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The rest of Scarlett's summer she spent with her family. They played quidditch together many times, (again, Scarlett wondered about this, as she had never imagined that squibs could play quidditch) and Scarlett and her mother took Brittany to the park to play with her friend Colin.
Scarlett enjoyed breathing in the fresh air and watching the birds fly around. She had managed to calm herself down, and convince herself that she had just been overreacting, and she should not care what the other children thought of her.
After all - there was nothing wrong with being a squib, and if her family didn't think any differently of her, why should she care if her so called "friends" did!
Scarlett and Brittany spent time with all of their grandparents, and even stayed over a few nights at their aunt Cassie's house. Cassie was eight years older than Katie, so they were never so close as children, but now that they were both grown up, they had grown much closer and were great friends.
Cassie and her husband had a daughter, named Richa. Richa was already entering her seventh and final year at Hogwarts. She, like her parents and Scarlett's parents, was in Gryffindor House.
Well, at least that was one thing Scarlett didn't have to worry about - which house she would be placed in.
For years, Richa had been telling Scarlett and Brittany of the wonders of Hogwarts, eagerly awaiting the day when Scarlett would receive her Hogwarts letter.
When Richa found out that her cousin would not be attending Hogwarts that year, she tried to hide the shock and disappointment from her face and be kind and reassuring to Scarlett and Brittany like she always had been, but Richa had never been the world's greatest actress . . .
Nevertheless, the three girls had fun together. Richa did her younger cousins' hair, makeup, and nails, and ate scrumptious food, (Aunt Cassie was a marvelous cook).
The two girls stayed there for three nights before returning home, to spend the last week of summer with their parents.
Scarlett would soon be beginning Primary School, and Brittany would be home schooled by Mrs. Wood.
Most young witches and wizards (not all, but most,) were home school before they began their magical education.
Scarlett, too, had been home schooled for five years, but Mrs. Wood said that she would do much better socially to attend the muggle school, and even if that wasn't the case, she would have to anyway because her mother knew little more than the basics of the muggle subjects, and certainly not enough to get her through a complete muggle education.
Scarlett told her mother about the boy she had met at the Apothecary, James Potter.
Ms. Wood was pleased with him so far from Scarlett's descriptions of him, though a little skeptical at the fact that her daughter was positively raving about a mysterious boy that she had just met, literally the day before in a surreal setting - a magical store inside a magical world that Ms. Wood was just beginning to get used to.
"And James said he's going to invite me to stay at his house this summer!" Scarlett gushed.
This was very unlike her, Ms. Wood supposed that she was just excited to have made a new friend from the magical world.
A few days later, Scarlett's face was ablaze with excitement, "hey, mom," she said, panting as she dashed up the stairs and into her mother's room "guess what?"
She was holding a letter written on a piece of parchment.
"It's from James," she said, "he says he wants me to come over to his house to stay for a little while. I'm going to reply back yes."
"Wait - Scarlett." And when she didn't respond, "Scarlett!"
"Jeez mom, what?"
"What makes you think I'm allowing you to go, young lady?" Ms. Wood demanded.
Scarlett rolled her eyes, "Oh come on Mom!" She saw the disapproving look on her mother's face and added in a small voice, "please."
"Scarlett, you barely know this boy; you've only met once and I've never met his parents."
"Oh, but we've been writing to each other," she said with a hint of defiance, "and he says right here in his letter that he wants me to introduce me to his parents, I can tell him to bring them over here so you can meet them too."
Ms. Wood hesitated, considering, "oh, all right," she said finally, giving in.
Scarlett grinned and said a quick, "thanks mom," before giving her mother a small, but meaningful, hug, and gliding out of the room, her bright red bob bouncing up and down from behind her.
A week later there was a knock at the Woods' door.
Scarlett opened it to find James Potter grinning a little cockily at her, "hey Scarlett."
"Hi!" she replied enthusiastically.
"So, would you like to meet my parents?"
"Oh, yes, sure, come on in James," she smiled at him before calling up the stairs, "Mom!"
Her mother came rushing down the stairwell to meet the two people that must have been James's parents.
"Hello Ms. Wood, I'm Harry Potter," said James's father, "and this is my wife, Ginny."
Mrs. Potter smiled warmly.
James's father bore a remarkable resemblance to his son. The only difference was that while James's eyes were chocolate brown, Harry's were a brilliant green behind circular glasses, and there was an odd looking lightning shaped scar on his forehead.
His mother on the other hand had red hair even brighter than Scarlett's. She had chocolate brown eyes to match James's, and she smiled warmly down at Scarlett, waving as if they had know each other their whole lives, when in reality they were just meeting.
There was certainly something calming and welcoming about the Potters, and Ms. Wood must have sensed it too, because she consented for Scarlett to visit their house, knowing somehow that her daughter will be well cared for.
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