Harry had stayed at Rons for the summer. It had been an awesome summer. But this girl had created some excitement to start off a new school year with. Everyone around the Weasley table had received post that morning. There were some bills, a letter from Charlie, and everyone's school supplies lists. But there was one letter that stood out from the rest. It was orange and was adressed to 'Mr. George and Mr. Fred Weasley'
"Oi! Sweet!" Fred gave the paper to George who was trying to read over his shoulder.
"Wot?" Ron looked curiously over his porridge.
"Kat is going to meet us a Diagon Alley tommorrow. You can finally meet her. She's in your year." George said handing the orange paper to Ron. Harry put down his spoon and read it next to Ron. Ginny sighed and rolled her eyes.
George and Fred,
Yeah! That would be awesome! Fortunately, Boyfriend is going somewhere with his parents tommorrow so I'm free. You have to introduce me to your family.
love, K
"Who's 'boyfriend'?" asked Ron "She's dating some bloke from Hogwarts but she won't tell us who." George said.
"Well, wonderful breakfast, mum! We'll be upstairs." Fred got up and pushed in his chair and George followed.
"So?" Ginny sat down in the arm chair across from the sofa that Ron and Harry were in. "Are you excited to meet her"
"Who?" Ron glanced up from his chess set.
"Kat! The new girl!" Ginny's eyes widened and she smiled.
"Why? Checkmate." Ron's rook stood 5 blocks away from Harry's king.
"Well you need..." Ginny trailed off and she looked at Harry and then at the ground. Ron looked at Harry who was picking up the broken chess peices.
"Why?" Ron demanded. "You think that I need a girlfriend, do you"
"Not A girlfriend, just a...normal one." Harry looked at Ron.
"And you need to get laid." Ginny chimed in.
"Wot?! You are a young girl, you don't talk like that! This girl is just going to be a stupid little twit."
The next day the Weasleys were making a trip to Diagon Alley. Floo powder was the decided transportation for the day.
The family visited a couple of stores and still not sign of Kat. Then, as they were entering the bookstore...
"Hey!!!" Harry, Fred, and George turned around. Ron and Ginny were too busy bickering to notice.
"Harry," Fred said, "this is Kat." Kat had long red hair, a tan tank top, jeans and sandals on. And standing next to her was...Harry squinted his eyes a bit. No that can't be... He thought.
"Hello." Harry stuck out his hand, but instead was greeted with a hug.
"I have been wanting to meet you for so long!" She smiled. Harry noticed that she had a slight Irish brouge. He also noticed that she looked oddly familiar. Really oddly.
"And that is Ron," said George. Hearing his name, Ron came to meet the girl and Ginny followed. Kat managed to give everyone a hug.
"I hope you don't mind that I brought my dog with. I promise, he's very friendly." Kat lightly patted it's head.
"Not at all, what's it's name?" Harry asked curiously, still looking at the dog who also looked strangely familiar.
"His name is Snuffles." Kat said. At the same time, all the Weasley's, and Harry's, jaws dropped.
"WOT?!" Mrs. Weasely came up from behind Harry and shrieked, but in a whisper. "Honey, can I, um, talk to your dog for a second"
"Uhhh, okay." Kat was starting to look worried and laughed nervously.
"Where did you get that dog?" Ginny asked.
"He, um, has been in my family for ages." Kat replied still looking at the corner that Mrs. Weasley and Snuffles disappeared behind.
"I had a hand-me-down pet once, too," said Ron and Harry nudged him.
Kat kept glancing at the corner at which Snuffles and Mrs. Weasley had disappeared.
"Don't worry about it," said Fred as he put his arm around Kat's shoulder. "Mum's great with animals!
"Yeah...okay..." Kat said hesitantly.
"So, Kat, who's your boyfriend?" asked Ginny and Kat immediately got that warm smile on her face again. Why does that look so familiar, too? Thought Harry.
"You will find out at school." Kat smiled.
"Just give us a hint," George gave Kat the puppy-dog eyes. Kat laughed.
"Will we like him? At least tell us that," Fred laughed.
"Of course you will. He's a very sweet guy," Kat smiled a matter-of-factly type of smile.
"Okay, dears," suddenly Mrs. Weasley was not a meter away from the group, with Snuffles at her side. "Kat and her mutt will be staying with us for a few days, until school starts again." Mrs. Weasley looked at Snuffles.
"Sweet," said Fred, George, and Ginny. Kat also looked at Snuffles.
"Um..." She started to say. Then the dog made the slightest nod at her. "Okay, awesome!"
