"Vic, You've got to believe me, I haven't seen any other girls. Addi's just mad because when she first saw me again she tried to hit on me!" Teddy cried, exasperated. Victoire opened her mouth to contradict him when Lucy stopped her in her tracks.
"Again, what do you do you mean, again?" Lucy asked, confused.
"We've all met her before," Teddy answered.
"Huh?" They all said.
"Remember old aunt Beatrice, who wasn't really our aunt?" Teddy asked.
"Yes! She used to come at Christmas when we were little, and bring her granddaughter Adelaide with her!" Said Lucy remembering the kind old woman.
"Yes! Auntie Bea is Addi's grandma, and when her Grandpa Ed died, Bea sent Addi to my school and asked me to befriend her!" Teddy said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Wait-you mean to tell me that, that purple haired rock n' roll chick is the same person as tiny, pigtailed, skirt and jumper Adelaide!" Ben said shocked.
"Yep, hard to believe, huh?" Teddy said laughing. "Anyway, Vic you have to believe me there is nothing going on between me and Addi or any other girl other than you for that matter!" He said pleadingly to Victoire. "The only reason Addi told you that was because when she first was hitting on me I turned her down but I didn't tell her why!"
"Oh Teddy, I believe you! You are such a wonderful person to befriend her and help her cope with her loss!" Victoire said, launching herself at Teddy, kissing him fiercely.
"Eeeeuuck," Ben said turning in his seat to make a face of disgust at Victoire and Teddy.
"Oh, shut it Ben! You get around snogging people way more than I do!" Victoire said coming up for air.
"Not anymore! I'm saving this lips for some one special!" Ben said, Wiggling his eyebrows at Lucy. Lucy kept her hands on the wheel and her face towards the road, but stopped to look sideways at him skeptically. Teddy and Victoire went back to snogging in the backseat. Lucy frowned.
"What's the matter Lu? Jealous of their relationship?" Ben asked. Lucy laughed for a long time.
"Wait-your serious?" Lucy said mock surprised.
"Ha-ha Lucy, very funny. I was kidding, sort of. Does this mean that all hopes of us being together are dashed?" Ben asked pretending to be worried. Lucy just shrugged. Ben smiled at her then they both turned back to the road.
Soon, they arrived at the home of Michael, Marietta, Anna, Gillian and Tate Corner.
"Alright everybody, I'll just pop in there, get Molly and come back-don't move or get out of the car alright?" Lucy told them.
"I want to cone get Molly with you!" Ben whined
"No way, if you come it will take a million years because you'll stop and talk to Tate or annoy the heck out of Anna!" Lucy said immediately.
"You can't leave me here with them snogging their brains out, and I won't stop to talk to Tate or annoy Anna! Come on Lucille, you know me better than anyone, you'd be able to tell if I was lying, right?" Ben pleaded.
"Fine, let's go and make this quick I'm not in the mood for Tate's teasing or Gillian commenting on my makeup, or hair, or clothes today," Lucy said. Ben smiled, they got out of the car and headed towards the door. Lucy took a deep breath and rang the doorbell. Immediately sprang open and Marietta grabbed Lucy and hugged her tightly.
"It's so wonderful to see you ! You've grown so much, I think you're taller than me!" Marietta squealed. Lucy seriously doubted that she had grown at all, she was the shortest person in her year besides Claire Finnagen,(Claire was 5'1 and Lucy was 5'3). But then again, Marietta was really tiny, so Lucy probably seemed tall to her.
"It's nice to see you too, Mrs. Corner," Lucy replied
"Call me Marietta darling," Marietta said winking.
"Of course, Marietta," Lucy said giggling. It was a game they played, every time Lucy would call Marietta "Mrs. Corner" and Marietta would correct her. As they waked down the hall Marietta chatted away.
"Anna and Molly stayed up late lat night so Molly is probably exhausted, so be prepared!" Marietta babbled.
"Oh, you know Mol, she could go three days without rest and still be bouncing off the walls!" Lucy said laughing.
"Oh, and Ben, Tate is upstairs in his room if you want to say, hi," She said turning to Ben.
"Oh, no can't do that. I'm under strict orders. I'm only allowed to come in grab mol and get out of here," Ben said seriously.
"Oh, and who are these orders from, now?" Marietta said raising her eyebrows.
"The Boss," Ben said with a poker face.
"And who is 'The Boss'?" Marietta pried.
"Why, your looking right at her!" Ben said laughing. Marietta cracked up and then smiled a knowing smile at the both of them, Lucy blushed. They walked into the kitchen, sitting at the table was a dark haired girl with caked on makeup and a short denim skirt. Lucy silently wondered how she could bear to wear something so short in the winter, in London, but beauty hurts. Well, at least that's what her aunt said.
"Hey Luce, Ben," Gillian said.
"Hey Gil," Ben said awkwardly. In the third year in an attempt to prove to his friends that he no longer pined after Lucy, Ben had gone out with Gillian for a month. Needless to say, it didn't work out so well.(i.e. It crashed and burned)
"Hi, Gillian do you know where Molly is, or at least where her junk is?" Lucy asked her.
"No, but I heard an explosion coming from upstairs like, fifteen minutes ago. So they are probably in Anna's room," Gillian said, picking at her manicure.
"Thanks, Ben you-" Ben gave her a pleading look. "-You come with me, and retrieve Molly," Lucy said. As they left the kitchen Ben looked relieved. Lucy couldn't blame him, his break up with Gillian had been pretty nasty.
Lucy pushed open the door to Anna's shockingly blue room. Molly and Anna were both laying on Anna's bed playing exploding snap. Every time the cards exploded Molly would crack up while Anna's light brown curls would fly back, past her face.
"Come on Mol, we have to go. If we arrive late, Gran will kill us!" Lucy said hurriedly to Molly.
"Calm down, sis I'm coming!" Molly said climbing off the bed. Molly was Lucy's "identical" twin sister, although Lucy didn't think they were that identical. Lucy's eyes were a pale teal, while Molly's were a dark blue. Molly's hair was far more ginger than Lucy's auburn hair was and unlike Lucy's waist length waves, Molly's messy hair reached her shoulders and usually was in a ponytail, bun or some other quick pile. Lucy also was very short while Molly was more average. Lastly, Molly was a very proud Gryffindor, while Lucy was a Ravenclaw.
"So, the 'mission' went okay?" Molly asked.
"Yep, fake identification and all," Lucy replied. Molly grabbed her bag, hugged Anna and walked towards the door.
"Bye Mol, hi Lucy, Ben!" Anna called after them.
"Hi Anna!" Lucy called over her shoulder as they walked down the stairs.
As they reached the downstairs hall, Marietta hugged and kissed them goodbye. When they were headed towards Lucy's car,she turned to Molly. "Your sitting in the back with Vic and Teddy by the way."
"WHAT? No! That's not fair I was about to call shot gun!" Molly cried. Lucy shrugged.
"If you want to fight Ben for shotgun be my guest," Lucy said as she slid into the drivers seat. Molly huffed and got into the back seat. Ben smirked at her and happily hopped in the car.
"How come your car's so bloody small?" complained a smushed Molly as they pulled out on to the road. Lucy rolled her eyes. Yes, her baby blue VW Bug was small, but it was her's the tattered white seats and dream catcher were all her's.