Chapter 5

Harry woke up very excited the next morning and for a minute he didn't know why. He sat for a moment looking at his clock which was blinking and saying it was 10 o'clock on July 31. Then all of a sudden it clicked. It was his birthday. He was 15.

He got out of bed slowly while wondering why his mother hadn't come to wake him up and concluded that she decided he should be able to sleep in as it was his birthday. Little did he know he, was wrong.

Harry stepped out of his room to find Blinky walking down the hall putting away laundry and the house very quiet. "Blinky," Harry said to the house elf, "Where is everyone?"

"Happy Birthday Master Harry" the house elf said avoiding the question.

"Blinky, where are they?" Harry protested getting impatient. Had they forgotten about him? Did they remember his birthday?

"Your mother said for me to tell you to go to the entertainment room when you wake up."

Harry wondered why he should go there when really nobody ever went in there unless they had a lot of company. Harry went in there sometimes because he didn't feel like going anywhere else and that was just a nice quiet space for him to go into where he wouldn't be disturbed and that's where he did his homework over holidays because he obviously couldn't do it in his room or the kitchen.

As Harry wandered down by the entertainment room, he heard voices. It wasn't just the 4 voices of his immediate family members either. It was the voices of Sirius, Becky, Amanda (his mom's friend) and others that he couldn't distinguish.

Harry opened the door to find the room buzzing with people. It looked like all of his friends were there. Seamus, Dean, Neville, Ron, Hermione, Pavarti, Padama, Ginny, Fred and George, and his girlfriend Lavender. (A/N: this is not a Lavender/Harry fic! Ewwwwww! I had to put someone in as his girlfriend otherwise it would be very awkward. Picture him as a good mini James. Not self-centered but nice and kind and caring. AND all the girls liked him. But back on track, there will be no showing of this relationship, I had to take up space on my paper and that's what came out. It will be very different in the sequel. Again another plotless fic)

"Harry!" Ron shouted, "We've been waiting ages for you!"

"Sorry. I slept in. I was up late last night."

"Doing what we want to know?" Ron asked in a kidding voice.

"Nothing you git" Harry joked back and smiled.

"All-in-all Harry's birthday breakfast went rather fast and uneventful. Except for the fact that Sirius decided midway through breakfast to start a food fight.

After everyone had left, Harry started to open his gifts. He got a new set of Quidditch gloves from Hermione, a huge box of Chocolate frogs from Ron, a handful of galleons each from both Seamus and Dean, he got a revised copy of Quidditch Through The Ages from Lavender and many other things from his family and friends.

Harry spent the day acting as a normal 15 year old would. He played quidditch and had his favorite dinner and when out to ice cream with his parents and sisters, he received his present from his parents in private, a new broom.

As he went to bed he was happy. This was the way it should be, the way it always should be. Harry James Potter, 15 ear old Hogwarts student, living with his parents and two younger sisters; with a few troubles, but other then that, happily ever after.

A/N: Well it's done! I know I said it would end at the platform, but my computer crashed and I lost my story so this was off the top of my head. And I lost my notebook on where I wrote that story, besides, it changed too much even if I found that notebook, it wouldn't be at all close. Watch out for other stories. I'm working on another story called How it Should Be and The Way It Should Be. Look out and review for all of them please. I hope it was nice and fluffy for you!