Okay so I really love my followers especially those who aren't afraid to give me CC (not the drug!); it really helps when writing the next chapter. I also LOVVE when you tell me how much you love my story, it inspires me to write faster*SMILES* this is the first chapter of the sequel to "Unexpected series of events". Now we all know that U.S.E. was iffy, but hey that was my first fanfic. You know what they say, you can only get better. Anyway…ON WITH THE READING! _ ~Teya~

I woke up July 25th excited. Today was the day Lily invited me to spend the week with her and her family, and then I would spend the rest of the month with James and the guys at his house. We were going to practice for Quidditch tryouts, since we were old enough now. I hopped out of my bed and went to take a shower. After I got my hair in a messy ponytail, letting my bangs fall perfectly just above my eye and put on a red t-shirt and denim shorts. I got my red flower necklace that Sirius had gotten me for my birthday; I briefly smiled at all that memory of all of us throwing my cake at each other. I tied the laces of my converse and went down to breakfast.

Going down to breakfast was, quiet, unusually quiet. I looked around the room and immediately knew why. No Bill. I looked around, no empty beer bottles. I sniffed the air; there was no stench of alcohol. Oh no. He's kidnapped everyone and left! Okay okay calm down Bella. So I have a very active imagination but that's what everyone loves about me. Suddenly Melody, my 17 year old cousin entered the kitchen wearing a beautiful pale purple sundress that came just above her knees, and her caramel colored hair in a beautiful ballerina bun. I whistled, "Looking nice Melly," she blushed, "Hush, Bradley will be here any second, oh I'm glad Bill finally got a job," oh so that's why it's quiet! "Who would want to hire him?"

"A pub,"

"Ahh so now he can get drunk while working, then come home and drink more."

"Yeah but the hours are lovely 6am-12am!" I laughed. "Awesome!" The doorbell rang. Melody all but ran to the door, "Oh hi Bradley wont you come in and meet my cousin," Oh she's so lucky I showered! Melody came in with Bradley. He had short chocolate brown hair and shocking blue eyes, "Hello you must be Bella," I smiled , "You must be Bradley, nice to meet you," Margot and Marcus came into the kitchen in there Pajamas "Hey it's that one boy Melly has a picture of in her room!" Marcus shouted. Me and Bradley laughed as Melody turned pink, "Uh so Bella your friend Lily is picking you up any minute now?" there was a honk outside, "Yeah actually right now bye Melly, Margie, Marc, See you all in June," i hugged them then ran up to get her stuff. I ran towards the front door, "Tell Aunt Katie I said bye! Nice to meet you Bradley! See you all later!" I yelled. I ran down our front steps and saw the 12 year-old redhead waving frantically at me. I grinned and waved back.

"Lily your family in awesome, well except for Tuni," I said, falling onto her bed after dinner. Lily smiled, "Thank you Bella," she joined me on the edge of the bed, and brought out a deck of playing cards. I grinned, "How do you know I like playing cards?" she smiled, "Because you the best at Exploding Snap," I blushed, "I'm not the best…" Lily rolled her eyes and laughed. I took the deck of cards from her and began shuffling them, "What are we playing?" I shrugged, "How about I teach you an American card game?" she grinned, "That sounds fascinating!" I laughed; "Okay it's called poker," After an hour Lily finally picked up the game and was actually quite good. On our final game she won. She squealed and began to jump up and down on the bed. I laughed and jumped on her bed too. We laughed when we both slipped and fell down on the bed. I started and the ceiling and then looked at Lily. "Your rooms fantastic," Lily blushed slightly, "Oh it's just an ordinary room,""Lils you have a HUGE canopy bed and practically half a library in here!" She hit me with a pillow. I pouted. Then hit her back. Soon there was a full blown pillow war. We giggled and laughed until Mrs. Evans came in, "Alright girls, time for bed," She reached under Lily's bed and pulled out the second bed. "I'll come by in a little bit to say goodnight," she went out the door. We changed into our pajamas and climbed into bed. After Lily's mom came and said good night. Lily rolled over, "So how's the family?" I once again started at the ceiling. "Good," I said simply. Lily smiled, knowing I didn't want to talk about it, "Night Bellakins," I snorted, "Night Night Lilykkins," I looked out the window staring at the moonlight, before falling asleep.

The week with Lily went by so fast. Lily made me wake up at 10 each morning. On Monday we went to an art museum. I accidently left a smudge on one of the paintings and Lily and I just whistled and walked away. Then on Tuesday we went to a water park. I had to push Lily into one of the scariest rides there. It was scary but not as scary as the ones in California. Wensday we went to a circus. I almost punched out a clown when it jumped out in front of me. Lily was gasping in air because she was laughing so hard. Thursday we went to a street festival. Lily and I bought little purses with flowers on them, Lily of course got the one with lilies on them, and I got the one with roses on them. Every night I would teach Lily an American card game and Lily would teach me European card games. By the end of the week Lily and I were sisters.

"Bella hurry up! Diagon Alley is waiting!" I slowly made my way into Lily's Car. It's too early. I slid in next to her. She smiled brightly. Ugh how can she be so happy and energetic in the mornings, even when I wake MYSELF up at 3am I'm not like that. I smiled weakly at her. "Bella dear are you okay?" Mrs. Evans asked. I tried to be my usual energetic self, "Yeah just a bit tired," "You know we could have left at 1 instead of 7," I glared at Lily, who suddenly became interested in her shoes, "I was unaware of that," Mr. Evans laughed. Lily smiled weakly, "Don't blame me blame Remus. He owled me saying that him and the others would be there at 8," I pouted, "I thought they would be like me and sleep late," Lily smirked, "They are but apparently Potter's parents are like me," I smirked, "Aww see you too are destined for each other," She glared at me, "Absolutely not! He is foul!" I laughed. "Who is foul Sweetie?" Mrs. Evans asked. "Just some boy at school that plays pranks on poor kids,"

"He's Lily's future boyfriend!"

"Bella!" Lily yelled. Mrs. Evans laughed, while Mr. Evans gripped the steering wheel harder. Lily sulked in her seat, "Aww come one Lils I'm only joking. Its pay back for waking me up early," Lily rolled her eyes. "We're here," Mr. Evans announced. Lily and I got out of the car and I grabbed all my stuff from the truck. "We'll be back for you Lily dear at around 11 30. Petunia needs to be driven to a party and then we have a few errands to run," "Okay bye Mom, bye Dad," "Bye Mrs. And Mr. Evans, Thanks for having me over." Mrs. Evans smiled, "Your Welcome dear I hope you had a good time," "I had a great time, bye"

They drove off. I took out my iPod and put one of the earphones in and put it on Katy Perry. "Ready!" I told Lily. We linked arms and made our way through The Leaky Caldron to the back and tapped the wall with our wands and stepping on to Diagon Alley. Since me and Lily are muggleborns, we aren't really around magic all that much so we both loved Diagon Alley. We both got excited as we walked to Flourish and Blotts to get our school books. We were just about to pay when I spotted Remus looking at a book about magical creatures and Sirius looking through a prank book, "Remy! Sirius!" I screamed and ran towards them knock all the books I was carrying on the floor. I wrapped my arms around Remus; he wasn't much of a hugger so he just patted my back. Then I hugged Sirius who was a big hugger like me. Lily walked towards us carrying my books, "Hello Remus," she said brightly, "Black,"

"Hi Lily,"

"Wonderful to see you Lily-Pad," Lily sneered, "Don't call me that! Oh Bella I see Alice! Do you mind," "Oh not at all, let me just get me books," I got my books and set them on a nearby table. Then I enveloped Lily in to a weird hug where her books were between us. "Thanks for having me over Lily. See you at Hogwarts," "She smiled, "That's for coming over. See you soon," she left to go say hi to Alice.

I turned to Remus and Sirius, "So where's James?" Remus and Sirius looked at each other, "Now Bella, please don't get mad, James just wanted..."

"James is buying you a broomstick,"

"Way to be subtle Sirius,"

"HES WHAT! That retarded twat! I was going to buy my own!" I yelled picking up my purse filled with galleons. Gosh brooms are so expensive why is he buying me one? "He said to think of it as an early Christmas and birthday present," Remus said. I glared, "Then he better not get me anything for those two holidays." Sirius smiled, "Come on lets hurry up and get out of here this place is boring!" he got two hits on the head by Remus and I. I left to go pay and laughed as I heard Sirius say, "Mate you need to bulk up, Bella's hit hurt more than yours," After we all paid we walked down to Quality Quidditch Supplies. I smiled as we passed by Ollivanders, remembering when I first went there to purchase my wand.

'Great this is hopeless, I'm never getting a wand' I had tried almost 20 wands and Ollivander seemed to be getting happier the more wands I tried. One after another he thrust them in my hand and then grabbed them out. Suddenly, he looked at me, "Hmm ahh yes I think I know one your suited for Ms. Kerri. He walked to the back of the store and came back with yet another box; I took it and felt warmth between my fingers. Ollivander smiled, "thin rosewood, 8 1/4 in, salamander claw, it's actually quite excellent for dueling, so I expect you will do great things in Defense Against the Dark Arts, Ms. Kerri, very great things.

We made our way to the Quidditch shop and I saw James carrying a large package. He saw me and he had a goofy grin plastered on his face. I glared at him. Idiot, wasting money on me. I noticed he was with two older looking people. Obviously his parents. He gave his dad the package and ran towards me, giving me a big bear hug. I pushed him away, "Cousin, you idiot!" He glared at Sirius, "Way to keep it a surprise," Sirius smiled. I hit James on the shoulder. His parents came up, "James is this the girl you have been talking about?" his mother said. James nodded. His dad smiled at me, "Well I heard he has a crush on you," my eyes grew wide. Then, realized who they were referring to, laughed. "Uhh I think you've mistaken me with a certain redheaded girl," Remus, Sirius, and I busted out laughing. Then his parents laughed while James just blushed. I got my broom from Jamie's mom, "That's what you get for wasting money on my Cousin," then hugged him. "Thanks," he grinned, "Open it!" I shook my head, "I'll open it when we get to your house, where do you still need to go?"

"Refill my potion ingredients,"

"Me too,"

"James darling your father and I have to go run a few errands. We'll meet you guys at the café in about half an hour," we nodded and headed over to the Apothecary. WE were in and out surprisingly fast so I convinced the guys to come with me to get an owl. There were so many I didn't know what to chose. "Which one which one," I murmured looking at the different types and colors. Suddenly I saw a gray and white screech owl. I reached out to pet it from its cage and it hooted happily. I smiled and brought down the cage and headed over to the counter. The guys came when I was finished paying. "Isn't she cute?" I said, holding up the cage. James glared, "Belly we are men, we do not call things cute," him and Sirius puffed out there chest. I snorted, "Men, Ha! Yeah right," They pouted. Remus chuckled and pushed us out of the store and towards the café.

When we met James' parents I realized something, "Uhh how are we getting home?" James' mom smiled, "By Floo dear, you know what floo is right sweetheart?" I nodded, "I took floo when I went home for the holidays, the hooked up my fireplace for awhile. She smiled, "Okay how about Charuls takes Peter, James takes Remus, and I take Bella," we all nodded and then paired up. Mrs. Potter and I went last. When we got there I stared around, "Jamie, your house is amazing!" James laughed. "It's not much," "Not much? Its BIG!" I looked at the ceiling, a huge chandelier was hanging from it. I was admiring the house when James asked me if I wanted to see my room. I nodded eagerly. I followed him up two flights of stairs and down a long hallway. He opened a door and held it open for me as I walked in. I gasped.

The room was beautiful. The walls were Gryffindor red and had two golden lions painted on the celing. There was a queen size bed with gold bedding and a red cover. A huge fireplace was on the opposite side of the rrom. There was a mahogany desk and a wall that had a built in bookshelf filled with books. And then there was a pair of French doors that led to a balcony. James pulled me out of my dreamy state, "That door right there is the bathroom, Lunch is in half an hour, mom likes us to dress up a bit during lunch and lunch so ill go leave and let you get changed. I nodded and James left. I went over and put all my stuff on the floor at the end of the bed. I looked at the broom James bought me. I'll open it after I change.

I didn't know what dress up a bit meant so I went for something I could where to a party but was still casual. I put on a navy blue dress with a slightly ruffled V-neck. I put on some black leggings and sliver flats, and then worked on my hair. I took it out of the ponytail that was in and brushed it out. I moved the hair away from my face with a sliver headband. Once I made sure I was presentable I walked over to the package. I picked it up and sat on the bed. I took a deep breath and began to open it. Please Merlin let it not that expensive of a broom.

(A/n okay so in this part of the story it'll be from James point of view…Just telling you…ON WITH THE STORY!)

We were all at the table waiting for Bella when suddenly "JAAAAMMMESSSS!" I jumped slightly then chuckled, "I believe Bella finally opened her present. I heard footsteps running down the hall and finally Bella appeared. I couldn't tell if she was happy or mad. "YOU GOT ME A NIMBUS 1000! THEY ONLY CAME OUT A WEEK AGO!" Sirius and Remus looked at the broom in awe. Even to the non-Quidditch lovers like Remus, it was beautiful. Yes the broom was beautiful, and it was the first broom to go 360 degrees in mid air and go up to 100 miles an hour. Mom smiled, "Bella how about you set the broom down and then after lunch you and the others can go outside and play Quidditch," Bella blushed slightly. She nodded and set the broom near the door way and sat down. Suddenly house elves appeared with the food. Bella screamed. I laughed, "What are you scared of house elves?" she looked at me, "Those are house elves?" I nodded, "oh," she said blushing again. The house elves served the food. "Cream of chicken soup, my favorite," Bella smiled. I looked at her. "Isn't called Creamy Soup?" she stifled a laugh and shook her head, "No it's call Cream of Chicken Soup," I pouted and looked at my mother, "You lied, my own mother lied to me, " she laughed, "I didn't think you were taking me seriously," We all laughed.

(A/n okay back to Bella)

After lunch I changed into a red T-Shirt, shirts and my chucks. I put my hair up in a ponytail and switch my silver dressy headband with a red causal one. Soon we were all on James's private Quidditch pitch flying, except for Remus who was reading a book and Peter who was on the grass sleeping. "Okay so Bella since you're going for chaser you'll have to learn to reach the goal post while dodging bludgers. So you have to fly for one end of the pitch to the other while Sirius, who's trying out for beater, while try and hit you with these practice bludgers. I nodded, "Okay go to that end of the pitch. I took the Quaffle and flew to the end of the pitch. "Ready! One….Two…Three…GO!" I flew fast, easily dodging Sirius's bludgers I really thought Sirius was going easy on me until I was a foot from the goal post and one of them almost hit me in the face. I did a quick dive and came right back up and threw the Quaffle through the ring. It was awesome and I would have started doing victory laps except Sirius hit a bludger just as I threw the Quaffle and it hit me right on the back and knock me off my broom. Well isn't this just prefect.

Oh god! What's going to happen to Bella? Will she die? Will James or Sirius save her? Will Remus save her? Will she save herself? Will Peter wake up? Tune in next chapter to find out! But for now…REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!