Chapter 7
I smile as I look around my new own room. I guess that Lily will be excited to have her own room. At that moment I hear a knock on my door and say "Who is it?" I hear a soft voice say "It's your mother." I smile and get up opening the door for her and say "What's up mum?" she smiles and sits on my bed and pats next to her to silently say to sit down. I sit down next to her looking slightly confused and ask "Please tell me Malfoy isn't here already?!" she laughs softly and says "No, but a good friend of yours is." I light up and look at her almost in shock thinking faster than I have in days 'Who is here? When did they get here? Why didn't mum tell me one of my friends was coming here? Is it Harry? No the Dursleys wouldn't let him out of that house if he had wanted to leave. Maybe Hermione?' I look at mum and ask "Who is here?" she smiles and replies "Hermione Granger. She would like to stay here for the next few months until you go back to Hogwarts." I smile widely and brighten up when I hear she's staying for the rest of the summer. "Where is she right now?" she smiles and answers "Down stairs having tea." I smile and hug my mum tightly and say "Thank you mum." I run down the stairs and smile at Hermione. "Hey Hermione!" Hermione smiles and turns to face me and I hug her and she says "Hey Abby! I missed you so much and my parents went on a business trip so I asked your parents if I could stay here a week ago and they said yes but they wanted to surprise you." I laugh "Well I'm so glad you came here! But be warned Draco Malfoy is visiting us too." I see Hermione look surprised and she asks "Why is he coming over?" I just shake my head and say "Lily invited him and father won't say no to her ever. I wish I could make it so we weren't here while Malfoy is but mum has already said no." Hermione nodded her head in understanding and said "Maybe she'll take us to Diagon Alley to get some new books to reading since you and I share a love for books it would make sense." I smile and reply "Let's ask her during dinner. Would you like to come put your stuff in my room?" She smiles and says "Sure, I'd love to see it. You described it so vividly in your last letter I am sure it's even more amazing than you said." I help her carry her trunk up to my room and mum is setting up a cot and I ask "Mum can you transfigure that cot into a bed?" mum smiles and replies "Of course dear just a moment." I nod and watch as she transfigures it into a bed with blankets and pillows the color red and gold. Hermione smiles and says "Thank you Mrs. Williams." Mum smiles and says "You can call me Catherine dear, and you are very welcome." I smile and say "Thank you mum." She nods and says "I would love to stay and make sure the two of you are set but I have to speak to your father dear, I will see you at dinner." I nod and say "Ok, see you at dinner mum." Hermione says "See you at dinner Mrs. Williams." Once mum leaves myself and Hermione sit on my bed and chat for a while about the books we have been reading for the past month and what classes we will be taking in our third year. Later somebody knocks on my door and I say "Who is it?" A voice replies "It's Lily, may I come in?" I look at Hermione with a questioning look and she nods to assure me she'll help if needed. I sigh and say "Come in Lily." She opens the door and comes in and says "Hello Granger, sister." Hermione responds "Hello Williams." I replay "Hello sister, what is it you want?" she laughs "Do I need a reason to visit you?" I reply coldly "Usually, yes." She sighs and says "I need your help getting ready to see Malfoy tomorrow…" I share a shocked and confused look with Hermione before saying "YOU need MY help? Godric my sister has lost it if she is asking for my help." Lily looks at me and I sigh. "Alright, but if you ever ask me to help you impress Malfoy again I'll say no." She nods and sits down as I get all of our muggle hair products and make-up and start brushing her hair and curling it. While I work on her hair I say "Hermione, can you see which eye shadow, blush and lip gloss would work with her out fit?" I show her the outfit I had picked out for Lily. It was a emerald green one shoulder strap shirt with black skinny jeans, cork screw style wedges and a silver snake hair pin. Hermione replies "Sure, but we are not telling the boys about this." I nod in silent agreement and finish curling Lily's hair. "So, Lily, you must really like Malfoy. How long have you liked him now?" Lily blushes a very deep red and smiles widely as she says "Since we met him when we were ten." I nod and say "Well, I guess I'll have to put up with you and him a lot more this year." She laughs and replies "Yes, I guess you will." Hermione joins in and says "Abby, what about you? How long have you liked Fred?" I look at her with wide eyes and shake my head vigorously. "Hermione, I don't know what you are talking about." Lily laughs and says "Oh but you do my dear sister, I've seen you around the twins during practice, and just like you and Hermione I can tell the Weasels apart. You have it bad for Freddie." I look at her my eyes almost popping out of my head as I say "H-how did you…" Lily cuts me off "I'm your twin what do you think?" I sigh in defeat and admit "Since first year." My blush is one to rival Ron's when he is mad at Hermione and Lily and Hermione start laughing loudly but I say "But I highly doubt he likes me back!" Hermione and Lily smile at me and Hermione says "Trust me, he likes you back." Lily and I stare at Hermione and I say quietly "H-he does?" She nods and I start breathing deeply and try to steady my hands as they start shaking. "Lily can you go tell mum that I got super happy and that there might be a little bit of accidental magic soon?" She nods and runs along the hall towards mum's room and quickly tells her what's going on and I hear mum say "I understand, I'll owl the ministry after it happens to explain." Lily replies "Thanks mum! It would really suck if Abby had to leave Hogwarts." Lily comes running back and I am blushing to an extreme and there are butterflies flying around the room and when I say butterflies I mean real living butterflies. Lily gasps and says "You haven't done that since our eighth birthday when mum and dad gave us our first brooms." I laugh and say "Yeah, I guess that was the highlight of our life without being rivals…" I stare up at the ceiling and sigh. After a few moments Lily says "Well let's get you all prettied up too. Can't have my sister looking ugly when Malfoy gets here can we?" I laugh "Why on EARTH would I want to look good for MALFOY?!" Lily laughs and says "So you don't give us anything to make fun of when mum and dad aren't in the same room as us." I smile and nod "Okay. How about you, 'Mione? Want to make it less likely for Lily and Malfoy to make fun of us?" Hermione laughs and says "I might as well, no point in making it easy for him." We all laugh as we do each other's make-up and pick out our outfits and outside it becomes immensely bright with not one cloud in the sky. I smile as I think back to the first time I met Fred and George.
Flashback: I was extremely excited. It was my first time going on The Hogwarts Express. I had hugged my mum and dad goodbye and promised to write them the moment I got a chance. I was nervous as I got on the train and started looking for an empty compartment. They were all full, but I saw a compartment that only had two people and I breathed in deep and knocked on the compartment door and one of the people came and opened the door and said "Hi, I'm George and that over there is Fred. He's my twin." I nodded and smiled but since I was so shy I was almost too quiet to be heard when I said "It's nice to meet you George, you too Fred. I'm Abigail, but I prefer it when people call me Abby. I-is it okay if I sit with you two? All the other compartments are full." Fred smiled warmly and said "Sure Abby. Have a seat." I smiled and sat down next to him. "I'm a bit shy though so don't expect much from me." They just laughed and Fred pats me on the back and says "We'll have you out of your shell soon, at least with us if not everyone." I blush slightly and quickly look at the scenery "So what year are you guys in? It's my first year, I'm frightened to death of the sorting." George says "We're in our third year now." Fred cuts in and says "And there is absolutely nothing to be scared of. Don't worry, and so long as you don't go to Slytherin, we'll have your back." I laugh and say "If I go into Slytherin I will die. I hate them, but my twin will end up in Slytherin because although we look alike we are nothing alike and it's all thanks to that idiot Malfoy." I clench my fists and turn a color that almost matches their hair. I notice Fred and George tense up at the name and I sigh "Sorry didn't know you were acquainted with the family." They both laugh and say "Our families have hated each other since before we can remember." I smile "Their son is named Draco. He's a first year and has corrupted my twin who has been foolish enough to fall for that git. But I've decided to ignore her existence if she's going to ignore mine." I sigh and look away again. Suddenly I feel a hand on mine and I look over my shoulder and look at Fred giving him a small smile. "Looks like we're almost there, I'm gonna go change into my robes. See you later." Fred squeezes my hand before releasing it and says "You better." I laugh and walk away with my robes to the girls bathroom and get changed and head back to the compartment and sit next to Fred but notice that George is gone. I raise my eyebrow "Where is George?" He shrugs and says "Went to find one of the girls from quidditch. I laugh and say "Georgie has a crush?" I grin evilly and Fred laughs "Big time! You know Abby I think we're going to get on just fine." I smile and give him a hug and say "Good." He smiles and hugs me back until we hear a cough in the doorway and I blush and let go of him while he gets up and hits George on the arm because of some remark I couldn't hear. The train stops and we walk off together and part ways as I go to the boats and they head towards the carriages. I wish desperately that I will end up in the same house as them and smile when I see Hagrid holding his lantern by the boats and join the other first years. End of flashback.
I got up and went outside telling the girls that I wanted some fresh air before Malfoy arrives.
