The girl giggled at her brother. "What? I'm just eating a meat ball!" He said looking at her sideways.
"Yeah, okay then." She said leaning against the door. "Stop it Sam. You're just jealous." The boy said glaring at his older sister. "Why would I be? Because I can't eat a meat ball as messily as you?" She asked.
"Hey! Mom! Sammy won't leave me alone to eat dinner!" Cried the boy, Marvin.
"Honey leave your brother alone. And please be nice to Nancy tonight. We promise we'll fire her after the MPRD meeting." Cried their mother Ginny Potter.
"You heard her. Go away!" The boy muttered. "I know I heard her. Believe me. But not sure if you had enough of a brain to." She said shaking her head. "You little…" He said glaring at Samantha. "Sorry Merv, I have a date. Got to go." She said smirking and walking away.
Samantha darted upstairs to check her makeup. Perfect. She added a spray of Stronghold Hairspray and sat down on her bed. "Well this is it Sammy ol' pal. Our very first really real boyfriend. Please don't mess this up." She said looking at her pale face.
"Knock-Knock?" Asked a friendly voice. "Come on in dad." She said as her father entered grinning. He became serious as he said, "You know, you can wait a couple more years until dating…"
Samantha giggled. "No thanks dad, I really want to date Oliver." She said. "Well I guess so. Did I tell you the story of me and your mom?" He asked ruffling her perfect hair.
"Dad! That was perfect! And yes, you've told us your story tons of times. Probably only Kari needs to know it." She said going back to her mirror to fix her hair. "Why not use magic to fix that?" asked her famous dad. "Because I'm not that good. Besides, nobody is as good as me." She said giggling. "Well I'm going over to Felicity's before I go out to dinner so bye." She said awkwardly.
"Well, my little girl is growing up. Bye honey." Harry said hugging his daughter. She waved and ran downstairs and across the street.
"He said he was going to wear what!" Asked Samantha's best friend in the whole world, Felicity. "Bright purple! Bright PURPLE? What was he thinking? It was enough to blind someone! He showed me a bit during summer school." Samantha said loudly. "Wow, you are so lucky he gave up on that." Felicity said. "Hey!" Samantha shot back.
"What? You dissed him first!" Felicity said. "So? He's my boyfriend. He may take it personally from you!" Samantha said rolling her eyes. "Right, it would mean less to him if you said it. Sorry." Felicity said sarcastically.
Samantha glared at her. "What?" Felicity asked. "Never mind." Samantha said.
"Are you making fun of our relationship?" Asked Samantha crossing her arms. Felicity snorted loudly. "Oh no you didn't!" Said Samantha giggling. "Oh yes I did!" Felicity shot back. They erupted in fits of laughter.
The ringing of the Sherman's doorbell ringing interrupted them. "That must be him!" exclaimed Samantha looking around wildly. "Chill, go downstairs and meet him. I'll see you later okay?" Ordered Felicity.
Samantha nodded and carefully left her friends bedroom. "Oliver…How will she survive such a loser?" Felicity asked herself. "Somehow, hopefully." She retorted. "I heard all that!" Cried Samantha. "Whatever! Bye." Felicity said.
Oliver and Samantha sat in a small booth looking cramped and uncomfortable. "So, how are you doing in school?" Asked Samantha shrugging.
"Well my GPA is 5.78. Much better than you would expect I suppose." He asked pushing his glasses up his nose. "Yeah, definitely." She said looking around. "I really have to go to the bathroom, excuse me." Samantha said.
Oliver Port nodded and gazed at his soup. The chunks of meat in it swirled around his spoon and 10 minutes later he looked up. "I wonder what's taking so long. This is weird." Oliver said quietly.
"Oh Merlin. I really can't take this Fel, please save me." Whined Samantha. "Climb out the window then." Suggested her friend from the other side of the cell phone. "I'm in a muggle restaurant, how am I supposed to do that?" Asked Sammy. "Well, Accio your broom like your uncles did in their 7th year. And like your father did in the Triwizard Tournament." She answered.
"Fine, but I don't want to get caught." Sam retorted. "Come on Sam!" Sammy shrugged and cast the spell out the window.
"It was terrible! We were sitting and not talking! And the silence! The silence! It was terrible! The silence was huge and he was bragging and not talking and playing with soup and not talking! It was the most awkward dinner of my life!" cried Sammy. "It's okay, okay." Said Felicity patting her back. "We'll be back at Hogwarts soon. Until then relax please." Begged Felicity. Sammy nodded and walked back across the street.
"Thank god this day came. I thought it never would." Said Kim. "No kidding. I was dreaming about today, and about the feast." Said Mary Anne. "Well somehow it came. But the worst part is I'll be stuck with Oliver for all of my classes. He hates me now." Sammy complained.
"Why would he hate you? Last time I checked you could label him House Elf to you." Asked Annie (Mary Anne). "Oh yeah, really bad date. She ended up crawling out of a window like an escape artist." Said Kim. They all giggled except Samantha who crossed arms. "Relax okay. We're back at the place we belong, Hogwarts." Said Felicity pointing out of the window. The train started to slow and the girls got jumbled in with the crowd of teenagers rushing to exit the train.
The carriages were waiting for them. Stationary and a foggy white. "Whoa, those horses sure are ugly. I never noticed them before." Said Mary Anne. "They're nice once you get to know them." Said Kim stroking the scaly black horse. They hopped into a carriage and the winged horses trotted towards the towering castle ahead of them.