A/N: First I wanted to start off by saying how much I appreciate my reviewers! You guys make me feel so special. And the things that you say are hilarious. I really appreciate you guys because this is what keeps the story going. (I'm serious.) Without you the poor thing would still be waiting for chapter three! But now look! Chapter 10! Whoot! You all can get 98 of the credit. I'll take the other two. Now, I'm going to stop rambling and get on with the story. Thanks!

Oh… wait! In chapter three, she had a sister named Emily and a five year old brother named Joey. Pretend they existed throughout this whole thing because I forgot about them. Creeps into corner

The Crazy Life Chapter 10

Same place, same time, just felt like leaving off where I did. I know, evil aren't I?

My brother sending me a letter? Impossible! I didn't even know the fool could spell his name! Now, don't get me wrong. I respect my brother on all levels but he wasn't the brightest tool in the shed. Wait… no… not the sharpest crayon in the box. Gah! Not the brightest crayon in the shed… in the box! There we go. I don't know why he walked out. We're not even sure where he went. But he graduated last year and I haven't heard from him since.

"Katie," my mother demanded. "Who's that letter from?"

"Er… Joey?" I said uncertainly to my mom.

"Don't be stupid," my mom said. "Joey doesn't know how to send letters yet. It's got to be from one of the family. Look at the owl."

"Well," I began. I've got to think of a lie. Fast. Come on Katie! COME ON! "I let the twins borrow my owl!"

"You let," she began. I hope she doesn't realized that I'm bad at lying and okay at sarcasm. "You let the twins, which is already insane because they're twins, borrow your owl. And then they sent you a letter… using your owl?"

Hmm… it sounded better in my head. Eh, oh well. "Yes," I said confidently.

"I need tea," she said, and she poofed off of my hand.

"Who's the letter really from?" Lee asked me immediately.

"My eldest brother, Kevin," I replied, shakily opening the letter.

Katie,

I know that we haven't been in touch. In fact, I haven't talked to you in over a year. So I was wondering if you wanted to meet me in Hogsmade this weekend, for some brother sister together time?

I bet you miss me. Besides, I've got presents. While I was gone, I went to Italy, France, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, and America. So I've got some things that you might like.

Well, send a letter back A.S.A.P. and don't tell mum. We're in a bit of an argument right now and I'd appreciate it if she didn't know we were meeting, as long as you say you will of course.

Well, I best be going, I've got a lot to do if I want to be home, well at Hogwarts, before Saturday.

Love,

Kevin

"Well, that was a strange bit of rambling," I said. It was weird. I mean, all of a sudden out of the blue like that.

"Are you going to go?" Lee asked. I don't think he's ever met my brother. Heard about him of course. He was a Hogwarts legend after all. He sent the first toilet seat home, made Snape wake up bald, turn five Syltherin into snails and four Ravenclaws to chickens, and he's lit just about everything flammable in here on fire. By accident of course! Hehe.

"Are you kidding me!" I screamed. "Of course! And you're coming with me!"

"W-what?" Lee asked.

"Yeap," I said. Boy, I'm feeling generous. "You can meet my brother."

"The Kevin Bell?" Lee asked. Damn, I don't know if he's being sarcastic or not. "He's a legend!"

I think it was a mix. Eh, whatever. I'll just go with it.

"Yeah, yeah I know," I say modestly.

"Can I bring a camera?" Lee asked. Okay, now he was hitting sarcasm. Dork.

"Oh, of course Lee! And bring extra rolls of film too!" I said, playing along.

Lee stood up and yelled, "Yipee!" while clicking his heals together.

"Okay, now we've taken this a little to far," I said, moving over in the bed, away from Lee.

"Yeah," Lee said.

Sunday October 25th in my dorm.

It's only 10 in the morning but I told Kevin that me and Lee were going to meet him there at 11.

I haven't seen my brother since before last year. I never saw him at Hogwarts and if I had, it was only at meal times but he was hardly ever there. I always thought that he went down to the kitchens for food to plot instead of around where everyone could hear him.

I wonder how much he's changed.

I wonder what I should wear.

I better not wear a skirt because he might go crazy with older brother protector stuff. Gah.

Hey look! Jeans!

(A few minutes later)

Whoot! I found what I'm wearing. Jeans and a Weird Sister's T-Shirt. With my ultra coolio sneakers. Wow. Coolio. Aha. Such a strange word. Ehe.

So I was singing to myself when Angelina and Alicia walked into my dorm. You'd think that they'd learn to knock but noooo.

"Katie," they said in a normal voice. Unfortunately for them, I hit the chorus and bellowed out my heart and soul.

"KATIE!" both of the screamed at me at the same time.

I jumped like a frog from my floor to under my bed in ten seconds. That took me a long time. If it were Sirius Black I wouldn't have stood a chance!

"Merlin!" I gasped as I climbed out.

They were laughing at me.

Laughing.

I could have had a heart attack and died and they were laughing! How un... inconsiderate of them! Hey! I just increased my vocabulary!

"What do you want?" I asked, thoroughly annoyed at my near death thing.

They stopped laughing. Well, attempted to. Angelina was still laughing but Alicia managed one more giggle then said, "You know how there's a Hogsmade thing today?" I nodded. "Jeez, Ang! Shut it!" Angelina almost stopped laughing. I kicked her. She stopped. "Anyway," Alicia continued. "We were all going to go."

That's very descriptive 'Lic. "And we would be…?" I asked, waving my hand in the air.

"Me, you, 'Lic, Fred, George, Lee if he can, and whoever else floats our boat," Angelina said. That's a long list of people. It's like six or up if we all go. Okay, so maybe it's not that long of a list but… oh forget it.

"I would if I could but I can't so I won't," I said, turning around and grabbing my wand from under the bed. Apparently it got stuck there.

They both gave me this weird look. "Huh?" Angelina asked me, sitting on my bed.

"My brother's coming and I'm going to spend some quality time with him," I explained. Wow, who wants to spend quality time with their brother?

Aw man! The alien isn't in there to answer my demented thoughts any more. That's just depressing. DARN YOU LEE JORDAN!

"Quality time?" Alicia asked. "Riiiighhhttt."

"Well, then," Angelina said. "I guess we're off to ask Lee then aren't we?"

"He's coming with me," I said quickly.

"I get it," Alicia said with a smirk. Smirks are not good in her department. She only smirks when she thinks that she knows something that we don't. Bummer. "You haven't seen your brother in ages and he randomly pops up on Hogsmade weekend where, ironically, Lee is coming with you?"

"Yes," I say, not getting at where she was going.

"Lies!" she says. "You're going to Hogsmade with Lee."

"The twin's will have a field day with they hear this one!" Angelina said, following where Alicia was going.

My friends jump to conclusions too much, don't they?

Okay, now I want that alien back. It keeps me occupied when I'm bored. But then again… it prevents me from doing my homework. Gah.

"No! That's not true!" I yelled. Good lord, I just helped them start a rumor about me. Hmm… do friends do that? They had better not or it'll be time for some serious butt kicking! "Look, I have the letter right here!"

I ran over to my dresser and pulled the letter out of the second drawer. Everyone keeps their crap in the first one. I hide it in the second. Go me!

"Hey," Angelina said. "She's right."

"Oh well," Alicia said. "How about tonight? You want to do something?"

"If I can," I reply. "I don't know. It's my brother, remember? The randomness runs in the family. Like my mom popping on my shoulder at different times. That's actually quite scary now that I think about it. I mean, she could just randomly come and scare the crap out of me. That is not good. But she did it the other-"

"Katie," Alicia said. "We get it."

"Sorry," I said. "I like to ramble."

"We figured," Angelina said. "And after knowing you for this long … it's just common knowledge."

"Thanks guys," I said. "Now, if you don't mind, I've got to meet my brother in half and hour and I still have to get Lee."

"Okay, later Kate," Angelina said.

"Yeah," Alicia continued. "Bye."

Hogsmade, open book, in messanger back, getting everything. Ooooo.

"Lee!" I complained when we got into Hogsmade.

"Whhhatttt?" he asked in an annoyed manner.

"Help me find my brother!" I said, looking around.

"What does he look like?" he asks me.

"Like a Bell," I say, preoccupied.

"Like 'ding-dong' or like Katie?" Lee asks me.

"Huh?" I ask. "Oh… like… light brown hair, tall, slimish."

"Descriptive," Lee said, looking around the shops.

Suddenly I spot him. Looking around in front of Honeydukes. He looks just like he did when he left. Tall, slim, tan, confused… the list goes on.

"THERE HE IS!" I yell.

Lee spins around fast and falls. "Ouch," he says. I ignore him and start running up to my brother.

"KEVIN!" I shout and jump up into a hug.

"Katie?" he asks uncertainly.

"No, the Easter Bunny," I say. He can be such a dork.

"Oh, how come I didn't get a chocolate bunny last year?" he asked sarcastically.

"Sorry," I reply. "You were a bad boy. You got coal."

"So now you're Santa?" Lee asked, walking up with a limp.

"Santa's a creep molester!" I shout to him. You know he is! That's why he has little children sit on his lap and what not! And the sack is so big because that's where he keeps them!

Lee looked over to Kevin with a raised eyebrow. Kevin covered my eyes and said, "Freak child accident."

Lee laughed uneasily. Ha, I can tell that he's nervous. He's meeting the legend. The legend. The legend.

"Oh, really," Lee says with interest. "What happened?"

I do the whole face palm thing as Kevin starts talking.

"Well, you see. When Katie, here, was just a wee little child, she decided it would be fun to fly a broom," he starts. Gah, I'm so going to kill him. "So the young one here takes my broom, mine, out from the broom shed and up to her room. She opens the window of her room, sits on the broom, and jumps."

"Hey! I thought I should be in the air so I could at least get the thrill and all," I say in defense. It's true. If I didn't I would have been disappointed.

"Yeah, yeah," Kevin said, ruffling my hair. Stupid Kevin. "So anyway! She jumps the window and believe it or not, this thing here is a pretty good flyer." I smile at my praising. I'm flattered.

"Well, she is a damn good chaser," Lee commented. I smile more. Arg- YAY! I knew I wasn't that bad.

"Yeah," Kevin said, looking at me like a big brother proud of his little sister. Aww…Hallmark moment. "But she wasn't as good at the time. Now, me being the guy I am, was inside eating and all of a sudden you hear 'AHHHHH,'" Kevin screamed in a high pitched girly voice getting strange looks from passerby's…. That's my brother! "What are you looking at? You've never seen a man scream like a girl before?" he asked them. They walked away, some covering their children's ears and eyes. "So we hear that and we run outside to see Katie fly smack into a tree and then fall. Then she starts to cry because she got a bloody nose."

Lee was laughing hysterically and I'm standing here with my arms crossed. Darn you Kevin.

"Thanks Kevin, thanks a lot," I say, punching him in the arm and stalking off.

"Kate! I'm sorry!" I hear Kevin yell and I turn around, smiling. It was my evil plot all along. Bwahaha. Go me. I deserve a pineapple. (EMERSON!) "You little jerkhead!"

"Yeah, yeah," I say. I love messing with him. "Now, why don't we go to the Three Broomsticks and you can buy me and Lee here some butterbeers."

"Come on," Kevin said, giving in.

Later that night.

That's basically how it went. But I never told you about the stuff he brought me! It's bloody fantastic!

From Ireland he got me a little necklace with a little leprechaun on it (I met one before. They're quite interesting, always trying to gamble with you, they are.), from Italy he got me a box filled with Italian folk tales, from America he brought me something from this place, McDonald's I think it was called, from Poland he brought me a diary… coincidence… I think not. Anyway, from Scotland I got a picture from this awesome castle somewhere in there, from France I got one of those brilliant little French hat things. I forgot what they were called… but I have one! And from New Zealand he brought me green pixie dust, it's really rare. That reminds me… I wonder what George did with his. I'll have to ask him.

"Katie, your brother is amazing," Lee said to me once we got back to the castle. Kevin walked us back and said that we'd have to do this again soon.

"Don't I know it," I said. "It was the first time I'd talked to him in forever now that I think about it. I forgot how stupid and crazy he was."

"He's brilliant. Very inspiring," Lee said in awe.

"Please don't tell me that this is all that I'm going to hear from now until Christmas?" I beg.

"Well," Lee said, "Christmas isn't all that far awaaaaayyy."

"Oh, jeez," I said and ran up to my room.

Friday, October 30th

I asked George about his pixie dust stuff. He hasn't used it yet. Mischievous Weasley. I wonder what he's going to do with it.

Well, my dear Katie, I think I'm going to use it for something special.

Go away George.

No, don't you want to hear about my special usage of this dust?

No, go away George.

Katttttiiiieeee……

Who knew he was such a whiner.

Aw man! The alien was supposed to fill that in. Now I'm depressed. Closes Book

A/N: So, what'd you think? I know it was shorter and that it took longer for me to put up and I'm sorry. I couldn't think of what to write for the life of me. And normally it just kind of flows but not today. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Well, you get the point right? And I'm in need of ideas. Most of you know this by now but seriously folks (ha I said folks) heellpp. Well, hope you liked the chapter!

Much Love,

Snuffles

Yes, I said much love.