 Shipper Queen Hippie Quad
Chapter 7
“There you are. What, were you hiding in the library all day again?” Aleksander asked, stepping in front of me. I glared at him and stuffed my hands into my pocket.
“You did go to the game right Ellie Belly? What was the score? I told you I would asked.” An annoying grin fell onto his lips.
Of course I had no idea what the score was. I only knew Gryffindor won at all because of Loanna. Not knowing what to say, I looked down at my shoes. Aleksander is going to be a pain when he finds out I didn’t go.
“It was 150 to 75.” Loanna said, her bottle green eyes focused on my face. I gave her a grateful smile and chanced a look at my oldest brother. He had a scowl on his face. Great. Even with the right answer he was going to be unreasonable.
“Who made the first goal?” he asked, and put a hand up when Loanna began to answer. “Elliot’s turn.”
I shut my eyes and wished I were anywhere but here. I could already feel the steam coming from out of his ears. Why did he have to be so difficult?
Just when I thought I was out of options, another person joined the three of us. Reopening my eyes, I saw that Otto, the youngest out of the four of us, had joined us. He had a schoolboy grin on his face and his cheeks were slightly red, like he had just been running a few seconds ago.
“I made the first goal!” he piped up.
“Otto man! Elliot was supposed to answer the question.” Aleksander groaned.
“Sorry. I didn’t know.” Otto said, the grin still on his face.
He was a first year Gryffindor that still had that childish nature about him. Everybody in the family loved him; even I had a soft spot for my little brother. A wide smile was always on the boy’s lips and his laughter was infectious. For being so little, Otto had a giant bottle of energy. One of his favorite activities was running. Just running. Mom liked to joke that he was running before he was walking. He was a joy to have around.
Aleksander felt the same way about Otto. He was the only person that he wouldn’t pick on. From time to time he messed around with Jacoby, and on a daily basis got on my nerves, but with Otto, nothing. Whenever somebody tried to pick on Otto, Aleksander was there to defend him. Not once has he ever defended me. If anything, he made situations worse. It made me jealous at times, but I didn’t take it out on Otto. It’s not his fault Aleksander is a jerk.
“It’s fine Otto man. Great job yesterday! When that bludger came toward you, I almost jumped out on to the field.” Aleksander chuckled. Otto chuckled right along with him. Time to make our escape.
I motioned for Loanna to walk forward and she nodded. Taking a step away from my brothers didn’t go unnoticed however.
“Oi! Where are you going?” Aleksander said.
“Homework.” I replied, trying to leave again.
“You have all day to do it tomorrow! Besides you probably had it finished last night. We’re talking about the game yesterday.” He replied.
I sighed and turned back to them. Loanna set a reassuring hand on the small of my back, soothing me slightly.
“Did you see when Otto fell, Elliot?” Aleksander said. He fell?
“Oh yeah. Freaked me out.” I replied trying to give him the answer he was looking for. Next to me, Loanna cringed and shut her eyes.
“I didn’t fall.” Otto frowned. He knew what was coming as much as I did.
“No you didn’t fall. That means Elliot lied about going to your game.” Aleksander glared at me. Here it comes.
“Hey!” the four of us turned to see Jacoby walk through the tall door. Saved by a saint. “Mum wrote us a letter.”
“Did she hear how we won yesterday?” Otto asked excitedly, walking quickly toward the second born.
Aleksander momentarily forgot about me and stepped toward Jacoby too. Wanting to see what Mom wrote I followed after my brothers, Loanna following behind me.
“What did she say Jake?” Otto asked, bobbing up and down.
Aleksander laughed at his liveliness and set his hands on his shoulders to get him to keep still. “Lets hear it Jakey.”
“Boys,
Winter break is coming up, so I will be seeing you all soon! It feels so weird having you all at Hogwarts now. Your father and I get bored by ourselves. I am counting the days until it is loud at home again. Your Uncle Benny and Aunt Mona are supposed to come visit for Christmas, so please try not to destroy the house when you get home.
Otto, Congrats at the quidditch game! I’m so proud of you. Jake, 112% on your potions essay? You are awesome. Aleks, I hope you are looking out for your brothers. Be good and stay out of trouble please! Thank you for the poem Elliot. It was beautiful. I love you four and I’ll see you soon.
Mom”
My cheeks grew pink when Jacoby got to the part with my mother’s praise. She always seemed to like my poems. I only gave her my really good ones, and it thrilled me that she thought my latest one was beautiful.
“Uncle Benny is coming! I can’t wait.” Otto jumped up and down happily.
“Yeah Uncle Benny is always great fun. I wonder if Aunt Mona is going to make us cookies.” Aleksander thought out loud.
As the rest of them began talking about the holiday at home, Loanna and I were able to slip out of the Great Hall. Jacoby saw us leaving and winked at me, before distracting Aleksander with the letter. What would I do without him?
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