Chapter 2
The Letter And Two Birthdays
At this point, I was supposed to be asleep, as it was about what? 9:30am!
And I normally asleep til 12:00pm! I was awoken by the holler of my dear
brother, as an owl was attacking him. (I had only guessed that because of
the hooting). Now brother knows not to wake me on the weekend (also our
birthday July 30th, today). I jumped out of bed and marched down the
hallway to James' room. I looked at the sign that read 'Go away! No girls
aloud!'. I completely ignored the sign, which now read 'James is now
being beaten by his sister, please visit him at the hospital in two
minutes!'. Satisfied with the sign I walked in and looked around the
room. As usual James never put his dirty laundry in his hamper, there
were comics all over the floor, along with chess pieces fighting to a
Gobstone set to Exploding Snap game cards scattered all over the floor.
The window was open and James was on his bed, wrestling an owl off his
head. I walked over and called the owl. It came over to me and landed on
my shoulder, and ruffled it's feathers. At this point mom and dad had a
woken and standing in James' doorway. There I stood ashamed, because I
woke them up (more like James and the owl woke them up). There was a
moment of silence when I saw the envelopes in James' right hand and he
was staring at me with that grin he has when he is going to do something
wrong. I stood there in shock. He was going to open both envelopes! I
knew one of them were for me. I had one second to think, when a Muggle
sport soccer popped in to me head and I tackled James. I remember mom
yelling at me when we hit the ground and dad cheering me on and mom
yelling: "Bob! Don't encourage violence in our house!".
But that did not stop me from trying to beat James up. But I didn't
because mom would ground me for the rest of my life and James would be
teased by Sirius and me and my letter would be demolished! So I let go of
his collar and asked for me latter. He handed over one letter, and it had
his name on it. At this point I was pissed off at him and asked through
clenched teeth (my eyes also emblazed) that he hand over my real letter
and gave his back. I looked at mine and looked up at James. We had be
accepted at Hogwarts! We hugged each other and were jumping up and down
we were so excited. Then the doorbell rang and I let go of James. It was
Sirius coming to celebrate our birthday! I had totally forgotten. (And
don't get me wrong but I have to admit, Sirius is one good-looking guy,
but you never heard that from my mouth!) I turned to hug mom and dad
really quick and raced to my room to get dressed. But I could just
imagine James smirking at the thought of him telling Sirius that I ran to
my room. So I ran back to his room, punched him in the arm and he got the
idea not to tell Sirius or he would be in for the biggest beating of a
lifetime by a girl. Then I walked casually back to my room and slammed
the door.
I went straight to my closet and picked out a baby blue tank top and a
pair of denim blue jean shorts, then ran to my dresser and picked out a
pair of underwear and got dressed. (You probably have this impression
that I like the colour blue. Well your impression was correct!) Anyways,
I walked across my bedroom to my own washroom and brushed my hair and
teeth. Then I raced down the stairs, turned left and walked into the
kitchen. There sat dad, James and Sirius and mom standing at the stove.
The Letter And Two Birthdays
At this point, I was supposed to be asleep, as it was about what? 9:30am!
And I normally asleep til 12:00pm! I was awoken by the holler of my dear
brother, as an owl was attacking him. (I had only guessed that because of
the hooting). Now brother knows not to wake me on the weekend (also our
birthday July 30th, today). I jumped out of bed and marched down the
hallway to James' room. I looked at the sign that read 'Go away! No girls
aloud!'. I completely ignored the sign, which now read 'James is now
being beaten by his sister, please visit him at the hospital in two
minutes!'. Satisfied with the sign I walked in and looked around the
room. As usual James never put his dirty laundry in his hamper, there
were comics all over the floor, along with chess pieces fighting to a
Gobstone set to Exploding Snap game cards scattered all over the floor.
The window was open and James was on his bed, wrestling an owl off his
head. I walked over and called the owl. It came over to me and landed on
my shoulder, and ruffled it's feathers. At this point mom and dad had a
woken and standing in James' doorway. There I stood ashamed, because I
woke them up (more like James and the owl woke them up). There was a
moment of silence when I saw the envelopes in James' right hand and he
was staring at me with that grin he has when he is going to do something
wrong. I stood there in shock. He was going to open both envelopes! I
knew one of them were for me. I had one second to think, when a Muggle
sport soccer popped in to me head and I tackled James. I remember mom
yelling at me when we hit the ground and dad cheering me on and mom
yelling: "Bob! Don't encourage violence in our house!".
But that did not stop me from trying to beat James up. But I didn't
because mom would ground me for the rest of my life and James would be
teased by Sirius and me and my letter would be demolished! So I let go of
his collar and asked for me latter. He handed over one letter, and it had
his name on it. At this point I was pissed off at him and asked through
clenched teeth (my eyes also emblazed) that he hand over my real letter
and gave his back. I looked at mine and looked up at James. We had be
accepted at Hogwarts! We hugged each other and were jumping up and down
we were so excited. Then the doorbell rang and I let go of James. It was
Sirius coming to celebrate our birthday! I had totally forgotten. (And
don't get me wrong but I have to admit, Sirius is one good-looking guy,
but you never heard that from my mouth!) I turned to hug mom and dad
really quick and raced to my room to get dressed. But I could just
imagine James smirking at the thought of him telling Sirius that I ran to
my room. So I ran back to his room, punched him in the arm and he got the
idea not to tell Sirius or he would be in for the biggest beating of a
lifetime by a girl. Then I walked casually back to my room and slammed
the door.
I went straight to my closet and picked out a baby blue tank top and a
pair of denim blue jean shorts, then ran to my dresser and picked out a
pair of underwear and got dressed. (You probably have this impression
that I like the colour blue. Well your impression was correct!) Anyways,
I walked across my bedroom to my own washroom and brushed my hair and
teeth. Then I raced down the stairs, turned left and walked into the
kitchen. There sat dad, James and Sirius and mom standing at the stove.