Like Father Like Daughter
Chapter 19: The Sparkle Drama
Summer POV
The week after my seventeenth birthday, I found myself with Samantha and Michele walking through Diagon Alley and on our way to the bride's shop that held our dresses for the big day.
The night after graduation, Jake confessed his love to Samantha and she was over taken. Samantha of course loved Jake back and as soon as Jake finishes with his seventh year at Hogwarts, they had plans on living together afterwards.
Michele and Matt were as happy as ever in there own little word, and frankly, that's all I want to know about my little brother's love life.
"Can you believe that a month from today that you will be walking down the aisle?" Samantha asked.
"I know, times goes by so fast!" I let out of my system.
Diagon Alley was crowded as it ever was. Witches and wizards were walking with toppling stacks of boxes and bags, hurrying along there own little way.
"Here we are." I led them into the small bridal shop that appeared to be bigger than it was shown outside. Once we stepped in the witch sitting behind the counter greeted us.
"Hello ladies, how may I help you today?" the witch asked.
"Hi, were here to try on dress's for my wedding next month." I responded to her.
The witch flipped open the large book of names before she continued, "Bride's last name?" she asked.
"Potter." I replied back quickly.
The witch began to look for my name and once she came acrossed it, stopped. "Summer Potter?" she asked.
"That's me." I replied.
"Harry Potter's daughter?" she went on.
I looked back to Samantha and Michele. "You think after all the trouble I went through in the Tournament that I would stop being Harry Potter's daughter." I said back to them.
"I'm sorry to seem a bit taken but I just can't believe it. I mean my store created the dress Summer Potter wore on her wedding day!" the witch behind the counter said excitingly.
"Look I hate to bother you but I really don't have the time for this. I mean there a lot of things that need to be done today." I stated.
"But of course. Let's see, one bride's gown, and two pink maid's gown's." The witch withdrew her wand and flicked it in the air as the packages of dress's came flying towards us. "Let me just place you in dressing room's A through C." The witch led us to the back of the store where there were separate dressing rooms for trying the dresses on. She led Samantha and Michele to rooms B and C and handed them there dresses as they went in, after that she opened door A for me and allowed me to enter as well as place the boxed dress in my arms.
The witch locked the door behind me as I gazed into the small dressing room as I quickly changed into the dress and then stood on the stool that allowed you to look at yourself in three different mirrors.
(A/N: Like I would tell you what her dress looks like before the wedding day, that's bad luck!)
There was a knock at the door followed by Samantha's words. "Sum, common are you changed, we wanna see!"
"Yeah, I'm changed." I breathed out.
The door opened and Samantha, followed by Michele, barged into the room and stopped dead in their tracks when they saw me. "Summer," Michele began.
"You look," Samantha tried.
"Perfect." Michele finished.
"You think so?" I asked looking back at myself, patting down the dress by my waist.
"Don't you have eyes, anyone can clearly see that you look like a model bride." Michele went on.
"But just look at you guys!" I exclaimed looking back at the two of them in their maid's dresses.
Both of the brides' maid dresses were halter pale pink. The backing didn't fill in until the waist, where there was a separate see through pink sash that tied around. At the waist the dress flowed down to the ground where there were going to be matching pale pink kitten heels.
"Excuse me, if it was my way I would not be wearing a pink dress." Michele complained.
"Well, it's my wedding." I proclaimed.
"And you are going to look just lovely." Samantha teased me.
After the dress fittings, we made our way to the small café hidden inside Diagon Alley were we sat down to some cake and coffee.
"So, Summer, you must tell, have you seen it?" Samantha asked.
"Seen what, because I think your asking me a very dirty question Sam." I retorted back.
"Yeah, fill me in too here!" Michele spoke up.
"Eww! Not that, I don't even wanna know about that sort of stuff! I'm talking about, you know that other thing, the one in his eye!" Samantha corrected herself, like I was supposed to know what she actually was talking about.
"You mean his eye color?" I asked.
"Oh, that!" Michele said a little too loud.
"What's that?" I kept bugging.
"You know," Samantha lent in and lowered her voice. "The sparkle."
"What sparkle?" I asked about.
At the moment Michele and Samantha both gasped at the sound of my voice. "You mean you don't see a sparkle in Andrew's eye!" Michele proclaimed.
"What sparkle? Am I suppose to see a sparkle in his eye." I questioned her.
"Summer, the sparkle is the symbol of a perfect match. A perfect match can only happen if both men and women sees a sparkle in each other's eye." Samantha explained.
"I've never seen any sparkle in Andrew's eye." I retorted. "That is a stupid myth."
"No it's not!" Michele spoke up. "I've seen one in Matt's eye ever since our second year."
"And I saw one in Jake's the minute I laid my eyes on him." Samantha explained.
"Well I don't see one in Andrew's." My voice now carried a hint of worry in it.
"Don't worry. I'm sure it's just taking a while. I know that my parent's didn't see it until their honeymoon!" Michele tried to clam me down.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yeah, although, it's rare." Samantha went on. Michele bumped her elbow against Samantha's to shut her up.
I thought to myself for a minute. Does this mean that Andrew and I aren't meant to be and that this wedding isn't suppose to happen? Maybe Andrew's not the one for me. But then why do I love him so much? "Should I be worried about this?" I asked them.
"No." They both replied in unison with fake smiles on their faces.
Later that night at Potter Palace, I was sitting in the library with my mother, going over place mates and the dinner at the reception.
All day the thought of the sparkle that Michele and Samantha were talking about haunted me. I had all these questions about my engagement all of a sudden. On one hand, I thought that nothing would go wrong, that I love Andrew and I would see it soon enough. On the other I began questioning the whole relationship.
"Mom." I broke the silence.
"Yeah?" My mother replied back without looking up at me.
"Do you see a sparkle in Dad's eye?" I asked like it was no big deal.
She stopped turning pages around and looked up at me, I however continued going through my book. "Of course I do, why are you asking?"
"For how long?" I asked.
"Ever since my third year, his was when we first met. Summer why are you asking me these questions?" she asked.
"Nothing, I'm just curious. Michele, Samantha and I were all talking about it today." I replied back quickly.
"Honey, do you see a sparkle in Andrew's eye? Is that why we are having this discussion?" Mom asked me grabbing the wrist of my hand that was focused on my magazine.
I remained silent for a minute before I responded back to her. "Of course I do Mom," I began lying. "I've seen it ever since my second year."
My Mother instantly lit up like a Christmas light. "Oh Summer, now that you'll telling me this, I just feel so relieved. Because of the sparkle I know that your marriage will last forever!"
"Yeah, then what do you call the whole fight thing you and Dad had this year?" I snapped back quickly, trying to make an argument.
My mother looked me straight in the eye. "Summer, do you know everything about the sparkle?" Mom asked.
I could only shake my head no in response.
"Well, the sparkle, for one, is a magical bond created between a witch and a wizard that is found in the eye. It's a symbol of love that last's forever that cannot be broken." Mom began.
"Well duh!" I just had to say.
"I'm not done yet." My mom was quick to say. "The sparkle also differs between couples and sometimes it can fade away. When your father and I were fighting, the sparkle between us was dimming. It was hard for me to find it in his eyes but I tried and tried to bring him back to me. Because once you see a sparkle, it becomes addicting. You almost feel like you need to see the sparkle again. This is why witch and wizard marriage's work so well.
"You see Summer, when a witch or wizard cannot see the sparkle in there loved one's eye anymore, they will do anything to bring it back, like your father and I. We worked out our differences and were together again."
Leave it to a person like my own mother to make me question my engagement even more.
"I would just like to make a toast." Jake stood up at the end of the long table at Potter Palace the night after the Practice Ceremony.
All of Andrew's and mine family member were here along with all of our friends. Andrew and I were sitting at the end of the table side by side.
Ever since the day that I heard news of the sparkle, I kept on loosing more and more sleep, hoping that it would come soon.
But weeks passed by and it never did.
Weeks did go by of planning, decorations, designing and organizing the wedding I thought that was destined to fail. Samantha and Michele tried to keep assuring me that it would come, whether it is my wedding day or that night at the honeymoon in Paris. Yet I kept going through flowers, table settings and food selections. I knew that I loved Andrew even if I didn't see some dinky sparkle that meant pure and internal happiness.
Now tomorrow I would be wed, with or without a sparkle.
"To the two best people in the world." Jake spoke up lifting his champagne chute higher over his head. The rest of the table lifted there's as well. "For without them, I could never be happy in life. I wouldn't be who I am today. So thank you Andrew and Summer, and may your marriage be as long as marlin's beard!"
The table echoed with laughs followed by drinks of champagne and happiness with glee. I spread a fake smile over my face that I was so accustom to having nowadays.
After dinner, Andrew and I were outside saying goodbye before we would next see each other at the church.
"It's finally come, hasn't it?" Andrew was the first to speak.
"It's about time, huh?" I replied.
Andrew kissed me softly on my lips and smiled down at me.
"Sweetie can I ask you something?" I asked.
"Anything." Was all he replied with.
"Well, I was just wondering, if you could, you know, see a sparkle in my eye?" I asked the haunting question.
Andrew just smiled at me. "Of course I do, I've seen it ever since the first time I saw you when we were just babies. I didn't know what it was then but I do now."
Great, he's seen it forever and I'm just sitting here, begging for it to come.
"You see it too, right?" Andrew asked back.
I let out a huge held breath of air as I responded. "Ever since my second year." Was the lie I was now used to telling.
Andrew hugged me again.
"I love you." He whispered into my eye.
"I love you too." I spoke with empty words. I mean I'm sure I did, you can still love a wizard without a sparkle, right?
Sorry for the extremely long break, my computer's been broken and I haven't had the time with AP tests and everything going on right now.
Anyways, here is the chapter of your most asked question; well at least I know some of you have asked this. But please, don't be worried, we still have two chapters to go!
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THANK YOU GUYS! I got to 210 reviews! YIPPEE! You all make me smile, a lot! Anyways, my computer's back after being broken for two months. All my files were lost so I had to rewrite like half this chapter again.
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