Hi everyone – just a quick note: I've changed Jade's age a little bit…I'm sorry, I messed up- she is 10, will be 11 soon. I hope you're ok with that. I didn't realize it was wrong until I made a plan for my future chapters and then found out…eeek, sorry.
Thank you for your reviews
MeggyMooMoo – twins arefinishing their first year now (will start second in September)…I'm glad you liked Charlie's letter.
Hailey1986 – Jade is a year older than Ron Harry and Hermione – I'm sorry, I know it was confusing,…so she's a year older than Ron and almost one year younger than Twins. (and I never ever even thought about Jade dating Ron or Harry OR Draco, even if she was the same age like them)
..ok, everyone, thanks for reading and reviewing…here's another chapter…
Jade folded the letter and put it on the desk in her room, before returning to the kitchen.
Ginny was finishing her breakfast and although Ron still had half of his porridge, with his pace of eating he was likely going to finish first.
Molly was already sorting cherries for her famous cherry galette which she wanted to prepare for the evening.
"Ahem…" started Jade. She wasn't used to call Molly "Molly" yet. It seemed strange when everyone called her Mom, but she wasn't comfortable calling het that right now.
"Ahem… Charlie says he will come home in two weeks, couple of days before the school's over." She announced and sat down on the chair next to Ginny, pulling the dragon scale from the pocket of her shorts.
"He also sent me this." She put the scale down on the table in front of her glass of pumpkin juice which Molly made appear.
"Cool!" exclaimed Ginny trying to grab it to look at it closer but Jade was faster. She held the scale close to her heart and whispered that Charlie told her she has to keep it close to herself for the first two weeks and then it will change colors according to her mood.
"Cool!" exclaimed Ginny again. "I want one too!"
"Well, Charlie says he'll bring you one when he comes home, or if you'll write him a letter now, then he'll send it to you. He sent one for Ron too."
Ron who was
Gulping down second banana (after he finished his porridge and toast) looked up at Jade, a little bit surprised and reached for his letter which was waiting in front of him.
Charlie was saying the truth, Ron too, had a big dragon scale in his letter and he examined it closely, before putting it inside his pocket and reading his letter.
Ginny sat there pouting a little, before Molly suggested she goes upstairs and changes from her PJs, because they'll have to go over to Luna's house and invite her family for the BBQ.
Ginny instantly forgot about the injustice and slight blackmail from her older brother and run upstairs to put on her pink tank top and light pink skirt. Together with her bright red hair and orange flip-flops it looked ridiculous but Ginny liked pink and Molly always let her choose her own clothes (as long as they were clean and appropriate for the occasion).
Soon everyone was ready, only waiting for Ron who was sent back upstairs to change his shirt, because he put on the same as yesterday, which had a big stain from spilled cocoa.
Molly packed three bottles of ginger ale into the smallest backpack they had at home and give it to Ron to carry it.
They went up the hill, following the narrowest path of the three (one leading to their Quidditch patch , one to Lovegood's house and one to the village).
They could see for miles in every direction from the top of the hill. Long fields of overgrown grass, thick dark green bushes and forests. They saw a big lake in the distance but it was too far away to go there for a one day trip.
They continued their journey, down the hill and then up again, and the final part of the path was tremendously long march across the field filled with wild raspberries and squash growing here and there. Finally they reached the alley of avocado and mango trees, with long thick branches (perfect for climbing as Jade, the experienced tree climber, noticed).
It was nice and cold in the shade of the trees but they soon came to the front step of a high tower which Ginny identified like Luna's house.
There was a tree, or more like an overgrown bush on the left, with a big bright sign "keep off the dirigible plums", and on the right was an ordinary plum tree, with tall dark blue ladder and a tiny blond girl with basket full of deep purple plums on top of it.
"Hey Luna!" called Ginny. "We came over to invite you and your parents for the BBQ at our house tonight. You think you can come?"
"I'm not quite sure. Daddy wanted to take me see a new baby troll who lives in the forest two hours from here, but tonight will be clear night with no storms, not even a little rain so I don't think we will go see the troll." Said Luna dreamily. She spoke quietly but her voice was like a bell and you could hear as it carried all around the garden.
"You'll have to go and ask mommy, she's in the kitchen, we're making a plum ice cream today." Continued Luna. Then she turned around and continued picking plums.
"You're not coming with us?" asked confused Ron.
"Oh no, I will finish picking the plums first, then I will join you. Don't worry, mommy doesn't bite." Said Luna seriously and continued her little job.
Ginny just smiled, it was Luna's typical answer. She always finished what she was doing, no rush.
They entered small kitchen with round walls and a staircase in the middle.
There was a tall blond woman, peeling plums and mixing them with cream and brown sugar. She put the knife down and turned around to welcome her visitors.
"Oh hello Ginny, dear. And Ron! What a pleasant surprise, I didn't see you for a long time. And who is your little friend? She must be a Weasley judging by her dirty feet and beautiful friendly smile. Am I right?" asked Luna's mom.
"Yeah, this is Jade, our sister." Introduced her Ginny and Mrs. Lovegood didn't ask any more questions.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Jade. Kids, I'm sorry, the ice cream isn't quite ready yet, but can I offer you something else? We have nice apple juice, fresh from yesterday, would that be alright?" The three of them nodded in unison and Mrs. Lovegood lead them outside under the sun shade, which were two large, richly embodied scarves, stretched on strings from the side of the house, and supported by two tall sticks on the other end.
They sat down on little pillows which were on the floor (covered by ancient Persian rug) and Luna joined them, kissing her mom on the cheek and giving her a basket full of plums. Mrs. Lovegood then passed each of them tall glass full of ice-cold apple juice and a tray with anis biscuits.
"Mrs. Lovegood, we wanted to ask if you will come to our BBQ tonight? It will start at…around five, but you can come sooner or later – like always." Said Ginny, looking up, waiting for an answer.
"What a lovely idea! Of course dear, we will be happy to come, and I'm sure the ice cream will be ready by then, so we can bring it as a dessert." Said Luna's mom excitingly and smiled at everyone before going back inside to finish the ice cream for tonight.
"Awesome!" exclaimed Ginny who really liked Luna and was glad her friend will be at the BBQ. Everything was much more fun with Luna around.
They spent next hour just chilling in the shade, sipping apple juice and talking about summer plans.
Luna was going to explore High Tatras with her daddy, looking for new kinds of undiscovered magical creatures, they were leaving in three weeks.
Weasleys didn't have any big plans but Ginny and Ron were really happy about their brother Charlie coming home sooner than expected and Jade was pretty excited too.
Then Luna admired the dragon scales Charlie sent them and announced that she'll ask daddy if they could go to Central Kenya one day and see the dragon herself.
They had to leave sooner than they wanted. The time passed really fast in Luna's company, but Molly told them to be back home around 1 p.m. to help her with the preparations.
They said good byes (for now) and went down the hill. The sun was up high and after climbing up from the valley they were all really tired and hot. Ron passed everyone a bottle of ginger ale and they continued their journey, slowly descending the steep hillside.
Lunch was already on the table. Molly didn't cook, because she knew they will eat too much tonight, so she just prepared all sorts of raw veggies and chick-peas hummus as a dip. It was light meal but kids loved it.
After eating two plates of carrots, cauliflower and broccoli Ron stretched on the couch ready for his nap but his Mom would hear nothing about it.
"No, no young man, I need you to cut the grass around out picnic table and also de-gnome the garden! Don't worry, I have some work for Ginny and Jade too, now stop complaining and off you go! You can have your nap as soon as everything's ready for tonight!"
Ginny and Jade were given a stack of napkins and plates and silverware to make the table ready and Jade volunteered to hang up some more Christmas lights on the tree, because she loved climbing trees and didn't have any opportunity to do so in a long time.
It took them almost three hours to finish everything and when Arthur came home from work at four, everything was ready, and a pile of tired kids with red cheeks and sweaty foreheads was lying in the new hammock.
Arthur just smiled at them and went inside to kiss Molly (who was franticly checking if everything's ready) and change from his work-clothes.
It's going to be fun tonight, everyone loved Weasley's BBQs.