After a month of Riley's never ending questions Harry decided to ignore her. She seemed to be especially interested in Hedwig. Whenever Harry walked into his room, Riley would be there trying to open the locked cage. Hedwig loved the attention, but Harry just wanted to take out his wand and cast a spell on her. One that would shut her up Unfortunately he couldn't, and he knew that he would get into big trouble with the ministry if he did. Harry did learn that Riley was nothing like the Dursleys. In fact Riley seemed to love having Harry around. The Dursleys realized that quick and began to treat Harry with more respect then ever before. Whenever Harry got a letter from Hermione or Ron he had to hide it before reading it. Even a cat wasn't as curious and as Riley proved to be, so Harry had to work hard to hide things from her. Even though he was being treated better by the Dursleys Harry still wanted Riley to go, or at least stay out of his business.

The day before Harry's birthday had finally come and he was worried about his friends. Neither Ron nor Hermione had sent him a birthday card or a birthday present. Riley seemed to sense that something was wrong, and tried as hard as she could to find out what it was.

"Come on Harry I know something is wrong. If you could just tell me…"

"No Riley. I told you before there is nothing wrong with me."

"I know you're lying to me!"

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are!"

No matter how many times Harry told her nothing was wrong she kept insisting something was.

"I will find out what is wrong! I can read your mind! I can Harry, I can!"

"Sure," Harry responded. Harry wondered what was wrong just as much as Riley. He didn't find out until the next day.

Harry's fifteenth birthday had arrived and as usual the Dursleys didn't remember. Riley insisted that she help with breakfast that morning, and she also washed the dishes. Harry had just walked out of the kitchen when the doorbell rang. He ran to the door and opened it, expecting it to be the mailman, but it wasn't. It was Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Harry's jaw dropped at the sight of them, he didn't know what to say. Someone knew what to say.

"Hi Harry," Hermione said to Harry. Ron hugged Harry and handed him his present.

"Hi Hermione, what are you…"

"Hermione, Hermione Granger!" Harry was cut off by Riley's voice. Hermione smiled as Riley ran to the door

"Riley Evans! What are you doing here?" Hermione said to Riley.

"What are you doing here?" Riley responded. They both squealed in their girlish voices and hugged, completely ignoring the boys. Ron and Harry just stood there watching the two girls start talking. Finally Ron interrupted them.

"How do you two know each other, and who are you?" He motioned to Riley.

"No, the right question is who are you!" Uncle Vernon stepped into the already crowded hallway. Everyone went quiet. Hermione stepped closer to Riley and Ron took a step back.

"This is Hermione Granger and…" Riley said looking at Ron.

"Ron Weasley," Ron said, trying not to look at Uncle Vernon. Uncle Vernon's face turned a dark shade of purple and he took a large step toward Ron. Ron took another step back and gulped.

"Hermione is my friend Uncle Vernon and Ron is Harry's friend," Riley told him calmly, "They came to visit. Please let them stay!"

"Fine!" Uncle Vernon stomped back in to the kitchen and slammed the door shut. Once everyone got over the shock of what had just happened in the last two minutes, they all went up to Harry's room. After all Ron and Hermione's stuff had been moved in the room got cramped. There was hardly room for walking. All of them sat on the floor in a circle and Riley started to explain where she and Hermione had met.

"Well I had a dentist appointment and I walked into the dentist office and saw Hermione sitting there. I sat next to her and asked her what she was in for. She said that her parents were dentists and that she was waiting for them to finish with their last patients. We started to talk and we got to be friends. I never thought I would see her again, until now of course!"

"I never thought I would see you again either," Hermione said smiling.

"Well back to my important question, why are you here," Ron asked Riley. Hermione gave Ron a warning glance and then leaned in closer to hear.

"Well I am Harry's cousin; I came to visit the Dursleys. This was the first time I had met Harry though. He never came to any family reunions." Hermione looked at Harry with a shocked expression. Ron just started looking around, even though the room hadn't changed a bit since the last time he had been in it.

"Harry where is your Quidd…" Ron began then stopped because both Hermione and Harry were giving him warning looks. He then started playing with Hedwig.

"Why does everyone love my owl?" Harry screamed. Ron looked up at him then came back and sat down. They started talking about their summers so far. Riley told Ron and Hermione she had been at Harry's house all summer. Ron said he had been at the Burrow for most of the summer and then he went to Romania to visit Charlie. Hermione said she had just been with her family and they went on vacation in early July.

"Did you go to see Viktor? I wouldn't be surprised," Ron whispered frowning.

"No, as a matter of fact I didn't!" Hermione snapped. Both Harry and Riley looked between the two frowning faces, then Riley spoke.

"Wow! Hermione you have a boyfriend," Riley shrieked. At the sound of that Ron stood up and said he had to go to the bathroom. He walked out the door and Harry followed him. Before he left he saw Hermione's sad face and Riley smiling. They were different people, with different personalities, all in the same house. Harry knew it would be tough, but he knew they all could get along…or at least tolerate each other.