"Livy, what the hell are you doing?", Olivia heard her twin brother mark yell.
"I am getting ready, you moron", she yelled back. "Patience is a virtue"
"Harry and his friends will be here any time soon. Move your arse down!", he yelled.
"I know, you idiot! I am coming. I'll be down in two", she yelled back.
Going down, she saw her brother staring at the watch on his hands impatiently.
"How do I look?", she asked her brother, self-conciously tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
"Beautiful, sis", he said. "Harry is a lucky chap to have your love"
"Really?", she asked her brother, grinning at him.
"Absolutely", said Mark. "Though no one actually deserves you"
"Oh, shut up!", she said, blushing. "You are anyway hoping Harry brings some hot friends"
"Of course I am. I need girls. Haven't had a good lay in a while", he said, winking.
"Your disgusting", she said, wrinkling her nose.
The sound of the bell ringing is heard. Olivia looked at Mark, before speeding off to open the door.
"Harry!", she yelled, opening the door.
"Hey Liv", he yelled back, grinning and stretching his arms wide open. She ran forward and hugged him tight. He closed his arms around her, grinning at Mark.
Olivia felt a sudden surge of magic run through her.
'Oh God! He has magic', she thought.
Olivia looked at Mark, who nodded at her, showing her that he completely understood what she felt and he got that feeling too.
She felt Harry's arms loosen around her. She unwrapped her arms as well. She smacked his chest.
"Ow! What was that for?", Harry asked, rubbing his chest.
"For not being in touch. At all", said Olivia.
"Sorry Liv. Just trying to avenge my parents", he said.
"Is the bastard caught?", asked Olivia.
Harry exchanged a smile with his friends,clearly not meant to be seen by others, but Olivia and Mark saw the secretiveness of the smile. They exchanged looks.
'Looks like old Voldy is dead', thought Mark. Olivia caught his thoughts and nodded.
"Harry, are you planning to introduce us?", asked a pretty, bushy-haired girl.
"Hi! I am Olivia Waters. You must be Hermione Granger. Harry has told me a lot about you. The smartest one of the trio, I heard", said Olivia, stretching her hand out.
"Hi Olivia!", said Hermione, smiling, taking the offered hand. "All good I hope"
Olivia, laughed at the terrified look on Harry's face seeing the evil look on his best friend's face, and said, "About you, yes. Not too much about himself or Ron, for that matter"
"Hey!", said a muscular, tall, redhead.
"Hi Ron! Olivia Waters", she said, stretching her hand.'
"Hi!", said Ron, grinning and accepting her outstretched hand.
"And you must be Ginny, right?", asked Olivia, turning to a fiery, beautiful redhead. "Ron's sister"
"Yes I am", said Ginny, smiling at her.
"And my girlfriend", said Harry, with a happy grin on his face, hooking his arm around her waist.
"Okay!", said Olivia, though she felt her heart being pierced. 'I should've known', she thought.
"Guys, my brother, Mark. Well, twin, technically", she said, waving her hand at her brother.
"Hey!", said Mark, grinning.
"Hey!", chorused Harry's friends and girlfriend.
"Come in", said Olivia. "We've been camped out here for too long"
The whole bunch of them entered the room.
"Wow, Olivia, you have a beautiful house", said Hermione, looking around the house in awe.
"Liv is fine Hermione", she said. "And thank you"
"Where are your parents?", asked Harry, looking around as if he expected them to come out of nowhere.
"In Italy", said Mark.
"Why are they there?", asked Harry.
"Business. What else?", said Mark, shaking his head.
"Livy!", came a loud voice.
"In here, Em", yelled Olivia.
"Hey Liv, listen. The..", came a voice closer and closer. A beautiful blonde entered the room.
"Harry James. Its been a while", said Emily, hugging him.
"Emily Anna. Yes it has. How are you?", he asked, while hugging her.
"I am so-so", she said, shrugging.
"Reg called. He wanted to talk to you as soon as possible", said Emily. "Hey Mark"
"Hey kid! Meet Hermione, Ron and Ginny, Harry's friends", said Mark.
"I will be back. Mark, please be hospitable. I am so sorry. I just need to go and talk to Reg", she said.
"Who is Reg? What do you do with him?", asked Harry, being the curious person that he is.
"Business. I am helping dad with his business", she said.
The phone rang. Olivia reached for it.
"Hello?", she said.
"Liv, we need to talk", came the very serious voice of Nick.
"Hey Nick. What happened?", she asked, sounding concerned.
"He happened Liv. Again. Jase is injured", he said.
"Did he have the medicine?", she asked.
"Yes. But the bleeding is not stopping", said Nick.
"Bring him here", said Olivia. "I will take care. NOW, Nicholas"
"Yes yes", he grumbled and hung up.
"What happened to Nick?", asked Emily, concerned.
"Jason is hurt. They are coming here. I need to patch him up", she said.
"Oh God! Again? This is the third time this week, and thursday has just started. What is going on, Olivia? Is he in a gang or something?", asked Emily.
"I hope not. I am worried", said Olivia. "Anyways, tell me about yourselves, guys. I don't want to spoil the mood by talking about Jason's various injuries"
"Trust me, we've had worse", said Ron, exchanging a dark look with Harry and Hermione.
'Must be Voldemort', though Mark.
'Or Death Eaters', thought Emily.
'Guys!', said Olivia, in a commanding tone. 'Not now'
Both of them stopped talking in their heads.
"Why? What happened?", asked Olivia, acting like she knew nothing about magic or Voldemort.
"None of your business", snapped Harry. "You won't understand"
Olivia looked at Harry with surprise in her features. Harry looked guilty for snapping at her. Before he was able to apologise, the bell rang. Emily ran out of the room to see who it was.
"Livy...", started Harry.
"Don't Harry", she said, stopping him with her hand. "If you will excuse me, I have a patient to attend to"
Saying this, she swiftly walked out of the room. Harry turned and looked at Mark guiltily.
"Its okay, Harry. She'll be fine. She's just going through a lot now. That's all", he said.
"I still shouldn't have snapped at her. She doesn't know because I didn't tell her. I had no right", he said, sadly. "I managed to blow up my first meeting with her after almost 2 years"
"Its okay, Harry. She'll talk to you. After tending to Jase", said Mark.
"Who is Jason?", asked Harry.
"Jason Walter is our dad's best friend's second son. Nick is the first", said Mark. "Jase has been getting injured for a while now, and Liv is using her own medicines to cure them. And the tension between her and Nick is insane. They dated for almost 2 years"
Meanwhile...
Olivia gasped at the sight of Jason.
"What happened?", asked a horrifed Emily.
"8 vampire bites, and a few slashes", said Olivia. "Not as bad as last time. How much does it pain?"
"Terrible. The slashes more than the bites. I am used to bites. Not slashes", said Jason.
"I'll heal you. Come here", said Olivia.
Taking Jason's hand, she sat him on the couch. She opened his shirt. Placing a hand on the various slashes, she mumbled incantation after incantation. After healing his cuts and injuries, she took out a bottle, and poured its contents in a glass.
"Here, drink the anti-vampire venom. You will be fine", said Olivia.
"Thanks Livy", said Jason, taking it gratefully.
"Go Liv! Spend time with Harry. I'll tend to Jason", said Emily.
"No Em. You heard how he snapped at me, right? I haven't seen him in so long, and this is how our first meeting goes. Can you believe it?", she asked.
"He has been through a lot. What with Voldemort and all", said Emily, chewing on her bottom lip thoughtfully.
"He snapped at you? Who does he think he is?", asked Nick, hoarsely.
"Why do you care?", asked Olivia, glaring at him.
"I am not supposed to?", asked Nick, arching an eyebrow.
"Stop acting like you care, Nicholas. If you did, you would never have done what you did", said Olivia, with fury with in her eyes.
"Olivia, come on, you know that..", started Nick.
"Don't Nick. You cheated on me with my best friend. 2 years, Nick, 2 years we've been together, and I find out that you are sleeping with someone I considered one of my best friends. All because I wasn't ready to have sex", she yelled.
"Olivia Margaret Waters! Listen to me. Once and for all. She tricked me into sleeping with her", he yelled. "I loved you. I still do. You know very well that you are the only one who broke my barrier"
"How can she trick you into sleeping with her more than once? What? She slipped you a love potion?", yelled Olivia.
"Yes. A lust potion", said Nick. "How many times has she made me drinks in the last few months of our relationship?"
"Oh My God! Shit! I am so sorry, Nick. I really am", said Olivia, looking at him with sad eyes.
"Its okay", said Nick, opening his arms for her. Olivia jumped into his arms.
"We okay?", he asked.
"Absolutely", said Olivia, grinning at him.
"Now that you are done making up, lets go eat", grinned Jason. "I am ecstatic you are not gonna mope around anymore, big bro"
"Shut up, Jase!", said Nick, growling.
"You were moping around without me?", asked Olivia, teasing him with her eyes.
"Shush, pet", said Nick, mock glaring a her.
Olivia merely grinned.
"Liv, Liv, I need to talk to you", came Harry's voice.
"Is that Harry?", asked Jason, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes Jase. That's Harry James", said Emily dramatically. "Harry! We are in here"
"Hey Em, where's Liv?", said Harry, coming around the corner. He stopped when he saw Nick with his hand around Olivia's shoulder. He narrowed his eyes.
"Harry, meet the Walter brothers. Nick, Jase, meet Harry Potter, my best friend", said Olivia, smiling at Harry.
A chorus of "hi's" and "hey's" were exchanged.
"Livy, can we talk?", asked Harry.
"Sure, Harry. We'll be back", said Olivia."Nicholas, let me go"
"Why should I?", said Nick, pouting. "I just got you again"
"Harry wants to talk to me. He's way more important than all of you. Yes. Including you, Emily", she said, giggling at the looks of mock-horror on her friends faces.
"Let's go, Harry. Ignore these idiots", said Olivia, dragging Harry with her to the other room.
