Day Fourteen
Prompt: Water
"This is probably the nicest day we've had all spring," Capella said. She was sitting on the grass down by the lake with Vega; the weather was finally warm enough to go out without a jacket. Capella leaned back, resting her weight on her hands and looked up at the pale blue sky.
"Lucky for us it's a Saturday," Vega replied. She was sitting cross-legged, her back against a tree. "I think summer is finally on its way."
"Good," Capella said with a smile. "I'm going to need an awesome summer to prepare me for fifth year." She turned her face towards the warm rays of the sun and closed her eyes. "Our O.W.L. exams worry me already."
"There's no need for you to worry," Vega said. "You're smart, stop pretending you aren't." The girls laughed.
Without warning, a water balloon landed square on Capella's chest, bursting open and soaking her front. Her eyes flew open, just in time to see another balloon, this one green, soaring in a perfect arc towards her. She rolled out the way in the nick of time and jumped to her feet. "Fred Weasley!" She looked around frantically for him.
"Hey," a voice cried from somewhere to her left. Fred's head poked out from behind the trunk of a tree. Then he stepped out, his hands on his hips. "Why assume it was me?"
"Who else would it be?"
Fred pondered this for a moment and then shrugged. "Fair enough." He launched another balloon in her direction. Capella ducked and the balloon burst at Vega's feet. Vega looked down at the little pool of water being absorbed into the grass and shrugged her shoulders. She turned her back to Fred, pulled a book out of her satchel and started reading.
"That's her way of saying 'please exclude me from this ridiculous event'," Capella said with a laugh. Fred tossed another balloon at Capella. This time she wasn't paying enough attention and it hit her in the shoulder. "Fred!"
Fred laughed and crossed his arms over his chest. "And you have nothing to retaliate with."
Calmly, Capella pulled out her wand and pointed it at Fred. "Aguamenti." A jet of water shot from her wand, instantly soaking Fred.
Sputtering, Fred wiped his face. "Cheater," he said as he tossed two more balloons at her.
"Cheater?" Capella cried, aiming another jet of water at him. "You sneak-attacked me!"
"What in the world are you two doing?" George asked as he came down the little hill towards them. Fred and Capella folded their arms in unison and turned towards George.
"Your girlfriend is a cheater," Fred said, pointing at Capella.
"Your brother is a menace," Capella countered.
"You are both insane," George replied.
"Really?" Fred and Capella said, glancing at each other. Fred raised an eyebrow and Capella grinned.
"Okay, I take it back," George said as he raised his hands in defense and started to back away. But before he could say anything else, Fred tossed a particularly large water balloon at him.