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Chapter 6: Summer Crushes Suck
Ring! Ring ring!
I groaned before reluctantly turning over onto my side and slamming my alarm clock onto the floor, breaking the glass on the front of the clock as it hit the ground. I groaned again, thinking that it was a 'great' start to do the day.
I opened my eyes and slowly sat up, so as to not make my head spin from getting up to quickly. I slowly looked around the room, and started taking in my new surroundings. My parents had upgraded me to a double bed, which had a doona on top of it, with small, frangipanis scattered over a deep, purple background.
Behind me was a feature wall, the same colour as the background on my doona, across the room my white desk stood nice and neat, as I hadn't been here long enough to mess it up yet.
After arriving here in England early in the morning, we made our way through rush hour traffic to our new house; this house. We spent the rest of the day unpacking, though James never left my mind. It seemed the more things I unpacked from France, my thoughts about James kept getting bigger and bigger.
I swung my legs over the side of my bed and into my fluffy slippers, before slowly walking out of my room to head down to my new kitchen for breakfast. Mum was already down there, making toast and placed two slices onto a plate and handed it to me as I passed by her, heading towards the cupboard where I took out a tub of peanut butter, repast mum who pasted me a butter knife and went and sat down at our kitchen table. You know, our normal breakfast routine. Well, all except Petunia who should be coming down stairs complaining to mum how it was too early to be up as mum made us wake up early to get back into the school hours routine.
And, right on cue, Petunia came stomping down the stairs, muttering under her breath, stopping just as she entered the kitchen and saw that we were already and stopped short.
"Toast dear?" Mum asked her, placing two pieces on a plate and holding it out to her.
"Eww, no, carbs!" Petunia said, as though the very sight of the bread would kill her, then looking at mum and me as though we were crazy.
"Thanks, hon. I'll be home a little late tonight so I can say goodbye to Lily tomorrow!" dad said, picking up the piece of toast, placing it in his mouth while balancing his brief case on his knee and doing up his tie at the same time, before hurrying out the door.
I have a very talented dad.
Petunia just gave us all a sickened look, like she was the only NORMAL one, and then stormed back up to her bedroom.
"This came while you were in bed. And about time to, if it hadn't come today, I don't know what we would have done," Mum said, walking over towards the window, picked up something and carried it back over to me.
It was an envelope. I slipped it over and pulled out the contents. Out came two slips of parchment. The first on read:
HOGWART'S SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Ms. Evans
We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on the 1st of September. You are required to catch 'The Hogwarts Express' from Platform 9 ¾ at 11am sharp at Kings Cross Station. You can find your books in Diagon Ally, via the Leaky Cauldron. You will be sorted with the first years upon arrival. I hope you enjoy Hogwarts.
Yours Sincerely
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
The second one had my list of school books and uniform requirements.
"Does it say where we need to go?" my mother asked as she began to stack the dishwasher.
"Yeah, we have to go to the Leaky Cauldron to find the entrance to Diagon Alley where I can buy my books," I told her, getting up and bringing my plate over to her.
"Well, we should leave soon as I'm not sure how long this is going to take," she said, taking my plate from me and putting it in the dishwasher.
"Well, once I find my clothes and get changed, I'll be ready to go," I said, turning and jumping up the stairs two at a time.
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An hour and a half later, we pulled up at a grungy looking pub that mum nearly drove past. Pushing the door open, I found myself in an empty bar, while the owner cleaned glasses. I decided to approach the man, mum hanging back a bit as she felt a little uncomfortable in this dim bar.
"Uh excuse me, could you please tell me how to get to Diagon Ally?" I asked him.
"You're leaving it a bit late for a first year, aren't you?" he asked, carefully placing the glass on to a rack.
"I'm not a first year, actually I'm a sixth year but this is my first year at Hogwarts," I told him matter of factly.
"Ahhhh a transfer student. I was going to say, you looked a little older for a first year. Which school did you come from?"
"Beauxbaton,"
"I've always wondered where it was...Anyway, you go through that door and into the little courtyard and tap the brick which is three up, and two across from the rubbish bin three times with your wand" he said, turning back to continue cleaning the glasses.
"Thank you," my mother said, and ushered me through the pub as it was making her rather nervous and into the small courtyard. I took out my wand from the back of my jeans and started to count the bricks. Once I double checked it was the right one (you never know when a wizard has boobie trapped and object) I tapped it three times with my wand.
The brick began to quiver before beginning to move to the side to make an opening. The others followed to expose the colorful shops beyond.
"Wow," I muttered, before heading into the hustle and bustle of busy shoppers, with my mother following closely behind me.
After coming out of Gringotts, moneybags nearly overflowing, we headed back out into the street, my mother turned to me and said
"Lily, I have to get back home to continue unpacking. Will you be alright it I left you hear for a couple of hours?"
"Of course! Mum, I'm nearly sixteen, I'm mature enough to go shopping!" I retorted and she snorted.
"What?"
"Don't worry, I'll meet you back here at one, okay?"
"Okay"
I gave my mother a hug, before turning and began to weave through the colorful crowd. I decided to buy all of my school books first, before buying for pleasure.
After purchasing my new school books at a store called 'Flourish and Blotts', I turned to exit through the doorway, but I as I walked out, I was squished between two men, perhaps only a little older than myself and one of them had extremely scruffy black hair.
I'm really stuck on James. Summer Crushes Suck.
A/N: I'm SORRY! SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY! 1. For its shortness. 2. For how long you've waited for my next chapter and its incredibly short and crap! But I have reasons.
This year, I'm in a special program at school called 'Zanith' and its like a faster education for 'gifted students'. The name sucks but anyway, the work is tones harder and the there is more work so its been hard trying to write. I'm also in the middle of trying to find a part time job so I can pay for myself to go on the school trip to Europe with my friends next year, and its really hard coz of my age and I've been suffering from a little writers block (I'm having a little trouble with my mountain Grey Mustang!). I've also been sick a lot lately.
Anyway, it is my sad and unfortunate duty to tell you that I have to put this story on hold for the moment due to exams and mental frustration. Hopefully I'll write some good, long, juicy chapters over break so keep your fingers crossed! Add me to you're alerts list so you know when I've finally updated! I'm really sorry to everyone, stupid school, stupid brain. BIG BIG BIG THANKS to everyone who has supported me through my story, but PLEASE don't give up hope! I am NOT abandoning my story, I will write more and finish it! So thank you to everyone who reviewed and supported me so far, it won't go to waste! Please review my seriously crap chapter!
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