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Well, on we go to chapter 18! I never thought it would happen!
Chapter 18
Cassidy's POV
Well, I got a potion in mum, so now she can talk sensibly, but she still feels like crap. The consequences of fire whiskey.
"Mum! Come on, we have to get to King's Cross!" I yelled from the fireplace, holding my trunk and broomstick.
"Coming!" She yelled back, running downstairs as she pulled a teal, v-neck long sleeved shirt over her head, long, chestnut hair dripping wet form the shower.
"Now, hun, I know you'll tell Lindsay everything that happened last night, because it's a girl's instinct, but if you don't mind, could you not mention what happened to Katie, or Harry, because I'll tell them after you leave. And please don't tell Austin or Shane or anybody else." She said in an under tone to me. I nodded, and stepped into the flames.
"King's Cross Station!" I roared, and felt the flames swallow me up.
I stepped quickly out of the fire, and heard mum come out behind me, coughing and shaking her hair to get the soot out. She took a hair tie from around her wrist a pulled her hair back quickly so that it wouldn't drip onto her shirt.
"Cassi!" I heard a voice yell, and I turned.
"Linds!" I yelled, and ran to hug her.
"Geez, you act like you guys haven't seen each other in years! You just saw each other last night, for god's sake!" Mum exclaimed, grinning and shaking her head.
"Hermione! C'mere!" Katie grinned, and held her arm out to hug mum. They hugged, and then began to talk hurriedly in low voices. I knew what they must have been talking about.
"ALL ABOARD!" The train conductor yelled, sticking his head out of the train's window.
Linds and I hurried toward the train, and our mums followed to the train to kiss us good-bye. I grinned, and said my good-byes.
Lindsay and I pushed our luggage on board, and hauled ourselves up, looking for Haley as we went.
"Haley!" I yelled, hugging her and grinning.
"You will not believe what an eventful break we had!" Lindsay exclaimed, hugging her also.
"Tell me everything!" She replied, looking apprehensive.
We spent most of the train ride re-living the break. Haley laughed at all the right parts, gasped, and looked angry when se learned about Parvati.
"Wow…" she said when we were finished.
"Yeah. Well, never a dull moment."
"Hey, we're stopping!" I yelled, grinning.
The second we got off, my phone rang. I took it out of my pocket.
"Hey, mum. What's up?" I asked quickly.
"I totally forgot to give you these messages! Here you go," she said, and I heard a long beep before I heard Shane talking.
"Hi, Cassidy, it's Shane. I just wanted to leave a message…God, this is hard…I'm sorry. I…I was a huge jerk. It's fine by me if you don't want a boyfriend yet, and you just want to be friends with me…well, I'll see ya later…tell me all about your dad! Yes, Austin told me…and he told me about the kiss…after he said the only way he would forgive me for being a jerk or let me apologize to you was letting him whack me over the head with a lamp…I still have stars in my eyes…(laughing), well, bye. (Hang up)."
Oh my god…wow…well, life just took an upturn from what happened over break! Oh, here's another one.
"Hey, Cassi! It's Austin! (And Haley!)" I laughed at Haley's voice in the background. "Anyways, I just called to wish you a Merry Christmas, and to see if Shane apologized yet. If he didn't, tell me, cause I can whack him with that lamp again…well, I wanted to tell you also…I was kind of wondering if you'd be up to trying to date…I know it's creepy, but I'm kinda getting used to the idea…Shane got a girlfriend…that girl, um…Sapphire Thomas…yeah…well, see ya! (Bye, Cassi!) (Hang up)."
My heart flew out of my chest. He still wants to date! I have nooooooooo clue what the heck I'm going to do…maybe I'll just try it…
I clicked my cell phone shut and walked up to the school.
"Hey, what was that all about?" Lindsay asked, as I caught up with her.
"Mum…gave me some messages…from…Shane and Austin." I muttered, still staring at my phone.
"What about?" Lindsay asked. Haley gave me an excited look.
"Shane…apologized…because Austin hit him in the head with a lamp…" I laughed half-heartedly "and Austin wanted to try dating…and I'm going to." I said firmly.
Lindsay's mouth fell open, and Haley screamed and hugged me.
"Cassidy?" I heard a voice behind me.
"Hi, Shane. Look, I forgive you. I'm sorry about how I acted at the ball. I shouldn't have freaked so bad." I mumbled, looking up into his face.
"That's okay, look, I apologize again. I was a jerk. Hey, you want to meet my new girlfriend?" He asked abruptly.
"Um, sure!" I said, pleased to have gotten all of the sorry stuff out of the way.
"Hey, Shane! Who're your friends?" A smooth voice asked. I turned, and saw a very pretty girl looking back at me. She had long, wavy, blonde hair and tie-dye green and blue eyes.
"Hey, Sapphire! This is Haley, Lindsay, and Cassidy." He said, and we all nodded as he introduced us.
"Hey," I said, waving when Shane said my name.
"Hi, everyone!" She said, grinning.
We made the rest of the way up to Hogwarts, and sat down in the Great Hall. The feast appeared, and we ate with gusto.
It wasn't until I had trudged back up to the common room that I saw Austin. He walked slowly over to me, looking worried.
"Hey, Cassi." He said, looking at me.
"Hey, Austin. I…I um, got your message." I muttered.
"Right, so…."
"I…I'll give it a try…I want to date you." I said, shuffling my feet a bit.
"Great! I mean, cool…um, nice!" He exclaimed, grinning.
"Austin…" I trailed off, and kissed him. He kissed me back, with Shane and Lindsay, the two people that I had known for my whole life (besides Shane), watching.
I know, nothing really happened, but I wanted to get that out of the way so that I could continue with Hermione's tangled love life. REVIEW!