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"You're sure you've got everything?" Viria fussed as she helped lug her daughters' trunks to the car, "Because we are NOT turning round and coming back like last time"

"Mum, how many times have I packed this trunk?" Bonnie laughed, strapping Jack into his car seat, "I'm not likely to forget anything"

"It's not you I'm worried about" Viria retorted, looking at Ally through narrowed eyes. Ally scowled, as she was so prone to do nowadays.

"I've packed everything! Leave me alone!"

Viria and Fred exchanged a glance as Ally stormed off to get in the car. Bonnie had soon followed, along with a whining Finn, who persisted in asking why he couldn't go to Hogwarts too.

"We'll have two less to deal with when we drop the girls off" Fred whispered cheerfully.

"Yeah, and we'll be left with the two highest maintenance ones" she pointed out wearily, and they both laughed. Bonnie poked her head out of the window.

"We haven't got time for you two to be laughing! We have to meet the others, remember?"


As far as Bonnie was concerned, waiting for the train on the first day of school was pretty much a Weasley family convention. You couldn't move for Weasleys on the 1st September, and if you did manage to escape them, you would only run in to one of the five Potters. If Bonnie hadn't been a Weasley herself, she probably would have found it annoying.

Ally went running over to James and Fred, the only cousins in her year, who tolerated having her around more because she was family and she was quiet rather than because they enjoyed her company. Bonnie had forgotten that it was Rose and Al's first day, and she went swiftly over to Rose to check that she was okay.

"Not nervous are you, Rosie?" she asked, smiling. She'd always liked Rose, and they both had the same curly red hair and freckles. Rose had always idolised her cousin Bonnie, but today she seemed too anxious to be awed.

"A bit" she mumbled. Bonnie squeezed her hand.

"Hey! Don't be. If you're in Gryffindor – which you will be – I'll see you every day, at every meal and in the evenings. So I can look after you. But I don't think you'll need me to – you're going to make loads of friends, Rosie"

"Promise?"

"'Course I do" Bonnie hugged her, then scanned the platform, "Look, Rosie, that boy's cute, and he's obviously in first year. You can start with him, eh?" she wiggled her eyebrows, intending to make Rose laugh, but to her surprise, Rose blushed.

"I can't be friends with him, Bonnie. Dad says that's Draco Malfoy's son"

"Oh" Bonnie grinned suddenly and leaned closer to whisper in Rose's ear, "The forbidden ones are always the most fun. Make sure you have a bit of fun at Hogwarts, Rosie, even if you are a cleverclogs like your mother"

Rose giggled, and turned back to Al with a much brighter expression on her face. Bonnie scanned the platform again. No sign of Teddy and Victoire yet, but she saw someone else that she certainly wanted to converse with. Pushing past the Sunshine Twins, her nickname for Uncle Percy's annoying twin daughters Molly and Lucy, and through the muddle of her younger cousins who weren't yet old enough to attend Hogwarts, she ran towards Joe Bell.

"Joe!" she yelled, "Hey, JOE!"

People were starting to look at her, but much odder things had happened on this platform than a seventeen year old girl greeting her best friend. Joe's face lit up when he saw her, even if, when she hugged him, she did almost knock him over.

"Bon, I'd appreciate if you didn't push me in front of a train before our last year of school is over" he laughed, ruffling her hair. Bonnie slapped his hand away, grinning, and straightened it.

"Sorry! If you touch my hair again, though, I might just have to try that one out..."

"If I haven't got you first"

"Like you could fight me off"

"Bonnie! Bonnie!" Viria came rushing over as the train pulled in, Fred close behind her. He'd pulled Finn on to his shoulders to avoid losing him in the crowd, and Viria was holding Jack so tightly it looked as though she was worried someone would steal him.

"Hi, Mr Weasley, Mrs Weasley" Joe said cheerfully. Viria sighed.

"Joe Bell, if I have to tell you one more time to call us Fred and Viria...right, Bonnie, we've said goodbye to Ally, it's your turn. You will write, won't you? And let me know how she is, because I know she won't?"

"Of course I will" Bonnie hugged her mother tightly, and kissed Jack, who waved goodbye with the cheerful smile he always wore on his face when Bonnie was around, "I'm going to miss you"

"I always miss you" Viria replied, kissing her cheek, "Have fun"

Fred grabbed Bonnie next, and she had to strain to reach up and high-five Finn, "Be a good girl, Bon-Bon. I don't want any reports of bad behaviour"

Bonnie poked him in the ribs, "You've never had any trouble with me and it's not about to start no – " she stopped suddenly, staring over her father's shoulder. Fred had felt her freeze.

"Bon-Bon? What's wrong? You're not getting upset about leaving, are you?"

Bonnie pulled back quickly, briefly closing her eyes to force away a sudden onslaught of tears. How could Teddy be kissing Victoire? How? She'd been getting on so well with him lately, she really thought that he might like her back...damn Victoire to Hell! How could they kiss in front of her?

"I'm fine, Dad" she said quickly, forcing a smile for him, "Just had a moment. I always do when I have to leave"

"Well if you cry, I'll cry" Viria cautioned, already looking damp-eyed. Fred rolled his eyes.

"Why break with tradition? We both know you're going to cry all the way home as it is"

Viria glowered at him, "You're not supposed to talk about that"

"Mum, I already knew" Bonnie said quickly, so that Viria seemed placated, "We need to go. Love you lots, both of you"

"Love you too!" Viria and Fred chorused. Bonnie felt Joe's hand on her arm as he steered her towards the train and bundled her onto it. She didn't start focusing properly until they were in a compartment and he'd pushed her down onto a seat and sat opposite, kicking off his shoes.

"You saw them kissing, didn't you?"

Bonnie nodded, mutely. Joe sighed and got up to put his arm around her. He was surprisingly good at the comforting stuff, he always had been. Bonnie secretly wondered if this might mean he was gay – no straight boy she knew was as sensitive as Joe with anything.

She didn't speak until the train had chugged out of the station, "I can't believe it. I was really starting to think he felt the same"

"Well, maybe he does. You know what Victoire's like, she might have thrown herself at him"

"He looked pretty into it, to me"

Joe sighed heavily, "Look, Bonnie, you can win Teddy over. I highly doubt they're actually a couple or anything, it was probably just a spur-of-the-moment thing or a last ditch attempt from Victoire to win him over you. You can still get him to fall in love with you back, I'm sure you can"

"You think so?" Bonnie snivelled, hating the fact that she was crying over something so pathetic. She didn't often cry, but when she did, it was generally in Joe's presence.

"I know so. It's going to work out fine" Joe jumped up suddenly, smiling, "I'll go and find the sweet trolley and get us some chocolate frogs. Yes?"

Bonnie smiled at him damply, "Yes. Thanks, Joe"

"No problem. We're best friends, aren't we?"