Sonder -S. Black-

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The following day, Luca was glad that she didn't partake of any alcohol, seeing as every Gryffindor there was terribly hung over, including the infamous James Potter.

"I don't even know what happened last night" complained the boy as he was trying and not succeeding to make his pounding headache go away.

"Well Prongs, to say the least, you drank 3 bottles of fire whiskey, I wouldn't be surprise if you had alcohol poisoning." said their book loving friend.

As they were explaining to the Lily Obsessed boy, Luca quietly sat down on the other side of Remus where Lily was currently checking over her homework. Without saying a word, Luca also got out hers and they traded homework, checking each others work to make sure they got them all right. While they were doing this, the 4 boys finally noticed her.

"Little Red, I am kind of offended that you didn't say hello to me." said Sirius in mock sadness.

Luca quickly tore her eyes from her best friends homework, simply waved and went back to reviewing Lily's essay for Ancient Runes.

"Would you look at that Moony, little Paddsy just got ignored." said James as he laughed at his friend. James mocking for Sirius was interrupted suddenly when everyone's Owls came flying through the window. Monday, was mail day at Hogwarts.

To Luca's surprise a her brother Aleksander's owl, Lenny, dropped a letter in front of her. Luca quietly thanked the bird, and tore open the letter curious to see what he was said.

Dear Lulu,

I was just writing this letter to tell you that I will be home for Christmas. I will also be bringing along Seth, it has been years after all and he does miss seeing you, don't know why. Just kidding I love you. All of us are planning on coming home though so you won't have to be lonely. I will see you in 2 months.

- Sander

Luca was beyond excited. The only time when she got to see them was Christmas, and that was if they even came. They all had their own lives now. She was also excited because Seth was going to be there. Seth was Sanders best friend at Hogwarts. He was also a good friend to Luca, not to mention Luca's first crush. To be honest, she still had a crush on him.

Lily, curious as to why Luca was smiling, took the letter from her and read it over.

"Luca! This is such good news. All of them in one place, plus Seth! You are going to have so much fun, I am jealous that you get to see him." said her best friend as she pouted.

Lily had met Seth once, in their second year, Sander and Seth took Luca to the platform because their parents were too busy. Lily also had a crush on the stunning heartthrob. He was perfect, he was handsome, had good manners, was a straight A student, multilingual, not to mention one of the worlds top aurors.

The boys, overhearing the two girls conversation, decided to step in.

"What's got you so happy Little Red?" asked the curious boy.

Luca turned to look at him, he had never seen such a big smile on her face.

"Seth and Sander." said the girl.

"Seth and Sander, who are they?" asked James.

"Sander is her older brother and Seth is his dreamy friend." said Lily also smiling.

James did not like the sound of that, neither did Sirius.

"Dreamy friend?" they both asked in unison.

"Oh you should see him, he is amazing." said Luca was she stared back at her letter.

Sirius didn't like the sound of that. He didn't know why, why did he care if Luca thought this Seth fellow dreamy. He found girls attractive all the time, why did this matter. As Sirius asked himself these questions in his head, James was prying Lily and Luca for information on this potential threat.

"Why do you two think this guy is dreamy?" James asked with disgust.

"Well, Potter, if you look at the man, you would see." said Lily.

"Luca," said the girl as she turned to her friend, "You have a picture of him don't you?"

Sirius snapped out of his thoughts when he heard that. He wanted to see this guy that had captured the hearts of two of the most strong willed people her knew.

Luca quickly dug through her bad to find a picture of him

"Found it! I took this picture of him with a muggle camera when he wasn't looking. He was getting ready to go back to America, where he is currently working as an auror, after visiting last." said Luca as she handed them the photo.

James and Sirius were mad. They now see why the girls were obsessing over this guy. They had to admit he was handsome. The photo showed a handsome man with a chiseled face and a cute smile. He was standing next to Luca smiling at something she had said. Next to him was who they assumed to be Luca's older brother. He was tall with brown hair and light eyes. He was a little taller than Seth and a lot taller than Luca. In the picture everyone looked so happy. Luca kept this photo with her for that reason.

"Okay," said Luca grabbing the photo, "That's enough for today." Luca quickly put the photo back in her bag. "We have Herbology to get to. Come on." said Luca as she grabbed Sirius's hand. Luca was so determined to get to Herbology that she didn't notice how a certain trouble making boy was blushing.

The whole way to herbology, Sirius couldn't help but think if his feelings for the Volkov girl were more than friendly.

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Welcome to this sucky installment of I ran out of ideas! I thought I should get this train moving if you know what I mean *wink wink*. Anyways, it will get better give me time, and thanks for 180 reads! Insane. Anyways, happy reading!