Potions Class Closed

My next class is potions. I had a little trouble finding the classroom, but eventually I found it. I got a little turned around but my sister explained to me how that was normal on your first day. When I finally got myself to the basement and found the classroom I decided to find a seat near the front this time. I don’t usually do that but, why not? I did’t see Dakota but I was distracted by my letter. Mum said that my brother missed me, and to be honest, I missed him too. A lot. Last year it was just me and him and it feels weird not waking up to his terrible clarinet playing. “SQuEAK! SQuEAk!” All morning. You kind of get used to it though. It sort of… comforts me. I’m a weird way, I know. Weirdly I suddenly can’t wait for Christmas. I may just start counting down the days. I laughed to myself. I sound just like my sister, Gen. She is always doing things like that. Whether it is her birthday, Easter, or Christmas. It seems that every year I am missing someone. Last year Gen, the year before that Walter. Next year maybe it won’t be so bad. Jacob will be coming to Hogwarts also and we will all be together, except for Mum and Dad of course. I reached into my bag to find my potions book. Unlike my sister I am extremely unorganized. It was hard to find but I found it eventually. Way down in the bottom. By the time I found my book most of the seats were filled. I think we were with Hufflepuff but I wasn’t sure. In the back Dakota was sitting next to another girl I’m our house. She had a darker complexion and freckles. She had long brown hair. It was beautiful. Sometimes I wished I looked like girls like her. So pretty. I decided to study a little in my book. I opened it up but just as I flipped to page one someone tapped my shoulder. It was Dakota.