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Rebecca walked down the hall, throwing a rubber ball against the walls and shrugged at the pissed off comments of the portraits to watch where she was throwing.
She was BORED!
It had only been three days since everyone had left the castle. Over all there were only about 15 other students that had stayed behind, only 2 other in Gryffindor, one a first year, the other a third year which Rebecca had no interest in talking to. Rebecca figured since there had been so many attacks, that families wanted to spend as much time together as they could. Perhaps she could go to Hogsmead and walk around the village, that would mean talking to Professor McGonagall who hadn't looked to happy earlier that day scolding Peeves for trashing a hall. There had to be something interesting to do around the castle. She walked over to a window and leaned out it and looked down at the 100 foot drop and then looked out over to the quidditch pitch. The Gryffindor game against Hufflepuff the previous week had been hell. It was so cold and the wind was blowing so hard, Rebecca had been amazed that Tommy had found the snitch so quickly, otherwise everyone would have frozen to their broomsticks, and it was for that moment that Rebecca was partly glad she was not on the team; she didn't particularly enjoy the freezing cold.
"Hello Miss Walcott." Someone said and Rebecca jumped as she spun around, knocking her head on the edge of the window and she grabbed at as she looked at Professor Dumbledore giving her a humorous look.
"Please don't sneak up on me sir." She said and he walked up to her and looked out the window.
"Having a pleasant holiday?"
"I wouldn't call it pleasant." She muttered as she turned back to the window and pat the small bump forming on her head and winced.
"Why ever not?"
"Well it's boring here sir; your castle is very boring. No offense." She said bluntly and he chuckled.
"There is plenty to do here." He said with a sigh as he looked over the grounds.
"How are you enjoying your stay here at Hogwarts?" He asked as he looked at her.
"Well right at the moment I am so bored I have considered actually doing my homework." She said and frowned. "But I like it here, classes are challenging and the people here aren't too bad, except for the select few." She said and looked back out the window.
"I am glad you are enjoying your time here Miss Walcott. I am afraid I must go, I have a few matters I must attend to; have a good day Miss Walcott." He said and gave her a nod and walked down the hall. She sighed and ran her fingers over the bump on her head and groaned at the tenderness. She pulled out the rubber ball and continued down the hall, throwing it against the wall, missing portraits by inches and smirking that their complaints.
Rebecca woke up to the sound of pecking on the window. She turned over hoping it would just go away but there was another tap. She sat up and pushed back the curtains of her bed and saw an owl sitting on the sill. She trudged out of bed and opened up the window and the owl held out its leg which had a small package attached to it. She quickly took the package from the owl and he stared at her expectantly.
"I don't have any treats, go to the owlry." She said and he nipped at her and took off in to the snow and she quickly shut the window. No sooner did three other owls drop off packages, and later three others. She sat back on her bed with 7 presents on the bed. She grabbed the one from Tessa and found a book on hair charms and some chocolate, Jenny got her a giant box of Honeydukes sweets of all sorts, James got her a Chudley Cannon poster and she rolled her eyes and threw it aside remembering all the conversations about the Chudley Cannons and the Montrose Magpies, Chudley Cannons being James' favorite team and least favorite of Rebecca's. Lily got her two books, one on Potions and another on Charms. She opened Andrew's gift which was a magical camera which included two rolls of film. She smiled wide as she pulled out the note.
Merry Christmas Becca, I'm sorry I'm not there, I hope you aren't too bored, try not to destroy anything or get in trouble. I'll be back soon; I should be back before the New Year so at least we will be able to spend New Years together.
Love you,
Andy
She grabbed the camera that already had film in it and she looked around the room for something to take a picture of. Kimba stared at her from the pillow on her bed and she advanced the film and took a picture of Kimba. He stared at her and got up and left the room and she chuckled and picked up the gift from Remus. She picked up the note and opened it.
Becky,
To be honest I wasn't quite sure what to get you, I couldn't quite think of anything you might like but I was looking through a store a few weeks ago and I spotted this and it made me think of you. Merry Christmas.
Remus
She opened up the wrapped gift and opened the box and she stared at a fire flower which hovered in the center of the glass case. She stared at it mesmerized at the flames. She set it on her night stand and stared at it for a few minutes. It was beautiful and seemed to bring light to the room as the rising sun's rays of light shone on it. She tore her eyes away from it as she picked up Sirius' gift and she observed it carefully. The box didn't look very dangerous. She shook it and it didn't sound dangerous. She slowly opened it and braced herself for something to jump out. She pulled out a thin looking present which she presumed was a book. She pulled back the wrapping wondering why Sirius would get her a book and she rolled her eyes.
Anger Management.
She threw it aside and picked up the giant box of candy and started to flip through the books that Lily had gotten for her.
Later that morning Rebecca headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast and saw the tables a bit more full than they usually were. She sat down and saw pancakes, French toast, and so many other things that they usually didn't serve at breakfast. She smiled and started to pile food on her plate and continued with the Charms book Lily had gotten her.
Rebecca and Andrew sat around in the Gryffindor common room which she had snuck him in to, munching on the giant box of candy that Jenny had gotten her.
"Hold still." She said as she pointed the camera at him.
"Becca the blood is rushing to my head." He said with a laugh as he sat upside down on the chair and she laughed and snapped a picture of him before he fell off the chair and she threw a pillow at him.
"What did your parents get you this year?" he asked and ate some chocolate.
"You know, the same thing they do for everything, money, I mean I am not really complaining but it would be nice if they put a little thought in to my gift." She said and grabbed a licorice wand out of the box.
"Do you have any more eggnog left?" he asked as he got up, tossing the pillow at her and she leaned over the side of the couch and picked up a bottle.
"Yeah only a little though, here." She said as she held it out to him and he went to grab it and she took the bottle back and drank the rest back.
"You little punk." He said as he jumped at her and she jumped up, dropping the bottle and ran around the common room laughing like mad. He grabbed her around her waist and tumbled with her on to the couch, partially landing on her.
"Andy you're crushing me." She laughed as she looked up at him with a smile and he laughed as he looked down at her and they stared up at each other for a moment before his lips met hers. Their lips molded to each other as if it had only been yesterday since they last kissed. They broke apart for air and she opened her eyes and looked up at him and he slowly pulled his face away and he gave her a guilty look and sat up.
"Sorry." He said and sat down and ran his hands through his hair and she sat up looking at him.
"Andy-."
"I should go, its late." He said and got up and grabbed his coat from the floor.
"Andy." She said firmly as she got up and he turned to her.
"We're good right?" She asked and he nodded.
"I'll see you tomorrow alright?" He asked and she bit her lip and nodded.
"Alright, good night." She said with a small smile and he returned it.
"Night Becca." He said and left and she sat back down on the couch and lay back as she looked in to the fire and sighed.
"Becky!" Lily said as she rushed up to Rebecca and embraced her in a hug.
"Hey Lily."
"How was your holiday?"
"It was alright, how was yours?'
"You know, just so, Petunia brought Vernon." She said as she scrunched her nose.
"Is that her husband?"
"Yeah, he doesn't like me much either."
"That's alright; she doesn't know what she is missing out on." Rebecca said with a grin as she slung her arm around Lily and started up towards the tower.
"That's for the books by the way."
"Oh my goodness Becky, the quills were beautiful." She said and Rebecca's eyes fell to the silver bracelet around Lily's wrist.
"Present from James?" She asked and Lily looked down with a smile and nodded.
"Where are Jen and Tess?"
"Walking up with Michael and Tim."
"Where is James? I thought he would be following you or something?"
"I don't actually know, he kind of disappeared." Lily said as she glanced around. "You weren't too bored here by yourself were you?"
"I did all my homework." Rebecca said dryly.
"Oh you were bored."
"Tell me about it." She said with a groan as she looked around for Remus.
"Are you looking for someone?" Lily asked and Rebecca looked back at her.
"What? No." She said putting on a smile as they went up the stairs.
They got up in to the room and Lily's eyes landed on the flower.
"Wow, that is beautiful, who gave that to you?"
"Uh Remus did." Rebecca said as she sat down on her bed and Lily's eyebrows rose.
"Remus did huh?" She asked and Rebecca looked at her oddly.
"What?"
"I mean I don't think people who are just friends get each other ever lasting fire flowers." Lily said and Rebecca rolled her eyes.
"Remus does not like me." She said and laid back, grabbing Kimba and pulling him in to her arms as he gave an annoyed meow as he struggled to get away.
"Oh I love my kitty." She said as she hugged him tighter and buried her face in his fur and he wiggled out of her arms and ran out of the room.
"Hey Becky." Jenny said as her and Tessa walked in.
"Wow, pretty flower, where did you get it from?" Jenny asked as she dropped her bag on her bed.
"Remus gave it to her." Lily said obviously and Jenny and Tessa looked at Rebecca.
"What?"
"Don't what us. He likes you."
"You can not possibly think that just because he sent me a flower it means he likes me."
"James sends Lily flowers and he is crazy about her." Jenny said and Rebecca sat up.
"Remus and I are just friends, alright guys?" She said and got up and headed downstairs.
She got downstairs as James and Sirius walked in.
"Hey Becky, did you like my present?"
"Yeah, I used it to help light the fire place." She said with a smirk and he laughed as he walked up the stairs.
"Thanks for the book Black." She said and he smirked as he walked over to her.
"You might want to read it." He said and she rolled her eyes.
"Why the bloody hell did you send me a pair of your underwear?"
"I didn't."
"I do remember getting a piece of your undergarments in a box on Christmas."
"It's not mine. Black don't flatter yourself." She muttered with a roll of her eyes.
"What the bloody hell am I supposed to do with it?"
"Wear it?"
"I wouldn't wear it if my life depended on it."
"Trust me, girls love it."
"Girls love guys that wear thongs?" He asked confused.
"Trust me its hot." She said with a smile and went to leave.
"Why should I trust you?"
"Because I am a girl Black, trust me, its super hot." She said and walked over to Remus and Peter who had just walked in.
"Hey Remus." She said with a smile as she walked over to him.
"Hey Becky."
"Thanks for the flower, its beautiful, why did it make you think of me?"
"Uh- well- um-." He said as his cheeks got red. "I dont know, i guess you are kind of like fire."
"I'm like fire?" She asked humorously.
"Well you know in a good way- i uh- Thanks for the book, I really enjoy it. I don't know if I could do half of those spells." He said slightly relieved and she smiled and nodded.
"Your welcome. I think you can do them, you're good at defense. How was your Christmas?"
"It was alright. I see the castle is still in order so I can assume everything went alright." He said with a smile and she laughed.
"Yeah it was alright I suppose. How was your Christmas?" She said as they made their way over to the couch and sat down.
"It was alright, saw some family, I went over to James' house for a few days. What did you do to keep yourself busy?"
"I did all my homework, pissed off every portrait in Hogwarts, ate, slept, ate and then slept some more."
"Well it sounds like you sure had fun." He said with a smile.
"Oh you have no idea, you should have been here, share the fun." She said dryly.
FINALLY! Out for the summer! Oh summer feels so good.
Writers block has to be the worst thing ever! Right now i am a bit stumped as to what i am going to be doing next so i am going to take a few days and try to balance everything out and see if it come to me. If anyone has any idea i am open to suggestions.
Ugh just turned 19, i feel so old lol i hope everyone has a good weekend =)
Thanks for reading, please R & R =)