DECISIONS, REALIZATIONS AND CONFRONTATIONS

When I woke up, I was still in the attic but there was a new change, I was sleeping with my head in James's lap.

I would have screamed but common sense intervened just in time.

James looked peaceful where he was his left hand on my head the other hand by his side.

I had no clue what the time was but I was startled at the sound of the phone ringing I sat up and leaned towards the phone "He-haylo?" I yawned into the receiver, Kian answer "Rise and shine bedhead, it's me Kian, now tell me why I can see eleven and thirteen and not twelve, what trick are you playing huh?"

I rubbed my forehead and said "Okay, listen to what I'm saying then think about it, a door will appear and quickly come to the steps but don't ring the bell I think the others are sleeping, I'll um come down myself"

He sighed "Get on with it"

I gave him the instructions and put down the phone to rush to the front door leaving James knocked out in the attic.

I tried to step quietly down the steps and I pulled the door open without a squeak.

When I saw Kian standing there confused for the first time in sixteen years I wanted to hug him.

He looked awkwardly around the house"For a minute I thought I was going to get sucked into a vortex when you opened the door"

I hugged him, I hate to admit it but I did and he caught me almost from the force, he said "Eating hair here"

I drew away and he set me down "You seem happy to see me, who are you and what have you done with my sister?"

I laughed "This is strictly an one-time thing"

He stepped inside and I closed the door "How was the ride here?"
He rubbed the back of his head "Great, I have had enough caffeine to keep a group of truck drivers awake for hours together, this house is creepy"

I nodded "What's the time?"

He looked at me oddly "Uh it's six, why?"

I sighed "It would give me a clue about whether it's late or not, I slept in the attic last night so…."

He looked outrage and I put a finger on his lips dragging him by his jacket sleeve into the kitchen, the minute we were in the kitchen he whisper-yelled "The attic, is that how these people are treating you?"
I rubbed my forehead tiredly "I slept there by choice"

He looked at me from head to toe "You sure look like an attic person, but I didn't think you'd actually like sleeping there"

I told him "That's where the phone is, I was mad, I needed some place to be alone, I called you and then I fell asleep"

He shook his head "Okay and you were mad why?"

I told him sitting down "You have no idea, I've never had this much drama in my life"

He looked at me then snorted "Drama, you disappeared from home, I think that counts for drama, yes"

I said viciously "Listen I didn't call you here to come and make fun of me"

He said back "I came here by choice, you're no princess and I don't take orders from you"

This could have escalated into a fight but I sighed "I forgot how annoying you could be"

He sat down on the chair and stretched his long legs out in front of him precariously balancing on the hind legs of the chair "So magic huh?"

I nodded "Yes" And then I told him the entire story, when I was done he looked at me "So what you're saying is that I voluntarily stepped into a romantic comedy television soap which also has a great generous dose of fantasy added to it?"

I glared "Please be a little less of a fool" He told me "Hey, I thought you were in deep shit or something I didn't think you were finally getting a life. But are these blokes good blokes?"

I saw the protective look and immediately thwarted the ideas he had in his head "I forbid you from confronting either of them"

He looked at me "It'll solve your problem if you ask me"

He was right, technically I shook my head "No, you can't take them, they're too strong and smart for you"

He looked offended "Don't underestimate me sister dear"
I groaned "Just don't act like an idiot, how did Grams take it?"

He looked at me as if I was joking "By take it if you mean burst a vein and then tried to burst several of mine? Then it's an affirmative"

I blanched "I'm dead when I get back?"
He said animatedly "We'll have a pretty little funeral and we'll invite all your magical friends as well"

He laughed "Just enjoy your independence for now"
He looked around the kitchen "How about we make some breakfast to cheer you up, I bet you missed my cooking?"

I looked at him like he was insane so there was nothing to miss "You never cook for me"

He looked at me smirking "Exactly"

I shook my head and let him cook after draping his jacket over the back of a chair.

I stood up "I should go wake up James"

He told me sticking his head in the fridge "Ok"

He didn't care so I left to the attic, when I got upstairs I nudged James in the shoulder, he woke up slowly and looked up at me "Hey….you're up"
I nodded not smiling "I don't know when you have to get to work"

He swore "Shit what's the time?"

I said flatly "fifteen minutes past six"

He stood up "I have to get ready, get Rose to make me breakfast, please?"

He was pretending like yesterday night didn't happen or that I had forgiven him I didn't reply and before I walked out of the attic he said to me "Hey, I um…."

I couldn't reply so I just left.

I joined my brother in the kitchen cooking up a storm, when I tried to nick a piece of bacon he swatted my arm "I'll kill you"

He was very possessive of his ingredients.

When James came down to the kitchen I didn't know what he must have thought of my brother and I hitting and pulling each other's hair at random without knowing Kian personally.

When Kian poked me in the side and I laughed finally managing to get the piece of bacon, James coughed and we both turned mid-grin to see him looking angry, he looked at Kian "Who are you?"

I said "This is my brother Kian, he came to check on me"

Kian leaned down towards my ear still staring at James who looked shocked then embarrassed "Is this one of the two, older one?"

I nodded and Kian drew away assessing him then walked up to him putting his hand out, Kian was just as tall as James, James put his hand in his and smiled getting over himself "Hi"

Kian asked "Breakfast? I made some"
Kian never offered breakfast to strangers, heck he didn't offer me any, I was jealous. James nodded "I'd love some"

Kian looked at me and I glared at him, that conniving sod.

He seemed plenty satisfied and hit it off nicely with James because of his charming personality. James liked him no doubt.

When James left for work he looked at me sadly and I just looked away, my brother might be very happy with him but I was not. When he was gone Kian told me conversationally "I'm going to kill him"

I looked at him oddly "You got on so well with him from where I was watching"

He told me "That doesn't change the fact that he has clearly pissed you off, he's the reason you were in that attic, he likes you, he's one of the four drunks at Derek's party and he made you fly the car. You're just going to get in trouble with him"

I rolled my eyes "You're mean"

He shrugged "Whatever, I'm just being smart"

When the others woke up I saw Roxanne's personality change, she blushed when she saw my brother and my brother ever the jerk was nice to her, Rose liked him too much to my dismay, it was safe to say Hugo liked him Lily must have forgotten that Mclaggen was her boyfriend, Scorp didn't like him, he really didn't. As he passed me carrying a plate of breakfast he said "If he wasn't your brother I'd break his pretty face"

I laughed "I know" watching Kian converse with Louis.

I told Roxanne who was ogling him when his back was turned "He has a girlfriend and he's an utter idiot"

Roxanne looked at me "Just my type"

I raised my eyebrows and Lily said disgusted "Have some shame Roxy"

Roxy whipped around to face Lily "Excuse me but you have a boyfriend, who are you to comment"

Lily looked away like Roxanne wasn't worth her time.

Lucy even though she was reading kept glancing over her book cover to look at Kian when I caught her eye she blushed deeply hiding behind the book, I sat down next to her "You won't be the first to like him"

She looked at me "It's just, he's nothing like I imagined from what I see of you"

I laughed "I'll try not to take that as an insult"

She apologized "Sorry"
I smiled "It's alright"

When Al came down yawning and saw my brother who gave me a knowing look when he looked at Al, he was confused but he quickly pointed and asked politely "You must be Kayla's brother am I right?"

Kian smiled "Spot on mate" Al shook his hand and then said "I've heard quite a bit about your cooking"

Ever the polite one Al, Kian's blue eyes lit up "Then you should definitely try some"

Al nodded "Of course"

I didn't know why but unlike in James's case I wanted Kian to approve of Al.

As their conversation drew on I noticed that Kian was actually smiling with Al, he wasn't overdoing anything, he'd turned down the charm and was talking like when he talked to me and Al was handling him just as I expected him to.

When people began dispersing from the kitchen Kian offered to do the dishes and dragged me into the task as well the git. As I washed, rinsed and dried basically doing all the work my brother signed up for Kian was sitting on the counter swinging his legs he said "I know why you like him"

I didn't look up though my heart was beating faster with each second "Really now?"

He said "He's like Grandpa"

I put down the plate and looked at Kian "Do you like him?"

Kian looked at me "Wouldn't that be a little awkward?"

I hit him "That's not what I meant"

Kian nodded "He's alright I guess, doesn't piss you off apparently"

I asked tiredly "You're going to hold that against James for the rest of his life?"

Kian looked at me "You're the responsible one tell me would you like me if I was a stranger?"

I thought for a second and then said "I'd definitely want to strangle you repeatedly"

Kian nodded "Right and James is like me now tell me why you like him"

I closed my eyes Kian was right, why did I like James? I found myself answering "He's fun, he's cocky but he makes me smile, he cares and he's childish, but he never has any wrong intentions"

Kian said "Now I'm offended"

I told Kian "Your intentions are anything but good, you're not fun you torment me, you're not childish you're reckless"

Kian laughed "You're a hypocrite"

I looked at him accusingly "James never treats his sister the way you treat me"
Kian laughed harder "I sound like a thug, that is so cool"

I glared "Great even insults inflate your ego now, just great".

The day wore on with Kian realizing that the Weasley family was like no other. I spent my time pondering random things, I managed to get Al on his own at some point of the morning, he asked "How are you holding up?"
I said to him "My brother has hit it off well here I guess"

Al asked casually sitting on the sofa next to me "How long is he staying? And that was not the answer I was looking for"
He wanted to know how I felt about last night, I answered with a sigh "I didn't ask him, Kian how long he'll be here. I'm fine after last night I mean James will be James, he thinks he never has to say sorry for what he does, doesn't think he needs to take anything seriously. But I'm not like that, if I am with him it will be an unending journey of total frustration. I know I'm being selfish but I want him to take me seriously. So I guess I've already chosen Al"

Al looked surprised "I don't know what I should do"

I looked at him with a piercing gaze "Nothing, absolutely nothing. Although I can't be with James due to our vast differences in personality I am not in a mood to rejoice, because I feel like I'm not even giving him a chance. But the thing is he doesn't give me any bit of himself away, he never talks about himself but wants to know everything about me. He's too fast paced and too enthusiastic, I'm not what he is. I need a lot of time and he refuses to give me that and the fact that he overhears my conversations with you and doesn't respect my friendship is something I cannot stand"

Al looked at me "Look, I should tell you, when you left to the attic last night I was mad too at James, but he begged me to listen to him, I'd never seen him that serious, he told me he hadn't been trying to eavesdrop, he was coming to talk to me, apparently he'd got an owl from our parents so he was rounding the rest of us up to read the letter from them. He didn't expect to hear you talking to me and he only heard the last few bits not everything"

I didn't know what to think, I not only felt guilty I also felt disappointed in myself for losing my temper.

I turned to Al "I should apologize"

Al nodded "You should"

I was confused "You are not feeling disappointed by telling me this, that this might change my feelings for James"

He smiled "A little, but what's right is right and what wrong is wrong. I can't lie to you and I can't do that to my brother"

Maybe it was all the emotion, maybe it was the complete honesty and humility that Al showed I don't know what it was but I hugged him then and there, I couldn't speak but I felt his arms rise to wrap around me after a second's shock.

I said pulling away "Thank you for being ….thank you…this means a lot to me, your honesty".

He smiled a small smile "Don't mention it"

After that I felt more awkward around Al, it wasn't that I couldn't speak to him, it was just that particular conversation, where I'd given him such a gloriously vivid picture of how I felt about the situation especially James.

He was handling it well but I was not.

I approached Kian who was standing in the backyard looking at Lily, Hugo and Roxanne flying, he said as I stood beside him "I'm dreaming all this aren't I?"

I grinned "Nope"

He groaned "I love this but hate it too, I hate that you're right more than anything"

I felt satisfaction like no other, I asked "So how long do you plan to stay?"

He asked me "Want me to leave already?"

I laughed "A little but seriously, how long?"

He answered "I came here for you, how long do you want me here?"

He looked at me with a an expression of uncertainty, I said "You can leave tomorrow if you want?"
He shrugged "We'll see, hey let's get out of here, I'm tired of being all nice to my sister's kidnappers"

I asked "Are you sure you want to go alone someplace with me?"

He rolled his eyes and pulled me back into the house by my hand "Just come on, we'll test your dazzling memory"

I got into Grams's battered lime green car with him and heard him bring the engine to life and start driving, the radio blasted the rock tunes he'd put on and I told him "You do know I don't enjoy this music"

He turned to look at me while steering "Hey, lay off the music it's the only reason I survived the drive here"

I shook my head already bored, I told him "This better not be a disaster"

He glared "hey give me a little credit, for the record I'm taking you to where we both used to go as kids"

I asked him "What's with the sudden trip down memory lane, you didn't hit your head somewhere did you"
He put his hand on his heart "You wound me, we shared the same uterus, doesn't that count for something?"

I ran my hand through my already windswept hair as we whizzed past the streets of London resting my elbow on the window sill "You're still a jerk and you're being nice to me, this has got to be a prank. Years of living with you has taught me this much"

He reached over and tugged at my frizz, he knew that annoyed me to no end but he'd never stop "Have some faith bedhead"

I stretched my hand out to pinch his shoulder and he howled "Ow! You bloody idiot!" and whacked my shoulder back. A war broke out in the car when I started throwing paper towels at him from the dashboard, he yelled "Waste of paper! You freak! I'm frikking driving here! Mental! Jesus!"

I glared "Take it back! I'm not mental! Fish why are you accelerating?!"

He yelled over me "I mistook it for the brake! Stop yelling so I can drive! Uggh! Bloody car!"

When a paper towel hit him in the face blocking his view I gasped and he screamed "KAYLA! Get it off!"

I moved to get it off and apologized "Sorry, sorry, sorry!"

We sat in shocked silence, I had his left over coffee in my hair which he'd graciously thrown at me to tell me to stop talking, his jacket was half off his shoulder and he had red angry fingerprints on his face where I'd hit him, my neck hurt where he'd pushed my head down to meet my knees.

We'd nearly crashed almost four times.

Amidst the eerie silence Kian's phone started ringing. He sighed and we exchanged a look, he didn't say anything we both were still mad at the other, I picked it up and swiped the screen to take the call "Hello" I tried not to snap, still angry at Kian I hadn't bothered to read the name "Uh is Kian there? I'm his girlfriend who are you? He better not be cheating on me!"

I heard Emily panicking and I said "Emily relax it's me Kayla…" I looked at Kian who looked alarmed and mouthed 'She doesn't know'

I didn't know what she didn't know so confused I listened her breathe relieved "Oh thank god, so enjoying your stay at your Grams' I wish you both were in London, any way so can you give it to Kian? Wait are you two in a car I can hear…."

I switched off the radio and I waved to Kian to stop the car, He pulled the car to the side of the road "Um no we're just watching a movie here, there….are…cars…in the movie, here I'll give it to Kian"

He took the phone and immediately went into damage control, turning on the charm and buttering her nicely, when he said 'I love you' into the receiver I gasped and my eyes widened. He kept the phone down and I turned to look at him he asked innocently not starting the car "What I know I'm handsome stop gawking me"

I blinked and then asked "Are you finally serious about relationships, you actually said that? Do you love Emily?"

He blushed and I laughed, he said "It's really not that big of a deal"

I mocked him "Some very intelligent person told me a few months back 'Please Emily's just a great snog I don't do love' would you like to explain to me why you gave up your faith in your playboy religion?"

He glared at me and I could tell he wished he could kick me out of the car and tie me to the lamp post.

He said "Shut your face, I love her so what?"

I pretended no to hear "I'm sorry, what did you just say? You love who?"

He grumbled trying to start the car "Her"

I asked teasingly "Her as in?"

He looked at me "Emily? I love Emily okay? Can we just go now?"

I laughed happily "Kian and Emily sitting in a tree, K-I-I- mmhmmmm!"

He'd stuffed a fallen tissue on his side in my mouth as he began to drive, I spat it out and glared "I hate you!"

He looked overjoyed by my proclamation "Thank you, now shut up or I'm going to dump you in the Thames before we get to our destination"

I crossed my arms huffing "I don't know what Emily sees in you"
He just grinned and when he began "Abs, great smile, great hair…."

I began singing "La la la…..".

And he turned on the radio because I was that bad of a singer successfully shutting both of us up for rest of the ride.

Our relationship is the best one there is don't even try to argue.

When he pulled up in front of a vaguely familiar house I looked at him, my head shooting off my palm "Is this? This is? You? Why?"

He looked at me "Your education clearly paid off"

I asked ignoring his jibe "Why did you bring us here, we've not been here since…"

I trailed a familiar pang of pain crippled my heart as I stared at the old house, with green ivy growing all over it, odd compared to the stellar white ones with their standard socially appreciated look, this one was brick clad, totally eerie in every sense of the word.

I looked at Kian "I bet she won't recognize us"

He shut off the ignition and pulled the key out "Well we can find out, she can recognize us anywhere"

I said firmly "Kian please, let's just go back"

He said to me his hand on the door handle "Trust me, this will help you, or at least you'll lighten up"

I hit the dashboard hard and he jumped in the seat "I don't want to lighten up! I want to apologize to James! I want to pay Rose back! I want the spell to be reversed and I want to go home! Why is everybody hell bent on making me revisit the past?"

Kian put his hands up "First time you're yelling, you're shedding old skin"

I shook my head and rubbed my forehead the blood pounding in my head, he said "Kay, we all revisit the past, we all yell, we all deal with drama, we all want to get rid of certain things and want things to go our way but most times it all goes downhill, because life is…well it's crap and since you always tried to outrun life all the problems you didn't have are catching up to you now. And it's okay, actually it's really good because it means you're normal like all the rest of us poor sods. You never dealt with Grandpa's death hell even I cried, you were eleven and I thought you were some hero. Seeing you this mad makes me feel like maybe you're not superhuman. Can you just stop trying to run now? Try walking it's less exhausting"

I looked into his eyes "You thought I was a hero"

He looked away glad I'd calmed down "Don't get ahead of yourself now, do you want to do this?"

I looked at the house through the window "Right, might as well now that we're here. But I still hate this"

He got out of the car and I followed in the sun he looked at his watch "In time for lunch"

I walked in step with him up the drive way "Lunch, that reminds me I'm hungry"

He looked at me "What do you think she'll offer us? Frog heart? Lizard tail?"

I hit him "Shut up, she might hear you"

He laughed "You still believe that?"

I pointed at him "Come off it, you believed her too"

He laughed at my expense and lifted the brass door knocker and knocked three times.

I whispered into my brother's jacket "You think she still stays here?"

He looked down at me "I can bet she does, the house still looks the same?" he looked up as the wind chimes above our heads played an unknown tune.

An old woman with white silvery hair greeted us, I smiled, she looked older but her eyes still peered at us with the same madness, those green orbs always made me weary. There were more wrinkles than I could remember on her face, it had been a sort of pass time counting the wrinkles on her face whenever the adult conversation got boring and I had nothing to do sitting patiently beside my restless brother.

This was where I purchased the Ouija board.

She, Amelia Vanderhoven was an old friend of my grandfather's, best friends at school before she went off to boarding school and for life it seemed. She was a specimen from a different world claiming to have sharp senses basically a psychic but she hated being called that.

She was short and skinny but agile and sharp too.

She grinned at us "I knew you would come back, come on in you two"

I hesitantly stepped into the house behind my brother knowing exactly what visuals to expect, the dark entrance and the lavish yet gaudy carpets. Numerous trinkets I shouldn't touch, dim lights, stain glass windows and no family photos except for one, one of her late daughter who had apparently drowned herself after having a vision, that's as much my Grandpa was willing to tell Kian and I as kids, we never asked because neither of us really enjoyed horror stories at that point.

Kian looked just as uncomfortable as I felt, he shrugged his jacket off in the warm interior of the house slinging it over his shoulder.

She smiled that whimsical smile "How are you two? Kayla? Kian?"

Kian answered us fine "Good Amelia"

She'd always insisted that we call her by her first name and we complied with little argument.

We sat on the velvet covered sofa, in front of us was the round coffee table.

She sat down in a plush arm chair "Kayla, you have met wizards haven't you dear don't be shy"

I nodded "Yes, h-how did you know?"

She laughed "Darling I think it's time you knew, I am one myself"

My eyes widened in shock "What?"

She chuckled and Kian exchanged a look with me "Amelia?"

We knew she was a little crazy but this revelation was probably the most jarring "I am one, it's why your grandfather believed in magic, well it must not be easy to understand but I'm sure you will get comfortable with the idea, especially with the family you are currently lodging with"

I asked "So you know everything?"

She leaned towards us "No what is it you two like to think I am? Ah psychic? Well I'll tell you what I am, I am a seer it's the correct terminology"

I was too dazed, she pulled out a wand and I was just frozen in my seat, she flicked her wrist and out from the hall in the right a tea set set on a tray cam rattling out of the hallway zooming on to the table and setting itself down, Amelia waved her wand again and the tea poured itself into two cups and the cups on saucers flew to stop in front of Kian and me.

Speechless we both took our tea and began sipping as to not speak.

As the hot tea rolled down my throat she told me "A nasty spell they used, stupidity can wreak havoc, I'm only revealing my identity to you because you are acquainted with the Weasleys and Potters. So why did you two come here?"

Kian said "Just visiting really?"

She laughed "No one just visits me honey. Now Kayla I think you want some help, in a rather interesting emotional department?"
I blushed "I don't mind if you can reverse the spell somehow and help me go home"

She smiled and said "I'm sorry, the spell must be reversed by the one who initially performed it in this case both of them. And the spell can't be reversed by another spell, unfortunately. Those boys really didn't know what they were getting into. That spell is an intricate spell to summon the one kind of person you wish for the most, one of the boys must have read out the spell and performed the wand work, just one"

I had an idea which one the two it was "So what does it take to reverse it?"

She looked at me with her green eyes piercing me with her look "There are two ways it can go, either the person you summon will eventually accept you just as you accept him or her and the spell fulfills its duty or the summoned person just does not accept the fulfillment in which case the spell binds them for life in a way that ensures that neither of them are separated until either one dies meaning neither of you can really live with anybody else in any magical bond like marriage or relationship, you'll be able to go back home once the spell completes itself but you'll never be able to live with anyone else but the one who summoned you"

I felt my heart break, my head was spinning and the cup of tea slipped from my hands and it fell onto the carpet spilling its contents.

Kian set his cup down and put his arm around my shoulder pulling me into him.

This meant either I had to love Al either way I was bound to him for life.

I didn't know if I was angry or sad or just sorry. I wanted to kill him, really really kill him.

She told me "But….."

I didn't look at her and then she said "But….there is a way to get rid of the spell before it completes itself"

Kian asked hurriedly "What is it?"

I didn't expect it to be an easy solution "She can break it, for that she must find his match for him if she truly believes she isn't his match and then he can lift the spell automatically, judging from when the spell took effect you have about a week left"

I couldn't do it, not because I didn't know how to but because I didn't want to either at least big part of me didn't.

Kian said to me "It'll be alright"

He had no idea how much pressure this put on me.

I wanted to blame Al for this but even I knew that was unfair because he obviously didn't know what the spell meant.

Amelia came and stood in front of me "Give me your hand sweetie"

I asked her, croaking "Why?"

She put her wrinkly hand out "I'll take you somewhere"

I shakily put my hand in hers, Kian squeezed my shoulders and said to her protectively "Take me too"

Amelia smiled gently "She must do this alone"

I didn't say anything but I stood up allowing Kian's arm to fall limply and hung my head.

Without warning she apparated us, when I found my footing I saw we were in a graveyard and I felt the pain increase I looked at her "Please don't make me?"

I couldn't bear to look at the tomb stone but at the same time I couldn't look away from it.

This was my Grandpa's grave.

I lost all my energy when she just said "Just stay here and think darling, he's always got you to think better right? Go on, for old times' sake"

I crumpled to my knees in front of the grave and just stared at the tombstone at the name on the stone as well 'Xavier Michael Grisham' it said grandly. I didn't cry I just felt terribly exhausted.

I didn't realize when Amelia apparated. I stared at the stone "So it's been a while, I try to forget, I can't"

My shoulder slumped "You didn't have to go, not telling anybody like that, even though you didn't tell them you could have told me, I know it's stupid but I just wished I knew"

I just sat there "Okay you were right from the start about everything, so I'm sorry I judged you like everyone else but I loved your mad side unlike the others. Can I talk about myself now? This is kind of embarrassing but I like this boy, there's another boy who likes me and everything's kind of, forgive the language shitty at the moment"

I always reverted back to humor always, I laughed "He's good-looking, he's kind of the cause of this whole thing but I don't want to make a mistake. Because I've never believed in the fact that the first time can be the only time, okay so you and Grams are just perfect but not everybody gets perfect right?

I maybe don't want to hurt the other one, you know? Because honestly he's good not only as a person but as a friend. When she said I have to find a soul mate for the boy I like I felt so selfish and so heartbroken. I kind of liked the idea of being with him for the rest of my life, creepy but whatever. But I'm a nice girl, I don't break hearts Grandpa! I'm not, well, I'm not relationship friendly, that doesn't make any sense I know but honestly though I like fairy tales I love them but can I do the whole boyfriend girlfriend thing? Is it like kiss, boom! Yeah I'm a girlfriend now so I know that I have to act like this and tell him that? It's not an epiphany"

I stopped for want of breath "It's not an epiphany it's weeks and months of work, it's complicated and difficult and plenty awkward. How did Kian know he could do this with Emily? Why aren't the gods helping me? Grandpa I always thought you were the romaticest...right maybe English is kind of failing me at this point but you were pretty smooth with Grams, so come on lend me some wisdom here"

I sat there feeling lighter already "It's lovely right liking someone? Yeah? But guess what I feel like I'm running a bloody marathon, it's not lovely, it's like food poisoning"

I stared the sky and let out a breath "Are you out there? Happy or something? Because I pray to God every day for you, hope he's passing on my messages, I love you Grandpa"

I smiled at the tombstone not feeling shy at all "I don't know why I've never wanted come visit you here, yeah I know it still hurts me that you're dead but it is what it is and you know something for the first time I don't mind. I'll bring him to meet you if I ever get around to telling him, he's just like you, but you're still better don't worry"

I stood up dusting my backside "Okay Grandpa, I have some work to do now. Ummm, I can't promise anything but I'll see you soon or something along those lines. I never got to say bye to you and I'm not going to say it now because there's no bye right? Don't answer that, I'll find out for myself, where's the fun in knowing when all the fun is in learning isn't that what you said? Okay, I'm going to come back grandpa but I have to jet now"

I looked at the grave one last time and then started running like a mad cap in my head some beautiful song playing like in a movie.

By the time I reached the main street I was panting clutching my knees, chest heaving.

I had to get home, somehow I got onto a bus and made it to some familiar part of London bearing the little money I had. I knew I was leaving Kian to the mercy of Amelia but she'd take care of him.

I had some place important to be.

When I reached home it was almost tea time and I was ravenous.

I rang the doorbell some hundred times, Scorpius opened the door unwrapping a chocolate bar "Hey, why are you abusing the doorbell?"

I told him "I am going to have a talk with you Sparky but first…" "Hey! That's mine"

I grabbed the chocolate from his hand and bit into it "Shut it, I skipped lunch, where's Al?"

He still looked indignant but told me "Inside"

I stuffed the empty wrapper in his hand and said "No shit Sherlock" Then I walked briskly past him and up the stairs.

I went to the roof without a thought. I stopped in my tracks when I saw him sitting there, hunched over a muggle novel.

I didn't want him to get a heart attack and fall off the edge it would be a horrible way to start a relationship.

So I carefully went and sat down next to him he jumped when he saw me but didn't fall off, I caught his shoulder "Don't fall"

He looked at me recovering "It's you, right, had fun with your brother?"

I had no idea why I was tongue-tied, it was always so easy to talk to him.

When I just couldn't get anything out, he asked "Are you alright?"

His eyes narrowed like he thought something was wrong.

I scratched my head, how's that for romantic?

Then I said "Fine good, how are you?"

He looked at me worried "Kayla I'm a little lost here"
I sighed closing and opening my eyes "You know that spell that you so gladly tried out, do you know what it was supposed to do?"

He looked even more worried, when I told him what it was supposed to do he looked unbelievably git "I am so sorry"

I put a hand on his shoulder "You know I was blaming you for a while, actually to be honest I wanted to murder you but something miraculous happened which made me want to spare your life"

He asked still guilty "What?"

I answered nervously "Um I think, I think and I also think my Grandpa thinks and Kian thinks and I think…."

He shook me by the shoulders "Kayla what do you all think?"

My brain literally farted, was this supposed to be this hard to get across to a good-looking bloke?

I coughed "Ahem….um…uh….."

He looked really annoyed "I'm going crazy here, you mind?"

I laughed my nervous lough which makes me sound like a dolphin and Al looked afraid "You must be drunk or something"

I covered my mouth and shook my head, when I almost fell off the house he caught me "Steady Steady!"

I looked at him, his face was just a few inches away and I said "Okay so this is rather like a movie scene, us on top of the roof, you and I so close and me just realizing a serious plot twist? I can either pull away and we can act awkward or I can kiss you and I'm saying all this aloud, I'm a little crazy right now I want to tell you that I like you, choose you, pick you, want to be with you or something that remotely sounds like I have feelings for you but….."

Well, so uhm right you can guess why I trailed off….No? Yeah well he kissed me, shut me up or whatever.

All was right with the world or at least for a few moments it was.

When we both separated like we'd just almost drowned Al looked at me "Sorry I kissed you"

I laughed awkwardly "Well it saved me a lot of trouble so thanks"

He smiled "Now what?"

I told him "We tell James, and we explain the situation, this isn't done yet and I think I should go save my brother from this seer?"

He looked at me "Seer?"

I nodded "I'll explain everything to you now and you have to take me there"
He nodded seriously.

One task done plenty more to go.

AN: First of all a big sorry to those who wanted her to end up with James. My idea was to pair Al and Kayla together from the beginning, I just added James into the mix. Personally, I would have James but Kayla chose Al blame her. I'm just telling her story, but it's her story.

So if you want to scold me review so you can get it out of your system. If you liked it all the more reason to review!

Thanks for reading!

Sahitya Poonacha:)