Mum violently pulled into Kings Cross Station. We were very late and my Mum
doesn't do well with muggle objects.like cars.bad combination!
The two of us hurriedly snatched our trunks out of the back seat and ran towards the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. My cat, Pixie, was yowling and clawing at her carrier-cage door as we ran through it and ended up on Platform 9 ¾.
Mum and I climbed onto the train, minutes before it pulled away from the platform. We went our separate ways, her heading for the teachers' compartments, and me for an empty one down the hall. I wandered, looking for one, until I heard something that made my heart skip a beat.
"Really?" A few compartments away, I thought I heard Matthew's voice.
"Matt! But of course!" A female voice coming from the same compartment confirmed my thought.
Slowly, I crept closer, hoping to surprise Matthew by running in and giving him a quick kiss! The girl giggled and I heard Matt's heart-melting laugh from my position outside the compartment. I slid the door open a bit and peeked in. My smile was wiped away by the torturing sight in from of me.
Matthew.my Matthew.was sitting on the seat, his arms around another girls waist, her arms around his neck, and they were.they were.
A sob escaped my throat as I let the compartment door slid all the way open. They heard me and Matt looked over, shocked, breaking their kiss.their quite obviously 'deep' kiss! I knew right then and there, I would never be able to rid my memory of that picture.Matthew with his arms around some girls waist, not mine.her very thick waist at that! Matthew's baby-blue eyes widened, as realization hit.
"M-Maggie?" He stammered, pulling away form the girl. Doing so made her pout. "Hi.didn't I tell you.? I'm coming back at Hogwarts, since Dumbledore decided not to fire Mum after all (his Mum is Professor Sprout)." Matt tried to distract me.
It did no good. Tears streamed from my eyes as I held myself back from cussing at him and decking her in that unnaturally large chest of her, which Matthew kept glancing at.
"Meg.I can explain."
"I thought I still meant something to you, but guess not!" I screamed at him.
Matthew flinched. "OK, I deserved that blow.but.you did, do, I mean, you do mean a lot to me!" He blundered. "It's just that I've been wanting a chance from Amanda-" He gestured to the chubby girl whom he had been making out with only moments before, "-for a while.and she finally gave it to me."
"So Friday's off, " I said, not even having to ask it.
He hung his head, "Yes.I s'pose so." The expression on his face proved to me just how torn Matt was between the 'chubby Amanda chick' he had been snogging, and me. "Can't I at least talk to you about this?" Matthew begged.
"No!" I yelled, "You never gave me a fucking chance to get out even one word, so now I refuse to listen to your pitiful excuses!" Sobbing furiously, I slammed the compartment door in their faces and ran all the way to the back compartments. I yanked one open and went inside. I had forgotten to close the door, so a shy-looking 6th year popped his head in.
"Are you all right Miss.?" He asked, trailing off at the end because he did not know my name.
"Trelawney.Maggie Trelawney," I told him. "Yes, Neville, I'm OK.I wiped tears from my eyes.
His face flushed at the sound of his name. "How-Oh of course, everyone knows who I am, the clumsy git named Neville Longbottom!" He said, throwing up his hands.
"Who always loses his toad, Trevor, " I added with a half-hearted laugh.
Neville smiled, "Yep."
The girl that had been kissing Matthew calmly entered the compartment. "Hello.I'm Amanda," She told us, sitting next to me. "I wanted to tell you.sorry about that little incident, but.Matt and I have been crushing on each other for quite a while, and we just now told each other, so now we're together.just wanted to let you know so you don't get yourself hurt.and I don't mean just by seeing us 'together', although I bet it's pretty painful.I also mean by." She cracked her knuckles, ".coming between me and Matt." Amanda smirked, smugly, and waited for my response to her threat.
"Itch-bay," I spat, speaking in Pig Latin. A tear slid down my cheek and many more threatened to come. I bit my bottom lip and held them in.
Amanda's sneer faltered, giving me a sign that she had no clue that I had just called her a bitch.
"Et-gay e-thay ell-hay ay-away om-fray e-may!" I took pleasure in the fact that Amanda did not know Pig Latin, as I did.
Matthew passed the open compartment door, smiling, as if he had just had 'the ride of his life' and it brought the tears. I turned away form her, hopelessly trying to hide that I was crying. It didn't work.
Amanda laughed, cruelly. "Well, well, well.your love just pass the door looking for his love.me?"
I couldn't take it anymore! My hand connected with her face as I slapped her.as hard as I possibly could. Stunned, she got up and staggered to the door, her hand on her cheek where a red handprint was sure to be appearing. Without another word, Amanda glared at me and turned to run down the hall.crying to Matt I supposed.
Neville turned to look at me. He was apparently concerned and wanted to be sure I was OK before leaving.
"I'm fine," I choked out through my tears. I was sobbing, uncontrollably, into my sleeve.
"No you're not." Neville stood up and laid a hand on my shoulder.
Gratefulness showed in my face as I lifted my head to look at him and the girl who had just walked into the compartment.
"Who do I get to beat this time?" Randi asked. She made a face when she saw Neville Longbottom standing there, comforting me.or at least, trying to!
A smile showed through, despite my crying. I sat up straight and swiped at my eyes. "No one! I already slapped her.Matthew can have the bitch if he really wants her.I mean, how can I possibly be better than a fat Gothic girl anyway?!" I questioned, sarcastically, remembering Amanda's all black clothing and makeup.
"Don't beat yourself up over something like-" Randi paused, "-what happened, anyway?"
So I explained everything, my eyes darting to the compartment door every once in a while to make sure that Amanda and Matthew weren't doing something unacceptably horrible like snogging violently outside my train compartment.
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Most of the train ride was uneventful and filled with my depressive bawling. All of my friends, including Danielle who was also coming back to Hogwarts from Beaubaxtauns, tried their best to comfort me and I made a few friends on the way. Ginny Weasley was one of them. She was a redhead like me, except my earthy-cinnamon-brown eyes were nothing compared to her beautiful honey-brown ones. She was a lot taller than me as well, being a 5th year while my friends and I were only 4th years. Another was someone who most of my other friends, except Makayla, disliked. Luna Lovegood. Luna had cut her hair.it had been down to her waist last year, but was now just barely brushing her shoulders in dirty-blonde waves.
"Hello." Luna said dreamily as she saw a shaggy-haired blonde enter the compartment biting his lower lip, nervously.
"What do you want now, Matthew?" I snapped, turning away from him to hide my red bloodshot eyes.
"To apologize," He said thickly.
"For.?" Danielle looked up as Matt sat next to her. She leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Don't feel bad, Amanda's a nice girl.even if Meg is the one." She stopped, looking at him, undecided about whether she should be mad at him or happy that he finally got Amanda. "Oh.never mind."
"Get out of here, Matt!" Makayla sneered at him. Her first impression of Matthew had not been a very good one.
"Oh.I." He stopped, shaking his head. Matt stood and walked out, heading straight for the person in the hall.Amanda. He placed his hands on her sides and kissed her cheek, throwing a regretful look back at me, although I tried not to see it.
The train slowed down and one of the teachers slipped past Dustin, who seemed to be 'guarding' the doorway. She glanced, confusedly, at him before clearing her throat.
"Ahem!" The teacher smiled looking around at all of us. "We have almost arrived at Hogwarts, but the train seems to be having a bit of difficulty; I suggest that you use this extra time to change into your school robes!" She flashed a smile and turned on her heel.
"Professor Sinistra!" Hermione Granger exited a nearby compartment and chased after the teacher, her bushy brown hair bouncing, "Do you mind if I sign up for your."
"Oy, she is a know-it-all!" Dustin said, disgusted, as he watched Hermione talking to Professor Sinistra, the Astronomy teacher, about extra credit.they weren't even at Hogwarts yet!
We all agreed, laughing. I felt a little better, so I stood up and reached for my trunk. They all did the same. The guys left the compartment so we could change into our long black school robes. When the train started up again, it took only 20 more minutes to reach Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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The two of us hurriedly snatched our trunks out of the back seat and ran towards the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. My cat, Pixie, was yowling and clawing at her carrier-cage door as we ran through it and ended up on Platform 9 ¾.
Mum and I climbed onto the train, minutes before it pulled away from the platform. We went our separate ways, her heading for the teachers' compartments, and me for an empty one down the hall. I wandered, looking for one, until I heard something that made my heart skip a beat.
"Really?" A few compartments away, I thought I heard Matthew's voice.
"Matt! But of course!" A female voice coming from the same compartment confirmed my thought.
Slowly, I crept closer, hoping to surprise Matthew by running in and giving him a quick kiss! The girl giggled and I heard Matt's heart-melting laugh from my position outside the compartment. I slid the door open a bit and peeked in. My smile was wiped away by the torturing sight in from of me.
Matthew.my Matthew.was sitting on the seat, his arms around another girls waist, her arms around his neck, and they were.they were.
A sob escaped my throat as I let the compartment door slid all the way open. They heard me and Matt looked over, shocked, breaking their kiss.their quite obviously 'deep' kiss! I knew right then and there, I would never be able to rid my memory of that picture.Matthew with his arms around some girls waist, not mine.her very thick waist at that! Matthew's baby-blue eyes widened, as realization hit.
"M-Maggie?" He stammered, pulling away form the girl. Doing so made her pout. "Hi.didn't I tell you.? I'm coming back at Hogwarts, since Dumbledore decided not to fire Mum after all (his Mum is Professor Sprout)." Matt tried to distract me.
It did no good. Tears streamed from my eyes as I held myself back from cussing at him and decking her in that unnaturally large chest of her, which Matthew kept glancing at.
"Meg.I can explain."
"I thought I still meant something to you, but guess not!" I screamed at him.
Matthew flinched. "OK, I deserved that blow.but.you did, do, I mean, you do mean a lot to me!" He blundered. "It's just that I've been wanting a chance from Amanda-" He gestured to the chubby girl whom he had been making out with only moments before, "-for a while.and she finally gave it to me."
"So Friday's off, " I said, not even having to ask it.
He hung his head, "Yes.I s'pose so." The expression on his face proved to me just how torn Matt was between the 'chubby Amanda chick' he had been snogging, and me. "Can't I at least talk to you about this?" Matthew begged.
"No!" I yelled, "You never gave me a fucking chance to get out even one word, so now I refuse to listen to your pitiful excuses!" Sobbing furiously, I slammed the compartment door in their faces and ran all the way to the back compartments. I yanked one open and went inside. I had forgotten to close the door, so a shy-looking 6th year popped his head in.
"Are you all right Miss.?" He asked, trailing off at the end because he did not know my name.
"Trelawney.Maggie Trelawney," I told him. "Yes, Neville, I'm OK.I wiped tears from my eyes.
His face flushed at the sound of his name. "How-Oh of course, everyone knows who I am, the clumsy git named Neville Longbottom!" He said, throwing up his hands.
"Who always loses his toad, Trevor, " I added with a half-hearted laugh.
Neville smiled, "Yep."
The girl that had been kissing Matthew calmly entered the compartment. "Hello.I'm Amanda," She told us, sitting next to me. "I wanted to tell you.sorry about that little incident, but.Matt and I have been crushing on each other for quite a while, and we just now told each other, so now we're together.just wanted to let you know so you don't get yourself hurt.and I don't mean just by seeing us 'together', although I bet it's pretty painful.I also mean by." She cracked her knuckles, ".coming between me and Matt." Amanda smirked, smugly, and waited for my response to her threat.
"Itch-bay," I spat, speaking in Pig Latin. A tear slid down my cheek and many more threatened to come. I bit my bottom lip and held them in.
Amanda's sneer faltered, giving me a sign that she had no clue that I had just called her a bitch.
"Et-gay e-thay ell-hay ay-away om-fray e-may!" I took pleasure in the fact that Amanda did not know Pig Latin, as I did.
Matthew passed the open compartment door, smiling, as if he had just had 'the ride of his life' and it brought the tears. I turned away form her, hopelessly trying to hide that I was crying. It didn't work.
Amanda laughed, cruelly. "Well, well, well.your love just pass the door looking for his love.me?"
I couldn't take it anymore! My hand connected with her face as I slapped her.as hard as I possibly could. Stunned, she got up and staggered to the door, her hand on her cheek where a red handprint was sure to be appearing. Without another word, Amanda glared at me and turned to run down the hall.crying to Matt I supposed.
Neville turned to look at me. He was apparently concerned and wanted to be sure I was OK before leaving.
"I'm fine," I choked out through my tears. I was sobbing, uncontrollably, into my sleeve.
"No you're not." Neville stood up and laid a hand on my shoulder.
Gratefulness showed in my face as I lifted my head to look at him and the girl who had just walked into the compartment.
"Who do I get to beat this time?" Randi asked. She made a face when she saw Neville Longbottom standing there, comforting me.or at least, trying to!
A smile showed through, despite my crying. I sat up straight and swiped at my eyes. "No one! I already slapped her.Matthew can have the bitch if he really wants her.I mean, how can I possibly be better than a fat Gothic girl anyway?!" I questioned, sarcastically, remembering Amanda's all black clothing and makeup.
"Don't beat yourself up over something like-" Randi paused, "-what happened, anyway?"
So I explained everything, my eyes darting to the compartment door every once in a while to make sure that Amanda and Matthew weren't doing something unacceptably horrible like snogging violently outside my train compartment.
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Most of the train ride was uneventful and filled with my depressive bawling. All of my friends, including Danielle who was also coming back to Hogwarts from Beaubaxtauns, tried their best to comfort me and I made a few friends on the way. Ginny Weasley was one of them. She was a redhead like me, except my earthy-cinnamon-brown eyes were nothing compared to her beautiful honey-brown ones. She was a lot taller than me as well, being a 5th year while my friends and I were only 4th years. Another was someone who most of my other friends, except Makayla, disliked. Luna Lovegood. Luna had cut her hair.it had been down to her waist last year, but was now just barely brushing her shoulders in dirty-blonde waves.
"Hello." Luna said dreamily as she saw a shaggy-haired blonde enter the compartment biting his lower lip, nervously.
"What do you want now, Matthew?" I snapped, turning away from him to hide my red bloodshot eyes.
"To apologize," He said thickly.
"For.?" Danielle looked up as Matt sat next to her. She leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Don't feel bad, Amanda's a nice girl.even if Meg is the one." She stopped, looking at him, undecided about whether she should be mad at him or happy that he finally got Amanda. "Oh.never mind."
"Get out of here, Matt!" Makayla sneered at him. Her first impression of Matthew had not been a very good one.
"Oh.I." He stopped, shaking his head. Matt stood and walked out, heading straight for the person in the hall.Amanda. He placed his hands on her sides and kissed her cheek, throwing a regretful look back at me, although I tried not to see it.
The train slowed down and one of the teachers slipped past Dustin, who seemed to be 'guarding' the doorway. She glanced, confusedly, at him before clearing her throat.
"Ahem!" The teacher smiled looking around at all of us. "We have almost arrived at Hogwarts, but the train seems to be having a bit of difficulty; I suggest that you use this extra time to change into your school robes!" She flashed a smile and turned on her heel.
"Professor Sinistra!" Hermione Granger exited a nearby compartment and chased after the teacher, her bushy brown hair bouncing, "Do you mind if I sign up for your."
"Oy, she is a know-it-all!" Dustin said, disgusted, as he watched Hermione talking to Professor Sinistra, the Astronomy teacher, about extra credit.they weren't even at Hogwarts yet!
We all agreed, laughing. I felt a little better, so I stood up and reached for my trunk. They all did the same. The guys left the compartment so we could change into our long black school robes. When the train started up again, it took only 20 more minutes to reach Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
-¤-Sorry that my chapters are so short! Hope they are OK, though!-¤-