This chapter is rated G, and you'll be happy to see that we are now on other people, so yeah hope you like
Kris
Oh and I amlost forgot the only reason this is being posted is becuase I've finished my first essay does little dance but that means there won't be anymore post until next week because I have another one due in a week tomorrow so I have to start that one. Thanks
Year 3: Chapter 6
Ginny ran through the barrier onto the platform; the whistle was sounding and quickly she threw her belongings onto the train. As it started to pull off she jumped onto the step and in through the last open door.
She smiled at the sixth year who held it for her and then headed off down the train. She looked through many of the windows until she found Alice sitting on her own. She walked in and sat opposite her friend.
"Hey Alice, good summer?"
"Yeah brilliant, how about yours?"
"Couldn't have been better you know... unless Remus hadn't have been there."
"I know, I had to put up with James and he was so annoying. Aaron and he spent the summer talking about girls... and it gets worse. Aaron's the Hufflepuff sixth year prefect and he's been telling James of these secret passages and the best way to get around Malfoy's detentions. I swear it was terrible."
"Oh really? Well at least you didn't have him following you around all the time asking you if you wanted to talk. Or if you wanted to have a game of Exploding Snap, and then when Michael came round it got worse, really really worse."
"Why what happened?"
"Well it was strange, he ignored me for a while and then well he just sort of started telling me that I was too good for Michael and that there has to be someone out there who's better for me, I just couldn't believe he was acting like that."
They carried on with their discussion for a few minutes and then began a game of Exploding Snap. Twenty minutes into the ride the door opened and the old witch with the trolley smiled at them. They each bought a few pastries and a pumpkin juice and sat back down.
"Where're the other's? I thought they would have found us by now."
Alice gulped down her mouthful of juice and smiled.
"Well Tad wanted to see Dumbledore about something so he went up to Hogwarts yesterday. Ddraig was already there, you know teachers have to be there a week early so Branwen went with them and she took Lily with her. Said they'd meet us at the feast."
"So they went a day early, I would have thought that they would have flooed back to come with us on the train."
"They thought about it but decided it was just easier to meet us there. No idea where Mand is, did you hear from her this summer?"
"She sent me an Owl saying she was bored out of her mind, that Sirius was staying with her because his house was being done up and that she couldn't come to the party. But that had to be what the second week of the holiday and I haven't heard from her since."
"That's weird, I had a owl about that time saying that she was annoyed with Sirius, asking if James was annoying me. She said that she couldn't meet up because her father wouldn't allow it but she'd see me on the train."
A voice sounded over the speakers telling them to get into their uniform if they hadn't already. Both girls reached into their trunks and pulled out their shirts and skirts. Slipping into them quickly they pulled on their ties.
As Ginny put her robes over the top she pulled her hair out, it was shorter than it had been in years resting in tight curls at her shoulders. Alice however had pulled her blonde hair (that rested mid-way down her back) into a scruffy ponytail.
"Gin, do you think Mand's with a boy somewhere?"
"Maybe, I don't know. Maybe she's with Frank!"
Alice made a small face scrunching her nose up.
"I hope not."
It was said quietly but Ginny still caught it.
"Wait you fancy Frank? Oh I can't wait for the other's to find out!"
"You can't tell them! Please Gin please don't tell them. It's not as if he's interested in me anyway he'll want somebody like Amanda, or you, fun, popular and gorgeous..."
"That's exactly what you are Alice. You're a young woman and come on you know it, it's easy to see and you're beautiful you just have to learn to be confident around guys, that's all."
She nodded as the train came to a stop and the two girls headed out of the compartment. The corridor was filled with people and it was with difficulty that they managed to find their way to the exit. Moving through the crowd they climbed into a carriage to be joined moments later by Frank Longbottom and Joseph Wild.
Alice looked down at the floor as they entered, Frank had changed over the summer and he looked better now than ever before. His dark hair was short and tidy and he had grown. She felt even more attracted to him now than before. Joseph however was the one to speak up.
"Evening ladies, so good to see you both again, did you miss us this summer?"
Ginny raised her left eyebrow and smiled coyly at the boy
"As much as I missed Malfoy!"
"Ouch!"
"Burn."
The boys laughed and then suddenly the carriage moved away. Frank had taken the seat opposite Alice and he smiled at her. She had to keep telling herself to breath.
"Did you have a good summer Alice?"
"Yes, it was really good and you?"
"Could have been better you know if Joe here hadn't have set my hair on fire! That's why it's so short."
"I keep telling you, you told me to pass you the candle."
"Yeah but that didn't mean throw it at me so the flame landed in my hair!"
Ginny and Alice exchanged looks and laughed. They pulled up and the four walked into the Great Hall with Frank and Joseph still arguing about the candle. Alice suddenly waved drawing their attention to the table.
Joseph whistled at what he saw.
"Who are the hotties?"
Frank sighed and tried to show he wasn't saying anything as Ginny just walked over. It was true that the two other girls had also changed. Lily was taller more shapely and Branwen too looked more adult than child.
They sat next to their two friends and started talking instantly. The boys took their seats next to them and it was a few minutes before Lily spoke up.
"Where's Mand?"