Girls were sitting outside on the porch swing and Ginny didn't read at all. Jade saw her looking all around paying absolutely no attention to her book.
That's why Jade found the courage to ask her some of the questions she wanted to ask so badly.
"Ginny?" she murmured. The young red-head turned to her, putting her book down on the fleer under the swing.
"Do you know if I will be going to school with you?" asked Jade.
"Oh no we don't o to school, not until Hogwarts. You see, mom teaches us the basics, how to read and write and count and dad explains some things about muggles from time to time and geography. But mostly we learn from books – that's why we're supposed to read every day before lunch. But mom isn't very strict about that – because we will learn everything really important at Hogwarts anyway." Explained Ginny and leaned over the back of the swing and picked a particularly long grass leaf. Then she tied it around her little dirty toe like a ring. And she continued:
"We have afternoons free so we can do whatever we want, we usually play outside or go for a walk around the woods and sometimes when dad comes home early from work, he lets us fly around the backyard."
Jade wasn't sure what her new friend meant by "flying around the backyard" but it had to be something really serious if kids needed their dad's permission and also Ginny looked like it took a lot of concentration just to think about it.
The door opened and Ron came outside carrying a big plate with sliced apples, already stuffing one really big piece into his mouth.
"Mom sends you apples to snack on, until the lunch I ready." Said Ron, and when Ginny took the plate from him he slid against the wall, crossed his legs in front of him and opened a book.
That's when Jade started to read the first chapter of her own little book and didn't stop until Molly called them inside for lunch.
Ron was a quick reader, when the book was interesting enough for him – that means when the book was about quidditch – but Jade was faster, she loved reading and the book Molly chose for her was the best book she has ever read. Of course she didn't believe half of the things written inside but she liked it never the less.
Lunch was fabulous, creamy onion soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.
When they finished eating and put their plates into the sink, Molly told them they had the rest of the day free but asked Ron if he could go down to the village and buy some flour because they run out of it and they'll need at least two pounds for bread if they want to have any breakfast tomorrow.
"Sur mom." Ron mumbled and wiped his forehead. It was starting to be really hot outside. Molly took an old cowboy hat from the hanger next to the door and put it on Ron's head. "Here, take dad's hat, it should protect you a little bit from the sun." She said and Ron was really happy to wear the hat of his daddy. Jade really wanted to go with him, because she has never been shopping in a village where no muggles lived, but she didn't know if it would be ok to go. Maybe it was a special job for Ron and girls were supposed to stay here. But then Ginny exclaimed:
"We want to go too mommy! Please please please!"
"Ok dear, but are you sure? It's so hot outside and you could just stay here and lay on the blanket in the shade of our trees or…" Suggested Molly.
"No, I want to go!" Ginny crossed her hands in front of her and pouted.
"Well, if you are sure about it. And what about you Jade? You want to go with them?"
Jade smiled and nodded. Of course she wanted to go!
"Here, Ron, take good care of the money, and maybe you could take the red wagon and get 6 pounds of flour while you're there, and get yourselves some popsicles." Molly smiled at her three kids and helped Ginny straighten up the sunhat she put on.
Then she pulled out a blue bandana and tied it around Jade's head to protect her from the sun. Then she pulled out a bottle of some white potion which smelled lice chamomiles and put it on children's noses and cheeks.
"It will help you not to get sunburned red noses." She giggled when Ron tried to wipe it off.
"Ok, off you go! And don't take too long, your father should be back home around 5!" said Molly and let them out.
They run down the road, through tall grass with their sneakers hanging around their necks on shoelaces. Molly said they'll have to put them on – at least at the village – she didn't want anyone to talk about her children with dirty feet.
When they came to the hill, Ron stopped and helped Ginny to sit down to the wagon. He sat behind her, leaving enough space for Jade at the end. She hesitated a little but didn't want to ruin their fun so she jumped in as well.
Ron took the string from the front and Ginny grabbed his knees and Jade pushed them forward. The hill wasn't big, but they were pretty heavy – all three of them together – and so the ride was really fast. Ginny giggled and Ron yelled at grasshoppers to get out of the way because the spaceship is coming . They stopped suddenly when the front wheel hit big rock and all three of them flew over each other landing on a big pile, still laughing. It took then a while to get back together but everyone was alright apart from a couple of scratched knees (Ron and Jade) and a big hole on Ginny's dress.
The rest of the way was uneventful, they put on their sneakers and walked across the village in relative silence, only Jade asked some questions and kids tried to answer them as well as they could.
The store wasn't big, but the shopkeeper was really kind and smiled at the kids when he helped them put all 6 pounds of flour into the wagon. Then he repaired the front wheel which was slightly squished and let them choose their favorite colors of popsicles.
Jade wasn't sure if she should get one too. What if Molly didn't count with her? What if she wasn't supposed to get a popsicle?
But Ron just looked at her like she was crazy and got her a red one.
When they got out of the village and finished their popsicles, they took off their shoes again and let the tall grass growing on the road leading to Burrow, tickle their legs.
It was the best day of Jade's life so far, but she was pretty anxious to meet the rest of the family. What about Mr. Weasley? And all the other boys who went to Hogw… to school, she couldn't remember the exact name of it. Would they come back today? Or maybe next weekend? Was it a boarding school? When will they meet? Thousands of questions popped out in her head and as they had a pretty long way back home, She started to ask them one by one…