Hey you guys! Sorry I didn't update sooner……probably could of……I don't really have the time to today, but eh, whatever. I'm updating now, because in a few weeks I KNOW I won't be able to since I'll be in HAWAII (sings Lilo and Stitch songs)! Sorry…..I'm excited! Well anywho here it is…..oh and let's just assume that Braden is a smart five year old and can already read…..cause I'm fairly sure that when I was five I wouldn't have been able to read that letter lol


Leaving on a Jet Plane – Peter, Paul, and Mary (lyrics have more relevance than I thought…..might I suggest looking them up?)


Braden,

Can you come to the shop when you get this?

-Alyssa

Alyssa sat in the store room with her laptop, Sunday morning, hoping that Braden would come. She hadn't really gotten any sleep the night before, but she could sleep on the eight hour plane ride coming up, so she wasn't too worried. She and George had gone into Muggle London last night on their "date." They went to McDonalds and played on the playground equipment until they were kicked out (which hadn't taken very long), so they went to another place, that was somewhat similar, but with more equipment and less employees to kick them out. After they ate (they got kicked out of McDonalds before they could even order), they started a ball fight with a brother and a sister, and slowly got almost every kid in the place involved. If Alyssa wasn't leaving shortly, she would be teasing George unmercifully on how her team had beat his. She looked up as George walked in and sat down next to her.

"Have you checked your d-mail lately?" he asked looking at the computer screen.

"You mean my e-mail?" She asked raising an eyebrow and trying not to laugh, "No I haven't."

"You should."

"Why…?" she asked slowly looking at him questioningly.

He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and showed it to her, that she realized was a post it note.

"Is this your f-mail?"

"Where in the world did you get a post-it?"

"Is it?" he asked again. She read it.

"Yes, this is my e-mail address, but how did you get it AND a post-it?"

"For me to know, and you to find out – check your b-mail!" he said pointing to the computer.

"Fine, so what are you expecting?" She asked typing in her password. She had one new message. "Who's Ivy Young?"

"Just open it!"

She did as he demanded and found a picture of herself and George from the night before, both of them pretending to pour pitchers of water on each others head.

"Ivy Young is those two kid's mothers isn't she? Aw, you're so sweet!" she asked and started to hug him, but he pushed her away.

"Give me a picture of you." George demanded mock serious holding out his hand. She shook her head and got out her wallet. She pulled one out and handed it to him.

"Just to let you know it won't move. It's of me and Katie, she was my neighbor. We went camping last summer before Harry showed up."

"Now we're even," he said staring at her. She looked down blushing slightly when he was still doing it after a few seconds.

"Alyssa, Braden's coming!" Fred's voice yelled from another part of the store. She closed her laptop, got up, and could still feel him staring at her. She finally looked back up at him.

"What?" she barely got out before he kissed her full on the mouth. Alyssa was shocked at first, but relaxed, because unlike at homecoming, she actually liked the kiss and the kisser. It only lasted about ten seconds, but she thought it was well worth it.

"Don't find another boy while you're there."

"Don't find another girl."

"Deal."

"Deal."

She looked down at her feet, the slyly back up at him. "So does this mean that you're my boyfriend?"

"You bet Mauraderette, now go see your other boy." He replied smiling.

"What are you two doing in there? Snogging? Braden's here!" Fred called again, not knowing that he was actually right.

"Just a minute and we'll be out," She replied as George tried not to laugh at what Fred had asked. She stood up and put her laptop on a box then returned George's favor and kissed him.

"See you when I get back. Hmmm…. Mauraderette, so do I get to call you a Marauder?"

"It would be an honor to be called that by Prong's daughter, Padfoot's goddaughter, and Moony's goddaughter." He replied standing up and bowing. She rolled her eyes.

"Okay, I'm going now since you're getting really cheesy," Alyssa said and opened the door.

"Yes, but since you like cheese that's a good thing, right?" George called after her, then followed her out.

"Hurry up Alyssa, we have to get to the airport soon," Kaida said looking at her watch, as she sat behind the counter, with her feet up on it since the shop was closed. Braden was sitting on the stool next to her.

"Why didn't you tell me that Harry Potter was your brother?" demanded Braden before Alyssa could retort to Kaida.

"I really wanted to Braden, but no one was suppose to know," she answered after a couple of seconds of deciding what to say.

"Why?"

"Because You-Know-Who's followers are after Harry, which means they're after me too," she said amazed that he had excepted her excuse so quickly.

"Really?" he asked cocking his head, "Can you keep a secret?" He looked at all of them, and they all nodded.

"They're after me too," He whispered. There was a shocked silence from the rest of them.

"Why is that?" Alyssa asked eyebrow raised, leaning over the counter to be at eye level with him.

"My mummy had something he wanted, but I had it when they killed her for it," he responded in a soft voice and starting to cry. Alyssa's stomach felt like it fell to her feet once she heard him say that.

"Oh Braden," She said reaching over the counter and lifting him from the stool and putting him on the ground. She sat down on the ground and held her arms out to the crying boy. He curled up in her lap, while she hugged him tightly, rocking him back and forth, but this was all interrupted shortly by a loud bang that shook the whole store….

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p.s. remember the picture of Alyssa and Katie……it comes up again….(in like 10 chapters….actually 8 or 9 but still lol)