"Jessica wait!" Ginny shouted. "This is the address to our flat alright? Come by or just send an owl."

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, Lily and James Potter, or Ginny Weasley.

Chapter Three: Meeting of Friends

Jessica opened the door to a small lakeside cabin. She sighed when she walked in tripping over a camera bag in the middle of the hallway. "Jeez," and kicked it ungracefully to the side.

"Hey! There is still a camera in there, and an expensive one at that!" Someone called from the kitchen. Another young women Jessica's age stood at the hallway entrance to the kitchen, mischief playing in her ghost blue eyes. Her pale blond hair was kept out of her face by a gold headband. The darker blond highlights ran through the long hair expertly, contrasting to the medium tan of the girl's skin. "That cost me two months of working at that horrible diner and other various restaurants."

"Then why is it in the middle of the hallway?" Jessica asked following the girl into the kitchen. "Honestly Sparks, take better care of your things." She said exasperated.

"We never use the front door anyway, so that hallway is usually deserted. What got you in such a mood? Was the grave visit really that bad?" Sparks asked sitting down at the table, Jessica following her example.

"Worse, much worse." Sparks looked shocked at her best friend. Jessica looked up seeing the questioning look on her face continued. "I ran into a certain Potter and Ginny Weasley under that stupid invisibility cloak." Sparks winced for her friend.

"That couldn't have been pretty." She commented.

"It didn't get violent, thankfully. I took their wands before they had a chance to use them. Unfortunately Ginny voiced Harry's rights to know who I was."

"And you gave in from there. Knowing you it's understandable. You beat up half the bullies in the orphanage for picking on kids when they out numbered them. Not telling him would've made you a hypocrite. Something that never sat right with you." Sparks said knowingly. "So he knows all 'bout you now?"

"Most of it. Ginny gave me their address and told me to owl them, seemed to think that we should get to know each other more."

"What you going to do?"

"Personally I'd must rather it remain with this one meeting and never cross paths with him again. I have my life and he has his they've never crossed before now and I would've prefer it staying that way."

"I suggest counseling." Jessica glared at Sparks.

"Not funny, if anything your family is the one in need of counseling." Sparks shrugged.

"That's not happening anytime soon. They're still mad I chose to go to a muggle college and spend my life as a muggle. But on the bright side our communication skills are much better without some psycho ruling over they're lives." Sparks said brightly. "In any case is this 'bout you and your family problems not mine."

"Well one things for sure." Jessica said getting up from the table.

"What's that?"

"I ain't owling them. I swear wizards really need to be introduced to the Internet."

"One of the reasons I choose a muggle life over a wizarding one."

Jessica sighed looking out the kitchen window. The sun had set not to long ago and some color was visible along the horizon. "I'm going for a swim."

"Suit yourself." Sparks said as Jessica climbed the kitchen staircase. "Only she would go swimming in a lake in November." Sparks shook her head getting up. Taking off her sweatshirt she made her way to the dark room near the front door. Before disappearing into the black room she picked up her camera case and the kitchen light shown on her left arm. Wrapped around her arm disappearing into her T-shirt was a serpent-dragon tattoo, the only visible part being it's long, deadly tail.

Jessica trudged up the path through the woods, watching the lake as she climbed higher and higher. At the top of the path stood a cliff twenty feet above the surface of the water. She braided her hair as she went twisting each strand until she reached the bottom of her auburn hair. Surveying her surrounding at the top of the cliff she saw the lights of the town in the near distance and a lone figure walking up the road to the lake.

Running off the cliff she pulled off a miraculous dive splashing into the water's depths. The water's pull welcomed her home as she kicked deeper and deeper into the lake. Pushing through the weeds and leaves she skimmed the bottom of the lake before kicking up for air. She broke surface with a thump as she hit her head on the underside of the dock.

"Aqua don't you think it might be a good idea to watch where you break?" A male's voice sounded above her. She swam out from under the dock peering at the teenager standing on the dock next to her towel and sneakers.

"Go away, Derek." She groaned pushing herself away from the dock floating on the water. "I'm so not in the mood right now."

"What did you flunk a test or something?" He asked sitting on the edge of the dock.

She splashed him. "You and Sparks both, are annoying as hell."

"And yet you love us anyway." He said flashing a cheeky smile. "Alright come on what's wrong?"

Jessica swam back to the dock and pushed herself up onto the wood. She pulled out the tie from her hair and shook it free of the braid. Her hair returned to its natural curl. She stared at the water for awhile before she said, "I went to visit my parents' grave today. And I met someone I haven't seen in a long time."

"Old boy friend?" He asked expecting to be pushed in the lake. To his surprised she merely shook her head.

"My brother." She whispered so soft that he almost didn't catch it. He looked at her shocked.

"I didn't know you had a brother." She just nodded solemnly. "But if you met your brother after so long wouldn't that be a good thing?" She shook her head and water dropped from her curls. "Why not?"

"He never knew he had a sister and I was hoping to keep things that way. We were separated when we were only six months old, thanks to some stupid war that was going on and a prophecy…"

"Okay you've lost me. Is this something to do with the witch half of you?" She nodded. "Then tell me about it." So they sat at the edge of the dock and she told him the whole story. As she talked the stars burned brighter in the growing darkness, and the moon rose to the middle of the sky. Derek commented at some parts and asked questions at things he didn't understand. Jessica found it so simple to tell her life's story to one of her closest friends, but didn't think that things would be so simple when faced with Harry. She told Derek this and he said, "Well I think that even if you are unsure, scared, and nervous you should go talk to him or bring him here and then just talk with each other. Get to know one another, you don't have to treat him as family right off. Learn to like him as a friend and get comfortable around each other once you do that it'll be easier to treat him as family."

She stared at then smiled. "That's a good idea, I didn't know you had it in you." "Hey!" he started to say but was smothered by a hug.

"Really, thanks Derek." She said getting up and grabbing her towel.

"No problem. You going home?" She nodded.

"Are you?"

"In a bit." She smiled and he turned back to the lake. She shook her head, idiot. The next thing he knew he was shoved in the water. He came back up water dripping from his hair and clothes. As he got back up onto the dock his shoes squished with the lake water.

"That was for the boyfriend comment." She said walking up to him. This time he was on guard, but he didn't need it. She kissed him lightly on the lips and pulled away. "That's for the advice. Night." She said walking back up the hill to her house.

A/N: Here's the third chapter. I hope you liked it. Just so there is no confusion, Derek is a muggle as well as my own character, and the town near Jessica and Sparks' home is a muggle town. Aqua is Jessica's nickname and Derek, Sparks, and Magma (whom has not yet made an appearance) usually refer her as that. Comments and Criticism are welcome.