Arabella's POV - An Hour Later

Remus walks into the common room while I was distracted from my herbology book and he sits next to me.

"Sirius and James are kinda upset." Remus warns me.

I frown slightly. "I'm gonna go hide then." I say to Remus who nods and I take my herbology book with me to the courtyard and I sit behind the stones.

I read, zoning into my book.

When it starts getting dark, I look up and I see it's time for dinner, but I'm not hungry.

I go to my dorm room and I shower and I continue reading, my nose stuck in this book since it's super interesting.

"Ok, bed time." Lily says as she takes my book and sets it down, and turns off the light.

I pout and Lily giggles, but we go to bed.

In the morning, me and Remus talk while on the way to breakfast together.

"You've had your nose stuck in a book and you usually don't study." Remus says to me.

"I've been reading on herbology, it's actually quite interesting." I say to Remus who grins.

Sirius and James walk up to us and they pelt us with questions, so I look at the ground, not really wanting to deal with this.

Remus glances at me and then looks at the two. "Mates, chill out, Bella doesn't want to deal with this, she expressed what she was feeling yesterday and you guys just sorta blew her off." Remus says to the two.

"I'm not dealing with this today, come talk to me, when your not upset about this anymore, because I already told you what happened several times." I say to James and Sirius and I continue on to breakfast, leaving the three stunned.

I go sit next to Marlene who talks to me about this boy she's got a crush on now.

I find it slightly amusing and after breakfast, I sit with Marlene and Lily outside since it's Sunday. Lily and Marlene are studying while I'm helping them out. Remus joins us and he helps too.

"We should just start a study group with you two as teachers." Lily says to us.

"No." I say and Remus looks amused. "Because it'll expand and more kids will join and then suddenly there's drama and then suddenly I'm stuck in the middle and then I have to settle it and I haven't been doing a very good job with the drama from the game night. So no. I prefer small groups." I say to Lily as I read.

"James and Sirius are still upset?" Marlene asks me surprised.

"And she told them not to talk to her until they're no longer upset about it." Remus says to Marlene.

"Good you don't need them." Lily says to me with a smile.

"Unfortunately one of the two is her brother." Marlene reminds her.

"Can we possibly get back to the subject, I didn't want to deal with that issue today." I say to them nervously as the two argue.

"What? Scared you'll be hated again Potter?" Lucius asks as he walks past us.

Remus gets up and I just pull him back down. "It's not worth the detention Remus. It's really not." I say to him and Remus huffs.

"So your just gonna take that?" Remus asks me.

"I never said I wasn't going to do anything about it, but you were gonna attack him." I say to Remus who looks instantly curious as I get to my feet.

"What are you gonna do Potter? Hex me?" Lucius asks me.

"No, actually, I'm going to flat out ignore you from now on until you get your act together and be a better person to me." I say to Lucius as I grab my books and I leave.

I head into the castle and I head back to my house. I see James and Sirius in the common room as I pass by to go to my room.

"Wait, Bella, come back here." James says to me and I carefully go back and I sit down with the two. "We're sorry Bella. We've been insensitive to your feelings on the matter and we shouldn't have acted out so bad. All you were doing was helping the hufflepuff chasers, study." James says to me and Sirius nods to what he's saying.

"So please don't ignore us like that again, it was bloody awful and we like having you around." Sirius says to us.

I look at the two and I'm just minorly surprised before I smile. "Alright, I accept your apology." I say to them and the two grin and hug me.

I end up helping them study for a bit before lunch and I join the two.

"You already made up? No fair we wanted to spend more time with Bella." Lily whines.

Lucius tries to pick on me, but I flat out ignore that he's even there.

"Oh wow, she's not paying him any mind at all."

"Hey! You! Potter!"

Me and James look behind us to see Regulus and Antonio.

I look at the two, kinda confused but I let it pass as the two walk over to me.

"Help us with potions." Regulus demands of me.

I look at him and I look around for a moment before I realize he wants my help. "Why?" I finally ask him.

"Because you already did your first year." Antonio pipes up nervously.

I almost freeze up and I hold James back from telling them off and so does Sirius. "It's ok, calm down." I say to James surprised.

"Help us." Regulus demands.

"Don't be so demanding, she probably would have helped you if you just asked nicely." Lily comments as she sits down.

"What?" Regulus asks surprised.

I smile nervously as a lot of people pipe up saying that it's true. Including Evans from his table. "Oh dear." I say nervously as all the attention shifts to me and everyone awaits my answer while saying I'm a good tutor.

"Poor Potter, all the attention on her again." Lucius mocks.

"I'm gonna hit you if you don't lay off Bella this instant." James says to Lucius and the two argue behind me.

"Miss Potter, I suggest you help them, they're currently hopeless." Professor Slughorn says as he passes us and then stops the two behind me from arguing before continuing on his way to the teachers table.

"Meet me in the library after Lunch with your books." I finally say to the two who nod and leave me be.

I hide in Marlene's arms, genuinely terrified of attention right now.

"It's ok." Marlene says to me amused.

After lunch, I go to the library and I wait for the two boys as I read the first year potion book.

"We're here." Regulus says to me as he walks over with Antonio.

"Ok. Let's start with, what do you know about Potions?" I ask the two and they list off what they do know, and it's basically nothing. "Ok, we're starting from the basics then." I say to the two and for the entire afternoon till dinner, I'm teaching them about Potions and they're getting it, it just is taking them a while.

"Ok, we're caught up, thank you Potter." Regulus says to me as he gets up.

"Thanks Arabella." Antonio whispers quietly and I nod.

"No need to be nervous around me Antonio, you are still my little brother, regardless of what Father says." I say to Antonio who smiles at that.

I get up and I head back to my house and I put my stuff away.

"Your bloody amazing, you know that?" Lily asks me.

"Huh?" I ask her confused.

"Your a brilliant teacher. Your incredibly patient with who your helping. And you don't even think twice about your responses for them asking for help." Lily says to me.

I smile nervously and I go with her to dinner.

During dinner, I notice James and Sirius pulling a prank on the Ravenclaws, it's just a simple toy snake prank, but it earns quite a few screams.

"Mister Potter! Mister Black!" Professor McGonagall reprimands them.

Remus watches them amused while I just put my cheek on my fist as I watch. The two boys sit in front of us, very glum.

"If you wanted more of a reaction, you should have used a manipulation spell to make it move without just planting it somewhere." I say to the two and the three boys stare at me. "What?" I ask surprised.

"Your a bloody genius." Remus says to me.

I smile nervously and I scratch the back of my neck.

"We got the date for our next game, it's against the Ravenclaw team, it's two weeks from now and we are practicing every other day until then." Captain says to us.

"Oh dear." I say nervously and Captain looks confused.

"The Ravenclaw Team doesn't like her." Marlene says next to me.

I smile nervously.

"You'll be fine Potter, your a brilliant chaser." Captain says and goes to his seat.

"Oh dear." I say again and Marlene looks at me amused. "They're smart. They've analyzed me, they have counter measures," I continue to list off everything that they probably already have against me, quietly.

"You'll be fine Bella. Your smart too." Remus says to me amused.

I nod, not believing him.

"She doesn't believe me, she's got it in her head now." Remus says with a sigh.

Two weeks later - Game Day

"I'm gonna be sick." I say to Marlene as we leave the house.

"Your gonna be fine, you've practiced a lot for this, Ravenclaw isn't gonna stand a chance." Marlene hypes me up.

"You better win." Lily pressures me.

I get more nervous.

"The poor thing, she's shaking. The pressure is bad this time." Johnson, one of the beaters says as he walks behind us.

"Well yeah, Slytherin will do anything to win, Hufflepuff plays fair, but Ravenclaws are cold and analytical, and the team hates her, she's gonna be targeted even worse than the Slytherin game." Callum, the other beater comments.

"It's ok." Marlene comforts me while Lily tells me I have to win and I don't know what to do.

"Evans, calm down." Sirius says to Lily, quite amused.

The watchers in Gryffindor separate to their pathway and the team walks to the stand where we enter at.

I just hide behind James, scared.

"Come on, look alive Potter, your gonna do great." Captain says to me with a grin.

We enter and we get on our brooms.

"Now I want a clean match this time around." Professor Slughorn says to our two teams.

I look over at Ravenclaw and all their eyes are trained on me. "Oh dear." I whisper and then the game begins.

Sirius and Longbottom flank me as I watch Ravenclaw study us.

"Well?" Longbottom asks me.

"They'll see through diversions, so we need to fly faster than them." I say to the two.

"We'll get you the quaffle Bella." Sirius says to us quietly.

"Good idea. Potter is our best flyer." Longbottom says quietly and I nod.

"Ok, let's go." I say and we split off.

I have two Ravenclaws on my flanks and I wonder why I have to deal with this.

I spot the quaffle and I see the Ravenclaw on their own.

I fly above the chaser, in a position where the sun won't cast a shadow on them and I'm in a perfect position, their blindspot.

They go to throw the quaffle in, but the keep hit's it into my hands and I free fall to the ground.

"POTTER AND HER FREE FALLS! SHE'S BLOODY CRAZY!" The announcer yells and the Ravenclaws follow me, but I just keep falling asleep they try to copy me. "SHE'S CONTINUING DOWN!" I pick up at the last possible second and the Ravenclaws fall through the tents as I take off. "AND SHE WAITED IT OUT AND TIMED IT PERFECTLY, SUCKS FOR THE RAVENCLAW CHASERS!" The announcer yells as I fly towards the Ravenclaw hoop.

The Keeper stares me in the eye and I look around for a way to trick him. I fake left and the keeper follows that until I fly upside down in a circle, going right and I score us ten points.

"AND POTTER FAKES OUT THE RAVENCLAW KEEPER AND SCORES 10 POINTS FOR GRYFFINDOR!" The announcer yells as I fly towards the middle, Sirius and Longbottom meeting up with me.

"Nice job losing those chasers." Sirius says to me with a grin.

I nod in thanks.

The game continues and I have to keep out thinking the Ravenclaw Chasers and Keeper

"JAMES POTTER HAS CAUGHT THE GOLDEN SNITCH EARNING GRYFFINDOR THE WIN!" The announcer yells.

Hogwarts cheers and the teams land.

"Your free falls should be banned." A Ravenclaw chaser comments as he brushes past me.

"They aren't against the rules in Quidditch, you should just get better accuracy." James snarks back.

Everyone rushes to the field and all the attention is on me.

I hide behind James and the press takes a picture of us and the team.

Later that evening, I sit in the kitchen, reading while baking.

"Good job today Potter." Evans says to me with a grin and he spooks me so bad that I almost fall out of my chair. "Careful." He says to me worried.

"You spooked me." I say to him quietly.

Evans laughs at that and I pout.

"But thanks. When's your next game?" I ask him as he sits in front of me.

"Next week, we're playing Slytherin." Evans says to me.

I nod and I help him study as I read up on herbology.

We eat the cookies together as we read.

"You've really taken an interest in that book, I've never seen you stick your nose so deep into something." Antonio says out of nowhere.

I freeze, absolutely terrified. "People need to stop sneaking up on me." I say softly and Evans looks at me amused.

Antonio grabs a few things as I watch him, curious since he can't cook or bake.

"Ok, bye. Nobody saw me." Antonio comments and leaves.

"Ok." I say surprised and Evans nods in agreement.

I give Evans pointers on how to fake out the Slytherins and what not as we talk and the other chasers get here soon after.

"Shouldn't you be celebrating your win?" One asks me.

"She doesn't like parties." Marlene says as she comes in.

"Too many people in one space." I say and I'm terrified at the thought.

"It's ok." Marlene says to me amused. "Because Gryffindor moved their party to thr kitchens." Marlene says to me.

Gryffindor walks in.

The Hufflepuff chasers look alarmed and I try to hide somewhere in the crowd so I can escape invisibly.

I get pulled by Evans into a room and I look around to see it's the Hufflepuff common room, it looks so cozy and comfortable.

"Why is a gryffindor in here? Especially the chaser?" The hufflepuff prefect asks as he eyes me up and down.

I instantly get really nervous.

"I brought her in here, her house invaded the kitchens and she goes there to escape her house on party days." Evans says to the prefect.

"Another person to share cookies and blankets with!" A few hufflepuffs say surprised.

"Houses aren't supposed to mingle in houses they don't belong in." The prefect says as he stares at me.

"I can go, it's not that big of a deal." I say nervously.

"No need deary, come in, come in." Professor Sprout says to me with a warm smile.

"But professor," the prefect starts.

"No but's, Miss Potter is an exceptionally kind girl, she's also very shy in public situations, if the Gryffindor House is partying in the kitchen tonight, then Miss Potter is welcome, she doesn't like to cause harm. She's very quiet to begin with. And as Hufflepuffs, we should be helping those who need confidence and show kindness to them." Professor Sprout says to the house.

Evans grins next to me while I nervously stare at the ground.

"Come in Dear." Professor Sprout says to me as she gently guides me in.

It takes a little bit, but I feel more relaxed as I sit with a few hufflepuff girls and a few guys, including Evans, I'm sitting on a beanbag, a blanket over my lap and around my shoulders, I'm holding a cup of hot cocoa as I listen to the conversation.

"I believe this belongs to you Miss Potter." Professor Sprout says as she hands me my tie and my Herbology book. "I see you've taken an interest in Herbology, your always welcome to come ask me questions about whatever you'd like to know, or if you want to take extra courses." Professor says to me with a smile.

"No, I'm content just reading about it Professor." I say to her quietly as I hold the book and my tie.

"That's perfectly fine too dear." Professor says to me with a smile.

"Professor McGonnagal forced the Gryffindors back to their house." The prefect says to me and he does not like me.

"Oh calm down, she's been nothing but a perfect guest." Professor says to the prefect.

Evans sits next to me and he pulls my book from me and opens it and reads.

I watch surprised, but I read over it again too since he seems interested in it.

We read for a while, completely engrossed in the book.

"She's a good influence on our troublemaker." Professor Pomfrey says to the prefect. "We should invite her in here more often."

I start to feel sleepy and Evans notices.

Evans reads at a slower pace so I can keep up with him.

Evans moves and I feel more comfortable as he moves slightly.

I doze off as I lean against Evan's side, mid read.

Thomas's POV

I hear quiet snores and I look down to see Potter fell asleep.

"She fell asleep." Prefect says surprised.

"No wonder, she's had a long day, Ravenclaw doesn't like her and for the past 2 weeks, she's been freaking out and worrying about the game as her team and roommates put pressure on her to win." I say to him.

"Let her rest dears." Professor Pomfrey says to us and we nod.

Professor Pomfrey takes Potter and puts her on a separate bean bag bed thing so she can rest.
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