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Chapter Three: Hop Across the Pond

I love you, George; be careful, son; we'll miss you so much. These were all things yelled by the loving Weasley family to a departing George. The last thing he saw were the sorrow-filled eyes of his identical twin before entering the gate to his plane. This was going to be a big change for George Weasley.

The last month and a half of George's life had been a whirl of researching Muggle culture and gathering and packing supplies that would be necessary for George's temporary new way of life.

Fred—even more so than the fretful Mrs. Weasley—was the person who was the most worried about George's departure. They hadn't, after all, ever been separated for such a long period of time in their entire lives. It was a real struggle for poor Fred to just let his brother leave him all aloney on his owny.

As the plane took off, George watched the flight attendant's spiel about safety and kept his right hand clutched to the pocket of his trousers where his precious wand rested.

After the first couple of hours, George was ready for a yummy snack. Lucky for him, a stewardess with a cart of snacks and beverages was just walking past. He stopped her and chose what she suggested: pretzels and a can of something called 'Coca-Cola'

George opened his pretzels with ease, but was baffled by his can of Coke. What was it, exactly? And more importantly, how in the name of Merlin's beard did it open! After a couple of minutes of watching George's struggling, another passenger stepped up and opened the can with no difficulty at all.

George thanked his fellow passenger for the aid and took a timid sip of the sugary brew. At once, his world turned upside-down with his experience: it's just so sugary and good…an-and fizzy! George thought happily as the tiny bubbles of the unknown substance bounced around inside George's mouth.

"Mmmmm…" George's throat seemed to say of its own accord, "That's some good sh—" A high-pitched chortle came from directly behind George. He turned to face the source of the noise and breathed sharply in at what he found.

"Enjoying your soda, then?" spouted a girl with the deepest blue-green eyes George had ever seen before. H couldn't help gazing into them with a dear-in-the-headlights look upon his face.

George caught himself before any drool escaped his mouth and managed to nod quickly. Before turning back around in his airplane seat, George took in the girl's other features, which included shoulder-length dark brown hair, thinnish rosy pink lips, and a tomboyish figure adorned with comfy-looking jeans and a dark blue tee-shirt that advertised Wonka bars.

As George was trying to sort out his slightly-confused thoughts of the girl, he felt a tap on his shoulder accompanied by, "You wouldn't happen to have any spare reading, would you? I'm bored out of my mind." The girl's American-accented voice inquired.

"Uh, actually, I don't. I came ill prepared for this flight, " George responded with a frown.

"Silly young people. Never thinking ahead," The girl said with a smirk.

"They're just the worst, aren't they?" Agreed George, his face now cracking into a broad grin, "My name's George Weasley," he thrust his outstretched hand forward. The girl took it and gave it a slight squeeze.

"I'm Victoria. Just coming back from my summer vacation in Europe."

"Oh!" Said George, raising his eyebrows, "did you enjoy yourself?"

"I did, but I'll be happy to get home again, even if I have to go to school."

"It's always nice to get home. Heh, but I'm leaving mine. Gonna go to college in the States."

"Wicked." George exchanged seats with the man who was sitting next to Victoria, and their pleasant banter continued all the way to their destination in Denver, Colorado.

"Gimme a call sometime, okay, George? We should get coffee or something" And with that, Victoria and George went their separate ways.

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