"Matilda, get up right now!" My mother screams. How many times do I have to tell her that it is Tilly! Matilda sounds like an old lady's name!
I log myself out of bed and get myself ready for the day. I start by brushing my teeth and my hair. Shouldn't mess up those teeth that I spent years taking a potion for! Then, I stroll out of the bathroom into my closet. Now for the biggest dilemma of the day! Outfits! My mother is so picky and refuses to let me leave the house unless it is in a dress. Most days, I argue with her and I get away with skirts or rompers. My mom doesn't really care how short my clothes are as long as I wear dresses and skirts. I can't stand dresses, especially not every day, but if I don't listen to my mom, then she will take away everything. She won't even let me go out with my friends. So, I go along with the dress thing for the sake of my social life.
Today is going to be a shopping day in Diagon Alley with my best friends, Lucy, Rose, and Gianna. I pick out a loose, off the shoulder, white dress with lace detailing at the waist. I pile on a chunky necklace and cowboy boots. Now, makeup. My mother's only other rule. When I'm home from Hogwarts, I'm expected to wear a full face of makeup. At school, you're lucky if you see me wearing anything more than eyeliner and mascara, it's a miracle. I always skive off the foundation for something lighter and skip the eye shadow for eyeliner. I save the best part for last, my hair. I'm a Metagamorphus, you see, so I can change the color, length and texture of my hair. At Hogwarts, I normally wear my signature ombres with billions of colors, but at home, my mother prefers for me to have normal hair colors. So, I alternate between blond, brunette, and red for the time being. Today's hair is light brown with tips fading into a dirty blond.
If you didn't notice, my mother is extremely strict. She has a lot of rules that are a bit peculiar if you didn't know why. My mother's side of the family is the Rosiers. She's related to Evan Rosier, who's her uncle. Her brother was well known for helping Voldemort. Right after that, everyone managed to hate us because of who we sided for. But my mother smoothed things over, and for some reason, we manage to be a very popular family of pure-bloods. We are constantly having tea with the Malfoys and the Carrows. Unlike some of the families with Death Eaters, who get harassed, we manage to be well liked by most people. Which, unfortunately, means we always spend time at other houses and throwing parties. My dad is from a pureblooded family in France. All of his family is back there and he actually went to Durmstrang.
Back on track, my mother normally lets me go out with my friends if I attend all of her teas and balls for the week, as long as Hayden comes with me. Hayden is my twin brother, older by 5 minutes! And I have another older brother, Alec. He's in his 6th year at Hogwarts while Hayden and I are in our 5th.
I walk out of my bedroom door and to the dining room, where most of my family will most likely be having breakfast. When I walk down the stairs, everyone's eyes are on me. "Is this what you're wearing?" Alec asks strictly. "What's wrong with it?" I retort. "It's perfect!" "It's horrible!" My mother and brothers say at the same time. "What do you mean?" They ask each other. "She's showing way too much skin!" Hayden complains and Alec nods. I love my brothers to death, but they're way too overprotective. They won't let me date anyone. Too bad that they're the schools biggest party boys and two of the biggest players in school. They don't have a clue that I've dated boys behind their backs. "I think that her dress should be shorter." My mother muses "How do you expect her to get a boyfriend when she's dressed neck to the knee?" My mother laughs. I can only gape at my mother. I have 2 brothers who don't want me to date and a mother who can't wait until I get a boyfriend.
I'm beyond relieved when I hear a knock at the door. I dash to the door and fling it open to find Lucy, Rose, and Gianna. The 4 of us met on our very first day at Hogwarts on the train. We were all immediately Sorted into Gryffindor along with Hayden, Scorpius, and Albus. Lucy and Rose are cousins, so they've known each other for ages but they joined out little foursome and now we're extremely close. Lucy's my best friend while Rose and Gianna are best friends. We all manage to balance each other out perfectly, flaws and all. The 4 of us share a dorm along with Isabelle and Fiona. I'll explain them later.
"You're here!" I scream to Lucy grab her in a hug. Then Rose and Gianna. "Weren't we going to meet in Diagon Alley?" I ask "Did you seriously think that we'd forget your birthday?" Lucy asks with a ghost of a smile on her face "Happy Birthday!" All of them scream in synch and hand me a gift I didn't even know they had. "What's going on here?" Hayden makes his appearance. "Happy Birthday you idiot!" Scorpius says. "You're an old guy now," Albus adds. Wait! When did they get here?! I turn to Lucy. As if she can read my mind, she says "They came here with us."
Albus smirks "Hello Foster." "Potter!" I retort. Albus and I have a great relationship called enemies. Just because he's my brother's bet friend doesn't mean I have to be nice to him. He's an arrogant, self-centered, snob! Gladly, he returns my feelings about him. "Nice outfit Matilda!" Albus counters "Nice face!" I respond sarcastically. "Be nice Tilly!" Rose chastised. Since she's cousins with Albus, they get along fairly well. I think I'm the only one who can't get along with him
"What are we waiting for? Let's go to Diagon Alley!" Gianna calls. Everyone ventures into our Living Room, which has our Floo Network and Powder. All at once, everyone grabs Floo Powder and one by one, we step into the chimney and yell to be transported to Diagon Alley. All except me.
Hey, guys! I know I said that I would be updating You're the Only Exception, but that is a little lie. I'm currently editing and rewriting it, so enjoy this NextGen book! For every chapter, I'll post links of anything I want y'all to see. I'm going to try to update this every Tuesday. See you next week!