Never Too Late
Chapter 4: Family Secrets
Alex stood along the hallway next to his lockers in his junior high school along side his friends. It was lunchtime and everyday after they would their meal, worthy enough for an inmate, they would meet here to talk about what normal teenagers talk about.
"Xander! Dude! I'm telling you. Nadine likes you." Said the young man standing next to Alex, watching people go to their own lockers or just walking by.
"Perhaps, but I don't have any interest in her." Alex replied.
"Come'on man. Don't tell me you are still hung up on Kat." His friend sighed. "She broke up with you what, 3 months ago? Time to let her go."
"Easier said than done." Alex said looking at his friend with the corner of his emerald eyes. "You didn't date her since the fourth grade."
"Granted, and I am grateful."
"And what does that supposed to mean?" Alex said with a little testiness.
"I'm saying that we are going to be high school students next week and Kat chose her click along with the rest of us. She wasn't one of us, unlike Nadine."
"If you think she would make a good girlfriend then why don't you go for her, Eric?"
"I would if I could, but she's hung up on my best friend."
A silence fell between the two. A couple of their female friends walked up. "Xander, Eric, Whatsup?" said one of the girls. Her bangs were long in front and dyed blue but the rest of her hair was quite shorter and colored black as Alex's hair.
"Nothing," said the two boys simultaneously. They looked at each other oddly. The two girls giggled.
"So Xander uhh.Sheri and I are going to the mall afterwards to hang out. Would you and Eric like to join us? Maybe catch a movie or something?"
"Sounds like a plan to me, how about it Xander?" Eric said eagerly.
"Sounds tempting but I can't," said Alex. A look of disappointment fell on the Nadine's face. "I have to pick up Red after school and take her home."
"Oh," Nadine said. "Well maybe some other time?" Alex glanced over at Eric who was nodding and wording his mouth saying, "Yes."
"How about we try on Friday, the last day of school?" Alex stated. Eric grinned and gave Alex the devil-horns nonchalantly.
"Friday sounds good." Nadine smiled. "I'll hold it to you, Alexander Potter."
"I'm sure you will," Alex commented as the bell rang, telling students that class is about to start. "Gotta run, Later Nadine, Sheri." Alex grabbed Eric's had in a handshake and left upstairs. Nadine, Sheri, and Eric waked further down the hall.
"So Eric?" Nadine said before getting to her classroom. "Does Alex like me?"
Eric stuttered a little bit. "He does but he doesn't know it. He's still hooked on Kat."
"I don't see why," Nadine scowled. "After what I saw her put him through."
"I do but I don't." Nadine looked at Eric confusedly. "She was with him when his mother died."
"Oh," she gasped. She had forgotten that Alex's mother died a couple of years ago. "We were all in the 6th grade at that time."
"Yeah," Eric said opening the door. "But I guess her feelings for him suffocated when her ego grew. She used to be cool until she started hanging out with the preps."
"Don't make me go into that." Nadine said as she walked into her class with Eric.
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"The school she's at is on 78th Street. Schools around here get out at half after three so you should get there with plenty of time to spare." Said Ginny looking at her watch, showing it was after two in the afternoon.
"Thanks, Gin." Hermione said while getting into the taxicab. "I'll come back afterwards."
Ginny handed her a key. "Just in case I am asleep. But go ahead and wake me. I want to know what you found out. If he is alive, I want an explanation as well."
Hermione nodded as she closed the cab door. The driver took off after the last goodbye shared by the two old friends. Hermione sat in the back of the cab, anxious as if tomorrow is Christmas, and scared like she was going to meet her doom.
The drive took longer than what she expected, she got there right when school was being let out. She never knew how big this city was until now. The driver let her out across the street from the school where a park was. She quickly sat on a park bench that Ginny described she used and waited. She sat there for a few minutes before spotting whom she was waiting for. Just like Ginny said, the deepest red hair and emerald green eyes. Even from across the street, a person could tell how green and powerful they were. The little girl came out of the school doors, holding her books to her chest. She walked outside the gates and followed them around the corner where she sat on the bench there. She kept looking around like she was waiting for someone. Hermione got up and walked across the street, staying behind the little girl. She got to the corner of the fence when some others approached the little girl.
"Well, Well, Well. Isn't it the littlest Potter. You forgot to give me your lunch money, like a good girl." Said a boy with less tidy hair than Harry. He was half a head taller than Lily and by the way he looked, he was just a ruffian. He was accompanied by two others, his little gang.
"I didn't forget," responded Lily, glaring at the other boy. "I had better things to do with my money." She tried moving away from the group only to be blocked on both ends and being backed into the fence. "Now if you would excuse me."
Alex walked around the corner from the back of the school. He knew he was running later than usual so he hurried around the back to hope to catch his sister before she started walking on her own. He came onto seeing his sister being bullied by three boys.
Hermione walked closer, her intentions were to help Lily but it was subdued when she heard a powerful voice from the alley.
"TERRAE MOTUS!" a voiced spoke with an echo. Hermione felt the power of the voice as the sound hit her wars. Suddenly the ground around her began to shake.
Alex stood in the alley with his hand pointed to the ground. A crack in the concrete had formed and darted to the group. The boys struggled to keep balance. Lily quickly turned to see her brother causing the quake and immediately ran to him. Hermione looked over the corner, holding onto the fence post as the three boys fell off there feet.
"Alex, you mustn't!" She cried grabbing his hand and pushing it away. "They will know!"
The quake immediately stopped and the three got to there feet and ran away before yelling, "FREAKS!"
Hermione overheard what Lily had said. She looked to see if anyone else was around and before the boys left her sight she did a spell of her own. "OBLIVATE!"
Alex and Lily heard the words and saw a woman holding a wand. They approached her and saw the three boys, befuddled on why they where running. She turned and smiled at the two. She looked closely at Lily. She was almost identical to Harry's mother. She looked at Alex and her breath was taken away. It was Harry, just with no glasses, long straight hair, and no scar.
"Are you from NADOM?" Alex asked Hermione with guilt in his voice.
"NADOM?" Hermione asked. "No, I'm not. I'm from Ho-.I'm from England." She sheathed her wand. "I am an old friend of your father's. Do you know where I can find him?"
"He's at work right now, but you are welcome to come over to our house and wait for him." Said an excited Lily. A voice in Lily's head began to ring.
"What are you thinking!" said the voice that belonged to Alex but his lips never moved.
"You know Dad misses England. He would want to see an old friend." She responded in her mind. She kept a smile as Hermione tried to flag down another cab.
"How can we trust her? Dad had enemies in England too, don't forget."
"I don't think she's an enemy. She's seems too nice. Plus she saved your butt."
"I hope your right, Red. And I hope Dad doesn't freak out."
Their conversation ended right when Hermione flagged them over to a cab. Lily gave their street address and the three were on their way. Hermione's stomach started feeling even queasier as she got closer to seeing her lost love, after nearly two decades. Her eyes couldn't help but glaze over with readied tears, itching to flow down her cheeks. She held back as much as possible. The cab stopped in front of a two-story house, interconnected with others that stretched down the street, both directions. This was it. This was Harry's home away from home.
Chapter 4: Family Secrets
Alex stood along the hallway next to his lockers in his junior high school along side his friends. It was lunchtime and everyday after they would their meal, worthy enough for an inmate, they would meet here to talk about what normal teenagers talk about.
"Xander! Dude! I'm telling you. Nadine likes you." Said the young man standing next to Alex, watching people go to their own lockers or just walking by.
"Perhaps, but I don't have any interest in her." Alex replied.
"Come'on man. Don't tell me you are still hung up on Kat." His friend sighed. "She broke up with you what, 3 months ago? Time to let her go."
"Easier said than done." Alex said looking at his friend with the corner of his emerald eyes. "You didn't date her since the fourth grade."
"Granted, and I am grateful."
"And what does that supposed to mean?" Alex said with a little testiness.
"I'm saying that we are going to be high school students next week and Kat chose her click along with the rest of us. She wasn't one of us, unlike Nadine."
"If you think she would make a good girlfriend then why don't you go for her, Eric?"
"I would if I could, but she's hung up on my best friend."
A silence fell between the two. A couple of their female friends walked up. "Xander, Eric, Whatsup?" said one of the girls. Her bangs were long in front and dyed blue but the rest of her hair was quite shorter and colored black as Alex's hair.
"Nothing," said the two boys simultaneously. They looked at each other oddly. The two girls giggled.
"So Xander uhh.Sheri and I are going to the mall afterwards to hang out. Would you and Eric like to join us? Maybe catch a movie or something?"
"Sounds like a plan to me, how about it Xander?" Eric said eagerly.
"Sounds tempting but I can't," said Alex. A look of disappointment fell on the Nadine's face. "I have to pick up Red after school and take her home."
"Oh," Nadine said. "Well maybe some other time?" Alex glanced over at Eric who was nodding and wording his mouth saying, "Yes."
"How about we try on Friday, the last day of school?" Alex stated. Eric grinned and gave Alex the devil-horns nonchalantly.
"Friday sounds good." Nadine smiled. "I'll hold it to you, Alexander Potter."
"I'm sure you will," Alex commented as the bell rang, telling students that class is about to start. "Gotta run, Later Nadine, Sheri." Alex grabbed Eric's had in a handshake and left upstairs. Nadine, Sheri, and Eric waked further down the hall.
"So Eric?" Nadine said before getting to her classroom. "Does Alex like me?"
Eric stuttered a little bit. "He does but he doesn't know it. He's still hooked on Kat."
"I don't see why," Nadine scowled. "After what I saw her put him through."
"I do but I don't." Nadine looked at Eric confusedly. "She was with him when his mother died."
"Oh," she gasped. She had forgotten that Alex's mother died a couple of years ago. "We were all in the 6th grade at that time."
"Yeah," Eric said opening the door. "But I guess her feelings for him suffocated when her ego grew. She used to be cool until she started hanging out with the preps."
"Don't make me go into that." Nadine said as she walked into her class with Eric.
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"The school she's at is on 78th Street. Schools around here get out at half after three so you should get there with plenty of time to spare." Said Ginny looking at her watch, showing it was after two in the afternoon.
"Thanks, Gin." Hermione said while getting into the taxicab. "I'll come back afterwards."
Ginny handed her a key. "Just in case I am asleep. But go ahead and wake me. I want to know what you found out. If he is alive, I want an explanation as well."
Hermione nodded as she closed the cab door. The driver took off after the last goodbye shared by the two old friends. Hermione sat in the back of the cab, anxious as if tomorrow is Christmas, and scared like she was going to meet her doom.
The drive took longer than what she expected, she got there right when school was being let out. She never knew how big this city was until now. The driver let her out across the street from the school where a park was. She quickly sat on a park bench that Ginny described she used and waited. She sat there for a few minutes before spotting whom she was waiting for. Just like Ginny said, the deepest red hair and emerald green eyes. Even from across the street, a person could tell how green and powerful they were. The little girl came out of the school doors, holding her books to her chest. She walked outside the gates and followed them around the corner where she sat on the bench there. She kept looking around like she was waiting for someone. Hermione got up and walked across the street, staying behind the little girl. She got to the corner of the fence when some others approached the little girl.
"Well, Well, Well. Isn't it the littlest Potter. You forgot to give me your lunch money, like a good girl." Said a boy with less tidy hair than Harry. He was half a head taller than Lily and by the way he looked, he was just a ruffian. He was accompanied by two others, his little gang.
"I didn't forget," responded Lily, glaring at the other boy. "I had better things to do with my money." She tried moving away from the group only to be blocked on both ends and being backed into the fence. "Now if you would excuse me."
Alex walked around the corner from the back of the school. He knew he was running later than usual so he hurried around the back to hope to catch his sister before she started walking on her own. He came onto seeing his sister being bullied by three boys.
Hermione walked closer, her intentions were to help Lily but it was subdued when she heard a powerful voice from the alley.
"TERRAE MOTUS!" a voiced spoke with an echo. Hermione felt the power of the voice as the sound hit her wars. Suddenly the ground around her began to shake.
Alex stood in the alley with his hand pointed to the ground. A crack in the concrete had formed and darted to the group. The boys struggled to keep balance. Lily quickly turned to see her brother causing the quake and immediately ran to him. Hermione looked over the corner, holding onto the fence post as the three boys fell off there feet.
"Alex, you mustn't!" She cried grabbing his hand and pushing it away. "They will know!"
The quake immediately stopped and the three got to there feet and ran away before yelling, "FREAKS!"
Hermione overheard what Lily had said. She looked to see if anyone else was around and before the boys left her sight she did a spell of her own. "OBLIVATE!"
Alex and Lily heard the words and saw a woman holding a wand. They approached her and saw the three boys, befuddled on why they where running. She turned and smiled at the two. She looked closely at Lily. She was almost identical to Harry's mother. She looked at Alex and her breath was taken away. It was Harry, just with no glasses, long straight hair, and no scar.
"Are you from NADOM?" Alex asked Hermione with guilt in his voice.
"NADOM?" Hermione asked. "No, I'm not. I'm from Ho-.I'm from England." She sheathed her wand. "I am an old friend of your father's. Do you know where I can find him?"
"He's at work right now, but you are welcome to come over to our house and wait for him." Said an excited Lily. A voice in Lily's head began to ring.
"What are you thinking!" said the voice that belonged to Alex but his lips never moved.
"You know Dad misses England. He would want to see an old friend." She responded in her mind. She kept a smile as Hermione tried to flag down another cab.
"How can we trust her? Dad had enemies in England too, don't forget."
"I don't think she's an enemy. She's seems too nice. Plus she saved your butt."
"I hope your right, Red. And I hope Dad doesn't freak out."
Their conversation ended right when Hermione flagged them over to a cab. Lily gave their street address and the three were on their way. Hermione's stomach started feeling even queasier as she got closer to seeing her lost love, after nearly two decades. Her eyes couldn't help but glaze over with readied tears, itching to flow down her cheeks. She held back as much as possible. The cab stopped in front of a two-story house, interconnected with others that stretched down the street, both directions. This was it. This was Harry's home away from home.
