Chapter 22
Home for the Holidays
We boarded the Hogwarts express the next morning. It was so…boring. Maybe because Fred and George weren't there to make everyone laugh. It was just so boring. Half the way there I fell asleep. Giovanna and Katerina sat with me. Alina thought I was a freak. Anna went with her. I guess she has a grudge against me for dating George. I dunno… The other girls in our dorm, Mirabella, Nancy, Candice and Desiree sat together somewhere else on the train. I was so happy when we finally reached platform 9 ¾.
"Mum!" I called, running up to her.
"Karina!" she called, "I've missed you honey!" She wrapped her arms around me in a hug.
"Hey Karina," said a voice. From behind my Mum there stood Amelia smiling happily at me.
"Mia!" I hugged her.
"How are you?" she asked.
"Tired," I replied, remembering last night with a shiver. I did not need that night to come back to me.
"Have you been staying up all night long?" Mum asked.
"No," I lied. The truth was after that discussion at one in the morning, I was never able to fall asleep. I had weird feelings all night long. It was horrible.
We arrived at home where my dog Tippy started barking like mad and licking my face.
"Down boy," I laughed, pushing him off me.
The minute I got into my room I threw myself onto my bed. It was so great to be back. Amelia sat down next to me. Mum poked her head into the room and asked what we wanted for dinner. The first thing that came to my mind was pizza. I had not had it in such a long time…it was great.
"So, fill me in on what's been happening," she grinned.
"Well, we have a million pages of homework over the holidays," I started.
"Really? I've got none," Amelia commented.
"Lucky," I moaned.
"Anyway, what else-?" Amelia asked. I decided to finally tell her the good news.
"George and I hooked up," I blushed. Amelia's moth dropped open.
"Aah!" she shrieked happily, "I knew he would fall for you!"
"I wasn't expecting it, actually," From there, I went onto explaining to her the whole entire story, ending with last night's nightmare.
"No wonder you look so tired," she said, "that must have been so scary, seeing into that Voldywartes's person's mind,"
"It's Voldemort," I corrected her.
"Whatever," Amelia then sighed.
"I can't believe that you have a 17 year old boyfriend," she sighed, "Even I don't have a guy!"
"What about Tony?"
"He's with Ashlee, who makes me want to gag,"
"That sucks. But there are better guys anyway. You should start looking at older guys," I suggested.
"Mum would totally freak if I started dating a guy older then me. What about you? Is your Mum freaked out?"
"Actually, Mum doesn't know we're dating yet," I admitted. Amelia looked at me in shock.
"She is going to be sooooo mad when she finds out," Amelia said.
"Hopefully not," I added.