Chapter 11

Jordan walked irritably through the corridors, struggling a bit with his bag as he tried shoving away his books and the new letters his parents had sent for him and his brothers. Classes had ended and after dinner he had a task to take care of for McGonagall, making him among one of the few still lingering in the halls while all the other students were doing homework and possibly heading for bed. He let out a sigh as students from other houses made their way by quickly, trying to get to their own houses before after hours. "Hello there." Came a gentle voice and Jordan jumped, turning quickly to see who was behind him only to blush deeply when he saw it was Anna smiling up at him. "You're in my house, right? Weasley?" Jordan flustered, his ears turning red.

"Uh, yeah… Jordan Weasley… you're new here right?" she smiled a little and nodded, holing out her free hand.

"My name is Anna Williams." She answered sweetly and Jordan absently shook her hand while still thinking about how truly beautiful she was. "Transferred here from America with my mom and dad."

"You're an only child then?" she nodded.

"Basically. You're the oldest aren't you?" she asked and looked confused when Jordan let out a snort.

"No. Third of five." He answered. When he saw the look on Anna's face, he looked away, his ears feeling hot. "We've got a big family is all…" he muttered and heard a giggle, chancing a glance over at the girl.

"Its ok, really." She informed as she adjusted her school bag. "I'd love to have siblings myself." She answered and Jordan couldn't help to make a face.

"Trust me, its not all its cracked up to be. Having an older brother who can do no wrong, an older sister who happens to be the only girl, and twin younger brothers who raise more hell than anything doesn't exactly give one much to be excited about."

"Yeah, but you have someone to talk to and play with." Anna pointed out as she walked along side him, looking up at the red head.

"If you want to try and see a positive side to it."

"Of course there's a positive side to it! You're never lonely." Jordan grunted and glanced over at her.

"So then, how do you feel about Hogwarts so far?"

"Oh it's wonderful! I love it. The classes are amazing. Its nothing like my old school." She answered brightly. "We were never sorted into houses or anything. In fact, I went to a school with all girls so this is quite the experience for me." She said brightly. Jordan looked at her and a warm smile crossed his face. There was a silence before Jordan decided to open his mouth to say something, only to get cut off.

"Jordan!!!" He stiffened and turned around to see Kevin and James running towards him. They came to a stumbled halt and began bouncing around anxiously. "We found something! We found something!"

"Guys, knock it off. You're not even supposed to be out at this time." Jordan responded in clear annoyance as he glared at his younger cousins. There was a moment where the pair seemed ready to argue and then a suspicious look crossed James' face.

"Well then what're you doing out here?" he asked. There was a silence between the group and Anna glanced at Jordan before smiling softly.

"Well I see this is a family deal, so I'll see you later Jordan." She said sweetly and waved good bye as she walked off. Jordan nodded absently, a delayed good bye escaping his lips. When he snapped out of it, his younger cousins were looking back at him in an expectant manner.

"You like her!" Kevin declared. Jordan looked at him in outrage and before he could respond the pair went running down the corridors chanting "Jordan and new girl sitting In a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" with him soon chasing after them yelling.


"We're going to have to send them a congratulatory basket." Sirius heard Remus say as his companion fed the owl that had just arrived with a letter from Chris and Jessica Finnigan, announcing the birth of their brand new baby boy, Noah Finnigan. He sighed boredly as he ran his fingers through his unruly dark hair.

"If you say so, Moony… These kids are growing up too damn fast." He muttered and Remus smiled a bit over at his friend.

"It's not so bad. We're not that old after all…"

"Harry's twin eleven year olds have just started Hogwarts, mate. And their oldest has already had a child. Harry is a grandfather already." Sirius expressed, putting an emphasis on grandfather. "Let's face it, mate. We're getting old." Remus didn't argue and grabbed his cloak from where it hung.

"Either way, I feel it is only proper. We'll be watching the boy grow up. And not to mention, I believe John Weasley's wife is expecting too."

"When Weasley and Longbottom combine," Sirius thought out loud. "This should be pretty interesting." Remus made a face at his companion and shook his head.

"Lets get going. We're due to meet Harry at the ministry any time now." Sirius nodded and summoned his cloak before soon following his friend through the floo network to the ministry. When he came out, there were witches and wizards rushing about and owls swooping from different heights over everyone's heads in attempts to not collide with one another and deliver the mail.

"Busy, busy." Sirius muttered as he lazily followed after Remus, his hands shoved in his cloak pockets. He looked around at the people that were working. Some arguing amongst each other, some waving sheets of parchment around as they ranted. He even spotted Alicia arguing with a tall, threatening looking wizard, who actually seemed to be backing down under her intense stare. He chuckled to himself and shook his head, not paying attention to the person heading right his way. Before he knew it, he felt someone thud into his chest and he stumbled back a bit. Unfortunately for the person who ran into him, they fell to the ground.

"I am so sorry!" Sirius looked down to see a young woman sitting on the ground, the paper work she had spread around the floor. Some people had looked over at the scene in either disapproval or confusion as she pushed her hair from her face and pulled out her wand to summon all the papers together. Sirius quickly knelt down to sleep her, reaching for some of the other items she had dropped and looking at her. She was attractive, with deep brown hair, with streaks of copper red and a young face with a few obvious freckles and reading glasses balancing on her nose, her grayish blue eyes visible behind them. "I am so clumsy." She muttered.

"No, I wasn't paying attention." Sirius replied in an apologetic tone and gave the girl a charming smile. She blushed a bit when she looked up and stuttered a bit before quickly grabbing her things from him and standing. Sirius wasn't paying attention to the slightly impatient look that had crossed his friend's face as he stood a little ways away waiting. "Sirius Black." He said, holding out a hand, the charming smile still on his face.

"Oh… um… hi…" Sirius couldn't help but have a grin spread across his face as she reached out and shook his hand. "I'm-"

"Cassie!" Sirius allowed his smile to drop. He knew that voice. Apparently so did the young woman he was trying to make a point to flirt with because her head turned quickly in the direction the name had been called from.

"Tonks…" He sighed as his cousin came running over and stopped short, with a slight, looking at the young woman in slight disapproval before glancing at the older male that was present.

"Sirius? What are you doing here?" She blew him off just as quickly however and turned to the young woman. "Cassie, we have to get moving. The minister is waiting for those files." She said and began dragging the girl away by the arm in a hurried manner.

"Oh! Um, bye!" she called before regaining his balance and following Tonks. Sirius nodded and gave a small wave.

"Nice to meet you too… Cassie."