Among the scattered books and clothing, Holly sat reading, absently stroking her dog. Her aunt had given her Tuppy when she turned eleven; she wasn't really dog, she was a Crup. (A/N for those of you who haven't read "A Guide to Magical Creatures" a Crup is a wizarding dog that resembles a Jack Russell Terrier) Holly still wasn't sure how her aunt had gotten permission to give one to her, since Crups didn't like muggles very much. It was strange though, Tuppy seemed to get along fine with Kipp and her and that had caused her to wonder.No. she had stopped thinking about that three years ago.

She glanced quickly at her clock, 11:30. She had better get to sleep soon, otherwise she wouldn't be able to get up early tomorrow. Tomorrow she was leaving for Florida, to see Rachel again. Holly was so excited she probably wouldn't be able to sleep anyway. Today they had gone shopping and Holly had a whole new wardrobe for this trip. She would need it, too, for after she meet up with Rachel they would spend a week in Florida and then fly back to England. Once there they would have a reunion of sorts with friends from their old school. She would be gone for two weeks and eventually travel on eight different planes, some of them an hour to two hours long, but mostly over four hour flights. She had stocked up on books and was debating to take her laptop. She finally decided not to since all she would do is watch DVDs and her battery power wouldn't last long enough to get through even one movie.

After an hour of tossing and turning, she finally got up and turned on the only thing that could put her to sleep, her CD player, and drifted of into a dreamless sleep.