AN: OHMIGOSH I AM SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG!
My schedule was so hectic, and then I had a bunch of tests, and then I had belt testing in taekwondo… (New orange belt!) And I just couldn't finish this chapter! I super sorry, but I couldn't fit in any sparring because I reall wanted to post this as soon as possible.
AND I WILL REPLY TO REVIEWS IN THE NEXT CHAPTERJI just want to get this chapter up, so I will reply to everyone in the next chapter which wont take as long! I promise!
Hadassah POV.
"So, what are we going to do exactly, none of us have room at our houses for all eight of us." Lily said, voicing my concerns.
"Hey, we're not using the attic in here for anything!" Jay burst out. "We could divide it in half, I was meaning to make it into a living arrangement for us anyways."
"We have an attic?" Sabrina asked, a shocked expression on her face. "Since when?"
"Since the construction fairies came and built it last night." Jay said dryly. "Come on, let's go see how much room we have." Before leading us up the staircase towards the back.
When we got to the top, I was startled to see a full length mirror covering one wall, a few windows, and a long bar opposite the wall with a mirror, there were also giant posts that obviously held the building up.
Jay apparently noticed my confused expressions, because she quickly explained.
"This building used to be a co-owned place. There was a dance studio up here, and the downstairs was this guy's tutoring business or something. There were a bunch of left over school desks and stuff when I bought the place."
"Ohhhh…" We all said rather stupidly.
"Okay, so maybe we could divide this into three spaces? Guys room, girls room, then like a miniature living room?" Lily asked, walking around the place.
"Yeah, for now, we could hang up tarps as walls. OH! It would be like a little fort!" Sabrina shrieked. Remus flinched and covered his ears…I guess they just weren't used to Brina's…loudness.
"Okay then guys, how about we make a quick run to Walmart, pick up some Christmas decorations while we're there, and then we can come back, eat lunch, then go to the Karate dojo? If you guy's want to do this Order thing you guys need to know self defence." Jay said, making a mental list in her head.
"Umm…what's Walmart?" Potter asked, a confused look on his face.
The girls and I all exchanged mischievous looks.
"Oh, this is going to be good." Lily said with an evil voice.
10 minutes later…
"Um, Jay? I'm not so sure about this…" I said uncertainly from my squashed position between Peter and Remus. Sadly, Jay owned a truck, which left the eight of us to pile up in the cramped space.
"Oh, come on, I got us to the mall in one piece last summer, and I'm a lot closer to being a legal driver now than I was then!" Jay said confidently as she buckled her seat belt.
"Okay, one, we barely got there in one piece, and that was without Brina giving you directions. And two, what do you mean 'Almost legal?'" Lily demanded, going deathly pale.
"Well, I'm not quite sixteen and a half yet, but that rule's totally stupid, it's only a half year difference until I can legally haul…" Jay trailed off as she revved the engine. A loud screech followed as she shifted gears and I cringed.
"We are going to die…" James groaned, sinking down into his seat.
Lily looked like she was about to say something, but was cut off by the car lurching backwards and into the street.
"See? All under control…we're fine, I got this." Jay said, right before she stepped on the pedal and sent us speeding down the road.
"Why do I get the feeling you're convincing yourself?" Black questioned, looking a suspicious shade of green.
"Shut up you lot, now which way, Hooves?" Jay asked, throwing a quick glare to the back.
"Okay, just keeping going onto Lincoln, then make a left." Brina said from her seat next to Jay, fiddling with the radio. The car was suddenly filled with country music.
"Oi! Turn that crap off and put it on the 80s! Black complained reaching for the radio."
"Touch my baby and die Black!" Jay yelled, twisting in her seat and swatting his hands away.
"JAY YOU'RE MISSING THE TURN!" I screamed as we approached Lincoln.
Jay, jumped into action and began to turn left.
"What are you doing go right!" Sabrina screamed.
"What? You said left!" Jay argued.
"Well now I'm saying right!" Sabrina yelled, grabbing onto the wheel.
"Hey! No backseat driving!" Jay yelled, attempting to twist it from her grasp.
"It's passenger driving, duh!"
Now, at most times I would have cut in, but counting on the fat that me and six other people were repeatedly getting slammed form window to window….
"Paws off my baby!"
"It's just a truck Jay!"
"Oh no you didn't!"
"GUYS! LOOK OUT FOR THE OLD LADY!" Lily screamed wildly, pointing in front of the swerving vehicle.
Sure enough, a little old lady was in the middle of the street, frozen in terror at the sight of the quickly approaching car.
"AAAHHHHHH!" We all screamed as Jay shoved Brina off and swirved right, just in the nick of time. Sadly, she missed judged the turn, and drove onto the sidewalk, and nicked the edge of a fire hydrant, which instantly started spouting water at an alarming rate.
"My baby!" Jay sobbed, trying to lean over and out the window to expect the damage as the rest of us screamed apologies at the woman who was now yelling unspeakable things at us….
HS-HS-HS-HS-HS-HS
For the rest of my life, I will constantly look back at that car ride and question how we survived. But as fate had it, we somehow managed to pull up into the Walmart parking lot in one piece.
The second the truck stopped, we all flew out of the car, landing in a huge heap in the snow.
"Never again! Never again are you driving, you maniac!" Remus screamed, as he stood up from our dog pile in the snow, pointing accusingly at Jay, who was frantically inspecting the damage done to her truck.
"Hey, I got us here didn't I? Let's just get whatever it is we need." Jay grumbled under all of our glares.
I would have seriously killed someone for a camera as we walked into the store. The boy's mouths had dropped open in shock, and they were staring in wide eyed wonder around the store.
"Okay, how do you wanna do this?" Lily asked, turning to the group.
"How about the play 'Dash?'" Sabrina suggested.
"Umm what's dash?" Sirius questioned, eyeing a large Nerf Gun display."
"Well, we split into groups of two, each group has a cart, and one person sts in the cart." Lily explained as Brina and Jay went to grab four of the gray carts.
"You think of the store as a race track, we all race down each isle, and the first group to make it around the whole store and to the check out first wins. However, while we're racing, the person in the cart has to grab everything they need off the shelves as we go, and since we need lunch, you also have to stop and get food at Subway." I laughed.
"That's bloody brilliant! Let's do it!" Black laughed, grabbing a cart.
"Wait, how are we going to sort who goes with who?" Peter asked.
"Purple Sparkly Panda!" Sabrina shrieked, leaping into the cart Lupin was at.
"What?…." Peter questioned, as we all sat in our 'Chosens' cart.
"Nothing!" All yelled.
"Okay, on your marks, get set….GO!" Sabrina screamed, and with that, we all took of speeding down the first isle.
"Grab the food!" Peter yelled, trying to block Potter and Lily from cutting in front of us.
I frantically grabbed for the chips and popcorn.
"I got the drink!" Jay called over her shoulder from the lead as Black maneuvered her next to soda and tea.
"NO! Don't get sweet tea! Get soda!' Black argued, attempting to grab it himself.
"No way! I hate soda! And tea's good for you!" Jay argued.
"Maybe tea that isn't packed with sugar!" Black yelled back.
"At east I'm not drinking acid!" Jay argued back.
Their intense health food discussion was just enough distraction however, for Lupin and Brina to swoop in from last place and take the lead.
"Crap! Who's grabbing the mini fridge?!" I yelled as I saw we were on the kitchen supplies isle.
"I got it!" Lily yelled, standing up in her cart, and attempting to grab it. However, Lily isn't no athlete, and Lily has no muscle what so ever; so when she of course dropped it, it gracefully landed on Potter's hands.
"Oi! Watch it Lils!" He yelled, giving her a strong push that sent her speeding down the isle as her grabbed the fridge and attempted to catch up.
"I got the microwave!" I called, jumping up and grabbing the smallest on I saw.
Just as I set down the box, I was met in the head with a package of paper towles.
"What?" I asked, turning around.
"DISTRACTION!" Black yelled, knocking off all of the paper towles from the shelf as Jay chucked them at us.
"Cheaters!" Peter yelled as the he and James stopped to move the obstacle.
"Go go go! I screamed as we once again took off.
"Okay! Tails! There's a stack of those bean bags right where we cross isles next, try to grab two!" Lily yelled. I snatched the first two I could reach.
"I don't want a pink one." Peter whined.
"Suck it up." I snapped, we were almost caught up to Lupin and Black.
"We're coming up at the Subway!" I yelled, as Pettigrew and Potter raced to reach the little Joint in the back of the store.
Black and Jay ad taken the lead again, and were currently arguing…again.
"You have to eat more than an apple!' Black was yelling.
"I'm not hungry, Jay argued back, whipping out a credit card and paying for the food.
However, just before Lupin could take his turn to order, Potter shoved him to the side, ordering for him and Lily, grabbing the food, and zipping off to take second in the race.
"That was the fastest Subway trip I've ever had." I laughed, as we finally got out of the place and ran to catch up with the other three.
"Well, it paid off! Lupin's still back there!" Peter laughed, glancing over his shoulder to see Lupin and Brina finally getting their food and taking off.
"Sucks to suck!" We both yelled.
Lily pov.
"I got the blow up cots!" I yelled, as Potter slowed down slightly so I could grab several boxes.
"Kay, I got the blankets and pillows!" Jay called back, as she grabbed random pillow pets.
"Oh! I want a lion one!" Black cried.
"Me to!" Potter screamed from behind me.
"You boys can have unicorns." Jay laughed as she grabbed two unicorn pillows.
"You suck Barton!" Potter yelled as he and Black raced around a corner.
"Crap! How are we going to get a table here!?" I yelled.
"Grab two of those! We can glue them together!" Potter yelled, pointing ahead.
"Those plastic toy kiddie tables Potter!" I screamed.
"That's why were getting two, and we won't have to buy chairs either." He yelled.
"Fine! Jay you grab one, I'll grab the other!" I called ahead to Jay, who managed to grab one just in time.
"Lils! I got the cups and plates! And Pettigrew and Dessah are going to grab boards so the boys can build shelves! So we need paint!" Sabrina screamed from behind me.
"Okay! I yelled back.
"Why do we have to build the shelves?" Potter whined as we swerved onto the paint isle.
"There there." I laughed, patting his head.
"UHH.. What colors do I get?" I asked.
"Just grab at random!" He laughed.
I took the advice and grabbed the first five cans I saw.
"I see the finish!" James screamed, sprinting to catch up with Black and Jay.
I really don't know what caused it. Maybe it was Potter swerving to avoid the little boy who ran in front of us, maybe it was Black tripping over a squeaky toy. But either way, all four of us landed in a pile on the floor. Allowing Lupin to win the race.
"YESSSS!" Sabrina screamed, jumping out of the cart and doing a victory dance….right into the manager….
I didn't usually get scared, but this man was just flat out terrifying. His face was completely purple, and he looking like he was going to combust…
"GET OUT OF MY STORE YOU LITTLE PUNKS!" He screamed. Enough said.
20 minutes later.
Jay silently pulled up to the dojo and turned of the car. And we just sat there in silence.
"Well at least he let us get out stuff?" Peter said awkwardly. We all just groaned before climbing out of the car.
Sirius POV
Not much longer we were al stretching in the empty dojo, since it was closed for the holidays. However, lucky for us, Jay had a key.
I visibly winced as Jay slid down into a right leg split. And Peter made a squeaking sound.
"Don't be such a wuss, Pettigrew." Sabrina laughed.
"Okay, let's see you that, Sorg." Lupin said, looking rather uncomfortable as Jay switched to a middle split.
"Okay, it can't be that hard." Sabrina said.
"Umm..Hooves you might not wanna…" Jay began to warn. But she was to late. Sabrina had zipped down into a left split. However, She only got about half way down before she was on the ground in pain.
"Do that…" Jay finished, before getting up to help her stand.
"Now you tell me." Sabrina grumbled.
"Nice Hooves." Hadassah snorted.
"Okay let's see you do it miss perfect." Sabrina shot back.
Hadassah did get further…by about an inch. Lily of course soon followed, but with the same results. Next thing I knew, we were all attempting to see how could go down the lowest.
Now, I must say, I am proud of my capability to turn any situation into a bet, like right now.
"Okay, guys, I have a proposition for you all. First one to accomplish the splits gets five galleons from each person." I yelled, gaining everyone's attention.
"Oh you're so on!" James yelled at me from a rather painful looking position on the floor.
"May the most flexible win!" Sabrina screamed, before once again, falling over.
Jay just groaned.
"So much for self defence…'