"I didn't forget anything did I? OH, I don't know what I'd do if I
did-" Emily said nervously. They were waiting for the train doors to open
at Platform 9 ¾. There was a large crowd of people. Everywhere she turned
there was a mother hugging a child or a father giving that child a
handshake.
"Would you calm down, Mogget!" Alex said, apparently irritated at her nervousness. She had recently allowed him to call her that. Mogget had been her nickname in America when she was in a Muggle school. Yes, she went to a Muggle school. How else was she to learn to read and write so she could do spells?
"Alex, I'm scared. What if they don't like me? Shit!" some parents looked at her disapprovingly. "What is wrong with me?"
"You're just anxious, love. Now I made the house-elf load everything onto the train so you don't have to worry." He checks his watch. "You have only a few minutes. I will be waiting for you right here when school is over, okay? Oh," He pulls out a wrapped box. "Happy Birthday, Mogget." And kisses her on the cheek. He then smiles and walks away with his house-elf hobbling behind.
Emily looks down at the box and smiles. She had been doing a lot of that lately. Alex had gotten to her. He wasn't as bad as he used to be. He changed.for her. The box was a little bit bigger than her hand and wasn't heavy yet you could tell there was something in it. The wrapping was of black cats and the moon. How cute. There was also a card but she didn't open for there was a whistle announcing the leaving of the train. She tucked the box and card under her arm and made her way through the crowd to the train.
Almost every compartment was filled. She found one that was empty at the end of the train and sat down in it. It wasn't long until the door opened.
"Is this seat taken? Oh, Emily!" Draco said. He came in and sat across from her. "I thought you'd disappeared. You never went back to the dock."
"Oh. Um, I'm sorry. I was busy." She absent-mindedly traced the box with her fingers.
"Oh! I forgot! Happy Birthday!" he said smiling and handed her a beautifully wrapped gift. She knew even before she opened it that it was a broom. But what year?
"Thank you!" she opened it and her mouth hang open. It was a Firebolt 2003! She got up and gave him a big hug.
"I had my mum wrap it. When I tried the tape got mad at me." He said and she laughed. "Are you going to open your other present?"
"Yeah, I guess."
She picked up the box first and carefully unwrapped the paper from it. After getting all the tape off she opened the box and gasped. It was a chocker necklace, but very pretty. The band was green and there was a silver snake on the front. She automatically put it on. It fit perfectly.
"Wow, those are the color of the Slytherin House, my house. It's pretty. Whoa, I said pretty." Said Draco.
Next was the card. Draco leaned over to see it better.
Mogget,
I do hope you have a nice Birthday and am sad that I wont be there. Have fun at your new school also.
Love always,
Alex
"Alex? That's the name you said before you passed out that day in the woods. Who is he? Your boyfriend?" he had a hurt and evil look in his eye.
"Ha! Don't look at me like that Draco Malfoy. Alex happens to be my cousin. I am staying with him for a while. I don't know how long though. He just.cares for me that's all."
"He was the man I saw when I saw you at Diagon Alley. Looks just like you. My father told me a little about him on the way home. Said he was in the same kind of business with my father."
"Er, yeah. I never did know what he did but it wasn't good, I'll tell you that. That's why I-" she stopped all of the sudden.
"You what?" Draco asked.
"That's why I left him. And other reasons, which have to do with my parents."
"Hey, c'mon, you can tell me." Draco looked so sincere it made her laugh.
"Well, it has something to do with how my parents, er, died."
"Would you calm down, Mogget!" Alex said, apparently irritated at her nervousness. She had recently allowed him to call her that. Mogget had been her nickname in America when she was in a Muggle school. Yes, she went to a Muggle school. How else was she to learn to read and write so she could do spells?
"Alex, I'm scared. What if they don't like me? Shit!" some parents looked at her disapprovingly. "What is wrong with me?"
"You're just anxious, love. Now I made the house-elf load everything onto the train so you don't have to worry." He checks his watch. "You have only a few minutes. I will be waiting for you right here when school is over, okay? Oh," He pulls out a wrapped box. "Happy Birthday, Mogget." And kisses her on the cheek. He then smiles and walks away with his house-elf hobbling behind.
Emily looks down at the box and smiles. She had been doing a lot of that lately. Alex had gotten to her. He wasn't as bad as he used to be. He changed.for her. The box was a little bit bigger than her hand and wasn't heavy yet you could tell there was something in it. The wrapping was of black cats and the moon. How cute. There was also a card but she didn't open for there was a whistle announcing the leaving of the train. She tucked the box and card under her arm and made her way through the crowd to the train.
Almost every compartment was filled. She found one that was empty at the end of the train and sat down in it. It wasn't long until the door opened.
"Is this seat taken? Oh, Emily!" Draco said. He came in and sat across from her. "I thought you'd disappeared. You never went back to the dock."
"Oh. Um, I'm sorry. I was busy." She absent-mindedly traced the box with her fingers.
"Oh! I forgot! Happy Birthday!" he said smiling and handed her a beautifully wrapped gift. She knew even before she opened it that it was a broom. But what year?
"Thank you!" she opened it and her mouth hang open. It was a Firebolt 2003! She got up and gave him a big hug.
"I had my mum wrap it. When I tried the tape got mad at me." He said and she laughed. "Are you going to open your other present?"
"Yeah, I guess."
She picked up the box first and carefully unwrapped the paper from it. After getting all the tape off she opened the box and gasped. It was a chocker necklace, but very pretty. The band was green and there was a silver snake on the front. She automatically put it on. It fit perfectly.
"Wow, those are the color of the Slytherin House, my house. It's pretty. Whoa, I said pretty." Said Draco.
Next was the card. Draco leaned over to see it better.
Mogget,
I do hope you have a nice Birthday and am sad that I wont be there. Have fun at your new school also.
Love always,
Alex
"Alex? That's the name you said before you passed out that day in the woods. Who is he? Your boyfriend?" he had a hurt and evil look in his eye.
"Ha! Don't look at me like that Draco Malfoy. Alex happens to be my cousin. I am staying with him for a while. I don't know how long though. He just.cares for me that's all."
"He was the man I saw when I saw you at Diagon Alley. Looks just like you. My father told me a little about him on the way home. Said he was in the same kind of business with my father."
"Er, yeah. I never did know what he did but it wasn't good, I'll tell you that. That's why I-" she stopped all of the sudden.
"You what?" Draco asked.
"That's why I left him. And other reasons, which have to do with my parents."
"Hey, c'mon, you can tell me." Draco looked so sincere it made her laugh.
"Well, it has something to do with how my parents, er, died."
