Part Two:
Back to Hogwarts


Harry ran down the stairs.

" SIRIUS!!!!" he yelled.

" WWWHHHHAAAAT?!" Sirius said, mocking him, but smiling.

" I have something for you." said Harry. Today was fathers day, so Harry was giving him his gift.

" You didn't have to-" started Sirius.

" Yes I did. Now open it." said Harry. Sirius took the long package from him, and began to rip the paper. His eyes lit up when he saw what it was. Harry thought he looked like a five year old on Christmas day.

" Wow!! Thanks Harry! Where did you get this?" said Sirius, still staring at the broom.

" At the collectables shop." said Harry. He followed Sirius into the study, where he stood the box on top of a small table.

" Perfect." said Sirius.

" Aren't you going to open it?" asked Harry.

" No! I wouldn't dream of opening it! This is a very rare collecters item. You don't open things like this up." said Sirius.

" Oh. Duh!" said Harry. ' I need to start using my brain.' he thought. After Sirius thanked him a few more times, Harry went to Alex's house.

" Hey Reese!" he said as he walked in.

" Hey! Alex is upstairs." said Reese, as he walked back to some other guys that were sitting in the living room watching a football game. Harry walked upstairs, and knocked on Alex's door.

" Come in!"

Harry walked in, and was surprised to see Hermione there.

" Hey!" he said.

" Hi! I invited Hermione over for a little while." said Alex. She had decided not to say anything about the girl on the corner, though she did tell Hermione about it. Alex knew that Harry was going to think that other girls were pretty, just like she was going to think other boys were cute. She thought it would be best not to mention it.

" Yeah, now that there's a girl in our little group I have somewhere to go." said Hermione.

" Aw, I'm sure Ron wouldn't have minded if you wanted to come over." said Harry.

" Oooooooh!" said Alex, winking at Hermione.

" Shut-up!" said Haermione, hitting Alex with a pillow.

" Hey! Cut it out!" said Alex. She grabbed a pillow and started hitting Hermione with it. Soon Harry was in on it too, but was soon out-numbered. Alex jumped on his back while Hermione yanked the pillow out of his hands. Harry stood up straight with Alex on his back.

" Well I guess I'm just going to have to do this!" said Harry. He fell down onto the bed, and, startled, Alex let go of him. He began to tickle her. She was squirming and kicking , but Harry kept on.

" Harry! - I - can't - breathe!!!" she said, so he stopped. After catching her breath she started laughing, along with the other two.

" Alex, I think someone has sent you a letter." said Hermione. She walked over, and opened the window. A large bird flew into the room, and laid a letter in Alex's lap. It then flew back out.

" Oh no." said Hermione. The letter was a howler.

" Who would be sending you a howler?" asked Harry. To his surprise Alex smiled.

" I know exactly who would be sending me a howler." she said. She opened the letter. An explosion of sound burst into the room. In the background Nellie's Country Grammar was playing, and there were people talking, but one voice stood out.

" HEY ALEX! THIS IS YOUR FRIENDS SAYING 'WASSUP' FROM ALABAMA! I'M GOIN' DOWN DOWN BABY...." there were cheers. Harry could plainly tell who was talking. It was Hunter.All of a sudden all the people in the background said 'Wassup Alex?!'. She laughed. The sound died.

" I love them." said Alex, still giggling.

" Who was that?" asked Hermione, looking amused.

" That was some of my friends. The one you could here the most clearly was Hunter." said Alex." Harry's met them all before."

" Are they coming out here again this summer?" asked Harry.

" I'm not sure. There's no tellin' what they're up to!" said Alex. They went downstairs after listening to the radio. Harry left, and went to write Ron and Brendon, asking them to come over for a while on Saturday. This was going to be a great summer.

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Jumping foward........

It was a great summer. Alex's friends did end up coming out, and Hermione, Ron, and Brendon got to meet them. Harry had Ron and Brendon over all the time, and went to their houses a lot. Now it was almost time to go back to Hogwarts for their final year. Brendon was taking them all to Diagon Alley today. He had been living with his cousin since he had no parents.

Sirius wasn't coming with them since he was going with Remus and Reese to get supplies for the up-coming school year. First they all went to Gringotts and got their money, and then began the process of buying books.(A/N: Man, I fell sorry for them. I have never had to actually buy my school books.) Along the way they saw many other people their age. Harry had never met most of these people, and couldn't understand why. They all went to Hogwarts and were in the same year, but Harry had never spoken a word to most of them. After a long day, they got something to drink, and sat down at one of the ouside tables. Harry looked around at his friends. He noticed that Hermione had finally managed to tame her hair. Aparently she had gone with Alex to get their hair done. They both had blonde streaks going through their hair, and both had new hairdos. Alex's was in layers, and Hermione's had big wavey curls in it, and was much less frizzier. Ron was now VERY tall, and looked kind of funny when standing next to Hermione. Giiny was getting taller and taller and prettier evry year. She didn't have a crush on Harry like she used to, but seemmed very fond of Brendon. The feeling seemed to be mutual. Brendon was still tall, and had the same spiked hair, only a little shorter and a little darker. Harry had let Alex do his hair, and liked the way it turned out. She had put a lot of gel in it, and made it look somewhat like Bredndon's. She had also gone with him to get some new glasses. No longer did he have round, taped glasses, but, as Alex put it, ' Ones that are flattering to the shape of his face, and are also stylish.' Hermione was wearing make-up now, which was something she just started doing last year. Alex had been wearing the stuff since she was thirteen. He also noticed changes in their behavior. Hermione was becoming less and less of a know-it-all, Ron was still sarcastic, but was more considerate of other peoples feelings, Harry was basically the same as he was when he was younger, for he had always been mature for his age. He couldn't say much about Alex and Brendon considering that he had met them when they were already about through growing up. They had all grown up a lot over the past couple of years. They had been through a lot together. He hade a promise to himself then and there that he was going to savor each moment of the year to come.

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Soon, it was time to go back to Hogwarts. They walked through the barrier. Ron and Ginny said good bye to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Hermione to her parents, Brendon his cousin, and Harry to Sirius. They boarded the train, and waved to the until they were out of sight. Harry, Alex, Brendon, Ron, and Hermione got a compartment to themselves, and were visisted frequently by Draco, Neville, and any more of their friends that you could think of. Ron and Alex were in the middle of a chess game when they heard scratching at the door.

" What's that?" asked Brendon. Hermione opened the door. One of the biggest, fluffiest white cats came into the compatment. With its nose in the air, and tail standing up, it walked prissly over the chess set. Alex picked it up and started walking out.

" I'm gonna go see if I can find the owner." she said, but as she was just about at the doorway, a girl with curly blonde hair and violet eyes came up to the door.

" What are you doing with my cat?" she said, her arms crossed while tapping her foot on the floor.

" It wondered into our compartment. It's yours?" said Alex.

" Yes, it is." the girl said. She snatched the cat from Alex's arms.

" Well...you're welcome." said Alex trying her best to be polite without being hatefull.

" I didn't say thank you." the girl said. Then she spotted Harry. " Hi Harry." she said, while trying to look superior to the others. Everyone turned around and stared at Harry. Hermione and Alex gave each other looks, which Ginny spotted.

" Er-hi Alyssa." he said. Alyssa stood there, expecting more.

" Um....Everyone, this is Alyssa Monroe. Alyssa, this is Ron and Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger, Brendon Boydston, and my girlfriend, Alex Hawkins." he said. Alyssa looked Alex up and down. Then an evil smile crossed her face. She snorted.

" Nice to meet you. I thought Alex was a boys name?"she said.

" It's short for Alexandra. If you want to you can call me that. Alyssa.......that's the name of that girl in that movie I saw once that was killed in her sleep by another girl who didn't like her attitude." said Alex, using an overly sweet voice, while slamming the door shut in Alyssa's face. Everyone except Harry laughed softly so Alyssa wouldn't hear.

" Why did you do that?" asked Harry.

" Nobody talks to me that way and gets away with it. Are you mad?" asked Alex.

" No. I just think that you shouldn't have shut the door in her face." said Harry.

" I'm sorry. It won't happen again." said Alex. She sat down and continued the game with Ron. Everyone in the room gave Harry a funny look, but then continued with what they were doing. Harry thought for a minute. Why did he act that way around Alex? He had no reason to. Alyssa was a total snob. But, he thought, Alex could have been a bit nicer.
At the same time Alex was making a mental note to talk to Hermione and Ginny.