A/n: Okay, I'm sorry if the last chapter was suckish and horrible and you just want to pellet me with pineapples. But please don't waste your fruit on me. I like pineapples. All I'd do with them is eat them. Also, sorry for the long update. I have no excuse –lowers head- it was just pure laziness. Not to mention that I was crap out of ideas. Seriously it was like… insane writers block. Okay, well you've waited long enough… here is the chapter!
New Year's Eve: 11:30Me, Lee, Fred, George, Angelina, and Alicia all snuck down to the grounds to celebrate the New Year. Yeah, I know. It's muggle like but I don't care. I used to do this all the time when me and Kevin were little. We'd have sparklers and mum (when she was still her free spirited hippie self) would set off fireworks above the pond. It was awesome.
We all got in our snow crap (we were with the Weasley's, of course we were going to wear snow stuff!) and carefully walked down to the grounds, using the marauders map, of course. There were a couple of times where Mrs. Norris almost caught us. That wasn't too pleasant, but we managed to get away somehow….
"Hey guys?" Alicia asked, once we melted some snow and laid out the blankets and picnic stuff. Yes, it was fifteen degrees out… and we were having a picnic. At midnight. Some might think we're crazy but I think it's pure brilliance.
11:45
Did I say pure brilliance? I meant pure insanity! I know we do this every year… but still! It's insane! Not to mention we normally stay out here until like… one in the morning. Merlin, what were we thinking.
"It's cold out here," I complained. Yes, I'm a complainer. Lee's also a complainer. We fit together perfectly… ish.
"Hoodie?" Lee offered, taking his off. Oh great, he's wearing short sleeves.
"Nah, I'm good," I said.
"But you just complained that you were cold."
"Yeah, but you're wearing short sleeves."
"So?"
"Hey look!"
I pointed out to something in the sky. There was nothing there. I knew that, and my brain knew that. But do you think Lee knew that? I don't think so! So, when he turned to look, I gave him a noogie. That's just skill right there.
11:59
There's like thirty seconds left until tomorrow.
…
Ten.
Nine.
Eight.
Seven.
Six.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" we all shouted at the same time, throwing our hands up in the air.
The twins had that glint in their eye like they knew something, and before we all knew it, George and Alicia were having a snog fest right there in front of our eyes.
It was quite disturbing actually. I never would have thought that Alicia would do that. Especially on the grounds where everyone could see her.
Fred and Angelina were setting off the fireworks and I turned around to help. But instead I got Lee. I think it was better off that way.
It was pretty sweet too, just sitting there, well now standing but you know what I mean, with Lee and the fireworks…and Fred, George, Angelina, and Alicia. And then there were the people who were in the back going, "ERIC! COME LOOK AT THESE FIREWORKS!"
And, "MERLIN! WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS THAT?"
And, "Should I go get Megan?"
And, "Mum! It's the others! Mum save me!"
I couldn't help but laugh at that last one. It was rather amusing. Then there was a high pitched girlly scream… Yeah.
I looked up at the sky, at the fireworks. They were bright red and blue and formed random shapes.
GEORGE LOVES ALICIA!
That was one of the ones I saw. And Fred laughed hysterically at that. It was funny. Especially when George saw!
"Fred, I'm going to kill you!" George shouted, breaking away from Alicia and chasing his brother onto the frozen lake.
Alicia was blushing like mad and Angelina was laughing. Me and Lee were looking at Alicia (the words not the person) as it faded away.
Just then another firework went off.
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER!
We all started laughing again. The twins stopped on the lake and laughed too. AND you could hear the laughs coming from the castle.
There were catcalls coming from the windows of the Ravenclaw Common Room and yells to shut up coming from the Astronomy Tower.
We were all rolling on the ground, hysterically now. In the freezing cold, but this made up for it.
FRED WEASLEY WEARS GIRL UNDERWEAR!
Fred's jaw dropped as he yelled out, "I DO NOT!" to the sky.
I wonder who tampered with the fireworks.
YOUR MUM!
We all just kind of started at that one. It definitely wasn't as good as 'I know what you did last summer.' That was as cool as pie.
"BLOODY HELL! MAKING ENOUGH NOISE OUT THERE!" someone in the Gryffindor Common Room shouted out.
I think that was Hermione. But Hermione wouldn't say bloody hell. Maybe it was some ickle first year who wants to be cool…
We were all laughing hysterically as the next firework flew up.
Yeah! Yeah! Alright!
I have no idea where that came from or what it even means. But that's what it said. I looked over at Lee.
"Yeah, yeah, alright?" I asked uncertainly. The twins finally made it back to the top of the hill
"I have no idea," Lee said, grabbing my hand. It was cold. "You're hands cold." Stupid mind readers. Well, maybe not a mind reader. Maybe a hand feeler if that makes any sense at all.
"Well, it's not like its fifteen degrees or anything," I commented back.
"Oh, hahaha very funny," Lee said, making me sit down on the blanket and grabbing another one. He wrapped the spiffy plaid blue blanket around us as we watched the sky turn from a bright blue to a pale blue to a black as the last of the "Alright" disappeared.
Tuesday, January 4thGah. Christmas break is now officially over. It sucks. Especially because now I have to go to all of my classes. Like right now, we're all tired and gathered around the Charms doorway. Well, me and Leanne and Debbie are. The twins, Alicia, Angelina, and Lee all have a free period now so they're down here with us. Why? I don't know. But they are.
"Leanne," I muttered, leaning against the doorpost.
"Hm?"
"I'm bored. Where's Flitwick?"
"I think he had to take care of some business over by the Slytherin dorms. Apparently Flint tried to hex a Gryffindor first year and got caught. Bloody Slytherins," Leanne explained. What a stupid head. Why would he curse a first year?
"Wow, it seems like Flint can't handle anyone his own age," Fred said.
A window of opportunity struck as Fred jumped in front of me.
A 'Kick Me' sign placed conveniently on his back would be the way to go.
You can't be that cruel, can you, deary?
There are times, my dear alien friend, in which I can be.
Quietly, I turned and reached for a spare piece of parchment and a quill. Leanne was talking to Fred and how Flint was a wimp so I took my time and used it wisely. Just as I was about to spell the parchment onto his back, George comes out of no where and squishes me into the wall.
The bloody note fell.
"Hello there, Katie," George said.
"This isn't time for squishing Katie, George. This is a time for pranks." I said to him, trying to push him away.
Lee came from behind and squished me into Fred. So now I was stuck in between Fred, George, Lee and the wall. It wasn't all that comfortable.
Fred turned around and laughed and helped squish me even more. It was slightly annoying.
"Leanne! Help!" I cried playfully.
Leanne smiled and said, "Quick! Grab my hand!"
She threw her hand into the gaggle of boys and a Katie. I tried to grab it and I did. But we couldn't get me out of there.
I was smushed. Not just smushed, I was squished and it wasn't comfortable.
"Ew, Fred! When was the last time you showered! You smell horrible!" I yelled, trying to get Fred to move.
"Well, I have to say it was about a week ago next Tuesday," Fred said with a grin. Wait, so basically what he's saying is that he showered this morning. What a dork head.
Leanne almost got me out again but then Lee (who I didn't realize left the jumble) ran into George and causing me to be even more squished than necessary. Well, actually not being squished would be the best but whatever.
At this point, my whole Charms class were laughing, me included.
"Gah! Come on guys!" I complained.
Then, I bit Fred. It was like, How should I get out of here? A) Let them keep squishing me. B) Scream Fire C) Bite one of them or D) Kick them.
Well, A would have sucked so I didn't choose that. B would have caused pure chaos and confusion and probably a detention and I couldn't move so D was out. All that left was C so I dove down and bit Fred in the shoulder.
"She bit me!" Fred laughed, grabbing his shoulder.
We were all laughing more as Lee came back up to me and put his arm around me. "That's my girl."
"You're such and idiot, did you know that?" I asked, wrapping my arm around his waist.
"It's your fault you know," Lee said, smiling at me. It wasn't his normal goofy smile. It was more of a soft one.
"How so?" I asked, smiling right back at him.
"You're so unbelievably memorizing that I'm an idiot when I'm around you," Lee said. He got all lovey on me. Oh dear.
Aw. I'm pretty sure that was a compliment.
"Aw," I said, standing on my tip toes and kissing him.
I could hear the people around us scurry into the classroom and Fred, George, Alicia, and Angelina call off to Lee to come on. But we didn't move.
"Ms. Bell, Mr. Jordan," Professor Flitwick said, tapping my shoulder. "I'm going to have to ask you to come into the classroom, Ms. Bell."
I broke away from Lee and blushed as my short little teacher turned into the classroom.
"I'll see you later," I called and walked in.
Talk about embarrassing. My Charms teacher just caught me in midsnog if I could call it that. Oy.
Wednesday January 11thDumbledore's completely off his rocker. He's now saying that we are going to be hosts to foreign exchange students. We can barely take care of ourselves, let alone people who don't speak our language!
Okay well so they do speak our language. They're from Australia. But still. I can barely keep my hands from getting dry! And there's only three of them! Not hands. People coming. I have two hands. Ten fingers, two hands, and two … wrists.
Why are you talking about body parts? And how many of them you have?
Oy. It's Angelina.
Why are you reading my notebook?
That doesn't answer my question.
But still. Why are you reading my notebook?
Depends. Why are you talking about body parts? Do you want to be a doctor? Let me know because then I'll find another hospital to go to incase I'm in need of medical attention.
Oh ha, ha, ha. Very funny. You're lucky my stomach doesn't explode from the laughter.
Answer my question, Bell.
No need to get threatening.
Well?
I was complaining about how I can barely handle myself so how am I going to be able to help with threeforeignexchange kids.
You need help, Katie.
You sound like my mum.
She laughed and walked away. My friends love me so much. I mean, they tell me I need help and then laugh at me! Who doesn't do that?
So anyway, Dumbledore assigned me, Lee, and Alicia these foreign exchange students from Australia. Why he chose us is beyond me. But he did.
Alicia got this girl named Abigail. We haven't met them yet. They're coming at the end of next week. Anyway, Alicia got Abigail. Lee got this guy named Daniel. He looked mischievous in the picture we saw of him. And I got some girl named Madison. I hope she's nice.
I still think that Dumbledore's off his rocker.
Oh really, And why is that?Okay, Fred, I love ya and all but get away.
Aw, come on Katikins. Why's Dumbledore off his rocker?Would you trust three kids from another country in the hands of me and Lee?
Good point. I wouldn't even trust you with a straw.
How can you still be holding that against me? That was when I was a wee little first year!
YOU SAT ON STRAWY!That was before I knew you befriended straws if I remember correctly.
Well, I … uh…He left, thank God. I swear! I didn't mean to sit on his straw. I was a little innocent (ahem) first year that didn't know anything about second years and their beloved straws! So then, they pranked me.
I'm guessing pet straws, or whatever, were like pet rocks. My mom had one. Weird, isn't it? I don't know why. My dad gave it to her for their anniversary. It was like… their one week anniversary or something.
…
So my parents were crazy! Big deal! Now they're all strict and hobo like…. Well not hobo like but still wicked strict and unbearable. Maybe I'll be like Kevin and run away.
Mum would hunt me down and kill me.
Why?
Not you too, Lee!
I'm just wondering why she'd come kill you!
If I ran away!
From Hogwarts?
Who'd run away from Hogwarts?
You mum!
What?
Long story. Anyway. Why'd you run away from home?
I didn't run away from home. I just want to at the moment.
Why?
To see what it would be like.
You are one crazy Bell.
Don't I know it.
So now, Lee's sitting on the couch with his arm around me reading everything I write. Which can't be safe.
What's that supposed to mean?
Be quiet and be dazzled by my beauty.
Okay.
He is one stupid head. But he's a great stupid head.
Katie, I'm still sitting right here.
Oops.
Thursday January 12th BreakfastDumbledore just gave Alicia, Lee, and me these vanilla folders with all of this information on our Aussie buddies as Dumbledore says.
Borden, Madison
Age: 15
Gender: Female (No, really?)
Likes: Shopping, makeup, boys (I think they got to fill these out themselves. Oh dear. I've got a handful on my plate… So what if I just combined to sayings!)
Dislikes: People who don't care about fashion, fats, carbs, etc… (I doubt she even knows what etcetera means! Oy, this whole exchange person thing… yeah, not going to be fun.)
Contact: Owl, Effy. (She named her owl Effy. Aw. Or is it? Hm…)
Glasses: Ew, no. (A/n: I wear glasses…. So… I'm not saying they're bad.)
That's when I stopped reading. I looked over at Lee, who was laughing, and Alicia, who had a small smile on her face.
"What's so funny?" I asked, looking at his notebook.
"This kid is going to fit in perfectly," Lee said. Oh, that explains a lot Captain Obvious.
"Brilliant!" I say sarcastically. "How's he going to fit in? Size, attitude, games?"
"Games?" Lee asked, raising an eyebrow.
"So I'm not on an idea spell at the moment. Bite me," I said, crossing my arms and sticking his tongue out at me.
"Like you bit Fred?" Lee asked with a mischievous grin.
"Sarcasm, my friend, is a dear thing. Learn to understand it," I said, patting his head and walking away.
He caught up to me, folder in hand. "So, what were you saying?" he asked, lazily putting his arm around my shoulders. Damn tall people who can do that and not notice they they're making the shorter ones feel inferior.
"I wanted to know what you're persons like!" I said, pushing his hand off my shoulders and putting my elbow on his shoulder. Oh the confusion that starts.
"Read for yourself," Lee said, shoving the folder in my hand.
Austin, DanielAge: 15 and a half, thank you very much
Gender: Well I have… never mind. I'm male and dog gone proud of it.
Likes: Surfing? Pranks. My British brotherin… even though I'm pure Australian….
Dislikes: School. Learning. Flying….. AHA! Gotchya, didn't I!
Contacts: My awesome flying Cat, SuperGato! Ha, just kidding once more. My owl, Mate. So what if I named my owl Mate. You got a problem with that, mate?
Glasses: What the bloody hell does that have to do with anything I've been talking about?
"Wow Lee," I said, looking up at him. "It looks like you've got yourself a handful!"
"Nah, he seems interesting. He'll put Fred and George up for a run for their money, if that made sense at all," Lee said with a grin.
"Sure they will, Lee, sure they will," I said with a trick grin. Yes, my grin was a trick. I don't know how, but it just was. And it was a pretty awesome trick grin.
"Katie?" Lee asked, grabbing my hand.
"Hm?" I asked, turning around.
"Why are we leaving the Great Hall? We haven't eaten yet," Lee commented.
He was right. I was so eager to find out who'd I'd be showing around for a week that I forgot to eat. Good thing Lee's here… or I might have become anorexic!
"Good point. Lets eat," I said, marching back into the Great Hall.
Well, not actually marching per say, but I walked back in there because there was a lot of food that needed to be eaten.
"Hey, Alicia," I said, sitting next to her again once I got back to the Gryffindor House table.
"What?" she asked, as Angelina gave her back her folder.
If you think about it, Angelina would have been a much better choice than me because she actually remembers where she puts things. I mean, if I'm giving a tour of the castle but have to stop to go to the bathroom or something; I might not remember where I left the poor blokes. And they'll be lost there for ages, wandering around aimlessly with no food… or water! And it would be my entire fault. Man, that'd be one guilt trip right there.
"What'd your person like?" I asked, grabbing some bacon. Bacon's really good if you think about it. But then… you realize that you're eating an animal… and it's not that appetizing anymore. Which is why I just traded in the bacon for some waffles. Yum waffles. I've got to stop thinking when I eat.
"Actually, I can't really tell by what she wrote. She seems like a neat person, organized, yet quiet and not outspoken at all," Alicia explained.
"But that will all change once she meet the twins," Angelina through in with a laugh.
Sadly, she was right. She'll either open up or go rightfully insane. I've seen it happen. Okay, so I haven't. But I bet it will one day. I mean, any poor unsuspecting child who sits on a straw could be terrified of the twin's outrageous dramatic scene about sitting on strawy.
Oy.
"Ang has got a point," I agreed. Well, I do agree. Did you not just see my everlasting, confusing statement above? I hope you did because it'd be a drag if you had to go back and reread that. "The twins will drive anyone nuts."
"What will we do?" George asked, taking some bacon.
Gah, bacon.
"Drive people insane," Alicia said, moving over as George then sat down next to her.
"Well, we know that already," Fred said, taking some of my waffle.
"Hey! That's my waffle!" I protested, biting Fred's hand.
"Do I taste good or something Katie? Or do you just have a fascination with biting me?" Fred asked, rubbing his hand, which now had Katie teeth marks in it.
"Oh, the fascination, definitely," I said laughing.
"Ha, ha, very funny," Fred said, grabbing some bacon and some pancakes. Gah, stop with the bacon already!
TransfigurationThis morning, after breakfast, two unsuspecting people approached me today. I was shocked to see both of them actually.
Do you want to know who it is?
Ha, well I'm not going to tell you!
Aha, just kidding. One was Andrew. He just randomly came up and started talking. I'll get more into detail in a minute. And the other was Cedric. He had a question. And I'll get more into detail in a minute about that too.
But it was weird. Because they both came up at the same time. Actually, I was with Lee too. Which made it weird and awkward. Hmmm.
This is kind of what happened.
Okay, so its going to be exactly what happened.
Back to this morning"So why'd they come running in with green paint though? I don't get it," I said to Lee was we were walking to the Common Room from breakfast.
"The twins are just crazy like that," Lee said with a grin, slipping his arm around my waist. "Meaning that we may never know."
"But you do know!" I protested. He does know. He told me he knew. What a loser head.
"Yeah, but I may be sworn to secrecy," Lee said as Andrew came up to me from my left side and Cedric came over by Lee on the right.
Talk about bombardment! It's so scary!
"Katie I wanted to know if—" Cedric started as Andrew was going.
"So Katie I realized that there was a Hogsmade weekend this week and—"
It was a very interesting thing to hear. As a matter of fact, not only was it interesting… but slightly scary at the same time.
Lee looked over at me and raised an eyebrow (I'm guessing indicating for me to know why these two were here… but I didn't so it didn't really work….).
"How should I know why they're here!" I whispered in his ear.
"Well… ones your stalker and the other… is… well he doesn't have enough brains to fill an eggcup," Lee whispered back.
"Gah, fine. I'll handle this. I'm mentally, and physically now that I think about it, strong," I said, looking towards Andrew. "Alright, buddy. Lets get this straight, I'm not now, or ever, going to go to Hogsmade with you."
Whoa, I sounded a little harsh. And I felt horrible. So I continued with, "Okay, maybe I will once but that depends on what happens in the future." Much better Katie, although I think I just made a date with Andrew some time in the future. Crap.
Lee and Cedric and just about everyone else there raised an eyebrow at me. How could they perfect it so easily? I mean, mine still twitches. That's just not right. I should sue the eyebrow making company. That's what I'll do. As soon as I learn how to sue….
Anyway. I was completely off topic there. But that's okay because I can be.
"Katie, me and the guys are all hanging out this weekend and we wanted to know if you wanted to join us?" Cedric asked with his charming smile.
"Well… uh… hey Lee what do you think we should do?" I asked. Ha, he's going to kill me for this later. He hates Diggory. It's quite amusing actually. But he couldn't say no because I think he thinks that I want to go. It doesn't matter really. It's up to him.
"Well," he said through gritted teeth. "Why not?" Ohhh that looked strained. Like, strained to the extreme. Like, about to pop a vein strained!
Now what?
A/n: Ha. Sorry about the complete randomness in this chapter. I really had no idea where to go with this but I kept you guys waiting long enough! I'm really sorry though. I know, I know, I'm a bad little author who should be putting up a super long chapter just for you guys. But I wanted to get this one up because peer pressure is not nice. Even though I don't think its peer pressure if I'm the one doing the peer pressuring… ANYWAY! Please review. I love when you guys do that. It motivates me. GO MOTIVATION!
-Snuffles
Oh yea! I forgot! Okay, well once I'm done with this year, the last chapters going to be about where she goes in her life. Now, I can either do that OR I can write a sequel about what she's doing now. So, it's up to you guys! Let me know. The chapter of the sequel!
