(A/N): Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated in so long, I've been having some family problems and I haven't been able to write much, but I have been planning future stuff for this story, so trust me, everything should be fine in the future. Hope you like this chapter, cos its dedicated to my friends, Nikki and Sarah, and my sister Candice.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the air rights. No, I don't, just kidding.

Kelly

I sighed as I closed the door to the Girls Dormitory, shuffling over to my bed, stumbling on an upraised tile and falling onto my bed backwards. I groaned and lifted my hand to my temple, rubbing the sore spot with my finger pads.

"Headache?" I heard a voice ask from my left and I opened my eyes to see one of the girls in my dorm, Tessa Knight, looking at me over her book.

"Yeah. Man I wish I had some Nurofen." I groaned, squinting at the amount of light filtering through the windows. I glanced at Tessa and saw she understood. Looks like Nurofen is out here, good news!

"Sorry, can't help you. Though I do suggest going for a warm shower and having an early night." I smiled at her and took her advice, getting my night-wear and new undergarments from the drawer of my bedside table. I shuffled into the bathroom, keeping the light off and shutting the curtains on the one window. I pulled off my shoes and threw them to the ground near my counter before piling all my clean clothes on the cupboard and all the dirty ones in the dirty clothes basket I was provided. I brushed my hair as I waited for the water to warm up, just standing in the alcove in front of the actual shower cubicle, closed off from the rest of the world by the red and gold shower curtain. I stuck my hand under the nozzle before shrugging and stepping under the water, drenching myself with the Luke-warm water, cooling my body temperature down. I washed my hair with the shampoo and conditioner I had brought with me separately before rinsing them out and scrubbing all the culminated grime from my body, feeling the dirt Sarah and Nikki had thrown at me in Herbology wash away from my skin before I could just stand under the tap, letting the water relieve the tress in my shoulders, back and neck. I turned and let the spray hit my face, rinsing away the days make up, and clearing it of any dirt or dead skin. Ew, dead skin. I sighed and turned off the tap before climbing over the foot high divider between the shower and the privacy cubicle in front of it. I dried myself off with my fluffy white towel before pulling on my undergarments, closely followed by my pink silk shorts and matching pink silk halter neck I wore to the Girls Night. I rubbed my hair as dry as I could get it by towel drying it, which was damp in most parts and more so in others, mainly the back of my head. I hung my towel on the towel rack before exiting the stall, glad once again that the School had over equipped the girls bathroom so that we could all have a shower each. I brushed my hair into its normal style, ignoring how poofy and fluffy it now was. I shoved my hairbrush back into my toiletry bag and set it inside the drawer of my counter before exiting the bathroom, my slightly moist feet padding quietly against the tiles and then the wood floor of the dormitory. I laid down on my bed, pulling the curtains shut on one side, and when turning to do the same on the other side I found myself face to face with a owl I recognized as Candice's. I stroked its head cautiously, relaxing as it leaned into my touch before I tugged the letter carefully from it beak. Still stroking the owl with one hand I opened the letter, still marveling at the parchment beneath my fingers as I started to read.

Hey Kell

It's me, Candice. How's Hogwarts? You have to describe it to me, its not fair that I don't get to go there just because I'd be in my last year. Anything new going on? How's life living in a castle going for you? Sorry if I'm getting annoying, its just that being stuck here with only being allowed to talk to Julian, train, or very rarely, wander the length of Diagon Alley, I'm just a teensy bit bored. Also, I'm thinner, considering I really don't like talking to Julian. He's so very annoying. And cryptic. And he despises my nose and ear piercings. Sorry.

Love you,

Your Sister Candice

I chuckled at how often she lost her train of thought, and knew I was lucky she hadn't said anything embarrassing or traumatizing. I set the letter down as a loud crash echoed up the stairs from the common room, and after sharing a look with Tessa we decided to go check it out. The first crash was the first of a series of crashes that happened before we reached the bottom of the staircase, only to find out that it was Fred and George making the ruckus, causing the very few people who had been in the Common room to get up and leave. Tessa rolled her eyes from beside me and jogged back up the stairs, her heavy book in hand. I grinned briefly before putting my hands on my hips and glaring at the Twins backs as they faced towards the window, totally clueless that I was there.

"And what do you think you're doing?" I asked threateningly, almost grinning again as they jumped and spun around, startled by my voice. I did, however, blushed as they looked me up and down, realizing that I was only clad in my (basically mini) pink silk shorts and low cut halter neck pink silk shirt that only covered the bottom third of my back. Even though I was blushing, I still had the stern look on my face, and pointed a finger at them.

"I have a headache, and if you two want to live to see another sunrise you should probably stop making noise." They gulped as I glared at them furiously, which caused me to grin. And when I grinned, I stopped glaring. And when I stopped glaring they didn't take me seriously, so it was really no surprise when George swung me over his shoulder and did a circuit of the Common room.

"We got her! We got her!" Fred was chanting over and over, but after a few laps of the room he was drowned out by familiar giggles from the portrait hole. I saw who was laughing at me as George turned, my two best friends were now against me.

"George, put me down or so help god I will make sure you never get another date in your life!" He ignored my threat and continued to parade me around the room. As he reached a spot between the two couches I pinched his back with my nails, surprising and hurting him enough that he dropped me, straight onto a couch. He stared at me with his mouth open in shock as he rubbed his back where I had pinched him, and I stood, smiling. It wasn't a pleasant smile, more like an evil one. Fred, Sarah and Nikki understood what this face meant, but George wasn't watching me, so he didn't have the chance they did to race from the room. He only stood there staring after them, shocked. He then turned to me and saw the smile.

"Uh oh." He uttered, backing away slowly. I shook my head and pounced on him, pinching every part of him I could reach, so basically his torso and arms. "Ow, stop pinching me!" He cried, trying to fight me off without hurting me. At his desperate pleas I chuckled, and found that I couldn't stop laughing at his despair. I giggled out of control into his shoulder, a grin on my face. I felt George wrap his arms lightly around my lower back, and immediately expected the worse, tensing up. After a few seconds of him not exploding something near me or picking me up and twirling me around I relaxed and hugged him around the neck. "Sorry for picking you up." He whispered into my ear as we hugged and I shrugged.

"I'm sorry for pinching you." I apologized, enjoying the fact of actually hugging someone, I hadn't hugged someone since I hugged Candice at Christmas. "Eh, it didn't hurt that much." I gasped and pulled back to mock-glared at him.

"Take that back, mini-pinching hurts everyone!" George chuckled and admitted that it had hurt.

"Hey, you never told us what the surprise from Christmas was." George pointed out and I smiled.

"My sister moved from Australia, to here. She's living with Julian now. She would have come here, but she got here after school started, and it would have been her last year anyway." I informed him, smiling as I remembered seeing Candice again for the first time.

"Your sisters seventeen?" I nodded in confirmation.

"Mm hmm." I made an agreeing noise, breathing his scent into my lungs as I did so. I dropped my head back to his shoulder, my nose resting in the hollow above his collarbone.

"What's her name?" George asked, his chin resting on top of my hair.

"Candice. She's really cool, most of the time." George snorted and chuckled.

"What?" I asked, removing my head from beneath his to stare up at him, the movement causing him to look down at me.

"Oh nothing, just the way you said most of the time." I chuckled quietly, thinking about all of the bitch fights my sister and I had over the years.

"Well, its not like we were perfect angels for our mother, I mean, we fought a lot, but at least we didn't play with matches or run with scissors like other kids." I pointed out, shrugging.

"Scissors are sharp stationary objects used to cut paper right?" George asked, looking slightly confused.

"Yeah…" I trailed off, not really knowing what he was getting at.

"Well, why would someone want to run with them? Do they help you run faster?" I snorted loudly before laughing, my chuckles muffled by his chest.

"No! Its dangerous to run with them because, as you said, they are sharp, and you could injure yourself if you trip or something." He gave me a sheepish smile as I stood up and started to make my way to the dormitory. "I'm going to go reply to a letter then hunt for those idiots." I said, gesturing towards the portrait hole.

"Shouldn't you do that in the other order?" I smirked at George as I stood with one foot on the bottom step and the other on the next, my hand brushing the wall for support.

"Nah, lets let 'em worry. Hey, if you stay out of sight I can say I killed you!" I said enthusiastically, causing George to smile and press his forefinger to his lips in the universal sign for 'I'll be quiet, I promise.' I jogged up the stairs and hopped onto my bed, ignoring the inquisitive look Tessa shot me as I walked past her. As I sat on my bed I grabbed Candice's letter, a spare piece of parchment and my quill and ink pot, setting everything on the bedside table and sitting down to right a letter. I moved closer to the table and started writing, the only sound was the sound of my inky quill against the parchment and the sound of Tessa turning the pages in her book.

Hey Candy

Guess what? No, you know what, you won't be able to guess, so I'm just gonna till you. I got a boyfriend! And th girls deem him drool worthy, how cool is that? Anyway, I'm sorry we left you alone to deal with Julian, but really, you'll get used to him. Besides, can't you just, you know, sneak out? Hogwarts is awesome, and living in a castle is brilliant, everyone, well, mostly everyone, are all really nice. Sorry about the piercing problem, but I'm sure he'll get over it.

Bye-bye! See you soon!

Kelly

(A/N): Hope you guys all like this chapter! Next chapter: Probably the first date of Tyler and Kelly, ooh lala.