Vicious Love [Teddy Lupin]

2. Diagon Alley

I glared at the three boys in front of me, who are all laughing like hyenas when Hugo runs away from a fake spider chasing after him. Everything is just all fun and games to them. Just a minute ago, Lupin flirted with a girl by giving her chocolates, and as soon as she ate a piece, pimples started to grow all over her face and she ran away in tears.

"I want to take Pygmy Puffs to Hogwarts." I hear James next to me talking to his siblings. "Imagine a pink ball of fur casually walking through the castle? Hah." James is practically part of Lupin's group. James, Fred and Lupin all have grown up together, according to Fred, so they are all close and have the same hobbies and interests, which obviously are pranks. Seth is not as big of a troublemaker as the other three, but he still manage to get himself tangled with their situations and mischievous plans. "Dad, can I get one of these and bring them to Hogwarts?"

"Of course James."

I don't even know why I'm here, honestly. I'm literally just sitting on a stool next to the counter watching everyone inside the shop. Roxanne and the other girls stayed at the burrow so I have no one to talk to. I've already brought all the things I need for my next term at Hogwarts so I can just go home. But of course, I won't because my mother wants Seth and I to go home at the same time and Seth doesn't want to leave yet.

"Sammy, are you trying out to be in the team for this year again?" Fred questioned, sitting on the counter with the git and my brother following him. "I hear no one wants to be on the team anymore because of new team captain. Colton Flint. I can't believe Halsey chose him as our captain, over Wood or even Teddy, who are clearly both much better players than Flint."

Colton Flint is a Gryffindor who's in our year. Apparently, his family has a history of being in Slytherin but Colton is an exception. Somehow, he ended up in our house. He isn't the nicest and friendliest lion, but he has courage and would do anything to prove himself. The boys don't really like Flint but I personally think he's alright.

"You're just saying that because Flint has a snarky attitude. His Quidditch skills are actually quite good." I mean, he cheats sometimes but he likes to call it 'moving cleverly'. "I think Flint is better than Lupin. He's just as good as Wood though. That's a good competition, them two. Personally, I think Wood is better, Quidditch skills, personality and looks wise." Wood is very fit. "And to answer your question, I don't know if I'm going to try out. I haven't been on the team since 3rd year. I feel like I really slacked off last year so I don't know."

"Look who it is, darling. Your not so secret admirer." Lupin interrupts, nodding towards the entrance.

"Ha ha, hilarious." It's the boys' favorite pranking target, Calum Prince, Slytherin's biggest prat. He hates Gryffindors, he thinks he's better than everyone else and he's a complete arse. He's a son of our current Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and he thinks he's so powerful just because of that. He also does not like muggles nor muggleborns. He and I do have one thing in common though: we do not like Lupin.

Lupin thought it would be funny to start teasing me that Prince fancies me. I don't know how he got that idea but I frankly don't care. Prince had came in with his Slytherin friends. They all just looked around the shop, not even noticing us at the counter. They were there for at least 15 minutes, then they walked out like nothing.

"That was odd." Seth furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "Why'd they even come here? They never come here."

"No idea."

***

Seth and I ended up staying until 6 in the afternoon. Thankfully, one of my friends, Colleen Finnigan, dropped by so I had good company for a couple of hours. When she left, Seth and Fred were gone to help George out with some of his products, leaving me alone with the annoying blue haired git.