Chapter Four; Lesson Learned

"Uh listen Harry, I don't want to scare you or anything mate but look in the mirror." Ron told him before he bent over and hoisted him up inside his arms. Harry let out a petrified scream when he saw his reflection. Hermione quickly put her finger to her lips.

Shh! Not only will you wake everyone else up, but you're the one who told us to keep our voices down." She whispered but it was already too late, everyone else had heard him scream and came racing towards him.

"What the heck happened to me!? I'm the same age as Teddy and Heather! And put me down!" Harry snapped as Ron quickly set him back down on the ground.

"Sorry mate." He quickly apologized.

"Harry did you drink the Youth Potion after I specifically asked you not to?" his father inquired.

"Well it's not like I wanted to! Eve was the one who got into it!" he told him while he pointed a finger at her but she just simply shrugged.

"I thought it was Gatorade!" she exclaimed but Snape just shook his head at her.

"It doesn't matter what you thought it was, you know that you're not allowed to get into anything unless you ask about it first." He told her as she solemnly glanced down at the carpet.

"Sorry." She apologized sheepishly.

"Well you can think about that when you go to bed two hours earlier for the rest of this vacation." He told her.

"Two hours!?" she cried indignantly. "But that's not fair!" she exclaimed.

"Keep arguing with me and you'll lose your television privileges as well. Do you understand me?" he questioned her as she took a deep breath and sighed heavily.

"Yes Daddy." She agreed reluctantly with a roll of her eyes.

"Good, and as for you Harry, I'm sorry but you're just going to have to be stuck like this until tomorrow afternoon when it wears off." He told him as Eve grinned slyly.

"You know Harry, there is a silver lining to my punishment." She began. "My whole entire life you've been bossing me around and picking on me just because I'm smaller than you. Well guess what? Now I'm the big sister." She told him while her grin began to grow and Ron turned to look over at him.

"Face it mate, you've died and gone to Hell." He told him but Harry just simply grinned back at her as an idea suddenly came to him.

"No. You know what? She's right." He began as he removed his glasses and set them down on the counter.

"I am?" Eve questioned him with incredibility and disbelief.

"Yep, you've always wanted to be in charge, so your wish has come true. You're my big sister for one whole day." He told her continuing to grin at her.

"Really!? Thank the Lord my prayers have been answered!" she cried. "C'mon let's go down to the pool!" she exclaimed as Harry gave a knowing look while she hurried to get her bathing suit.

"Are you out of your mind!? You've just given the drama queen total authority over you." He told him.

"Just trust me." Harry said slyly.

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Harry's plan didn't turn out being as simple as he originally planned it to be. Sure he was giving Eve a really hard time, but at the same time she was being really hard on him. He had to stop splashing Ron, stay out of the deep end and rest every hour. Then at dinner she made him finish all of his food before he had desert and he had to recite a Bible verse perfectly in its entirety before he could watch some television.

That night when it was time for them both to put on their pajamas, brush their teeth and get ready for bed, Harry had realized something. "You know Eve, I probably should apologize to you. I didn't realize that I was pushing you so hard. I guess that sometimes I forget that it really is tough to be a kid." He said.

"No, I'm the one who should apologize to you." She began before they climbed into bed together. "Being a kid might be tough, but so is being an adult. I don't know how you manage getting all of your work and studying done while still having time for the kinds of things you enjoy like music and horses." She told him as he just simply smiled at her.

"Tell you what, I'll go ahead and forgive you for being so disobedient if you forgive me for being so bossy." He said.

"It's a deal." She told him.

"And I promise that I won't try to be as bossy from now on and be a better brother to you. I love you so much." He told her.

"I love you too Harry. Goodnight." She told him as he smiled warmly down at her and kissed the top of her head before starting to run his fingers through it.

"Goodnight." He told her as she let out a rather large sleepy yawn and closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.