Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the other characters
mentioned in this story, except for Kailey and Alysha.
Author's Note: Here's chapter 6. Since I've started school again, the chapters will come less often. But, I'll try and write as much as possible. Thanks to Karly1, Harry Potter, Niana, and Krono Graff for the great reviews! I promise I'll write as fast as I can!
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Hermione opened her eyes slowly, but quickly shut them again due to the bright morning sun. She squinted her eyes and looked around at her surroundings. Something felt different. She felt safe and warm, and kinda tingly. Just then she caught sight of an arm. An arm that wasn't one of hers. A very masculine arm. She shifted her body around and came face to face with a grinning Ron.
"Morning, 'Mione," he said softly.
Hermione smiled, her cheeks turning a light shade of pink. "Morning."
"Sleep well?"
"Yes, actually. And you?"
Ron's grin broadened. "Never slept better."
Hermione leaned forward and brushed her lips against Ron's, before swinging her feet off the bed and standing up. She yawned and stretched her arms above her head. Ron sat up, swinging his legs over the edge of the bed, and watched her.
Hermione started towards the door. "I'm just going to go brush my teeth."
Ron watched, smirking, as Hermione reached forwards, grabbing the doorknob and turning it. She pulled. The door wouldn't budge. She heard Ron laughing behind her, and remembered why the door seemed stuck. She frowned, stalking back over to her bed, and sitting down.
"I swear, I'll KILL those three."
Ron laughed. "Now, now, Hermione. You can't just go around killing people. Where would we put the bodies?"
Hermione grumbled irritably in response. Her low grumble quickly turned into a high-pitched squeal, though, when Ron pulled her into his lap, holding his hands on her hips.
"Ronald Weasley! What do you think y-"
Ron cut her off by covering her mouth with his.
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"So, do you think we should let them out yet?" Kailey asked, smirking and scooping the last of her porridge out of her bowl. She looked at Ginny and Alysha.
Ginny snickered. "I reckon we can leave them in there a bit longer."
"Eh, works for me. So, whatcha guys wanna do?"
~*~*~
Hermione pulled back from Ron, trying to catch her breath. When he tried to pull her back, Hermione wagged her index finger at him, smirking. "Now, Ron. We can't just spend the whole day snogging."
Ron pouted. "Yes, we could." He leaned forward, and lightly nipped her ear lobe, before trailing soft kisses down her neck and along her collar bone.
Hermione sighed blissfully, but then her senses caught up with her, and she gently pushed Ron back. "What if they suddenly decide to open the door, and catch us?" Hermione blushed. That was definitely NOT a situation she wanted to be caught in.
"I'll take the risk," Ron whispered in her ear, and once again kissed her neck softly. Hermione shivered, and wriggled slightly in his lap, accidentally grinding her hips against his. Ron groaned. Hermione smirked at the effect of her movement, and she purposely ground her hips against his once again. When Hermione heard Ron groan a second time, she laughed. Then, before she knew what was happening, Ron had her on her back on the bed, with his body over hers, supporting himself with his arms. He leaned down, pressing his lips against hers while her arms wound their way around his neck. Together they rolled off the bed, and Ron landed with a painful sounding thud on the floor, Hermione coming down on top of him. They didn't even notice. Another thing they didn't notice was the click of the door as it opened. They noticed when a voice came from the doorway, though.
"Oh, ewwww! Like I said, I would rather never have to see my brothers doing anything of the naughty! I mean, c'mon. Get a room!"
As Kailey and Alysha snickered at Ginny's comment, Hermione and Ron jumped apart, Hermione's cheeks flushing as bright a red as the tips of Ron's ears.
Fred and George's laughs came from behind Kailey, Alysha, and Ginny.
"Tsk tsk, ickle Ronnykins. Snogging on the bedroom floor. What would mummy dearest say?"
"Oh, bugger off!"
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Over the next few days, Ron and Hermione acted oddly civil and polite to one another, pretending as though nothing had happened. Or so everyone thought. Eventually, though, every person at the Burrow had found them hiding in a closet at least once, snogging like there was no tomorrow. For Molly, it was more than a few times, which was quite embarrassing for the two teens. The first three times Molly had found them, she had gotten angry and yelled, but after that, whenever she went to get something from one of the closets, she usually expected to see them there. When her expectations were met, she usually sighed, gave Ron and Hermione a very bored look, and shut the door again, telling them to hurry up.
"Those two," she would say tiredly, but if one looked, you could see a slight smile on her face.
It was on a day like that when the letters from Hogwarts arrived, bringing the lists of the new books that the students would need.
Ginny walked into the kitchen. "Mum, where're Ron and Hermione? The Hogwarts letters have just arrived."
"They'll be out in a minute."
Ginny rolled her eyes. Her mother must have caught her brother and friend in the closet again. She dropped both Hermione and Ron's letters on the table. "Well, I'll just leave these on the table, then. I'm going outside."
With that, the youngest Weasley turned and walked out of the kitchen, to the back door. She saw Kailey and Alysha lying beside each other on the back lawn, laughing, with Harry sitting beside them, grinning. She ran over to meet them.
"Hey, Gin!" Alysha said happily. "What's up?"
Ginny smiled, handing an envelope to Harry. "Hogwarts letters!" She turned to the two girls, her smile widening, "Which means we get to go to Diagon Alley."
"Really?" Alysha said excitedly, her eyes lighting up, as she sat up. "I can't wait!"
Kailey sat up along with her best friend and draped an arm over her shoulder. "You're so adorable when you're excited! You're like a little kid let loose in a candy store. Only, you don't look so much like a little girl anymore."
Alysha made a face. "I would hope so, it would suck to be fifteen and look eight."
Kailey, Ginny and Harry laughed at Alysha. Her expression was that of a young child faced with the prospect of broccoli.
"Hun, you're still fourteen."
Alysha scowled at her best friend. "Well, announce it to the world, why don't you."
Just then a loud scream came from inside the house. Harry, Ginny, Kailey and Alysha all jumped up quickly, ran into the house, and through to the kitchen. Harry got in first.
"What happened?" he asked worriedly.
Hermione turned around. She had a huge smile on her face. "I'm a prefect!"
The three girls standing behind Harry all squealed, and rushed forward, wrapping their arms around their friend. Ginny had told Kailey and Alysha about prefects not that long ago, although Alysha already had a general idea of what they were from Hogwarts: A History.
"I KNEW you'd get it!" Ginny said happily, as she, Alysha, and Kailey pulled away from the grinning Hermione.
Harry walked forward, smiling. He gave Hermione a short hug. "Good job!"
Ron came rushing around the corner into the room. "Is everything alright?"
Hermione looked over at Ron. "I'm a prefect!" she said excitedly.
Ron grinned, walked forward, and wrapped his arms around Hermione's waist, lifting her up into a tight hug. "That's my girl!"
A blush crept slowly up Hermione's cheeks. "I'm your girl?"
The tips of Ron's ears turned pink. "Well, yeah. I mean, that is, if you want."
Hermione's smile widened. "I want," she said quietly. She leaned forward and gave Ron a light kiss.
"Awww, how sweet. I think I may puke."
Kailey turned and glared harshly at her cousin standing in the doorway with his brother. "Oh, shut the hell up, Fred. They're cute."
Hermione and Ron hadn't heard Fred's comment though. They were just too interested in each other to notice that the room was still full of people.
Kailey turned back to her cousin and friend. "Well, the upside is they've stopped snogging in closets, pretending they weren't actually 'together'. The downside is, just, eww. What are they doing, trying to see who can eat the other person's face the fastest?" She turned away. "I think I'll just be going now."
"Yeah," Alysha added, taking Fred and George - who were making all sorts of kiss-y noises - by the arms and pulling them along with her. "I think we'll come along."
And with that Alysha, Harry and Ginny followed Kailey out of the kitchen.
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"Is everyone ready?" Mrs. Weasley called from the front room.
Alysha came running in excitedly, Kailey on her heels. "Yep!" they answered in unison. A few moments later Ginny, Hermione, Ron, and Harry appeared in the doorway. Fred and George had decided not to go. Apparently they had more important 'stuff' to do. Molly had been suspicious, but had let it go, and told them she would get their books for them.
"We'll be taking a portkey, like we did from the airport, to the Leaky Cauldron. That's where the entrance to Diagon Alley is." Molly explained to Alysha and Kailey. She led everyone out the front door, and they walked down the lane towards the main road. "It's just over there," Molly continued, pointing at an old newspaper that looked very much like the one they had taken to the Burrow from the airport.
Everyone reached out and touched a hand to the dirty newspaper. They waited a few moments, and then each member of their group felt a familiar little tug somewhere behind their navels as they spun off.
~*~*~
The group walked out of the back door of the Leaky Cauldron, following Hagrid. When Harry had first introduced Alysha and Kailey to the half- giant, just minutes ago, they had been a bit nervous, to say the least. They had never seen anyone so large in their life. But after only a few seconds, they were chatting happily away with him, as if they had known each other for years. They thought he was a sweetie; especially that adorable accent of his.
Using his umbrella, Hagrid tapped the bricks on the wall out in the back yard of the wizard's bar in the specific order, and the two best friends watched in awe as the bricks magically pushed to the sides, forming an archway in the brick wall. Their mouths still hanging open, Kailey and Alysha stepped through the arch and into Diagon Alley, with their arms linked though one another's. The girls' mouths slowly morphed into wide grins as they let out excited squeals.
Ginny walked up beside Kailey. "So where do you guys want to go first?"
"Ooh! The Quidditch shop!" Kailey exclaimed. Alysha nodded frantically in agreement. Over their time at the Burrow, they had been told a lot about the wizarding sport, and they found it quite interesting; more so than any muggle sport. It was also way more exciting to watch.
Harry looked over at Alysha and Kailey, smiling. "We could come with you," he said happily, gesturing to Ron and himself. "We wanted to look at the new equipment, anyway."
Hermione rolled her eyes. "I'm going to go to Flourish and Blotts with Mrs. Weasley. Could we meet at the Ice Cream shop when you guys are done? Then we can just walk and show you two," she looked at Alysha and Kailey, "around."
"And then you kids can come and meet me back here in two hours." Mrs. Weasley added. "That will be at around three O'clock."
Everybody said goodbye to Hermione and Molly, and they headed off down the road, towards the Quidditch shop.
As they neared the store, Alysha and Kailey looked eagerly around at all the shops. This was way cool. Everyone here was wearing wizarding robes, save them selves. They had never been in an entirely wizarding area, with no Muggles; and it was suprising how different the atmosphere was. All the stores were filled with magical items. All sorts of books and school supplies, it was breathtaking.
"Here we are," Ron said as he, Harry, Ginny, Kailey and Alysha entered the shop. The last two of their group looked around excitedly, immediately going to check out the brooms.
"I wish we could have our own brooms," Kailey said quietly, running her index finger along the length of the shining handle of a Firebolt. Alysha nodded in agreement. The two girls had found, despite the fact that they couldn't do magic, they were both able to ride brooms. Although neither of them were all that great, they both still found it exciting. The thought hadn't even crossed their minds that it was somewhat suspicious that they could fly; they just assumed it was because of the little amount of wizard's blood they had in them. The thought had crossed Molly's and Arthur's minds, though; but they never mentioned it, and it was soon forgotten.
After spending a while in the shop, Kailey and Alysha decided they were going to go see if they could catch Hermione and Molly while they were still at Flourish and Blotts, leaving Harry, Ron and Ginny to continue looking happily around the store.
Alysha stepped outside, Kailey following behind her though the door, smiling widely.
"So, do you happen to remember which way we're supposed to go?" Kailey asked, looking around at her surroundings.
Alysha glanced up and down the street. "I think Gin said it was this way," she answered, pointing to their left.
Kailey's eyes followed Alysha's hand pointing up the street, still with a huge smile on her face, and her breath caught in her throat.
"Okay, let's go then," Alysha said happily, as she started walking towards Flourish and Blotts. She had taken a few steps before she noticed her best friend behind her wasn't following. She turned and faced the girl behind her. She was just staring straight ahead. "Kailey? Earth to Kails?" Alysha asked, walking back to her friend. The red-haired girl continued to stare ahead, though, and it was then Alysha noticed that she was also blushing.
Alysha turned her head to look in the same direction as Kailey. She grinned. So THAT was why her best friend wasn't paying attention.
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Kailey vaguely noticed that Alysha was asking her something, but she couldn't be bothered with such petty things right now. Not when there were much more interesting things to be done. Like stare at the hottie just up the street, who was looking right back at her. He was smiling in an almost sinister kind of way, and god, it was sexy. HE was sexy. Kailey was afraid her legs might give out on her.
The guy, whoever he was, started walking down the street towards Kailey, who was still finding it difficult to breathe. She felt her cheeks grow even warmer. Ohgodohgodohgod. The boy came to a stop in front of her.
"Hello," he said. Oh god, even his voice was sexy! Kailey wondered why she hadn't yet fainted; she was pretty sure she had altogether stopped breathing. Then she felt something poke her side. She looked over at a grinning Alysha, who poked her again, and mouthed, "Say hi, you moron!" Kailey shook her head slightly and looked back to the person in front of her, extending her right hand.
"Hi," she said, her blush deepening still. "My name is Kailey Barber."
The boy took her hand in his, and lifted it to his lips, pressing a light kiss to her knuckles. Kailey gasped lightly, and Alysha's grin slowly turned into a smirk. Not many people could make her best friend speechless; Kailey was the type who liked to talk. A lot. It wasn't a bad thing, it was just how she was. Then the boy stood up, still holding Kailey's hand, and smiling, he replied.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Kailey. My name is Draco Malfoy."
"You know," Alysha commented (Kailey was still silent and blushing), "that name rings a bell. Do you have any relat-"
But she was cut off.
"Malfoy! What the bloody hell do you think you're doing? Get your sodding hands away from my cousin!"
Oh, thought Alysha. That's why it sounded familiar.
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Note: Not as long as last chap, but almost! If you like it, remember to leave a review. Thanks!
Author's Note: Here's chapter 6. Since I've started school again, the chapters will come less often. But, I'll try and write as much as possible. Thanks to Karly1, Harry Potter, Niana, and Krono Graff for the great reviews! I promise I'll write as fast as I can!
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Hermione opened her eyes slowly, but quickly shut them again due to the bright morning sun. She squinted her eyes and looked around at her surroundings. Something felt different. She felt safe and warm, and kinda tingly. Just then she caught sight of an arm. An arm that wasn't one of hers. A very masculine arm. She shifted her body around and came face to face with a grinning Ron.
"Morning, 'Mione," he said softly.
Hermione smiled, her cheeks turning a light shade of pink. "Morning."
"Sleep well?"
"Yes, actually. And you?"
Ron's grin broadened. "Never slept better."
Hermione leaned forward and brushed her lips against Ron's, before swinging her feet off the bed and standing up. She yawned and stretched her arms above her head. Ron sat up, swinging his legs over the edge of the bed, and watched her.
Hermione started towards the door. "I'm just going to go brush my teeth."
Ron watched, smirking, as Hermione reached forwards, grabbing the doorknob and turning it. She pulled. The door wouldn't budge. She heard Ron laughing behind her, and remembered why the door seemed stuck. She frowned, stalking back over to her bed, and sitting down.
"I swear, I'll KILL those three."
Ron laughed. "Now, now, Hermione. You can't just go around killing people. Where would we put the bodies?"
Hermione grumbled irritably in response. Her low grumble quickly turned into a high-pitched squeal, though, when Ron pulled her into his lap, holding his hands on her hips.
"Ronald Weasley! What do you think y-"
Ron cut her off by covering her mouth with his.
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"So, do you think we should let them out yet?" Kailey asked, smirking and scooping the last of her porridge out of her bowl. She looked at Ginny and Alysha.
Ginny snickered. "I reckon we can leave them in there a bit longer."
"Eh, works for me. So, whatcha guys wanna do?"
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Hermione pulled back from Ron, trying to catch her breath. When he tried to pull her back, Hermione wagged her index finger at him, smirking. "Now, Ron. We can't just spend the whole day snogging."
Ron pouted. "Yes, we could." He leaned forward, and lightly nipped her ear lobe, before trailing soft kisses down her neck and along her collar bone.
Hermione sighed blissfully, but then her senses caught up with her, and she gently pushed Ron back. "What if they suddenly decide to open the door, and catch us?" Hermione blushed. That was definitely NOT a situation she wanted to be caught in.
"I'll take the risk," Ron whispered in her ear, and once again kissed her neck softly. Hermione shivered, and wriggled slightly in his lap, accidentally grinding her hips against his. Ron groaned. Hermione smirked at the effect of her movement, and she purposely ground her hips against his once again. When Hermione heard Ron groan a second time, she laughed. Then, before she knew what was happening, Ron had her on her back on the bed, with his body over hers, supporting himself with his arms. He leaned down, pressing his lips against hers while her arms wound their way around his neck. Together they rolled off the bed, and Ron landed with a painful sounding thud on the floor, Hermione coming down on top of him. They didn't even notice. Another thing they didn't notice was the click of the door as it opened. They noticed when a voice came from the doorway, though.
"Oh, ewwww! Like I said, I would rather never have to see my brothers doing anything of the naughty! I mean, c'mon. Get a room!"
As Kailey and Alysha snickered at Ginny's comment, Hermione and Ron jumped apart, Hermione's cheeks flushing as bright a red as the tips of Ron's ears.
Fred and George's laughs came from behind Kailey, Alysha, and Ginny.
"Tsk tsk, ickle Ronnykins. Snogging on the bedroom floor. What would mummy dearest say?"
"Oh, bugger off!"
~*~*~
Over the next few days, Ron and Hermione acted oddly civil and polite to one another, pretending as though nothing had happened. Or so everyone thought. Eventually, though, every person at the Burrow had found them hiding in a closet at least once, snogging like there was no tomorrow. For Molly, it was more than a few times, which was quite embarrassing for the two teens. The first three times Molly had found them, she had gotten angry and yelled, but after that, whenever she went to get something from one of the closets, she usually expected to see them there. When her expectations were met, she usually sighed, gave Ron and Hermione a very bored look, and shut the door again, telling them to hurry up.
"Those two," she would say tiredly, but if one looked, you could see a slight smile on her face.
It was on a day like that when the letters from Hogwarts arrived, bringing the lists of the new books that the students would need.
Ginny walked into the kitchen. "Mum, where're Ron and Hermione? The Hogwarts letters have just arrived."
"They'll be out in a minute."
Ginny rolled her eyes. Her mother must have caught her brother and friend in the closet again. She dropped both Hermione and Ron's letters on the table. "Well, I'll just leave these on the table, then. I'm going outside."
With that, the youngest Weasley turned and walked out of the kitchen, to the back door. She saw Kailey and Alysha lying beside each other on the back lawn, laughing, with Harry sitting beside them, grinning. She ran over to meet them.
"Hey, Gin!" Alysha said happily. "What's up?"
Ginny smiled, handing an envelope to Harry. "Hogwarts letters!" She turned to the two girls, her smile widening, "Which means we get to go to Diagon Alley."
"Really?" Alysha said excitedly, her eyes lighting up, as she sat up. "I can't wait!"
Kailey sat up along with her best friend and draped an arm over her shoulder. "You're so adorable when you're excited! You're like a little kid let loose in a candy store. Only, you don't look so much like a little girl anymore."
Alysha made a face. "I would hope so, it would suck to be fifteen and look eight."
Kailey, Ginny and Harry laughed at Alysha. Her expression was that of a young child faced with the prospect of broccoli.
"Hun, you're still fourteen."
Alysha scowled at her best friend. "Well, announce it to the world, why don't you."
Just then a loud scream came from inside the house. Harry, Ginny, Kailey and Alysha all jumped up quickly, ran into the house, and through to the kitchen. Harry got in first.
"What happened?" he asked worriedly.
Hermione turned around. She had a huge smile on her face. "I'm a prefect!"
The three girls standing behind Harry all squealed, and rushed forward, wrapping their arms around their friend. Ginny had told Kailey and Alysha about prefects not that long ago, although Alysha already had a general idea of what they were from Hogwarts: A History.
"I KNEW you'd get it!" Ginny said happily, as she, Alysha, and Kailey pulled away from the grinning Hermione.
Harry walked forward, smiling. He gave Hermione a short hug. "Good job!"
Ron came rushing around the corner into the room. "Is everything alright?"
Hermione looked over at Ron. "I'm a prefect!" she said excitedly.
Ron grinned, walked forward, and wrapped his arms around Hermione's waist, lifting her up into a tight hug. "That's my girl!"
A blush crept slowly up Hermione's cheeks. "I'm your girl?"
The tips of Ron's ears turned pink. "Well, yeah. I mean, that is, if you want."
Hermione's smile widened. "I want," she said quietly. She leaned forward and gave Ron a light kiss.
"Awww, how sweet. I think I may puke."
Kailey turned and glared harshly at her cousin standing in the doorway with his brother. "Oh, shut the hell up, Fred. They're cute."
Hermione and Ron hadn't heard Fred's comment though. They were just too interested in each other to notice that the room was still full of people.
Kailey turned back to her cousin and friend. "Well, the upside is they've stopped snogging in closets, pretending they weren't actually 'together'. The downside is, just, eww. What are they doing, trying to see who can eat the other person's face the fastest?" She turned away. "I think I'll just be going now."
"Yeah," Alysha added, taking Fred and George - who were making all sorts of kiss-y noises - by the arms and pulling them along with her. "I think we'll come along."
And with that Alysha, Harry and Ginny followed Kailey out of the kitchen.
~*~*~
"Is everyone ready?" Mrs. Weasley called from the front room.
Alysha came running in excitedly, Kailey on her heels. "Yep!" they answered in unison. A few moments later Ginny, Hermione, Ron, and Harry appeared in the doorway. Fred and George had decided not to go. Apparently they had more important 'stuff' to do. Molly had been suspicious, but had let it go, and told them she would get their books for them.
"We'll be taking a portkey, like we did from the airport, to the Leaky Cauldron. That's where the entrance to Diagon Alley is." Molly explained to Alysha and Kailey. She led everyone out the front door, and they walked down the lane towards the main road. "It's just over there," Molly continued, pointing at an old newspaper that looked very much like the one they had taken to the Burrow from the airport.
Everyone reached out and touched a hand to the dirty newspaper. They waited a few moments, and then each member of their group felt a familiar little tug somewhere behind their navels as they spun off.
~*~*~
The group walked out of the back door of the Leaky Cauldron, following Hagrid. When Harry had first introduced Alysha and Kailey to the half- giant, just minutes ago, they had been a bit nervous, to say the least. They had never seen anyone so large in their life. But after only a few seconds, they were chatting happily away with him, as if they had known each other for years. They thought he was a sweetie; especially that adorable accent of his.
Using his umbrella, Hagrid tapped the bricks on the wall out in the back yard of the wizard's bar in the specific order, and the two best friends watched in awe as the bricks magically pushed to the sides, forming an archway in the brick wall. Their mouths still hanging open, Kailey and Alysha stepped through the arch and into Diagon Alley, with their arms linked though one another's. The girls' mouths slowly morphed into wide grins as they let out excited squeals.
Ginny walked up beside Kailey. "So where do you guys want to go first?"
"Ooh! The Quidditch shop!" Kailey exclaimed. Alysha nodded frantically in agreement. Over their time at the Burrow, they had been told a lot about the wizarding sport, and they found it quite interesting; more so than any muggle sport. It was also way more exciting to watch.
Harry looked over at Alysha and Kailey, smiling. "We could come with you," he said happily, gesturing to Ron and himself. "We wanted to look at the new equipment, anyway."
Hermione rolled her eyes. "I'm going to go to Flourish and Blotts with Mrs. Weasley. Could we meet at the Ice Cream shop when you guys are done? Then we can just walk and show you two," she looked at Alysha and Kailey, "around."
"And then you kids can come and meet me back here in two hours." Mrs. Weasley added. "That will be at around three O'clock."
Everybody said goodbye to Hermione and Molly, and they headed off down the road, towards the Quidditch shop.
As they neared the store, Alysha and Kailey looked eagerly around at all the shops. This was way cool. Everyone here was wearing wizarding robes, save them selves. They had never been in an entirely wizarding area, with no Muggles; and it was suprising how different the atmosphere was. All the stores were filled with magical items. All sorts of books and school supplies, it was breathtaking.
"Here we are," Ron said as he, Harry, Ginny, Kailey and Alysha entered the shop. The last two of their group looked around excitedly, immediately going to check out the brooms.
"I wish we could have our own brooms," Kailey said quietly, running her index finger along the length of the shining handle of a Firebolt. Alysha nodded in agreement. The two girls had found, despite the fact that they couldn't do magic, they were both able to ride brooms. Although neither of them were all that great, they both still found it exciting. The thought hadn't even crossed their minds that it was somewhat suspicious that they could fly; they just assumed it was because of the little amount of wizard's blood they had in them. The thought had crossed Molly's and Arthur's minds, though; but they never mentioned it, and it was soon forgotten.
After spending a while in the shop, Kailey and Alysha decided they were going to go see if they could catch Hermione and Molly while they were still at Flourish and Blotts, leaving Harry, Ron and Ginny to continue looking happily around the store.
Alysha stepped outside, Kailey following behind her though the door, smiling widely.
"So, do you happen to remember which way we're supposed to go?" Kailey asked, looking around at her surroundings.
Alysha glanced up and down the street. "I think Gin said it was this way," she answered, pointing to their left.
Kailey's eyes followed Alysha's hand pointing up the street, still with a huge smile on her face, and her breath caught in her throat.
"Okay, let's go then," Alysha said happily, as she started walking towards Flourish and Blotts. She had taken a few steps before she noticed her best friend behind her wasn't following. She turned and faced the girl behind her. She was just staring straight ahead. "Kailey? Earth to Kails?" Alysha asked, walking back to her friend. The red-haired girl continued to stare ahead, though, and it was then Alysha noticed that she was also blushing.
Alysha turned her head to look in the same direction as Kailey. She grinned. So THAT was why her best friend wasn't paying attention.
~*~*~
Kailey vaguely noticed that Alysha was asking her something, but she couldn't be bothered with such petty things right now. Not when there were much more interesting things to be done. Like stare at the hottie just up the street, who was looking right back at her. He was smiling in an almost sinister kind of way, and god, it was sexy. HE was sexy. Kailey was afraid her legs might give out on her.
The guy, whoever he was, started walking down the street towards Kailey, who was still finding it difficult to breathe. She felt her cheeks grow even warmer. Ohgodohgodohgod. The boy came to a stop in front of her.
"Hello," he said. Oh god, even his voice was sexy! Kailey wondered why she hadn't yet fainted; she was pretty sure she had altogether stopped breathing. Then she felt something poke her side. She looked over at a grinning Alysha, who poked her again, and mouthed, "Say hi, you moron!" Kailey shook her head slightly and looked back to the person in front of her, extending her right hand.
"Hi," she said, her blush deepening still. "My name is Kailey Barber."
The boy took her hand in his, and lifted it to his lips, pressing a light kiss to her knuckles. Kailey gasped lightly, and Alysha's grin slowly turned into a smirk. Not many people could make her best friend speechless; Kailey was the type who liked to talk. A lot. It wasn't a bad thing, it was just how she was. Then the boy stood up, still holding Kailey's hand, and smiling, he replied.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Kailey. My name is Draco Malfoy."
"You know," Alysha commented (Kailey was still silent and blushing), "that name rings a bell. Do you have any relat-"
But she was cut off.
"Malfoy! What the bloody hell do you think you're doing? Get your sodding hands away from my cousin!"
Oh, thought Alysha. That's why it sounded familiar.
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Note: Not as long as last chap, but almost! If you like it, remember to leave a review. Thanks!