I'm saying that Isabel was already like 3 months into her pregnancy by the time she found out. And don't worry, potter-me-, Vanessa will get her romantic chance quite soon…This chapter will mainly be fluff between the two OC pairings, so it'll be pretty short.

Chapter 11

Vanessa

After we're done partying, Neriah has an announcement. "Isabel's birthday is coming up in a couple months, and we need to figure out what to do for it."

"How many months is 'a couple'?" Clara asks.

"Somewhere around five," Matt replies.

"Yes, so any suggestions?"

"It should be a surprise party!" I say.

Neriah nods in agreement. "Alright, a surprise party. Matt, you will be in charge of getting Isabel out of the house until we're ready. I'll keep in touch with you. Any other ideas?"

"Well, Mum will have to be gone, too," Matt says, and Neriah agrees again.

"Which means that Jimmy can be in charge of that. Tell him when you get home."

Ginny pipes up. "I can also help with distracting Isabel," she offers. "I can say that I want her to show me the mall again, and we'll go on a shopping spree!"

"Okay…I guess that works. And then Matt can help with other things…"

After about an hour of planning, we've thought of the perfect party. Each of us has a part to play in setting up, but now we have to figure out what to give Isabel. It's not until about midnight that we're done, so it's really dark walking home. For some reason, the street lights aren't working, and I can't see very well. The whole way, I'm clinging to Jacob's arm, hoping that he has some way to tell where we're going, and we eventually get to his house after a few minutes. He doesn't live very far from Neriah, actually. We get inside and talk for a while before getting too tired. I yawn and stand up.

"I'm gonna go to bed now," I tell Jacob, and he walks towards me.

Before I know what's happening, he pulls me close and kisses me. It startles me at first, but I eventually return it. After what seems like eternity in his arms, we break apart.

"Goodnight," he says, going to his room. I stand there for a little while with a huge smile on my face before remembering that I was going to go to bed too.

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Clara

We get back to my place, and my parents are already asleep. But my mum has left a pile of movies on the table with a note to me, basically saying that we can watch them, and there's a bowl of popcorn already made. I grin.

"So, you wanna watch a movie?" I ask Kyle. "My mum made popcorn for us already."

He shrugs. "Sure," he says, and I go through the movie list. He surprises me by choosing a chick flick-and an old-ish one at that. So we sit on the couch with our popcorn, watching "Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants". By the time it's half way through, the popcorn's gone and I'm crying my eyes out from the movie. This is a first for me. I don't normally cry during movies. I'm usually the one sitting with my girlfriends, as the only one with dry eyes, so why is this one making me cry?

Kyle doesn't mind at all. He wraps his arm around my shoulders, pulling me close to him. With his free hand, he holds one of mine, and we stay like that until the movie's over.

By the time it is over, it's around 2:00 in the morning, and we're both really tired. "Well," I say in the middle of a yawn, "I'm headed to bed."

"Yeah, me too," Kyle says, and walks over to his room. I walk to mine.

See? I told you it would be short, didn't I? Anyway, review and give me ideas!