YEAR TWO

The sky was like a quilt. There were patches with pretty patterns of white swirls and other patches were just light blue. The grass was soft as any pillow inside the house close by. Amiyah and Jayla's hair were touching, swirling together. It looked like a solid block of pure dark chocolate with curls of milk chocolate swirling in. Watching clouds, a rather strange activity for two Gryffindors.

"Do you have that feeling… that things are changing?" Ami said.

Jay flopped her head to look at her friend. "What do you mean?"

"Well… I dunno… My mom said I should wear my hair with more effort at my age… I don't know what that means…" Amiyah sighed.

"Yeah, Carol gave me 'the talk' a couple days after school ended." Jay agreed, resting her hand on her stomach.

"My mom tried but she kept using words I didn't know in Japanese which made it all very complicated." Ami commented.

They looked at each other and both laughed.

"Girls!" Carol called from inside the house. They both got up on their elbows and looked to Jayla's adoptive mother. "Thomas is here."

Both girls darted through the back door. 2D was sitting on the couch in the living room. His cerulean hair was combed neatly with slight residue of gel. He looked slightly uncomfortable as Simon talked to him about different lakes in Connecticut.

As he saw them he stood, giving them his signature toothy smile. Jayla gave him a tight hug. Amiyah excitedly gave him a hug before trying to play it off with disgust.

"How're you, guys?" He said with his thick lisp and accent.

"I'm good. Amiyah's been staying here for a few days." Jayla said. "I can't wait until we go back." She added.

"Yeah… My brother's been being a twit." He mumbled.

"What's up with your hair?" Amiyah commented.

2D clawed at his hair, messing it up. "Me mam told me look presentable… sat me down and combed my hair until my skull hurt." He muttered.

"Oh, Mrs. Davis…" Jayla chuckled. From what 2D had described her of, she was a short-tempered woman with an emphasis on manors. She had seen her in a family photo of his vacation to Ireland. She had had dark hair tied back in a bun and clutched onto 2D's shoulders tightly. She was holding 2D whereas Parker was off to the side looking disinterested. His father had light colored, thinning hair and a nervous look. He had the same scrawny body as 2D except slightly more developed. 2D had been beaming at the camera.

Carol stepped in from the back door. "Dinner's done if you'all are ready."

Jayla nodded and led her friends to the table. Simon put down a few plates of food and they passed them around, taking what they wanted.

"I brought a cool tent my parents 'ave. It's 'uge on the inside. I was thinking we could sleep in it." Amiyah said whilst stuffing a load of mashed potatoes in her mouth.

Jayla smiled. "Sounds good."

"Remember, honey, I'm bringing you to the eye doctor's tomorrow." Carol said.

Pouting, she nodded. She had been having bad sight issues ever since exams. Simon joked that she had studied her eyes out.

Once dinner was over they spent the whole night in the tent talking in the tent. The tent had a nice glow. Most of the furniture was green and yellow and rather comfortable.

There was a lot of Amiyah punching 2D around. She never truly hurt him. Though, he would act like she did. Sometimes Jayla wondered if he did it just to make Amiyah feel better. Or maybe it was so she wouldn't hit him her harder.

She gave 2D cornrows which he loved for some reason. She gave Amiyah them as well but she didn't like them as much. "Ow…" Amiyah cried.

Jayla looked over at her and grunted. "Stop tugging at them…" She said, walking over to her friend. She undid the braids quickly. For the first time ever, Amiyah's hair looked curly. It was so soft as Jayla ran her fingers through it. "2D feel this." She gasped.

2D looked at Jayla with wide eyes. "She's gonna beat me!"

Amiyah looked at him and had a small smile on her lips. "You can feel it."

He crawled over from his position of sitting on a pillow. He ran his fingers through her hair. "Woah…"

"Don't get too sappy on me." Amiyah laughed.