A/N: This chapter is dedicated to my buddy-ish friend person, Vicky! I really appreciate you reviewing my story, so THANK YOU! xD (Now, This chapter might be a little long...I was on a sugar rush!)
Chapter Nine: And I Thought Muggles Were Weird...
The next few days were pretty uneventful, the only thing that Harry couldn't ignore was Ron's growing infatuation with his cousin. Harry didn't really think that Kit needed that kind of pressure, what with starting at Hogwarts and getting all of her exams in.
Dumbledore had decided that she would forego her first month's classes, so that she could catch up with the other students, and she would have a tutor to keep her up to speed with the other classes. Harry naturally tried to get Dumbledore to let him be her tutor, but he advised against it, saying that Harry needed to keep up with his own work and that someone who had a little more time and capability should help her. Someone like Hermione, probably.
She'd probably far more busy than Hermione, which is saying quite a bit since Hermione was now a school prefect. She had gotten the letter and wrote Harry a ten page long note about how much responsibility this would be and how much fun she would have. Harry couldn't see how exactly being a prefect would be fun...
Harry still tried his best to simmer down Ron's flirtation...and Kit's. Even though Ron was his best friend, and he would be one of the only people Harry would approve of her being with, he still felt that she didn't need to be flirting constantly with him, instead of at least trying to study for the exams she would have to endure.
On the last day, the day they all had to go to King's Cross, Ron crossed the line.
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"So, are we all ready?" Arthur called, heaving Ginny's trunk down the stairs.
"Almost!" Kit yelled, putting her new Hogwarts robes into her suitcase. "I just need to brush my teeth!"
Ron and Harry came into the room, each grabbing one end of her trunk. Harry told Ron he'd take it.
"Don't hurt yourself, Harry!" Ron yelled, chuckling as he staggered out the door. "So, are you done?"
Kit looked out the door of the bathroom, flashing her teeth at him. "Does it look like I'm done?"
Ron smiled, walking across the room to the bathroom. Kit smiled at him.
"Remember when you busted my lip?" Ron asked, standing in front of her.
"How can I not..." Kit blushed, looking down at the floor with a smile. "And the circumstances...."
"Well," Ron lifted her chin up, "What if we hadn't been interrupted? Would you still have..."
Kit smirked as he started to blush, "Well, the question is, what were we about to do?"
"Well...if you think that we were going to...er---snog...you were probably right." Ron blushed, taking her hand and pulling her close.
"Are we continuing?" Kit smiled, leaning up as he did so too.
Just as they closed the gap, Kit was startled by a voice, yelling at them.
"What are you two doing?!"
Kit pulled away, biting her lip innocently, Ron just stood there, listening to Harry yell. After the first few words, he just got a little incoherent, Kit barely caught a few lines. Something about, "You just don't care...all that you have to be doing...I can't believe you two...what would your mum think, eh, RON?!"
"H-harry, please just---" Kit tried to cut in, didn't work.
"AND YOU! You...tests...good grades, but that doesn't matter? NO!" Harry yelled, sending spit across the room, "You just want what ever YOU want! Don't even care..."
He seemd to have calmed a bit, now just muttering incoherently, Kit tried to comfort him, "Come on, now! I'm sorry, maybe I wasn't thinking, it was just a spur of the moment thing! I'm very very very sorry!"
Harry looked up at her, his eyes scanning her suspiciously, "Why should I believe you? HUH?!"
"Oh Merlin! Harry, come on! Like I haven't caught you snogging a girl! Or...staring at my sister!" Ron grinned, obviously pleased with himself.
"But did I ever make a move on her? Maybe I've noticed a few things, but I never once tried to...to---snog her!" Harry was fuming.
"Is something wrong?" Ginny asked, peering into the room, "I heard you yelling, then my name."
"Nothing, Ginny. We were just getting ready to go," Kit smiled, following Ginny out of the room.
"Well, isn't that convenient..." Ron muttered, looking after her.
"Ron, I'm going to be really serious, and I just want you to be clear about this," Harry started, looking at him icily, "I don't want anything going on between you two for at least a month. I know I may be being really weird about this, but I need her to do well. I feel like she's my responsibility, like if she doesn't suceed that it would be my fault. Maybe I'm just being a prat, but I think it's best if you two just tone it down."
"I know how you feel, when Ginny first went to school, I felt like she was my obligation, even though I had three other brothers there to help. She was my burden, my own little sister..."
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Kit bustled through the crowd, following the Weasleys with Harry right beside her. She kept hitting people with her trolley, getting loud and rude remarks from the Muggles.
"Come on," Molly called, standing in front of the barrier. "Kit and Harry, you two through first!"
Kit watched Harry stride casually to the wall seperating platforms nine and ten, nodding to Kit to follow. They both started to whisper quietly, not really saying anything, as they leaned against it, going through the platform.
"Wow..." Kit gasped, looking around awefully. She had never seen so many children in one place.
There were two little twin girls, both hopping up and down, trying to get their mother's attention away from another girl, about Ginny's age. Behind them, she spotted a pudgy boy, looking woefully at his grandmother. She was saying something about a toad.... Beside them, she saw a dreadlocked boy, talking to a large crowd that was surrounding him.
"Who are all these people?!" Kit gasped, looking around still. She spotted a boy staring at her surreptitiously, he was tall and pale, with a pointed nose and demured look on his face. The only thing that really stood out were his sparkling gray eyes.
"Do you know him?" Kit asked Harry and Ron, who had arrived with the twins.
"That's Malfoy," Ron said darkly, glaring at him. The boy seemed to take this as an invitation, and he came over, followed by two large trollish boys.
"Why, hello there, Potter. I see you brought along your little charity group," He nodded towards the three Weasleys, "Looks like your friends need more help than your measly little vault can give them..."
Ron's ears went a bright pink, "Your insults are running thin, eh Malfoy? You can only make fun of us being poor so many times without it getting old."
"He's right you know, we should know about jokes getting old," Fred whispered to Kit. "Happens all the time."
"Don't flatter yourself, Weasel. It's not as if I lie awake at night, dreaming up new scathing banter to use on you. I'm not that fond of you..." Draco sneered, and turned back to Harry.
"Well, Potter...looks like you aren't that revolting after all, espescially if you can get someone as beautiful as this to go out with you," Draco smiled at Kit, who held no expression.
"Don't be daft, Malfoy, this is my cousin," Harry glared at him, standing in front of Kit.
"Well, then, guess you won't mind if I introduce myself, then." Draco smirked suggestively at Kit, she grimaced. "I'm Draco Malfoy, Slytherin..."
"Katherine," Kit choked out, her mouth dry for some reason, like she had just been fed cotton. "Katherine Clivelle, Gryffindor."
Draco sneered, "Figures, just what this school needs, another goody little Gryffindor..." He rolled his eyes and stalked off, his two bodyguards following closely behind.
George glared after him, "As soon as he finds out that you--"
"Daft little prat...bet he loved finding out that you were Gryffindor!" A voice sniggered, making them jump.
"Whoa...you scared me!" Ron let out a sigh of relief.
Walking up beside them was none other than Hermione Granger, looking very much...out of herself. Her hair was, if at all possible, more dishelveled than ever, and she had dark, black bags under her eyes, which were barely even open. She had the distinctive appearence of someone who had worked for four days straight, and then tried to finish it all off with a nice little temporary insomnia.
"Wow...what happened to you?" Harry asked bluntly, staring in awe at her.
"Oh...I've been working all week! I got an owl from Professor McGonagall and since I am a prefect," Hermione drew in a deep breath, "I have to help tutor the four new students, two exchanged, one in for relation, and Kit! The other prefects are helping too. We're doing shifts, but I've decided to go over all of our past tests, you know the ones you have to take, and redo them just so that I can be prepared to help you to my full capability!"
Kit stared at her blankly. Again, she marveled at the speed at which her dialouge flowed...amazing.
"Well...you'll be very very helpful!"
"Alright, I've figured out how I'm going to see you all on the train," Hermione began. "I'll come around after the trolley goes through, I'm sure the others won't miss me."
"I was beginning to think that you were just going to forget all about us." Harry grinned at her.
"We'll see you all later," The twins said, going onto the train with Ginny and Lee Jordan.
"Bye!" Harry and Ron called together, Harry adding to Hermione, "We'll be in the back, probably. C'mon, Kit...we need to get a seat!"
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Chapter Nine: And I Thought Muggles Were Weird...
The next few days were pretty uneventful, the only thing that Harry couldn't ignore was Ron's growing infatuation with his cousin. Harry didn't really think that Kit needed that kind of pressure, what with starting at Hogwarts and getting all of her exams in.
Dumbledore had decided that she would forego her first month's classes, so that she could catch up with the other students, and she would have a tutor to keep her up to speed with the other classes. Harry naturally tried to get Dumbledore to let him be her tutor, but he advised against it, saying that Harry needed to keep up with his own work and that someone who had a little more time and capability should help her. Someone like Hermione, probably.
She'd probably far more busy than Hermione, which is saying quite a bit since Hermione was now a school prefect. She had gotten the letter and wrote Harry a ten page long note about how much responsibility this would be and how much fun she would have. Harry couldn't see how exactly being a prefect would be fun...
Harry still tried his best to simmer down Ron's flirtation...and Kit's. Even though Ron was his best friend, and he would be one of the only people Harry would approve of her being with, he still felt that she didn't need to be flirting constantly with him, instead of at least trying to study for the exams she would have to endure.
On the last day, the day they all had to go to King's Cross, Ron crossed the line.
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"So, are we all ready?" Arthur called, heaving Ginny's trunk down the stairs.
"Almost!" Kit yelled, putting her new Hogwarts robes into her suitcase. "I just need to brush my teeth!"
Ron and Harry came into the room, each grabbing one end of her trunk. Harry told Ron he'd take it.
"Don't hurt yourself, Harry!" Ron yelled, chuckling as he staggered out the door. "So, are you done?"
Kit looked out the door of the bathroom, flashing her teeth at him. "Does it look like I'm done?"
Ron smiled, walking across the room to the bathroom. Kit smiled at him.
"Remember when you busted my lip?" Ron asked, standing in front of her.
"How can I not..." Kit blushed, looking down at the floor with a smile. "And the circumstances...."
"Well," Ron lifted her chin up, "What if we hadn't been interrupted? Would you still have..."
Kit smirked as he started to blush, "Well, the question is, what were we about to do?"
"Well...if you think that we were going to...er---snog...you were probably right." Ron blushed, taking her hand and pulling her close.
"Are we continuing?" Kit smiled, leaning up as he did so too.
Just as they closed the gap, Kit was startled by a voice, yelling at them.
"What are you two doing?!"
Kit pulled away, biting her lip innocently, Ron just stood there, listening to Harry yell. After the first few words, he just got a little incoherent, Kit barely caught a few lines. Something about, "You just don't care...all that you have to be doing...I can't believe you two...what would your mum think, eh, RON?!"
"H-harry, please just---" Kit tried to cut in, didn't work.
"AND YOU! You...tests...good grades, but that doesn't matter? NO!" Harry yelled, sending spit across the room, "You just want what ever YOU want! Don't even care..."
He seemd to have calmed a bit, now just muttering incoherently, Kit tried to comfort him, "Come on, now! I'm sorry, maybe I wasn't thinking, it was just a spur of the moment thing! I'm very very very sorry!"
Harry looked up at her, his eyes scanning her suspiciously, "Why should I believe you? HUH?!"
"Oh Merlin! Harry, come on! Like I haven't caught you snogging a girl! Or...staring at my sister!" Ron grinned, obviously pleased with himself.
"But did I ever make a move on her? Maybe I've noticed a few things, but I never once tried to...to---snog her!" Harry was fuming.
"Is something wrong?" Ginny asked, peering into the room, "I heard you yelling, then my name."
"Nothing, Ginny. We were just getting ready to go," Kit smiled, following Ginny out of the room.
"Well, isn't that convenient..." Ron muttered, looking after her.
"Ron, I'm going to be really serious, and I just want you to be clear about this," Harry started, looking at him icily, "I don't want anything going on between you two for at least a month. I know I may be being really weird about this, but I need her to do well. I feel like she's my responsibility, like if she doesn't suceed that it would be my fault. Maybe I'm just being a prat, but I think it's best if you two just tone it down."
"I know how you feel, when Ginny first went to school, I felt like she was my obligation, even though I had three other brothers there to help. She was my burden, my own little sister..."
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Kit bustled through the crowd, following the Weasleys with Harry right beside her. She kept hitting people with her trolley, getting loud and rude remarks from the Muggles.
"Come on," Molly called, standing in front of the barrier. "Kit and Harry, you two through first!"
Kit watched Harry stride casually to the wall seperating platforms nine and ten, nodding to Kit to follow. They both started to whisper quietly, not really saying anything, as they leaned against it, going through the platform.
"Wow..." Kit gasped, looking around awefully. She had never seen so many children in one place.
There were two little twin girls, both hopping up and down, trying to get their mother's attention away from another girl, about Ginny's age. Behind them, she spotted a pudgy boy, looking woefully at his grandmother. She was saying something about a toad.... Beside them, she saw a dreadlocked boy, talking to a large crowd that was surrounding him.
"Who are all these people?!" Kit gasped, looking around still. She spotted a boy staring at her surreptitiously, he was tall and pale, with a pointed nose and demured look on his face. The only thing that really stood out were his sparkling gray eyes.
"Do you know him?" Kit asked Harry and Ron, who had arrived with the twins.
"That's Malfoy," Ron said darkly, glaring at him. The boy seemed to take this as an invitation, and he came over, followed by two large trollish boys.
"Why, hello there, Potter. I see you brought along your little charity group," He nodded towards the three Weasleys, "Looks like your friends need more help than your measly little vault can give them..."
Ron's ears went a bright pink, "Your insults are running thin, eh Malfoy? You can only make fun of us being poor so many times without it getting old."
"He's right you know, we should know about jokes getting old," Fred whispered to Kit. "Happens all the time."
"Don't flatter yourself, Weasel. It's not as if I lie awake at night, dreaming up new scathing banter to use on you. I'm not that fond of you..." Draco sneered, and turned back to Harry.
"Well, Potter...looks like you aren't that revolting after all, espescially if you can get someone as beautiful as this to go out with you," Draco smiled at Kit, who held no expression.
"Don't be daft, Malfoy, this is my cousin," Harry glared at him, standing in front of Kit.
"Well, then, guess you won't mind if I introduce myself, then." Draco smirked suggestively at Kit, she grimaced. "I'm Draco Malfoy, Slytherin..."
"Katherine," Kit choked out, her mouth dry for some reason, like she had just been fed cotton. "Katherine Clivelle, Gryffindor."
Draco sneered, "Figures, just what this school needs, another goody little Gryffindor..." He rolled his eyes and stalked off, his two bodyguards following closely behind.
George glared after him, "As soon as he finds out that you--"
"Daft little prat...bet he loved finding out that you were Gryffindor!" A voice sniggered, making them jump.
"Whoa...you scared me!" Ron let out a sigh of relief.
Walking up beside them was none other than Hermione Granger, looking very much...out of herself. Her hair was, if at all possible, more dishelveled than ever, and she had dark, black bags under her eyes, which were barely even open. She had the distinctive appearence of someone who had worked for four days straight, and then tried to finish it all off with a nice little temporary insomnia.
"Wow...what happened to you?" Harry asked bluntly, staring in awe at her.
"Oh...I've been working all week! I got an owl from Professor McGonagall and since I am a prefect," Hermione drew in a deep breath, "I have to help tutor the four new students, two exchanged, one in for relation, and Kit! The other prefects are helping too. We're doing shifts, but I've decided to go over all of our past tests, you know the ones you have to take, and redo them just so that I can be prepared to help you to my full capability!"
Kit stared at her blankly. Again, she marveled at the speed at which her dialouge flowed...amazing.
"Well...you'll be very very helpful!"
"Alright, I've figured out how I'm going to see you all on the train," Hermione began. "I'll come around after the trolley goes through, I'm sure the others won't miss me."
"I was beginning to think that you were just going to forget all about us." Harry grinned at her.
"We'll see you all later," The twins said, going onto the train with Ginny and Lee Jordan.
"Bye!" Harry and Ron called together, Harry adding to Hermione, "We'll be in the back, probably. C'mon, Kit...we need to get a seat!"
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