Best Friends Again – Kaylee's PoV

Dec 1997 - Jan 1998

I stared at my older sister as she lay in bed.

"Wakey wakey!" I said as I prodded her with my finger. Because Andrea was in her bed I'd been forced to chare a room with Rhia. Only problem was that she'd kept me awake for most of the night, well after she got home. She kept moaning in her sleep and once got up to throw up. Not good I think. Orion had thrown up last night too, not very pleasant but he did, though he didn't spend as long in the bathroom as Rhia had. I think it was something to do with something dad had cooked us earlier yesterday.

"Go away." Rhia mumbled as I poked her again.

"We've got to go and visit the Potters." I told her. "Mum wants you to wake up."

"I don't want to go." Rhia muttered. She pulled the duvet over her head and rolled over. I stared at her shocked. She didn't want to go to the Potters? Since when? She was in love with Harry and always went to the Potters house. I decided it was time for drastic action. I made my way to the door and then turned to face Rhia. One…two…three! I made a run for the bed then jumped in the air. I managed to land perfectly over her stomach. As good as the idea seemed at the time I didn't foresee the consequences as my sister promptly sat up and before she managed to get out of bed spilled the contents of her stomach on me.

"AH!" I screamed as I ran from the bedroom and to the bathroom. Orion gave me a funny look as I ran past him covered in my sister's sick. I passed mum and dad's room and slammed the bathroom door shut behind me. When I finally came out of the shower feeling remotely clean I wondered into my room again. Andrea was there looking curiously at Rhia.

"Is she going to die?" I asked. Andrea gave me a long look. "What? It's a fair question!"

"She isn't going to die!" Andrea said. "She's just sick."

"Can you both leave me alone!" Rhia muttered. "I'm ill that's all." Then she tried to sleep again. Sisters! I left the room and knocked on mum and dad's door. They were taking a long time getting ready.

"Mum! Dad!" I shouted. Dad opened the door as he buttoned up a shirt.

"What?" He asked as he shut the door behind him to talk to me.

"Rhia's dying!" I said with a grin.

"What?" He asked. "Kaylee, I told you there's not enough time for a shower!"

"Rhia just threw up all over me." I explained.

"Rhia? But she was alright yesterday." Dad said as I followed him to Rhia's room.

"Orion threw up yesterday as well, it's your cooking!"

"I know I'm bad at cooking but don't accuse me of poisoning my children." He said as he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.

"Dad let go of me!" I laughed as he then began to tickle me. "Dad!" I screamed loudly in his ear, which caused him to drop me.

"Holy Merlin!" He said as he rubbed his ear. "Kaylee, no screaming!" I laughed and got to my feet.

"Is Rhia going to have to stay here?" I asked him.

"I don't know, lets go and see her." We walked into the bedroom. Orion had now joined Andrea and was in the process of prodding Rhia, who looked like she was ready to explode…with what I would liked to have seen but she looked tired and fed up.

"Orion stop that." Dad said.

"Yes dad." Orion said but he didn't actually stop. Dad pulled Orion away and looked at Rhia.

"Rhia?" He said cautiously.

"Go away!" Rhia snapped. "I'm fine." She turned over again so she was facing the window. Dad scowled.

"Andrea, could you go ahead to James' house and tell them we'll be there soon?" Andrea nodded and disapparated. Dad then turned to Orion and me. "You two, finish getting ready, Kaylee, get your mum." I nodded and left the bedroom to go to my parent's room but mum was already out and talking to Jenny.

"Rhia's dying." I told them.

"Kaylee, don't exaggerate, she's only ill." Mum said.

"How do you know?" I asked.

"I have good hearing." Mum told me, "That and I heard you explaining it all to Sirius." I nodded thoughtfully as I followed mum and Jenny towards the bedroom again but we stopped in time to see Rhia bolting from the bedroom and into the bathroom. The door locked behind her and dad looking a little concerned as he followed Rhia out of the room.

"Who wants to stay with Rhia then?" He asked.

"I will!" I shouted, "Can I stay? PLEASE!" I saw mum and dad look at each other sceptically. I wanted to stay, I missed the company of any of my sisters. Jessie was still at school, stupid good for nothing bit…witch. Rhia was always with Harry so I never got to talk to her. Orion was fun to hang out with but he was a boy! And when Mei came over he had a tendency of ignoring me.

"I don't know." Mum said.

"Well she had been behaving herself recently, it seems without Jessie Kaylee becomes more normal." Jenny told mum. Jenny looked paler and thinner then she'd done before but she smiled at me and winked when mum or dad weren't looking. I grinned at her and looked at my parents.

"Ok, but do whatever Rhia tells you to do." Dad said.

"And don't cause any trouble" Mum said.

"And no presents until we get back." Dad told me.

"And stay away from anything with sugar." Mum said finally.

"Would I ever do anything like that?" I asked them innocently.

"Yes." They both answered together…scary. They're like me and Jessie…I mean how we used to be. I didn't want anything to do with her any more. I watched as mum, dad, Jenny and Orion left before I went to the bathroom door.

"Rhia?" I called.

"What?" She replied.

"Can I come in?" I asked. The door unlocked and I watched as Rhia brushed her teeth. "Are you ok?" Rhia gave that look that told me I'd just asked a stupid question.

"Has everyone gone?" Rhia asked. I nodded.

"I'm your babysitter for the day." I said with a grin. "You're not allowed to cause any trouble, no presents, no sugar and you have to do everything that I tell you to do." Rhia rinsed out her mouth and gave me a sceptical smile.

"Yeah, ok." She muttered. She took my arm and we went to the living room where Rhia sat on the sofa. Yay! Some sister-sister time! I ran back up to the bedroom to get some duvets then back downstairs. I threw the duvet on Rhia. She laughed as I jumped on the sofa but careful not to jump on her.

"What do you want to watch?" I asked her.

"I wanted to talk about something." Rhia said.

"Oo, what?" I asked.

"What happened between you and Jess?" Rhia asked. I scowled at her.

"I don't want to talk about that witch. Stupid girl betrayed me and chose Jason Dumbly over me." I muttered. Rhia rolled her eyes and pulled the duvet around her even more.

"So you're annoyed with Jess because she's got a boyfriend?" She asked me.

"And because she didn't come home for Christmas, and because she's always with him and I've lost my connection with her." I told Rhia. I think Rhia understood what I was talking about because she frowned

"You lost your connection? How?" She asked.

"I don't know, after our argument it just left." I told her. Her frown deepened.

"Have you two ever argued before?" She asked. I shook my head. "Do you think that could be why?" She asked. I shrugged. Rhia sighed and switched on the TV.

"We'll figure something out." She said, "And I'll make Jess spend time with you." I grinned and hugged her tightly.

"You are the best sister ever." I said to her.

"Ok, ok." She grumbled as she tried to switch on the video machine.

Nothing else really happened that Christmas, Rhia continued to be ill periodically throughout the entire holidays, Mum and dad tried to send Andrea and Sam back but no one could find Sam for three days when he appeared in our house at Godric's Hollow wet, muddy and with a really bad cold so he couldn't go back to the future, to Andrea's annoyance. Andrea's a funny girl. She says she likes being in the past but she's desperate to go back to the future. When it was finally time to go back to school I wasn't sure if I wanted to go back or not. I really missed Jessie but after the thing with her boyfriend I didn't really know if I wanted to be friends with her still. She'd pretty much ignored me for most of the previous term. If I wanted to hang out with her it was always:

"Sorry, but I'm going out with Jason" or "I promised I'd study with Jason tonight." How obsessed can someone get about a boy at our age! I didn't even see the fascination with Jason Dumbly. He's was incredibly stupid, probably using my sister for his own purposes…to teach him something. Merlin knows someone has to try and get through that thick skull of his…why does she like him anyway? I spent the entire holiday contemplating this and when I met up with my friends. Penny was giving me a very detailed account of a meeting she'd had with one of her cousins that was distantly related to her and very 'cute'. Si insisted on telling me some stupid joke about his brother, who isn't interesting at all. Si being Muggle born tries to explain Muggle concepts to me…most of which I already know.

"He got expelled from his school though." Si finished.

"I got expelled from school." I said. I remembered it fondly. Climbing onto the school roof when I was about six or so then sticking a load of wet-start fireworks in the toilet…dad should have never have left them lying around. That was in the days when Jessie was actually fun! Penny and Si turned to look at me.

"You did?" They asked. I nodded.

"Wasn't that big a deal though," I told them. I waited a few moments watching Penny and Si's faces.

"What happened?" Si said, "I mean, you obviously did something bad to get expelled but what did you do?" He asked. I smirked slightly and began telling them the story of how I got expelled then swapped places with Jessie to get her expelled so we could go to the same school together.

"Wow." Penny said, "You guys actually did that?" I nodded.

"When you were six?" Si asked with a grin. I nodded again. "Awesome." There was a knock at the door as the Trolley witch walked past.

"Food?" She asked. We bought ourselves some sweets and a few chocolates before she went on her way. As we ate I suddenly missed Jessie…a lot. Ok, so she has a few flaws like going out with the dumbest boy in school but she's still my sister. And there were things that I couldn't tell anyone else that I could tell her like the stupid things that Orion was up to, or how Penny was trying to attract the attention of a boy in the year above or how Rhia was ill and my ideas on her illness. She's blatantly trying to get more attention! I hadn't realised that I had stopped eating the chocolate until Si spoke up.

"You having those chocolate frogs?" He asked.

"What?" I asked looking up suddenly.

"Chocolate frogs, you having?" He asked.

"Yeah! Get your own!" I said a little defensively. Si grinned and poured a handful of Every Flavour beans into his mouth.

"Si, that's disgusting." Penny commented as she only ate one.

"Whaf?" He asked with his mouth full "I'm frying fo fee how many feans I fan fit info my mouf"

"That's disgusting." Penny said again. Si grinned but in the process let some beans fall out of his mouth…boys!

When we finally got to school all I wanted to do was to sleep, I was tired and I wanted to try and avoid meeting Jessie until the next morning. As I managed to slump into my bed the door slammed open.

"Kaaaaaayyyleeeeee" came Jessie's voice. Oh no. I didn't know whether I wanted to see her or avoid her. I did really missed being as close to Jessie as I was but at the same time I hated her for abandoning me for a boy! I dug down deeper into my bed only to get some lump jumping on top of me.

"Kaylee you're back!" Jessie said happily. I peered up from under my duvet…bad idea! Jessie fixed her arms around me and hugged me to the extent that she nearly suffocated me.

"Hi to you too" I just managed to wheeze out. Jessie grinned and let go of me.

"How was Christmas, I really missed you and you didn't even bother to write." Jessie said.

"It was ok." I said, I was too tired to go into details right now.

"Just alright?" Jessie asked.

"Too tired." Jessie nodded.

"Ah yes, you need your sleep. Anyway, before you say anything I just want to say a few things. Firstly I hate you not speaking to me so I dumped Jason, secondly I'm never leaving you for a holiday again! It's been way too boring here without you." Jessie said. Jeez, since she started talking it seemed she'd forgotten how to shut up! But wait…what did she say, she broke up with Jason! Why? He's not really that bad.

"Um…"

"You were right, I was spending too much time with him, I only realised that last week. I never spent any time with you and I felt really bad. Can you forgive me?" Jessie asked.

"Um…"

"Good, I'll see you tomorrow morning." She said with a grin. She gave me a sisterly kiss on the cheek before giving me another hug. Once she'd gone to her own bed I sat there a little stunned. The only thought going around my head was 'huh?' What had just happened? Jessie is a strange girl. I'll always understand her but she's strange…too strange. Anyway off to sleep.

The next few days were great, Jessie and I became the bestest of best friends again. It was fantastic! Though she sometimes made a point to ignore Jason I wondered if there was more to their break up then what she'd told me. I did try a few times to go through her mind but I didn't seem to be able to do that. It was weird but I haven't been able to read Jessie's mind for a while. It's like when we first argued it broke the connection but I was sure that if we became friends again then it'd come back but it was proving harder then I thought to re-establish it. Nothing really interesting actually happened that week except one particular incident in the Library that caught me completely by surprise. Jessie had wondered off with Penny to find a book for potions while I sat at the table. I was happily and contentedly writing away at my essay when someone sat down in front of me. I looked up to see Si had joined me. I looked at him curiously.

"Hi." I said with a smile. He gave me a smile of his own.

"Heya." He said. "You doing the potions?"

"Looks like it." I told him as I let him see the essay.

"Cool, I'm about half way done." He said.

"That's not much." I said.

"Yeah, I know but I got bored. I've decided I'm going to try and get on the quidditch team!" He said.

"And you want me to talk to Harry about it?" I asked.

"No, I'm going to wait until next year when everyone will leave then I'll try out then, we've got a kick ass team at the moment." Si told me.

"Yeah, we do don't we?" I said with a grin, our quidditch team was fantastic. Our next match was in two weeks. I can't remember who it was against though. Si gave me a grin and I returned to my work.. I looked up again a few seconds later to see Si still vaguely looking at me with a frown on his face.

"What?" I asked him.

"Um…I have something to ask you." He said. I raised an eyebrow.

"And that is…?" I asked.

"Um…can you come and help me find a book?" He asked. I gave him a curious look. What a strange boy!

"Um, ok, what book is it?" I asked as we got up.

"It's one for Charms."

"But we don't have any Charms homework." I said but followed anyway, I wanted to know what Si was up to…he was obviously up to something.

"I know but I want to do some extra reading."

"Since when you did you do extra reading?" Kaylee asked.

"Oh, you know." Si said. No I don't know. We got to the Charms section of the library where I saw Harry and Ron scowling as they scribbled furiously on their parchments. I followed Si into a slightly quieter alcove.

"So what's this really about?" I asked Si. Ok, I realise now that he isn't looking for a book.

"I need to ask you something." He said

"What's that?" I asked.

"Um…well…I know you're not really all that interested really but I thought I'd try anyway." Si said. I looked at him incredibly confused…strange, strange boy.

"And that is…?" I prompted.

"Will you go out with me?" He asked. I stood there looking at him. He didn't just…but he did…but I don't fancy him…well maybe a bit but I don't fancy him! And he's Si! How could he ask me that?

"You don't have to give your answer right away, you know which room is mine and all that. And I know how angry you got when Jessie went out with someone but I'll never get between you, I promise!" He said. He leant towards me and kissed me quickly on the cheek before hesitantly and reluctantly turning to go back. What…just…happened? Ok, he asked me out, think this through…I need Jessie! I went back to where Jessie and Penny had returned from their trip into the depths of the potions section of the library. I'm not even interested in boys anyway! I sat down and looked at Jessie. I looked into her eyes trying to convey my message to her. I saw images of what had just happened flicker in front of my eyes like an extra layer of vision then Jessie's face broke into a grin.

"You cheeky little Black." She said.

"What? I didn't know he was going to ask that." I said defensively.

"Obviously." She said laughing.

"What happened?" Penny asked. She'd given up a long time ago to pry things out of us.

"Si asked Kaylee out." Jessie said.

"Really?" Penny asked shocked. "I didn't know he liked you."

"Neither did I." I told her.

"I did." Jessie said.

"You just know everything." I told her.

"I know." Jessie said. "A lovely gift given to me by our mother." She said with a nod. "So what are you going to tell him?"

"No, I suppose." I said.

"No!" Jessie and Penny said at the same time.

"Don't say that." Penny said, "Do you know how many girls in our year want to go out with Si?"

"Yeah, he's really quite popular. You should at least try and go out with him for a while."

"But I don't want a boyfriend." I said to them.

"Are you gay?" Penny interjected randomly.

"What?" I asked her.

"Well, you're not interested in boys so you must be interested in girls." Penny concluded.

"I am not gay." I told her.

"Oh. Ok, good." She said with a smile.

"I just don't know if I want a boyfriend or not." I said

"Go for it." Jessie said with a grin.

"Jessie, you're supposed to be my sister and to tell me not to go out with boys." I said to her.

"So?" Jessie said with a shrug and got a glare from Madame Pince in the process.

"Yeah, go out with him." Penny said.

"You two are just…annoying." I muttered.

Later that evening I found myself outside Si's dormitory door. I was reluctant to knock but after a few minutes I did. The door opened and Jason looked at me.

"Oh it's you. Hang on." He turned and looked around the room. "OI! SI!" What was that first comment about? Si came up to the door and gave me a smile when he saw me. I managed a weak smile in return.

"Hi." He said.

"Hi." I replied. "I have my answer." I said. He gave me a look that told me he really wanted to know.

"And?" he asked.

"And…" I can't believe I'm saying this. "I'll go out with you." I said. Si grinned.

"Ok," He said with a smile. And now there's that awkward part where you don't know what to do. I've never been in this situation before but I've seen many other people in this situation where you don't know what to do. I gave him a smile and clapped my hands.

"Well, I better go, Jessie and Penny are waiting for me so we can go to dinner." I said.

"Ok, I'll see you down there." Si said. I nodded.

"You bloody hypocrite!" Jason said. I turned to look at him.

"What?" I asked.

"You won't let Jessie go out with anyone but you'll go out with someone yourself! You hypocrite!" he repeated.

"I never told her to break up with you." I said.

"It was you that made her break up with me."

"Why did she break up with you exactly?" I asked.

"Because of you." Jason said. This was getting nowhere.

"Um, I'll see you later." I said to Si. He nodded, he obviously knew that I should disappear quite quickly. I wondered down to the common room to find Jessie. I saw Jessie sitting on the sofa next to our older sister. Rhia didn't look too great, illness does nothing for her looks. Jessie got up as she saw me and came over with Penny.

"Why did you break up with Si?" I asked Jessie. She looked at me slightly surprised.

"Why?" She asked.

"I just want to know." I said.

"Because he was cheating on me. I never caught him but I read his mind." Jessie told me.

"Why would he cheat on you?" Penny asked.

"I don't know. He seemed nice though until then." Jessie said, "But he blames Kaylee for our break up."

"I figured so much." I told her. Jessie bit her lip anxiously. "But don't worry about it. I don't mind. In fact, I think a little payback is in order." I said with a grin. Jessie looked at me curiously. I didn't need any special connection to be able to tell what she was thinking. Penny was obviously on the same wavelength as us as the three of us all started grinning.

A/N:-Ok, i'm back but a little annoyed at the fact that i did say that I was going to be away for 2 weeks doing voluntary work and people STILL kept telling me to update! there are things more important then HP fanfiction, like helping those with AIDS or Helping orphans find their feet in a country that strips away their rights (I'm on this whole Pro-Africa thing atm) so you know...the lack of updating meant i was actually HELPING those who are less fortunate then us. Anyway, after that this chapter may contain many spelling mistakes and that cause i was rushing to get this finished amongst packing for uni, working and unpacking from Africa, helping get the house in order and sorting out my affiars before i go to uni. So i'm sorry if it's not up to standards. Next chapter is either Mei or HErmione...i havent' quite decidde yet but i'm more inclined to Mei cause i'm getting bored of the older students, it's all the same story line...which u don't know fully yet. I may do a Draco chapter actually...you guys tell me which one you want next. Mei, Hermione or Draco, you got until weds 21stto decide