Chapter-4
My mind was in a blur. All night I stayed up pondering what Hermione meant. How did she know something was wrong? Soon enough, I become tired. While I was getting ready for bed there was a knock on my door.
"Yeah?" I asked, having no idea who could be there.
"Hi," said my mom.
"Mom! What are you doing home?"
A sad smile crossed over my mom's face, "Honey, I got fired."
At first I thought it was a joke, my mom was so good at her job!
"What? Why?" I asked.
"I'm really not sure," my mom said, "We'll be ok though! I'll find a new job!"
I could tell she as trying to lighten the mood. Crane was so small you needed to find a job and stick with it, if you get fired; you're out of luck. It goes for Sydney as well.
"How are you going to get a new job?"
My mom's smile vanished, "That's the problem, hon, I probably won't, so I decided the best thing to do would be to move."
"T-to w-where?" I stuttered, trying hard to hold back the tears threatening to run down my cheeks.
"This is the good part! We could go anywhere! I'm going to let you choose."
"Anywhere," I whispered.
My mind started to race. All of the possibilities, England, or France, or…
"Anywhere," repeated my mom, "In the United States boundaries."
"Oh," I said my heart sinking a little.
"I'll give you the night to think about it," mother concluded, kissing my forehead.
"Goodnight," she said.
"Goodnight," I said back.
It was weird waking up without Hermione there. Usually, when summer started, she would yell as soon as I woke up, IT'S SUMMER! Seeing her all excited would bring a smile to my face, now the memory brought tears to my eyes. How will she find me when I move? If she even wants to find me, or if she even can. I could leave a note, I thought. The only thing I will truly miss about Crane is my room. Never will I find another room like mine; it'll really feel like I'm leaving Hermione behind. Suddenly, I remembered where I wanted to move.
"Mom! Mom! Mom!" I shouted.
"What, what's the matter?"
"We're moving to Tallahassee, Florida!" I announced.
"Fantastic, when do you what to go?"
"Tomorrow," I blurted out.
Mother gave me a stern look, "Be reasonable."
"Ok, this weekend."
"Better, I expect you to be packed by then."
I nodded and ran back to my room to start packing.
My packing didn't take ma long, two hours tops. I actually started packing around one a.m. this morning. Finally, with all the packing done, I started writing my note to Hermione.
We're moving to Tallahassee, Florida. I'm really sorry about what I said and I hope to see you again. Tell me when muggles started seeing Voldemort…seriously.
Hanging it on our favorite tree out side, I started to cry again. A few of my tears fell on the paper. Suddenly, the paper rose up into the air and sparks started flying off of it. I reached out to touch it but then it burst. The scraps of paper flew in all different directions then disappeared. I turned around to see if anyone else saw what happened, but no one was there. A shudder ran down my spine, I turned around and ran back inside.
