is just so pure. You take one look at you two and you can instantly tell how in love you are with each other. I mean, the way Enzo looks at you? God, that man loves you, Cassie."

Cassie smiles and bows her head, "I'm very lucky to have him. We've been together since forth year now, isn't that mad? I swear it was just yesterday he asked me out."

"That's what I mean— you both knew what you wanted, so you went for it. And I think you made an amazing decision by doing it."

"Now we just need to get you and Ron to that point." Cassie grins.

Hermione rolls her eyes, "I'm really going to regret telling you all this now, aren't I?"

Cassie laughs, "Nonsense! I'm only going to mention it every two seconds."

"Cassie!"

The girls burst into laughter, catching the boys' attention. Enzo smiles to himself as he watches his girlfriend laugh. It's been a while since he's seen her laugh like that. He's proud of her.

"What'd you suppose Max sees in her? Ginny?" Ron asks, aimlessly staring at the bookshelf behind Enzo.

"Well, what does she see in him?" Enzo replies.

"Max? He's brilliant. Doesn't take a genius to see it." Ron answers.

"You called him a slick git last week." Harry adds, his eyes on the marauders map which sat on his lap. Enzo could've sworn he was watching Malfoy, but Harry now has it tilted away from both boys.

"Yeah, well, he was running his hands all over my sister, what'dcha expect? Something snaps and you've gotta hate him, y'know— on principle, I s'pose."

Harry and Enzo share a look and shrug. "I suppose." Enzo says. His siblings had left Hogwarts this year— the same as Fred & George. He hates to admit it but he prefers it that way. He has never really gotten on with his siblings. That's something he was always jealous of Cassie for. A healthy relationship with a sibling was all he wanted growing up.

"So what is it he sees in her?" Ron repeats. Enzo becomes distracted by Cassie asking him a question about the Potions homework so only Harry is left to answer Ron's pestering question.

"I don't know." Harry shrugs. "She's smart, funny. Attractive."

Enzo joins the conversation again with a raised eyebrow. "Attractive?" him and Ron say in unison.