The next two weeks passed quickly. And before anyone knew it, the summer was over. Over those two weeks Mimi and Lily had grown to become best friends and everyone knew that it was only a matter of time until Albus and Mimi were a couple.
On August 27th, Mimi hugged all of her new friends goodbye.
"Why are we crying? We'll see each other in a few days, then we'll be going to school together for the next three years. What is this?" Mimi said through teary eyes as she hugged Lily.
"We're a mess." They both laughed.
After one last wave, Mimi ran back to her house and flooed herself to her new home in Paris.
She stumbled out of the fireplace into a gorgeous white townhome.
"Hello, sweetie. Go to the third floor, first door on the right." Her Mom instructed her as she magically unpacked the family pictures in the living room.
Mimi smiled, then ran up the stairs to where her mother told her to go. She noticed that there were only two doors on this level: her room and her brother's.
As she opened the door, her jaw dropped to the floor. Her room was very spacious and was painted her favorite shade of light blue, with white bedding and a wood floor. It also had double doors leading out to a small balcony that had a view over the entirety of Paris, the Eiffel Tower glittering in the night sky.
She looked over to her left and saw that her little brother was admiring the view from his balcony as well.
"Can you believe this?" she asked him.
"Not at all." He shook his head in shock. "I can't believe this house. This view. That I'm starting school in a few days. That I won't be with you all the time. I'm gonna miss you Meems." He began to tear up.
Mimi frowned, then ran through her room and over into her brother's and onto his balcony. She bent down to his level and hugged him tightly.
"It's not like we'll never see each other. We'll be going to the same school for goodness sake. I promise that I'll talk to you every day okay?" she smiled at him and wiped the tears from his eyes, "Come on. Let's go get some dinner."
She took his hand then stood up and the two walked downstairs together.
On August 31st, the entire Potter/Weasely crew trekked down to Diagon Alley to go school shopping.
All the boys ran for the Quidditch shops except for Hugo who went into the bookshop with his mother and Aunt Ginny. Everyone else went into Weasley's Wizard Wheezes to see what was new.
After playing in the shop, they all got their books and robes and were ready to travel to school the next day.
While wandering around the pet shop, Albus noticed a very familiar head of brown curls.
"Mimi?" he asked. She whirled around to reveal her blue eyes that he loved so much and smiled.
"Al!" she ran over to him to hug him then asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same thing." He laughed.
"Well my family took the Chunnel into London for the day to go school shopping. For some reason, the shop to buy Beauxbatons uniforms is NOT in Paris. My parents are letting me get an owl for school since I'll be farther away than usual." She laughed.
"My whole family is here school shopping, but they're all still in the bookstore. Well, I'll let you get back to choosing an owl. I'll see you tomorrow though." He smiled, then they hugged and parted ways.
Mimi ended up choosing a small, brown screech owl which she named Kiki.
Once she bought her owl, she and her Mom went to the Beauxbatons uniform shop. She felt very happy to be back in those blue silk dresses and pointed hats that she loved. She looked at herself in the mirror and noticed how differently the clothes seemed to fit her since the last time she had worn them.
She was given a pair of blue heels and black tights instead of flats and the blue silk seemed to hug her body perfectly. Her blue blazer brought out the color of her eyes and made her hair look gorgeous. And her gray and blue everyday class uniforms were form fitting and looked wonderful on her. She felt so grown up.
Once she got home, she was very ready to go to sleep and excited about beginning school tomorrow.