Chapter 14 - And Ethan is Where?

AN - I'm putting the AN first cause i feel really REALLY bad. How long has it been, like almost TWO WEEKS. I am SOOOOO sorry. My computer was being a retard and wouldn't upload any of my chapters. So i am very sorry, and i haven't mean to abandon you. However on the brightside i have five new chapters written! I'm going to post them really frequently too because i leave for Colorado on the 28, like two days from now, and i don't know how often i'll get to internet there. But never fear, i will get chapter to you when i can!

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Pinksakurablossom - thank you!

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"I think you should name it Lily, after me!" cried Celia, Jimmie and Evie's little sister. Jimmie rolled his eyes.

"Um, your name is Celia, and it's a boy dog sis." he said, slightly annoyed. The little girl pouted.

"Wel,Lily is my middle name."she huffed,and stalked off. Evie glared at her brother.

"Well, I think she has the right idea, just the wrong gender. How about we name him Sirius?" she asked. It was Jimmie's turn to roll his eyes.

"Evie, don't you pay attention? Sirius was black in his animagus form, not a yellow lab!" cried Jimmie. Jake scowled, holding the wiggling puppy, who was desperately trying to lick his face.

"Hello, it's my dog,I get to name it." Jake informed them. "I want to name him Griffen." he said. The twins looked at him strangely.

"Why Griffen?" asked Evie.

"Because," said Jake, "he's an all Gryffindor puppy. Hs can be like our little mascot." Jake said, rubbing Griffen's ears.

"Oh Jake, i'm not even going to explain to you why that doesn't even begin to work. I'm not gonna tell you that Gryffindor already has a mascot, and it's a lion, which isa type of cat, not a dog..."

"You just told us Ev." said Jimmie. She scowled.

"But how is he going to be a mascot when he can't come to school with you?" question Jimmie. Jake smirked.

"Oh he'll be at Hogwarts with us, don't worry. I have a plan." he assured them.

So the holidays went by quickly after Christmas. The many Weasleys began to depart as quickly and as sporadically as they came. Before any of the kids knew it, they were being shipped onto the train again and were headed back to Hogwarts for the remainder of the year.

"Hey, wait where is Ethan?" queried Jake with a mouth full of chocolate frog. Evie shrugged tiredly and Jimmie shook his head to say he didn't know.

"I never saw him get on the train." said Jimmie.

"Yeah neither did I." remarked Jake, ducking Griffen's nose back under his cloak, and hushing him.

"That's weird." muttered Evie just before she fell asleep.

"Evie, wake up, you need to change." said Jimmie as he gently shook his sister's shoulder. She shot up and the two nearly bashed heads. Jake laughed from the corner, shirt halfway on. Evie gave him a dirty look, grabbed her clothes and walked into a nearby corridor to change.

As they walked back up to the castle, they kept their eyes open for Ethan, but still couldn't find him anywhere.

"Umm, I'll meet you there guys, I have to take care of Griffen." he said, motioning to the shaking being inside his shirt. They nodded and he ran off.

Before they even reached the castle Jake was back with them. They had been walking slow though, keepong their eyes peeled for Ethan.

"What did you do with Griffen?" asked Evie distractedly. Jake smiled.

"I left him with Hagrid." Evie smiled, obvioulsy approving.

"Let's just hope one of Hagrid's monsters doesn't eat him." Jimmie said jokingly.

"EVIE!" Evie whipped her head around as she heard the two voices call her name. Before she knew it, she was enveloped in the arms of her two friends. Jake and Jimmie shook their heads, muttering things about girls and hugging, but were silenced when the two girls engulfed them in hugs as well.

"Where is Ethan?" asked Drea. They all shrugged, but sat down to eat. The only one who remained looking worried was Evie.

Jimmie woke up in the middle of the night, and he had no idea why. He just sat up, but figured it was because he had to go to the bathroom. Glancing at the clock he saw it was about three in the morning. Then he proceeded to roll out of bed and walk through the common room to the bathroom.

As he slipped through the common room he noticed the light of a lamp in a corner of the room, and a person next to it. Normally this was the time of night when no one was up. So, curiously, Jimmie approached the person until he was close enough to recognize it was Ethan, and hear his frantic muttering.

His hands were shaking and he was flipping the pages of one of the many books in front of him frantically and muttering things like,

"There has got to something in here somewhere." And, "Augh, where is it."

Jimmie stopped a short distance away, and decided to talk to him instead of spy on him anymore.

"Hey, Ethan, is that you?" he whispered. The boy jumped in his chair and stood stiffly, but not turning to face Jimmie.

"Jimmie, what are you doing up?" he asked back, his voice shaky. Jimmie's face scrunched up, confused.

"Well, I needed to go to bathroom. Better question, why weren't you on the train or at dinner, and what are you doing up?" Jimmie asked, slight accusation in his voice. He watched, and he could make out in the darkness that Ethan was biting his pencil, hard, and his fingers were clenching the edge of his desk.

"I'm doing the essay for potions. I completely spaced and forgot to do it…can I explain this all to you in the morning, I need to work more." It was strange, Ethan's voice had always been slightly unreadable of it's real meaning, but now Jimmie could blatantly tell that his friend was lying. But he let it pass, mostly because he was tired.

"Alright Ethan." He said softly and went back to bed, completely forgetting to even go to the bathroom.

The next morning, everyone, minus Ethan, stumbled downstairs to breakfast, all to used to getting up later, and they were all very surprised to find Ethan sitting there, looking perfectly normal, buttering his toast as if nothing had happened. They all sat around him and stared at him until he looked up at them. When he did, even his eyes were completely normal. He smiled slightly at them all.

"What?" he asked, taking a bite of toast. They all raised their eyebrows and he laughed.

"Okay, I wasn't on the train or at dinner because my father had me at this stupid party and it went later than he thought and then he was stupid and planned something for the day I was supposed to leave for Hogwarts and it was hectic and stupid. But anyway, I got here." He explained rather vaguely, but they all accepted it, as he was usually vague when it came to talking about his family. Suddenly Jimmie grinned.

"So, procrastinate enough? You're worse than me. Did you even finish that essay?" he asked. Ethan looked completely blank for a moment before snapping back into life.

"Oh yeah. I was up like all night though." He said, grinning.

"Well your sure chipper for staying up all night." quipped Jess, obviously cranky from lack of sleep.

"Maybe you should get a remembral." suggested Drea. Jake snorted at this comment, and then got slapped lightly by Evie.

"It's not a bad idea. He needs to remember his homework, its IMPORTANT! I mean I can't believe you waited until last night to do an essay!" she cried, rounding on Ethan, who backed away, holding his butter knife defensively.

And suddenly it seemed as if everything was normal and all the drama from the holidays was in the past, and would hopefully remain in the past.

AN - i hope you guys still know i'm alive, and review for me, even though it's been so long.