Lucy
I landed in a pile with my truck. I looked up to see my aunt Mariah and my uncle Tim look at me with smiles on their faces. I saw my three cousin in the background. Uncle Tim helped me up. Uncle Tim had blue eyes and a dark brown hair. He looked good looking for his age. Aunt Mariah took me in her arms. I could smell her perfume. My aunt had light brown hair that almost looked like blond and had had warm brown eyes that reminded me of my mum and were the color that my eyes were.
"Are you alright, Lucy?" Aunt Mariah asked. She started to run her hands over my red hair to make sure there wasn't a bump.
"I'm fine, Aunt Mariah." I pushed her hands off me. She smiled.
"Logan," Aunt Mariah called my cousin. He came from behind his father. He was taller than me now. He threw me a smile. He had his dad's blue eyes and his mum's light brown hair. His hair was falling in his eyes. He moved it out of his face. I knew he would make any girl's heart melt. "Get your cousin's trunk."
"Hey," He said as he reached for my trunk. I nodded in greeting. The last time I saw them was a year ago when they came to visit us in England. They were only there for a week.
"Come on we have to go," Uncle Tim said. They followed him out of the room where I came in. It looked like a government building we were in.
I got a good look at my other cousins Payton and Shea. Payton had her father's dark hair and eyes. She looked beautiful. She had her hair in some fashion I never learn from my sister or Vic and Dom. I could tell she knew she was beautiful. It made me reach for my ponytail that I had my hair in. My youngest cousin Shea had blond hair and somewhere in the family tree got green eyes. She looked more like Aunt Mariah than Uncle Tim. He likes to say that Shea wasn't his. We stopped at the place where everyone was coming and going.
"Payton, take your sister." Uncle Tim said. Payton was seventeen. She was a year older than me. "Mariah you got Lucy," My aunt nodded. Uncle Tim took Logan's arm and took a hold on my trunk. My aunt grabbed my hand and spun.
We landed in the front yard of a house. I give my aunt a confused look. She smiled at me. There was a laugh in her eyes. "We live in a wizarding neighborhood."
"Oh," It was all I could get out. We walked up the stairs to the house. Payton and Shea were already in the house. Uncle Tim and Logan followed us in. We came in the living room. There were stairs to the left.
"Come upstairs, we'll show you where you will sleep." Aunt Mariah led the way upstairs. I looked in the first room we came to see it was Shea's room. I could tell because there were only thirteen year old girls would have in there. The next room we came to was Logan's room I could tell by the sport stuff in the room. We came to a third room it is where Aunt Mariah stopped. "You'll be staying in Payton's room."
I nodded. I looked in and saw a girly room. There was make-up and jewelry on the dresser. She had lace curtains. Her bed had too many pillows on it. It didn't feel right to me. There was a camp bed in the upper left corner. I guess that was for me. "We'll let you settle in. Take a nap or something." I nodded and watched Aunt Mariah leave the room. I went over to my bed and lied down. I didn't know I fell asleep until Payton was waking me up. "Lucy," She said. I got up and straighten my clothes. I followed her downstairs to the kitchen where we were eating. I took a seat next to Logan. They passed the food around.
Aunt Mariah smiled at me. "One of our neighbors is having a party for the kids in the neighborhood. You can get to know the kids in the neighborhood." I nodded.
Logan leaned over. "The party is great. There are no parents and we have great fun." The way he said it was like he was keeping something from his parents. I just nodded. I just ate my food while they talked. They asked me some things about school and my life in England but for the most part I was quiet.
Later that night I was working on some schoolwork for the next year when Payton came in. She sat on her bed. "What are you doing?" I look up at her. She had taken her make-up off and was in her pajamas.
"Some schoolwork," I closed my book because she was going to ask me something.
"Why are you doing schoolwork when it is the summer?" I could tell it seem strange for her.
"I have to be ready for the next school year. My professors don't start where we left off."
"Why would they do that when it is the summer? The summer is for fun not school. Here in America they don't give us homework for the summer."
I smiled. "It has been like that since they open." Payton shook her head. I thought she was done so I went back to my homework.
"So, what are you going to wear tomorrow?" She asked.
"Probably some jeans and a tee shirt." I didn't look up because I thought it was done.
"You can't wear that. There will be boys there." She said.
"So," I still didn't look up. No words came out of her mouth so I looked up. There was a shook look on her face.
"Are you crazy?" She finally let out. I shook my head. She rolled her eyes. "Have you ever had a boyfriend?" I nodded. She was going to say something if I shook my head no I could tell but I caught her off guard. "How did it happen?" She asked like it was a miracle that I had a boyfriend.
"I asked him out we dated for five months before he left school." I said.
"He was older then you." It was statement. I nodded. "Ok, wear whatever you want. You can get any boy you want." I rolled my eyes and went back to my homework. "What are you working on? Maybe I can help you?"
"Transfiguration," I said. I heard her make her way over to my bed. She looked over my shoulder to see my book. She read over my shoulder.
"What is that?" I told her. She shook her head and went back to her bed. "I will be no use to you. We don't learn that stuff until our last year. I'm going into that in the fall." I looked at her questionably.
"Where do you go?" I asked.
"Peters High School," She said. I give her a confused look. She laughed. "It is the neighborhood high school. We go during the day and come home at night."
"Oh, that sounds fun." I said.
Payton rolled her eyes. "Yeah, so fun." I laughed. We spent the rest of the night comparing schools like she didn't have to wear uniforms and I did. How she comes home at night while I stay in a dorm. There was a lot of laughter.
I woke to someone jumping on me. I looked at my youngest cousin Shea. "Come on get up the party starts at noon." I picked up my watch that was on the side table and saw it was ten in the morning. I push her off me.
"We still have two hours." I sat up.
"I know but I don't want to be late. This is my first time going." She jumped around the room. I looked over to the other side of the room to see that Payton was already up. Shea pulled at my arm to get me out of bed. "Come on."
"Can I shower first?" I said. It was one of the things that would wake me up.
"You can't. Logan is in there right now." I got up and follow her downstairs to the kitchen. Payton was in there eating some toast.
"Do you have tea here?" I asked Shea and Payton.
Payton pointed to the cabinet to the right of the stove. "In there." I went over and opened it. I found a box with tea written on it. I open the box and saw the tea packets. I pull one out.
"This is not tea." I said. They smiled.
"That is all we have. Our mom might be English but she doesn't like tea that much." I shook my head. This will have to do until I could get my hands on some real tea. Maybe I'll write to Grandmum Weasley and have her send me some. I made a pot and had my tea. After I was done I went to take a shower.
"Come on," I heard Shea yell through the house. "We only have fifteen minutes to get there."
"Shea, we'll get there. No one shows up on time anyways." Logan yelled at his sister. I shook my head as I made it downstairs. Logan and Shea were standing in the living room. Both were wearing shorts and a tee shirt. Logan saw me first. "See Lucy is down here." Shea rolled her eyes.
"Payton," Shea yelled in my ear as she yelled upstairs to her sister.
"Coming," I heard Payton running down the hall to the stairs. "I don't know what your hurry is," Payton said as she came in the room. "It takes five minutes to walk there." I took a look to see what Payton was wearing. She was in a summer dress that looked good on her. "Shea sit down for the next," She took a look at the clock. "Ten minutes." Shea threw her sister a look before taking a seat on the couch and crossed her arms. Shea watched the clock for the next ten minutes.
We walked down the street to the house where the party was going on. I could hear the noise before we saw the house. Payton led us to the backyard. People were standing in a line at the back gate. We got in the line. It didn't take long before we were at the front. Standing there was a boy with black hair and cobalt blue eyes. He had a lean muscular body. He smiled when he saw us. "Payton, I'm glad you could make it." He hugged her.
"Austin, you remember my brother, Logan and my sister, Shea." He nodded. He looked at me. I felt like he could see my darkest secrets. "This is our cousin Lucy from England." He smile at me, his smile made me weak in the knees.
"Hello," He said with an American accent. It sounded great on him.
"Hi," I could feel a blush coming. I felt nervous all of sudden.
Austin turned to Payton. "I'll see you guys around." I felt glad that his eyes weren't on me.
We went in the backyard. I saw many teenagers around. There were tables with food and drinks on it. Payton saw her friends and went over to them. Logan found a group of boys around his age, we lost him to them. Shea was grabbed by another girl. She give me a sorry look before she left. I sighed. I was on my own. I went to the drinks to see what they had. I didn't see any butterbeer. I grabbed something called Sprite. I stood there watching people that was around. A lot of people were in groups that was around their age. I was going to make my way to Payton but I was stopped by Austin.
"Hey, why are you standing here by yourself?" He gave me a half smile. I felt the butterflies in my stomach. I knew I had to stay away from him.
"My cousins decide to abandon me." I smiled.
"Well I have to make sure all my guests are taking care of." He looked around us. "You're the only one that is not being taken care of."
I laughed. "I was going to go to Payton." I pointed her out.
"It looks like that she is being taken care of." Payton was with a boy with blond hair. He was very close to her. She was flirting with him. "I'll show you want is fun." He took my hand that sent shook waves up my arms. He led me to one of the groups.
He spent most of the time with me. When it was time to leave, I met Logan and Shea at the gate. We waited for Payton but we didn't see her. Logan shrugged his shoulders. "I guess we should go." We left.
When we got home. I sat down on my bed and wrote to Roxanne.