Elisabeth looked out the window at her dad, standing on the platform
waving until he faded into the disappearing scenery. She turned back to the
others.
"Exploding snap anyone?" Will asked.
He dealt the rest of them in and they sat in silence for a while. "Ugh, I'm so nervous I don't know what to do!" Anna said, squirming anxiously on her seat.
"Why are you so nervous? All we're doing is going to school."
"Shut up William, you're just as nervous as I am, you sat in your room all night last night, praying to your shrine to Godric Gryffindor."
"I did not! I don't even have a shrine to Godric Gryffindor."
"Shut up both of you, you sound like a couple of crotchety old women."
There was a knock on the compartment door and it slid open.
"Has anyone seen my pants? Oh hi Elisabeth, didn't recognize you there." Kris Svenson stood in the doorway with three other boys behind him. He was wearing only boxer shorts and a turtleneck sweater.
"How did you lose your pants?" Elisabeth asked, standing up.
"Poker." Kris said sheepishly. "I think Myra Chan took them."
"Well if I see Myra I'll get the pants back from her, the best you can do is put your robes on and hope no one notices." She shook her head.
"Alright, well, thanks Lis. Don't tell your dad about this Lis? Please?"
"Why not?"
"Because the rest of the team, save Oliver is always looking for reasons to boot me off."
"Alright, I won't tell him. I'll try to get your pants back from Myra, I don't know how good I can do."
He smiled. "Okay, thanks, I'll see you at school then." He kissed her forehead quickly and left the compartment.
"He kissed you!"
"So? It was like, a brotherly kiss or something. Jeez, you'd think we started making out in the middle of the compartment with the way you guys are looking at me."
They continued to stare at her.
"What? What's the matter with you? Jesus."
"You got pretty damn starry eyed for a brotherly kiss."
"Shut up. Oh there's Apacia."
Elisabeth was saved any further embarassment by Apacia and the arrival several of her friends.
"Hey you guys! What's up?"
"Not much." Apacia introduced her friends and they got ready to leave.
"Hey, was that Kris Svenson who just left?" she giggled. "He is so hot!"
"Too bad, he likes Elisabeth." Daniel said.
Elisabeth kicked him but it was too late.
"Oh, right. They always go after the heros don't they."
"You can have him! For gods sake, he's fifteen, I'm eleven. Take the damn guy."
The girl nodded and she and her friends left.
"Would you guys stop doing that?" Elisabeth asked, looking at Anna in particular.
"Do you not want him to like you?"
"As a friend! No more. He works with my dad. He's friends with my dad. He's four frickin' years older than me. Ye gods, I don't want to go out with him."
"Alright then. We'll set you up with Marty Walker."
"Eww." Elisabeth replied. Martin Walker was like bread dough, white and soft and damp.
Several more groups passed through their compartment, all of them doing double takes when they saw Elisabeth. Finally, they arrived at the school.
Elisabeth looked at the marvel in front of her, the castle with it's glowing windows, the sprawling grounds and the Quidditch pitch in the distance. She climbed into a boat and sailed towards the school. Her fear was replaced by anticapation at what was beyond those heavy wooden doors.
"Exploding snap anyone?" Will asked.
He dealt the rest of them in and they sat in silence for a while. "Ugh, I'm so nervous I don't know what to do!" Anna said, squirming anxiously on her seat.
"Why are you so nervous? All we're doing is going to school."
"Shut up William, you're just as nervous as I am, you sat in your room all night last night, praying to your shrine to Godric Gryffindor."
"I did not! I don't even have a shrine to Godric Gryffindor."
"Shut up both of you, you sound like a couple of crotchety old women."
There was a knock on the compartment door and it slid open.
"Has anyone seen my pants? Oh hi Elisabeth, didn't recognize you there." Kris Svenson stood in the doorway with three other boys behind him. He was wearing only boxer shorts and a turtleneck sweater.
"How did you lose your pants?" Elisabeth asked, standing up.
"Poker." Kris said sheepishly. "I think Myra Chan took them."
"Well if I see Myra I'll get the pants back from her, the best you can do is put your robes on and hope no one notices." She shook her head.
"Alright, well, thanks Lis. Don't tell your dad about this Lis? Please?"
"Why not?"
"Because the rest of the team, save Oliver is always looking for reasons to boot me off."
"Alright, I won't tell him. I'll try to get your pants back from Myra, I don't know how good I can do."
He smiled. "Okay, thanks, I'll see you at school then." He kissed her forehead quickly and left the compartment.
"He kissed you!"
"So? It was like, a brotherly kiss or something. Jeez, you'd think we started making out in the middle of the compartment with the way you guys are looking at me."
They continued to stare at her.
"What? What's the matter with you? Jesus."
"You got pretty damn starry eyed for a brotherly kiss."
"Shut up. Oh there's Apacia."
Elisabeth was saved any further embarassment by Apacia and the arrival several of her friends.
"Hey you guys! What's up?"
"Not much." Apacia introduced her friends and they got ready to leave.
"Hey, was that Kris Svenson who just left?" she giggled. "He is so hot!"
"Too bad, he likes Elisabeth." Daniel said.
Elisabeth kicked him but it was too late.
"Oh, right. They always go after the heros don't they."
"You can have him! For gods sake, he's fifteen, I'm eleven. Take the damn guy."
The girl nodded and she and her friends left.
"Would you guys stop doing that?" Elisabeth asked, looking at Anna in particular.
"Do you not want him to like you?"
"As a friend! No more. He works with my dad. He's friends with my dad. He's four frickin' years older than me. Ye gods, I don't want to go out with him."
"Alright then. We'll set you up with Marty Walker."
"Eww." Elisabeth replied. Martin Walker was like bread dough, white and soft and damp.
Several more groups passed through their compartment, all of them doing double takes when they saw Elisabeth. Finally, they arrived at the school.
Elisabeth looked at the marvel in front of her, the castle with it's glowing windows, the sprawling grounds and the Quidditch pitch in the distance. She climbed into a boat and sailed towards the school. Her fear was replaced by anticapation at what was beyond those heavy wooden doors.