We arrived at the house, an hour or so later. We had talked excitedly most of the way, laughing and singing loudly to the muggle radio dad had installed. We pulled into the drive and I saw an old woman step out the door smiling.

"Grandma!" I yelled, hugging her tightly.

"Oh, Lex," she gasped, looking shocked, "You've grown."

I looked at her. I hadn't really noticed but now I was looking down on her. I smiled and shrugged.

"Guess I was due for one," I said.

We all headed inside and they dragged their trunks up to my room. I walked inside and gasped. My room, which was a pretty okay size but a little small how had two extra sets of bunk beds. Linnea ran into me and looked inside the room.

"Holy shit," she muttered under her breath, "What happened?"

I moved inside and set the trunk at the end of my bed and the others looked around. They had never been inside my house.

"Damn Lex," said Breena, "This is a massive room."

Hari nodded in agreement and dropped her trunk at the foot of a bed.

"Nice bunks too," she said.

"Dad must have done something," said Lex, untying the basket so that Sky and Ami, her fox and cat, could get out and roam around, "This room used to be pretty small."

"Probably did some sort of enlargement charm," said Alaina, "Pretty impressive."

As we all settled in, we talked a bit. Before I knew it the sun was going down and it was nearly dark outside. Gavin came and knocked on my door and walked inside.

"Dinner's ready," he said, smiling, "Like the room?"

I nodded and he grinned.

"Took Dad and I nearly a month to figure it out," he said, "So you better enjoy it!"

We all laughed and headed down stairs. There was a large plate of hamburgers setting on the table and we all dug in. At one point we wandered outside and sat on the grass, watching the stars. I sat next to Linnea, who was lying on her back. Breena was swinging on the tree-swing and Alaina had discovered that a nearby tree was perfect for climbing. Hari was simply sitting on a nearby bench, watching the stars as well. I looked up at the stars and smiled.

"I forgot how beautiful it was out here," Linnea muttered next to me.

I nodded. Breena was watching the stars silently.

"We never had a view like this back at the house," she muttered, "I makes you feel so small."

I nodded and suddenly a start streaked across the sky.

"Whoa," muttered Alaina from the tree, "Did you see that?"

"Yeah," whispered Hari, "A shooting star."

"Beautiful," muttered Linnea.

We spent that night under the stars. It seemed like life times before my Dad told us we needed to come inside. We went to my room and talked for hours longer. At one point I drifted off into a peaceful sleep.