Silly Me ((Drew))

[Maryn Livley]

Maryn sipped her cup of coffee on her balcony lazily. The thought that she hadn’t actually come out on the very balcony since second year entered her brain, but she tried her best to ignore it. Standing on the balcony was a lot more at ease then being inside the Livley household. Tommy’s magic was shining through with flying colors which meant that he was basically tearing the house apart. Mercy was acting, weird to say the least. And what else was new? Maryn’s parents were busy in their first book store in London. Apparently, some hot shot book was coming out that acquired a lot of customer attention. So, Maryn was left at home managing the fort. Nate of course was still in the recovery center. But, it thrilled Maryn that he would be home in a short month. Maryn smiled a tad as she sipped her coffee staring at the sunrise. This would probably be the only free air that she would have all day. Usually, Tommy took up all of Maryn’s attention. But, she had a strong vibe in her brain telling her that Mercy would be the object of her time. Something was wrong with that kid, something was up. But, Maryn wasn’t sure if she should find out what. After all, Mercy was the opposite of Maryn. There was no telling what her reaction to Maryn’s snooping would be.

“Tommy, don’t!” Maryn shrieked catching the vase right before it hit the ground. “Tommy!” She stomped after the crazy wizard kid. “C’mon Maryn. Have some fun!” He called as he ran up the stairs. “I would be I’m too busy making sure you won’t tear up the house!” She yelled up the stairs. Maryn sighed and laid her hand on her head. “What’s with you?” A voice asked behind her. Maryn turned around abruptly. “How..when did you get here?” She started. “And where were you Mercy?” She asked her sister. Mercy shook her head. “Don’t worry about it, okay?” She said annoyed as she made her way to the stairs. Maryn then looked her sister over for the first time since she had come threw the door. “Mercy, what are you wearing?” She asked with an open mouth. Mercy was decked out in a tiny black mini skirt, fishnet stocking, a tiny black silky camisole, black pumps, and loads of silver and black beaded jewelry. This was not the eleven year old Maryn knew. “What’s wrong with you?” Maryn asked seriously. “C’mon Maryn. I’m not a little kid anymore. And one day when you get off of your judgmental butt, you’ll realize that.” Mercy announced curtly and marched up the stairs, her stilettos leading the way. “Great.” Maryn murmured to herself as she made her way to the kitchen.

“Mum and dad called.” Tommy said rushing to the backyard. Maryn was too busing reading her took lazily in the hammock to notice her little brother. “Maryn!” He screamed. “Ahh!” She screeched and jolted and flipped the hammock over. “Ugg.” She said rolling over on the grass while Tommy laughed hysterically. “What do they want?” She asked getting up from the ground. “For you to go to Diagon Alley to Flourish and Blotts. There’s an order of books they have waiting.” Maryn raised an eyebrow. “Why do they want magical books for a muggle book store?” She asked. “You didn’t know?” Tommy blurted. “They added a magical room to the back. The ministry helped conceal it. Only wizards can go in it besides mom, dad, Nate, and Mercy. There are tons of crazy books.” He said grinning. Maryn nodded. “Okay, I’ll go but what about you and Mercy. “They said to leave me with her even though I don’t need a baby sister.” Maryn nodded. “Yes, you do.” She said winking and smiling. “Tell Mercy.” Maryn said heading into the house. “Will do.” Tommy agreed while crossing his fingers behind his back.

Maryn walked through Diagon Alley carrying a arm load of books about a half-hour after she left the house. “Ugg.” She muttered trying to see past the books and into the crowd, but it was better said then done. Maryn was already kicking herself on the inside for not bring Tommy. Yes, he was a handful, but Mercy wasn’t such a great person to leave an eight year old with for the moment. What was wrong to her sister? Better question, what happened to Maryn’s eleven year old sister? Maryn shook her head lightly, smiling at the way her red hair shook. Maryn sighed. Well, all she could do was wonder, because there was no way that Mercy would tell her anything. She had changed, and not for the better. It was just then that Maryn crashed into someone. She was more consumed in her thought that her actions. Maryn fell to the brick floor as the stack of books toppled to the ground. Maryn shook her head trying to regain her sense of direction and then started gathering the books up. “Sorry.” She murmured to the person she hit not even looking up. She just kept stacking up the books trying to hide her embarrassment. "Silly me." She added not at all covering up the pink glowing along her face.

[Andrew Thornton G6]

Drew was distracted to say the least. Had been all day and all of last night. His sister had gone missing. Somewhere in America, after one of her performances, she had been taken. Drew didn't know why, but it scared him, just like it was scaring his entire family. The only thing that was worse about the whole situation was the fact that they were all muggles and the wizarding community wouldn't be helping them out any time soon. Besides it wasn't a magical problem, it was a muggle problem. Someone, who was undoubtedly muggle, had kidnapped his sister and taken her away. Drew blew out the air from his lungs in a loud sigh, but still couldn't release any of the tension that had built up within him after hearing the news. "Lost" that's what they said. The American authorities refused to really talk to them about what was going on, telling them not to worry she'll show back up, that it was typical of teenagers to disappear like that and then reappear in a different state later on, but Drew wasn't so sure. Not that he would ever admit to anyone that he was worried about his older sister so much that he was stewing and brewing about it in the middle of Diagon Alley.

Truth was though, that he was scared to death. Drew cared so much for his family, especially his older sister who had been so happy for him when she found out he was a wizard that she actually bought him a need little wizarding journal to write down all his experiences in so that she could read it when he got back from school every year, that way she'd always be there for him in some form and fashion. Of course it wasn't long after that when Rebecca took off for America in pursuit of her dreams to be an actress. Drew was just hoping and praying that she was alright, but a nagging feeling in the bit of his stomach kept him from believing it. He sighed again more loudly than before and just continued a slow walk down the street, his eyes never looking up from the ground and his legs never carrying him any faster or slower than the pace he was going at now.

Crash... Drew fell backward as the equal force collided with him. He landed hard and couldn't stop the groan that escaped his lips as he sat up. He recognized the girl immediately as she quickly started gathering up the insanely large amount of books that had spilled all around them. He raised an eyebrow at her in interest as he started to pick up a couple of them. "Don't worry about it Maryn. It seems neither of us were very keen on keeping our eyes in front of us, if you could even see over the tower of books you have there. Speaking of which, what's with all the books?" Drew asked as he held several of them out to Maryn. Looking several of them over as he did so. Some of the books were definitely not used in their year at Hogwart's and some were probably not even used at all there. It was quite the collection, but he had no idea why she would even be collecting some of them.

[Maryn Livley]

Maryn hurriedly tried to gather the books. Her one goal, to get out of Diagon Alley without feeling too much humiliation. She hated when this happened. finally, Maryn looked up to the person that she had run into. A huge sigh of release hit her as she noticed that it was Drew. He was a fellow Gryffindor in her year. She smiled slightly. "Oh, Drew, hey." She said picking up the last few books. She then stood up and regained her footing. Maryn was relieved that it was someone she knew and not a total stranger. It just made her feel better about the whole situation. She nodded. "Umm, yea, I couldn't really see over them." She said lightly. "Plus, my head was in a totally other place." She said fidgeting just a bit thinking to Mercy once again. It didn't take much in her brain for Maryn to think about her siblings. Usually, the simplest things made her think of Nate, but now that he was doing so much better, the simplest things made her think of Mercy. That's just the way it was being the oldest of four siblings. Maryn couldn't help but think of them even in the weirdest situations. But, Maryn knew she was the only person that felt that way. Maryn repositioned the books in her hand trying to make it more comfortable to hold. If only she could use a charm to make the task easier. But, alas, she wasn't allowed to use magic out of school yet. Nope, Maryn had a good two years before that would happen. Well, at least unlike Nate, she had the chance to use magic at all. Yea, that was right. Maryn sighed eying Drew as her brain finally drifted back to reality.

"My parents own two muggle bookstores." She said casually. "Apparently, as my little brother just informed me, they opened a magical book area to the back of the stores. Only wizards can go in, well, except for the muggle part of my family." She said trying to make the sentence as simple as possible. Maryn's parents, and Nate and Mercy were the muggles of the family. To the best of anyone's knowledge, Maryn and Tommy were the only wizards. Well, there were some thoughts that Mercy could be a witch, but that was still up in the air. However, the fact that their son and daughter were wizards, never bothered the parents. No, they had always been proud of their children, especially Maryn. Maryn smiled a tad looking back to Drew. "And my parents asked me to pick up a load of books, so here I am. Crazy book stack and all." She laughed lightly looking at the stack of books in her hands. "So, what brings you here? Hopefully, you aren't having to endure chore like tasks?" She asked trying to be cheerful. However, the truth was, Maryn hadn't really been cheerful at all lately. Maryn sighed calmly and waited for Drew to respond.