"Ron!"exclaimed Fred,"don't turn all Hermione on me"
"And besides who said they have to know"said Nicole.
"Nicole, I'm surprised at you"said George, "you should know better than that"
"Excuse you, you shouldn't be talking"said Nicole
"Well excuse us mis. Attitude"said George
"What's wrong with you I've never seen you act so, so.."said Fred
"BAD" finished George.
"Jesus you act like if I said something horrifying "said Nicole
"Its just that we are so surprised"said Ron.
"We like it" said the twins in union.
Nicole laughed, "so are we going to do it, oh do you think we should let Hermones, I mean Hermione in on it?" asked Nicole angelically.
"Hermones ?"said Fred
"Hey that's a good one, thanks Nikki"said George.
Bill and Charlie came in. Charlie sat down next to Ron and Nicole.
"So you guys want to head out of town tomorrow, since tomorrow is going to be the last day we get to spend time with you guys"said Charlie.
Nicole's eyes twinkled making her look prettier than ever. But to someone who new her very well (Ron) there was pure mischief in her eyes.
"Actually we were, you see dear cousin Charlie," Nicole began, getting up from Ron's lap to sit in Charlie's lap. "You see um aunt Molly won't like it if we um well"she said licking her lips,
"Um she won't like us going out to late, so we were kind of wondering if you could perhaps convince her for us"she said finishing with a brilliant smile.
"Um"Charlie coughed, and started squirming around in his chair feeling a bit uneasy. And then got a little to comfortable by touching Nicole in the rear end.
"I ...I .. I ..um sure no problem, consider it done"he said.
"Great"said Nicole jumping off his lap turning around to see a wide eyed Fred, George, Ron, and Bill. She laughed and said, "well I think I'll go up to bed now" she said kissing everyone in the room goodnight.
Next she headed in to the kitchen,
"Night uncle Arthur, goodnight aunt Molly"
"Good night sweet heart"said Arthur.
"Good night Nikki"said Molly
She skipped up stairs and entered Ginny's room. Ginny was still awake.
"Hey" said Ginny
"Hey Ginny I thought you'd be asleep now"
"No I was um thinking"
"Really, about what?"Nicole asked her.
"Well um you look like a person who know's a lot about guys so I was kind of wondering if you could give me advice" she said blushing.
"Oh I see you have a crush on someone and you'd like to know how to get his attention"said Nicole.
"Well um yes"
"What's his name?"
"Harry"
"Harry? By any chance do you mean Harry Potter" Ginny nodded, "honestly! Ginny, I don't know, but I heard that guy is really stuck up and obnoxious, I don't know the guy but I heard it from someone who goes to school with him"
"Your right you don't know him, who ever told you such horrid lies, who ever say such a lie"said Ginny bewildered.
"Um you see I have this pen pal whom I've been writing to, he goes to Hogwarts and is in the same year as Harry, he said he is really quite ugly his nose is twisted and that he has greasy hair"
"What's your pen pals name?"asked Ginny really frustrated now.
"Draco Malfoy"
"Malfoy I should have known he is Harry's worst enemy, jealous if you ask me"
"Really"said Nicole
"Yes"
"Malfoy is jealous that Harry gets all the attention, even though Harry doesn't really want any of it, he really has his feet stuck on the ground and he loves Quidditch"
"well if that's the case try to get him to like you"said Nicole eyes twinkling at the mention of âEquidditch'.
"No for real that's what I've been trying to do the past four years I've been there"said Ginny
"You didn't let me finish, try to get him to like you because of you, don't try to pretend to be someone your not, get him to like you, or else you really will make a big fool of yourself, and that's the best advice I can give you"Nicole said.
"Wow that was really deep thank you Nikki"
"Your welcome of course, I'll think I'll go take a warm bath"she said undressing herself.
"All right good night Nicole"
"Good night Ginny"she said while putting a towel around herself. She quietly tip toed inside the bathroom, cautious not to wake up her aunt and uncle who were right next door. She slid the shower curtains out of the way and to her great surprise she found Ron squeezing a rubber ducky? Her eyes widened, gasped, Ron turned around and saw her.
"What the, Nicole what are you doing here?"he asked his cheeks turning scarlet, his ducky in his left hand.
"Shhh your mum is next door" Nicole said.
"Hey you want to shower with me?"he asked innocently.
"We're not eight years old anymore Ron"she said quietly moving to the door and leaving. She closed the door behind her and to her great surprise she was face to face with a wide eyed Hermione.
"Hermione!"she exclaimed.
"You..you.. You with your cousin!"exclaimed Hermione.
"My cousin?"Nicole questioned. (Slowness), catching up, she gasped and said,
"Oh no your not assuming, EW , of course not, uh nasty, honestly Hermione that's disgusting"said Nicole, "what the hell you thinkin' girl"
"Well it sure looked like you were doing something, I mean you know" said Hermione blushing furiously.
Nicole looked straight in to Hermione's eyes and then cautiously, just in case Hermione bit her head of (American expression)said,
"Is it just me, or do you have a thing for Ron"
"ME?"she exclaimed
"No my mother, of course you jeez "said Nicole
Five seconds later Hermione answered, "of course not, Harry and Ron are like my brother's"
"Harry? Harry again honestly what had this kid done to be so popular, everywhere I go Harry this, and Harry that'"said Nicole
"What!"said Hermione, "you, you the great Nicole who know's everything doesn't know about Harry Potter and you know who"she finished.
"Voldemort, his name is Voldemort my grandfather taught me that by avoiding a name you'll just create more fear to the thing or person and my grandfather never spoke of Harry Potter in the house and forbade us to look in any book with his name in it so no I don't know his story and Ron never told me that his best friend is Harry Potter or you for that matter"Nicole finished.
"Oh my God!"Hermione screeched, she opened the bathroom door, slid open the bathroom curtains and began to yell at Ron,
"You, you his best friend and you didn't tell your cousin your best friend's story"
"Hermione calm down my mother told me not to tell her because,"said Ron
"Because I thought she should find out by me"cut in Mrs. Weasley who was standing by the door.
"Ron get dressed, Hermione go to bed, Nicole come with me"
"Yes aunty"said Nicole hoarsely. She felt like she was about to be executed for some reason.
They went into the parlor.
"Sit"said Molly Weasley pointing to a chair neat the fireplace.
"Um this is kind of awkward aunt Molly what is it"said Nicole.
"I can see why Dumbledore didn't tell you about Harry"
"What does Harry have to do with anything?"asked Nicole growing a little angry.
"I don't know how to put this in a simple manner so I am just going to say it, since you are going to star- go to Hogwarts this year, I am sorry I can't put it in a easier way the reason your parent's were murdered was because they didn't tell him where little Harry and his parents were hidden"
Nicole stayed silent, "can I go to bed now?"she asked after a while
"Yes sweetie go on"said Molly looking gray.
Nicole slowly walked upstairs, and sat on the top of the steps where she was shortly accompanied by Ron. After a short conversation Nicole got up and bid Ron good night.
"Nicole wait, I have to talk to you about something"said Ron
"What is it?"she asked
"Well you see, don't freak out or anything, but I really like you,"
"Well I like you to Ron"said Nicole smiling
"That's just it I like you, but not the way I am supposed to, and sometimes I scare myself with some of the things that I think about...you"
"Oh dear"
"Your not mad at me or anything"
"Oh no but, what about Hermione she seems er nice"she said uncertainly.
"Well I will admit that I used to have a crush on her but not anymore"
"Sure don't act like it"she said under her breath
"What?"
"What about other girls at Hogwarts"
"Nah they're just no"he simply said
"Oh" she said clapping her hands, "I know, my friend Dominique she is really pretty, I'm sure you will like her"
"Well if you say she's pretty she must be thank you Nikki" said Ron putting his arm around her shoulder and walking her to Ginny's room.
Nicole went straight to bed, she laid down and started thinking. She remembered when Dumbledore first told her about her parents death. It was only a short while ago before that she had always thought her parents had died in an accident at work. Dumbledore decided she was old enough to handle the truth.
"They were murdered" he had said, "both your parents were murdered by Voldemort"
Dominique and Nicole had both broken down into tears.
There were tears in here eyes now, because of this boy her parents were dead.