First Day Surprises
Alicia closes the door to the hotel room, and walks towards the doors on the other side of the room, she opens one, and there is a bedroom. The walls are painted a pale shade of yellow; the carpet is white though. In the room, are two beds. They both have white sheets and yellow quilts on top.
"Looks like I'm sleeping out there."
Alicia said aloud, stepping out of the room and closing the door. She turns the knob to open the other room and steps inside.
"Dang.."
She said aloud, walking into the bathroom. There were white porcelain tiles on the floor; the toilet was also white porcelain. The sink, cabinets, and bathtub/jacuzzi were made of white marble, and the shower was beautiful fogged glass, gold designs curled up the sides of the shower.
"This is awesome!"
"Alicia? You in here?"
Donald's voice rang through the open door and echoed throughout the bathroom. Alicia walks out of the bathroom, to find the other 3 Spinnet's standing in the doorway, all of them taking off their shoes.
"Yeah, I'm here."
Alicia sat on the couch.
"Hey Dad.. Um, can I maybe go, like, walk around?"
Donald looks up, his shoelaces in a knot.
"Sure honey! Just be sure to be back in time for supper alright?"
Alicia smiled and nodded.
"Great!"
Alicia runs to pull her sandals on, and walks out of the room.
"C-ya later guys!"
She runs down the hallway until she reaches the elevator. It opens, there are a few people standing inside, a young woman with long blonde hair, and long eyelashes was standing inside, a small poodle poking it's head out of the white handbag she held. A little boy with large green eyes, and his parents, a pleasant looking couple who smiled brightly as Alicia stepped on. They were all headed for the first floor. After they got downstairs, Alicia walked out of the hotel, and just as she was about to enter the revolving doors, she bumped into Matt.
"I'm so sorr- Oh, hey Matt."
Alicia said, she took a step away from him.
"Hey Ali!" he said brightly. "Where are you going?"
She shrugs.
"I was going for a walk" She bites her lower lip. "Wanna come with me?"
He looks at her, then smiles and nods.
"Sure! Let me go tell my uncle first."
"Okay"
Alicia waited by the doors, while Matt went to tell the man behind the desk that he was leaving.
"Make sure you're back in time for supper Matthew. We'll need you here to help out."
Matt nodded to the man, and walked back to Alicia.
"Let's go!"
The two headed outside the hotel, and out onto the busy streets of Paris, France.
The two teenagers headed down the sidewalk, walking along and talking.
"So how long are you and your family staying here?"
"Oh, we're staying for the summer."
"Really? That's cool."
Alicia nods, suddenly VERY glad that Diane had suggested they stayed the whole summer.
"So do you work for your uncle here? Or is it like a family business thing?"
He laughs.
"It's somewhat a family business. My great great grandfather had the hotel built after he was wed. And everyone in my family has worked in the hotel ever since."
Alicia nods.
"I see.. So do you have any siblings at all?"
"Yeah, I've got a younger sister, and an older sister. So I'm stuck in the middle."
He grins.
"Really? I've got a younger half sister, I'm the oldest. Which believe me, isn't that great. By the way, how old is your sister?"
"Oh, Briggite? She's 8 years old now."
"Really! So is Jodie!"
"Jodie?"
"My half-sister."
"Oh."
"Yup.. She is such a pain! And quite annoying to!"
Alicia laughs, and Matt joins her. They continue walking.
"So, are your parents divorced or what?"
Alicia looks at him.
"My mom died, when I was really little, and dad married Diane." she makes a face "About 9 years ago, but she's lived with us for 10. I really don't like her, she expects me to accept her as my mom, but she ISN'T my mother, and I'm not going to pretend she is.."
Alicia sighs and Matt nods.
"My parents are still together, but my mom is always out of town on business, but I don't mind that much, whenever she comes home, it's like "Matthew darling, PLEASE brush back your hair!" "Matthew! PLEASE, take out that DREADFUL ear ring!" "
Matthew laughs, and Alicia smiles.
"Is she like some sort of perfectionist?"
"Sure as hell! She hates my hair, she thinks it's to long, and she hates my ear ring, she thinks it isn't 'proper'."
"Bah. I like your hair, and your ear ring, they look good on you."
She smiles, and he smiles back.
"Why thank you Alicia!"
"Well, you're quite welcome Matthew!"
They laugh some more, as the two continue to walk.
"Hey. Want some icecream?"
Alicia shrugs.
"Sure. I am kinda hungry.."
"Great! Me to!"
He grabs her hand and brings her inside a small ice cream parlor. They walk to the counter.
"What do you want Alicia?"
"Um.. Mint chocolate chip sounds good right about now."
She smiles.
"Yeah, it does, I think I'll have the same."
Matt turns to the medium sized plump woman with gray eyes, and dark brown hair, a few strands of gray, poking out from the darker background. Matt says a few words to the woman in French, and she brings out two cones of mint chocolate chip icecream. Matt smiles and hands the woman a few sickles and knuts, and the woman accepts them happily. Alicia stares at the coins.
"Are you a wizard?"
Matt raises an eyebrow.
"Yeah. You didn't know I was? Everyone in my family is magic.I go to Beauxbatons Acadamy not to far away from here."
"Really?" Alicia eats some of her icecream. "I'm going into my 7th year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry."
He smiles.
"I've heard of Hogwarts, isn't that where Harry Potter goes to school?"
Alicia nods and smiles proudly.
"It sure is! And I am on the quidditch team with him. He plays seeker. And I'm a chaser."
"Really!? Is he good?"
"Yeah. He really is good. AND he's got a Firebolt.. Imagine that eh? The brand new model."
"Now that's not fair! I would LOVE to have a Firebolt! I mean, it wouldn't do me much good as a keeper, but it still would be nice to have one."
Alicia stares at him, Matt's a keeper to? Wow.. That's weird, so is Oliver. ((A/N. *cue X-Files music * *coughs * or not..))
"What?"
She shakes her head.
"Oh. Nothing. Thanks for the icecream by the way.."
He nods.
"My pleasure."
They walk out of the shop, and start walking some more, they end up in a park. The two finish their icecream, and sit down on a bench, talking some more.
"So.."
Alicia looks around.
"..."
"You know what Alicia?"
She looks at him.
"What Matthew?"
"You're a very nice girl.."
Alicia smiles.
"You're not so bad your self Matt."
He smiles slightly and looks down, some of his hair falling in his face. Alicia reaches over and tucks it behind his ear. He looks up at her, and leans in to kiss her.
"Alicia?!"
Someone shouted her name. Alicia jumps, and Matt pulls away, turning a light shade of pink.
"Is that you?"
Said the same person again, that Scottish accent was all to familiar, Alicia turns her head, and locks eyes with a quite startled Oliver Wood.
Alicia closes the door to the hotel room, and walks towards the doors on the other side of the room, she opens one, and there is a bedroom. The walls are painted a pale shade of yellow; the carpet is white though. In the room, are two beds. They both have white sheets and yellow quilts on top.
"Looks like I'm sleeping out there."
Alicia said aloud, stepping out of the room and closing the door. She turns the knob to open the other room and steps inside.
"Dang.."
She said aloud, walking into the bathroom. There were white porcelain tiles on the floor; the toilet was also white porcelain. The sink, cabinets, and bathtub/jacuzzi were made of white marble, and the shower was beautiful fogged glass, gold designs curled up the sides of the shower.
"This is awesome!"
"Alicia? You in here?"
Donald's voice rang through the open door and echoed throughout the bathroom. Alicia walks out of the bathroom, to find the other 3 Spinnet's standing in the doorway, all of them taking off their shoes.
"Yeah, I'm here."
Alicia sat on the couch.
"Hey Dad.. Um, can I maybe go, like, walk around?"
Donald looks up, his shoelaces in a knot.
"Sure honey! Just be sure to be back in time for supper alright?"
Alicia smiled and nodded.
"Great!"
Alicia runs to pull her sandals on, and walks out of the room.
"C-ya later guys!"
She runs down the hallway until she reaches the elevator. It opens, there are a few people standing inside, a young woman with long blonde hair, and long eyelashes was standing inside, a small poodle poking it's head out of the white handbag she held. A little boy with large green eyes, and his parents, a pleasant looking couple who smiled brightly as Alicia stepped on. They were all headed for the first floor. After they got downstairs, Alicia walked out of the hotel, and just as she was about to enter the revolving doors, she bumped into Matt.
"I'm so sorr- Oh, hey Matt."
Alicia said, she took a step away from him.
"Hey Ali!" he said brightly. "Where are you going?"
She shrugs.
"I was going for a walk" She bites her lower lip. "Wanna come with me?"
He looks at her, then smiles and nods.
"Sure! Let me go tell my uncle first."
"Okay"
Alicia waited by the doors, while Matt went to tell the man behind the desk that he was leaving.
"Make sure you're back in time for supper Matthew. We'll need you here to help out."
Matt nodded to the man, and walked back to Alicia.
"Let's go!"
The two headed outside the hotel, and out onto the busy streets of Paris, France.
The two teenagers headed down the sidewalk, walking along and talking.
"So how long are you and your family staying here?"
"Oh, we're staying for the summer."
"Really? That's cool."
Alicia nods, suddenly VERY glad that Diane had suggested they stayed the whole summer.
"So do you work for your uncle here? Or is it like a family business thing?"
He laughs.
"It's somewhat a family business. My great great grandfather had the hotel built after he was wed. And everyone in my family has worked in the hotel ever since."
Alicia nods.
"I see.. So do you have any siblings at all?"
"Yeah, I've got a younger sister, and an older sister. So I'm stuck in the middle."
He grins.
"Really? I've got a younger half sister, I'm the oldest. Which believe me, isn't that great. By the way, how old is your sister?"
"Oh, Briggite? She's 8 years old now."
"Really! So is Jodie!"
"Jodie?"
"My half-sister."
"Oh."
"Yup.. She is such a pain! And quite annoying to!"
Alicia laughs, and Matt joins her. They continue walking.
"So, are your parents divorced or what?"
Alicia looks at him.
"My mom died, when I was really little, and dad married Diane." she makes a face "About 9 years ago, but she's lived with us for 10. I really don't like her, she expects me to accept her as my mom, but she ISN'T my mother, and I'm not going to pretend she is.."
Alicia sighs and Matt nods.
"My parents are still together, but my mom is always out of town on business, but I don't mind that much, whenever she comes home, it's like "Matthew darling, PLEASE brush back your hair!" "Matthew! PLEASE, take out that DREADFUL ear ring!" "
Matthew laughs, and Alicia smiles.
"Is she like some sort of perfectionist?"
"Sure as hell! She hates my hair, she thinks it's to long, and she hates my ear ring, she thinks it isn't 'proper'."
"Bah. I like your hair, and your ear ring, they look good on you."
She smiles, and he smiles back.
"Why thank you Alicia!"
"Well, you're quite welcome Matthew!"
They laugh some more, as the two continue to walk.
"Hey. Want some icecream?"
Alicia shrugs.
"Sure. I am kinda hungry.."
"Great! Me to!"
He grabs her hand and brings her inside a small ice cream parlor. They walk to the counter.
"What do you want Alicia?"
"Um.. Mint chocolate chip sounds good right about now."
She smiles.
"Yeah, it does, I think I'll have the same."
Matt turns to the medium sized plump woman with gray eyes, and dark brown hair, a few strands of gray, poking out from the darker background. Matt says a few words to the woman in French, and she brings out two cones of mint chocolate chip icecream. Matt smiles and hands the woman a few sickles and knuts, and the woman accepts them happily. Alicia stares at the coins.
"Are you a wizard?"
Matt raises an eyebrow.
"Yeah. You didn't know I was? Everyone in my family is magic.I go to Beauxbatons Acadamy not to far away from here."
"Really?" Alicia eats some of her icecream. "I'm going into my 7th year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry."
He smiles.
"I've heard of Hogwarts, isn't that where Harry Potter goes to school?"
Alicia nods and smiles proudly.
"It sure is! And I am on the quidditch team with him. He plays seeker. And I'm a chaser."
"Really!? Is he good?"
"Yeah. He really is good. AND he's got a Firebolt.. Imagine that eh? The brand new model."
"Now that's not fair! I would LOVE to have a Firebolt! I mean, it wouldn't do me much good as a keeper, but it still would be nice to have one."
Alicia stares at him, Matt's a keeper to? Wow.. That's weird, so is Oliver. ((A/N. *cue X-Files music * *coughs * or not..))
"What?"
She shakes her head.
"Oh. Nothing. Thanks for the icecream by the way.."
He nods.
"My pleasure."
They walk out of the shop, and start walking some more, they end up in a park. The two finish their icecream, and sit down on a bench, talking some more.
"So.."
Alicia looks around.
"..."
"You know what Alicia?"
She looks at him.
"What Matthew?"
"You're a very nice girl.."
Alicia smiles.
"You're not so bad your self Matt."
He smiles slightly and looks down, some of his hair falling in his face. Alicia reaches over and tucks it behind his ear. He looks up at her, and leans in to kiss her.
"Alicia?!"
Someone shouted her name. Alicia jumps, and Matt pulls away, turning a light shade of pink.
"Is that you?"
Said the same person again, that Scottish accent was all to familiar, Alicia turns her head, and locks eyes with a quite startled Oliver Wood.