"OH. MY. GOD."
"What?"
"Over there!"
"Where?"
"THERE"
"wh- OH. MY. GOD."
Claire and May both look at the boy on the grass. 'Stare' is really more like it.
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"I can't breathe" May squeals.
"I can't think" Claire mutters.
"What else is new" May says.
"My shoes are new too. They were on sale" Claire says, twisting her ankle and her new ballerina flats.
"Really? Oh how cool" May agrees.
"Wait a minute, he's moving again…" Claire whispers.
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
May and Claire are staring at Harry Potter. Yes, THE Harry Potter. The hottest wizard ever to save the world.
Harry Potter is lying on the grass at a park near his aunt's house in England. It is summer vacation after his sixth, and he is all alone for the next couple of weeks.
Harry hardly knew it, but he has been on the cover of "Wicked Wizard," a teen magazine, a record twenty-four times. May was the president of his fan club. Claire was the secretary. Claire had neat handwriting; she dotted her I's with hearts and crossed her T's with little squiggly lines. Neither Claire nor May attended Hogwarts, they were not accepted. Instead they went to Wickford's Community School of Magic.
May whipped out her little heart shaped mirror and checked her cherry lip-gloss. Claire whipped out her deodorant. Then in merely a half an hour of running their fingers through their hair, they bravely approached their idol.
"Excuse me... (giggle), um, my name is…" May couldn't control her glee. Claire's eyes had glossed over and speaking was out of the question for the next few minutes.
"Can I help you?" Harry asked politely, rolling over onto his stomach and then standing up from his knees.
"I, uh, I, uh" May was really struggling, until she burst out with "you are HARRY POTTER!"
Now Harry was quite surprised. He had thought the Dursley's neighborhood was relatively magic free, excepting Ms. Figg, who was a squib anyway.
"Wow. I was not expecting any non-muggles to be here. Do you go to Hogwarts?" Harry asked politely, trying to figure out if he had ever met them before.
"No, we got deferred and then wait-listed, and then we still didn't get in. We go to Wickford's Community School of Magic" May said.
"Oh, I've never heard of it." Harry said.
"That's ok. Hey, by the way, my name is May, and I am the president of the Harry Potter Fan Club. This is my friend Claire. She is the secretary. I own every magazine that you have ever been mentioned in, even the unflattering ones."
"oookaaaaaaaaaay" Harry wasn't sure what to make of that information.
Luckily for this awkward conversation, Dudley Dursley turned up at the park with his usual gang of people who are not much smarter than toe–jam.
"Harry look out! It is your evil cousin Dudley Dursley!" May shouted as she and Claire threw themselves in front of Harry. "To join the fan club you have to swear that you will give your life for Harry's. Harry, we will go down with you." May squealed.
"whatEVER" Harry muttered, a little embarrassed that he was surrounded by two shrieking idiot girls. Although, Harry thought, Dudley doesn't know who they are.
"Hey Dud" Harry shouted across the park.
"How are you doing Hair-Ball" Dudley laughed at his own weak insult. His posse laughed with him.
"Fine, I'm just chillin' with some of my wicked friends" Harry said coolly.
"May, he said we were his friends!" Claire whispered.
Harry nudged her to make her quiet.
"Oh my gosh, Harry touched MY arm! I am NEVER showering." Claire said a little louder.
"Do you mean wicked as in…" Dudley said a little nervously. He was freaked out about magic.
"I don't know. Do I have any friends who aren't?" Harry said.
"Ha! No you don't have any friends!" Dudley sneered.
"Harry has got hundreds of friends!" May shouted, "And hundreds of friends who are girls! Where are your girlfriends?"
"Are you his girlfriend?!" Dudley asked in disbelief.
"Nope. And neither is she. Harry barely knows we exist. Harry is just soooooo cool." May cooed.
Claire fluttered her eyelids, she is good at that. May took a few hopeful steps closer to Harry.
Harry smirked at Dudley. My kingdom for a camera!
"Well, I'll just leave you three alone, I guess" Dudley said, feeling a little less macho than he had thirty seconds ago.
Harry, May, and Claire watched Dudley and his gang walk away from the park. "Hey girls, you two were pretty funny." Harry said.
"Anything for you, Harry" May said, honestly.
"Well, do you two think you could keep me company for the summer? I would teach you some magic tricks." Harry asked. He gets lonely over the summer. Any company is better than the thoughts, memories, and echoes inside his head.
Claire and May looked at other and then,
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"