From Hate to Love
Ellie's POV
Ellie opened her bedroom door, she had a nice big room covered in purple wallpaper and she had a gorgeous dark wood bedroom set. That included a queen size bed, nightstand table, big mirror, dresser and a very big desk, which Ellie loved. She walked over to it and sat down to write three different letters that read:
Dear Alice:
Everything is ready for tomorrow; we are going to have such a blast. I expect you here tomorrow at eleven in the morning, can't wait for you to get here.
Love Ellie
Drea:
Sleepover starts at eleven sharp, not a minute later, so don't be late you lazy girl. Let's have some fun.
Love Ellie
Lucy:
Tomorrow sleepover at eleven. This is NOT a wild party, you wicked girl so no alcohol till after five. See you tomorrow.
Love Ellie
There, Ellie thought, ready, now I just have to send them. She got up and opened the bedroom window.
-"Morgana" she called. A few seconds later a beautiful black owl was flying towards her, the owl came into her room and positioned herself on Ellie's shoulder.
-"Hey girl, how are you"- Ellie said as she patted her owl, she then proceeded to tie the three letters to her owls leg. "Have a safe flight girl" and she went to stand in front of her window so her owl could take flight.
She then went downstairs to find her mother and tell her that the letters for the sleepover where already sent. You see every year Ellie and her friends did a pre school sleepover. They would all get together and spend the last day of summer together having fun playing quidditch, well except Alice, and having some girl time. Each year they would stay at a different house, and this year their sixth year at Hogwarts it was Ellie's turn to host the sleepover. They had started this tradition when they were thirteen years old and had continued to do it every year since.
-"Mum where are you"
-"In the family room sweetheart"
Ellie walked over to where her mum was only to start laughing the minute she saw her. Her mom the brilliant Katie Wood, an esteemed ex quidditch player, a gifted witch the best mom in the world, was tangled in a mess of muggle wires.
-"Mum what the hell."
-"Eleanor Bell Wood language please."
-"Sorry mum, but what are you doing?"
-"Well your father came up with the brilliant idea, and by brilliant I mean idiotic, that we should install a television in the house, because apparently Arthur Weasley convinced him that he could watch some quidditch games or something and improve the team. And you know your father and quidditch."
Yeah she knew her father alright. Oliver Wood was obsessed with quidditch. When she was growing up her father had been keeper for Puddlemere United and after retiring he had become head coach. Ellie didn't think her dad had ever lost a game except maybe when he used to play against her moms team the Holyhead Harpies, but she couldn't be sure because her mom retired early to raise her and her siblings.
-"Then why doesn't he do it?" Ellie asked
-"Oh well he tried but had more trouble than me. But anyways what did you need me for?"
-"I just wanted to tell you that my friends are going to be here tomorrow at eleven."
-"That's good sweetheart, remember you have to take Cordelia over to the Potter's tomorrow."
-"Ah mum come on she's twelve I think she can cross the street all by herself."
Ellie was the oldest of four children. After her came Beatrice, Bee for short, Owen and Cordelia or Delia as everyone called her and this year was going to be her first year starting the sleepover tradition. Ellie and Bee were already part of it with their own friends. And this year Delia was going over to Lily Potter's house, which was right across the street. See the Wood's and the Potter's had been neighbors since Ellie was a baby, both families had moved to Godrics Hollow since they thought it was the best place for kids to grow up. So Ellie had grown up with the famous Potter kids, actually she and James Sirius Potter, Harry and Ginny Potter's oldest son had been best friends since she could remember, their mothers had photos of them doing everything together and as they grew up their relationship became more meaningful (or so Ellie thought) and last year, fifth year, they had started dating, in the beginning everything was going great she couldn't have asked for a better boyfriend, he was thoughtful and nice, he was funny but he knew when to take things seriously, he was gentle but rough at the same time. In other words James Potter was the perfect man, at least at the beginning but as the months passed she could feel James attitude changing, he became meaner he stood her up, he flirted with other girls in front of her and yelled at her in quidditch practices, he just transformed into this person she didn't know any more and then that night in the common room where he said those horrible things. After that Ellie hated James Potter, so she couldn't understand why her mother was making her go to the enemy's house when she knew perfectly well what had happened between James and her.
-"I don't care how old she is," her mother said bringing her out of her reverie. "You are doing this because she is your sister and I'm asking you to, besides is the beginning of the sleepover tradition and she could really use you."
-"Fine, but I'm taking her after my friends get here."
-"That's fine sweetheart." Her mother said.
Ellie woke up that morning feeling rather excited. Her friends were coming over today and they were gonna have so much fun. She went to the bathroom to wash her teeth and her face and to take a quick shower. She got out and went over to her dresser to get ready for the day. When she was finished she looked at herself in the mirror, she looked really nice today, she had long wavy dark brown hair, blue eyes framed with long eyelashes, she was pretty petite she wasn't muscular but she had a toned body and tanned skin from playing so much quidditch. Today she wore a white tank top a pair of shorts (too short for her dads liking) and black flip-flops. There she thought perfect. She went downstairs to the kitchen where her mom was already making breakfast
-"Morning" Ellie said cheerfully.
-"Morning sweetheart, do you want some breakfast?
But as Ellie was about to answer her little sister Delia came into the Kitchen yelling. "Mum I'm ready. Can I go to the Potters now? Please, please, please!"
-"What time is it?" her mother asked.
-"Its 9:28 a.m. Can I go?"
-Sure darling, your sister will help you" Her mom gave her a meaningful look.
-"But mum my friends aren't here yet and you said I could wait till they got here to take her. And besides why do you wanna go there so early anyways?" she said looking at her sister.
-"Because Harry is the best cook in the world, sorry mum, and on weekends and sleepovers he always makes blueberry pancakes" Delia said matter of fact.
-"Right, Brilliant, well fine are you all set? Then lets get this over with"
-"You are so over dramatic Eleanor, you know that right." Her mother said as she and Delia were leaving the kitchen.
-"Wonder were I get it from" she yelled closing the door behind her hearing her mother's laughter.
The Potters had a big nice brick house very similar to hers, with big gardens and a nice yard that was currently filled with brooms and quidditch equipment every were. Ellie walked ahead carrying Delia's make up kit and knocked on the door. Please don't let it be James who answers the door please don't let it be James, she thought. As the door swung open there stood none other than… Lily
-"Hi you're here that's great, my dads making pancakes." Lily said to Delia rather excitedly.
-"Perfect, I've been waiting for those all morning."
And both of them ran into the kitchen leaving Ellie with all of Delia's stuff to carry in. She picked up Delia's backpack and went inside the house. She was setting everything down by the stairs when she noticed someone standing behind her looking at her ass. That someone was none other than James; she would've recognized his legs anywhere that shameless git, and she turned around to tell him off.
-"What the hell are you look…" but she cut of mid sentence, James was standing there, hair tousled from just waking up, in nothing but his boxers, he looked really tanned. Apparently he had been playing a lot of quidditch this summer, because he was so fit. He had always looked hot but now he looked manly, he was taller, his shoulders were broader and his biceps oh gosh his biceps and now you could really see the V shape at the end of its torso that let right down to his…
Ellie could not keep her eyes away from his body he just looked so yummy, and she started to remember those nights last summer where they were making out and fooling around in his room and that one night when they had finally…
-"Ellie, Ellie are you okay?" Someone was calling her name, focus, Ellie focus she thought.
-"What? She said
-"You were checking me out weren't you?" James said grinning.
-"No I was not!" Ellie said though her voice quivered a bit when she said it.
-"Yes you were, your voice always quivers when you lie."
-"Whatever, I was just dropping of Delia's stuff for the sleepover
-"Right, so em, how you've been?"
-"Like you care." Ellie said as she walked pass him. "What?" she said suddenly
-"What, what?" James said a little nervously.
-"I thought you said something."
-"No I didn't."
-"Ok fine, bye." She said and left for her house to wait for her friends.