"Paige, wake up", someone yelled loudly in my ear. Who on earth was trying to make me get up? It was 6:00 in the morning. "Go away" I said my words slurred because my face was in my pillow. "PAIGE!" the voice screamed so loudly that I had to clamp my hands over my ears. Just then a bucket of ice cold water splashed down on my head. "Earrrgh! What was that for?" I yelled sitting up right. I saw my step sister, Serena obviously; who else would be stupid enough to wake me up at 6:00 in the morning; I'm not a morning person. "Good you're awake!" Serena said smiling "I need to know what color lipstick I should wear today! Cherry red or Rosy pink?" Lipstick? She woke me up for lipstick? I ignored the urge to scream insulting names or throw my alarm clock at her. "I don't know. Rosy pink", I said through gritted teeth. "No, I think I like cherry red better", Serena said. "You, I'm going to get you for that!" I yelled and lunged at Serena. Serena ran out of the room screaming, I heard her footsteps thumping up the stairs and the sound of her door slamming. Great, now that I was awake I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep not to mention I was sopping wet. Serena is the most infuriating girl I'd ever met. She looked like a human Barbie; long dark blonde hair, deep blue eyes, and a perfect figure, yep totally Barbie. You see two weeks ago my mother married an American man named John Briggam, I thought he was awesome an easygoing man who designed broomsticks. Then I met his daughter Serena. She has been the bane of my life ever since we met. My only consolation I will be spending the last week of summer vacation with the Potters, I'll have a Serena free week before we I see her again at Hogwarts. Serena has been going to an American school of magic and having her at Hogwarts might not be that bad; at least there there's plenty of places to hide from her! I riffled through my dresser and found a Quidditch T-shirt, a pair of my favorite beat up jeans, and pulled on some socks. I stopped quickly to glance in the mirror and run a comb through my wet brown locks. I thundered down stairs and ran into the kitchen. I know, I know, not very polite to my mother and step dad but hey if I had been woken up rudely by the girl they insisted I had to be nice to, than they could deal with it. I was surprised to see John already up and drinking a mug of warm pumpkin juice. "Morning Paige how are you?" He asked running his eyes over my wet hair. "Wet; your daughter poured a bucket of water on me to wake me up so she could ask me what color lipstick to wear!" I said glaring at him. "Oh, terribly sorry about that, Serena does love looking nice", he said mildly. I stomped over to the stove where some bacon was frying itself, and some eggs were scrambling themselves. I grabbed a plate from a cupboard filled my plate with bacon and eggs, Yum, and sat down to eat. My food was slightly charred as our frying pans tend to fry whatever's in them a little too long. As I was finishing up my breakfast, Serena came into the kitchen. "What do you want now?" I asked impatiently. I mean does she expect me to solve all her problems? The answer; of course she does. "I was just wondering; what should I wear to the Potters' house?" Serena asked. "What do you mean to the Potters' house? I'm going to the Potters' not you Serena!" I cried horrified at the thought of Serena coming to the Potters' with me. James; my best friend had invited me, not Serena! This was my chance to hang out with my friends one last time before Serena came to Hogwarts. "Of course I'm going!" Dad promised me I could", Serena said smiling. "You promised her what?" I yelled at John. How could he just do something like that? He didn't even know the Potters! "I promised Serena she could go with you to the Potters; it will give her the chance to make new friends before the start of term", John explained as if it was perfectly reasonable. Maybe it was reasonable. How would I feel if I was Serena and I was going to attend a new school? I would feel really awful, especially without my best friend; I would have been lost my first couple years at Hogwarts if not for James. Serena probably had to leave her best friend behind when she came here. I sighed this was going to be hard. "show me what you have in mind to wear", I said to Serena. "OK! Follow me!" Serena said leading me out of the kitchen before I could even set my dirty dishes in the sink. When I walked in her room I nearly fainted it was a pink disaster! Everything was pink even her window was pink stain-glass. Serena ran over too her closet through it open and started pulling out outfits. I set my dirty dishes on a pink table and went to look at the outfits Serena wanted me to choose from. "Okay, I want you to choose the outfit that would impress your friend James the most!" Serena said. Serena is mad for James, she hasn't even met him yet but she saw a picture of us, Albus, and Lilly on my dresser. As soon as Serena saw James in that picture she has wanted to meet him. Ugh sometimes having your best friend be incredibly handsome is really annoying! Every single girl in school wants me to introduce them to him. I stared at the outfits Serena had laid out. "Erm, probably that one", I said pointing at a pink sundress with a lot of lace. "Thank you! Serena said as she shoved me out of her room. How rude! I headed to my room and started packing my trunk; I already had my supplies for this year. Just as I was shoving the last of my books into my trunk my mother entered. "Just coming to say goodbye; they need me at the office", my mom said giving me a quick kiss on the cheek and leaving. My mom works as an Auror for the Ministry of Magic. After I had gotten everything into my trunk and managed to close it, I hauled it down to the living room and sat on it as I waited for Serena. She appeared 13 minutes later hauling her trunk and groaning. "I'm ready!" Serena said happily. "John we're leaving", I shouted at the top of my lungs as a went over to our fire place dragging my trunk behind me. I grabbed a handful of emerald green floo powder; from o put on the mantle, and threw it into the fire. I pulled my trunk into the green flames that now filled the fire place and shouted, "Potter Residence". A few gut wrenching seconds later I landed in another fire place. I took a step forward and banged my head on the low ceiling of the fire place. "Ow!" I said as I bent over and exited the fire place. "Hey, Paige welcome to the Potter residence", James said with a smile "Ready to have some fun?" Maybe this week wouldn't be so bad after all Serena or not at least my best friend was here.