Chapter 1 - Threshold to never ever being friends

15 years old Lily Emerald Potter looked at her parents in disbelieve.

"You got to be kidding me!" she said and crossed her arms. "Do you want me to spend a whole weekend at the Burrow, alone!"

Her parents looked at each other.

Finally her mother turned her eyes to Emerald.

"Well, kind of." Ginny said. "You haven't really spent a lot of time with your grandparents and we thought it would do you good to get out of London for a while."

"Yeah, but there are reasons for me not spending time with those dried, old mushrooms." Emerald said quietly.

"You said what?" her mother asked with her jaw set.

"Nothing!" Emerald cursed herself for saying that out laud.

She couldn't handle Molly and Arthur Weasley to well. Mugglestuff here, cooking there. Emerald was more of a Potter than a Weasley on that point.

"Emmy," her father started. "I've talked to Neville and Luna and"

Emerald's eyes widened. "Oh so that's what you mean by "kind of". Betty's coming isn't she!"

Harry smiled. "Quick thinking."

"Yes! I haven't seen her all summer. You know she and her family went abroad, to, eh. What was it now..."

"Sweden, I think." Ginny reminded her daughter.

"Yeah, that right." Emerald smiled with her entire face

"So you're okay with this thing now, then?" Harry asked.

Emerald let out a little laugh.

"'Course I am. More than okay. But where are you lot going?"

"Oh I and your father are just going to spend a fun weekend, home with Laura and Elisa."

Emerald sighed.

Surely she had wanted to spend the weekend with her family and do whatever fun they were going to do, but her 8 year old twin sisters could really be a pain in the ass. So she was kind of glad to slip past them and their mischief.

Emerald smiled, and rose from her seat in the sofa and gave her parents each a kiss on their cheek.

"By the way, how is it between you and Rory nowadays?" her father asked, before Emerald had reached the door.

She turned around. "We haven't exactly spoken to each other since the end of the term, or more likely the middle of it."

Ginny shook her head. "Well you know that's sad, don't you."

Emerald nodded. "I know it's silly and everything, but she shouldn't have challenged me on the seekerspot. She really shouldn't have. And I'm way better than she is."

Ginny looked at her. "Come on Emmy, we know you're good, very good in fact. But there is now need to brag about it."

"I'm not bragging, I'm just telling the truth. Besides, I wonder why she didn't apply as a keeper. She's really good and she has it in her blood. Ron played keeper, didn't he."

Harry nodded and smiled a bit. "He was quite good actually."

"When his nerves didn't spoil it for him." Ginny added on and laughed.

"Yeah, well back to you and Rory." Her father said and started to look serious. "I talked to Ron yesterday at the office and this fight of yours is really tearing down on Meredith."

God, Meredith! Emerald hadn't thought of what situation she'd put her best friend and cousin in.

"Oh no. She must be a total nerve wrack by now!"

Harry nodded. "Yes, to hear her twin sister talking bad about you is kind of a nightmare for her, as Ron said. She doesn't know where to stand. The same with Betty."

"God, now I really have to make up with Rory. But all the things she said, all the things I said. It's not going to be easy!"

"No it isn't." Ginny said and rose from the red armchair and walked over to Emerald. "But you'll soon get the chance."

Emerald thought for a while and then...

"Shit, she's coming to the Burrow?"

"You'll se, you'll see..." both Ginny and Harry said and walked past her in the door.

Emerald hated so called surprises. Even though she was quite sure on this one.

She knew Rory was going to be there. She just knew.

When Emerald went to bed that night she tried to come up what she was going to say to Rory the following day. Was she going to say "I'm sorry" the first moment she saw Rory and then they would hug and continue to be friends for the rest of their lives? Or would Rory even speak to her when she saw Emerald.

If Emerald knew Rory right she wouldn't forgive her that easy. She would probably yell at Emerald and Emerald would yell back at her.

So the fight between Rory and Emerald wouldn't solve with just a little chat. No, it would probably take the whole weekend just make the two of them talk, but Emerald was determined. She was going to make up with Rory. If not for her own sake, but for Meredith and Betty's.