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I also do not own any of the songs in this chapter.
"Should we tell her?" I heard hushed voices saying. "I don't think we should!" said a voice that I recognized to be Spud's. "I
agree. It'll be far too complicated if we tell her," said Wheels. I had heard enough. I abruptly sat up and opened my eyes.
"Bloody hell!" yelled Money as he fell off the bed. "So what shouldn't you tell me?" I asked warily. They all exchanged
nervous glances. I stared at each of them slowly. "Oh," I said. You know how people usually have their intuition to rely on
when they're not really sure about something. Well when you're a witch with added powers then you don't just have gut
feelings to rely on. After awhile you can just sense things. And I had sensed exactly what they didn't want to tell me. "I
already know about Dougie being back and no I don't wanna talk about it," I said. "Now can you all leave so I can get
dressed?" They all filed out of my room quietly. As they left I was just about to close the door when Zack popped his head
back into my room, "Hey Lily! Sorry to disturb you but there's some guy outside for you." I climbed out of the bed and
scooted downstairs quickly. I opened up the front door and took a step back in surprise, "Randy?" Randy winked at me,
"Hey Lily!" I closed the door behind me and stepped onto the porch with him. He shifted his eyes to the ground, "Uh Lily
shouldn't you be wearing more clothes than that?" I glanced down at my oversized t-shirt, "Oh don't worry! I've worn lesser
clothing than this outside before." I leaned against the door, "So what brings you here?" Randy smiled nervously, "Well I
never got to ask you this question I had for you the other night!" I raised one eyebrow at him, "So ask!" He cleared his
throat, "Do you wanna go out with me tonight?" "Where?" I asked simply. "Well my friend is having this house party
tonight at seven," he said. "Oh!" I said. He rubbed at the back of his head, "So uh was that a yes?" I smiled, "That was a
yes!" He broke out into a huge grin, "Okay! Wow! That's great! I'll pick you up at about nine, alright?" "Okay!" I said. I
waved good-bye and walked back into the house. The rest of the band was sitting at the table when I walked into the kitchen.
Zack was washing dishes. I plunked myself down into a chair beside Slick. Smiling brightly I asked, "So what are you guys
doing here? Don't you have school?" "We decided to come back home for lunch," said Money. "So what was that?" asked
Slick. I grabbed a hot dog from off a big plate on the table, "What was what?" Wheels answered, "What was going on out on
the porch?" I bit into my hot dog that was piled high with spicy relish. "Well Randy came over to talk to me, " I answered
thickly through a mouthful of hot dog. "So Dezzie! We were thinking that tonight we could go to that spoken word café. You
could check out some of the raps and poems," said Spud. I wiped ketchup off of my chin and said, "No can do boys! I have a
date tonight but lets go out tomorrow!" Zack dropped a plate, "What?" "I have a date tonight," I repeated. Soon the guys all
grabbed their stuff and went back to school. Zack left with them. It was just me in the house so I decided to go back to the
ballet studio to get some practice in. After my steaming, hot shower, I was walking around my room with a towel wrapped
around me, when I found Celestrial on my bed with another letter. I untied the letter and read it.
Dear Lily,
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I'm so happy that you're actually coming back! I decided to keep it a secret from everyone though so you could surprise them. I know how much you'd love to do that. I can't wait to see the look on everyone's face. Especially, Lola. Well before I let you get back to whatever it is that you're doing, here's a quick update:
Sirius-has a new girlfriend, named Charlotte, whose a big ditz.
Remus-is visiting another sick relative.
James-is spending all his time with Lola.
Lola-she's loving every minute of it.
Can't wait to see you! I'm actually counting down the days until you'll be back.
Love, Jalisa a.k.a Jelly
P.S. I have a new crush! I like this boy named Danny. He's in Ravenclaw and in my Charm's class!
I smiled after I finished reading the letter. At least somebody misses me! I then quickly picked out my warm-up clothes for
today. A black leotard with black tights is what I was wearing. My hair was still in the twisties Tavia had done but I kept a
thin black scarf wrapped around it. I placed a towel, a water bottle, my ballet slippers, a small cd player, a cd, and a bowl of
fruit salad in a small backpack. Then I slipped on my tennis shoes with a light jacket and left out the house. I drove slowly to
thee studio, once inside, I walked past security and went into the same studio I was in yesterday. I set up the cd player on
the floor and plugged it into the outlet next to it. I placed my bag next to it and put Madonna's cd into the cd player. Quickly
I changed into my ballet shoes and walked up to the practice bar and began warming up. I snag along to the song that was
playing as I did plies. Her song Sorry was playing. "Sounds like the perfect song for Dougie," I thought with a laugh.
Spinning around off the bar, I made a perfect leap across the floor. I pushed through all of my feelings and just danced. To
tell you the truth, I hadn't danced like this in a long time. It felt good to break free and be happy just dancing ballet. I was on
the last song of the cd when I did a triple jump and landed in a perfect pirouette. I heard soft clapping behind me. I nearly
lost my balance as I turned to see who was clapping. "I'd almost forgotten how good you are," said Madame, smiling.
Quickly, I composed myself. "How long have you been standing there?" I asked. She walked over to me, "Long enough."
"Why didn't you say anything?" I asked again. She patted my hand, "Would you stop a songbird from singing its song?" "If
it woke me up then, yeah!" I answered. Madame chuckled, "Well would you wear different colored contacts?" I shook my
head, "No!" "And why not?" she asked patiently. "Because my eyes are too beautiful," I replied. "Precisely!" she said
calmly. I glanced at my watch, "Uh-oh! I gotta go! School's been out for hours!" She hugged me good-bye as I scrambled
over and collected my stuff. I ran to my car, threw my stuff in, and sped off. My cell rang as I drove to Spud's house.
"Talk!" I said into the phone. "Dezzie! Where the hell have you been? And why haven't you been answering your phone?
We've been calling non-stop!" yelled Slick into the phone. "Calm down! I was busy doing something. I must've just lost
track of time! And my phone's been on vibrate in my bag," I yelled back. "Well get your ass back here! It's like five o'clock
now!" he said. "Alright! Alright! Keep your knickers on!" I said and hung up the phone. I pulled into the driveway and ran
into the house. Money, Wheels, Spud, and Slick were in thee recreation room with all our instruments lying around. "What's
this?" I asked. "We figured we could get in a little practice," said Wheels. "Why?" I asked. "I booked a gig for us on
Wednesday," said Mooney. "Where?" I asked. "Some guy is throwing his friend a party and wants us to play!" I nodded,
"Okay! So let's get started!" I picked up my guitar and we began working out which songs we were going to play. In the end
we decided to play four rock songs together, and then I'd perform two pop songs and five hip-hop songs by myself. We were
done practicing and now we were just goofing off. "Okay! Okay! Listen!" I said. "I'm about to bust a rhyme!" I cleared my
throat jokingly.
"Yo! Yo! Yo!
My name is Lily.
I'm kinda silly!
Am I easy?
Not really!
I've been to Philly! Whoa!"
We all burst into a fresh new wave of laughter. "No! No! I got one!" said Slick.
"Alright here I go," he said.
"So my name is Slick!
I like ladies who are thick!
I like to kick
So come check out my dick!"
All of the guys including Slick laughed at his lame rap. I stared at him in amazement. "What's wrong?" Slick asked, still
laughing. I stared at him in mock wonder, "You have a dick?" "Forget you Dezz!" said Slick as he shoved me. Spud,
Wheels, Money, and me laughed hysterically. "Wait! Hold up! I got another one!" I interrupted. They all stopped laughing
to listen. "Here I go," I said.
"I got a rat!
Who has a cat!
He's fat!
And he sat!"
"Oh! That was tight! Wasn't it?" I asked. "ATTACK!" yelled Wheels. They all jumped on me and started smothering me
with pillows. We were all still cracking up when Zack came into the room. He looked around the room in bewilderment,
"What the hell happened here? And where's Lily?" "Under here!" I called from underneath all of the pillows. I climbed from
underneath them and fell back into my chair, "So what did you say?" Zack eyed us, "What the hell was going on in here?"
"Oh we were playing wack rap!" said Money. "What's that?" asked Zack. "That's when you take turns coming up with the
lamest raps you can think of," said Wheels. "Yeah and it was really funny because Slick and Lily are usually great rappers!"
commented Spud. Zack rolled his eyes, "Well anyways, Lily? Your date just called to tell you that he'd be here in half an
hour!" I jumped up and scrambled to the door. "What are you doing?" Slick asked. "I have to get ready for my date," I
answered as I reached the door. I raced up to my room closing the door behind me. I slid out of my sweaty clothes and into
the shower. After that I quickly put on invisible deodorant and peppermint body spray. Then I searched through my closet
for what I wanted to wear. I found something and slipped it on. Then I touched up my hair, put on my jewelry, put on some
baby oil, and my make-up. I grabbed my cell and went downstairs. The rest of the band had moved into the kitchen for some
eats with Zack. Harmony was watching television. Harmony ran over to me squealing, "Lily, you look gorgeous!" Zack just
stared at my tattoos. Spud gave me a thumbs up and Slick, being the pig that he is, winked at me. "Now Dezzie! Don't do
anything that we wouldn't do!" said Wheels. "Well I guess that leaves the field wide open," I said sarcastically. "You look
good, Dezz!" said Money. "Thanks!" I said. Tonight my outfit was a pair of tight light blue jeans with a matching half jacket
that reached just under my chest. I wore the jacket open so everyone could see my black bustier that was decorated with
black glitter. My sneakers were just plain black ones and my hair still remained in Tavia's twisties but with black tips at the
end of the ponytail. My make-up was black mascara, black eyeliner, peppermint flavored lip gloss, and my nails were still
short and painted black. My bare stomach showed off my new tattoos and my black glow in the dark skull belly ring. My
earrings were matching black glow in the dark glittered skulls and a small plain black stud was glittering on my tongue and
on my nose. "When did you get that tattoo?" asked Zack, pointing to the one on my stomach. "Oh! I got this tattoo the other
day," I said. "Look at my other new one's." I turned and showed him the one on my back, the one on my neck, and the one
on my ankle. "I have one more but I'd have to take my pants off to show you," I said. "I'm cool with that," he said. Spud
glared at him. I ignored him. Just then the doorbell rang. "He's here!" I said walking to the door. I sung it open and Randy
just stared. "You look great!" he said staring at my midriff. I smiled mischievously at the band who were standing at the
door being nosy. "Let's go!" I said grabbing his hand and walking to his car. "Don't wait up!" I called behind me to the guys.
Randy's car was an ancient, beat-up, gray, station wagon. I slid into the passenger seat. Randy started up the car and drove
quickly down the highway. We made small talk until we pulled up to the house. I vaguely recognized the house but I couldn't
place whose it was. We walked up to the door holding hands. Randy rang the bell and a few seconds later this guy appeared
and opened the door. "Hey! Welcome to my party! I'm glad you could make it Randy!" said the guy whose name I
remembered to be Mark. "Oh god! Mark?" I said wearily. Mark's eyes widened as he realized who I was, "Hey Lily! I
haven't seen you in ages!" "I didn't realize this was your party!" I said blankly. Mark's eyes traveled between Randy and
me and our intertwined hands, "Don't tell me…. Are you…here…together?" Randy smiled proudly, "Yep! She's my date!"
"Really?" asked Mark, looking at me. I nodded. "Well uh come on in," he said, gesturing inside at the lively party. Still
holding hands, we walked inside. Many people stopped to greet me as we walked in. "LILY!" I whipped around and was
almost knocked down by Tavia as she launched herself on me. "What in bloody hell?" I asked bewildered. "Girl! I didn't
know you were gonna be at this party?" she exclaimed. She smiled knowingly, "Oh so you came to look for D…" I silenced
her with a sharp look. Tavia looked up and saw Randy with me. "Oh," she said slowly. I cleared my throat, "Er-Tavia this is
my date, Randy. Randy this is my friend, Tavia." They exchanged hellos. "Lily, you look gorgeous as usual!" said Tavia.
"You do too," I replied. And she did. Tavia had always been pretty. But she looked especially pretty tonight with her
shoulder length black hair hanging down with soft waves. Her dark blue jeans with beige words going down one leg and her
tight short-sleeved low-cut beige top that read, "I saw perfection the other day. I saw it when I looked in my mirror,"
complimented her creamy Carmel skin perfectly. "Hey? Wanna dance?" asked Randy. "Yeah!" I replied. Tavia grabbed
her a guy and followed us onto the space where everyone was dancing. Sean Paul's song, "Temperature" was playing.
Randy swung his arms around me so he could put them around my stomach as I danced. I rolled into him as the chorus came
on. Tavia danced over to me, "I'm calling you out!" "Let's go!" I yelled over the music. Tavia began hip rolling across from
me. She swung her hips up and down quickly. Te people began to form a circle around us. I kept one eye on Tavia as I
started navigating my hips in a circle around her. She came back at me tough, though. We winked at each other and began
dancing side-by side. Our hips moved skillfully around as we danced with our bodies side to side. We dipped our hips one
last time before the music faded away. People clapped and whistled for us. "Now that's what I'm talking about girl," said
Tavia as we slapped hands. "I can't seem to go anywhere without being noticed can I?" I laughed. "You really can't," said a
voice from behind me that I recognized instantly. Tavia's eyes widened. I closed my eyes briefly wishing this were a dream
or some weird nightmare. When I opened them there he was, standing in front of me. He looked me up and down slowly.
"You look good, Lily!" he said. I lowered my eyes uncomfortably, "You look good too, Dougie." Randy suddenly appeared.
"Hey Lily! Let's dance some more!" said Randy. Dougie's eyes shifted towards him, "Hey, who are you?" Randy eyed him,
"I'm Randy. And you are?" "I'm Dougie," said Dougie with his eyes on me. "Oh yeah! I've heard of you from a couple of
guys I know," said Randy. "How do you know Lily?" Dougie answered with his eyes still on me, "We're old friends!" Randy
smiled, "No kidding! She's my date!" Dougie stared at me as I kept my eyes on the ground. I finally looked up at Randy.
"Uh, let's go check out some of the food!" "Okay!" said Randy happily. I followed Randy quickly. As I hurried past Dougie,
I still avoided his stare. "Come on Tavia!" I called. She hurried after me. When we reached the kitchen, Randy chatted with
one of his friends, while Tavia and me huddled up pretending to look at the different types of dipping sauces. "Are you okay,
Lily?" Tavia whispered to me. "I'm fine," I replied. "It's just a little hard for me to take." "Did you see how good he
looked?" Tavia said. "Yeah he was always a killer babe!" I muttered. "Lily, maybe you two should go somewhere and talk,"
Tavia said. "I mean I'll keep Randy occupied for you." I shook my head furiously, "No way! I don't wanna talk to him. I
don't even wanna talk about him. What I wanna do is enjoy this party! Okay?" "Alright," agreed Tavia, grudgingly. I turned
around, looking for Randy. He was nowhere to be seen, however. So Tavia and me went back out where everyone was and
just kicked it. We were laughing hysterically at something this guy had told us, when we hear someone offering Tavia the
mic. "Go ahead and rhyme for us Tavia!" said Mark. Tavia smiled and took the mic. She grinned at me mischievously
before saying into the microphone, "Actually how about my girl Lily raps for us?" "Lily's here? Lily's here?" exclaimed
several people who turned to look at me. I glowered at Tavia as she handed me thee microphone. Then I smiled, "Alright!
You want a rhyme? This one's called Geek Love!" I quickly rapped out the song. When I was done, everyone exploded into
cheers. "She's back!" called out some people. I laughed and sat the microphone down. "That was good!" said a voice behind
me. I turned and it was Dougie standing behind me. I just stared at him before walking away. "Girl! Where are you going?"
called Tavia, following me. "I'm looking for Randy!" I said. "This party's almost over and I haven't seen him for hours!" I
walked around looking for him. Tavia had given up and was dancing with one of her boyfriends. I decided to check upstairs
for him. I walked up the stairs and checked the bathroom. He wasn't there so I kept searching. I peeked into another room
and noticed Randy in there with several boys, talking. I was just about to walk in when I heard one of the boys say my name.
I cracked the door a bit and listened in. One guy was saying, "Alright! You did it! I can't believe it but you did it!" Randy
said, "Told you boys! Lily Evans is my date tonight! So pay up!" Another one of the boys grudgingly gave him some money,
"Fine! Here's the money! I can't believe Lily Evans actually went on a date with you! I really thought you were lying! I
thought this was an easy bet to take!" Randy laughed, "Yeah well she just couldn't resist me! She was all over me! Yeah and
tonight I'm gonna give her what she wants and she's gonna give me what I want too!" The rest of the guys laughed.
Someone cleared their throat and I whirled around to find Dougie standing behind me. The look on his face told me that he'd
heard everything Randy had said. I whirled around and stormed into the room. "Hey-uh-Lily! I was just coming to find you
actually," stammered Randy. I made a face, "Yeah! I'm sure you were!" All of the other guys started edging towards the
door. "Oh don't let me interrupt," I said, stopping them. "Continue on with your bets!" Randy's eyes widened. "No! Lily-I
was just-uh- you know joking!" I narrowed my eyes at him, "Oh really you were joking? Huh? Well here's something that
you can all laugh about later!" I bawled up my fist and punched him. The impact of the punch knocked him out. I glared at all
the other boys in the room. "I trust that when he wakes up you guys will tell him that I don't think we should see each other
anymore!" They nodded, frightened. I walked swiftly out the door and straight past Dougie without looking at him. I could
hear him following me downstairs but I ignored him. I quickly found Tavia. I pulled her away from some guy and in a hushed
voice I told her what happened. She was pissed off and shocked. "So how you getting home?" she asked. "Didn't Randy
bring you in his car?" I threw my hands up, stressfully. "Can I get a ride with you?" She nodded, "Sure! My cousin Rosa's
picking me up at four!" I shook my head, "I can't stay that late! I gotta get out of here or I'm gonna blow something up!"
Tavia winced, "Well I can't call her to pick me up now because she specifically told me that she had a date tonight and
wouldn't be picking me up until four." I covered my face with my hands. "This can't be happening to me!" "I could take
you!" said Dougie, from behind me. I removed my hands from my face and shook my head without looking at him. "No,
that's okay!" Dougie sighed, "Look, you need a ride and I'm offering. So why don't you just take it?" Tavia nudged me
slightly, "Lily just take it!" I sighed deeply, "Fine! I'll take it! Can we leave now?" Dougie nodded, "Alright! Let's go!" He
started walking out. I hugged Tavia good-bye and promised I'd call her tomorrow. I followed him all the way outside and to
his car. His car was new, apparently. It was an old mustang. He saw me looking at the car and smiled. "I just bought it! I'm
fixing it up at the old auto shop!" I said nothing but got into the car. As he started it up he flipped on the radio. Mary J.
Blige's song, Be Without You, came on. I saw Dougie smile at me out of the corner of my eye. I groaned loudly as the song
played. I quickly switched the station. I definitely didn't need to hear a love song right now. Madonna's song, Sorry, was
playing. I laughed to myself at the irony of the situation. "What's funny?" asked Dougie. I immediately fell silent and stared
out the window. "So I guess your just never going to talk to me again," said Dougie irritably. "That's the plan," I muttered
with satisfaction. Dougie pulled the car to a stop at a diner. "What are you doing?" I asked. "I'm not taking you home until
you hear me out," he replied. "What do you want?" I steamed. "What could you possibly have to say to me?" "I'm sorry,
okay?" he said quietly. "W-W-What?" I stammered. "I said that I'm sorry," he said. "Well guess what?" I said. "I don't
wanna hear I'm sorry! Listen to the song idiot. Madonna's got the right idea!" "Lily why won't you just look at me?" he said
softly. I ignored him pointedly. "Just LOOK AT ME! PLEASE!" I snapped my neck towards him. "YOU WANT ME TO
LOOK AT YOU? FINE! I'M LOOKING AT YOU! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? 'CAUSE I'M SURE AS HELL NOT! YOU
CAN'T JUST COME BACK INTO MY LIFE AND EXPECT EVERYTHING TO BE THE SAME! IT'S NOT THE SAME!
I'M NOT THE SAME! AND YOU HAVE NOBODY TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF! HOW COULD YOU JUST PICK UP
AND LEAVE LIKE THAT? AND THE WORSE PART ABOUT IT IS THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN SAY GOOD-BYE TO
ME! YOU DIDN'T LEAVE A MESSAGE, A NOTE, OR ANYTHING. YOU JUST LEFT! IMAGINE HOW I FELT! YOU
BASICALLY JUST SAID SCREW ME AND JETTED OFF! NOT ONLY WAS THAT SHIT EMBARRASSING BUT IT
WAS ALSO HURTFUL! HERE I AM THINKING WE HAD SOME KIND OF CONNECTION OR SOME KIND OF
FRIENDSHIP AT LEAST AND WHAT HAPPENS YOU PACK UP AND LEAVE. I FELT SO STUPID! I FELT USED!
AND A SIMPLE SORRY ISN'T GONNA FIX THAT! WHAT YOU DID WAS BEYOUND WRONG AND NOW YOU'VE
COME BACK AGAIN AND IT BRINGS BACK ALL OF THESE MEMORIES THAT I'VE FOUGHT SO HARD TO
NOT THINK ABOUT. I JUST DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH WITH YOU AGAIN. I
DON'T WANNA PLAY THAT FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS GAME ANYMORE. EITHER YOU'VE GOT ME OR YOU
DON'T AND THERE'S NO MORE IN BETWEEN. AND FRANKLY IF YOU DON'T WANT ME THAT'S JUST FINE
WITH ME BECAUSE I'M NOT SO SURE THAT I WANT YOU ANYMORE!" And with that I threw open the car door
and walked off. Dougie scrambled out after me. "Wait! Lily! Wait!" He yelled. He caught up to me and put his hands on my
shoulders to stop me. I still refused to look him in the eye. "What do you mean if I don't want you? What ever made you
think I didn't want you?" I finally looked him in the eye. "Oh could it be the fact that you moved half-way across the world?"
I said sarcastically. Dougie grabbed my head and kissed me before I could say another word. For a minute I got lost in the
kiss until I remembered who I was kissing. I quickly pulled away and slapped him across the face. He didn't even wince. He
just stared at me. Finally he said, "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have done that. You just look so sexy when you're angry. I
deserved the slap! Come on get back in the car and I'll take you home. I promise not to say anything else." I didn't even
look at him, I just walked back over to the car and got in. He got back in and pulled off. He kept his promise and didn't say
anything to me for the rest of the ride. We just listened to the radio. Well I didn't. My mind was elsewhere. My mind was
back at that diner. I was thinking about that kiss. No matter how much I wanted to deny it, I had kissed him back. And I
knew why I kissed him back too. I kissed him back because I liked it and a tiny part of me wanted him to kiss me. I was
ashamed of myself for even thinking about that. This is the guy who left me like a cheap one nightstand. I never thought I'd
say this but at that point I really missed Hogwarts. Ever since I came home it's been nothing but shocks and nasty surprises.
Sure I've been having fun but it's been like flashback week here. A lot of people from my past had been showing up. "Now
all I need is Lorenzo to pop up and then this will really be hell," I thought bitterly. Dougie pulled to a stop at Spud's house. I
got out the car without saying a word and walked into the house. As I closed the door behind me I heard Dougie's car speed
off. "Back so early, Lily?" asked Zack. I nodded, "Where are the guys?" "They went out for the night," said Zack. "Oh!" I
said. "Where's Harmony?" "She's staying over at a friend's house," he replied. Zack peered at me closer, "Are you okay,
Lily?" I shook my head, "I don't know!" "Well I hate to leave you alone like this but there's this really cool party up at the
college going on," said Zack. "Do you wanna go?" I shook my head, "Nah! You go though! I'm all partied out!" "Are you
sure? Because I could stay here with you if you want!" he said anxiously. I forced up a smile. "No! Really! Go on and have
fun!" He smiled at me and left. Spud's parents weren't here yet either. They probably wouldn't be home for hours. They
always worked late and barely were home. Tonight they went to some fancy ball for charity. It never seemed to bother Spud,
Zack, and Harmony much that their parents weren't home a lot though. It's probably because both their mum and dad made
sure that they spent tine with them on a regular bases. They always planned lots of family vacations together. I went up to
my room and removed all of my clothes. I slipped on a robe and went into my bathroom. I turned on some hot water and drew
myself a hot vanilla scented bubble bath. While the tub was filling up I went back into my room. A phoenix was lying on my
bed. I recognized it as the phoenix from Dumbledore's office. What on earth could he be writing to me about? I stroked the
phoenix's smooth feathers and grabbed the letter. The phoenix took off at once. I opened the letter and read silently.
Dear Ms. Evans,
Hello! I hope you are enjoying your trip greatly. I am sure you are wondering what I am sending you a letter about. Do not panic. Nothing has happened. I am merely curious to if you are staying over Christmas break. A little bird has told me Jalisa Potter has informed you about the three-part tournament Hogwarts is hosting. The tournament is now named the 3D tournament. I am merely requesting that you do Hogwarts the honor of performing for our Welcome Ball we are throwing our guests. I would also like you to perform at our Farewell Ball. I do however understand if you decline. This is a big task. And I'm sure you will want to focus on your studies (I snorted at this) and enjoy the competition. I will await your answer by owl.
Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore or as you like to call me Dumbledee
I quickly whipped out a pen and wrote a reply to Dumbledee immediately.
Dumbledee,
I haven't thought about Christmas break much but in light of the new 3D tournament, I've decided to stay and participate. Yes that's right I said participate. I'd like to enter the tournament. Enclosed is my entry form. I'd like very much if me entering the competition could stay between you and me. Surprisingly, I'd like very much to perform at the Welcome Ball and the Farewell Ball. I just have one request. Well actually two! Could we please make the Farewell Ball a dance and not a Ball? Ball's are so stuffy. I want the Farewell Ball to be fun and crazy. I also want people to wear clothes they can actually move in. My other request is that you find me another keyboard player because if I have to put up with Polly again I will literally kill her. (No joke!) So please find me a new keyboard player I can deal with. Please and thank you!
-Lily
I rolled the letter up and tied it to Celestrial. "Here girl! Take this to Dumbledee for me!" She nipped me affectionately and
flew off. Heart crawled over to me and stretched. Come on Heart. Heart followed me into the bathroom where I lit scented
candles and turned off the lights. I slipped my robe off and slid down into the hot tub. Heart rested her head on the rug next
to the tub. I laid back and felt my muscles relax in the hot water. I was glad I was alone in the house because I really needed
to think things through without any interruptions. This week had been crazy. It all still felt so weird. I mean all of this stuff is
happening to me. Taylor's suddenly back in my life, my mum's old ballet studio is trashed and from the looks of it on the
brink of closing, my mum left me some weird key, and to put the icing on the cake, Dougie's back. This is like some bizarre
episode of the Twilight Zone. I need to figure this stuff out. First, there's Taylor. It's not much to figure out about him. He
understands that we're not together anymore. He's moved on and so have I. Second, there's the ballet studio. What to do
about it? It's damn near about to be closed. I can't bear the thought of my mum's old place being shut down and turned into
a fast food restaurant or something like that. But what could I do to fix it. Maybe I could find someone to financially support
the studio. Wait a second! I am so daft! Who do I know that loves ballet and that studio more than anything? And who do I
know that has plenty of money to support the studio? Me of course! I've got plenty of money to spend. Especially since now
I didn't have to take care of Petunia anymore. I could invest quite a bit of money into the place and get it fixed up too. The
only problem would be that I wouldn't be able to oversee everything since I have to go back to school soon. I could always
get Madame Ronaldi to check on everything. She loves that studio like it was her first-born child or something. She'll make
sure everything goes smoothly. Besides I can think of nobody who can run the business better than her. She is very
experienced. I could zip into the studio and find out where the owner lives. Then I could pay a visit and have a quick word
with the owner. Yea! I've solved a problem. The next problem I have is that mysterious key. There's nothing I can do about
it yet so I'm just going to lock the key in a special place and put it at the back of my mind. And finally, there's Dougie. What
on Earth am I going to do about Dougie? Obviously, I need to talk to him. But I just can't bring myself to do it. Everytime I
get around him I just wanna shout myself hoarse or kiss him senseless. Look what happened in the car. I think it's best if I
avoid him for a while. At least until I get my thoughts together. As for Randy. Well that wasn't really a loss. I had fun
kissing him but other than that there really wasn't anything there. I summoned my notebook and a pen. Using the candlelight
to see, I began scribbling out a few songs. I had a feeling the rest of this week was going to be very interesting.
