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Chapter Four: Inside Her Pretty Little Head
For a moment, Lucy sat there, her face in pure shock.
"E-ex-excuse me? Did you just say that I would be living with the Potters?"
Unaware of her precarious position, Ms. Salem nodded and replied.
"Yes. The Potters. Your manageress herself is Lily Potter, wife of the legendary James Potter and mother of the also legendary Harry Potter. Not to mention her contacts. Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Arabella Figg, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin, to name a few. She's in quite a high circle."
Lucy seemed unperturbed that she would be staying with such a well-credited and sophisticated family. Instead she seemed to ponder more about a certain Harry Potter.
'Well. If it isn't little miss nobody herself.'
'Did you really think we wanted to be your friends?'
'I'll show them.'
Flashes of her past whizzed through Lucy's memory.
'Now's my chance to get them back. I'll show them. For all they've done to me, I'll show them, what I've become.'
She smiled a slow, deliberate smile and stated simply.
"I understand. I should be privileged. Now, what was the intinerary again?"
Ms. Salem seemed shocked at Lucy's sudden enthusiasm.
"Um... well... you will leave in two days. They'll pick you up at the airport. The cousins will arrive the day after, so you have one day to get to know your surroundings before they come. Then, for a month you will attend functions, festivals, and other assorted activities arranged annually during the Potter Cousin Gathering."
Lucy simply smiled again.
"Perfect. That sounds lovely."
Again, the headmistress was taken aback. Why the sudden change?
"Um... alright. That's about it. You may leave."
Smiling her eery smile one last time, Lucy waltzed out, her mind conjuring up fantasies in which Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were completely awestruck at her beauty and fell to their knees, begging for mercy.
"AACK! Oh my God!"
Arabella Figg ran into Lily's office.
"What is it?"
"Oh my GOD! Oh My GOD! OH MY FREAKING GOD!"
Lily started breathing heavily and she made huge flapping motions with her hands as if to cool herself off.
Arabella rushed to the rescue.
Patting Lily's back, she soothed Lily.
"Lily, calm down. I'm sure whatever it is, we can work it out."
"NO! NO, WE CAN'T!"
Lily continued her tirade of wheeze and flap.
"LILY! Stop! Tell me what's wrong and we WILL work it out!"
Lily stopped at Bella's stern tone.
"It's just.... LUCY'S COMING TOMORROW! AND WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY READY!"
"Oh don't worry about that. Your son and husband and their little gang have come up with a little welcoming surprise."
Lily immediately looked up, worried.
"Arabella! No! What are they going to do? I can't afford to lose another job."
"Oh, don't worry. I'm sure Hermione's talking sense into them right now."
"Right... right..."
"ABSOLUTELY NOT! YOU WILL NOT AND MAY NOT DO THAT TO LUCY THUNDERS!"
"But Mione, it'll just be temporary. I mean, it's an intermediate joke."
"I don't care Ron. It's too risky."
"It's just a bucket of chocolate syrup rigged to drop on her."
"JUST, Harry? JUST! I don't think she will appreciate being coated in chocolate, thank you very much!"
"OH COME ON! It's Hersheys! You gotta love Hersheys!"
"SIRIUS! I don't care what kind of chocolate it is. You're not going to coat in her chocolate. For god's sake, why don't you just turn her into a walking dessert?!?!"
"HEY! Not a bad idea!"
"WHAT?!?! James! I was being sarcastic."
"I know. But it sure as hell is a good idea."
"RON!"
"I agree!"
"Me too!"
"You guys are ganging up on me. Remus, don't you agree that this is not a good idea?"
"Actually, I think that she'll be fine. It's just whipped cream, chocolate syrup, ice cream, and some other assorted toppings."
"Are you kidding, Moony?!?! Why stick with the basics? We're going all out! Plus, I heard that Ms. Thunders has quite a sweet tooth."
"HARRY! Oh, this is ridiculous."
But before Hermione could reason with them further, the men had gathered together and started planning leaving a worried Hermione to leave the room and hastily inform Lily and Bella of their predicament.
"Oh! LUCY! We'll miss you so much!"
"Oh, I'll miss you guys too!"
"GROUP HUG!"
The girls lunged inwards and had one last group hug.
"Lucy! Time to go!"
Irritatedly, Lucy let go of the other sniffling girls and shouted back.
"Don't get your panties in a bunch! I'm coming!"
Turning back to the girls, she smiled and said.
"I'll always remember you guys. You gave me everything I have now."
The girls smiled wobbly, their bottom lips quivering and eyes threatening to spill floods.
Before they could burst out wailing, Lucy, with one last backwards glance, jumped into a carriage and zoomed off, leaving only a whiff of her vanilla scent in her wake.
"Well... here I come."
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