"Do you remember London at all? Because I don't."
"I don't know, I guess a little, but not much," he replied in a dead sort of voice. Kari detecting that he didn't want to talk dropped the subject and began packing again. A few minutes later, Ragus returned with a letter clutched in her beak. Jes rushed over to her and took the letter; she nipped him affectionately and flew over to her cage that was now sitting on top of a pile of boxes. Jes suddenly looked up in shock.
"Kari," he said. "Veronica is going to Hogwarts too." He pushed the letter at her so that she could read the untidy scrawl.
"Cool," said Kari falsely. Although she didn't like Veronica, she didn't want her brother to live without something he really wanted.
It only took the family two days to pack, and it was now Sunday, July 28. Kari's dad had scheduled a viewing of a house in London over the Internet. They watched their old house drift slowly out of sight as they drove to the muggle airport.
When the twins stepped off of the plane, their eyes wandered curiously. It was as though they were walking into a past life. The last time they had seen London, was when they were four years old, and being sent to live with a lovely old couple in Nevada. They gathered up their luggage and made their way towards a rental car in the parking lot. The scenery is so beautiful, Kari thought at Jes. He didn't reply.
They drove up to a fancy-looking house with two floors. When they walked inside, they discovered its beautiful wood floors and high ceilings. When the realtor showed up, they were given a tour, the history of the house, and some fun facts about how the attic had been the favorite room of the children that had previously lived there.
The twins waited in the car while their dad talked with the realtor. When he reached where the car was parked, he nodded, and they understood.
"When can we move in?" They asked in unison.
"We can stay the night if we want to," her said. "The truck won't come 'till tomorrow with our things, so we don't have to worry about unpacking tonight."
"Great!" Jes said anxiously. "This way we don't have to pay for a hotel."
Their furniture and the rest of their belongings arrived the next day. The twins had just finished putting their clothes away, in their now separate rooms, when Kari thought at Jes. Let's take a break, I'll meet you in the hall. She stepped out of her room to find Jes standing in the hallway. They glanced at each other and walked into the living room, where they found their parents. Their mom was sitting on the couch, sipping iced tea, while their dad was putting knick-knacks on the shelves.
"Well," he said, " I was just about to come and get you, Kari, since we put bunk-bed in Jessie's room, we need to get you a new bed, so that you don't have to sleep on the floor. Kari followed her parents and brother out to the car. She watched the scenery as it flew past her. Before she knew it, they were at the furniture store looking at beds. She picked out a bunk bed, almost exactly like the one in Jes's room.
"This way, when I have friends stay over, they won't have to sleep on the floor," she told her father.
"Okay, whatever floats your boat," he said smiling. He then paid for the bed with a credit card and Kari glanced over at Jes and thought to him as they were leaving the store. How is he paying for all of this? Jes replied, I don't know, first the house, now this?
"Your bed will arrive first thing tomorrow morning, Kari. I hope you don't mind, but I ordered two new mattresses and sheets to go with it," Her father said.