A/N: Here I am back with new chapter.

C'mon, tell me what you think. I would really appreciate that very much. The editing is done by MrsBates93.

8. My Past

It was Friday.

Engagement party day.

The party was going to start in two hours and I was checking out the lists in the back garden of the Burrow making sure that all the arrangements were done. I would go inside and get ready afterwards.

"C, I think everything is ready. Go inside and get dressed," Vic said, coming out of the house. She was wearing a light violet cocktail dress and was looking gorgeous with her belly increasing her beauty.

"Just the food is left and then I am going in and getting ready in fifteen minutes don't worry," I reassured her. "And you my dear are looking beautiful." I smiled at her. She snorted.

"No, I look like a cow. I am big as a hippo," she said, clearly very worried about her weight gain.

"No, you aren't," I replied and checked the buffet table.

"No, you are not looking as big as a hippo at all," Louis said joining the conversation and I smiled at him for encouraging his sister.

"You are looking big and fat like a whale," he joked and Vic tensed, you could see that if her weight gain was not handled softly she was going to cry. I smacked his head and hugged her.

"Don't listen to him, he is just full of himself," I whispered, rubbing circles on her back to sooth her. "You are beautiful, not fat. " I think my words calmed her down as she gave me a small watery smile.

Louis smirked at me and shook his head.

Idiot!

He was wearing dark jeans and a white buttoned shirt. If I didn't know him I would have said he was a shy kind of guy. The type of guy who was totally handsome but didn't believe that girls were actually interested in him, that kind of shy guy. But he wasn't shy at all. His blonde hair was styled perfectly and his blue eyes sparkled with mischief.

God I hoped this party went smoothly, I had worked damn hard for all of this.

"You go inside and I will give everything the once over," Vic said, pushing me towards the house. Louis pulled me to him and placed his hands on my shoulders and led me inside. He was dragging me like I was going to make a run for the exit.

Ok, maybe I would because he was going to sell my soul to two devils.

"Let's get you inside, don't want people to look at you as if you're a beggar," he said and dragged me to the room I shared with Lily.

"For god's sake, C where the hell you have been?" Lily barkedat me as soon as we entered. She was the first devil.

"I leave this creature in your experienced hands. Looking good Dominique," Louis said, pointing at me and I glared at him. Louis walked out, barking with laughter like the villain does in an action thriller movie.

"I know he is up to something, he is going to do something. I am sure of it," Dom stated, looking suspiciously at the back of his head as he walked down the hallway. Dom was the biggest target of Louis's jokes; he loved to play jokes on her.

Nah, he wouldn't do anything.

Not without telling me first.

"C'mon, get a shower," Lily said, pushing me into the bathroom and I huffed but got in the shower without any protest.

There was no way I could fight both of them. I had learned that the hard way.

I showered quickly and wrapped myself in a towel and entered the room.

Dom whistled. "If I wasn't straight, I would do you anytime," she said, winking at me and I smirked.

"Don't worry baby, I think Zander will be very happy to replace me," I said and grinned at Lily who shook her head. Dom blushed tomato red and started mumbling that she was not interested in him.

BLAH... BLAH

She threw me some sexy-bitch-like lingerie and I stared at her with my mouth hanging open.

"Seriously, a push up bra?" I asked in disbelief. She and Dom glared at me till I gave in. I mean I didn't want to look like a slut.

"On the chair now." I followed the order and sat on the chair. Dom started working on my hair and Lily started on my makeup. I got smacked a lot of times when I tried to move and after half an hour of torture I was left toget dressed. I quickly put the dress that was given to me on and stood in front of the mirror.

The woman that stared back at me was elegant, confident and striking. My hair looked thick and healthy and it shone under the light of the room, it was straight and had ringlets in the ends. My makeup was minimal, with a light coating of blusher on my cheeks, like I needed it, with a slight glaze of clear lip gloss that made my lips look bigger. My eyes were laced with mascara and a light sprinkling of glitter on my lids. The dress was stunning. It made me look tall and elegant, one thing that I have never been in my life! It fit under my boobs in a way that made them look fabulous and it clung to my hips making me look curvy in all the right places. The ruffled straps gave it a playful twist and the length made it end just above my knees. The green dress was paired with silver high heels and a silver bracelet on my right wrist.

But the first thing that came to mind was…

"I look like a walking Slytherin flag," I commented and they both looked horrified.

"You look fab, don't think about anything else," they said in unison and dragged me out of the room and I froze at the top of the stairs.

Well fuck me.

It's really hot now.

In the living James Potter was standing looking hot and sexy in a black shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbow along with a pair of low hung jeans. His hair looked like he had just fucked someone.

Well, I actually couldn't say that he didn't just come out from some steamy fucking game.

I swallowed hard and tried to maintain my cool. As I descended the stairs I felt everyone's eyes on me and looked up to see Potter and some other guy looking at me who was none other than Damien Wood.

He was an exact replica of his father. He was well built and burly with his brown hair and light brown eyes. He was staring at me with a smirk which looked amusing.

"Damien Wood," I said and he looked surprised that I knew his name and then amused remembering that he was famous. He bowed dramatically.

"Ciara," he said my name the same way as I had said his.

I don't think he recognized me. And this made me smirk.

He looked confused by my smirking face and looked at Potter who was staring at me as if I was some kind of alien.

The silence was broken by the one and only Roxy.

"Don't tell me, he invited you," Roxy said with her mouth open.

Really Sexy Ro.

Damien looked at her and smiled with approval.

"Oh my Roxy, aren't you looking fine this evening," he said, smirking at her.

"Fuck off Wood," she said, glaring at me. "Won't you keep me company?" he asked, smiling at her.

"Urgh!" she screeched and his smile increased as she showed him her favourite finger and he laughed out loud.

Time to shut him up.

"Do you know that Wood here is afraid of dogs even when he is standing with one," I quoted, glaring at Potter. I didn't forget what he had said to me last weekend and if he thought we were going to get along, he hadanother thing coming.

Before Potter could say something Damien cut him off.

"How do you know I am afraid of dogs?" he asked me, tilting his head in confusion. I smiled devilishly at him.

"Oh not only that, I also know why are you afraid of them." I smirked as I saw him turn pale. Potter and Roxy both looked at me curiously and Damien looked scared and confused.

Well he should be because the story was hilarious.

His parents and mine were best friends so we were like childhood friends. He was two and a half years older than me and took care of me like I was a little sister to him since we both were only children. He taught mea lot of games and told me about the magic world. So I was two and I saw my friend at school had bought a puppy and he was so cute that I thought of buying myself one too. I threw quite a few tantrums and convinced my parents to get me one and I named the dog Killer.

Yeah, I was damn good.

I didn't know that my dog would hate him. When I say hate he kind of was after his life. So when Demon, that was my nickname for him, came close to Killer he would snarl at him and chase him around the got mad and took him back. I cried for two full days but then Demon came and promised me that he would teach me Quidditch and we went back to being friends.

After that he never let any dog come near him again. I remember the look on his face and his screeching how "the-stupid-dog-is-going-to-kill-me" and it was pretty hilarious.

"How did you… " he trailed off, not able to finish the sentence.

"Oh, don't you remember?" I asked and he shook his head.

"Seriously it's been what seventeen years, four months and five days if I remember correctly," I stated and he went white as a sheet. "Still no clue?" He shook his head again. "Let just say because of you I lost my dog," I said, grinning at him. He looked confused and within a second I was engulfed in a big tight hug.

"Fuck!"

I smiled as he twirled me in around in a circle before putting me down. He was smiling at me.

"Sorry to interrupt you, but what the hell?" Potter asked, glaring at Damien who was standing with his arm wrapped around me.

"Oh, I almost forgot about you. I didn't know you were Jo," he said, grinning.

"Jo, she is Ciara Jordan," Roxy stated matter-of-factly.

"Oh no, you don't know her. She is my childhood friend with whom I used to sneak out of the house and go to the park with" Damien said and I added, "And he used to fall flat on his face. Seriously Demon how you became a Quidditch player is beyond me." He was very disorganized, okay clumsy when he was younger with the amount of times he used to fall over.

"Hey I was always good at Quidditch," he retorted, smacking my shoulder. "Wow you have gotten big," he added, seeing my height and I snorted. "Well that happens when you age. But don't worry we haven't talked in what like thirteen years," I said and he looked embarrassed.

"Sorry, I didn't know you at school and when I looked at you, you were always with Louis and Lils," he said, looking sad.

"For fuck sake, if I was busy it doesn't mean that I wouldn't have had time for my honorary brother," I replied, reminding him about the fact we were related in a way. I had always thought that he forgot about me because he made new friends and I was kind of the new midget who never helped his reputation.

"Honorary brother?" Roxy asked, quirking her eyebrows.

"When he was seven and I was five, we stole my mum's wand and tried to form a blood bond as we wanted to be brother and sister. Mum was happy to know that we cared for each other but knowing that we were trying to perform a blood bond made her flip. I remember the horror of suffering the anger of my mum," I said, shuddering.

"Don't forget my mum, she practically screeched my ear off and my broom I felt sorry for it," Damien said, remembering.

"You cried for three days begging her to give you it back," I said and he denied it.

"Sorry to interrupt this reunion but we need to get to the party," Potter cut us off and with that I left but not before having the last say.

"Don't think I forgot about the dog scene!" I yelled and I could hear him groan.

I exited through the door and saw that the whole place was looking awesome and the idea of lightning had helped a lot. I entered the party and saw many people who I recognized. This party was to celebrate the occasion with close friends. I could see that all of Al's friends from Slytherin had come. When Al was sorted into Slytherin, everyone was afraid that he would suffer but he didn't thanks to Scorpius who helped him and Slytherin welcomed him. Slytherin house has changed and they aren't evil like their predecessors. Many of them waved at me and I nodded back.

"Enjoying yourself? I'm finding it to be quite boring," Louis said, coming to stand beside me.

"It's not even started. Wait for a few minutes then see my magic," I winked at him and grinned. I was the announcer. It was my duty to introduce everyone and the activities that were going to take place.

"Has anyone told you that you are looking very beautiful tonight," Harry said, as he and Ginny walked towards me. I blushed.

What?

I did blush sometimes.

You would too if the Chosen-One told you that.

"This party has C written all over it," Angie said and the look on her face was one of pride as she beamed at me. I grinned.

"I didn't see your name anywhere," George joked and Angie smacked him on the head. This never got boring.

"Thanks for everything you did, this party is so good because of you," she said, thanking me for everything I'd done.

"It's nothing, really. Besides Al is going to work doubly hard on my wedding aren't you?" I said, winking and they all laughed. I drifted towards the stage seeing many people continue to enter.

I took out my wand and pointed at myself

I was about to speak when a song boomed out around the room.

Dirty, dirty dancer

Another day, another night

And she's acting like she don't sleep

She's a five when she drinks

But she's a ten when she's on top of me

I looked at Andrew the DJ who winked at me and then there was wolf whistles. I knew now I had to dance.

She don't want love she just wanna touch

She's a greedy girl to never get enough

She don't wanna love she just wanna touch

Got all the moves that make you get it up

I gave a twirl and a sexy hip move and everyone clapped, as the noise increased I laughed.

She's a dirty, dirty dancer dirty, dirty dancer

Never ever lonely

She's a dirty, dirty dancer dirty, dirty dancer

You'll never be her only

She's a dirty, dirty dancer dirty, dirty dancer

Never ever lonely

She's a dirty, dirty dancer dirty, dirty dancer

You'll never be her only

"Mic testing one, two, three," Andrew said and people laughed.

"Thank you, Andy, for that song. Guys this is Andrew who will be the DJ for the evening."

"Hello everyone, it's so nice to see you all again. Many people out here know me and those of you who don't well let me introduce myself I am Ciara Jordan, Gryffindor chaser on the great team under Rose Weasley's captainship." At this I heard a loud clapping, knowing all the Weasleys would be doing that.

"Well forget about me, you are all here to celebrate the engagement of Al and Alice while I am here just to get drunk," I joked and I got a good response.

"So let's welcome the groom and bride to be with applause," I said and with that Al and Alice stood up. They looked so cute together. Alice was wearing a red one strap tight figure hugging dress and she looked absolutely gorgeous while Al was wearing a dark green suit which matched his beautiful emerald green eyes, he looked happy to be standing here.

"Well, they are one heck of a couple aren't they? But before I say anymore I want to tell everyone that Al proposed on 25th August so all of you better give the money to Fred Weasley, I will collect my cut," I said and several people groaned as Fred yelled "HELL YES!" As usual there had been bets going on as to when Al would propose and I was sure that he would propose on Alice's birthday and Fred supported me while theothers placed their bets on different dates. So I guess I was going to have my pockets full today.

So maybe I actually used some persuasion too. So what?

"Don't look like you are Louis, you owe me thirty galleons now," I said and I could hear him groaning as Lily laughed. Louis was so sure that I wouldn't win that he had betted his money on it.

"I remember when I was the first year midget and I met both of them and Alice was a sweet and shy Hufflepuff girl while Al was like the Slytherin hottie who I had a crush on in which faded very quickly when I came to know his crazy habits," I said, smiling. "Even then I knew that there was a spark between them and I think I said to Lily that within a few years they would be dating and I remember after that we became best friends. So one of the reasons of our great friendship was due to the agreement on that and another might have been the prank we pulled on Louis the next day. Oh yeah that was us."

"Well,I am leaving the stage for others to describe their views about this wonderful couple. So, let's start with the best man, get your hot ass up here Malfoy," I said and everyone laughed.

He walked on stage chuckling and winked at me.

"Thanks for the compliment, C." He said.

"It's not for you sweetheart, it was for Rose who is tapping that," I replied, winking and I heard everyone laugh. I left the stage and let him say his piece. I made my way to the bar.

"Give me something light," I told the bartender, I was not going to get drunk just yet. He gave me a vodka and coke and I thanked him. However before I could drink it I heard the voice of the one person who I never wanted to see again.

"Hello, Ciara."

A/N: So what do you think?

Key and Damien know about each other?

What about Roxy not liking him?

And who do you think is this guy?

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