Hello there! Well here is the next chapter... I wasn't really sure what to write so if anything seems random then I apologize now. I am making this up as I go so I hope that you enjoy it and understand it... :P
Bianca

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Chapter 5:

Bianca woke up the next morning stretching her limbs out all over the place. She didn't even care that she leg was lost somewhere between the sheets. She felt someone's arm move around her and she was slightly confused. She looked at Candice. Candice had her right arm placed on Bianca's stomach and the other arm was 'missing', so to speak. One of Candie's legs was swung on top of Bianca's and her head was on the same pillow.

Bianca just rolled her eyes. Usually when she wakes up Candice would be in one of her weird positions, and got use to it after a while. Bianca tried to get out of bed without waking Candice up and after five minutes of untangling limbs, she escaped.

She wasn't sure what exactly she was doing but she decided to take out a large pink photo album and start looking through it. She sat on the floor next to her bed and flicked through the pages.
There was a picture and her and Candice when the were babies. Bianca was a month old and Candice was only a few days. She smiled at how tiny they were then.
Those were the days when we didn't have to wax our legs. She thought to herself turning to the next page. There were many pictures of birthday parties. Bianca's 5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 15th, 16th and then there were Candie's birthdays. In every picture Candice and Bianca were together, hugging, smiling, playing games or kissing. (A/N: remember they were young. So they are not homos)

When there were no more pictures left to look at Bianca just sat there and thought about her previous birthdays and how much fun they use to have. She was very surprised when no one at all, the massive family that they had, asked her what she was doing, or what she wanted for her birthday. Maybe they forgot. She thought to herself. The thought made her feel even more depressed and slightly annoyed. She didn't want presents, she didn't want a massive party, she just wanted her family to be there for her and so far they were doing to complete opposite.

Bianca's thoughts were interrupted when an owl appeared and started tapping on her window. She got up and let the owl in before taking the letter that was attached to its foot. She stoked the owl for a while as it hooted and rested on the back of her chair. She opened the letter that was addressed to her, and read it quietly.

To my baby sis,
How are you? I am great and Belinda is having a ball. By the way we are in the Great Barrier Reef. You know in Queensland. Well I am writing to wish you a happy birthday for tomorrow. Sorry I can't be there but it is for a good reason.
Now before you write me a letter back demanding to know why, I will tell you but you can't tell anyone. I guess you can tell Candice because I know you are going to after anyway.

I am going to ask Belinda to marry me. Yes, I know big new. I know that is no excuse for me to not be there but when we get back then we will give you your present. No one can know about this besides you and Candice.
Well I have to go, Happy birthdays Baby Sis,

Nick

When Bianca finished reading the letter, there were a few seconds when she was sad, but that was soon overcome by happiness. Her brother was finally getting married, and she was hopefully going to be a bridesmaid. But Belinda could say no but that wasn't going to happen, although Bianca would just have to wait until they get back.

"Who is the letter from?" Candice asked. Bianca realized that Candice was watching her the whole time. She faced her cousin and grinned madly.

"I know this smile. What is the new?" Candice asked curiously, getting off the bed and standing in front of her cousin.

"Ok, I will tell you but you have to promise that you won't tell anyone. This is a big secret and it has to be kept that way, until further notice." Bianca started. Candice looked at her waiting for her to continue. "Nick just sent me this letter and he told me something so very important."

"What?"

"He is going to ask Belinda to marry him," Bianca said. Candice smiled and urged Bianca. They both sat on the bed and started talking in hushed tones. They sat there for a while, but stopped abruptly when Gabriella walked in the room.

"Oh, you girls are up. Did I interrupt something?" she asked curious.

"No, Bianca was just telling me about this top that she saw at the shops, in full detail." Candice answered. Gabriella looked at her daughter for a moment before saying
"You father and I have to go visit your Aunty Debbie today. It is a far drive do you have to come." and leaving the room.

"Ok, we will see you later" Bianca said, before her mother closed the door.

"So... what do you want to do today?" Bianca asked Candice.

"Let's go to the park," Candice suggested, not giving Bianca an option as she left the room to go brush her teeth and fix her hair. Bianca changed her clothes first before she moved into the bathroom as Candie left. About fifteen minutes later they were both dressed and ready to go. They took the keys to the house and walked down the street to the park.

When they reached the park Candice ran towards the biggest tree and started climbing to the top. She apparently had a lot of energy, but Bianca was the opposite. She wanted to take it easy, the day before her birthday. Bianca made her way over to the swings and sat down swaying by herself. She was coming up with reasons to why her family might have forgotten her birthday. As far as she knew there was nothing big or important happening.

She was deep in thought and stayed that way until the swing started to move by itself. She felt someone's arms push her back forward and back, although not too far. She turned her head to see none other than James potter pushing her lightly.

"Hello. What are you doing here?" she asked, as he took the swing next to her.

"Well, I was bored so I cane for a walk. What about you?" he asked.

"What about me?"

"You looked deep in thought," he stated. "Is something bothering you? You can tell me if you want?" he suggested. She looked at him for a moment, before smiling and explaining.

"I don't want presents or people to make a big deal about it just... I don't know. I guess I just expected then to remember." she finished. She exhaled feeling slightly better. Usually she would tell Candice this kind of stuff, but for some reason she couldn't tell her this time.

"You know I had the same problem for my sixteenth birthday. I thought my family had forgotten about my birthday and I spent half of the day moping in my room." James told her.

"Well what happened? Did they come and wish?" Bianca asked.

"Of course they did. Listen, you may think they don't remember, but they do. They could just be busy or I don't know. Even if it may have slipped their minds then they really didn't mean it, besides from what I have seen you have one big family" James said helping her a bit. "This is your family. Even if they were dying they always know how to cheer you up"

Bianca smiled, "Thanks. You are the first person besides Candice that I tell this kind of stuff too," she said blushing slightly and looking to the floor.

"Happy to help" he replied, feeling very good inside.

"By the way, where is your sidekick?" Bianca asked looking around.

"Well he said he was going to look for Candice" James said.

"Well, Candice is climbing that big tree over there" Bianca said pointing in the direction. They exchanged glances before running towards the tree. When they reached the tree they tried squinting to see if they could find the couple.

"Candie! If you are snogging up there. If you and Sirius fall out of that tree, I will say I told you so" Bianca yelled as James stood next to her and could help but laugh.

"Why are you laughing at me?" she asked playfully punching him on the arm.

"Nothing. Lets just sit down," James said as they both sat down under the tree waiting for the couple to come down.

"So, are you enjoying your summer holidays so far?" Bianca asked.

"Well when I first came here with Sirius we were so bored, and we wanted to go home. We were originally going to prank you guys but then my dad threatened to take our broomsticks away, so that was out of the question." James said. "But now that I have met you guys it has been a thousand times better then we expected."

"That was so sweet" Bianca said wiping away a fake tear and sniffing. James just smiled and shook his head.

"Don't shake your head at me" Bianca said nudging him in the arm.

"Why not? What are you going to do about it?" he challenged, as his famous arrogant smile played on his features.

"I will do a lot more than you think"

"Is that a threat?" James questioned.

"You know it is" she replied. At that moment James started tickling her all over. Her sides, legs and her most ticklish place her neck.

"AHHH! STOP... JAMES PLEASE!... STOOOP!" she yelled at him as she laughed uncontrollably.

"You have to say James potter is a sexy beast, first" James said.

"Never" she said.

"Well then I can't stop," he answered pinning her to the ground.

"Okay, James potter is a sexy beast" she said. He smiled and stopped tickling her. She sat up and adjusted her clothes. She stood up: "NOT" she yelled before running away from him as fast as she could. He laughed, got up and chased her.

Unfortunately for her, he was pretty fast and caught up in a matter of minutes. He grabbed her by the waist as she squealed and pinned her to the floor before tickling the poor girl again.
"Okay okay... I am really... sorry" Bianca yelled. A few more minutes and James stopped because it looked like her face would explode it was so red.

She sat up and fixed her clothes again muttering to herself: "Stupid boy, with his long fast leg, and those wondering fingers".

James heard everything she said but just smiled and watched her. She looked up at him and smiled.
He started laughing, "What?" she asked.

"You have a leaf in your hair" he said, she tried taking it out but missed every time.
"Here let me get it" he leaned up and removed the leaf. She watched him take it out carefully. He looked down at her watching him and gave her a taste of those charming Potter smiles that make all the girls go wild.

She smiled back at him and suddenly felt uncomfortable under his stare. She broke it off and stood up. "We better get those two or we will be here all night" she said holding her hand out for him to take. He accepted it and stood up next her dusting his clothes off.

They walked back to the large tree that Candice and Sirius are supposedly making out in. Bianca and James just looked at. Bianca sighed before climbing up into the tree.

"What are you doing?" James asked worriedly.

"I am going to get them," Bianca said as she seized her climbing for a few seconds.

"But they could be doing it" James said, pulling his face like a child that just ate a vegetable.

"James if they are doing it in a tree then I will be amazed, and I don't care I have seen Candice naked heaps of times" Bianca said, "Now come on"

"I am not going up there"

"James get your but in this tree. They are not doing it. Probably just snogging their faces off" Bianca said. He hesitantly climbed the tree behind Bianca. They reached a large branch and both sat on it. Bianca smiled. Candice and Sirius were sleeping on a branch together, fully dressed to James' surprise.

Bianca poked them and they opened their eyes and yawned. They looked around and back at Bianca and James. "Why is it we always find you guys sleeping?" Bianca asked getting comfy on her branch.

"Sorry" they both said.

They sat up there for a while talking and sitting comfortably. They were in the middle of a conversation about cats.
"I like white fluffy cats" Sirius said.

"Stop being racist" bianco told.

"I wasn't. I was just..."

"Sirius, it was a joke." Bianca said smiling when her phone rang. She reached for her pocket carefully and answered. "Hello?"

"Bianca, guess who?" a voice said from the other end.

"Oh My God! How are you?" Bianca exclaimed as she realized whom it was.

"Happy Birthday for tomorrow. I was going to call you tomorrow but I couldn't wait. I'm good and ho are you?" the voice replied. James, Sirius and Candice sat there watching her face changed to many different expressions almost every second. They listened to what Bianca was saying.

"Thank you... it is so good to hear from you. I haven't talk to you in forever, man. Hows potting mix?" at that moment Candice realized who it was and got all excited. There was only one person in the world that Bianca referred to as potting mix. The boys watched in silence.

"LET TALK TO HER" Candice exclaimed snatching the phone from Bianca before she could answer. "It is about time you called. Aww, no don't go! Ok well I will put Bianca back on again." Candice said handing the phone over to her cousin.

"Hello? Yeah... ok well I hope I see you soon. I miss you. Ok love ya. Bye" Bianca said hanging up the phone. She couldn't stop smiling.

"Who was that?" James asked curiously.

"Just an old friend" she answered.

"Anyway, so tell us more about yourselves all we know is that you like Quiddich, food, girls and have rich and famous families." Candice said.

"There isn't much to tell." James said. "I am an only child, my parents are thirty six years old and are both Aurors for the Ministry of Magic."

"Well I have a younger brother, my parents are two years older than James' and they don't work in the Ministry." Sirius said.

"Well you guys sure make you life sound interesting." Bianca commented.

It was getting dark outside and the air cooled down a little bit. They climbed down the tree and slowly walked back to their houses down the street. They reached their houses and the boys stopped and looked at the girls. Sirius and Candice shared a kiss.

"Thanks for helping me today" Bianca whispered giving him a hug. He put his arms around her waist as hers were behind his neck. They pulled away. This is it. We are going to kiss. They were both thinking the same thing as they slowly leaned forward. They were so close they could feel each other's breath on their lips. They were about a centimetre apart, when CRASH.

They both got a fright a jumped apart so id Candice and Sirius. They looked around and couldn't see anything. Something moved in the corner of Bianca's eye. She looked towards it and realized it was just "Simba" she said. Walking over to the bin, she saw her cat looking up at her as if he was innocent.

"Don't look at me like that. I know it was you," she said picking him up and walking back over to them. They just smiled and shook their heads as Simba rubbed its cheek against Bianca's.

"Well, we will probably come and see you tomorrow." James said leaning forward and kissing both of them on the cheek. Sirius did the same.

"Ok. Goodnight." Candice said as they walked towards the house. The boys did the same and turned around one last time to see Candice shut the door behind her.

The boys walked into the house and saw Mr and Mrs Potter sitting on the vouch watching TV, snuggled together. "Hello boys, where were you?" Mrs Potter asked looking up from the television.

"They were in the park with Candice and Bianca" Mr Potter answered before they said a word.

"How did you know?" James asked as he and Sirius sat on the couch opposite them.

"I know everything and I saw you walking through the window." Mrs Potter, James and Sirius rolled their eyes.

"Oh mum. Did we tell you? It is Bianca's 17th birthday tomorrow and her family I having a big surprise party on a boat for her, so we are going. We have to wear white clothes. No other colours but white." James explained.

"James now what did I tell you about being racist?" Mr Potter said sternly.

"Honey that sounds lovely. I will take out your suits and put them on your bed tomorrow. What tine does the party start?" Mrs potter told cutting James off from what he was about to say.

"Around six thirty and I wasn't being racist" James commented. His parents just shook their heads and turned back to the TV. James finally noticed that Sirius was being very quiet. He looked at his best friend to see him staring and poking his six-pack, which was currently being displayed for everyone in the room to see.

"Prongs, do we have any spinach?" Sirius asked tapping him on the arm.

"I don't know, why?" James wondered watching his friends, try to move his toned area into the shape of an 'S'.

"Haven't you seen that muggle cartoon with that guy, and he eats spinach and his muscles double in size? That is cool" Sirius said. James just stared at his friend.

"Prongs! It moved." Sirius said tilting his head. "Can you see the letter 'S'?" Sirius asked.
James could see it now. On Sirius' stomach was the letter 'S'. Wait a minute.

"Sirius the letter is on your stomach because you drew it on" James said he smudged some of the pen and his theory was right. Sirius racked his brain for a comeback but he couldn't find one.

"Shut up." was all he said. James rolled his eyes and walked up the stairs into their bedroom.

"But how could it be if your six-pack was in the shape of the first letter of your name? You could just walk around, then some hot chick comes up to you and asks for your name you can just flash her your stomach and say James" Sirius said voicing his thoughts, not that James was listening. "You could full on do a little dance and everything. It would be so cool"

"Sirius it is impossible to get your six-pack to be in the shape of your initials. You should be happy we both have six-packs and not flab." James said pulling his shirt off, he also had a six-pack, but he didn't flash it at every opportunity.

"You mean like Peter?" Sirius asked doing the same as James. They were both standing in their boxers, talking.

"...Yeah, like Peter" James answered trying not to get images of their fellow Marauder in his head. He shivered slightly. That is just not right. He thought to himself. He lay back on his bed and looked at the ceiling.

"Prongs?"

"Yes, Padfoot?"

"Why didn't you kiss her?" Sirius asked looking at his friends. James lifted his head up slightly to look at Sirius before dropping it again.

"I don't know mate, I don't know" James sighed.

"Well there are plenty of more chances right? I mean you could kiss her on the boat tomorrow. It would be, as girls like to say 'perfectly romantic'." Sirius said batting his eyelashes like a girl.

James laughed." Stop it Padfoot, you look retarded"

"Not as much as you" Sirius commented but got hit on the head with a pillow in return. That started out in a full out pillow war.

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Bianca and Candice were sitting in their room, discussing what they 'would' be doing the next day.

"Ok, I am going to take you to a day spa and we can massages, manicures, pedicures, facials. Then we will get our hair and make up don't. Then we will go home looking sexy, put on a nice dress and then go into the city for an all-night hopping spree," Candice said excitedly. Bianca sat and watched her cousin and couldn't help smiling.

"It sounds so exciting. I can't wait" Bianca said hugging her cousin. It was 11:55. Ever since they were ten they would stay up until twelve o'clock and be the first to wish each other. Candice looked at the clock.

"Ready? Five... four... three... two... one" Candice counted down. She smiled. "Happy birthday Baby bear." she said leaning forward and hugging her cousin again, but this time holding it longer. They pulled away and smiled.

"Thanks Candie. We better go to sleep. You have a big day planned at the day spa, but I still need my beauty sleep." Bianca commented as they both climbed under the covers.

"Night baby. Don't worry, they remember" Candice commented.

"Night Candie. Thanks. I knew you knew that was on my mind" Bianca said. They both fell asleep, and enjoyed it. Bianca didn't know but they wont be getting sleep the next day either with the big party celebrations.

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Well there is the next chapter. I hope it wasn't too boring. I did most of it from the top of my head, especially the six-pack thing. That is why it was so weird.
Thanks for reading; the next chapter will be AWSOME.

Keep reading and reviewing,
Bianca :P