She Said What?

Chapter 6: I Spend a Day at Hogsmeade

A/N: This chapter is just random, Hogsmeade fun. A girl's afternoon off. But to balance it out, there's a James scene in here too. Length is meant to make up for the shortness of last chapter.

Epic fail on reviewing as well. Please do keep doing that – a sentence or two will make me more than happy. I mean, how else am I supposed to know when I'm screwing up?

Enjoy though, guys!
Xx

September 18

Morning Check:

This morning, I was too late to eat breakfast but I got to class on-time (albeit hungry). I blame this on Alice. She forgot to wake me up, the silly girl. With all her talk of motivation and oh-it's-okay-don't-worry-Lily-I'll-wake-you-up-in-the-morning-when-Livvy-doesn't, she really will be the death of my goal.

4:25 PM
Status: Mellow

Today, Saturday, is the first Hogsmeade weekend of the year. It happens to fall on a fair day – a little cloudy with significant wind – and anyone who's anyone bundles up in a sweater or something and flees to the village. The seventh years are particularly happy to go because it gives them an excuse not to do our plentiful homework. I'm going to have this stuff pouring out of my ears before I know it.

Alice, Livvy and I went to The Three Broomsticks, like we always do when we need a break. James announced the final line-up for the Quidditch team in the morning and, again, Livvy made it as Keeper. Our first duty in the village was to celebrate – two rounds of drinks on Alice. I still owed Livvy five Galleons, so I bought her some cheesecake as a down payment. She ate it happily as we chatted away.

Me: So, you excited for practice, Liv?

Livvy: Kind of. I mean, Gryffindor's first match isn't really until November, but James wants us to start right away.

Alice: What's the point of that?

Livvy: He told he wants a month of conditioning.

Alice: Like, getting you in shape?

Livvy: Yeah. He talks a lot about making us run laps, but I'm sure he's got plenty of other stuff in mind. He's dead serious about this whole thing.

Me: Wow. Gross. I'm glad I'm not you.

Livvy: No, but I love it. Quidditch is fun. I'm sure the conditioning will help me more than it will hurt me.

Alice: Let's see you say that after a couple of those practices, Liv.

Livvy: (sighs) I'm an optimist. What can I say?

Alice: You can say...hey, those guys over there are really cute.

Livvy and me: (turn)

Me: That's Amos Diggory and Tyler Rezzin.

Livvy: Is it just me, or did Amos get taller and hotter over the summer?

Me: It's not just you. He did.

Alice: What house is Tyler in?

Me: Hufflepuff.

Alice: Why are all the cute guys Hufflepuffs?

Livvy: Frank isn't.

Alice: Frank doesn't count. I've known him since before Hogwarts – besides you guys, he's my best friend. I can't think of him as cute.

Livvy: But he is.

Alice: When I look at Frank, I see him at five years old, playing in dirt and eating mud.