Disclaimer: I just spent two weeks using a Laptop to type up chapter 3 and used a notebook to write other chapters. Am I really doing this for money??

Dedication: To...one of my best friends, who happens to think this story is great for some odd reason...

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The Journal of Jaessa Aisling Starsley
Chapter Two: Where's My Boot?

August 31

11:32 pm

I got into trouble. Again. At Diagon Alley. What else is new? But don't worry, it wasn't really that bad.

Yes it was.

Bray! Honestly. This is my journal.

You pop into mine.

Point taken. Okay, it's true, it was horrible not being able to write! I just got you back. Using magic. Pity I'm leaving for Hogwarts tomorrow so I can't be punished, right?

If Mum would just try to understand my love for Muggle music, magic, and vampires, she'd understand why I was late.

And here you had me thinking you were with a boy!

Bray!

Fine! But if you don't get packed...

I will, don't worry! Its only 11:40. I still have time.

As I was saying, if Mum could only understand those three little things, it wouldn't be so big of a deal. We went to Diagon Alley to get our school supplies, per usual. But, before we could start buying what we needed, we ran into this Libby girl. Now, I don't know her too well, but I guess she's this snobby girl who really hates certain people. I've been told mostly punks and Goths, but she never bothered me much. I think there's history between Lily and Bray...

So, Libby approached us and began talking.

"Oh Braaay! Jaay! How niiice to see you!" she cooed in a sickly sweet tone.

Bray raised her eyebrow and snapped, "What do you want?"

"Braessa!" Mum scolded, "You should be nicer to your little friends!"

"But she's not my..."

"Don't make it worse," I muttered to her.

Libby smirked evilly.

"I don't believe I caught your name, dear," Mum said.

"I'm Libby! You must be Bray and Jay's mother."

"That's a lovely outfit you're wearing. Girls, why can't you dress like that?" Mum demanded.

"Because we're proud of our unique and original clothing. We refuse to worship the fashions our generation is infatuated with," I explained.

"This is an asinine conversation. Jay, let's go get the rest of our books," Bray insisted.

As you may have imagined, or maybe not, because you're a book, this caused Mum to yell at us later for our clothing and behavior. By the way, you wouldn't happen to know what asinine means? No? I didn't think so...

So, the yelling was kind of expected. Bray and I went to get our books though, so we managed to stall a bit. I hate our school uniform (even the Slytherin one) and decided to make a bit of a change at Madame Malkin's. I doubt I'll get into too much trouble. I think the teachers are a bit afraid of Bray and me. I haven't been too happy at Hogwarts lately and some people have found some interesting marks in places...not from me, of course! They're spider bites! I think spiders react to vampire's anger....

Back to the uniform. I ordered black shirts instead of the standard white. They were too thin anyway! If you wear any other color bra than white, it shows through the shirt! And if you happened to get wet, your shirt and bra will show everything underneath! It's positively disgusting. So, I ordered black.

Just that minor infraction would be enough to set Mum off again. But then I decided to take a look at this new music store that had my favorite Muggle and wizarding music. Who could resist? I was looking at some CDs and just lost track of time. By the time I paid and left the store, I had all of five minutes to get back to the entrance of Diagon Alley. Of course, I was going to be late.

And I was. But only by a few minutes, mind you! Mum was upset, but she knows that wizards and witches don't have telephones, so I couldn't have called or anything. And it was only a few minutes.

I don't think it helped my case that we got into an argument about my Muggle music again. She said something about not being able to understand the words, but that doesn't make sense because they sing just as fast as the singers she listened to in college. I dunno, I think it's fine. Maybe she just doesn't like the influence it has on my clothing... I may be on to something there.

Mum decided to take you away as punishment, but I don't get it. Next time, she should take away the Lappy so I can't play any games.

Anyway, Bray is yelling at me to pack, seeing as how it's morning already. It's only ten after midnight...

Jay

57 minutes later

I lost my combat boots! Or, er, one of them. This one was on top of my bookshelf. Maybe the other one will show up around there, too.

I think I need more suitcases! Or fewer books. Books, not clothes. I threw out all the uniforms that were too small (or too white) and all the Muggle clothing that was too small (or too pink... or too purple... or just too preppy, period). That doesn't leave too much, really.

Now, where's that other boot?

30 seconds later

I swear, it's not in this room! I simply cannot find that boot... unless it's migrated to behind my music or under my window seat...

45 minutes later

Bray had my boot! Honestly! Okay, maybe I did have it, but she hid it from me! I'm absolutely sure of it.

Now, how will I fit my music in here? There are too many CDs that I like to leave behind. If only my MP3 converter was working on the Lappy, this would be a lot easier on all of us. Well, I suppose I don't really need all of these books. Seventy or eighty extras might be a tad excessive on top of the seventh year N.E.W.T. books.

There! Now I'm down to my favorite 20 or so books. Hopefully I can fit all my music...

I'm done packing. Only one trunk and one suitcase this year! That's two trunks and three suitcases fewer than last year. Thank goodness I'm past my "yellow" stage, which necessitated everything yellow in my room coming with me last year...

Perhaps I should sleep. It's only quarter to three, but, I probably ought to be well-rested. After all, I have pranks to pull on first years!

This time tomorrow I'll be at Hogwarts... I can't wait!

Jay

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A/N: Hello! Yep, I was on vacation. Sorry for the delay. So, you can thanks my BETA for reading through this so all the grammar is okay. Yeah. Keep reading and reviewing for me because I need input. If you ahve suggestions, I'll try to add them in later chapters. Thanks for reading!

Luv and thanks,

Jay