The next week Ann-Marie was celebrating her birthday when Zarana flew in the window with a letter and parcel, she opened it and it said

Ann

Happy Birthday! I got you some chocolate frogs; careful because they improved the spell meaning they jump about a lot more. My parents say I'm allowed two friends over to my house over the summer holidays so I'm inviting you and Crystal please, please, please say you can make it.

Alicia

P.S Alec wishes you a happy birthday

Ann-Marie had to go, her two best friends and Alec all in one place sounded perfect, she went into the next room were her parents were.

"Mum, dad, can I ask you something?" asked Ann-Marie

"if it's for more birthday presents you can turn around right now" said her dad in a jokey way

"No, I just want to ask if I can stay round my friends house, Alicia, the one I told you about" said Ann-Marie

"I don't see why not, go send her a letter and pack your suitcase," said her mother, and with that Ann-Marie went of and did exactly what her mother said.

Her mother dropped her of, they had to take a car there, they flew most of the way but weren't seen, they lived in a pretty isolated part of the countryside, but then that was so they wouldn't be disturbed by fans of Ann-Marie's dad. They were arrived at Alicia's house at about quarter to eleven. They stepped out and ran the doorbell, a middle aged woman answered, she was a normal shape and had brown hair, her eyes were blue and she wore glasses.

"You must be Ann-Marie, pleased to meet you, well Alicia's told me all about you and how you met, thanks for looking after her on her first day" said Mrs. Stargaze

"No problem" replied Ann-Marie

"And you must be her mother, pleasure meeting you" said Mrs. Stargaze

"Pleasure to meet you to" said Ann-Marie's mother

"Would you like to come in for a cup of tea?" said Mrs. Stargaze

"Yes that would be great thanks," replied Ann-Marie's mother. They both walked through to the kitchen and Alicia walked in

"Ann!" said Alicia as she hugged her "Crystal's already here, were in my room, it's up here" they walked up the stairs into a room, Alicia's room was a bit strange it was wizarding world meets muggle world, she had a television and a playstation, she had learned what they were from her dad who had grown up in the muggle world till he was ten and her grandfather who was fascinated by it all, while she had normal muggle things she also had quidditch posters and her Hogwarts scarf on the chair.

"Alicia, there you are, now what's this one called again?" said Crystal who was amazed by all the muggle items

"That's a DVD player," replied Alicia

"And what's a DVD?" asked Crystal

"It's a disk you can record things you see on and then watch it," said Alicia

"Woah, this stuff is mad!" said Crystal

"Okay, lets go downstairs, mum said we could get something to eat if we wanted" said Alicia, she walked down stairs and Crystal and Ann-Marie followed behind. They walked downstairs and saw Alec, Ann-Marie just stood there gazing at him, he was so good looking, his hair had a sort of 'just-got-out-of-bed-look' his eyes were shining in the light coming in from the window.

"Alec, do you know where mum's put the crisps?" asked Alicia

"Crisps? What on earth are crisps?" asked Crystal

"There thin potato slices sort of, with flavoring on them and they've been cooked so there really crispy, in America they call them chips" said Alicia

"Muggle's have really weird stuff, huh Ann," said Crystal

"It's not that weird," replied Ann-Marie

"Well I'll see you lot later," said Alec as he walked of

"Right now were are those crisps?" said Alicia