"Oh, sure." Lorcan grins. 
                          
We start walking towards the Great Hall, making small talk in the hallway. I get the feeling that if I wasn't here right now, they would be talking to each other more, but I think Lily will be really mad at me if I leave them alone.
                          
Jenny sees us and waves us over towards the Ravenclaw table, where she's already sitting with Al and Scorpius. Now I'm not really worried too much about Lorcan, as I sit down. I felt my heart speed up as I saw Scorpius's blonde hair. I made sure to sit next to Al, where he was pretty much out of my view.
                          
"How was practice?" Al asks, seeing mine and Lily's robes. 
                          
"It was great," Lily chimed in. "Rose is an amazing captain, you should've seen her."
                          
"Yes, but that is in no way an invitation to come sneak into one of our practices," I add, knowing my cousin and his logic.
                          
"Did you guys start practices yet?" Jenny asks Al. 
                          
"Just one so far. Our first match isn't until the last week in November, their's is in a couple of weeks."
                          
"It's actually nine days, but who's counting," I say. Jenny laughs. It's nice to know I entertain some people.
                          
"Right after Halloween then?" Lorcan asks.
                          
"Yup." I hadn't realized that Halloween was coming up so quickly. That also meant Scorpius's birthday was next week too.
                          
***
                          
When we got back to my dorm, Lily and I started changing into our pajamas. "Rose, don't you think it's terrible how they treat Lorcan? How those idiots bully him just because he is a little different?" I didn't have time to answer. "Because I think it's horrible, and somebody's outta do something about it."
                          
"I know Lily, it is horrible. Some people can just be so mean." I say.
                          
"We should start a club, don't you think?" She says. Her orange ponytail bobs as she talks. "Encouraging friendship and nice behavior. That would be co-"
                          
She starts making choking noises and gets up to run into the bathroom to vomit. I follow after her of course, even though I know it's only from the pregnancy.
                          
"It's not even morning!" She says in between throwing up. "Why would they call it morning sickness if it lasts the whole bloody day?"
                          
She says it loud, a little too loud and I know Scorpius is just behind the door. "Lily! Shh!"
                          
There's a knock on the door to Scorpius's dorm, but I don't know why they bother if they just walk in anyway. It's Al, of course, who opened the door.
                          
"What the hell Al? Knock much?" I yell at him.
                          
"Whoa, you okay Lil?" He ignores me and goes to Lily's side. Scorpius stands in the doorway with his eyes open wide, staring between Lily and I. Something tells me he heard something, he shouldn't have but I decided to ignore that for now.
                          
"She's fine, just ate a rotten apple." I cover for her, she is preoccupied.
                          
I watch as Al kneels down next to his little sister and pulls the hair out of the way. He pats her on the back lightly. Scorpius looks at me. I can't read his expression, and something tells me that I don't want to, so I look away, back at Al. It's so different to see him helping Lily in such a kind brotherly way. It was something I would expect from James but never seen before in Al.
                          
Lily wipes her mouth with her sleeve when she's finished throwing up everything she just ate at dinner. She stands up right away. "Don't do that," I say. "You just got your robes all messy again."