Disclaimer: I own Darkness Galaxy and anything pertaining to this game that I made up. I own all of the people that JK Rowling doesn't. (Although, most of them own themselves.)
Hit the Floor
Chapter 5
Pizza Boy, Games, and Sleeping Arrangements
By: Liquid Wolf Isis
Kayla watched Severus glare daggers at Sirius. It was still a bit hard to believe that Severus' and Sirius' looks had changed so suddenly. It probably had something to do with the fact that they had no more magical power. She wondered how it was easier to believe that they were real, than the fact that they went from old and stressed-looking to down right hot in 30 seconds flat. And Severus was definitely handsome. As if he was listening to her thoughts, Severus turned his gaze on her. Kayla hurriedly averted her gaze back down to her magazine, with a small smile on her face.
Laura then came into the room; she was carrying the robo-dog Techno and a comb and hair brush. "What do you want now?" said Adrienne, not turning around from the computer. Laura came in and closed the door be hind her. "Mom said you had to comb my hair before we leave." Adrienne turned to her sister with an annoyed sigh. "Turn around." Adrienne started to unbraid her hair and comb it out until it was all puffy like an afro. "What are you guys gonna do over at Brittany's house?" asked Kayla. "First we're going to play over at her house then later Uncle Brian is going to take us out to eat." While talking, Laura turned on Techno. The robo-dog started barking and furiously wagging its tail; which of course got everyone's attention. "I thought you were going to see a movie?" said Adrienne, trying to get through a difficult knot. "Ow, Adrienne that hurt." "Yeah, yeah." "We were, but the movie we wanted to see, was sold out so we wanted to go out for dinner instead. Could you put it in 2 this time?" Laura asked her sister. "Side to side or up and down?" asked Adrienne using the brush to make it smooth. "Up and down."
Sirius' curiosity got the better of him and asked "What kind of dog is that?" Laura looked up at him. "It's a robot dog. His name is Techno. He's supposed to act like a real dog but he doesn't go after the ball he came with. Here," she handed over the dog and Sirius just stared at, waiting for it to do something. "You can press his nose or the button on top of his head to make him do something." He decided to press the nose to see what would happen. The barked and his round eyes started flashing. Sirius pressed the button on top of its head; the dog barked again and its legs started moving as if he was trying to walk. Sirius set him down on the floor and watched the little guy walk around, stop and wag his tail so hard his whole body shook. "I have to say this is a pretty interesting invention." said Sirius as he picked up the puppy and looked at its underside.
"There, finished." said Adrienne as she handed the hair brush and comb back to Laura. "Can we take the PS and some games?" Laura asked. "No." "Why not?" "Because I don't want you taking it over there and if they break something you know they won't buy you another one." Adrienne said turning back to the computer. "Did you pack all your stuff: toothbrush, deodorant, socks?" "Yes, yes, yes. I got all that" Laura took back Techno Sirius was handing back to her. She was about to leave when Adrienne said "Extra underwear?" "Adrienne!" Adrienne laughed, "Sorry, I had to do it." Laura went out the room with a last glare at her sister.
Adrienne went down stairs to help Laura and Mikayla take their things next door while Kayla set up the DVD player on the Play Station 2 in Adrienne's room. Adrienne came back up stairs with her books and book bag and the cordless phone in her pocket. "You're not going to start your work are you?" asked Kayla. Adrienne gave her a look and said "No, I think I'll finish it later on tonight. Hey you have your World Geography book don't you?" "Yeah, left yours at school again?" Adrienne ignored the question and threw her bag in the corner and got out paper and pen. "What do you think we should get for toppings?" "I think pepperoni and cheese would be a good starter for them." said Kayla.
Adrienne took a moment to scribble down how they wanted the pizzas, and then dialed the number. "Hey," started Kayla. "Make sure T.J.'s working today." "Shut up, it's ringing. Oh, hi, um yes. I want two large pan pizzas. The toppings are cheese and pepperoni; extra for each...my number is 354-7986....um delivery. Oh, yea, could you tell me if T.J. is working tonight?.......Just got there? Thanks." She hung up and set the phone to the side. "It'll be here in about 20 minutes. Well what do you guys wanna do first?"
Kayla gave her a pleading look and batted her eyelashes, "Can we Adrienne? Pleassssssseeeee?" "No." "Why not?" "Because." Answered Adrienne as she sat back against the footboard of the bed closed her eyes. "Because what?" persisted Kayla. Adrienne looked at her through slitted eyes, "Because we've both seen it to the point where we know who's going to say what when and where. So if you don't mind, watch something else."
Kayla pouted, she wanted to watch the Harry Potter movies so she could watch their reactions to seeing themselves. "Can we watch it later on tonight then?" she asked hopefully. Adrienne gave in with a sigh, "Yes, yes we can watch it later on tonight, but only when I say so." She added the first part quickly before Kayla had time to answer. "Deal!"
"You know at?" Adrienne asked to no one in particular. "What?" answered Harry. "I don't even know if I have enough money to pay for the pizza." Adrienne answered lazily. She hefted her self up and went over to the closet, this time going in the right corner. She pulled out a small, red pouch and dumped all the contents out onto the floor. All kinds of small baubles (aka which here means trinkets) spilled out; lip gloss, coin change, a stray bracelet; just to name a few. She picked up a few balled up dollars hoping they weren't ones and replaced all the other things into the pouch. She counted the money the money and ended up with $63. "This should be enough for everything."
"Oh, Spongebob Squarepants is on!" cheered Kayla. Adrienne sighed; this was going to be a long sleepover.
20 minutes later Adrienne found herself in the kitchen looking for an Alka-seltzer Plus for the throbbing headache that was dead set on trying to make her head explode. She slumped down at the table; she was still trying to wrap her mind around the fact the: A) she had the Harry Potter characters in her house. In her room; watching Spongebob Squarepants nonetheless. B) she wanted to go to sleep during the chance of a lifetime. 'Well, how can I blame myself?' she thought to her self as she rested he head on her arms. 'I got what? 3 hours of sleep last night. Something told me to print that fanfic and read it in class. But, NO, I had to see what happened. I had to see if Harry, Draco, and Sev would have a threesome. Boy did I pay for it.' Adrienne grinned. 'But then again, I was rewarded.' She groaned again as her headache made itself known. 'I wonder if I can catch a few winks down here.'
What Adrienne didn't notice was Severus standing in the doorway as she sat down at the table. He had come down stairs for some quite; the other's laughing was starting to annoy him. He considered the kitchen, but it was obviously taken. He decided against her when Adrienne seemed to be in deep thought.
He took quite steeps to the table and when he pulled out his chair, Adrienne just about jumped of her chair at the noise. He raised an eloquent eyebrow at her. "Sorry," she said. "You scared me. Is there anything you need? Or want?" Severus took his seat, and shook his head crossing his arms across his chest. "No, their so-called laughter was killing my ears. More like hyenas. Although; the animation was quite amusing."
Adrienne laughed at his sarcastic joke. She laid he head back down on her arms looking up at Severus. "Just looking for a quiet place?" He gave a stiff nod. "Yeah," She closed her eyes intent on a nap. "Me too." There was only a few minute of silence, until it was broken by a knock at the back door. Adrienne growled into her arms "am I ever going to get any sleep?!"
"Yo, Adrienne!" came the from the other side of the door. "Open up it's me!" She got up grumbling. When she opened the door there was a tall boy holding two boxes. Severus also noted the stupid grin on his face. "What's up Adrienne? Two large, extra pepperoni and extra cheese." He said as he walked into the kitchen. He wore a red shirt and black pants and a matching cap with a 'Pizza Hut' logo on it turned back wards. "Nothin', just chillin'." She said as she took the pizzas from him and sat them on the table.
He noticed Severus sitting at the table, and his grin came back full force. "Ooooo, Adrienne got a boyfriend!" He said looking between the both of them. Adrienne slapped his shoulder, "TJ, shut up. And no he is not my boyfriend." "Oh, my bad dawg. My name TJ." TJ held his hand out for him to slap it. But Severus just looked at it then at him. TJ took his hand back; looking obviously embarrassed, he looked at Adrienne.
She seemed to smirk at him. "TJ, this is Sam. Sam this is TJ. One of my slower friends." She said taking plates down from the cabinet. "TJ, Sam is an exchange student from England. I'm going to be the host while he's here. PIZZA! COME AND GET IT!" TJ took a seat opposite Severus, "So, how long have you been here?" Severus accepted his plate from Adrienne before he answered the question. "Only a few hours. We've just arrived."
TJ raised his eyebrows at Adrienne, mouthing 'we?' His question was answered the three pairs of feet were heard coming down the stairs. Kayla was the first to run into the kitchen squealing "TJ! Oh, I've missed you!" He greeted her with a strong hug. He didn't notice Harry and Sirius till they were right beside them. Adrienne decided to introduce them. "TJ, these are the other two that came with Sam. This is Syrus," pointing at Sirius. "And this is, uh Harry," she pointed to Harry unable to come up with a good name for him. "Guys this is TJ." Instead of wanting a Hi-Five, he went for a hand shake.
"Adrienne, why didn't you tell me that Kayla was going to be here?" asked TJ as took his seat and Kayla taking his lap. "Oh, I just wanted it to be a surprise. Really I did." Adrienne said sarcastically. Adrienne made sure everyone was served what they wanted; Kayla's put on the side for when she finishes with TJ.
Sirius and Severus were a bit uncertain that they wanted to eat this 'pizza'. But after seeing Harry take a huge bite out of his slice, Sirius figured it must be good if he's eating it like that. After the first bight Sirius was hooked. Severus watched as the two Gryphendores 'dig in', he decided to taste it. After a nibble and a few more, he admitted it was delicious, but it had a bit too much sauce.
Adrienne watched as Kayla and TJ practically emitted flirtatious waves. She glanced over at the other three; they looked like they were enjoying themselves. Good. She looked back at TJ whispering something in Kayla's ear as she wrapped her arms around his neck. That's not good. 'I better get them out of here be fore they cause me any more embarrassment. She opened her mouth to tell them to go to another room when TJ beat her to it. "Hey, Adrienne why didn't I give that message to Kayla a while back." Adrienne frowned into the refrigerator as she got out the Sprite to serve with the pizza. "Oh, that last one." He nodded. "Maybe because she was on punishment – no phone, no cell phone, no e-mail – and might I mention it was during the holidays. So there was no way of getting to it to her. And by the time that school started again, I'd forgotten."
She handed the drinks to the foreign trio, who thanked her, while sitting Kayla's on the side beside her plate. Then she served herself. "Look I need to discuss two things with you two. 1) I really don't want to watch you two suck faces while I'm trying to eat; and I'm sure they don't want to either. So go find another room, particularly not mine. 2) You both need to find some other way of communication. I'm really tired of being the middle man in this mess. Every time one of comes over here, you're either asking me about how the other's doing or what the other's doing. And then I have to take all these precautions just so you can meet, just so you can do whatever it is you do. And in my house?! Sure I tolerated it the first couple of times, but this is going too far. I mean, the girl is trying to page you a work! Come on people I have better things to do with my time." As she finished her rant she took a bite out of her cheese pizza. Kayla got up to stand over by Adrienne. "Aw, she just needs a boyfriend. That's all because, no Adrienne you don't have any thing better to do with your time other than surf the net, read or your favorite, take a nap." She said with a giggle. TJ got up to pull her into a hug from behind, and said, "Yeah, I could fix that problem for you." Adrienne over at the face on her shoulder, "No I think I'll decline on that offer. But I think Kayla would be more than happy to take you up on that." She took a sip of Sprite.
Adrienne took their seat which was conveniently beside Sirius, who was on his second piece. "So where's your mom?" asked TJ trying to take Kayla's pepperoni slice. Since he couldn't get hers he decided to help himself to a slice out of the box. "Oh no, no, no Negro. You better put that back. And my moms is at work." Adrienne said taking the slice and putting it on her own plate.
(A/N ok let's just pause this right here. There are a few things I forgot to mention. You see Adrienne lives in a mostly black neighborhood, and her school's mixed. Just want to point this out so you won't be surprised if the characters seem a bit....ghetto. N E way back to the show.)
"Aw man, why you gonna treat a brotha like that?" Adrienne reached into her pocket and handed him two 20 dollar bills, "Here's for the pizza. I know this is enough, so don't try to jack me out of my money. I'll have to think about that slice of pizza." TJ shook his head as he gave her the right change and the receipt. She looked at it and took two pieces of pizza with her only to wrap up in a paper towel. "Here, you to get going before you get fired." She told him. "Wait!" said Kayla running over to him. "Give me your phone number first." "Oh yea," he called out the numbers as she wrote them down on the back of her hand. She kissed his cheek and he left with a "see ya later."
Adrienne shook her head as she watched Kayla go back to her plate giggling. "You know," she said around pizza. "To say that you two broke up a long time ago, you still act like newlyweds." Kayla giggled again, "I can't help it, and he's just so cute." "You mean he's not her boyfriend?" asked Sirius. Adrienne shook her head. "Just look at her shirt. It tells the truth." When Kayla gave an indignant look, Adrienne told her she was just joking. She turned to Harry, "Harry, when Ron and Hermione get together, make sure you don't get caught in the middle of any arguments. It'll save you a heck of a lot of trouble." Harry just nodded; she did have a good point. He wouldn't have to choose sides.
Kayla crossed her arms across her chest, "Don't get mad at me just because you're jealous." Adrienne raised an eyebrow, taking another sip of soda. "Jealous, jealous of what? The fact that you can juggle two boys?" "NO!" said Kayla, getting annoyed. "You're jealous because I have a boyfriend and you don't."
Adrienne sighed, looking even more tired. "I'm not jealous because you have a boyfriend. I'm not jealous at all. It's good you have a boyfriend, someone to occupy your time. As for me not having a boyfriend; I don't need one right now, they'll get in the way. Plus, none of the boys at our school are worth the effort, except for a good hand full. I mean really, almost all of them are super cute, but their taken, dumb as a wall, or just not interested. The majority of them are taken. So what does that leave me with?" There was a minute's silence as Kayla finished off her third piece.
Kayla snapped her fingers, "Hey, what about Him? You know, that guy you can't stop talking about. Every time you're in the hallway, you're either talking to someone or looking for him. Most of the time you're doing them both at the same time." Adrienne sat up straighter in her chair, a smile growing on her face. "Oh yes, he's the perfect candidate for that position. He's cute, he's tall, he's artistic, AND he's a junior." "Yeah, and that's just about all you know about him. We don't even know his name. But don't worry," Kayla came over a slung an arm around her best friend's shoulders, grinning. "We'll have him as your b/f by the end of the year." Adrienne sighed and shrugged Kayla's arm off, "yeah, I wish." She walked over to the sink and deposited her plate in it.
She turned back to the others at the table, "So, who's up for some video games?" "OH! Let's play Crash Team Racing. I call shotgun!" So Harry, Adrienne, Kayla and Sirius – who turned around to snag another piece of pepperoni pizza – marched into the den. Adrienne stuck her head back in the kitchen when she noticed that Severus wasn't with them. He was still at the table, sipping his Sprite. "Hey, you gonna stay in here?" she asked getting his attention. But he kept his gaze trained on the pizza boxes. "Yes, I think I will." Adrienne chuckled; he still wanted his quiet time. "Don't worry, I understand. I would back up to my room, but I think I'd better go and keep an eye on the other three." As she turned and left, he thought on how it was possible for them to just suddenly disappear and reappear in a different world and in a different country nonetheless. How he and Black suddenly decreased in age, how Potter had lost his scar – literally – and it all happened simultaneously. How they'd all somehow lost their magic... All in all, nothing added up. The reason he could think of would be Voldemort.
Severus grimaced, he was getting a headache. He stood to retrieve the headache potion he always kept handy in the left pocket of his robes. When he got it out, he found something very wrong with it. It was discolored – a pasty puke-ish green instead of the liquid blue. It had gone bad. He took out the healing potion that was in the right pocket. It also had similar symptoms. Severus's brow knitted, how could they go bad when he'd made them just this morning? The wormhole must have had the same effect on potions, as it did on their magic. He sighed as he threw them in the dustbin, and retook his seat. He supposed he could watch the others play whatever it is they're playing. But he opted for a few more minutes' peace when he heard a whoop of laughter from the other room.
Night had fallen and Harry and Sirius were on a roll. Well, Harry for now. He had beaten Sirius a total of 9 times, while Sirius had only won 3 times. He found he loved playing video games when his godfather was his opponent. He would either try to bump him off the race track when he caught up to him, or bump his arm to make him mess up. Harry usually got his revenge by sending bombs to the back of Sirius' go-kart. Kayla and Adrienne would give them tips and laugh at their antics while trying to do homework all at the same time. And he was glad to see a gleeful smile on his godfather's face again. With the implications of Voldemort's purges, there had been barely anything to smile and laugh about.
Snape had eventually come in, but he declined and opted for watching when Kayla asked him if he wanted to play. "Geez, Harry," said Adrienne after he'd won for the tenth time. "We need to give you two an award or something. You guys are natural gamers." Then the phone rang. When Adrienne left to answer the phone, Harry discovered that Sirius had already started a new race; and he was the only one at the starting line. "Hey, no fair Sirius! You're cheating." Snape just snorted.
Adrienne came back with the phone, after a few minutes of conversing she hung up. "Who was that?" asked Kayla. "That was Vincent, he was bored, and so he called me." The phone rang again. Kayla beat Adrienne to the phone, "Let me answer it," she said not waiting for an answer. "Hello..........Yeah, I'm over at her house for a sleepover. Why?" There was a long pause. Kayla put the phone on hold to talk to Adrienne, "Adrienne, Jason says that there's been some trouble." Adrienne couldn't hear her over the noise of the game, "Could you guys put that on pause for a minute? I can't hear, now what did you say?"
"I said that Jason says there's been some trouble. Something about Chinko escaping to Ganymede." "What do you mean he escaped; he was put in quarantine and isolation." Adrienne sat up straighter in her seat, so did Harry and co. "I know, but somehow he managed to kill the guards. They're putting a bounty on his head now." Adrienne cursed under her breath and took the phone from Kayla. "Jason? What do you mean Chinko escaped? He was quarantined in Vitpol; they have some of the best security I know of."
As Harry listened to Adrienne, he figured it was some kind of jail-break. But with the mention of the Jupiter moon, Ganymede, that just made the conversation all the weirder. And unbelievable. Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system; the surface is nothing but terrain, water, and ice. Hardly suitable for humans. "What's going on?" asked Snape from his corner. Kayla looked up to answer his question, but Adrienne asked her if she had some kind of book. "Of course I do, I never leave home without it." She skipped up the stairs to retrieve it, ignoring Snapes' question. Adrienne started looking around her work for a piece of scrap paper. "Ok, I want you to give me the coordinates of where you are, Vitpol, and the designated direction Chinko went." She started scribbling numbers and letters. "What's the name of his ship again; 'Sandra' isn't it? Right, I want a masking device put on his ship; tell him that Atkin sent it but don't tell him what it is."
Kayla came back into the room with two books: one a plain black and the other had the Slytherin emblem, which caused raised eyebrows. These two were Slytherin supporters? Adrienne opened the black book and started copying the coordinates then passing them on to Kayla. "Jason, I want you to go Loundpol Inn on Mars. Stay there until you get the signal... Yes, I know he's going the other way but just trust me on this one. I'll see what I can do about the ship and the Gate access. Bye." She hung up the phone, and heaved a dramatic sigh.
Judging by the fact that the room was silent, told her that Harry and Sirius hadn't gone back to playing CTR, and that the three of them were staring at her. 'Oh well,' she thought. 'I asked for this – having THAT conversation in front of them. Now there's going to be questions galore. And to think, I just got rid of that headache.' "Might I ask what that was about?" asked Snape. "Yeah, sure, but it's a reallllly long story."
Snape narrowed his eyes, "Don't worry, I have lots of time." "I had a feeling you were going to say that..." she mumbled. "From sounds of it you seem to be trying to break someone out of prison." She rubbed the back of her neck, "We were talking about a computer game, an online game really, where people can play the same game at the same time. But anyway, the name of the game is Darkness Galaxy. I, my friends, and most of the kids at my school play this game. Basically we all have different rolls to play; right now we're in a bit of a war. The setting takes place sometime in the future. Look, I don't really want to get into details now, so I'll be sure to explain the rest to you tomorrow."
Snape stared at her for a few more moments, and then nodded. The fact that she was talking about a game and the fact that she was telling 'Jason' to go to the planet Mars, and were discussing the moon Ganymede; so he supposed she was telling the truth. "Hey, I buy it." said Sirius nonchalantly, Harry also agreeing. Snape just rolled his eyes.
Sirius indicated Kayla's book cover, "Nice cover." "Oh this, Adrienne got this for me. We're both in Slytherin house. There was this website we went to where we could be sorted into houses if we took a test. We were both sorted into Slytherin." Adrienne turned to Kayla, "Kayla, do you think you could set up the Gate access for Jason while I do the repairs on the Reasight?"
Kayla nodded, "Yeah, but I'd have to do it in the morning. Why do you want him to go to Loundpol? What's the point when Chinko's heading out toward Ganymede?" Adrienne turned to a page with some graphs, "By the time he's half way through the Gate he'll realize that the Ganymede Police will have it practically surrounded, so he'll turn around and head strait for Mars." There was a moment's pause before Kayla spoke up again, "But the Gate doesn't take you directly to Mars, and he'd have to pass through Check Point." "Exactly," said Adrienne as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "That's why I wanted a masking device put on his ship so Control won't be able to pick him up. And he can make it safely to Nirar, just far enough away where Jason can pick him up on the edges of his radar. We'll always know where he is, but the police won't; like he disappeared. Makes good for sneak attacks. So when he least expects it we'll turn him in and get our reward. His bounty has most likely doubled; that'll be just enough money to do all the repairs on my ship."
"Oh, I get it. Since those masking devices were outlawed 3 years ago, they won't know what happened. And I'm guessing that Jason found out how to make and operate one? And with my split, I can buy just about all the fire power I want." She squealed. "Very Slytherin of you." They heard Snape say offhandedly, which wasn't a surprise to them at all. Harry had always known him to give praise to his house students. To Adrienne and Kayla seemed to really take it to heart, and gave each other a hi-5.
They cleaned up their mess of chips and dip, drinks and homework papers, and made sleeping arrangements. Severus took the guest room right off the bat. But that was alright with Harry and Sirius; they'd bunk on the pull out bed in there and they'd be able to stay up and play games. Adrienne brought spare blankets and sheets from the hallway closet while they were taking turns with the shower. By the time it was her turn in the shower –she was the last one – it was well past 12:45.
Adrienne and Kayla stood in the bathroom doing each others' hair in funny styles and trying not to laugh too much so as not to annoy Severus across the hall. Harry, being the slightly nocturnal type, got up to see what was so funny. As he crept up the stairs and down the hallway he could hear them much more clearly. "By the way he was playing that videogame, you couldn't tell he was really a 40-something year old wanted wizard. He looked like a little kid in a candy shop." Harry identified that as Adrienne. They started giggling again but started laughing when Harry made himself known in the doorway. Adrienne wore cotton pjs with dragons, Kayla wore a blue night gown with shorts under.
"Hey Harry," said Kayla with a grin. "What's up?" He shook his head, "Nothing, I just wanted to see what you two were laughing about." They started giggling again. "We were giving funny hair-dos. Let's go in my room so that we don't wake up Sev- I mean Snape." They followed Adrienne into her room and got comfortable on the bed. "Show me how to wrap my hair again." Kayla said handing the comb and brush to Adrienne.
"I'll do mine, and you watch." She combed each side then brushed it so that her hair lay flat around her head. She picked up the black bandana and tied it around so it wouldn't come loose during the night. "My hair won't do that." said Kayla turning around as Adrienne started to brush her hair. "It not as thick as yours." Adrienne managed to get one side up and hold it with a pin before she could start on the other side. Harry watched intently as Kayla got her hair dressed. He ran a hand through his unruly locks, "I wish my hair was as cooperative as you twos'." "Want me to do yours Harry?" Adrienne asked. "I got this stuff that my mom puts on Laura's hair to keep it soft while she combs it." Harry raised his eyebrows, "Really?" "Yeah, it'd take me no time to do it before I leave for school," she said tying Kayla's hair in a blue bandana. "Ok then," he agreed.
They stayed up a little while longer; Adrienne saying that she and Kayla would take them around town, when Kayla remind her that her mom wanted to talk to Harry and co. in the morning. Harry said good night and crept back downstairs, careful not to wake his slumbering godfather. "Goodnight, Sirius," he whispered as he snuggled into the warm covers.
Adrienne and Kayla got under the covers – Adrienne at the head, Kayla at the foot. "This has been one of the greatest days of my miserable little life." Adrienne said as she stared up at the painted blue glow-in- the-dark stars and moons. "Yeah me too," answered Kayla. "Tomorrow we'll buy some film and I'll get Jason to let us borrow his camcorder. We can make one of those teen-narrated movies." Adrienne chuckled, 'Ever the movie star', "Sure Kayla, then we can take them all to school with us. Night, Kayla." "Night, Adrienne."
She rolled over and turned on the alarm clock for 5:45. In the light of the muted TV – Kayla just had to have it on – she gazed at the picture of the handsome young man with spiky black hair holding an 8year old version of her – with long plaits might I add – smiling at the camera. 'Tim...' She felt the familiar sting of tears, but she blinked them away; she would not cry. Not now, she had done enough of that. He had told her not to. She hugged Shabumi – her white tiger – closer to her chest and fell into a restless slumber. Her last thought being 'I miss you Tim...'
Tbc
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Hit the Floor
Chapter 5
Pizza Boy, Games, and Sleeping Arrangements
By: Liquid Wolf Isis
Kayla watched Severus glare daggers at Sirius. It was still a bit hard to believe that Severus' and Sirius' looks had changed so suddenly. It probably had something to do with the fact that they had no more magical power. She wondered how it was easier to believe that they were real, than the fact that they went from old and stressed-looking to down right hot in 30 seconds flat. And Severus was definitely handsome. As if he was listening to her thoughts, Severus turned his gaze on her. Kayla hurriedly averted her gaze back down to her magazine, with a small smile on her face.
Laura then came into the room; she was carrying the robo-dog Techno and a comb and hair brush. "What do you want now?" said Adrienne, not turning around from the computer. Laura came in and closed the door be hind her. "Mom said you had to comb my hair before we leave." Adrienne turned to her sister with an annoyed sigh. "Turn around." Adrienne started to unbraid her hair and comb it out until it was all puffy like an afro. "What are you guys gonna do over at Brittany's house?" asked Kayla. "First we're going to play over at her house then later Uncle Brian is going to take us out to eat." While talking, Laura turned on Techno. The robo-dog started barking and furiously wagging its tail; which of course got everyone's attention. "I thought you were going to see a movie?" said Adrienne, trying to get through a difficult knot. "Ow, Adrienne that hurt." "Yeah, yeah." "We were, but the movie we wanted to see, was sold out so we wanted to go out for dinner instead. Could you put it in 2 this time?" Laura asked her sister. "Side to side or up and down?" asked Adrienne using the brush to make it smooth. "Up and down."
Sirius' curiosity got the better of him and asked "What kind of dog is that?" Laura looked up at him. "It's a robot dog. His name is Techno. He's supposed to act like a real dog but he doesn't go after the ball he came with. Here," she handed over the dog and Sirius just stared at, waiting for it to do something. "You can press his nose or the button on top of his head to make him do something." He decided to press the nose to see what would happen. The barked and his round eyes started flashing. Sirius pressed the button on top of its head; the dog barked again and its legs started moving as if he was trying to walk. Sirius set him down on the floor and watched the little guy walk around, stop and wag his tail so hard his whole body shook. "I have to say this is a pretty interesting invention." said Sirius as he picked up the puppy and looked at its underside.
"There, finished." said Adrienne as she handed the hair brush and comb back to Laura. "Can we take the PS and some games?" Laura asked. "No." "Why not?" "Because I don't want you taking it over there and if they break something you know they won't buy you another one." Adrienne said turning back to the computer. "Did you pack all your stuff: toothbrush, deodorant, socks?" "Yes, yes, yes. I got all that" Laura took back Techno Sirius was handing back to her. She was about to leave when Adrienne said "Extra underwear?" "Adrienne!" Adrienne laughed, "Sorry, I had to do it." Laura went out the room with a last glare at her sister.
Adrienne went down stairs to help Laura and Mikayla take their things next door while Kayla set up the DVD player on the Play Station 2 in Adrienne's room. Adrienne came back up stairs with her books and book bag and the cordless phone in her pocket. "You're not going to start your work are you?" asked Kayla. Adrienne gave her a look and said "No, I think I'll finish it later on tonight. Hey you have your World Geography book don't you?" "Yeah, left yours at school again?" Adrienne ignored the question and threw her bag in the corner and got out paper and pen. "What do you think we should get for toppings?" "I think pepperoni and cheese would be a good starter for them." said Kayla.
Adrienne took a moment to scribble down how they wanted the pizzas, and then dialed the number. "Hey," started Kayla. "Make sure T.J.'s working today." "Shut up, it's ringing. Oh, hi, um yes. I want two large pan pizzas. The toppings are cheese and pepperoni; extra for each...my number is 354-7986....um delivery. Oh, yea, could you tell me if T.J. is working tonight?.......Just got there? Thanks." She hung up and set the phone to the side. "It'll be here in about 20 minutes. Well what do you guys wanna do first?"
Kayla gave her a pleading look and batted her eyelashes, "Can we Adrienne? Pleassssssseeeee?" "No." "Why not?" "Because." Answered Adrienne as she sat back against the footboard of the bed closed her eyes. "Because what?" persisted Kayla. Adrienne looked at her through slitted eyes, "Because we've both seen it to the point where we know who's going to say what when and where. So if you don't mind, watch something else."
Kayla pouted, she wanted to watch the Harry Potter movies so she could watch their reactions to seeing themselves. "Can we watch it later on tonight then?" she asked hopefully. Adrienne gave in with a sigh, "Yes, yes we can watch it later on tonight, but only when I say so." She added the first part quickly before Kayla had time to answer. "Deal!"
"You know at?" Adrienne asked to no one in particular. "What?" answered Harry. "I don't even know if I have enough money to pay for the pizza." Adrienne answered lazily. She hefted her self up and went over to the closet, this time going in the right corner. She pulled out a small, red pouch and dumped all the contents out onto the floor. All kinds of small baubles (aka which here means trinkets) spilled out; lip gloss, coin change, a stray bracelet; just to name a few. She picked up a few balled up dollars hoping they weren't ones and replaced all the other things into the pouch. She counted the money the money and ended up with $63. "This should be enough for everything."
"Oh, Spongebob Squarepants is on!" cheered Kayla. Adrienne sighed; this was going to be a long sleepover.
20 minutes later Adrienne found herself in the kitchen looking for an Alka-seltzer Plus for the throbbing headache that was dead set on trying to make her head explode. She slumped down at the table; she was still trying to wrap her mind around the fact the: A) she had the Harry Potter characters in her house. In her room; watching Spongebob Squarepants nonetheless. B) she wanted to go to sleep during the chance of a lifetime. 'Well, how can I blame myself?' she thought to her self as she rested he head on her arms. 'I got what? 3 hours of sleep last night. Something told me to print that fanfic and read it in class. But, NO, I had to see what happened. I had to see if Harry, Draco, and Sev would have a threesome. Boy did I pay for it.' Adrienne grinned. 'But then again, I was rewarded.' She groaned again as her headache made itself known. 'I wonder if I can catch a few winks down here.'
What Adrienne didn't notice was Severus standing in the doorway as she sat down at the table. He had come down stairs for some quite; the other's laughing was starting to annoy him. He considered the kitchen, but it was obviously taken. He decided against her when Adrienne seemed to be in deep thought.
He took quite steeps to the table and when he pulled out his chair, Adrienne just about jumped of her chair at the noise. He raised an eloquent eyebrow at her. "Sorry," she said. "You scared me. Is there anything you need? Or want?" Severus took his seat, and shook his head crossing his arms across his chest. "No, their so-called laughter was killing my ears. More like hyenas. Although; the animation was quite amusing."
Adrienne laughed at his sarcastic joke. She laid he head back down on her arms looking up at Severus. "Just looking for a quiet place?" He gave a stiff nod. "Yeah," She closed her eyes intent on a nap. "Me too." There was only a few minute of silence, until it was broken by a knock at the back door. Adrienne growled into her arms "am I ever going to get any sleep?!"
"Yo, Adrienne!" came the from the other side of the door. "Open up it's me!" She got up grumbling. When she opened the door there was a tall boy holding two boxes. Severus also noted the stupid grin on his face. "What's up Adrienne? Two large, extra pepperoni and extra cheese." He said as he walked into the kitchen. He wore a red shirt and black pants and a matching cap with a 'Pizza Hut' logo on it turned back wards. "Nothin', just chillin'." She said as she took the pizzas from him and sat them on the table.
He noticed Severus sitting at the table, and his grin came back full force. "Ooooo, Adrienne got a boyfriend!" He said looking between the both of them. Adrienne slapped his shoulder, "TJ, shut up. And no he is not my boyfriend." "Oh, my bad dawg. My name TJ." TJ held his hand out for him to slap it. But Severus just looked at it then at him. TJ took his hand back; looking obviously embarrassed, he looked at Adrienne.
She seemed to smirk at him. "TJ, this is Sam. Sam this is TJ. One of my slower friends." She said taking plates down from the cabinet. "TJ, Sam is an exchange student from England. I'm going to be the host while he's here. PIZZA! COME AND GET IT!" TJ took a seat opposite Severus, "So, how long have you been here?" Severus accepted his plate from Adrienne before he answered the question. "Only a few hours. We've just arrived."
TJ raised his eyebrows at Adrienne, mouthing 'we?' His question was answered the three pairs of feet were heard coming down the stairs. Kayla was the first to run into the kitchen squealing "TJ! Oh, I've missed you!" He greeted her with a strong hug. He didn't notice Harry and Sirius till they were right beside them. Adrienne decided to introduce them. "TJ, these are the other two that came with Sam. This is Syrus," pointing at Sirius. "And this is, uh Harry," she pointed to Harry unable to come up with a good name for him. "Guys this is TJ." Instead of wanting a Hi-Five, he went for a hand shake.
"Adrienne, why didn't you tell me that Kayla was going to be here?" asked TJ as took his seat and Kayla taking his lap. "Oh, I just wanted it to be a surprise. Really I did." Adrienne said sarcastically. Adrienne made sure everyone was served what they wanted; Kayla's put on the side for when she finishes with TJ.
Sirius and Severus were a bit uncertain that they wanted to eat this 'pizza'. But after seeing Harry take a huge bite out of his slice, Sirius figured it must be good if he's eating it like that. After the first bight Sirius was hooked. Severus watched as the two Gryphendores 'dig in', he decided to taste it. After a nibble and a few more, he admitted it was delicious, but it had a bit too much sauce.
Adrienne watched as Kayla and TJ practically emitted flirtatious waves. She glanced over at the other three; they looked like they were enjoying themselves. Good. She looked back at TJ whispering something in Kayla's ear as she wrapped her arms around his neck. That's not good. 'I better get them out of here be fore they cause me any more embarrassment. She opened her mouth to tell them to go to another room when TJ beat her to it. "Hey, Adrienne why didn't I give that message to Kayla a while back." Adrienne frowned into the refrigerator as she got out the Sprite to serve with the pizza. "Oh, that last one." He nodded. "Maybe because she was on punishment – no phone, no cell phone, no e-mail – and might I mention it was during the holidays. So there was no way of getting to it to her. And by the time that school started again, I'd forgotten."
She handed the drinks to the foreign trio, who thanked her, while sitting Kayla's on the side beside her plate. Then she served herself. "Look I need to discuss two things with you two. 1) I really don't want to watch you two suck faces while I'm trying to eat; and I'm sure they don't want to either. So go find another room, particularly not mine. 2) You both need to find some other way of communication. I'm really tired of being the middle man in this mess. Every time one of comes over here, you're either asking me about how the other's doing or what the other's doing. And then I have to take all these precautions just so you can meet, just so you can do whatever it is you do. And in my house?! Sure I tolerated it the first couple of times, but this is going too far. I mean, the girl is trying to page you a work! Come on people I have better things to do with my time." As she finished her rant she took a bite out of her cheese pizza. Kayla got up to stand over by Adrienne. "Aw, she just needs a boyfriend. That's all because, no Adrienne you don't have any thing better to do with your time other than surf the net, read or your favorite, take a nap." She said with a giggle. TJ got up to pull her into a hug from behind, and said, "Yeah, I could fix that problem for you." Adrienne over at the face on her shoulder, "No I think I'll decline on that offer. But I think Kayla would be more than happy to take you up on that." She took a sip of Sprite.
Adrienne took their seat which was conveniently beside Sirius, who was on his second piece. "So where's your mom?" asked TJ trying to take Kayla's pepperoni slice. Since he couldn't get hers he decided to help himself to a slice out of the box. "Oh no, no, no Negro. You better put that back. And my moms is at work." Adrienne said taking the slice and putting it on her own plate.
(A/N ok let's just pause this right here. There are a few things I forgot to mention. You see Adrienne lives in a mostly black neighborhood, and her school's mixed. Just want to point this out so you won't be surprised if the characters seem a bit....ghetto. N E way back to the show.)
"Aw man, why you gonna treat a brotha like that?" Adrienne reached into her pocket and handed him two 20 dollar bills, "Here's for the pizza. I know this is enough, so don't try to jack me out of my money. I'll have to think about that slice of pizza." TJ shook his head as he gave her the right change and the receipt. She looked at it and took two pieces of pizza with her only to wrap up in a paper towel. "Here, you to get going before you get fired." She told him. "Wait!" said Kayla running over to him. "Give me your phone number first." "Oh yea," he called out the numbers as she wrote them down on the back of her hand. She kissed his cheek and he left with a "see ya later."
Adrienne shook her head as she watched Kayla go back to her plate giggling. "You know," she said around pizza. "To say that you two broke up a long time ago, you still act like newlyweds." Kayla giggled again, "I can't help it, and he's just so cute." "You mean he's not her boyfriend?" asked Sirius. Adrienne shook her head. "Just look at her shirt. It tells the truth." When Kayla gave an indignant look, Adrienne told her she was just joking. She turned to Harry, "Harry, when Ron and Hermione get together, make sure you don't get caught in the middle of any arguments. It'll save you a heck of a lot of trouble." Harry just nodded; she did have a good point. He wouldn't have to choose sides.
Kayla crossed her arms across her chest, "Don't get mad at me just because you're jealous." Adrienne raised an eyebrow, taking another sip of soda. "Jealous, jealous of what? The fact that you can juggle two boys?" "NO!" said Kayla, getting annoyed. "You're jealous because I have a boyfriend and you don't."
Adrienne sighed, looking even more tired. "I'm not jealous because you have a boyfriend. I'm not jealous at all. It's good you have a boyfriend, someone to occupy your time. As for me not having a boyfriend; I don't need one right now, they'll get in the way. Plus, none of the boys at our school are worth the effort, except for a good hand full. I mean really, almost all of them are super cute, but their taken, dumb as a wall, or just not interested. The majority of them are taken. So what does that leave me with?" There was a minute's silence as Kayla finished off her third piece.
Kayla snapped her fingers, "Hey, what about Him? You know, that guy you can't stop talking about. Every time you're in the hallway, you're either talking to someone or looking for him. Most of the time you're doing them both at the same time." Adrienne sat up straighter in her chair, a smile growing on her face. "Oh yes, he's the perfect candidate for that position. He's cute, he's tall, he's artistic, AND he's a junior." "Yeah, and that's just about all you know about him. We don't even know his name. But don't worry," Kayla came over a slung an arm around her best friend's shoulders, grinning. "We'll have him as your b/f by the end of the year." Adrienne sighed and shrugged Kayla's arm off, "yeah, I wish." She walked over to the sink and deposited her plate in it.
She turned back to the others at the table, "So, who's up for some video games?" "OH! Let's play Crash Team Racing. I call shotgun!" So Harry, Adrienne, Kayla and Sirius – who turned around to snag another piece of pepperoni pizza – marched into the den. Adrienne stuck her head back in the kitchen when she noticed that Severus wasn't with them. He was still at the table, sipping his Sprite. "Hey, you gonna stay in here?" she asked getting his attention. But he kept his gaze trained on the pizza boxes. "Yes, I think I will." Adrienne chuckled; he still wanted his quiet time. "Don't worry, I understand. I would back up to my room, but I think I'd better go and keep an eye on the other three." As she turned and left, he thought on how it was possible for them to just suddenly disappear and reappear in a different world and in a different country nonetheless. How he and Black suddenly decreased in age, how Potter had lost his scar – literally – and it all happened simultaneously. How they'd all somehow lost their magic... All in all, nothing added up. The reason he could think of would be Voldemort.
Severus grimaced, he was getting a headache. He stood to retrieve the headache potion he always kept handy in the left pocket of his robes. When he got it out, he found something very wrong with it. It was discolored – a pasty puke-ish green instead of the liquid blue. It had gone bad. He took out the healing potion that was in the right pocket. It also had similar symptoms. Severus's brow knitted, how could they go bad when he'd made them just this morning? The wormhole must have had the same effect on potions, as it did on their magic. He sighed as he threw them in the dustbin, and retook his seat. He supposed he could watch the others play whatever it is they're playing. But he opted for a few more minutes' peace when he heard a whoop of laughter from the other room.
Night had fallen and Harry and Sirius were on a roll. Well, Harry for now. He had beaten Sirius a total of 9 times, while Sirius had only won 3 times. He found he loved playing video games when his godfather was his opponent. He would either try to bump him off the race track when he caught up to him, or bump his arm to make him mess up. Harry usually got his revenge by sending bombs to the back of Sirius' go-kart. Kayla and Adrienne would give them tips and laugh at their antics while trying to do homework all at the same time. And he was glad to see a gleeful smile on his godfather's face again. With the implications of Voldemort's purges, there had been barely anything to smile and laugh about.
Snape had eventually come in, but he declined and opted for watching when Kayla asked him if he wanted to play. "Geez, Harry," said Adrienne after he'd won for the tenth time. "We need to give you two an award or something. You guys are natural gamers." Then the phone rang. When Adrienne left to answer the phone, Harry discovered that Sirius had already started a new race; and he was the only one at the starting line. "Hey, no fair Sirius! You're cheating." Snape just snorted.
Adrienne came back with the phone, after a few minutes of conversing she hung up. "Who was that?" asked Kayla. "That was Vincent, he was bored, and so he called me." The phone rang again. Kayla beat Adrienne to the phone, "Let me answer it," she said not waiting for an answer. "Hello..........Yeah, I'm over at her house for a sleepover. Why?" There was a long pause. Kayla put the phone on hold to talk to Adrienne, "Adrienne, Jason says that there's been some trouble." Adrienne couldn't hear her over the noise of the game, "Could you guys put that on pause for a minute? I can't hear, now what did you say?"
"I said that Jason says there's been some trouble. Something about Chinko escaping to Ganymede." "What do you mean he escaped; he was put in quarantine and isolation." Adrienne sat up straighter in her seat, so did Harry and co. "I know, but somehow he managed to kill the guards. They're putting a bounty on his head now." Adrienne cursed under her breath and took the phone from Kayla. "Jason? What do you mean Chinko escaped? He was quarantined in Vitpol; they have some of the best security I know of."
As Harry listened to Adrienne, he figured it was some kind of jail-break. But with the mention of the Jupiter moon, Ganymede, that just made the conversation all the weirder. And unbelievable. Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system; the surface is nothing but terrain, water, and ice. Hardly suitable for humans. "What's going on?" asked Snape from his corner. Kayla looked up to answer his question, but Adrienne asked her if she had some kind of book. "Of course I do, I never leave home without it." She skipped up the stairs to retrieve it, ignoring Snapes' question. Adrienne started looking around her work for a piece of scrap paper. "Ok, I want you to give me the coordinates of where you are, Vitpol, and the designated direction Chinko went." She started scribbling numbers and letters. "What's the name of his ship again; 'Sandra' isn't it? Right, I want a masking device put on his ship; tell him that Atkin sent it but don't tell him what it is."
Kayla came back into the room with two books: one a plain black and the other had the Slytherin emblem, which caused raised eyebrows. These two were Slytherin supporters? Adrienne opened the black book and started copying the coordinates then passing them on to Kayla. "Jason, I want you to go Loundpol Inn on Mars. Stay there until you get the signal... Yes, I know he's going the other way but just trust me on this one. I'll see what I can do about the ship and the Gate access. Bye." She hung up the phone, and heaved a dramatic sigh.
Judging by the fact that the room was silent, told her that Harry and Sirius hadn't gone back to playing CTR, and that the three of them were staring at her. 'Oh well,' she thought. 'I asked for this – having THAT conversation in front of them. Now there's going to be questions galore. And to think, I just got rid of that headache.' "Might I ask what that was about?" asked Snape. "Yeah, sure, but it's a reallllly long story."
Snape narrowed his eyes, "Don't worry, I have lots of time." "I had a feeling you were going to say that..." she mumbled. "From sounds of it you seem to be trying to break someone out of prison." She rubbed the back of her neck, "We were talking about a computer game, an online game really, where people can play the same game at the same time. But anyway, the name of the game is Darkness Galaxy. I, my friends, and most of the kids at my school play this game. Basically we all have different rolls to play; right now we're in a bit of a war. The setting takes place sometime in the future. Look, I don't really want to get into details now, so I'll be sure to explain the rest to you tomorrow."
Snape stared at her for a few more moments, and then nodded. The fact that she was talking about a game and the fact that she was telling 'Jason' to go to the planet Mars, and were discussing the moon Ganymede; so he supposed she was telling the truth. "Hey, I buy it." said Sirius nonchalantly, Harry also agreeing. Snape just rolled his eyes.
Sirius indicated Kayla's book cover, "Nice cover." "Oh this, Adrienne got this for me. We're both in Slytherin house. There was this website we went to where we could be sorted into houses if we took a test. We were both sorted into Slytherin." Adrienne turned to Kayla, "Kayla, do you think you could set up the Gate access for Jason while I do the repairs on the Reasight?"
Kayla nodded, "Yeah, but I'd have to do it in the morning. Why do you want him to go to Loundpol? What's the point when Chinko's heading out toward Ganymede?" Adrienne turned to a page with some graphs, "By the time he's half way through the Gate he'll realize that the Ganymede Police will have it practically surrounded, so he'll turn around and head strait for Mars." There was a moment's pause before Kayla spoke up again, "But the Gate doesn't take you directly to Mars, and he'd have to pass through Check Point." "Exactly," said Adrienne as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "That's why I wanted a masking device put on his ship so Control won't be able to pick him up. And he can make it safely to Nirar, just far enough away where Jason can pick him up on the edges of his radar. We'll always know where he is, but the police won't; like he disappeared. Makes good for sneak attacks. So when he least expects it we'll turn him in and get our reward. His bounty has most likely doubled; that'll be just enough money to do all the repairs on my ship."
"Oh, I get it. Since those masking devices were outlawed 3 years ago, they won't know what happened. And I'm guessing that Jason found out how to make and operate one? And with my split, I can buy just about all the fire power I want." She squealed. "Very Slytherin of you." They heard Snape say offhandedly, which wasn't a surprise to them at all. Harry had always known him to give praise to his house students. To Adrienne and Kayla seemed to really take it to heart, and gave each other a hi-5.
They cleaned up their mess of chips and dip, drinks and homework papers, and made sleeping arrangements. Severus took the guest room right off the bat. But that was alright with Harry and Sirius; they'd bunk on the pull out bed in there and they'd be able to stay up and play games. Adrienne brought spare blankets and sheets from the hallway closet while they were taking turns with the shower. By the time it was her turn in the shower –she was the last one – it was well past 12:45.
Adrienne and Kayla stood in the bathroom doing each others' hair in funny styles and trying not to laugh too much so as not to annoy Severus across the hall. Harry, being the slightly nocturnal type, got up to see what was so funny. As he crept up the stairs and down the hallway he could hear them much more clearly. "By the way he was playing that videogame, you couldn't tell he was really a 40-something year old wanted wizard. He looked like a little kid in a candy shop." Harry identified that as Adrienne. They started giggling again but started laughing when Harry made himself known in the doorway. Adrienne wore cotton pjs with dragons, Kayla wore a blue night gown with shorts under.
"Hey Harry," said Kayla with a grin. "What's up?" He shook his head, "Nothing, I just wanted to see what you two were laughing about." They started giggling again. "We were giving funny hair-dos. Let's go in my room so that we don't wake up Sev- I mean Snape." They followed Adrienne into her room and got comfortable on the bed. "Show me how to wrap my hair again." Kayla said handing the comb and brush to Adrienne.
"I'll do mine, and you watch." She combed each side then brushed it so that her hair lay flat around her head. She picked up the black bandana and tied it around so it wouldn't come loose during the night. "My hair won't do that." said Kayla turning around as Adrienne started to brush her hair. "It not as thick as yours." Adrienne managed to get one side up and hold it with a pin before she could start on the other side. Harry watched intently as Kayla got her hair dressed. He ran a hand through his unruly locks, "I wish my hair was as cooperative as you twos'." "Want me to do yours Harry?" Adrienne asked. "I got this stuff that my mom puts on Laura's hair to keep it soft while she combs it." Harry raised his eyebrows, "Really?" "Yeah, it'd take me no time to do it before I leave for school," she said tying Kayla's hair in a blue bandana. "Ok then," he agreed.
They stayed up a little while longer; Adrienne saying that she and Kayla would take them around town, when Kayla remind her that her mom wanted to talk to Harry and co. in the morning. Harry said good night and crept back downstairs, careful not to wake his slumbering godfather. "Goodnight, Sirius," he whispered as he snuggled into the warm covers.
Adrienne and Kayla got under the covers – Adrienne at the head, Kayla at the foot. "This has been one of the greatest days of my miserable little life." Adrienne said as she stared up at the painted blue glow-in- the-dark stars and moons. "Yeah me too," answered Kayla. "Tomorrow we'll buy some film and I'll get Jason to let us borrow his camcorder. We can make one of those teen-narrated movies." Adrienne chuckled, 'Ever the movie star', "Sure Kayla, then we can take them all to school with us. Night, Kayla." "Night, Adrienne."
She rolled over and turned on the alarm clock for 5:45. In the light of the muted TV – Kayla just had to have it on – she gazed at the picture of the handsome young man with spiky black hair holding an 8year old version of her – with long plaits might I add – smiling at the camera. 'Tim...' She felt the familiar sting of tears, but she blinked them away; she would not cry. Not now, she had done enough of that. He had told her not to. She hugged Shabumi – her white tiger – closer to her chest and fell into a restless slumber. Her last thought being 'I miss you Tim...'
Tbc
There'll be music and anime in the next chapter. I'll say this again: I own Darkness Galaxy and anything pertaining to it. I own all people that JK Rowling doesn't. See the lil' button at the bottom to the left; don't you see sparkling? Click it, you know you want to. If you do and it'll give you all the cookies you want. = )