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'𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍', that word echoed across my mind as I was lying in my bed. The lights were off, everyone was fast asleep, today was a hectic day so we went to bed early. I looked at my watch, it had just struck 12:00, It was officially March 22 and I had turned seventeen.

At first my mind really wasn't responding and I was just zoned out until I realised that next year around this time we would have completed our first revision for N.E.W.T.s.

I had only one year of school life left and it had gone by quicker than I had expected. From now on I'll be able to legally use magic outside school, a new responsibility for holding great power and using it wisely and cautiously.

I remember when I used to think growing up would be so cool, having responsibilities, but right now I just wish I could go back to having my 12 hour naps. I turned to my left to see Lorcan's peaceful face lost in his dreams. I don't understand how he's so carefree, doesn't he fear the future?

I sighed and shifted my gaze back to the ceiling. The weight of it all felt heavier tonight—being seventeen. I closed my eyes, hoping my wound would go off to sleep, but my mind kept wandering. Memories of the past six years swirled in my head—our first train ride to Hogwarts, our Sorting, the laughter in the common room, late night out at the dorm and the endless hours spent studying in the library.

I feel I wasn't grateful enough, grateful for everything I've had in my life considering the fact that in two or three more years I was going to be alone, living in some old hostel, broke and lost. Why am I being emotional?

A sense of overwhelmingness passed me followed by numbness. I closed my eyes tight as my mind pondered a never ending list of questions. 'What's the purpose of living? What's the purpose of life?'. Honestly, it's an answer I've been searching for ages...

-THE MORNING-

I looked at myself in the mirror as I adjusted my hair absentmindedly. I was wearing my brand new my black turtleneck and blue jeans. I had quite a morning, I was brutally woken up by my abusive roommate, Val and then everyone just started screaming like absolute morons as they were throwing confetti made out of the torn pieces of our transfiguration answer scripts which 75% of the class had failed in. Half of the class cheats and yet there are such high failure rates.

Later, I was welcomed by JJ's chocolate truffle which Lorcan decided to pie on my face but it's fine I didn't get mad, I licked the cake off my face and it was still delicious as ever. Normally, their antics would irritate me, but today I just didn't care.

I stepped out of the bathroom with my mind still clouded by blue, where I was met by Lily. She smiled at me, I returned a weak smile which gave me away. I was about to turn and walk over her when she tugged on the back of my sweater. "Happy Birthday Darling" she said as she wrapped her arms around me and placed her head on my back as I flinched. I felt- uncomfortable and irritated for some reason. The warmth of her hug I used to feel was suffocating me.

I pried her hands away and turned to give her an unsettling glare. Her emerald-green eyes, brimming with confusion, only made me feel worse. She didn't deserve this but neither did I deserve her. With a sigh, I walked away, ignoring her soft voice calling my name. I couldn't explain it. Her affection felt suffocating. I just needed to be away from everyone, just for a day- I wanna be with no one but myself.

"Happy Birthday yo!" Lorcan said as he run charging towards me as he came to hug me but I dodged it with a chitter of irritation. "You ok?" He asked, looking at my blank, moody face. "I don't know" I snapped. I looked at his concerned face as my brows furrowed. Is he pitying me or something? Do I really seem that hopeless?

"Don't pity me" I snapped. "Pity?" He asked, confused. "YEAH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M A WEIRD SICK ANIMAL" I said completely losing it. "What?" Lorcan asked as Jared came out of the dorm. "Eyy, stop fighting" Jared said rolling his eyes.

"Fighting? Why would I waste my time fighting with him? And can you stop bossing me around?" I said, raising my eyebrows as I looked at him with contempt. "Woah, you seem hangry" he said. "Food isn't the answer to everything" I snapped as I looked at his blue eyes looking at me WITH PITY.

"CAN YOU STOP-" I started as I raised my voice again. "He's crazy, he's just picking a fight with no subject" Lorcan said looking at me. I just gave him a look of disgust and said, "Why are you all so annoying today?" I grumbled. "You just seem so irritable today, are you sure everything is ok? Let's talk about this at breakfast" Jared said as he put his hands over my shoulders. I shook my hands off and glared at him.

"I DON'T WANNA TALK, I DON'T WANNA SEE, I DON'T WANNA HEAR" I screamed. "You wanna be blind, deaf and dumb?" Lorcan questioned back and Jared gave him a slap on his back and muttered to 'shut up'. "I'll wait till you get your chill back" Jared said as he stood there crossing his arms with a smirk.

My anger rose above my hairline. I slipped one of my shoe from my foot and picked it up. "You're gonna do the walk of shame around Hogwarts?" Lorcan asked. I removed my other shoe. "Yo, you guys are having a secret meeting without me outside the dorm?" Val asked peeking his head out from the door.

I yeeted my shoes in both Jared's and Lorcan's face with a powerful throw. Jared dropped dead on the floor and Lorcan gasped, "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"

YES, I'M CRAZY. I'M JUST CRAZY. I WAS CRAZY TO MAKE IT SO FAR IN LIFE. I WAS CRAZY NOT TO DO THE WORLD A FAVOUR BY ENDING MY LIFE.

I ran away, not sticking around for their reactions. I just ran, ran and ran, I didn't know where or why. I just ran because I felt like it. I ran because- I can't take this anymore. I ran because- I don't know anything, the purpose of any of this. I just wanna escape. I wanna go somewhere which is not on the maps.

As I ran in the corridors my shoulders rammed against someone as I lost my balance and almost nose dived. "CRAZY BITCH!" I heard Lily curse at me as I turned to look at her. Her anger filled face immediately changed into a face of concern as she saw me. "Lysander-" she said as she came closer to me looking into my eyes.

Her hands came to touch me caringly but I didn't want to be cared for. "Can you stop?" I snapped. "Are you ok Mr. Loony? Don't run in the corridors, it's dangerous" she said. "CAN YOU STOP ORDERING ME AROUND? WHO ARE YOU TO ME? You're just one of those people who think you're the main character. I'm sorry to tell you this isn't about you" I blabbered nonsensically.

She gave a giggle. "Did you lose your brain? I'll find it for you Scamander. I'll do charity, you don't need to pay for the finding fee" she said in mockery. "Does my life seem like a joke to you?" I asked with my eyebrows frowned. "No, your irrelevant shit talk is what's funny. You're making no sense, Scamander" she said.

"I'm just broken, I'm just useless, annoying, I'm just another weight, just another THING to be taken for granted" I said. Where is all this shit een coming from? "Want me to fix you?" She asked with a cheeky smile. "Stop trying to fix things, just get someone new who's new. Things which are broken are meant to be thrown away" I said as her green eyes once again seemed to suffocate me.

"It's fine, you're vintage. Broken you has more value" she said. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!" I groaned. "You stole my dialogue, that's my question" she said. I lost my temper, what's wrong with her why's she so nosy and back answering and annoying-

She held me arm as I pushed her away as she lost her balance and fell on the floor. I gave her a glare and said, "I don't want to see you anymore, I don't want to see anyone, don't search for me. I'm not coming back" I said as I Ieft.

-TIMESKIP-

I don't know where I was, I just stole a broom and flew to this abandoned village. I was sitting on a broken wooden bench as I saw the golden-brown dried and burnt up field and the naked brown, dried up trees which looked poetically gorgeous. I looked up and the clouds blocked the sunlight.

I'm like the clouds, just a hindrance to sunshine and brightness. Everything just feels like a trap, I feel so insecure and exposed. I feel like I'm being watched. I'm falling apart, I feel so tight, I feel like I want to just run somewhere far away from all this and desert everything. I don't want to face people. I don't want to face life. I'm not scared, I'm just doubting if it's worth it.

The thing is, I don't know what's wrong, my life seems perfect. So why? What happened? Where did it all go wrong? I don't know. I feel so stiff, I just hate it here.

Maybe it was happiness and love what killed me. I kind of just lost myself and who I was in the path of life. I forgot who I was, I'm losing myself. Ok, what am I even saying? I'm losing track of what's happening. I took a deep breath. I looked at a bridge which was built over a dried up river. Is it time to go?

The dark grey cloudy sky as I heard thunder rumble. I stood up as I felt blood rush to my legs. I weakly walked towards the bridge. Seventeen years of dealing with bullshit. I stepped on the padded wooden bridge as I heard a creak and my heart rate elevated as I made my way to the edge, was it excitement or fear?

So much for having friends, so much for love, so much for school, so much for family, so much for everything, this is how the world was made, couldn't even stop a seventeen year old who has everything from depressing himself.

All the memories mean nothing to me, it fades to nothing when I think about what will happen in the future. I don't want to realise all this is temporary. It's scary to think that- all this is fake and I'm going to be- This is exactly why I never made friends, this is why I feared love. I was afraid of getting attached.

I wanted to be alone because I didn't want to miss anything or anyone. I wanted to live only for myself till the end so I didn't need to feel the pain of being abandoned. But here I am just a weak boy putting on a mask of a dragon.

But at least I tried till the end. I wonder what led me down this path. I closed my eyes as I found myself on the ledge of the wooden bridge. 'What are you doing?' A hallucination of Lily's voice rang in my mind. 'Snap out of it' my voice echoed. What am I doing?

"You really have an interesting taste for scenic views" Lily said as she put one of her arms over me as I jumped as I opened my eyes and turned to look at her standing on the bridge next to me. How did I not see her? Did I let my guard down? I looked at my beautiful girlfriend as she looked at the dried up river and adjusted her red hair.

"I told you-" I started when she cut me off and said, "If you were bunking class you should have invited me, ain't no way I'm writing that shitty Transfiguration test when you're enjoying life. I don't like when you're enjoying it without me. I'm your toxic girlfriend" she said. "I-" I started not knowing what to reply.

"Stop getting on bridges like these, they're so old and dangerous, stop doing all this heroism, it isn't cool" she said as we both got off the bridge and we stood facing each other.

I think she knew, she knew I tried to jump but she didn't show it. "Either ways" she said as she took out a cupcake with a cute candle on top of it. "TADA!" She said smiling excitedly, the cupcake was definitely not made by her, it looked like Jared had made it. "Nice" I commented. "I made it" she said, smiling. I gave her a blank expression. She lit up the candle with her wand and I just blinked.

You can fool a million boys but you ain't fooling me. "Lying" I said as I blew the candle. "Lying? I made it! I was tutored by the great Jared Jaques!" she said, punching my shoulders. "YOU TOLD HIM ABOUT US" I said freaking out for a second. "Nah, I lied I was practising for Michelle her birthday is April 3 and it's pretty close by, today I lied it was a practice round and made it" she said.

I took a bite to see whether it was as delicious as it looked and well, I must say I was mind blown. "You sure you just didn't mix up the batter and take credit for making this cupcake?" I asked as she turned red in anger. "I MADE IT FROM SCRATCH!" she declared. "Ok, ok" I said as I gave a small giggle looking at her serious expression.

"Sorry about you know being a bitch, stuff happens" I said, sighing. In a few hours, I bet today's morning would have seemed like the transition from 2024 to 2025. "It's fine, I understand" she said as she looked at me and started smiling. "Why are you smiling?" I asked. "Why can't I?" she questioned. "You know if you smile for no reason you might need a mental check up" I said.

"I might need an appointment after needing to deal with people like you and Michelle, like bro how are you like totally normal one day and the next day you're trying to kill yourself" she asked. "To be honest" I started when she cut me off and said, "Let me guess even you have no idea why?" she said. Damn, she really knows my kind.

"Ten points to Gryffindor!" I exclaimed as I started patting her head imagining she was a cute little kitty. "Stop" she said as her cheeks puffed up but I ignored her statement and continued patting her little redhead. "Stop" she repeated in an irritated voice. I finally understand the pleasure you get from annoying people when they seem insensitive.

"Oh! By the way" she started as she stuffed her hand into her beige coat. I just realised she was wearing a caramel trench coat with a tight black shirt and black pants with red boot heels matching her dark red hair. She looked gorgeous as usual giving off rich kid vibes with her new styles and clothes.

She pulled out a small glass potion bottle with a thick red liquid inside. She opened the cork of the tiny bottle which was attached to a silver chain. Then she pulled out my old feud, the silver penknife, 'demise' and instructed me to stretch my arms and place my palm on hers.

I placed my hand and hers and a strike with the blade on the inside of my palm blood trickled down my hand. "POTTER!" I exclaimed watching blood drip down my arms. She quickly collected my blood in the bottle and healed my bleeding palm immediately as she put the cork back on the potion bottle and she hovered the potion bottle filled with that red liquid and my blood which was present in different separating chambers.

"Are you crazy?" I asked. "No you're crazy.. I needed to do this shit cause it matched your unique taste in gifts" she said as she handed me the necklace of the potion bottle.

"The left chamber is my blood, the right chamber is your blood. I also gave it magical properties. One touch of this necklace of your enemy they burn up smoking with the smell of blood, BRUTALLY. You realise how hard blood dark art is right? This took me like a month to find all the other ingredients and a moonflower which blooms only in February" she blabbered and was explaining how hard it was for her to make the ornament.

"I don't want to thank you because that wouldn't be enough to describe the gratitude I have for receiving such a creative bloody sweet gift like this" I said admiring the complexity of the magic as I saw golden sparks appear occasionally and it glowed ruby red as I touched it.

"Glad you liked it" she said happily with a sense of accomplishment. "I may look numb and all but I'm actually grateful ok? I love it" I said, trying to make a pleased face. "I know how you work, I can read you like a magazine so don't worry about that" she said. We both made our way back to the castle to attend the rest of the classes.

I must say my friends were quite surprised at how quickly I recovered from my crazy mood swing. Usually when I go into the freak off suicidal mode I usually take two or three days time to recover.

-TIME SKIP-

"YO YO YO!!!! DJ VAL IN THE HOUSE!" Val screamed as he was tampering with my record player. We had a mirror ball hanging at the centre of the room with the light turned off and colourful LEDs set for the crazy party we were going to have. Beer bottles were stocked up in Jared's mini cooler box and Val's bed was filled with nitrogen packed snacks and coke cans.

Hugo was already chugging beers explaining his love story with Ajax while Lorcan was acting uninterested, struck with jealousy acting like he was having a conversation with Val even though all his eras were on Hugo. Val was just trying to brainwash Jared into eating an antique U-No-Poo lying to him that they were actually smarties.

"Ajax is just too perfect" Hugo said with his cheeks burning up red every time he said his name. "That's sus" Lorcan commented. "You're jealous" Hugo shot back. "Imagine" Lorcan rolled his eyes. "Come to reality bitch, there's no need for imagination. I'm team Hugo" Val said, jumping on the bed as he wrapped his arms around Hugo.

"I swear everyone calls us gay kids for no reason" Jared said. "Hugo is gay, Lorcan is bi, Val acts gay for some reason, we both are pretty straight but Gojo, Tomioka, Geto are kind of my weakness" I said joining in the conversation. "Does fictional count?" Jared asked. "Ok, ok stop deviating, so yesterday I was randomly talking about 'rabbits' and he was like calling them 'bunnies' and I started laughing so bad by the way he said 'bunny' now every time we play truth or dare I dare him to say, 'bunny'. I swear he has like the cutest voice ever" Hugo squealed.

"Cordelia is no joke, it's getting kind of boring. Do you think I should break up and move on?" Val asked. "Just another day for Val. BRO! I PLAY QUIDDITCH WHY DON'T I GET SWARMED WITH GIRLS?!" LOrcan asked. "Maybe start with using some deodorant and bath at least three times a week" Jared commented.

"Oh yeah, Ly, are you ok now? You went barny in the morning" Lorcan asked. "You know I get fucked up sometimes, nothing new. I don't know man. I'm not ready to leave Hogwarts and get a job and do that old people shit yet but I want money" I said as I took a shot of sprite in the shot glass. "There is a high chance my mom kicks me out in the summer holidays" Jared said. "Why?" Val asked.

"I think my mom found out about Judy, ever since Valentine's Day she's been sending me sarcastic letters asking me whether I have a girlfriend and she's asking if she's ok and stuff. Today she sent me a letter asking when my wedding was. So high chances I'm fucked. Me and Judy were freaking out over that today" Jared said.

"That's some shit" Val swore as he popped open a bottle of champagne from yesterday's victory of Gryffindors in the Quidditch match. Then Val inserted the 'Not like us' CD into the CD player. "Yo this song is like, fire" Lorcan said as our favourite line played we all screamed it out loud, "CERTIFIED LOVERBOY, CERTIFIED PEDOPHILE!"

And we fell silent when Lily barged into the room with her eyes wide open after listening to what we said and the LED lights and the mirrorball. "Party, Music and beer, but there is no Lily? This is illegal" she said as she came in and grabbed a beer bottle from the crate on Lorcan's bed and popped it open.

"This is a guys only party, I'm sorry" Val said. "It's fine, I just want a free drink" she said as she eyed me and I turned away. The whole room was silent and Lily shrieked, "Come on! Don't be so quiet! Talk something or turn up the music!"

"YoU'rE a GiRl" Val said. "What a wonderful observation" she said as she jumped next to me on my bed as her cheeks were turning maroon as the fermented beer hit her hormones. She turned to me and gave a random cheeky smile. "You look so pretty today" she squealed, looking at me.

"I'm lost" Jared said, widening his eyes as he watched Lily get closer to me. "Hey Potts, distance. I like my personal space" I warmed her as I moved away. "Hi five, even I like your personal space" she replied. "I'M LOST" Jared screamed.

"Did you get lost in my eyes?" Val said cheekily as he went close to Jared. "Look, I married- shit, I mean I have a-" Jared was saying when she was cut off by our laughter. "Damn, getting married already?" Val said. "Look, I just-" Jared started when Val cut him off and asked, "Can I be your best man?"

"CAN YOU GIVE US A MOMENT?!" Lily exclaimed as my eye turned to Lily who was holding my collar leaning on me as I was pinned to my bedpost. "WHAT 'US'? THERE IS NO US" I screamed back trying to get her hand off me.

"BUT I LOVE YOU!" She screamed. Wow, really? We're doing this drama right now? Potts, why? Stop trying so hard to give them entertainment. "Lilysander be peaking right now" Lorcan said. To be honest it's just so hilarious how we're fooling the whole world with all this unplanned drama which makes us seem like we're just friends who annoy each other for pleasure.

"Potts I'm not in the mood can you shut up" I said rolling my eyes and going on with the unwritten script of the drama. "Just date, bruh" Val said. "Should we LyLy?" Lily asked in a seductive voice as she placed her chest on mine and our bodies were plastered on one another. She was so small and cute, like a barbie doll.

Her green eyes caught mine as it triggered the weakness in me. "KISS ALREADY. HELP, I'VE BEEN THE CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP FOR YEARS NOW" Lorcan screamed. I looked into emerald eyes, red curls falling on me as she moved closer. "You're sexually assaulting me" I sneered as I pushed her away from me and she rolled over and fell off my bed.

She hit her head on the table and was lying on the floor. I waited for a moment and said, "Ok Potts stop acting get up now" she said as she suddenly let out a heavy breath and her body seemed lifeless. I got up a little concerned. FUCK, I went too far, is she ok? Is her head ok? What if she ends up like Gilderoy Lockhart?

"Is she ok? She's not moving, I think she passed out" Jared said, a bit frightened as he got up from the bed and walked towards her body.

Did I just kill my girlfriend? Shit, I got up a bit concerned as we looked at Lily's body which almost seemed lifeless as blood was trickling from her head as it spread over the wooden floor. For a minute my brain just went blank as my anxiety hit me.

"YOU KILLED MY COUSIN" Hugo screamed. "WE NEED TO RUSH HER TO THE HOSPITAL WING" Jared screamed freaking out.l as he tilted her head and blood was oozing out. "OH FUCK!" He swore as he beamed backwards and tried wiping the blood in his hands on the curtains.

I got my head straight, I took my imaginary chill pill to analyse the scene. That blood, it looked accurate but what are the chances it was pig blood? Probably a lot knowing she's Harry Potter's and Ginny Weasley's daughter, nice prank Potts.

Even if she did hit the corner of the table, she would have left behind some blood or scraped off skin which wasn't present, this is the most ametur prank which solely depends on emotions, if I got emotional and got blinded by the truth, it would have been a good prank.

I looked at her playing dead. Perhaps she was practicing this with her dog during the Christmas holidays. "I don't think she's breathing" Lorcan said shakily. "Let's hide her body" I said as I went along with her prank. "BRING HER TO THE FREAKING HOSPITAL WING" Jared screamed shivering in fear.

"LYSANDER IT WAS YOUR FAULT" Val said in panic tryna gaslight the situation . "Fuck this shit" Lorcan said freaking out as he started sweating and sat on his bed confused in a helpless state placing his hands on his face. "YOU DID THIS!" Hugo screamed as he pulled my collar.

I wish I could tell you she ain't dead but it's funny seeing them like this. I unintentionally gave a chuckle and I was awarded death glares by my roomies. "Lysander, it's not funny" Jared said with a straight face.

I just can't maintain a straight face when everyone is serious.

EXCLUSIVE HUGO'S P.O.V:

Everything was just a blacked out blur. I saw my cousin's lifeless body on the floor. Blood, I felt dizzy and the smell was really giving me chills. Her red hair soaked in red blood. Shivers down my spine. I wanted to cry but I couldn't, I think I forgot how to cry.

"She's breathless, she's pulseless" Jared announced as he went to the corner of the dorm shaking in fear. Lysander just murdered my cousin and LOOK AT HIS SMUG.

I saw his expressionless face looking at Lily. I eyed a fruit knife near JJ's bed. "We're all in this together so, one clean the blood, I'll take care of the body but I'll need another hand and the other two needs to get rid of evidence" Lysander said.

"Sorry I'm not related to you, you pushed her off your fucking bed bro" Lorcan said. "You're stepping on her blood" Lysander said pointing at Lorcan's shoe prints on the blood. "FUCK" Lorcan muttered stepping away from the pile of blood.

Guilt struck me, a sense of loss and overwhelm. Grief. All the time I could have spent with her. Then Lysander chuckled and said, "You know what dead people are immune to?" He asked. I looked up at him with my teary eyes as he started. I looked at him with my blurry teary eyed vision.

I was vexed by his attitude as he crouched down and approached her body. "LEAVE HER ALONE!" I screamed at him as before Lysander could meddle with her. Lily opened her eyes and started giggling as Lysander started tickling her and she was laughing uncontrollably, "Hands off bitch!" she exclaimed.

What the fuck? Is she serious?

BACK TO LYSANDER'S P.O.V:

"Y'all just straight up idiots" I chuckled. "That wasn't funny" Jared said as he sighed as if he had come alive. "For a minute I really imagined myself in Azkaban with dementors and stale food" Lorcan said. "Lily the joke wasn't funny" Hugo said in rage as he turned red and sat on his bed heavily.

"Learn to take a joke, imagine dying because of some table, that's just insane" Lily said chuckling. "Fuck" Val said sighing as there were a few minutes of silence to process the situation.

"Please don't try shit like this again" Hugo said, sighing. "Yeah, I have a weak heart" Jared said as he was still pacing like a ghost. "That blood looked so fucking realistic" Val said. "That is real blood" Lily said as Jared's face turned into a disgusted expression as he started making gagging noises.

"It's pig's blood" Lily explained and Jared was still gagging as he sobbed, "I can't believe I touched blood". "To be honest I kind of forgot this just changed from a fucking birthday party to something wild" Lorcan said as he took a piece of cake and stuffed it in his mouth.

"LORCAN YOU JUST SAW A FUCKING POOL OF BLOOD AND YOU'RE EATING?!" Hugo screamed. "What can I do? Your boy's hungry" Lorcan said as he rubbed his stomach and Hugo rolled his eyes.

"Potter just clean that pool of blood and get out, I should have sided with Val and sent you out when I had the chance" Jared said with his face all red and swollen as Lily swayed her wand to clean up the floor.

"THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO ME, VALENTINO" Val said. "Shut up Val, you tried putting the whole blame on me. What kind of friend are you?" I snapped. "Dude, I can't defend you for murder" Val said.

"Aren't those words from a sweet and innocent boy who has five girlfriends at the same time?" Lily snapped, defending me. "Ok I get it Lily, you like him" Val said rolling his eyes. "I don't like him. I was just fooling around so I can pull off the prank" She said.

"Lying" Val said with a smirk. "Weren't you the same guy who thought I was in love with you like around a month ago?" Lily asked. WAIT WHAT WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? VAL THOUGHT LILY LIKED HIM?

"Wait what?" I asked. "I just thought so cause you know, who can't like me? Plus you kept stalking me for no reason" Val said. "Oh shut up, stop living in a fantasy. Why would I like a person like you? Do I look like a girl obsessed with music who has short hair?" Lily asked.

Damn, Lily just exposed Michelle but it's not like Mr. Thick skull would get a hint anyways. OK FIRSTLY WHY THE FUCK WAS VAL MAKING FALSE ALLEGATIONS ABOUT MY LILY. Also, I still don't understand how Val can connect the tiniest details and find out about the people who have crushes on him but when they make it so obvious that they like you he's like, 'NAH' and ignores them.

That's now ladies and gentlemen, the true meaning of stupidity. When you think you're too dumb so you try to be smart by looking at the details that you forget the basic facts.

"Why didn't anyone tell me about this whole Val and Lily thing?" I asked. "Oh stop crying Lysander Lily is yours, Val is over YOUR Lily" Lorcan said as he started teasing me. I put on a blank face and said, "I'm not crying" .

"Don't cry baby" Val said, making a mocking pouty face as he came close to me and started patting my head as he got over my nerves. "She's all yours" Jared said, coming into the act as he stroked my hair. "I'm yours to keep and I'm yours to lose" Lily said as she played along.

"See we even got the approval from Mrs. Scamander herself" Val said. "Yeah let's go sis in law!" Lorcan giggled. I just gave them a death stare as my face slightly turned red.

Mrs. Scamander sounds unhinged when we consider the fact the last Mrs. Scamander is gonna be my mom cause I'm not gonna get married and Lorcan's gay.

"Ok shut up, I would rather marry the giant squid than this bitch. I bet ya, he'll murder me for the inheritance from my dad" Lily said as she gave a tug to both Lorcan and Val's hair. I gave her a soft look conveying the message with my eyes, 'Come on Lily pad, I wouldn't do that' as she just returned back an adorable smile.

I don't know why but I feel like I have lived two whole days without sleeping. The whole day time drama seemed like it was yesterday. "Ok so let's assume you gifted me this bottle of Scotch whiskey and I'll take my leave" Lily said as she grabbed the bottle from Lorcan's bed but Lorcan already had his hands on it.

"Only if you give me a gift for my birthday" he demanded. "Like a kiss?" She asked. Ok, Lorcan's seriously getting on my nerves. "Well, sure" he said smiling like a fool WHO ISN'T GOING TO BE ALIVE BY MIDNIGHT.

"Close your eyes and dream. I already gave you chocolate frogs and a special edition mini skirving snack box" She said as she had a moment of realisation, "I just realised I didn't give you your present" Lily said turning to me as she took out a small blue colour wrapped present.

"Thanks" I said. In fact she did give me that blood locket but, I can't tell people she gave me that or they might get the hint that we're together so I gotta hide it. I guess this was like a formal gift.

"Can I open it?" I asked. She dramatically made a relaxed face with a seductive look. Her bold red lipstick on her soft lips allured me as she placed her finger on my lips and said, "Open it after I leave" she whispered.

"Lily, your acting skills are beyond your salary for doing this scene ok? We get it if you like each other you'll flirt with each other and date each other and make a fool of us saying you're just friends" Jared said.

"We're just joking for your entertainment" Lily said as she playfully slapped my shoulders and smiled. "I'm going to die because of the high blood pressure you guys give and piss me off everytime you say the word 'friends'" Lorcan said.

"WAIT YOU'LL DIE IF I KEEP SAYING ME AND LILY ARE FRIENDS? YO YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME THIS AGES AGO I WOULD HAVE ENDED HALF OF THE PROBLEMA IN MY LIFE!" I exclaimed.

"Ok ok enjoy yourselves boys, while I enjoy my whiskey" Lily said as she left. "Can we go back to the party?" Val asked as he started playing the music. "Open the gift!" Jared said. I admired the wrapping of the gift, I wonder what it is.

Lorcan snatched the gift from me as he started unwrapping it. "Dude, that's mine" I complained. "Chill, I just want to see if it's a love proposal and read that proposal out loud so we can have a laugh" he said as I tried snatching it.

"Stop fighting like little kids" Jared said as he was chewing some cheetos. Lorcan unwrapped my present and it was just a blue satin silk ring box. "Damn, straight to the wedding huh?" Lorcan said excitedly as he opened the box—

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Lorcan screamed in a high pitched orchestral voice as he dropped the box and I started laughing like I had completely lost it.

"OH GOSH" Jared said. "IS THAT A FREAKING FLYING COCKROACH?!" Val screamed as the room broke into chaos as a big fat flying cockroach was zooming inside our dorm.

"KILL IT!" Hugo screamed as Lorcan and Hugo were hugging each other and protecting themselves. "Guys stop making a huge deal, it's JUST a cockroach" JJ said. "Oh, JJ stay still," Val said. "Why?" JJ asked, confused.

"The cockroach is in your hair" Val cruelly lied as JJ started dancing around jumping from earth to heaven and messing his hair, "Is it gone? IS IT GONE!?" He asked in panic and fear. "Why are you freaking out? It's JUST a cockroach" Val giggled mockingly as Jared gave a straight face and tried suffocating him with a pillow.

"I'm going out" Hugo said as he got up and tried unlocking the door. "IT'S LOCKED" he said. "You're a wizard Hugo!" Lorcan said and Hugo pulled out his wand and muttered, "Alohomora!"

It didn't unlock. "I think Lily cast an unbreakable charm" I guessed. "I'm not sleeping until that darn thing is dead" Hugo said. "Let's stay awake all night talking then" Lorcan suggested.

"You guys are such drama queens" I chuckled as I spotted the cockroach sitting on Val's plate with dried up dinner from two days ago. I used my non verbal skills and used the immobulus spell as I trapped it inside the box.

"Done" I said casually. Honestly, if my friends were one of those stereotypical girls they would be thinking of getting married to me right now. "I love you" Hugo muttered as he let go of Lorcan.

"You can't dislike me" I said sassily flipping my hair and acting like a 💅🏻MATERIAL GURL 💅🏻

"I'm beginning to feel like a rap god, rap god" Val started singing. "Why is he just so random?" Jared asked. "CAUSE I'M AN ALPHA MALE" Val said as he started going random Fornite emotes.

"I'm a beta bro" Lorcan declared. "How do you guys define personalities with greek alphabets?!" I asked, let's be honest it's just straight up unhinged. "ARE YOU A LEGILIMENCE? YOU READ MY MIND!" JJ said as we hi fived.

"You're such a sigma Ly" Lorcan said. "JJ is so delta right?" Val asked. "According to me Hugo is an alien so he's extraterrestrial, he's an ET" Lorcan said. "If y'all gonna yap about brain rot then I'll whip you with a knife" I said annoyed.

I guess we did have quite a party, it involved a lot of talking and of course Lorcan getting emotional on how he was forever going to be single. I could clearly notice Hugo trying his level best to make Lorcan feel jealous about his and Ajax's relationship and it was working as well as he had planned.

Jared and I on the other hand were just lamenting about life like old geezers who were just waiting to die. Well, another year is over. There is only around a year or so left to live among all the walls we crashed through.

My roomies passed out after drinking too much cheap wine they bought illegally from the seniors. As for me I just laid on my bed.

It might be the end of an age but it is indeed the start of a new decade so I guess long live as long as the magic lasts and we cherish the memories we have made.

XX~𝐿𝓎𝓈𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇~XX