A/N To my reviewers so far: Thanks for the reviews. I know nobody ever writes about Lavender so that's where I kind of got the idea to write this. If you have any ideas, please email me or something, because I don't have this story completely planned. Well, on with the story, and duh I don't own it or I wouldn't be writing fan fiction.

They were on their way out the door when an owl flew through the open kitchen window and landed on the table near Lavender's mum. Her mum untied the letter and looked worried as she read it.
"What is it, mum?" Lavender wanted to know while Julian was trying to read over their mum's shoulder.

"Quit that." Mrs Brown snapped. She answered Lavender.
"My mum is sick. I need to get to Paris to help your Aunt Lavender look after her."
"Oh no. Not Gramma!" Lavender cried, worried.

Her Gramma was at least over eight but Lavender loved spending time with her and would miss her a lot if she passed away.

Lavender's mum began pacing the kitchen, thinking.
"Ok. I'll send an owl to your dad and tell him I have to leave. You go on to Diagon Alley and get what you need." Her mum instructed as she handed Lavender some gold.
"Oh, and you'll have to take your brother."

By this time Julian had already left the room. Lavender wanted to whine about having to take him, knowing that he'd be pestering her to buy thing's for him in at least every store, but in light of the circumstance's she didn't knew better.

"Julian!" Lavender shouted after mum had left. He ran in from wherever he'd been.
"Let's go. We're going to Diagon Alley and please don't make a prat of yourself, I haven't enough money to buy you things." She informed him as she took Floo Powder from a jar on the mantelpiece over the fire place.
"You'd better follow me and if I have to come back and get you..." She let the threat hang, she loved her little brother but knew what sort of tricks to expect from him.
"Lav, just go. I'm coming!" He said annoyed. She step in to the fire, tossed the powder, shouting clearly "Diagon Alley!"

Suddenly, she was spinning through many fire places and seconds later, landed on her knees in the Leaky Cauldron. Standing, she step away from the fire place and straightened her robes. Julian flooed not long after, and they set off to do her shopping.

All the shops were packed with back to school shoppers. She even ran into Dean Thomas and after greeting's told him to let his mum know her mum wouldn't be at there dinner party that night. She quickly explained why and said she'd see him at school.
"Can we get some ice cream?" Julian asked. Lavender sighed.
"Go get some and meet me in Flourish and Blots, ok?" She said, grudgingly handing him the money. They weren't poor but they weren't rich either. They were more like somewhere in the middle and she knew mum hadn't had much inn her purse so she hadn't given Lavender much.

She was looking around in Flourish and Blots when a girl walked over and asked.
"Excuse me do you know where Transfiguration volume six might be?" Lavender noted that her accent was different. She wondered where she was from. The girl looked about her age with shoulder length curly chocolate brown hair and a heart shaped face.

"Sure. This way." Lavender led her across the shop to where she'd just picked up a copy of the same book. The girl who was pretty chatty kept talking as she reached for a copy. Unlike Lavender who had had to stand on tip toe to reach the book, the girl grabbed it easily. She envied the girl who was at least three inches taller than her. Lavender was only about five three and hated it.

"I'm starting at a new school this year, Hogwarts. Do you go there?" The girl asked, following Lavender back over to the books on Charms for hair and stuff like that. She listened as she flipped through a book titled "Quick and Easy Beauty Charms".
"Yeah. I do." Lavender replied, already deciding to get the book. She was in luck that it was on sale.

"My family just moved here from Italy and they're at home unpacking. I had to come shopping by myself." She chattered on. Her incessant chatter didn't really bother Lavender.
"Well, you're welcome to shop around with me." Lavender said stepping into line to pay for her books.

"Really? Thanks. I'm Gabrielle by the way."

"I'm Lavender." She replied, turning to look for Julian who should have been back by now,

Just as she was starting to get worried, he came in licking an ice cream cone.

"That is my little brother, Julian." Lavender said pointing in his direction as she paid for her books. She then waited with Julian while Gabrielle paid for her purchases.

Lavender had almost finished buying what she needed. They were standing outside the broom shop where Julian had dragged them to; Gabrielle was looking over her list of school things she had to get.

"Where do I buy school robes?" She asked Lavender, who was lost in her new beauty-charms book. Closing it, Lavender told her where to go.

"It's that way and I should come along anyway because I need new dress robes.

"Lavender, do we have too!" Julian complained.

"Yes, I have to. If you promise to stay in the broom shop, I'll pick you up when I'm done."

"Ok," he replied as Lavender and Gabrielle set off for Madam Maulkin's.

They entered and noticed a sign that informed them all dress robes were half-price.
"Oh, goody." Lavender said. This meant she could get two sets of dress robes.

They rifled through the racks, but most of the prettiest robes had been sold off already. She finally settled on some nice lilac robes and after paying, she waited around for Gabrielle to be fitted for her school robes.

"Well, it was nice to meet you; I hope I'm in your house." Gabrielle said as they parted outside the robe shop.

"Yes, me too. See you at school." Lavender said and waved goodbye as she went to find Julian so they could go home.

Back at home, the house was empty, and a very annoyed owl was waiting on the window sill in the kitchen. It looked liked it had been waiting a while and it wasn't too happy about it.

"It's a note from dad," Julian said pulling the note from the owl's beak.

"What does it say?" Lavender asked as she sat her bags down.

"He has to work late and that we should go ahead to the Thomas's dinner party." Julian said.

"Ok. Well, go play and I'll let you know when it's time to go." She shouted on her way upstairs, eager to put her new stuff into her school trunk.

Good, she thought. Going to the dinner party meant she could wear her new dress robes. She hummed happily as she arranged her new books and folded robes in her trunk. There were only four day's left until she'd be leaving for school and she could hardly wait.