Chapter 1 Muggle Studies
The summer was nearly over, with only two weeks left of vacation, Ron realized as he shuffled down the stairs. The whole affair of James being Draco's brother had had him and his friends in an uproar! Aphelia and Draco were fighting again, and he never thought he'd see the day when Harry and Hermione would be an item! But here he was, seventeen, getting ready for his final year at Hogwarts by himself while his two best friends were too busy getting closer to even notice him!
'Ron, dear! You've gotten an owl from Hermione! Come and get it please!" called Mrs. Weasley. Ron ducked through the doorway to his kitchen for he had become to tall to walk through it properly.
"Where is it, mum?" he asked, sitting down in front of the corned beef sandwich his mother had just mad him.
"Right here! Pig almost seemed to be reluctant to give it up!" joked Mrs. Weasley, pointing at Ron's minute-owl.
"I'll bet he was! I swear! He's in LOVE with Hermione! She's gone and spoiled him rotten, That girl has!" he mentioned, rewarding his owl with a pet. "Well, you'll just have to wait in line!" he teased, taking another bite into his sandwich.
"Fred and George wanted me to let you know that they have a job open for you at their joke shop," she pried. Reluctantly, Ron set down his sandwich.
"Oy, mum! I told you that I didn't want a job!" he complained, then added, "Besides, I'm having a great summer! A GREAT one!" he lied as he opened Hermione's letter.
Dear Ron,
GREAT news! How would you like to come and spend the last week of summer with Aphelia and Harry at my house?
Write back soon!
Hermione
Ron's eyes glittered in happiness.
"So, they HAVEN'T forgotten me!' he exclaimed as he showed his mom the letter. "Can I go mum? Can I?" he pleaded, jumping around the kitchen.
"Aye! Of course you can go! Just calm DOWN! You're starting to remind me of Pig!" she teased. Ron kissed her.
"Thank you mum! I'm going to go pack! A REAL muggle town!" he yelled as he danced his way up the stairs.
Aphelia exited the train station and bumped into a person.
"So sorry! I'm accident Prone!" she joked as she helped the man pick up his spilled goods.
"Oh! It's okay!" he said, looking up at her. Instantly she dropped his books and wand and glared up at him.
"James. What are YOU doing here?" she asked, blocking the path of the person trying to enter the station.
"I just met me mum! She wasn't too pleased to meet me so I left! Now, if you'll excuse me," he asked as he vanished into thin air.
"Is he CRAZY!?!" whispered Ron. Aphelia turned to face him.
"Hey Ron! Good to see you!" she said as she hugged him. "Of COURSE he's crazy! That was James," she told him.
"Oh. His mummy didn't welcome him with open arms, did she?" he mocked. Aphelia socked him in the arm, but he was too busy staring at the approaching Hermione to notice.
"HERM!" Aphelia squealed as she clanked down the stony steps and hugged her best friend.
"Hey! I'm glad you could make it! You too Ron!" she called, beckoning him over to them.
"Me mum made me promise I'd LEARN something! I said, 'Mum! I'm staying with HERMIONE!'" he teased.
"Hey, Ron? Did you see my brother on the train?" she asked as they walked towards Hermione's car. Ron didn't have to answer because sitting in the back seat was Harry. "Hey! Aren't you going to give me a hug?" she asked, hopping into the car.
"Hey Lea! Hey Ron! You made it!" he exclaimed as Ron examined the seat belt. To keep him from embarrassing himself in front of Mr. Granger, Aphelia silently instructed him on how to fasten it.
"How long have you been here Harry?" Aphelia asked suspiciously. She was starting to believe that Hermione and Harry were getting too close.
"I ran into Hermione at Diagon Alley and decided to stay with her for a while. That was only yesterday!" he added, seeing the suspicious glance from his sister.
"WOAH! Are those MUGGLE buildings?" asked Ron as he examined houses on the way to the Granger. He was starting to believe that he was going to like this muggle town!
"Calm down Ron!" said Aphelia, laughing at his overenthusiastic impulse. "Have any of you talked to Draco? He's mad at me for wanting to…pet bu…unnies!" she covered quickly, noticing that Mr. Granger had his ears perked. Harry laughed at his sisters stupid recovery.
"I tried to get him to come and join us! Fat chance right? His mother didn't want him mixing with a 'mudblood' like me!" Hermione added. Aphelia winced at the word. They rode the rest of the way to Hermione's house in silence.
"I LOVE your house Hermione!" said Aphelia as she grabbed her stuff and hauled it up to Hermione's room.
"Thanks! Harry, can you take Ron's stuff to the guest room?" she asked. Harry and Ron exited the room, "How did you know that Harry and I would hook up?" she squealed.
"Gosh! Calm down! I just new it! Sister's intuition, remember?" she teased as she floated herself into the air.
"Aphelia! Don't do that! You'll get into trouble! Isn't that magic?" Hermione asked, pulling on Aphelia's foot.
"Calm down! No it isn't magic! No wand required, remember?" Aphelia asked. Hermione seemed relieved.
'You can put your stuff over there!" Hermione instructed her to the closet. Aphelia noticed how neat Hermione kept her room. She was going to have trouble trying to be as neat as Hermione. After she put her stuff away she laid down on Hermione's bed and fell asleep.
The summer was nearly over, with only two weeks left of vacation, Ron realized as he shuffled down the stairs. The whole affair of James being Draco's brother had had him and his friends in an uproar! Aphelia and Draco were fighting again, and he never thought he'd see the day when Harry and Hermione would be an item! But here he was, seventeen, getting ready for his final year at Hogwarts by himself while his two best friends were too busy getting closer to even notice him!
'Ron, dear! You've gotten an owl from Hermione! Come and get it please!" called Mrs. Weasley. Ron ducked through the doorway to his kitchen for he had become to tall to walk through it properly.
"Where is it, mum?" he asked, sitting down in front of the corned beef sandwich his mother had just mad him.
"Right here! Pig almost seemed to be reluctant to give it up!" joked Mrs. Weasley, pointing at Ron's minute-owl.
"I'll bet he was! I swear! He's in LOVE with Hermione! She's gone and spoiled him rotten, That girl has!" he mentioned, rewarding his owl with a pet. "Well, you'll just have to wait in line!" he teased, taking another bite into his sandwich.
"Fred and George wanted me to let you know that they have a job open for you at their joke shop," she pried. Reluctantly, Ron set down his sandwich.
"Oy, mum! I told you that I didn't want a job!" he complained, then added, "Besides, I'm having a great summer! A GREAT one!" he lied as he opened Hermione's letter.
Dear Ron,
GREAT news! How would you like to come and spend the last week of summer with Aphelia and Harry at my house?
Write back soon!
Hermione
Ron's eyes glittered in happiness.
"So, they HAVEN'T forgotten me!' he exclaimed as he showed his mom the letter. "Can I go mum? Can I?" he pleaded, jumping around the kitchen.
"Aye! Of course you can go! Just calm DOWN! You're starting to remind me of Pig!" she teased. Ron kissed her.
"Thank you mum! I'm going to go pack! A REAL muggle town!" he yelled as he danced his way up the stairs.
Aphelia exited the train station and bumped into a person.
"So sorry! I'm accident Prone!" she joked as she helped the man pick up his spilled goods.
"Oh! It's okay!" he said, looking up at her. Instantly she dropped his books and wand and glared up at him.
"James. What are YOU doing here?" she asked, blocking the path of the person trying to enter the station.
"I just met me mum! She wasn't too pleased to meet me so I left! Now, if you'll excuse me," he asked as he vanished into thin air.
"Is he CRAZY!?!" whispered Ron. Aphelia turned to face him.
"Hey Ron! Good to see you!" she said as she hugged him. "Of COURSE he's crazy! That was James," she told him.
"Oh. His mummy didn't welcome him with open arms, did she?" he mocked. Aphelia socked him in the arm, but he was too busy staring at the approaching Hermione to notice.
"HERM!" Aphelia squealed as she clanked down the stony steps and hugged her best friend.
"Hey! I'm glad you could make it! You too Ron!" she called, beckoning him over to them.
"Me mum made me promise I'd LEARN something! I said, 'Mum! I'm staying with HERMIONE!'" he teased.
"Hey, Ron? Did you see my brother on the train?" she asked as they walked towards Hermione's car. Ron didn't have to answer because sitting in the back seat was Harry. "Hey! Aren't you going to give me a hug?" she asked, hopping into the car.
"Hey Lea! Hey Ron! You made it!" he exclaimed as Ron examined the seat belt. To keep him from embarrassing himself in front of Mr. Granger, Aphelia silently instructed him on how to fasten it.
"How long have you been here Harry?" Aphelia asked suspiciously. She was starting to believe that Hermione and Harry were getting too close.
"I ran into Hermione at Diagon Alley and decided to stay with her for a while. That was only yesterday!" he added, seeing the suspicious glance from his sister.
"WOAH! Are those MUGGLE buildings?" asked Ron as he examined houses on the way to the Granger. He was starting to believe that he was going to like this muggle town!
"Calm down Ron!" said Aphelia, laughing at his overenthusiastic impulse. "Have any of you talked to Draco? He's mad at me for wanting to…pet bu…unnies!" she covered quickly, noticing that Mr. Granger had his ears perked. Harry laughed at his sisters stupid recovery.
"I tried to get him to come and join us! Fat chance right? His mother didn't want him mixing with a 'mudblood' like me!" Hermione added. Aphelia winced at the word. They rode the rest of the way to Hermione's house in silence.
"I LOVE your house Hermione!" said Aphelia as she grabbed her stuff and hauled it up to Hermione's room.
"Thanks! Harry, can you take Ron's stuff to the guest room?" she asked. Harry and Ron exited the room, "How did you know that Harry and I would hook up?" she squealed.
"Gosh! Calm down! I just new it! Sister's intuition, remember?" she teased as she floated herself into the air.
"Aphelia! Don't do that! You'll get into trouble! Isn't that magic?" Hermione asked, pulling on Aphelia's foot.
"Calm down! No it isn't magic! No wand required, remember?" Aphelia asked. Hermione seemed relieved.
'You can put your stuff over there!" Hermione instructed her to the closet. Aphelia noticed how neat Hermione kept her room. She was going to have trouble trying to be as neat as Hermione. After she put her stuff away she laid down on Hermione's bed and fell asleep.