I continued to refuse to so much as look at Grandmother the entire trip to King's Cross Station. (Which, to be honest, wasn't very long: Grandmother used Side-Along Apparition) Even when Grandmother was yelling at me to stop Hattie (my cat) from jumping on Muggles, I ignored her. So what if Hattie scratched a few Muggles? Not exactly breaking the Stature of Secrecy, am I? Grandmother kept looking at me, opening her mouth, and then closing it, as if unsure of my reaction.
"Excuse me, are you going to go in or not?" a girl behind me huffed. She looked about fifteen, with curly brown hair and prefect's badge gleaming on her chest. I hadn't realized I was standing directly in front of Platform 9 and ¾. I gaped at the girl, forgetting my words for a second. She was the first real teenage witch I had seen. I felt sharp nails dig into my arm.
"Yes, she is. Come on, Olivia." Grandmother had grabbed my arm. "Got Hattie? Ok, now just run right through. No one will notice." I nodded mutely, and followed her instructions. To my utter disappointment, Grandmother followed me through the barrier.
"Wow," I gasped, looking around at all the young witches and wizards. I had never seen so many! Grandmother looked at me grimly.
"Maybe I should have left you out more. This isn't the beginning of it." She said, hiding a smirk. I glared at her and refused to say another word. I clapped for Hattie to know to follow me and huffing and panting, picked up my trunk. I left without another word. "Olivia!" Grandmother called. I kept going. Like she even cares. As I got on the train, I sneaked a glance out the window. Grandmother was looking at the ground, her hand over her mouth, tears trickling out of her eyes.
"Alright, bye!" I yelled. I felt bad. Grandmother looked up at my voice and started to smile through her tears. She waved and then—wait for this—blew a kiss to me. Grandmother! Yes, my Grandmother! I can't believe she actually cares about me, after all these years.
(A/N: Really short chapter, but I've been busy these past few days-group project, ya feel?-and I promise the next chapter will be much longer!)