Riley slammed the door behind her of her Manhattan, 3-story penthouse and
ran across the street in an Addidas sport shirt and a pair of running
shorts that had a yellowish type of paper hanging out of them to her best
friend, Leilani's, penthouse. She didn't even bother to knock on the front
door. Instead she ran down the side of the building to the back and stopped
right underneath the fire escape ladders. She jumped up to try and grab it,
but missed. She bended her knees a second time and even screamed as she
jumped up and miraculously got hold of the bottom of the ladder. Her weight
pulled down the ladder and her strong arms pulled her up until her feet
could get hold of the lowest pole to climb up. As she made the first
landing she made sure to be very quiet so not to wake Leilani's parents.
Quietly she climbed up the next two landings making no noise at all until
she got to Leilani's balcony. She hurriedly jogged up to her sliding door
and knocked like a madman until her friend got up and slid the door open
saying---
"Riley! What's wrong with you?! It's 8:30 in the morning and mind you it is summer!" Leilani croaked in a just-woke-up voice.
"You won't believe it!" Riley said ignoring her friends' comments on the unwanted wake-up call.
"Ugh."Leilani said annoyed of her best friend.
Riley ran over to Leilani's bed and pulled out the yellow pieces of parchment from her back pocket. She rummaged through them and even though they all looked the same she gave a specific one to Leilani as she mopped over to her bed.
"Open it! Open it! Open it!" Riley demanded, squealing helplessly.
"Alright! Calm down!" Leilani said through gritted teeth. Riley immediately stopped the squealing but couldn't refrain from jumping up and down still in sitting position.
She watched anxiously as Leilani opened the parchment, which was address in emerald ink. She pulled out another parchment that was of the same yellowish character and read what was written on it. Leilani's eyes widened as she read further and further on. When she finished she put down the letter slowly on her lap still holding onto and looked up at nothing.
"And look at all of the supplies that we're getting! Quills and ink, dress robes, cool titled books, and the best part, WANDS!" Riley said finally getting up from her seat and jumping around the room. It took her awhile to notice that her friend didn't seem too happy about it as she was. She sat down next to her and put her arm around her comfortingly.
"What's wrong?" Riley asked finally calm.
All Leilani could get out was sigh.
"Come on Lei. It'll be fun. And look." Riley said as she pulled out the other pieces of parchment identical to Leilani and her own. "Tara, Jhene, and Becky are accepted too!"
Leilani turned to her friend and smiled.
"You always look at the good side of things first before you realize what bad comes out of it." Leilani managed to say.
"What do you mean? This is awesome!" Riley said.
"What about school? I know you're going to miss Jefferson Ri. And what about Ms. Minogue? What are we going to do without our performing arts teacher? And what about New York? We love New York; and you definitely love it more than me. 9 months without it will be hard." Leilani said calmly setting out the cons of going to this Hogwarts.
"Oh.yeah." Riley said innocently.
"I really like this place Ri. And I really want to go. But, there's so much to miss." Leilani said with grief.
~~~***~~~
"Are you serious?" Jhene said her head darting forward in order to hear clearly thinking that she wasn't.
"I'm serious." Riley replied giggling a little at how weird Jhene's head looked at the moment.
"I don't get it. Where is this place?" Tara said walking from the other side of her room.
"I think it's in England somewhere. Or Scotland." Leilani said.
"The question is: Are we going?" Becky said knowledgeably.
"That's why Riley and I called you all to meet here at Tara's. We didn't know if we should or not. What're we going to do?" Leilani said unknowingly.
"I say we go." Tara said. No one said anything about Tara's suggestion. She always was the one to take on a challenge. And considering their position, this was a big challenge.
Riley broke the silence not too long after.
"Me too." She said.
"If Riley's going I'm going." Jhene said honestly. Leilani and Becky looked at each other and had a silent agreement.
"Okay." Becky said.
"Yeah. I'm in." Leilani said without a choice. She couldn't really bare it without her 4 best friends gone a whole 3 seasons.
"But, we're definitely coming back on holidays. I can't bare to not see New York white with powder." Riley said independently.
"Definitely." The 4 answered in an imperfect unison.
~~~***~~~
"You knew and you never told us?!" Tara complained to her parents.
The girls had decided to gather up their parents to tell them to the news. But, miraculously, ---
"Yes. We knew." Mr. Turner, Tara's dad, said to the girls.
"But." Leilani said starting to complain again.
"We're going to have to send you to Knax Square." Mrs. Nyxinn, Riley's mom, said ignoring the girls' curiosity.
"Knax Square?" they all said, brows furrowed.
"Diagon Alley is all the way in London and that's way too far for just school supplies." Mrs. Nyxinn said confusing the girls further. "There's a Square here in New York for all that stuff. It's down by Wall Street."
~~~***~~~
Riley, Leilani, Tara, Jhene, and Becky all stood dumbfounded in front of the Wall Street Journal building with Mrs. Nyxinn.
"Knax Square." Mrs. Nyxinn said, raising her hands to the template that read "The Wall Street Journal." People passing looked at her oddly; but in New York, there was enough weirdoes to just ignore the whole scene. "Now just walk through the rotating doors. It's that easy."
The girls' odd gazes all turned away from Mrs. Nyxinn's clam face and to the rotating doors ahead.
"Excuse me! Can I get through?!" an angry New Yorker businessman said behind them. "Hurry up now." Mrs. Nyxinn said as she nudged the back of her daughter.
The girls all walked into the rotating doors and the businessman followed behind them.
"Whoa!" they all said as they entered Knax Square.
"Where'd they go?" the businessman said back at the Wall Street Journal building bewildered.
"Riley! What's wrong with you?! It's 8:30 in the morning and mind you it is summer!" Leilani croaked in a just-woke-up voice.
"You won't believe it!" Riley said ignoring her friends' comments on the unwanted wake-up call.
"Ugh."Leilani said annoyed of her best friend.
Riley ran over to Leilani's bed and pulled out the yellow pieces of parchment from her back pocket. She rummaged through them and even though they all looked the same she gave a specific one to Leilani as she mopped over to her bed.
"Open it! Open it! Open it!" Riley demanded, squealing helplessly.
"Alright! Calm down!" Leilani said through gritted teeth. Riley immediately stopped the squealing but couldn't refrain from jumping up and down still in sitting position.
She watched anxiously as Leilani opened the parchment, which was address in emerald ink. She pulled out another parchment that was of the same yellowish character and read what was written on it. Leilani's eyes widened as she read further and further on. When she finished she put down the letter slowly on her lap still holding onto and looked up at nothing.
"And look at all of the supplies that we're getting! Quills and ink, dress robes, cool titled books, and the best part, WANDS!" Riley said finally getting up from her seat and jumping around the room. It took her awhile to notice that her friend didn't seem too happy about it as she was. She sat down next to her and put her arm around her comfortingly.
"What's wrong?" Riley asked finally calm.
All Leilani could get out was sigh.
"Come on Lei. It'll be fun. And look." Riley said as she pulled out the other pieces of parchment identical to Leilani and her own. "Tara, Jhene, and Becky are accepted too!"
Leilani turned to her friend and smiled.
"You always look at the good side of things first before you realize what bad comes out of it." Leilani managed to say.
"What do you mean? This is awesome!" Riley said.
"What about school? I know you're going to miss Jefferson Ri. And what about Ms. Minogue? What are we going to do without our performing arts teacher? And what about New York? We love New York; and you definitely love it more than me. 9 months without it will be hard." Leilani said calmly setting out the cons of going to this Hogwarts.
"Oh.yeah." Riley said innocently.
"I really like this place Ri. And I really want to go. But, there's so much to miss." Leilani said with grief.
~~~***~~~
"Are you serious?" Jhene said her head darting forward in order to hear clearly thinking that she wasn't.
"I'm serious." Riley replied giggling a little at how weird Jhene's head looked at the moment.
"I don't get it. Where is this place?" Tara said walking from the other side of her room.
"I think it's in England somewhere. Or Scotland." Leilani said.
"The question is: Are we going?" Becky said knowledgeably.
"That's why Riley and I called you all to meet here at Tara's. We didn't know if we should or not. What're we going to do?" Leilani said unknowingly.
"I say we go." Tara said. No one said anything about Tara's suggestion. She always was the one to take on a challenge. And considering their position, this was a big challenge.
Riley broke the silence not too long after.
"Me too." She said.
"If Riley's going I'm going." Jhene said honestly. Leilani and Becky looked at each other and had a silent agreement.
"Okay." Becky said.
"Yeah. I'm in." Leilani said without a choice. She couldn't really bare it without her 4 best friends gone a whole 3 seasons.
"But, we're definitely coming back on holidays. I can't bare to not see New York white with powder." Riley said independently.
"Definitely." The 4 answered in an imperfect unison.
~~~***~~~
"You knew and you never told us?!" Tara complained to her parents.
The girls had decided to gather up their parents to tell them to the news. But, miraculously, ---
"Yes. We knew." Mr. Turner, Tara's dad, said to the girls.
"But." Leilani said starting to complain again.
"We're going to have to send you to Knax Square." Mrs. Nyxinn, Riley's mom, said ignoring the girls' curiosity.
"Knax Square?" they all said, brows furrowed.
"Diagon Alley is all the way in London and that's way too far for just school supplies." Mrs. Nyxinn said confusing the girls further. "There's a Square here in New York for all that stuff. It's down by Wall Street."
~~~***~~~
Riley, Leilani, Tara, Jhene, and Becky all stood dumbfounded in front of the Wall Street Journal building with Mrs. Nyxinn.
"Knax Square." Mrs. Nyxinn said, raising her hands to the template that read "The Wall Street Journal." People passing looked at her oddly; but in New York, there was enough weirdoes to just ignore the whole scene. "Now just walk through the rotating doors. It's that easy."
The girls' odd gazes all turned away from Mrs. Nyxinn's clam face and to the rotating doors ahead.
"Excuse me! Can I get through?!" an angry New Yorker businessman said behind them. "Hurry up now." Mrs. Nyxinn said as she nudged the back of her daughter.
The girls all walked into the rotating doors and the businessman followed behind them.
"Whoa!" they all said as they entered Knax Square.
"Where'd they go?" the businessman said back at the Wall Street Journal building bewildered.