Odd Behaviour
"Mum! Stop it!"
"I'm trying to get these knots out."
"Mum I'm thirteen! I can get them out myself!"
"I have done your hair for the train every year since you've started Hogwarts, now hold still!"
Ramona crossed her arms scowling at her mother's reflection in the mirror. Preston appeared from the living room, smirk on his face as he leant against the door frame. "No matter how much you brush it you won't get those knots out."
"Oh shut up." She spat at him.
"You shut up!"
"Honestly Preston you're nearly nineteen! Act your age!" His mother cried at him.
"Maybe if she acted her age!" he called back.
"I'm thirteen, I am acting my age." Ramona said sarcastically sticking her tongue out so he caught a glimpse of it in the mirror.
Their mother sighed. "You two need to stop it! Ramona just because you're 13 doesn't mean you have to act like a child. Now pass me that ribbon."
"You don't want me to act like a child yet you put a ribbon in my hair. Do I really need to wear it?"
"Yes! I want to try something different."
"Then put it on your own head."
"Oh hush." Ramona waited patiently as her mother tied the red ribbon around her hair. "There, perfect. No knots and neat."
Rachel fluffed out her daughters hair placing her hands on her shoulders.
"It/s scary how much different you look at the beginning of each school year. Especially this one."
"I don't look that different."
"Well, you've gotten a little taller. And filled out a bit."
"Mum just called you fat, you know." Preston chuckled.
"I am not fat! Mum!"
"I didn't mean fat, I meant womanly," She placed a kiss on her daughter's cheek. "You look very grown up."
"Thanks mum." Ramona said turning a bright pink.
"The boys will be all over you this year."
Preston walked next to her tugging at a bit of her hair. "Especially the first years and house elves."
"Oh Preston just go away, don't you have a job to go to!" his mother said as she shook her head at the two of them.
"Yes actually. Hug before I leave?"
"Why would I want to hug you?" Ramona shot back as she fiddled with the ribbon.
He grabbed his sister, almost knocking the wind out of her lungs. Their mother just rolled her eyes walking out of the kitchen.
"PRESTON! STOP!"
"HUG ME BACK!"
"NO!"
"DO IT!" Ramona reluctantly put her arms around Preston hugging him slightly and he gently pulled her closer "You know I'm going to miss you right?" he whispered into her hair.
"I'm only going to school."
"Who knows when I'll see you next?"
"Christmas?"
"I suppose..." he took a step back giving her a smile. "There we go. Was that so hard."
"You're an idiot."
"See you little sister"
"Get away from me." He shit her a sad smile and started to make his way for the door. When he reached it he paused, turning back towards her. "You'll love me not matter what happens…right? I mean...I'll always be your big brother."
"We're blood. Of course I will love you. No matter what."
"Really?" he said sadly.
"Preston is something wrong?"
He shook his head and flashed her a grin. "No worries. Just making sure." With that he left the house leaving a rather confused Ramona stood in the hall.
