hi there, here's another chapter. I'd really appreciate some reviews - just to be sure you like the story so far :) ...also I now it's pretty slow, but just wait until boys come home for summer. :D ...enjoy...and let me know if you have any suggestions etc. Thanks for reading.

"Ahem, Ginny? Can I ask you some questions? Hmmm I was wondering…you know…" started Jade.

Ginny just smiled encouragingly and let her finish the question.

"When will your brothers come home from school?" finished Jade, after carefully choosing the right question in her head. She didn't want to look stupid by asking something as obvious as "What is Hogwarts?"

Ginny held out her hand and started to count on her fingers.

"It's almost may, and they finish exams the last week of May, so four weeks. They will come home in four weeks." Ginny smiled at the idea. She missed her brothers so much, even though they kept teasing her whenever they had the opportunity to do so.

Hmm, four weeks wasn't much, time will fly by really fast, Jade was sure about that, and she was excited about meeting them, she just wasn't sure she wanted them that soon. Once they are all home, whole family together, she will feel even more like an outsider.

"Hmm, cool! And how old are they?" Asked Jade once again.

It was clever question, because the answer will also tell her how many brothers Ginny actually has. Jade was good at asking questions. Good questions. The questions, which would tell her more than just the obvious. That was she learned lots of useful things.

This time it was Ron who answered. "Well, Fred and George will be twelve in July. They are twins, you'll see, they look exactly the same and even mom can't tell them apart sometimes because they keep confusing people on purpose. Then there's Percy, he's fourteen, but you won't see him much when he comes home because he locks himself in his room and studies all summer." Snorted Ron with disgust.

"Yup, he's nuts." Confirmed Ginny.

Ron giggled at her comment, because Ginny said it with absolute seriousness.

"and then there's Charlie, he's studying dragons in Romania right now, he's eighteen, and he will come home later, maybe in July, for twins' birthday. And finally Bill, he's twenty and works for Gringots in Egypt. And he promised mom to come home by the end of June, but he'll only stay two weeks." Finished Ron, and Ginny was nodding all the time.

Then they walked in silence because they reached the hill and had to push and pull the wagon together to get to the top. And just as they reached the peak, and looked around to see the view of the village and river, storm clouds covered the sun and everything went black. There was a lightning and thunder and raindrops big as tennis balls started to fall. Soon the rain was so heavy that they could hardly see the road.

Fortunately Jade was quick enough to cover the flour sacks with her bandana and Ron with Ginny added their hats on top. They ran the rest of the way and were greeted by Molly standing on the porch folding the last pieces of laundry. She saved it in time, just before it started to rain.

"Oh my goodness! Kids! I was starting to worry. Quickly, get inside, all of you and go right upstairs and change into something dry." Ordered Molly and used her want to levitate flour and laundry into the kitchen.

Jade climbed the stairs, carefully counting floors to find the right door leading to her room. Ginny and Ron were already in their rooms as she heard two loud smacks of shut doors.

She closed the door behind her and quickly went to the dresser to find something dry to wear because she was starting to get really cold. With all the sun she got today and than the heavy rain, it was a huge change for a girl who spent most of her life in London with bunch of foster parents trying to keep her clean most of the time. Of course she was one of the dirtiest London kids – with all her climbing trees and rain puddles jumping adventures but she never had a chance to experience real rural sun heat and storm in one day.

She was starting to feel a little bit shaky and pulled on a pair of old jeans and flannel shirt and than added one thick sweater with a picture of hippogriff on front.

Than she grabbed her book about magical animals and headed downstairs to the kitchen where, she assumed, it would be warmer. But she stopped in the middle of the staircase, wandering if going down was such a good idea. Didn't Mrs. Weasley tell them to go upstairs?

Did she mean they should stay in their rooms? She didn't hear Ginny downstairs but was pretty sure she heard loud bangs from Ron's room, indicating he was indeed still there.

As Jade was standing there, not able to decide, Molly appeared at the bottom of the stairs. When she saw Jade standing there with confused look on her face she asked quietly:

"Is everything all right dear?" and Molly seemed really concerned so Jade decided to tell her the truth.

"I wasn't sure if you wanted me to stay upstairs in my room or if I was allowed to come to the kitchen?" it sounded like a question. Molly just looked at her with even bigger confusion so Jade continued with her explanation.

"When previous foster-parents sent me upstairs it usually meant they wanted me out of their way, and I was supposed to stay in bedroom until they called me, but now I was really cold and I thought I would come downstairs and warm up a little bit in the kitchen, because kitchens are usually the warmest rooms of the houses aren't they?"

Jade found it impossible to stop, she felt rather light-headed and it seemed like talking helped her to concentrate not to loose consciousness.

"Do you feel ok honey? You look a little bit pale. Come here, why don't you sit down and reed your book and I'll make you some tea." Suggested Molly after a while of thinking. She took Jade's hand and led her to the kitchen table, where Ginny was already seated drinking iced lemonade. At the sight of ice cubes another chill run through Jade's spine and she started to shake uncontrollably.

She set the book on the table and slid on one chair – the closest to the stove.

Molly worriedly put her hand on Jade's forehead and sighed. Ginny lost interest in her glass of drink and looked how her mother pulled out a thermometer from the cupboard over the sink. She slipped it under Jade's tongue and went to prepare some tea.

Hot Tea – Ginny almost gagged at the idea of hot tea with honey in summer. But Jade seemed to enjoy it, she hugged the cup with both her hands and when Mer. Weasley took the thermometer from her, she started to sip it enthusiastically.

"Oh, Jade, honey, I think you got a little bit sick because of all the sun heat and rain. Maybe you could go lay down for a bit. If you don't want to go to your room, you can stay here, on the living-room couch. Yes, that will be fine, I'll be able to keep an eye on you. And here, swallow this" – she handed her a spoonful of some sticky brown potion. Jade took it without protesting and then washed it down with her tea.

"It will make you feel better in an hour, but I still think you should get some rest." She pushed Jade in the direction of living room and when she got there, Molly took a heavy comforter from the back of one armchair and snuggled Jade on the couch. It felt so comfortable that Jade even fell asleep for a while, but woke up when a small cold hand tapped her forehead.