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C2W&*W* G^_fbrZjN "Jacob, turn that damn thing off!" I yelled as I covered my face with a pillow to muffle the noise. I tried to go back to sleep but I just couldn't. Also, the alarm clock that didn't quit going off didn't help anything at all. I finally got up and turned it off. "Why the hell do you have it set up to go off at 4:30 in the freaking morning?" I asked, aggrivated. I looked over at his bed to see that Jacob hadn't moved a muscle. I swear, that boy could sleep through anything. I walked over to wake him up and it took a solid ten minutes before I finally got him to move. He had been sleeping much more lately and it had been getting harder and harder to wake him up.
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bupDnTF ;Fm7!@u^0 "Because I still need to pack and we're leaving at 6." he said, like it was obvious.
}`$Sr&n 1 S(h+,+289 "Ugh!" I said and went to the kitchen to get some breakfast. I grew to hate this time of year. It was the third time that we'd be going through this routine. I'm going to be a third year at Hogwarts this year. We have to leave the Quiluate Indian Reservation at six A.M. to go to the nearest airport, which is in Seattle, Washington, so we can board an eleven hour flight to get to England. It's September first. The train that will take me to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy leaves from King's Cross Landing in England at 2 P.M. tomorrow. I have between 7 P.M. today and 2 P.M. then to get all of my shopping needs done before school starts.
[f\TnXq24 8yn}|Y9Fu I ate my breakfast and took my shower while I was waiting on Jake and his dad to hurry up. His dad would drive us to the airport and watch me and Jake get on the plane and he would be there waiting when Jake got home the day after I left for school. Normally he goes with us but he got paralyzed in a hunting accident a few months ago and thinks it would be a lot easier to let the two of us just go on.We were both fifteen, we can handle this.
t5jZ8&M5] RS[>7-9 They finally came downstairs and we got all the luggage loaded and we were off to the airport. We gave our hugs, said our goodbyes, and got on the plane. I curled up with my book while Jake set out to flirt with all the flight attendents.
P+[\9G g ^%k[YJtB=i We finally arrived in London at 7, checked into our hotel, grabbed a bite to eat, then set off to work. We got to Diagon Ally around 9 and the place was buzzing with everyone who was finishing up some last minute shopping. First, I went to get my robes for this year: black with green and silver ties and the Slytherine House emblem on the front. I then picked up the books I would need this year plus some extra reading material; parchment, ink, quills and other miscellaneious items; poitions; a new broom; food and treats for my owl, Midnight; and a few other necessary items. Thankfully, I was able to get the top of the line in everything; for me, fortunately, money is never an issue. Before my parents died, they were very, very, very rich, both in the wizard and muggle world. So I had a huge fund of money for school an for when I was at home on breaks.
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d/\`s[i U<mFwJ C] After I bought everything that I needed for school, I was free to shop luxiourusly. It was only about midnight, and I could sleep on the train the whole way to school, so it really didn't matter how late we staye out. And Jakey could sleep the whole plane ride home. We walked down the ally until we came to my favorite shop in the whole place, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. It was run by two of my best friends, Fred and George Weasley.
mA>u6Rlc *S=zJyAO Even for it being such a late hour, the store was still busy as ever. There were students everywhere; girls looking at the pigmy puffs, prank make up, moo changing clothes, and love potions and boys looking at anything that blew up,
Carrera Lunettes, fireworks, and any joke/prank items. As we were walking through the crowd, out of nowhere, I was nearly tackled and thrown to the floor. When I stood up to see who had done it, I saw it was another good friend of mine, Ron Weasley.
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%,[p[`NRYR <hSrx7o "Hey Ron." I said, laughing. "What's up?"
)Y@mL/_ %vFoTu)2 "Oh, the usual. I was walking around with Harry when I thought I saw you walking through here." he said.
[agp06 $D? JVeb$_0k "Haha, so you left Harry to come tackle me?" I asked.
Erd)P 6`Af2Y_ "Yes, yes he did." Harry said walking up behind Ron. I walked up and hugged him.
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Y> i?nC%* j[< }l& "Oh yeah, hey Jacob." Ron said.
P(#by{s TwZASn]o "Nice to know that I'm remembered." Jake said with a smirk.
3>t^Xu~ 8Qt'Y9| "So what are you doing out this late?" Harry asked.
(( D*kd" R"`7aa6 "Oh, doing some last minute shopping. I got all of my school stuff taken care of and now it's time to stock up one everything I want." I said.
A$]&j5nh| l3C%`[MB "And what exactly are we looking for?" came a voice over my shoulder.
qFD#D_O 6 <Fa]k'<^) "Things to stir up trouble at school?" came another similar voice. I turned around and saw Fred and George Weasley standing there smirking at me. I gave them a huge hug.
g1s\6%g #- hYjE5 "How's your summer been? I've missed you." said Fred. He left his arm around my shoulders, kind of refusing to let go of me. I will admit, for a while I had a crush on Fred and I believe he had one on me, but it would never work out, me being a slytherine and him a gryffyndor. But that doesn't mean we ever quit flirting; it's all harmless fun though.
b7_uT`< ( d2|r) O "Oh it's been pretty good. Sunbathing, swimming in the lake,
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Lunettes Carrera, just hanging with my friends on the reservation while I can. You?"
Zw`vPvb! ZfYva(zP{Q "Oh busy as usual. Sales have skyrocketed while school was out. Practical jokes going on everywhere. Then when not working, family quidditch matches, running amock with my brothers. Ya know, the usual." he said with a smile.
& 58+-j zW /X_g[*]? "And me. I spent the summer at your house to." said Harry, aparently not wanting to be forgotten.
%@jL? u M{ mdh\ "Haha, yes, and Harry." said George.
r- ];@ u d V. $N "So, what can we help you find?" asked Fred.
DcQ[zdEz+ _z$l g]q "I dunno. I think I wanna just look around a bit and I'll find you when I'm ready." I said. The twins left and Harry and Ron found something more interesting to look at, leaving me and Jake alone again. I could tell he didn't really like any of my magical friends; in fact, he's stated it a few times in the past. But for my sake and to keep me happy, he managed to try to get along with everyone. We walked around the aisles and in the end he got a few items that he thought were neat and to mess with people on the res, and I got a mood color changing pygmy puff, a few tricky objects, and some candy. I brought it up to the register to check out but Fred and George refused to let me buy any of it.
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SCZ6:P"$qX bo J "No, you get the family five finger discount." George said.
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m.}Yn, ?/ @~ d "Well get along then, and see ya later!" they said. We said our farewells and Jake and I headed back to the hotel. I felt it was a productive day. I packed up all my things for tomorrow and then crawled up in bed. I assumed Jake followed but right as I was drifting off to sleep, I was shaken awake.
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;;2Yfn'`9 l<]@5"wN "Mattress surfing." Jake said with a grin. I couldn't help but smile myself.
$~[k? D *hP9d;- Ar "What? Come on, do you really want to get us kicked out?" I asked.
4 \.1phe$a YB^[HE\#y "Maybe." he said with a grin. "Now come on or I'm going without you, and it won't be fun without you."
fJb<<6C K9#=@}!3L "Fine," I said. I got out of bed and grabbed my wand. We walked into the hallway and I did a few spells on the security cameras so that they couldn't see what we were doing and soundproofed the stairwells. We were staying in a three story hotel and there were many, many varieties of staircases in our hall. Some wound in circles, some went straight down at a slant, some went like a square, a few even had a slide on the side of it for the kids.
5f:Mb|. ? 8KQ]3Z9p Last year, before I learned silence and muffling spells, Jake and I had gotten in so much trouble, the police had threatened to send us back to the U.S. if we even put one more toe out of line. Of course I had erased their memories, but just to be on the safe side we behaved the rest of our stay.
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]5+db0 uK:?6>H I then said a spell that set up two mattresses at the begining of two sets of stairs.
0<8p G:BQ TfD]`v`] "Race ya to the bottom?" I asked.
bF#* cH | Vtd !9 "Of course. See ya there." Jake said and we took off. We spent the next hour or two just goofing off and mattress surfing. During one trip, I managed to fly outside the window and into the pool. Don't have a clue how I did it and Jacob just couldn't stop laughing at me.
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Lunettes Carrera Pas Cher, let me up." I said. He shifted positions so that he was laying on his back and I was on my side, one of his arms wrapped around me, making me hug him and rest my head on his shoulder, the other playing with a strand of my hair. For some reason, this gave me butterflies in my stomach. I made a few feeble attempts to get up but it didn't work.
Kd?TIeF E cK;,=\ I soon gave up trying to move but just enjoyed the closeness. Over the summer, I started to realize that I kinda like Jacob. I'm still not sure if it's a I want to date like or just what exactly. But I tried so hard to quench these feelings. Jake's like a brother to me, I grew up with the guy. And besides, he can't like me, right? There's no way he feels the same. Right now, he's just hugging me because he won't get to for quite a few months, right? All these thoughts flew through my head in a matter of seconds. I soon fell asleep wondering all these things and trying to figure out what to make of them.
