Chapter Two- Hilari and Jacki
At 10:00 sharp the doorbell at Remus Lupin's house rang. The boys, knowing it must be the two girls from Salem, rushed downstairs Remus opened the door while James
and Sirius crowded behind him. Two girls stood at the door, one was blonde with her hair up in a funky style, wearing baggy black pants and a black quarter sleeve shirt with a
red one over it. She had
so many black and red braceltes with spikes and such on her left arm it would have been impossible to count. With one look at her brown eyes you could see she was very
misunderstood and yet very intelligent and clever. The other one had long, wavy, light brown hair and sparkling blue-gray eyes that were a different world all together.
She looked both plain and complex at the same time.
"Hi," the girl dressed in black said in a a southren accent. "Im Hilari, and this is Jacki," She motioned to the girl beside her.
Sirius stepped in front of Remus, who was staring Hilari, dumbfounded, and said, "Im Sirius, and these are my best friends Remus Lupin, and James Potter,"
Hilari shook his hand. "So.. want help with your stuff?" she asked brightly. She shoved her elbow into Jacki, who had been standing there, daydreaming. "No,
we can get it." said James. Hilari just walked in a picked up a trunk, not listening. Jacki followed and picked up another. Sirius picked up he last one and they headed out the door.
"So where is this 'middle' school and how are getting there?" Remus asked, walking beside Sirius. "Here's a portkey, and we get the bus every morning." said Jacki.
James, confused, muttered "Huh?" as all five touched the old rag and were off with a whoosh.
"Muggle school isnt like Hogwarts, you only stay there during the day and come home to your house at night. Salem isnt like Hogwarts either, we go to muggle school during
they day,because in America you pretty much have to, and go to Salem for a few hours after every day, but the term doesnt start till after you leave," Hilari explained when they thudded
onto Hill Road, Georgia, USA. "Bus?
The Knight Bus?" asked James. "No, school bus!" Hilari heaved. "You take over," She gestured to Jacki. Jacki nodded. "Every morning we go to the
bus stop at the end of the road and wait for the bus to get there. Then we get on and it takes us to school." She breathed. "I think I get it!" Sirius exclaimed.
"You better!" Hilari looked at Jacki. This was going to be harder than they had thought.
"This is my house," said Jacki, stopping in front of a little brick house. The five teens walked in, and Jacki gave them the grand tour. "This," She said, "is the living room. And
these, are my parents." She gestured to the adults sitting on the couch. "Mom, Dad, these are Remus, Sirius, and James, the kids from Hogwarts." "Hi kids!" Jacki's mom
waved and stood up. "You boys can sleep upstairs in the guest bedroom, there's bunkbeds in there. And you can call me Mrs. Linda," She left the room and went into the kitchen
to make lunch.
The kids went upstairs, depositing their trunks in their room. "Okay, there's a few things we need to explain before we go off to school," Hilari said, climbing onto the top bunk
in the guest bedroom. Jacki climbed up after her, and the boys followed. "First off- Lockers." The boys looked at each other. "Lockers are like little boxes you can keep your
books and junk in until that particular class. You will have a combination of numbers to open it. DO NOT FORGET IT." "Okay." the three boys answered in unison. "You will be writing
with penicls, not quills." Jacki got out a mechanical pencil from her pocket and motioned to it. "Okay, then, instead of the food appearing on the table, you will have to stand in line with
a tray to get it." "Is that it?" Hilari looked at Emily. "I think so. But you have to meet our freinds, Kris and Sara, or you wont know what the hell is going on and its going to be good to have
some friends other than us before you get there, just in case your not in all of our classes. Ever used a telephone?" Remus nodded and the other two boys shook their heads.
"Well, it's this," Hilari motioned to the phone. "Everyone has a number, and you dial it with these buttons to talk to them. We'er going to do three way, which means three people with
differnt numbers can talk at the same time. We can all talk for our number, because Im going to put it on speaker-phone." Everyone nodded and Hilari dialed Kris's number.
"Can I speak to Kris please?" She asked. "Hey girl! Those new exchange student boys are here, and Im going to do three way and let them met you and Sara." Hilari dialed
another number. "hey Sara! Those exchange boys are here and Im going to put us on speaker. Kris's on the line too." She put her hand over the reciever and said "If anyone asks,
your from St. John's Boarding School in Alaska." and pressed the speaker phone button. "Guys?" Jacki said. "Yes!" came too girl's voices from the telephone holder. Sirius and James
looked at each other, amazed. "These are Remus, Sirius, and James. Say Hi." The boys echoed "Hi!" "This is their first week in a public middle school help them out if there lost or
something." Jacki chided. "Why don't we just come over there? To your house? We ARE your neighbors...." "Oh right!" Hilari remebered. "Dont blame me, I dont live here!" "We'll met you
in the yard," added Jacki. "K" they heard, and the line was dead.
"Come'n" Jacki said, climbing down and walking outside onto the fire escape(dont ask) in the bedroom and down the steps, the rest following her. Two girls stood in the yard.
"Guys, this is Kris," Jacki said, pointing to the pretty girl on the left with short brown hair and auburn highlights. "Hi!" She waved. "And this is Sara," Hilari pointed to the other girl, who
had long reddish hair. "And these are James Potter," she said, pointing to James. "Sirius Black," Sirius grinned. "And Remus Lupin." Remus smiled good-naturedly. "Wanna go to the
mall and the movies to mourn the end of summer?" Kris asked. Her voice was a little stuttery, and when you first meet her it is hard to understand. Hilari and Jacki looked at each
other. The guys didnt know what a mall or movies were... Hilari tried to solve the problem by answering, "Yes we want to go to the mall, the place where teenagers go to hang and
shop, and to the movies, where you watch moving pictures that tell a story." The boys looked at each other with lookis of dawning comprehension. "Oookaaayy....." Sara said. They
obviously weren't witches.
The seven headed off toward the mall, which was in walking distance, chatting about things that Sirius, Remus, and James hardly understood a word of. When they were in the
parking lot a boy wearing a hat with a skull cap came over to them, riding what looked like a board with four wheels. "Whats that?" James asked, before he thought. "We dont have
those in Alaska," He added apologetically. "Guys, this is Chaz." Jacki introduced them. "This is Sirius, Remus, and James." Chaz nodded. "Its a skate board.
Wanna try?" he leaned it back and stepped off. He leaned over and whispered in Sirius's ear, "The chicks dig it," "Yes!" Sirius said, putting one foot on the skate board and then the
other. "This is easy!" He said. "Now you have to actually move." Sirius pushed himself with one foot and a second later was lying to the cement. "What happened?" Everyone laughed.
James tried next, and he successfully got around this big pole with a box at the top(He was later told it was called a 'street light') before falling off. Surprisingly Remus stayed on the
longest, making it all the way to the door before he fell. "Well, see yall later!" Chaz left them and skated off.
Kris sighed. "I hate Samantha." Hilari turned toward the boys and explained, "Kristen used to go out with Chaz. He kind of ditched her for Samantha, who is Sara's, he went
out with her too, friend. I I think she still likes him...." As they opened the door and the boys were suddenly surruounded by hundreds of people, most wearing clothes that said
"Amercrombie" or "Amercrombie and Fitch". "AHHH! What the hell is Amercrombie?" Sirius said a bit loudly. Several passing people looked at him oddly, including Kris and Sara.
"Its a stupid fad, a store that like all the popular, rich, snobby preps shop at. I personally hate it." "Amen!" said Jacki. "Wow, look at all the people from school!" Kris gaped. Everyone
they saw was from school. "Lets introduce these guys to some on them," Sara said dragging them over to a clump of people who stood talking by the railing.
Several girls dashed looks at Sirius and then didnt seem to be able to get their eyes off him. Sirius enjoyed the attention. "Hey Tom, Susie, Karly, Mel, Zach. This are
Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and James Potter." said Jacki. "Howdy," James said, and Sirius followed with a "Hello!" Remus smiled. They started to talk about the up-coming
"Sadie Hawkins Dance", whatever that was. They listened, occaisionally nodding or saying "yeah."
" Want to go see a movie with us?" asked Hilari. "Sure!" Everyone agreed, and they all stood in line and got tickets for "The Pirates Of The Carribean." They sat in the theatre,
waiting for it to get dark. Hilari and Jacki explained in whispers that once it got dark, they all had to shut up and watch the movie. Sirius apparently thought this did not apply to him and
got Hilari, Jacki, Remus, James, and himself kicked out of the theatre.
"Oh well!" Jacki sighed. The went to MdDonalds in the Food Court, and it took some explaining to get the boys to understand what a hamburger was.
"Why is called a ham-burger if its made from a cow? asked Remus. "So its like a sandwich?" James asked. "Yeah," Jacki rolled her eyes. "Then why is it called a Ham-burger and
not a cow sandwich?" "JUST EAT IT!" Hilari said loudly, throwing a wrapped-up hamburger at James.
They met Sara and Kris after the movie got out and walked home, where Jacki explained what a TV was and sat watching it until they were forced to go to bed.
The boys couldnt wait to go to muggle school,and they talked excitedly about it as they fell asleep. Over in Jacki's room, her and Hilari werent so sure.
At 10:00 sharp the doorbell at Remus Lupin's house rang. The boys, knowing it must be the two girls from Salem, rushed downstairs Remus opened the door while James
and Sirius crowded behind him. Two girls stood at the door, one was blonde with her hair up in a funky style, wearing baggy black pants and a black quarter sleeve shirt with a
red one over it. She had
so many black and red braceltes with spikes and such on her left arm it would have been impossible to count. With one look at her brown eyes you could see she was very
misunderstood and yet very intelligent and clever. The other one had long, wavy, light brown hair and sparkling blue-gray eyes that were a different world all together.
She looked both plain and complex at the same time.
"Hi," the girl dressed in black said in a a southren accent. "Im Hilari, and this is Jacki," She motioned to the girl beside her.
Sirius stepped in front of Remus, who was staring Hilari, dumbfounded, and said, "Im Sirius, and these are my best friends Remus Lupin, and James Potter,"
Hilari shook his hand. "So.. want help with your stuff?" she asked brightly. She shoved her elbow into Jacki, who had been standing there, daydreaming. "No,
we can get it." said James. Hilari just walked in a picked up a trunk, not listening. Jacki followed and picked up another. Sirius picked up he last one and they headed out the door.
"So where is this 'middle' school and how are getting there?" Remus asked, walking beside Sirius. "Here's a portkey, and we get the bus every morning." said Jacki.
James, confused, muttered "Huh?" as all five touched the old rag and were off with a whoosh.
"Muggle school isnt like Hogwarts, you only stay there during the day and come home to your house at night. Salem isnt like Hogwarts either, we go to muggle school during
they day,because in America you pretty much have to, and go to Salem for a few hours after every day, but the term doesnt start till after you leave," Hilari explained when they thudded
onto Hill Road, Georgia, USA. "Bus?
The Knight Bus?" asked James. "No, school bus!" Hilari heaved. "You take over," She gestured to Jacki. Jacki nodded. "Every morning we go to the
bus stop at the end of the road and wait for the bus to get there. Then we get on and it takes us to school." She breathed. "I think I get it!" Sirius exclaimed.
"You better!" Hilari looked at Jacki. This was going to be harder than they had thought.
"This is my house," said Jacki, stopping in front of a little brick house. The five teens walked in, and Jacki gave them the grand tour. "This," She said, "is the living room. And
these, are my parents." She gestured to the adults sitting on the couch. "Mom, Dad, these are Remus, Sirius, and James, the kids from Hogwarts." "Hi kids!" Jacki's mom
waved and stood up. "You boys can sleep upstairs in the guest bedroom, there's bunkbeds in there. And you can call me Mrs. Linda," She left the room and went into the kitchen
to make lunch.
The kids went upstairs, depositing their trunks in their room. "Okay, there's a few things we need to explain before we go off to school," Hilari said, climbing onto the top bunk
in the guest bedroom. Jacki climbed up after her, and the boys followed. "First off- Lockers." The boys looked at each other. "Lockers are like little boxes you can keep your
books and junk in until that particular class. You will have a combination of numbers to open it. DO NOT FORGET IT." "Okay." the three boys answered in unison. "You will be writing
with penicls, not quills." Jacki got out a mechanical pencil from her pocket and motioned to it. "Okay, then, instead of the food appearing on the table, you will have to stand in line with
a tray to get it." "Is that it?" Hilari looked at Emily. "I think so. But you have to meet our freinds, Kris and Sara, or you wont know what the hell is going on and its going to be good to have
some friends other than us before you get there, just in case your not in all of our classes. Ever used a telephone?" Remus nodded and the other two boys shook their heads.
"Well, it's this," Hilari motioned to the phone. "Everyone has a number, and you dial it with these buttons to talk to them. We'er going to do three way, which means three people with
differnt numbers can talk at the same time. We can all talk for our number, because Im going to put it on speaker-phone." Everyone nodded and Hilari dialed Kris's number.
"Can I speak to Kris please?" She asked. "Hey girl! Those new exchange student boys are here, and Im going to do three way and let them met you and Sara." Hilari dialed
another number. "hey Sara! Those exchange boys are here and Im going to put us on speaker. Kris's on the line too." She put her hand over the reciever and said "If anyone asks,
your from St. John's Boarding School in Alaska." and pressed the speaker phone button. "Guys?" Jacki said. "Yes!" came too girl's voices from the telephone holder. Sirius and James
looked at each other, amazed. "These are Remus, Sirius, and James. Say Hi." The boys echoed "Hi!" "This is their first week in a public middle school help them out if there lost or
something." Jacki chided. "Why don't we just come over there? To your house? We ARE your neighbors...." "Oh right!" Hilari remebered. "Dont blame me, I dont live here!" "We'll met you
in the yard," added Jacki. "K" they heard, and the line was dead.
"Come'n" Jacki said, climbing down and walking outside onto the fire escape(dont ask) in the bedroom and down the steps, the rest following her. Two girls stood in the yard.
"Guys, this is Kris," Jacki said, pointing to the pretty girl on the left with short brown hair and auburn highlights. "Hi!" She waved. "And this is Sara," Hilari pointed to the other girl, who
had long reddish hair. "And these are James Potter," she said, pointing to James. "Sirius Black," Sirius grinned. "And Remus Lupin." Remus smiled good-naturedly. "Wanna go to the
mall and the movies to mourn the end of summer?" Kris asked. Her voice was a little stuttery, and when you first meet her it is hard to understand. Hilari and Jacki looked at each
other. The guys didnt know what a mall or movies were... Hilari tried to solve the problem by answering, "Yes we want to go to the mall, the place where teenagers go to hang and
shop, and to the movies, where you watch moving pictures that tell a story." The boys looked at each other with lookis of dawning comprehension. "Oookaaayy....." Sara said. They
obviously weren't witches.
The seven headed off toward the mall, which was in walking distance, chatting about things that Sirius, Remus, and James hardly understood a word of. When they were in the
parking lot a boy wearing a hat with a skull cap came over to them, riding what looked like a board with four wheels. "Whats that?" James asked, before he thought. "We dont have
those in Alaska," He added apologetically. "Guys, this is Chaz." Jacki introduced them. "This is Sirius, Remus, and James." Chaz nodded. "Its a skate board.
Wanna try?" he leaned it back and stepped off. He leaned over and whispered in Sirius's ear, "The chicks dig it," "Yes!" Sirius said, putting one foot on the skate board and then the
other. "This is easy!" He said. "Now you have to actually move." Sirius pushed himself with one foot and a second later was lying to the cement. "What happened?" Everyone laughed.
James tried next, and he successfully got around this big pole with a box at the top(He was later told it was called a 'street light') before falling off. Surprisingly Remus stayed on the
longest, making it all the way to the door before he fell. "Well, see yall later!" Chaz left them and skated off.
Kris sighed. "I hate Samantha." Hilari turned toward the boys and explained, "Kristen used to go out with Chaz. He kind of ditched her for Samantha, who is Sara's, he went
out with her too, friend. I I think she still likes him...." As they opened the door and the boys were suddenly surruounded by hundreds of people, most wearing clothes that said
"Amercrombie" or "Amercrombie and Fitch". "AHHH! What the hell is Amercrombie?" Sirius said a bit loudly. Several passing people looked at him oddly, including Kris and Sara.
"Its a stupid fad, a store that like all the popular, rich, snobby preps shop at. I personally hate it." "Amen!" said Jacki. "Wow, look at all the people from school!" Kris gaped. Everyone
they saw was from school. "Lets introduce these guys to some on them," Sara said dragging them over to a clump of people who stood talking by the railing.
Several girls dashed looks at Sirius and then didnt seem to be able to get their eyes off him. Sirius enjoyed the attention. "Hey Tom, Susie, Karly, Mel, Zach. This are
Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and James Potter." said Jacki. "Howdy," James said, and Sirius followed with a "Hello!" Remus smiled. They started to talk about the up-coming
"Sadie Hawkins Dance", whatever that was. They listened, occaisionally nodding or saying "yeah."
" Want to go see a movie with us?" asked Hilari. "Sure!" Everyone agreed, and they all stood in line and got tickets for "The Pirates Of The Carribean." They sat in the theatre,
waiting for it to get dark. Hilari and Jacki explained in whispers that once it got dark, they all had to shut up and watch the movie. Sirius apparently thought this did not apply to him and
got Hilari, Jacki, Remus, James, and himself kicked out of the theatre.
"Oh well!" Jacki sighed. The went to MdDonalds in the Food Court, and it took some explaining to get the boys to understand what a hamburger was.
"Why is called a ham-burger if its made from a cow? asked Remus. "So its like a sandwich?" James asked. "Yeah," Jacki rolled her eyes. "Then why is it called a Ham-burger and
not a cow sandwich?" "JUST EAT IT!" Hilari said loudly, throwing a wrapped-up hamburger at James.
They met Sara and Kris after the movie got out and walked home, where Jacki explained what a TV was and sat watching it until they were forced to go to bed.
The boys couldnt wait to go to muggle school,and they talked excitedly about it as they fell asleep. Over in Jacki's room, her and Hilari werent so sure.
