Chapter 3

Shopping for...Burgers?

"Hmmm..." I said, looking around and thinking of possible plans, "I'm not sure...any ideas guys?"

Harry and Jessy looked at me. "Us? Have ideas? How?" asked Harry, looking confused.

"Girls are the only ones who have good ideas." Jessy said in agreement.

"Well," Emily started, "We could go shopping for things for your new school."

"Aww...no fair" cried Jessy, "Shopping is girls stuff!"

"We can go for burgers afterwards Jess," I said smiling, knowing burgers were his only weakness.

His eyes lit up. "Really?" he asked, "OK let's go!" With that he got up and left the room to change and get ready to go. I watched him walk out, trying not to laugh.

"Come on Em, lets go get changed," I said to Emily, standing up and grabbing her hand to pull her to her feet. She must have been in a daze because when I tried to help her up, she fell over and landed on top of Harry.

Blushing furiously, she said, "I'm so sorry Harry, I swear I didn't mean to."

Harry smiled and helped her to her feet, "No problem, I knew one of you girls would fall for me."

Laughing, I said, "Come on Em, lets leave lover boy to his fantasies." I walked out of the room with Emily close behind.

"That was so embarrassing!" she said, still blushing slightly, "I can't believe I just fell on top of Harry Potter!"

"Emily, don't worry about it," I said, smiling to myself. We reached my room and I opened the door. Immediately, I fell onto the floor laughing and I heard Emily collapse beside me doing the same. When I had opened the door, we both saw Jessy in a frilly pink party dress that was two sizes too small for him.

"Um...hi guys," Jessy said, looking at the ground, his ears turning redder every second.

"Bloody hell! What are you wearing?" we looked up and saw Harry come into the room. Jessy looked at him like a deer caught in headlights.

"Oh, nothing," he said casually, "My darling sister just switched my jeans for this. I'm trying to figure out how to charm them back to normal."

"Oh, it that all?" I said trying not to laugh at his misfortune, "I gave Victoria that spell. I can fix things in a snap." I took out my wand and a little motion with it while mumbling "laxo induva". "There, all better," I said as Jessy's clothes turned back to normal.

"Thank you so much Ash!" he said. Without thinking, he came over and hugged me. Then he realized what he was doing and he backed away blushing.

"Wow, Jessy. I never knew you'd be that happy to have jeans on." I said laughing.

He took another step back, embarrassed. "Sorry," he mumbled, his face turning red.

I smiled at him. "Don't worry about it. I thought it was cute. Lets just get changed and go shopping!" I said enthusiastically.

Both of the guys groaned, but they went into my brothers room to change. Once we were alone in my room, I asked Emily, "You like Harry, don't you Em?"

She looked at me and said smiling, "I can't help it Ashley, I just turn to jello whenever I'm around him."

I looked at her, "That is so sweet, Em. I'm going to make sure you and Harry get time alone today." I smiled at her wickedly, "Don't you worry your pretty little head about it."

She smacked her head, "Why do I ever tell you these things?"

I smiled, "Because you know you love me."

After we cleaned ourselves up and got dressed, we went downstairs to meet the guys. They were already there and they looked impatient. I saw Harry glance at his watch and look up when we came downstairs. "Finally!" he said, "What took you two so long?"

"Oh, we kinda got side-tracked by something else. Sorry," I said smiling, "Lets go" I opened the door and stepped outside. "Bye mom I'll see you later," I called before shutting the door.

"Where do you guys want to go?" Emily asked us. I watched as Jessy and Harry thought about it.

"Hmmm..." Harry said, "Maybe we could start by getting breakfast at the new diner on Park street...?"

"Sounds good to me I'm starving!" Jessy said enthusiastically. Let me tell you, for a skinny kid, he sure likes to eat!

"Lets go. Lead the way Harry," I said. Harry started walking down the sidewalk. Jessy started to walk ahead but I pulled him back. "Let them have some alone time Jessy," I whispered in his ear.

"O...O...OK," he stuttered. I took his hand in mine and skipped along the path slowly, making sure we were a bit behind Emily and Harry.

"You guys are never going to be cool if you just walk along like that," I called to Harry and Em.

"Fine, we'll show you who's cooler!" Harry said, accepting our challenge, "Come on Emily!" he grabbed her hand and they started skipping down the sidewalk, Harry twirling her around every few skips.

"Look at them," I said to Jessy, "They're so cute together." Sighing, I looked over at him. He was slightly blushing and I realized we had stopped skipping but were still holding hands. I smiled and put my arm around him.

"What are you doing?" he asked, looking at me, embarrassedly.

I smiled, "If we want them to get alone time, they have to think we want to be alone too. Just try to look happy k?"

He looked at me and smiled sheepishly, "I don't really have to try that hard then because whenever I'm with you, I'm always happy."

I looked at him, "Jessy that is so sweet." I leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "One of the many things I like about you is that you can always make me smile. Now I think I know why."