CHAPTER 20! IT'S HERE! IT'S REALLY HERE! LET US ALL CELEBRATE AND DANCE! OR READ THE NEXT CHAPTER!

Alyssa wanted me to dedicate a chapter to her… so here Alyssa!

Hogsmade

I'm here with Lee. Yes, I brought the notebook. It's in my messenger bag. I take that thing everywhere. Well, not really… but yeah. I have coffee too, from breakfast. We kind of just left the castle inconspicuously. I don't think anyone, besides that demon little second year, noticed that we left.

She came up to me and glared. I laughed at her and Lee just looked confused but that's just Lee. He's always confused.

"She's the wanker who said I was harassing her," I explained. He then got a knowing look on his face.

"Oh," he said slowly, giving the girl a wave. She looked sad. Evil little booger.

Wouldn't it be cool if he just stopped and started to break dance to impress the youngin? "You should break dance, Lee," I said randomly. He gave me a weird look. So did the little one. She raised an eyebrow. I can do that too, so ha!

"What?" he asked, confused.

"BREAK DANCE!" I shouted, getting weird looks from a few Slytherin's. Eh, no one cares about them.

"Not hearts," the wanker said sadly, a fake tear falling from her eye.

Wow. That's just sad. Even I can make my tears look more realistic then that.

So anyway, she walked away sad and we just gave her a skeptical look.

We walked outside. Just me and Lee. Lee and me. Us. Together. In the cold. The freezing cold! So cold. Did I mention it was snowing? Because it is. It's been snowing all morning. There's like an inch or so on the ground. My feet are getting cold. Very, very cold.

Man, it's quiet. I'm never quiet. Am I nervous? Lee's nervous too. Well, quiet. I just assumed nervous.

"So," Lee said with a little shiver, trying to break the ice and start a conversation. Lucky him and his ways to break the ice. I'm too cold to do it. Stupid cold. One day I'm going to perform a heating charm on you.

"So," I said, rubbing my nose.

"Cold?" he asked with a laugh.

"No, I'm dying of heat exhaustion. You might want to get me some ice," I said sarcastically.

"Okay," Lee said. He stopped and bent over to pick up some snow. "Here." And he plopped it on my head. Yes. And now I'm cold. Insanely cold as a matter of fact.

"No you didn't," I said, looking at him with a shiver.

"I think I might have," he sad innocently. Aw. Wait no! The wanker just made me freeze.

"Have you not heard of sarcasm?" I asked, picking up some snow. He shook his head like a little kid. "You know what I have to do, right?"

"Yeah… but unfortunately, I have a date with a rather pretty girl, so I must be off," he said with a sly smile as he ran off towards to gates to Hogsmade.

"WHAT!" I screamed back, chasing after him.

Well, at least we broke the ice. Ehe. Gah, this wind is really cold… but running is preventing me from freezing to death. Of the mysterious ways we work.

After about three minutes of running, I finally caught up to him right before the gate. I dove and grabbed his ankles, causing him to crash to the ground. We both sat up, now wet from the snow, and laughed. Laughing in the freezing cold is interesting because you're already shaking and your teeth are chattering so it's interesting. Very interesting.

"Still cold?" Lee asked, still shaking, and still laughing.

"No, wait. Yes, I'm freezing," I said with a laugh. I was going to be sarcastic but last time that happened I got snow on my head and that is just not fun.

"We should make a snow man!" Lee cried like a happy child.

"Lee?" I asked, not sure of what he was talking about. "What?"

"Come on Katie! Make a snowman with me!" he said eagerly. Do I have the heart to tell him that there's not enough snow.

"Lee, there's not enough snow to make a snowman," I said sympathetically, placing my hand on his shoulder.

"Nonsense!" he shouted, scaring a couple of third years. "There's always enough snow!"

I laughed along with Lee. We knelt down in the snow and started making snowballs.

I made a HUGE one and it was perfect for the bottom. Lee sat on it. He didn't mean to. He threw a snowball at my head and I pushed him over. Unfortunately, I have a bad sense of direction (how I became chaser I may never know) and pushed him on my, now squished, snowball.

"Ha, sorry," Lee said, taking out his wand and fixing my ball. Ha, I forgot we could do that!

"It's okay. Power to magic. My mind was drawing a blank." Wow. I just rambled! Since when do I ramble! This is creepy.

"Wow. You rambled," Lee pointed out. "Since when do you ramble?"

"Since when do I drink coffee?" I asked, going to hold up my coffee cup… but it wasn't there. "Hey! Where's my coffee?"

"Ha," Lee started laughing crazily. "How could you loose a cup of coffee?" he asked, confused. (A/n: It's not impossible… trust me.)

"I don't know!" I shout, looking around the slightly snow covered ground for my coffee.

Lee laughed some more and held out his hand. "Want to just go into Hogsmade?" he asked, helping me up.

I laughed, still cold. "Yeah. It might be warmer there."

He laughed too and we walked into Hogsmade.

I love it when it snows… except when you're playing Quidditch and your goggles get all foggy. Then it kind of sucks because you can't see and you get hit with the quaffle numerous times and a few random bludgers here and there.

Once we got into Hogsmade, my hands were officially freezing. I wonder if you could buy gloves in any place in Hogsmade.

"Can you buy gloves in Hogsmade?" I asked Lee absentmindedly.

"Um, I'm not sure. Why? Are your hands cold?" Lee asked, looking around Hogsmade.

"No, they're burning," I said sarcastically.

"Oh, well here," Lee said, taking me hand. Aw. I'm a cliché person incase you didn't realize that. I don't know why but I like the warm fuzzy feeling I get when adorable things like this happen. HEY! LEE MADE ME FEEL ALL GIRLY! What happened to my tough Quidditchness?

"Thanks," I said, now regaining some of the feeling in my hand…. Well, only my right hand but hey, I'm right handed so it's all good.

"So where do you want to go?" Lee asked as we turned one of the main corners and off to a street filled with witches, wizards, and shops beyond belief.

"It doesn't matter," I said, looking around. After a year and a half, I'm still amazed by the site. Oh great. Lee's making me feel all gooey inside. I think I might have to kick him. "Just, can we go someplace that sells gloves? Because my poor little left hand is frozen."

We laughed and then walked into a shop called The Witches Way. I've never heard about it but we saw a manikin with a gloved hand holding a wand so we thought we'd give it a shot.

"Oh, Merlin," I said slowly, stopping as we walked in. I looked around the store. It was like one of those really expensive department stores that everyone wants to shop in but no one can afford. I hate that.

"Wow," Lee said. We both looked at each other and turned around, walking right back out the door. "That was some expensive stuff."

"They have a five foot tall sign saying that a hat, a hat, was forty galleons. It's insane!" I protest. "Who would pay that much for a hat?"

Right after I said that, I saw none other than Cho Chang, hanging off the arm of some other guy. Go figure! But not only that. She was wearing the forty galleon hat!

It was a bizarre hat. Not very tall. Actually it was like a beret. But it had a bunch of tiny little flowers around it and one huge one on the top. Not only could I not afford that hat, I wouldn't want to afford that hat.

"Well, hello Katie. Lee," Cho said, her eyes looking at me then over at Lee, then over at our interlocking (A/n: This is what DDP does. It teaches me words such as interlocking. Gah.) hands.

We both smiled after looking up at her hat. "Hey, Cho," we said together. She gave us a weird look and turned back to the guy whose arm she was hanging off of. Then she started talking about what type of perfume was her favorite. Go figure.

We walked away, off to find more glove shops.

"Didn't you call her a whore last time you saw her?" Lee asked with a grin.

"Maybe," I said, stretching my 'A's. Lee laughed.

"Want to go to The Three Broomsticks?" he asked. "It's bound to be warm in there. They've got the fire."

"And butterbeer. You can't forget the butterbeer!" I said.

"What was I thinking?" Lee asked sarcastically.

We made our way to The Three Broomsticks because we could and it was close. We saw random people, like Ron and Hermione talking to nothing, that was bizarre, and then we saw Cedric Diggory chasing, what I'm guessing was, his girlfriend, who was apparently mad at him for flirting with the bar tender. Oh, kids these days.

We laughed as he ran past saying something about how she was talking to him and that it would be rude if he didn't say anything back. Wow. That's all I can think of. Wow.

We just walked into The Three Broomsticks when I heard me name being called. I wasn't sure who did it, though. I looked over at Lee, who heard it too, and he just shrugged.

I spun around really fast, slipping on some of the melted snow. Lee caught me. (I swear without this boy I would be dead.) I looked around, much more slowly this time, to see if I could find the mysterious Katie-caller.

Once I'm back to facing where I originally was, which was looking towards the middle of the room, I looked around. Lee was smiling evilly. I think he knows something I don't.

"Katie," said a low voice in m left ear. Now, I know that wasn't Lee because he was at my right. So, I did the thing with the most common sense. I screamed.

Half of the room looked over to see why I was screaming. The other half was now whispering about the interruption that disturbed their conversation. My hand, which was now cold because Lee let go, went against the wall for support. I looked over to see who decided, 'Hey! It's my turn to scare Katie today. How should I do it?'

"KEVIN!" I screamed, diving for my deranged older brother.

"KATIE!" he screamed back to me. So I guess the whole screaming thing runs in the family. Or maybe it's just me…. One day, I might know.

"What are you doing here?" I gasped, smacking him on the shoulder. So I guess I'm violent now…. Eh, oh well. It's not like it'll bruise… I hope.

"Uh, Happy Birthday!" Kevin shouted, throwing out his arms.

I jumped up to hug him. Not that I was sitting down. But I haven't seen him in a while so I jumped up. You get it… right?

"So you're my birthday present?" I asked suspiciously.

"Yes. I knew you'd love it! It was cheap AND easy to get!" Kevin exclaimed. He seemed so happy about that.

"Well, I don't have much I could do with you… I could always give you to the twins… or the little wanker second year," I said thoughtfully.

Lee laughed aloud as Kevin turned on him. Oh, please don't let him go into over protective super hero brother mode. Please.

"And who might you be?" Kevin asked. Damn. He went into that over protective super hero brother mode. I wonder what mum would say. Probably something like It's for your own good, Katie Bell. Or Kevin doesn't know what he's doing. He's such a nice boy, that Lee. Eh, I don't know. Parents are unpredictable.

"That would be Lee," I said, stepping in between Lee and him. This could get ugly. Gah, all that I wanted was some nice warm butterbeer. My present is ruining it! This is why I don't like brothers… but they can be useful for getting you out of trouble. I know that one first hand.

I wonder what's going to happen. Maybe Lee will go all ninja on him and tear Kevin to shreds. But then… there'd be no more Kevin and I'd have lost my present. That's not cool. Or maybe Kevin would kill Lee. But then I'd have to kill Kevin. How is it that this always ends up in killing? That's just not right, my dear, dear notebook.

I do like a good fight.

You'd want to see my brother and Lee duck it out in a crowded restaurant?

Come on, deary, you have to admit that it'd be interesting.

Well, yeah I guess. But my brother would kill Lee. He's like… twice his size!

And who's faults that?

His parents?

Oh, well if he were an alien then it'd be his fault.

Well, isn't that just fine and dandy.

Of course it is!

So what's going to happen? Kevin wasn't always the nicest person to guys that were my friends. I remember one time Fred and George came over last summer or something and we met Kevin in this shop and he pulled like a thousand questions on them. I don't think I've ever seen the twins that pale before….

"Kevin Bell," Kevin said, holding his hand out for Lee too shake.

Wow.

I was not expecting that one. What happened to Kevin? Maybe he's sick… Should I take him back up to the school?

"Lee Jordan," Lee said nervously. Why does my family have to be so threatening? This never would have happened if I had an older sister. Don't get me wrong, I love Kevin and everything but talk about over protective. But then again, if I had a sister, all she would do would be to talk about Lee and it'd drive me crazy. Now, don't get me wrong again, I love Lee and all but I wouldn't be able to stand listening to someone talking about him nonstop for days on end.

"So Lee," Kevin said, directing Lee over to an open table and leaving me to stand here.

Did Kevin just take my date?

I believe so, deary.

That's just… not right!

My fourth cousin did that to me once. It was quite strange. Especially because he was ten years younger then me and I was already twenty. He went right up to Albert and said, "We need to talk." Let me tell you, his mum was not to pleased after that.

Well… isn't that … interesting.

But anyway, what am I supposed to do while Kevin and Lee are over there. Is there anyone here I know?

Duh, Katie. It's a Hogsmade weekend. There's a ton of people here. But no one I actually talk to… This is depressing.

Hey, I know them. Gah, it's Matthew Jankens and Andrew Michaels. How awkward is this going to be? Do you think they'll mind if I go over and sit with them?

It's worth a shot.

"Hey guys," I said nervously once I got to their table. The two looked up and Andrew smiled.

"Hello there, Katie," Michael said, pulling a chair over from the next table.

"Do you mind if I sit with you? My brother went into over protective super hero brother mode and kind of took the person I was here with," I said glumly. At least I'm not alone now.

"Sure, go ahead," Andrew said, motioning for me to sit down. At least I'm wanted. It's not like they're just doing this to be nice.

"You want anything to drink?" Matthew asked me, pointing towards to bar.

"No thanks," I said. "I'm good."

"Nonsense!" Andrew shouted. Of course she wants something.

"What do you want?" Matthew asked me, raising an eyebrow at Andrew.

"No, really guys," I said. This was getting kind of strange…. "I'm fine, really."

"Go get the girl a butterbeer!" Andrew said happily. Someone needs to chill on the coffee. Which reminds me… I still don't know where mine is. It's kind of depressing now that I think of it.

Matthew wandered off to the bar, where I guess he was getting me a butterbeer. Crap. I forgot to give him money. I'll pay him when I get back.

"So what brings you here?" Andrew asked. Gee, I wonder. I mean it's only a Hogsmade weekend and I was asked to go. So hmmm… I wonder why I'm here…

"Oh, just the nice day and the boredom," I said uncertainly. He smiled. He smiles a lot. Good thing he doesn't have food in his teeth because that would have been weird. Because he smiles so much and all.

I just realized…. I never got my gloves!

"Do you know where they sell gloves here?" I asked. Hey, he might. You never know.

"No, sorry," Andrew said, taking a sip of his butterbeer. It was quiet for a few moments. "So… why don't you like surprises?"

Oh crap. It was him! He was the one who was sending me the notes! Merlin, this has gone from awkward to even more awkward. Oh crap. Oh crap. Why can't my brother be over protective and what not over here?

"Well, some surprises aren't good," I said after realizing that I just ignored him for some time now.

"But some are," he said with another smile. Great, now I wish he did have food in his teeth. It'd give me something to smile at.

"But some aren't," I protested as Matthew came back and handed me my butterbeer. I thanked him and gave him a couple of sickles.

"No problem," Matthew said. I looked over to Andrew who gave Matthew a wink. Whoa, how ironic is it that both of their names end in E-W. Not like ew… but as in the letters.

I turned around and saw that Lee and my brother were laughing. I'd say it was safe to go join them now.

"Well guys, thanks for letting me stay here with you guys but I don't think that my brother is going to pull off Lee's head any time soon so I guess I should be getting back to them," I said, standing up.

"Bye Katie," Matthew said with a wave.

"Bye Katie," Andrew smiled.

Wow. That was beyond awkward. Now, to get back to Lee and my brother.

"Where'd you go, Katie?" Kevin asked.

"Well, I figured that you'd be interrogating Lee and I didn't want to interrupt," I explained, sitting down next to Lee.

"He didn't interrogate me," Lee said with a laugh.

"But… but you interrogated Fred and George last summer!" I protested.

"You beat up Marcus Flint, Katie," said Kevin. "I think you can handle yourself."

"Then… what were you guys talking about?" I asked suspiciously. This can't be good. Kevin knows all of my embarrassing stories… because most of them were his fault.

"I told him about how when you were seven, we were at the park and you were swinging too high and ended up in a tree and befriended a squirrel," Kevin said with a laugh.

He didn't. At least he didn't tell him about that time when…

"And how your pants fell down in a play we put on in the back yard," Kevin said.

Never mind then.

Now, I'm red. I like the color red and all… just not on my face. This is not cool. He's not getting a good birthday present this year!

"Oh, and the time when you decided to run through a ginormous puddle but when you realized they your pants were white, it was too late," Lee said. (A/n: that is not fun, by the way.) The two were now laughing hysterically and I was sitting here as red as a tomato. I don't like tomatoes either.

"Okay, enough Katie stories, what about you Lee?" I asked, trying to change the subject.

"I never embarrass myself," Lee said proudly.

"What about when you squished my snowball!" I protested. "That was pretty funny. Haha."

Lee raised an eyebrow at me.

Okay, so today was not my day. I've been embarrassed, awkward, AND red. This is not fun. I'll just talk to the alien in my head.

Yes, you called, deary?

I'm bored and embarrassed. What do I do?

Well, you could always blow them up.

I'm not looking to kill.

Oh, then I'm out of ideas. Sorry deary.

You're not helping.

"Katie!"

Please not now, mum, please!

Gah. She has the worst timing, I swear.

"Is that… mum?" Kevin asked, poking our mini mum.

"Yeah," I said dully.

Kevin ducked under the table. I don't think he wants her to know that I've been talking to him. But, because of his whole like 'is that mum' thing, I think it might be too late.

"Was that Kevin?" my mum asked trying to peer over the table.

"N-no, Mum, you're seeing things," I said. "Maybe you should go and make some tea."

"Yes, yes I believe you're right. I just wanted to say that I wanted to know whether you're coming home for the holidays or not," my mum said uncertainly with her hand to her forehead, now looking slightly sick.

"I'll think about it, Mum," I said to her. "Now go get some sleep."

"Okay, bye Katie, Lee," my mum said. Then she poofed off.

"Thank God," Kevin said, getting up from under the table. "Why does a mini mum poof onto your shoulders?"

"I think she's crazy, but that's just me," I said. "Should we get out of here? I'm warm, how about you guys?"

"Yeah, want to go to Zonko's?" Lee asked.

"Look who you're asking Lee. Just look at who you're asking," I said with a smile.

Lee grabbed my hand once more and we walked out of the restaurant with Kevin a few paces behind us. I think he's trailing us. Oh no, he's just my present for the day.

Once we got to Zonko's my left hand was cold again, I need a glove. But I'm not getting one from Zonkos. It'll probably make my hand disappear or something like that.

Not much happened in Zonkos except that and Kevin stuck me in a box. And they kept me in there. I think it was like one of those muggle boxes for their 'magicians'. With the metal slide things that you stick through the people and then take them apart.

So I was stuck in the box for about half an hour because the stupid things got stuck and I had no idea what was going on the entire time. And it was dark. And my hands were cold. I've got to keep Lee and Kevin apart.

But once they got me out, there was a crowd of people surrounding the box. They all clapped. Lee and Kevin were now in hysterics, laughing so hard. I wasn't all that pleased though and I blame Kevin. He ruins it all! Except when he makes things better.

By the time we got out of there it was five in the evening. Night. Afternoon. It was five P.M. and we were all hungry. Surprisingly, I haven't seen the twins all day. It's weird. I thought they would have pulled something by now.

"What place serves good food here?" I asked as my stomach growled.

"Why? Are you hungry?" Kevin asked. No, Kevin, I'm not hungry. I've learned to become an anorexic so now I don't need food.

"Starved," I said. I think my lack of food has destroyed my sarcasm ness.

We went to this place called Wands and got food there then decided that it was getting late and that we should go.

Kevin walked us back to the gates because 'It was too dark for a couple of teenagers to be walking around here by themselves' as he puts it.

Lee and me walked up to the Common Room together where we saw Fred, George, Alicia, and Angelina playing Exploding Snap. They didn't see us as we walked in so we snuck up behind Fred and pushed him. The cars exploded and his eyebrows were now smoking.

My Dorm

Well, that was my day. It was pretty good one if I do say so myself. Except when Kevin decided that he was going to tell embarrassing Katie stories. At least he didn't kill Lee. I guess that's a good thing… I guess.

But for now I'm dieing to get my hands warm, my shoes off, and some coffee into my system.

Bed

"KATIE! KATIE WAKE UP!"

"Where's the fire?" I ask, sitting up and looking around my room. Everyone was asleep but Alicia and Angelina were bouncing on my bed. I looked over at my clock. One A.M. Are you kidding me! "What do you guys want? It's one in the morning!"

"We wanted to know about your day! All you did was ruin our exploding snap game and then go upstairs," Alicia complained.

"It was enjoyable," I said. "And you'd better let me sleep or you won't be able to hear the rest of the story… tomorrow."

Ang and Alicia sighed and got up.

"Fine, but we're coming back," Angelina threatened. "And when we do, you'd better be ready to explain it all.

A/N: Well? How was it? Too boring? Not good enough. Absolutely perfect? Ha I doubt it but you have to let me know! This chapter took me a while to write. I hope you liked it!

-Snuffles