Author's Note: Ok I'm really excited about this story now and I'm going to be starting another Marauders's era story somewhat like this one but different. I also posted a preview of a chapter to come later on my homepage so please go and check it out!!! Ok please R&R bye folks!!!!

You're a stranger so what do I care.

Vanished today, not the first time I hear

All the lies

A Stranger - A Perfect Circle

Chapter 3

Tessa woke up with all her sheets mussed up around her thin body. Her arm was hanging off

the side of the bed and her breath was long and deep. With a start her eyes burst open and she blinked a lot before closing her eyes again. She heard her mother calling her name from downstairs announcing that it was time for breakfast. Tessa open her eyes again and groaned looking at the clock. It was nine in the morning and Tessa thought about how much she hated getting up early for school.

After a lot of groaning she pulled herself from her bed and scrambled staggering across her bedroom. As she exited her room she saw Jullian walking out of the bathroom with a similarly sleepy expression on his face. He smiled at her and they leaned tiredly on each other all the way down the stairs.

When she got to the bottom of the stairs Tessa smelt bacon and ran for the kitchen following the heavenly smell. She heard a thud behind her and guessed that Jullian hadn't been ready for her to pull away from leaning on each other and fell over.

Tessa gave her dad a kiss on the cheek while he sat and ate his eggs and then she grabbed a plate from the cupboard loading on the food. As she sat down at the kitchen table Jullian walked in the room rubbing his backside in pain. He grabbed a plate of his own and two glasses. He set one down in front of his own place and one in front of Tessa. Then he pulled his chair out roughly from it's spot at the table making Tessa's feet fall to the floor with a thud because she had set them up there for comfort.

Tessa grabbed the orange juice from beside her dad and poured herself and Jullian a large glass ful. They all ate quietly except for her mom and dad laughing every time Jullian would steal a piece of Tessa's bacon and then Tessa would steal one of Jullian's sausages and Jullian would point out that a sausage is larger than a piece of bacon and would start all over again taking more of Tessa's bacon.

"So Tessie are you ready for tomorrow?" asked her dad with an excited smile on his face. He used the nickname for his daughter that he had called her since she was a baby. Tessa smiled at the name thinking of fond memories.

"Yeah," she said then added, "I think this is the first time I've actually been excited to go to school." Jullian laughed loudly and took another piece of her bacon.

"Well we're going to miss you around here," said her mom with a sad smile and dishing more bacon onto her plate and slapping away Jullian's hand when he reached for some from the dish. Then he just took more from Tessa's plate and they all rolled their eyes.

"Well I'll be back for the holidays for sure and I'll write all the time. It's gonna be weird being away from Jules for so long," she said forcing a smile. Jullian noticed this and grabbed her hand on the table.

"Don't worry about it T," he used his own nickname for her, "I'll write every chance I get and I expect you to do the same twit." He smiled and then said, "Come on, go get dressed and we'll go out to the farmer's field and play some one on one quidditch." Tessa jumped up and ran from the room. She heard her dad laughing and her mom say 'Stop eating all her bacon' and a loud smack followed by laughter.

Tessa took a quick shower and blow dried her hair which took a while. She put it up in a bun so it wouldn't get in her way. When she left the bathroom she ran to her room in a towel and changed into a stretchy pair of capri pants and a black t-shirt.

Jullian was waiting outside for her in their dads car. They needed to drive far enough out into the country, in a field, to not be seen by any muggles. As they drove Tessa switched the radio station to a rock station and her and Jullian sang and laughed at each other's impressions of the singers. It was only about ten minutes later that they arrived in a small field.

Tessa jumped out of the car and grabbed her broom from the backseat. She hoisted out the chest that had the quidditch balls in it and Jullian grabbed the other side so they could carry it out to the opening. As soon as the reached the middle of the field Tessa couldn't hold in her excitement anymore. She swung her leg onto her broom and took off at a break neck speed. They stayed in the air for a long time just using the different balls for practice. Jullian complemented Tessa's growing talent and then they packed up their equipment to go home.

As they drove back past the empty fields Tessa started to think about leaving and started to get sort of gloomy. It wasn't long before Jullian noticed.

"Penny for your thoughts T," he said taking his eyes off the road for a moment to look at her. She took a breath and answered.

"I'm just gonna miss being able to come out here with you," she replied looking at her hands folded in her lap.

"I'm going to miss you too sis," he said smiling. Tessa grinned at him and he motioned for her to open the glove compartment. She did and inside was a small box with a little yellow ribbon wrapped around it.

"Go ahead," he said, "I was going to wait until tomorrow to give it to you before you left for the train station but I think it would be better if I gave it to you tonight. I think you need it," he grinned and took his eyes off the road every now and then to watch her open it.

Tessa pulled on the ribbon and I fell delicately off the box. Inside the box was a little velvet case. She looked excitedly at Jullian and he just laughed. She slowly opened the velvet box and gasped. Inside was a silver charm bracelet with little dangling silver tear drop charms. She took it out of the box and noticed that one of the tear drops was larger than the others. She looked closely at it and realized it had a small clasp. She opened the tiny locket and saw muggle style picture of herself and Jullian making a funny face at the camera.

She remembered the day the photo was taken. Her and Jullian visited a muggle shopping mall and had gone to a photo booth and taken four pictures. The one in the locket was the funniest one and she was glad she could take it with her everywhere.

Just then they reached their driveway and Tessa got out and ran around the car and tackled Jullian in the biggest hug ever. She kept saying 'Thank you, thank you, thank you' over and over again. Jullian grinned widely and when he finally was released from the death grip Tessa had on him he helped her get the stuff out of the car and put it away in the shed behind the house. They went inside and found that they made it home just in time for supper. They all ate quickly and talked about how they did in the field and all the new moves Tessa learnt. And then Tessa showed her mom and dad the bracelet and they thought it was amazing. Her mom commented that he had the same taste as his father and his dad grinned and kissed his wife. They left to watch a movie in the living room giggle like teenagers while cuddling together.

Tessa and Jullian went upstairs and said good night to each other. Tessa changed into her pj's and got into bed after setting her alarm clock. She was so tired from the day that she fell asleep when her head hit the pillow.