Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the other characters
mentioned in this story, Except for Kailey and Alysha. I do not own 'My
Direction' by Sum 41, nor do I own 'Dirrty' by Christina Aguilera.
Author's Note: Yay! The second chapter! Please review!
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Kailey fidgeted in her chair for what seemed like the billionth time. She just couldn't keep still. This was WAY too exciting. She missed her cousins very much, and couldn't wait to see them again. She needed to do something. But there isn't much you can do sitting in the window seat of an airplane. She expressed her restlessness with a frustrated grumble. She heard Alysha giggle beside her.
Kailey very nearly growled at Alysha. "This isn't exactly my definition of funny. I'm bored out of my mind. I can't wait 'till we get there."
"Aww, hunny, I feel your pain," Alysha teased, glancing at Kailey. Kailey swatted at her arm. "Now now, that's not very polite," Alysha looked at her watch. "We should be there in a another hour and a half."
Kailey sighed, then reached into her purse and pulled out a magazine and started to flip through it. Before she knew it, she felt the plane descending slowly back towards the ground. She let out a breath.
"Finally."
She heard Alysha giggle lightly beside her.
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Alysha looked over at Kailey with a smile on her face; her best friend was still grumbling, although this time it was about the length of time their luggage was taking to come down and around the conveyor belt.
Seeing her luggage, Alysha pulled it off the belt, and stood off to the side while Kailey looked for her own. As she waited, her mind wandered. She remembered the conversation she'd had with her parents when she's asked if she could go on this trip with Kailey. At first, they had been a bit (Alysha snorted, 'a bit' had to be the understatement of the century) reluctant to let her go, but after calling and speaking to Kailey's parents, they decided it would be a very unique and exciting experience, and had decided to let her. She would miss her parents terribly, but this had been one of her dreams for a long while, and she would finally get to see Hogwarts. She squealed, something she found herself doing a lot recently, but then blushed furiously when she saw everybody around her staring at her like she was crazy.
After Kailey had taken her bags off the conveyor belt, her and Alysha went through the doors to go and meet Kailey's aunt and cousins. Suddenly, Alysha felt butterflies flapping wildly in her stomach. She wondered why she felt so nervous. After all, at least one of them seemed like a nice enough person, if the letter Kailey's aunt had written was any valid judge of character.
She rounded the corner with Kailey, and nearly dropped her bags. Kailey had told her they'd be easy to spot, but Kailey had grossly understated. Not only were they easy to spot, her eyes were drawn instantly to the lot of them the moment she stepped around the corner. Their hair was the brightest natural red hair she had ever seen. She also vaguely noticed they were holding up a sign that said 'Kailey and Alysha'.
As Alysha and Kailey neared the group, Alysha lowered her head and blushed lightly. She liked meeting new people, but she was still generally a shy person around people she had never met before. Alysha saw the older woman in the group bustle forward and exclaim, "Kailey, dear! How wonderful to see you!" before enveloping her in a tight hug. Alysha heard a muffled reply from Kailey, "It's great to see you too, Auntie Molly!"
Molly slowly let go of Kailey and then walked over to Alysha, "And you must be Alysha, dear! It's simply fantastic to finally meet you!" and she reached forward and enveloped Alysha in a hug, much like she had done with Kailey. Alysha instantly liked her. If she couldn't have her own mother with her, then Mrs. Weasley would do just fine, she thought with a smile. "It's great to meet you too, Mrs. Weasley!"
Molly pulled back, "Please, dear, call me Auntie Molly!"
Alysha smiled.
Kailey grabbed Alysha's arm and pulled her forward, "Aly, this is Ginny. Ginny, this is Alysha, or Aly." Alysha stuck out her hand, and Ginny smiled warmly at her. Alysha returned the smile as the shook hands, "It's nice to meet you, Ginny." Kailey pulled her to the next two people. "Aly, these are Fred and George. Guys, this is Alysha." Alysha again stuck out her hand, and blushed as bright a red as Fred's hair when he lightly kissed the back of her hand, "It's wonderful-" He was cut off as George pushed him out of the way and grabbed Alysha's hand, and also pressed a kiss to the back of it before finishing for Fred, "- To meet you." He smiled widely. Alysha giggled.
"Shameless." Kailey muttered, shaking her head and pulling Alysha to the next person. Alysha looked at Kailey.
"You never told me your cousins were so charming. and cute!" she whispered with a smirk. Kailey rolled her eyes then introduced the two people standing before each other.
"Aly, this is Ron. Ron, this is Alysha." Alysha stuck out her hand, and smiled when Ron took it and grinned at her. "Hi, Ron. Nice to meet you." She said.
Molly then came towards Kailey and Alysha again, and informed them that they would see both Percy and Arthur later that evening. She also said that either Bill or Charlie might stop by sometime before they head off to Hogwarts, but it wasn't confirmed. They would be taking a portkey by way of transport (Arthur had got the Ministry for Magic to set one up), and it was waiting just out side.
Kailey, Alysha, Ginny, Ron, Fred, and George all followed Molly out the door. She pointed at an old newspaper lying on the ground. "This is it," she said, walking forward and picking it up.
Each of the teens reached out a hand to touch the paper.
"Umm. how is this supposed to work again?" Alysha asked nervously. Molly had explained that the portkey would transport them to just outside The Burrow, but the thought still somewhat unnerved Alysha. "Oh, great," she grumbled quietly, as she felt a slight tug somewhere behind her navel.
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Kailey stumbled forward slightly when her feet hit the ground. Alysha grabbed her arm slightly as she stumbled too, and pulled her friend down with her. Kailey let out a little shriek of surprise as she toppled forward onto Alysha. Kailey pushed herself back up and held out her hand to her best friend. Just then she saw that she was hunched over and her shoulders were shaking slightly.
"Aww, hun, are you okay?" Kailey asked softly, bending down. Alysha looked up; she was laughing.
"Kailey, hun, you should've heard yourself. 'EEK!' Not very lady-like of you, is it?" Alysha teased, grabbing Kailey's offered hand and pulling herself back up.
Kailey stuck out her tongue. "Oh shut up, Miss 'I-nearly-peed-myself- when-an-owl-hooted-at-me."
Alysha copied Kailey and stuck out her tongue.
Molly interrupted, "Girls, welcome to The Burrow!"
Kailey smiled widely, grabbed her bags and ran into the house. 'I'm finally here!' she thought excitedly.
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They were in Ginny's room, unpacking. Once they had gotten into the house, Kailey and Alysha had been told that's where they'd be staying. Alysha couldn't be happier; Ginny was one of the sweetest girls she had ever met. Ginny sat on her bed, watching Alysha and Kailey.
Alysha was searching frantically through her bags. "Where IS it?!" she kept whispering furiously. She was throwing things out of her bag, and they were landing everywhere. One such thing landed on Kailey's head.
"Ow. pain," Kailey said, sitting down on her cot and looking at the thing that had hit her on the head. It was a large book. She looked at the front cover. It was entitled Hogwarts: A History. She looked up and saw Ginny shaking her head and giggling softly.
Alysha looked up from her raid on her luggage bag. "What?" she asked, also looking at Ginny. Then she saw the book lying on the ground "Aha! There it is," she said, picking up the book.
Ginny giggled again, "You and Hermione will get on quite well, I suspect."
Kailey and Alysha looked confused. "Who's Hermione?" they asked in unison.
"Mum hasn't told you?" Ginny asked. Kailey and Alysha shook their heads. Ginny continued, "She's one of Ron's best friends. She's also a good friend of mine. Her and Ron's other best friend, Harry, will be coming to stay within the next week. Hermione will be staying with us, in this room, and Harry will be staying in Ron's room."
Kailey and Alysha both nodded. "Okay," they said, smiling, "The more the merrier."
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Kailey and Alysha settled into a routine at The Burrow quickly. It wasn't hard with Molly always fussing over them as if they were her own. Alysha quickly became friends with Ron, and even closer friends with Ginny, seeing as they were staying in the same room. The twins continued to flirt shamelessly with her, although it was more of a joke now than anything else. It wasn't difficult at all for Kailey, of course, because these people were her family. Nobody saw much of Percy, he was working so often at the Ministry now; neither Kailey nor Alysha cared much, they found him awfully prissy. They only saw Arthur in the evenings. Bill and Charlie had decided they would drop by just before everybody left for Hogwarts, to come see Kailey and say hi. Before they knew it, a week had passed, and it was the morning of the day Harry and Hermione would be arriving.
Heading upstairs, after having brakfast, Kailey and Alysha went into Ginny's room to get changed out of their pajamas and have a shower. After doing so, Alysha slipped her watch over her hand and onto her wrist as Kailey pulled her hair up in a loose bun, with wispy pieces of hair falling out and framing her face. There wasn't much Alysha could do with her hair, as it was too short, so she just left it. Kailey then grabbed her CDs and the two of them ran down the stairs to meet Ginny on the back porch. Earlier in the week, Ginny had figured out a spell that would allow them to play CDs without a boom box, so they could listen to their music; they had been told not to bring any electronics, because they would short circuit in Hogwarts because of all the magic in the air. Kailey pulled out her favourite CD, a mixed one, and opened the case, lying it on the table. Ginny pulled out her wand, so that her mom couldn't see - she wasn't supposed to be doing magic outside of Hogwarts - and muttered the incantation. Soon, the song 'My Direction' started playing.
Kailey, Alysha, and Ginny were all sitting at the table. Alysha was flipping through a magazine she had seen lying around, called Witch Weekly, and bobbing her head to the music, lightly singing along.
"Perfection is my direction, even if that's all I had. It's not like I need no correction, I just know that life's not so bad."
She glanced up from her reading and looked at Kailey and Ginny, painting their nails. They were also bobbing they're heads along to the music, Ginny silently mouthing the words. She hadn't even heard of any of the bands or singers that Kailey and Alysha liked to listen to until this week, but they listened to their CDs so often, Ginny already knew the words to almost every song. Just then, the song ended, and another song started. Alysha smirked at Kailey, who looked up and smirked back. Alysha wasn't usually one for this kind of music, but she found this particular song very fun to dance to, and she thought the artist had an amazing voice. Kailey and Alysha stood up and started singing at the same time.
"If you ain't Dirrty, you ain't here to PARTEY!" they shouted the last part and jumped down off the porch onto the ground. Then the song really started.
Ooh, I'm overdue,
Gimme some room,
I'm comin' through.
Paid my dues,
In the mood,
Me and my girls come to shake the room.
Kailey and Alysha sang along loudly as they danced in the back yard. Ginny watched from the porch, laughing at her cousin and her friend.
"C'mon, Ginny!" Alysha shouted, looking up, "It's fun!"
"Nuh-huh, no way. I'm staying right here," Ginny crossed her arms over her chest, and sat firmly in her seat.
Kailey and Alysha looked at each other. "Are you think what I'm thinking, Aly dearest?" asked Kailey. "I think I most definitely am, my good friend." Alysha replied. With that, the two of them ran up the stairs, each grabbed one of Ginny's arms, and before she knew what was happening, they had her off the porch and on the grass. She stood firmly rooted to the spot.
"I am NOT dancing," Ginny said stubbornly.
"Oh come ON, Gin," said Kailey. "Yeah," continued Alysha, "We promise you it's really fun. Just do what we do."
Alysha held her arms above her head and swung her her hips in time with the music. Then Kailey grabbed her and spun her around and did a dramatic dip. "Now you try," Alysha said, her head upside down. Kailey pulled her back up and they continued dancing.
Wanna get rowdy!
Gonna get a little unruly!
Get it fired up in a hurry!
Wanna get dirrty!
It's about time that I came to start the party!
Sweat drippin' over my body!
Dancin', getting' just a little naughty!
Wanna get dirrty!
It's about time for my arrival!
Before she knew it, Ginny found she was dancing too, swaying her hips lightly to the music. Alysha and Kailey had started up the tango again, but had stopped, and were now just dancing around, going with the music, laughing and still singing along loudly.
"GINNY!" they suddenly heard a voice yell happily come from the back door.
Ginny spun around. "HERMIONE!" she squealed loudly and ran to hug her friend.
Upon hearing Ginny squeal, Kailey and Alysha turned slightly to the side so they could see the door. In the doorway, they saw Ginny tightly hugging a girl, who they assumed was Hermione, and next to her, they saw a boy standing there. He was an average height, had messy black hair, bright green eyes, round glasses, and a lightning bolt scar on his forehead. 'So, that's Harry' thought Alysha. She stared. My GOD, he was good looking. He smiled at her. She thought she would melt right there on the spot, but instead she flushed a deep red, and looked down. 'Oh, great first impression, Aly.'
Kailey looked at her best friend. She was looking at the ground, her face was bright red, and she had a slight smile on her face. Kailey nudged her, "Hey, Aly, check out the hottie." Although, Kailey had a feeling that Alysha had already done so. Kailey laughed lightly. Alysha was always nervous around guys she thought were cute. Kailey had to admit, he was a cutie. But he just wasn't her type.
Ginny pulled back and turned to Harry to say hi, but saw he was very much distracted, smiling at Alysha. She also noticed his cheeks were a very light shade of pink. Ginny had to suppress a laugh when she saw her new friend. Oh, yes, Alysha definitely had it bad, and she hadn't even said hi to the guy yet. Ginny waved for Kailey and Alysha to come up the stairs. Kailey very nearly had to drag Alysha. Ginny giggled. She felt kind of bad for Alysha, she knew first hand what it was like to have a crush on the Boy Who Lived. Oh, she had out grown that crush of hers a while back, but she still remembered.
She turned to Harry, "Hi Harry, nice to see you."
Harry blinked and looked at Ginny, he grinned. "Hey, Gin, same to you."
Once Kailey and Alysha were up the stairs and on the porch, Ginny turned back to Hermione. "Hermone, this is Kailey, my cousin, and this is Alysha, her best friend. Guys, this is Hermione." Hermione smiled and held out her hand, and shook with Kailey, then Alysha, exchanging 'Nice to meet you's with the both of them. Ginny then pulled the two of them in front of Harry.
"Harry," Ginny said, "This is Kailey, and this is Alysha. Guys, meet Harry." Just like Hermione, Harry held out his hand, smiling, and shook Kailey's first, exchanging a polite 'Hello', then he turned to Alysha. He held out his hand.
"Hi, Alysha. Nice to meet you." He smiled.
Alysha grasped his hand and and felt a light tingle go up her arm. She smiled shyly, still blushing furiously, "Likewise." She replied. She let go reluctantly, and followed with Kailey as Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny all turned and walked into the house.
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Note: Yay! It's longer than my last chapter! Well, I hope you enjoyed. Remember, read and review!
Author's Note: Yay! The second chapter! Please review!
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Kailey fidgeted in her chair for what seemed like the billionth time. She just couldn't keep still. This was WAY too exciting. She missed her cousins very much, and couldn't wait to see them again. She needed to do something. But there isn't much you can do sitting in the window seat of an airplane. She expressed her restlessness with a frustrated grumble. She heard Alysha giggle beside her.
Kailey very nearly growled at Alysha. "This isn't exactly my definition of funny. I'm bored out of my mind. I can't wait 'till we get there."
"Aww, hunny, I feel your pain," Alysha teased, glancing at Kailey. Kailey swatted at her arm. "Now now, that's not very polite," Alysha looked at her watch. "We should be there in a another hour and a half."
Kailey sighed, then reached into her purse and pulled out a magazine and started to flip through it. Before she knew it, she felt the plane descending slowly back towards the ground. She let out a breath.
"Finally."
She heard Alysha giggle lightly beside her.
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Alysha looked over at Kailey with a smile on her face; her best friend was still grumbling, although this time it was about the length of time their luggage was taking to come down and around the conveyor belt.
Seeing her luggage, Alysha pulled it off the belt, and stood off to the side while Kailey looked for her own. As she waited, her mind wandered. She remembered the conversation she'd had with her parents when she's asked if she could go on this trip with Kailey. At first, they had been a bit (Alysha snorted, 'a bit' had to be the understatement of the century) reluctant to let her go, but after calling and speaking to Kailey's parents, they decided it would be a very unique and exciting experience, and had decided to let her. She would miss her parents terribly, but this had been one of her dreams for a long while, and she would finally get to see Hogwarts. She squealed, something she found herself doing a lot recently, but then blushed furiously when she saw everybody around her staring at her like she was crazy.
After Kailey had taken her bags off the conveyor belt, her and Alysha went through the doors to go and meet Kailey's aunt and cousins. Suddenly, Alysha felt butterflies flapping wildly in her stomach. She wondered why she felt so nervous. After all, at least one of them seemed like a nice enough person, if the letter Kailey's aunt had written was any valid judge of character.
She rounded the corner with Kailey, and nearly dropped her bags. Kailey had told her they'd be easy to spot, but Kailey had grossly understated. Not only were they easy to spot, her eyes were drawn instantly to the lot of them the moment she stepped around the corner. Their hair was the brightest natural red hair she had ever seen. She also vaguely noticed they were holding up a sign that said 'Kailey and Alysha'.
As Alysha and Kailey neared the group, Alysha lowered her head and blushed lightly. She liked meeting new people, but she was still generally a shy person around people she had never met before. Alysha saw the older woman in the group bustle forward and exclaim, "Kailey, dear! How wonderful to see you!" before enveloping her in a tight hug. Alysha heard a muffled reply from Kailey, "It's great to see you too, Auntie Molly!"
Molly slowly let go of Kailey and then walked over to Alysha, "And you must be Alysha, dear! It's simply fantastic to finally meet you!" and she reached forward and enveloped Alysha in a hug, much like she had done with Kailey. Alysha instantly liked her. If she couldn't have her own mother with her, then Mrs. Weasley would do just fine, she thought with a smile. "It's great to meet you too, Mrs. Weasley!"
Molly pulled back, "Please, dear, call me Auntie Molly!"
Alysha smiled.
Kailey grabbed Alysha's arm and pulled her forward, "Aly, this is Ginny. Ginny, this is Alysha, or Aly." Alysha stuck out her hand, and Ginny smiled warmly at her. Alysha returned the smile as the shook hands, "It's nice to meet you, Ginny." Kailey pulled her to the next two people. "Aly, these are Fred and George. Guys, this is Alysha." Alysha again stuck out her hand, and blushed as bright a red as Fred's hair when he lightly kissed the back of her hand, "It's wonderful-" He was cut off as George pushed him out of the way and grabbed Alysha's hand, and also pressed a kiss to the back of it before finishing for Fred, "- To meet you." He smiled widely. Alysha giggled.
"Shameless." Kailey muttered, shaking her head and pulling Alysha to the next person. Alysha looked at Kailey.
"You never told me your cousins were so charming. and cute!" she whispered with a smirk. Kailey rolled her eyes then introduced the two people standing before each other.
"Aly, this is Ron. Ron, this is Alysha." Alysha stuck out her hand, and smiled when Ron took it and grinned at her. "Hi, Ron. Nice to meet you." She said.
Molly then came towards Kailey and Alysha again, and informed them that they would see both Percy and Arthur later that evening. She also said that either Bill or Charlie might stop by sometime before they head off to Hogwarts, but it wasn't confirmed. They would be taking a portkey by way of transport (Arthur had got the Ministry for Magic to set one up), and it was waiting just out side.
Kailey, Alysha, Ginny, Ron, Fred, and George all followed Molly out the door. She pointed at an old newspaper lying on the ground. "This is it," she said, walking forward and picking it up.
Each of the teens reached out a hand to touch the paper.
"Umm. how is this supposed to work again?" Alysha asked nervously. Molly had explained that the portkey would transport them to just outside The Burrow, but the thought still somewhat unnerved Alysha. "Oh, great," she grumbled quietly, as she felt a slight tug somewhere behind her navel.
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Kailey stumbled forward slightly when her feet hit the ground. Alysha grabbed her arm slightly as she stumbled too, and pulled her friend down with her. Kailey let out a little shriek of surprise as she toppled forward onto Alysha. Kailey pushed herself back up and held out her hand to her best friend. Just then she saw that she was hunched over and her shoulders were shaking slightly.
"Aww, hun, are you okay?" Kailey asked softly, bending down. Alysha looked up; she was laughing.
"Kailey, hun, you should've heard yourself. 'EEK!' Not very lady-like of you, is it?" Alysha teased, grabbing Kailey's offered hand and pulling herself back up.
Kailey stuck out her tongue. "Oh shut up, Miss 'I-nearly-peed-myself- when-an-owl-hooted-at-me."
Alysha copied Kailey and stuck out her tongue.
Molly interrupted, "Girls, welcome to The Burrow!"
Kailey smiled widely, grabbed her bags and ran into the house. 'I'm finally here!' she thought excitedly.
~*~*~
They were in Ginny's room, unpacking. Once they had gotten into the house, Kailey and Alysha had been told that's where they'd be staying. Alysha couldn't be happier; Ginny was one of the sweetest girls she had ever met. Ginny sat on her bed, watching Alysha and Kailey.
Alysha was searching frantically through her bags. "Where IS it?!" she kept whispering furiously. She was throwing things out of her bag, and they were landing everywhere. One such thing landed on Kailey's head.
"Ow. pain," Kailey said, sitting down on her cot and looking at the thing that had hit her on the head. It was a large book. She looked at the front cover. It was entitled Hogwarts: A History. She looked up and saw Ginny shaking her head and giggling softly.
Alysha looked up from her raid on her luggage bag. "What?" she asked, also looking at Ginny. Then she saw the book lying on the ground "Aha! There it is," she said, picking up the book.
Ginny giggled again, "You and Hermione will get on quite well, I suspect."
Kailey and Alysha looked confused. "Who's Hermione?" they asked in unison.
"Mum hasn't told you?" Ginny asked. Kailey and Alysha shook their heads. Ginny continued, "She's one of Ron's best friends. She's also a good friend of mine. Her and Ron's other best friend, Harry, will be coming to stay within the next week. Hermione will be staying with us, in this room, and Harry will be staying in Ron's room."
Kailey and Alysha both nodded. "Okay," they said, smiling, "The more the merrier."
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Kailey and Alysha settled into a routine at The Burrow quickly. It wasn't hard with Molly always fussing over them as if they were her own. Alysha quickly became friends with Ron, and even closer friends with Ginny, seeing as they were staying in the same room. The twins continued to flirt shamelessly with her, although it was more of a joke now than anything else. It wasn't difficult at all for Kailey, of course, because these people were her family. Nobody saw much of Percy, he was working so often at the Ministry now; neither Kailey nor Alysha cared much, they found him awfully prissy. They only saw Arthur in the evenings. Bill and Charlie had decided they would drop by just before everybody left for Hogwarts, to come see Kailey and say hi. Before they knew it, a week had passed, and it was the morning of the day Harry and Hermione would be arriving.
Heading upstairs, after having brakfast, Kailey and Alysha went into Ginny's room to get changed out of their pajamas and have a shower. After doing so, Alysha slipped her watch over her hand and onto her wrist as Kailey pulled her hair up in a loose bun, with wispy pieces of hair falling out and framing her face. There wasn't much Alysha could do with her hair, as it was too short, so she just left it. Kailey then grabbed her CDs and the two of them ran down the stairs to meet Ginny on the back porch. Earlier in the week, Ginny had figured out a spell that would allow them to play CDs without a boom box, so they could listen to their music; they had been told not to bring any electronics, because they would short circuit in Hogwarts because of all the magic in the air. Kailey pulled out her favourite CD, a mixed one, and opened the case, lying it on the table. Ginny pulled out her wand, so that her mom couldn't see - she wasn't supposed to be doing magic outside of Hogwarts - and muttered the incantation. Soon, the song 'My Direction' started playing.
Kailey, Alysha, and Ginny were all sitting at the table. Alysha was flipping through a magazine she had seen lying around, called Witch Weekly, and bobbing her head to the music, lightly singing along.
"Perfection is my direction, even if that's all I had. It's not like I need no correction, I just know that life's not so bad."
She glanced up from her reading and looked at Kailey and Ginny, painting their nails. They were also bobbing they're heads along to the music, Ginny silently mouthing the words. She hadn't even heard of any of the bands or singers that Kailey and Alysha liked to listen to until this week, but they listened to their CDs so often, Ginny already knew the words to almost every song. Just then, the song ended, and another song started. Alysha smirked at Kailey, who looked up and smirked back. Alysha wasn't usually one for this kind of music, but she found this particular song very fun to dance to, and she thought the artist had an amazing voice. Kailey and Alysha stood up and started singing at the same time.
"If you ain't Dirrty, you ain't here to PARTEY!" they shouted the last part and jumped down off the porch onto the ground. Then the song really started.
Ooh, I'm overdue,
Gimme some room,
I'm comin' through.
Paid my dues,
In the mood,
Me and my girls come to shake the room.
Kailey and Alysha sang along loudly as they danced in the back yard. Ginny watched from the porch, laughing at her cousin and her friend.
"C'mon, Ginny!" Alysha shouted, looking up, "It's fun!"
"Nuh-huh, no way. I'm staying right here," Ginny crossed her arms over her chest, and sat firmly in her seat.
Kailey and Alysha looked at each other. "Are you think what I'm thinking, Aly dearest?" asked Kailey. "I think I most definitely am, my good friend." Alysha replied. With that, the two of them ran up the stairs, each grabbed one of Ginny's arms, and before she knew what was happening, they had her off the porch and on the grass. She stood firmly rooted to the spot.
"I am NOT dancing," Ginny said stubbornly.
"Oh come ON, Gin," said Kailey. "Yeah," continued Alysha, "We promise you it's really fun. Just do what we do."
Alysha held her arms above her head and swung her her hips in time with the music. Then Kailey grabbed her and spun her around and did a dramatic dip. "Now you try," Alysha said, her head upside down. Kailey pulled her back up and they continued dancing.
Wanna get rowdy!
Gonna get a little unruly!
Get it fired up in a hurry!
Wanna get dirrty!
It's about time that I came to start the party!
Sweat drippin' over my body!
Dancin', getting' just a little naughty!
Wanna get dirrty!
It's about time for my arrival!
Before she knew it, Ginny found she was dancing too, swaying her hips lightly to the music. Alysha and Kailey had started up the tango again, but had stopped, and were now just dancing around, going with the music, laughing and still singing along loudly.
"GINNY!" they suddenly heard a voice yell happily come from the back door.
Ginny spun around. "HERMIONE!" she squealed loudly and ran to hug her friend.
Upon hearing Ginny squeal, Kailey and Alysha turned slightly to the side so they could see the door. In the doorway, they saw Ginny tightly hugging a girl, who they assumed was Hermione, and next to her, they saw a boy standing there. He was an average height, had messy black hair, bright green eyes, round glasses, and a lightning bolt scar on his forehead. 'So, that's Harry' thought Alysha. She stared. My GOD, he was good looking. He smiled at her. She thought she would melt right there on the spot, but instead she flushed a deep red, and looked down. 'Oh, great first impression, Aly.'
Kailey looked at her best friend. She was looking at the ground, her face was bright red, and she had a slight smile on her face. Kailey nudged her, "Hey, Aly, check out the hottie." Although, Kailey had a feeling that Alysha had already done so. Kailey laughed lightly. Alysha was always nervous around guys she thought were cute. Kailey had to admit, he was a cutie. But he just wasn't her type.
Ginny pulled back and turned to Harry to say hi, but saw he was very much distracted, smiling at Alysha. She also noticed his cheeks were a very light shade of pink. Ginny had to suppress a laugh when she saw her new friend. Oh, yes, Alysha definitely had it bad, and she hadn't even said hi to the guy yet. Ginny waved for Kailey and Alysha to come up the stairs. Kailey very nearly had to drag Alysha. Ginny giggled. She felt kind of bad for Alysha, she knew first hand what it was like to have a crush on the Boy Who Lived. Oh, she had out grown that crush of hers a while back, but she still remembered.
She turned to Harry, "Hi Harry, nice to see you."
Harry blinked and looked at Ginny, he grinned. "Hey, Gin, same to you."
Once Kailey and Alysha were up the stairs and on the porch, Ginny turned back to Hermione. "Hermone, this is Kailey, my cousin, and this is Alysha, her best friend. Guys, this is Hermione." Hermione smiled and held out her hand, and shook with Kailey, then Alysha, exchanging 'Nice to meet you's with the both of them. Ginny then pulled the two of them in front of Harry.
"Harry," Ginny said, "This is Kailey, and this is Alysha. Guys, meet Harry." Just like Hermione, Harry held out his hand, smiling, and shook Kailey's first, exchanging a polite 'Hello', then he turned to Alysha. He held out his hand.
"Hi, Alysha. Nice to meet you." He smiled.
Alysha grasped his hand and and felt a light tingle go up her arm. She smiled shyly, still blushing furiously, "Likewise." She replied. She let go reluctantly, and followed with Kailey as Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny all turned and walked into the house.
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Note: Yay! It's longer than my last chapter! Well, I hope you enjoyed. Remember, read and review!