Chapter 3
"CHRIS! GET OVER HERE NOW!" Megan was signaling Christine over to a pet shop. "I totally want that owl! Just look at it!!!" She was pointing at a beautiful eagle like owl that seemed perfect.
"Wow..." Was her reply. She thought the owl was beautiful! And yet... For some weird reason she didn't want an owl. "
"Let's ask you mom if you can buy it! After all, how else are you gonna write to me all the way from..." Her voice trailed off when she realized Christine had never actually told her WHERE she was going.
"Hogwarts... It's a school in London or some place like that..." Christine said with a half smug look on her face.
"Oh right! Well anyways, are you gonna get that owl or not?!"
"Well... I don't know-" Christine started to say when they both heard yelling from inside the shop. Jumping up from their cozy seat on a bench, they and ran inside.
A lady was yelling to the store keeper about some animal. "Listen! I bought this-this-THING! A day ago and already it ate all my food and chewed my shoes!! THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CAT! NOT SOME RABID JUNK YARD DOBERMAN!!"
"Yes ma'am and I'm very sorry but I can't refund your-"
"I DON'T CARE IF YOU GIVE ME A REFUND OR NOT!!! Just take the cat!!" She thrust the crate at the lady and stormed out of the store, almost knocking Christine over!
"You are going to drive me insane!" The lady at the counter said to the cat. They heard a noise that sounded like a mix between a dark barking and a cat meowing. The lady looked up and saw Megan and Christine standing there and straitened up. "Welcome!" She said putting on a VERY fake smile.
"Hi!" Megan said. "I was wondering how much that owl in the window cost-" She tried to finish but Christine cut her off.
"How much that cat in that crate next to you cost!" Megan stared at her with a looked of disgust, shock, and amazement all mixed into one!
"This cat?" The lady said doubtfully.
"Yes... That cat!" She repeated trying to sound polite.
"No... She doesn't mean it!" Megan cut in. "She's delusional and-and not thinking!"
"No Megan, I want to see, If not BUY that cat in that crate!" The lady cracked up.
"Well here..." She flipped the cage around and starring at a beautiful cat.
The cat was large, about the size of a small Labrador but its coat was amazing. It looked like a snow leopard only slightly darker. Christine was mesmerized... Megan wasn't.
"That's a cat?!" She whispered in Christine's ear. "It's HIDEOUS!"
"How much?" Christine asked the lady.
"You're still interested.... God... This cat is a bunch of trouble... NOTHING!"
"NOTHING?!?!!!" Both girls repeated.
"Yup... You heard me... NOTHING!" She pushed over the crate. "Just take him and don't return him!" Christine grabbed the crate and lugged it out. God! She thought What do they feed this thing?!
When they got outside they saw Christina and Kimberly standing outside by their bags. "You girls just took off is everything-" Kimberly saw the cat and stopped talking in mid sentence. Then at the same time, both Kimberly and Christina yelled. "YOU BOUGHT A CAT!?!?!"
Christine smiled sheepishly (which she didn't so often). "Well... It was kinda free...." Their expressions were still ones of shock and disbelief.
"WOW CHRIS! I thought for sure you'd buy an owl!" Christina said flashing a smirk at Megan who was glaring at her.
"I almost did but I just didn't like it..." Megan glared at her.
"Well I think you should have bought the owl!!!!!" Megan had a bad habit of turning into a snob whenever she didn't get her way or things didn't go they way she planned!
"Where is the owl anyways?" Kimberly asked, wanting to know what could make her choose a cat over and owl!
"In the front window! The eagle like one!" Christine and Megan answered at the same time. Kimberly and Christina gazed at the beautiful bird.
"Mommy... Did I ever tell you I-" Before Christina could finish the bribe her mother replied.
"Yes... You can get the owl." They both walked like zombies into the store and came out holding the owl. Christina was smiling like a little girl who had just gotten a new toy.
"ISN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL!?!" She screamed jumping up and down... AFTER she set the owl's cage down. "I'm gonna name her Sunny because she shines like the sun!" Christine and Megan turned around and laughed silently at how stupid Christina sounded.
"Lovely name Chrissie!" Kimberly said but turned to look at Christine who snorted with laughter. "I haven't see you even think of a name for your cat Chris!" Christine glared at her mom realizing she was right!
"I was... That is... His name is..." She thought for a moment and then it came to her. "Black Mist!" The name was very fast thought of but she thought it fit. The cat had a misty look about him and since he was dark colored it seemed to work.
"Well... It will do!" Kimberly looked up at the clock and sighed. "Well Megan... We've got to be going! Lots of packing to do!"
"When are you leaving for Hogwarts?" Megan asked.
"Two days!" Kimberly said very matter-a-fact way while Christine gaped at her.
"TWO... DAYS!?!" She finally managed to say. Kimberly nodded and Christine sucked in a deep breath to keep from cursing at her. Finally Megan broke the awkward silence.
"I'll call you later kk?" She said to Christine when they reached her mom shop.
"kk!" They did a secret hand shake they had had since they were little and then waved good-bye.
*****
When everyone got home both Christine and Christina ran up stairs to check their email! Most witches and wizards wouldn't bother to have such a silly little thing like 'email' but New York was a very technology based city were there were more Muggles then there were magic folk so it was natural for wizards and witches to have emails and cell-phones and things like that.
"I CLAIM THE RADIO!" Christine yelled when they were in the safety of their room.
"You always do!" Christina said sitting down in a roller chair by her computer. Christine put in her "Musix Mix" and turned it to the "Boys of Summer: REMIX"! She danced her way over to the computer and went to yahoo.com.
"Sweet! Seven new emails!" She clicked the one from icy_girl33@hotmail.com first and read.
Hey Chris! It's Meg!
I was thinking about how you have to leave in a few days and decided to through a party for you and Chrissie! Everyone already said they would come and I just can't through the party if you don't come! Tell Chrissie to invite some of her friends! I'll call you later to give you the details!
HUGZ!!
-Megan
"Wanna go to a party tomorrow?" She asked Christina after finishing reading it.
"Huh? Oh yeah sure..." Christina was too wrapped up in reading an email from her friend Lisa that read:
Dear Chrissie,
I heard you and Chris are being sent away! That sucks! Anyways... I just felt bad... Call me when you get this! BYE!
-Lisa
Both girls replied to their emails in a few seconds and then started casually talking, like they did everyday.
"So you wanna go to a party?" Christine asked Christina again.
"A party? For who?" she asked in surprise.
"For US!"
"Oh... Who's hosting it?"
"Um... Megan..." Christina rolled her eyes. In Christine's eyes, Megan threw GREAT parties! Music, dancing, entertainment, food, everything you could want at a party!! But Christina thought that her parties were weird and frankly she didn't want to go! After Megan and Christine's friends would be there, NOT hers!
"Look-"
"PLEASE! Megan said you could invite you friends and I think you would actually have some fun! It's FOR US after all!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!" Christine was actually on her knees begging away, which NEVER happened.
Sighing she said. "FINE!"
"YES!" Christine got up of the ground and grabbed the phone.
"Who are you calling?"
"A person!"
"What person?!"
"Megan!"
"To..."
"Tell her your coming! Later!" She walked out of the room and leaving Christina to sit in the empty room. She could here Christine talking on the phone from inside the room. She decided a nap would be a good idea considering she'd be out partying all night tomorrow. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep. But she hadn't even eaten! And dinner wasn't for another hour! Suddenly she heard the click of the door handle and Christine came in. She set the phone down and walked over to Christina. "Wanna come horseback riding with me?" She asked. Christina was surprised. Christine and her hadn't been horseback riding since... GOD! She couldn't even remember!
"Um... Are you feeling okay Chris?" She asked.
"Yeah... But this is probably the last time we'll ever be able to go so... WHY NOT!" Christina smiled widely and Christine laughed. "I'll take that as a yes!" She walked over to her closet and threw a pair of faded blue jeans at Christina.
"What are these for?" She asked picking up the jeans.
"Well... Unless you wanna ride in a side saddle you have to wear something besides and skirt!" Christine picked up some darker blue jeans and put them on. She put her light-blue "Bill-a-bong" sweatshirt on and then some riding boots. "You can use my extra pair." She told Christina motioning to an older pair of riding boots.
"Okay!" Soon the girls were heading towards the barns. They'd left a note for their mother so she wouldn't worry and told her they'd be back late.
"CHRIS! GET OVER HERE NOW!" Megan was signaling Christine over to a pet shop. "I totally want that owl! Just look at it!!!" She was pointing at a beautiful eagle like owl that seemed perfect.
"Wow..." Was her reply. She thought the owl was beautiful! And yet... For some weird reason she didn't want an owl. "
"Let's ask you mom if you can buy it! After all, how else are you gonna write to me all the way from..." Her voice trailed off when she realized Christine had never actually told her WHERE she was going.
"Hogwarts... It's a school in London or some place like that..." Christine said with a half smug look on her face.
"Oh right! Well anyways, are you gonna get that owl or not?!"
"Well... I don't know-" Christine started to say when they both heard yelling from inside the shop. Jumping up from their cozy seat on a bench, they and ran inside.
A lady was yelling to the store keeper about some animal. "Listen! I bought this-this-THING! A day ago and already it ate all my food and chewed my shoes!! THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CAT! NOT SOME RABID JUNK YARD DOBERMAN!!"
"Yes ma'am and I'm very sorry but I can't refund your-"
"I DON'T CARE IF YOU GIVE ME A REFUND OR NOT!!! Just take the cat!!" She thrust the crate at the lady and stormed out of the store, almost knocking Christine over!
"You are going to drive me insane!" The lady at the counter said to the cat. They heard a noise that sounded like a mix between a dark barking and a cat meowing. The lady looked up and saw Megan and Christine standing there and straitened up. "Welcome!" She said putting on a VERY fake smile.
"Hi!" Megan said. "I was wondering how much that owl in the window cost-" She tried to finish but Christine cut her off.
"How much that cat in that crate next to you cost!" Megan stared at her with a looked of disgust, shock, and amazement all mixed into one!
"This cat?" The lady said doubtfully.
"Yes... That cat!" She repeated trying to sound polite.
"No... She doesn't mean it!" Megan cut in. "She's delusional and-and not thinking!"
"No Megan, I want to see, If not BUY that cat in that crate!" The lady cracked up.
"Well here..." She flipped the cage around and starring at a beautiful cat.
The cat was large, about the size of a small Labrador but its coat was amazing. It looked like a snow leopard only slightly darker. Christine was mesmerized... Megan wasn't.
"That's a cat?!" She whispered in Christine's ear. "It's HIDEOUS!"
"How much?" Christine asked the lady.
"You're still interested.... God... This cat is a bunch of trouble... NOTHING!"
"NOTHING?!?!!!" Both girls repeated.
"Yup... You heard me... NOTHING!" She pushed over the crate. "Just take him and don't return him!" Christine grabbed the crate and lugged it out. God! She thought What do they feed this thing?!
When they got outside they saw Christina and Kimberly standing outside by their bags. "You girls just took off is everything-" Kimberly saw the cat and stopped talking in mid sentence. Then at the same time, both Kimberly and Christina yelled. "YOU BOUGHT A CAT!?!?!"
Christine smiled sheepishly (which she didn't so often). "Well... It was kinda free...." Their expressions were still ones of shock and disbelief.
"WOW CHRIS! I thought for sure you'd buy an owl!" Christina said flashing a smirk at Megan who was glaring at her.
"I almost did but I just didn't like it..." Megan glared at her.
"Well I think you should have bought the owl!!!!!" Megan had a bad habit of turning into a snob whenever she didn't get her way or things didn't go they way she planned!
"Where is the owl anyways?" Kimberly asked, wanting to know what could make her choose a cat over and owl!
"In the front window! The eagle like one!" Christine and Megan answered at the same time. Kimberly and Christina gazed at the beautiful bird.
"Mommy... Did I ever tell you I-" Before Christina could finish the bribe her mother replied.
"Yes... You can get the owl." They both walked like zombies into the store and came out holding the owl. Christina was smiling like a little girl who had just gotten a new toy.
"ISN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL!?!" She screamed jumping up and down... AFTER she set the owl's cage down. "I'm gonna name her Sunny because she shines like the sun!" Christine and Megan turned around and laughed silently at how stupid Christina sounded.
"Lovely name Chrissie!" Kimberly said but turned to look at Christine who snorted with laughter. "I haven't see you even think of a name for your cat Chris!" Christine glared at her mom realizing she was right!
"I was... That is... His name is..." She thought for a moment and then it came to her. "Black Mist!" The name was very fast thought of but she thought it fit. The cat had a misty look about him and since he was dark colored it seemed to work.
"Well... It will do!" Kimberly looked up at the clock and sighed. "Well Megan... We've got to be going! Lots of packing to do!"
"When are you leaving for Hogwarts?" Megan asked.
"Two days!" Kimberly said very matter-a-fact way while Christine gaped at her.
"TWO... DAYS!?!" She finally managed to say. Kimberly nodded and Christine sucked in a deep breath to keep from cursing at her. Finally Megan broke the awkward silence.
"I'll call you later kk?" She said to Christine when they reached her mom shop.
"kk!" They did a secret hand shake they had had since they were little and then waved good-bye.
*****
When everyone got home both Christine and Christina ran up stairs to check their email! Most witches and wizards wouldn't bother to have such a silly little thing like 'email' but New York was a very technology based city were there were more Muggles then there were magic folk so it was natural for wizards and witches to have emails and cell-phones and things like that.
"I CLAIM THE RADIO!" Christine yelled when they were in the safety of their room.
"You always do!" Christina said sitting down in a roller chair by her computer. Christine put in her "Musix Mix" and turned it to the "Boys of Summer: REMIX"! She danced her way over to the computer and went to yahoo.com.
"Sweet! Seven new emails!" She clicked the one from icy_girl33@hotmail.com first and read.
Hey Chris! It's Meg!
I was thinking about how you have to leave in a few days and decided to through a party for you and Chrissie! Everyone already said they would come and I just can't through the party if you don't come! Tell Chrissie to invite some of her friends! I'll call you later to give you the details!
HUGZ!!
-Megan
"Wanna go to a party tomorrow?" She asked Christina after finishing reading it.
"Huh? Oh yeah sure..." Christina was too wrapped up in reading an email from her friend Lisa that read:
Dear Chrissie,
I heard you and Chris are being sent away! That sucks! Anyways... I just felt bad... Call me when you get this! BYE!
-Lisa
Both girls replied to their emails in a few seconds and then started casually talking, like they did everyday.
"So you wanna go to a party?" Christine asked Christina again.
"A party? For who?" she asked in surprise.
"For US!"
"Oh... Who's hosting it?"
"Um... Megan..." Christina rolled her eyes. In Christine's eyes, Megan threw GREAT parties! Music, dancing, entertainment, food, everything you could want at a party!! But Christina thought that her parties were weird and frankly she didn't want to go! After Megan and Christine's friends would be there, NOT hers!
"Look-"
"PLEASE! Megan said you could invite you friends and I think you would actually have some fun! It's FOR US after all!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!" Christine was actually on her knees begging away, which NEVER happened.
Sighing she said. "FINE!"
"YES!" Christine got up of the ground and grabbed the phone.
"Who are you calling?"
"A person!"
"What person?!"
"Megan!"
"To..."
"Tell her your coming! Later!" She walked out of the room and leaving Christina to sit in the empty room. She could here Christine talking on the phone from inside the room. She decided a nap would be a good idea considering she'd be out partying all night tomorrow. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep. But she hadn't even eaten! And dinner wasn't for another hour! Suddenly she heard the click of the door handle and Christine came in. She set the phone down and walked over to Christina. "Wanna come horseback riding with me?" She asked. Christina was surprised. Christine and her hadn't been horseback riding since... GOD! She couldn't even remember!
"Um... Are you feeling okay Chris?" She asked.
"Yeah... But this is probably the last time we'll ever be able to go so... WHY NOT!" Christina smiled widely and Christine laughed. "I'll take that as a yes!" She walked over to her closet and threw a pair of faded blue jeans at Christina.
"What are these for?" She asked picking up the jeans.
"Well... Unless you wanna ride in a side saddle you have to wear something besides and skirt!" Christine picked up some darker blue jeans and put them on. She put her light-blue "Bill-a-bong" sweatshirt on and then some riding boots. "You can use my extra pair." She told Christina motioning to an older pair of riding boots.
"Okay!" Soon the girls were heading towards the barns. They'd left a note for their mother so she wouldn't worry and told her they'd be back late.