OOC LOL kira, Will- It's Bradin not Brandin, totally different lol, and Thats awesome B! OOC
I looked back to B, I didnt have any expression on my face. "hi" I said looking down at my shoes. "hey" she said back. Will smiled, "So Stevie" He pulled me aside. "Where's Ephram" He asked. "At the hospital" I said back looking away. "Why?" he asked. "I'll tell you later" I said.

OOC: I shall check it out B! *runs off dancing*

"Well, what, erm, lovely greetings!" I smiled a bit nervously as we walked up stairs to put Stevie and Bradin's bags down.
"It's gonna be really crowded, sorry about that, Stevie you'll just stay in with B and I, and um Will, Bradin could stay with you and Luke, right?" I looked to him as Stevie set down her bags.
"Sure!" Luke answered, he was still a bit excited.

ooc: Sorry! I'll be away until Friday doing a school trip, Have fun! And sorry Stevie, I'll try to remember that name in future! BYE!!

OOC: lol, bye bye Will! Ohh and eep, B and Stevie? Where are youu?

ooc Sorry Kira, I dont know what to say!!! OOC lol

OOC: Ahhh my dad just got me a lap top?? WHAT? How did that happen?? What did I do? I can't reply right away - until everything is set up on it! I will be able to soon - need to get an airport.

ooc: I'm back! I was expecting to be missing atleast a page!

"Brilliant!" I said as happily as I could, the truth was I didn't really care too much that this guy would be staying with us. While I wouldn't have normally approved, it seemed from the whole Ephram thing that it was better to just put on a happy face for Stevie. Who knows? Maybe this guy wasn't so bad afterall.
"It's a bit cold" Stevie said, rubbing her arms as we all sat around Kira's room. I pulled out my wand and pointed it at the small, dingy fireplace.
"Evanesco!" I summonded, the fire burst up from the wood. "I think it would be nice if we had something to drink, Kira would you like to show me to the kitchen" She looked at me for a moment.
"Er... down the stairs to the left, where it has been all your life" Kira replied thinking I was mad. I rolled my eyes and grabbed her wrist.
"Show some manners to your guests!" I dragged her outside and shut the door. "Gee, good on Sherlock! I wanted to talk to you in private!" We both headed down the stairs. "Stevie said Ephram was in hospital! I don't think she will talk about what happened with Luke, B and Bradin there. We should take her to your old treehouse or something so the three of us can talk in private, maybe when the others go to sleep"
"Will! It's bloody freezing--" She stopped as we got to the kitchen.
"...You are playing with people's emotions Hermione!" Ron was saying in a low voice as they both glared at each other in the empty kitchen.
"It will do more damage if... Will! Kira!" She had spotted us walk in, "What is it?"
"We need to get some warm drinks" I said, not questioning their heated discussion.

I helped Hermione make a pot of tea as we all stood in the kitchen a bit awkwardly. I caught eyes with Will and shrugged. The drinks were finally poured and put on a tray and I carried them up with Will.
"What do you think that was all about?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Don't know," Will sighed, he still seemed more set on talking about Ephram.
"Alright," I sighed, "We can do the treehouse idea, but if that old thing collapses and I fall in the snow, I'm never speaking to you again," I grinned and opened the door to my room.

"Don't tempt me!" I sighed under my breath, laughing a little. I stepped into the room and noticed how cold the glances between and Stevie and B were, and how out of place both Luke and Bradin seemed. "So..." I said "What do you want to do today? We could go down to the lake and skate, or we could decorate the house or--"
"Lets play quidditch!" Luke said sharply.
"But it's windy and last time I played against you I had a blood nose for 2 hours!" I said.
"Come on Will, that was ages ago" Stevie insisted.
"Alright then, lets go get the brooms" I sighed in defeat, knowing that both Kira and B would want to play.
"What's quidditch?" Bradin said quietly. We all stopped and looked at his blank face, all a little shocked, how could someone not know what quidditch was? I had grown up in a muggle enviroment unlike the other four, but even I knew what quidditch was.
"Er..." I said "Bradin's a muggle... He can't use a broom"

"A muggle?" Bradin asked.
"You're not.. magic," I answered, "Quidditch is a sport," I tried my best to explain.
"You could watch right? Do you want to?" Luke asked.
"Sure, I'm curious," Bradin smiled and Stevie looked a bit happier after he said that as we all headed outside to get the brooms.
"You stuck me with this one when we were four," Luke rolled his eyes.
"Don't seem too happy about it," I laughed and we all walked out into the field.
It felt like the f irst time I had been on a broom in ages, which was true as I took off from the ground.
"I'll play Keeper," I called to the others.

"Right! We only have enough for the basic game, no snitch's. We will play with time" I shouted out to them as Kira flew over to some poorly constructed goals. The other three kicked off the ground and I got down on my knees, opening the Weasley's rusty old quidditch case. I pulled out the quaffle first and placed it on the side.
"Hey Bradin!" I shouted, throwing him a bat, although he seemed quiet in awe of the others on their brooms.
"Whats this for?" He asked.
"Protection! Just incase a bludger heads your way" I explained. He looked at me blankly, "A bludger, it's these things!" I had released them both as they shot up into the air and started soaring freely around the sky, weaving through the players. I grabbed the quaffle and kicked off the ground.
"Right! On three?" I asked, "One! Two! Three!" Then punched the quaffle with my hand up into the snowy sky. The game had begun.

OOC Sorry i've been away OOC
I swept around with my broom, it had been forever since I played, I almost felt out of place. The game went quickly as I buzzed around, Usually I was catching snitches, I almost didnt know what to do with myself. The game ended and I landed back down on the ground. "Wow" Bradin said and stood up and smiled. "This was fun" I said . "Listen I gotta fly, but Bradin, go back to the house, and i'll be back in a little bit, Luke will entertain you" I said and smiled, giving hiim a hug. He smelt warmly.
Will, Kira, and I walked to the treehouse, We climbed inside the richety old thing and sat down. "What Was I 5 the last time I was in here?? I asked with a smile. "7" Will said and laugh. "Ok, here's the deal" I said. "Evidently B was right," I said and looked down at my hands. "Ephram has Luekemia, and theres nothing anyone can do about it, He didnt want to lose his hair and look sick, so he didnt get treated and now...well now its too far along. He has a few weeks" I said and twiddled my thumbs not looking up to the horrified expression of Kira's face.

I looked at Kira as Stevie had, I was too shocked to have say anything. I had been so rude to Ephram over the past few months, and I felt almost sick in my stomach that I had treated him like that and now he was dieing.
"Stevie, that's terrible... I am so sorry!" I said shaking my head in disbelief, "Is there anything we can do?"
"Hermione! She's a doctor!" Kira burst out looking at me.
"I don't think she can be any help" I explained, pausing for a moment "You see, Luekemia is a muggle illness, with our magic blood we are almost immune to such diseases. It is quiet rare for a wizard to have this, but with Ephram's muggle influence it had a small chance. Therefore no wizard or witch has ever felt a need to research and find a cure for it" I bowed my head down. The treehouse creaked around us as a cold gust of wind blowed through. "Stevie! You must of been feeling so scared and alone!" I put a comforting arm around her and kissed her forehead.

OOC: Sorry I need to take a break, emotional problems in life I'm really sorry, but you know breakups and stuff right? I love you guys though

OOC It's ok Kira, take some time, We'll drag you along OOC
"Thanks Will" I said hugging him back. I pulled away. "Anyway, does anyone know?" Will asked. "Noone but me and Bradin" I said. "And now you guys" I replied. "So we ended it, this past weekend, and He said he'd keep in touch through email" I said and sighed.

ooc: Yeah, it's not a problem Kira!

I looked at Stevie, lolling my head to one side as she said this. A part of me was relieved that she had ended it with Ephram, but this was different, he was going to die. I felt bad, I had tried to break them up by working with Harriet.
"So, he's not coming back to school?" I asked worried. She didn't have to answer, I knew that he would probably spend the rest of his short life in hospital. "You know, if you really want to go see him Kira and I wouldn't mind going with you, to be there for support... And, maybe B?" I looked a little nervous about how she would react to this. "If you don't want me to tell her I won't, but she does care for you deep down Stevie. If she didn't then she wouldn't have warned you. She's just been through a lot in her life--"
"Will!" Kira said quickly.
"er... right, I mean you have been through a lot too Stevie, but B had You-know... Voldemort inside her" I paused, "And she died last year as well. I think she could be helpful to you, but only if you want because we can keep this between us"

"Will, I'm not going to see Ephram, I dont want to see him like that." I said. "And I dont want B to know, I know that after he's dead, she'll go back to being all nice to me again, and I dont want that, I hate what she's done to me, and I'm dealing with this thing with Bradin and all, my mind if going through enough. Bradin is going home in a week, we're going back to school, and erverything will finally be normal again." I said and moved my leg as it was falling asleep.

((ooc: Aww... K! *Pats head* I hope you'll be fine soon. We'll take care of Kira for you! Bic: ))

I watched as Kira, Will and Stevie headed for the treehouse after the game was over. I shrugged a bit, though I was curious why they hadn't told me. I knew, though, and even though Stevie and I had a fight, I respected her privacy. If she doesn't want me around her, why should I be around? I turned around and put away my broom, as well as the balls. When catching one of the bludgers, it came to my chest rather hard. I did manage to put them both away though. I walked back inside the house, Bradin behind me.
"Why did you say earlier, that you're the girl who Stevie hates?" He asked me. I grinned a bit, but when I turned to him, I looked serious.
"It's a long story, we're just in the middle of a fight." I said simply.
"I'm not going anywhere until next week!" He said, hinting that he had all the time to listen to the story why we were in the position we were. I sighed and sat down in the living room.
"Last year I had a little insident in the attic of this house. I was posessed by Voldemort-" I was cut off by Bradin
"Who's Voldemort?" He asked
"He's... umm... a very bad, dark wizard who killed a lot of people..." I tried to explane. He nodded so I continued.
"Anyway, he posessed me, making me all evil and all that. But somehow, and I don't even remember how, he got out of me, turning to a full human, but still left a small bit of evilness inside me. So in the end of last year him and Draco Malfoy - another another dark wizard - tried to kill me, as I had been a threat to them with the peace of Voldemort inside. They almost killed me, but luckily Will had a time turner. When him and Kira decided to go back in time to save me, Stevie thought he wouldn't risk it and went to tell McGonagall. Kira and Will saved me, and when I found out that Stevie had abandoned me, there the fight started. I just didn't trust her anymore. And when I had a vision of Ephram dieing, she didn't belive me and it went on from there." I finished. Bradin nodded as he looked at the ground.
"Have you tried talking to her, in a friendly matter?" He asked.
"Do you think she listens to me?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

I just nodded polietly at what Stevie said, I didn't want to get her upset with me. I felt so much pity for her, she had lost both her parents and now she had to live with the knowledge that Ephram was slowly dieing.
"Look, it's getting really cold we should head inside before we all get sick" I said calmly. I knew Stevie wasn't really in the mood to face B, so I went ahead of both of them. I walked inside the kitchen and saw Luke talking to my mum and Ginny, who where cooking.
"William, brush yourself off, you're bringing snow inside" My mum lectured.
"Sorry, where's B?" I asked, brushing the snow off.
"In the living room with Stevie's 'brother'" Luke said, looking at me nervously. My mother bite her lip as she took a tray out of the oven and looked at me, she instantly dropped the tray and held her hands.
"Hermione! Use oven gloves!" Ginny snapped, rubbing my mother's hands.
"Sorry, I was distracted" She said. I walked into the living room to see Bradin and B talking amungst themselves.
"Hey" I smiled to them both, taking a seat, "Listen, Stevie's going to come inside in a sec, could you do me a favor and try not to say anything that could... you know... get her upset. I know you don't do it on purpose, but both Kira and I qould be very thankful if you just stayed back for a bit"

I walked into the living room and sat down, I stared at everyone, not knowing what to say. It was odd looking into the faces of all my friends, it was like I didnt even know who they were. I started to think about Ephram, my stomach felt like a piano dropped inside of it. I looked out the window, "I'm bored" I said aloud, Will looked at me. "Me too" Kira said and looked at her watch. "You guys want to go out somewhere?" Bradin asked.

I looked at Will with suprise. So we had come to this far that they ask me to stay out of Stevies way? Fine! I can live with that. I stood up and walked out of the living room, to the kitchen, right before Stevie walked into the living room. At least I wasn't in her way.
"Can I help you in any way?" I asked Hermione and Ginny, trying to look normal and smiled.
"Sure! You could put the plates to the table!" Ginny said as she pointed to the table and the plates.

I sighed as B walked out of the room, angered that she didnt pay any attention to Bradin, Bradin followed her out of the room with his eyes. I stood up, "I cant take this" I said and wlkaed out into the kitchen, I pushed B around by her shoulder. "Do you have a problem with me, You know I may have had one with you, but YOU WERE RIGHT! OK?" I started screaming. "I SCREWED UP! EPHRAM'S DYING AND I HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT! I CANT BELIEVE YOU B, YOUR SUCH A JURK!" I screamed.

My eyes instantly darted onto Kira, this was really not good. Bradin seemed to be in shock at Stevie's outburst, Luke on the other hand seemed torn between confusion, out-rage and being impressed at her shouting.
"You get Potter, I'll get Black" I sighed to Kira, then walked into the kitchen. I was about to hurry over and split them both up, but instead my mother had stepped forwards,
"Now, that is quiet enough!" She said to both of the girls. "Stevie, come with me upstairs, now!" She glared at her for a moment, I knew it would be wrong of Stevie to argue with my mother.
"Don't shout back, don't shout back" I muttered to B, just incase.

My eyes narrowed slightly as Stevie jumped on my back and started screaming. It wasn't long after Kira and Will entered the kitchen as well. I was just about to answer to Stevie, but I saw Will mouthing that I shouldn't. So insted I took a deep breath and followed Stevie out of the kitchen with my narrowed eyes. What nerve? She askes what my problem is? She should see a shrink! I thought to myself angrilly, and sat down to the chair, looking at Will. "I think that went well..."