Chapter Four; Meet The Family
Heather, Teddy, Jessie, and Aaron took turns jumping or diving off the diving board while the others swam around inside the pool. "Wow, I would have thought that the girls would have been back by now." Ron said. "Well at least Hermione and Ginny."
"Yeah me too." Harry admitted while he floated (or to the best of his ability) on his back. "But I guess that they just didn't want to leave Eve alone." He said when suddenly as if on que all three girls entered the pool area followed by the other three girls.
"Don't look now mate but here they come now and it looks like they've made friends with some of the locals." Ron told him as Harry got to his feet again but could barely see them since he had left his glasses back at the table. That's when all of a sudden Snape and Heather (which were wearing thick black swimming trunks and a bright purple bathing suit) hand in hand.
"Excuse me ladies, do you happen to know where the restrooms are?" he asked them.
"Yeah, we just passed them on our way in." Eve began. "Dad these are our new friends Sabrina, Tracey and Casey." She said as she glanced at each girl once she had said their name before he nodded at her.
"Well it's very nice to meet all of you but I really have to take this child to the bathroom." He told them before he bent over and picked Heather up and hoisted her inside his arms before he carried her away. That's when suddenly Harry and Ron got out of the pool. Harry put on his glasses and started walking towards them.
"Oh my God,…" Sabrina said while she dropped her jaw wide open with complete and utter bewilderment and astonishment. "you're Harry Potter." She said while glancing over at his scar as Harry grinned back at her and nodded.
"Yeah,.. I mean no. I'm Harry Snape. I was adopted when I was a very small child." He began with a shake of his head before he continued grinning at her and held out his hand. "And you are?" he asked her.
"Sabrina Thomas. It's very nice to meet you Harry." She told him before she took his hand and shook it. Then Ginny started explaining about the beached baby dolphin that they saved and how all three of the girls were orphans.
"Gee, that's terrible. Where are you guys living?" Harry asked them.
"In our parent's house. I've been taking care of them since last year." Sabrina said.
"Of course she sometimes has to get us a babysitter since she spends all night making out with her boyfriend." Casey said with a tiny little giggle and mischievous grin.
"I do not!" Sabrina snapped at her.
"Listen Harry, the thing is that they need a place to stay." Ginny told him.
"No we don't, I can take care of the girls just fine!" Sabrina exclaimed.
"Listen Sabrina, how old are you?" Harry asked her.
"Seventeen." She replied.
"Well then wouldn't you rather be spending your time with your boyfriend instead? I mean my mum died a couple years ago and the only reason that I'm here taking care of my brothers and sisters is because I have help. There's no way that I feel like I'm old enough to do it on my own yet. Especially since I want to spend some time alone with Ginny whenever I can." He told her.
"Well yes I'd love to but_" Sabrina began.
"I have a friend about your age named Jessie and the other two girls would probably love playing with my little brother and sister. They're twins." He continued.
"Twins? I've always wanted a twin!" Casey exclaimed excitedly. "Our Aunt Katlyn was our mommy's twin sister." She explained.
"Yeah, it was really hard to tell them apart when they were together." Tracey added.
"My brothers Fred and George are like that on the outside, but on the inside they're totally different." Ron told her.
"Well gee, we'd love to stay but we didn't bring our bathing suits." She said.
"It's alright, I brought an extra bathing suit that would probably Sabrina and Eve's would probably fit you. As for Casey well, I'm sure Harry could help her out." Ginny said with a grin as Casey pointed at him.
"But Harry's a boy, besides he wouldn't have anything in my size." She said but Harry just simply grinned at her.
"Casey, what's your favorite color?" he asked her.
"Blue but_" she began as he continued to grin at her and then snapped his fingers. A tiny beautiful blue bathing suit appeared inside his hand.
"Here you go." He told her before he handed it to her as her eyes widened wide with amazement.
"Whoa,.. how did you do that?" she asked him as Harry chuckled.
"Lots of practice." He told her.
"I'm going to go change!" she cried before she quickly hurried away.
"Me too!" Tracey exclaimed as she ran after Eve and Sabrina heaved a deep and heavy sad sigh.
"Listen Harry, I really appreciate what you're trying to do for us but it really isn't necessary." She told him.
"The only reason why we're even here in the first place is because I believe in helping out other people less fortunate than we are." He told her as Ginny pointed her thumb back at him.
"He's a Sunday school teacher and we won our trip to Hawaii through our church's fundraiser." She explained.
"Really? Our father worked in the ministry too. What religion are you?" Sabrina asked him.
"Well all four of us here are Methodists and so is the rest of my family, but we've brought some Baptists along with us." He told her.
"We're Catholic but we have a little bit of Jewish blood in our family." Sabrina told him.
"Anyway back to my original point, you really shouldn't be afraid to ask for help. You need it. That's what my father taught me and I'm lucky to have two really great friends here to help me out." Harry told her with a grin as he put his arm around Ron and Hermione and hugged them tightly to him. That's when suddenly a grin started slowly stretching a crossed Sabrina's own face.
"C'mon Sabrina, let me take you back up to our room to get changed." Ginny told her as she turned and smiled at her.
"Alright, I will." She agreed as the two ladies turned around and started walking away before they disapparated.