The short life of Kyrah Swanson

Chapter 4 | Year One

     The next morning Kyrah got up rather early, Beatrice, Samantha, and Gemma were still asleep. Getting dressed Kyrah went down to the common room to read some of her text books. As she sank into an armchair near the fire hearth she could hear footsteps from the boys side of the dormitories, a boy entered the common room and smiled when he saw her. He looked a bit older than Kyrah and he was about a head longer than she was.

     "Another early bird I see?" he asked, Kyrah gave him a faint smile before she returned to her book, she peeked over the book as he sat down across from her, "See you're reading Standard Book of Spells Grade 1."

     He was quite handsome with dark hair and startling blue eyes, "I'm Cole." He extended his hand to Kyrah, she reluctantly took it, "Kyrah." She replied and he gave her a small smile.

     "So breakfast isn't until another hour, want me to show you around?" he indicated towards the common room as though there were more places to see around it.

     "No thanks, I think it's pretty straight forward around here in this room." Kyrah answered back sarcastically. His eyes flashed as though she had hit him, but he kept smiling at her as though he didn't noticed her sarcasm.

     "Well I can see I'm not wanted here." He answered smoothly. He got up and walked away to the other side of the room leaving Kyrah alone.

     "There you are!" Beatrice yelled when she entered the common room, "I thought you might have run away without me!" laughing at her own absurd joke. "Let's go up for breakfast." She suggested. As they got their bags to leave the common room they found their way blocked by none other than Cole and the white haired prefect. Kyrah nodded a small hello to the prefect and ignored Cole's gaze.

     They moved aside sneering and Kyrah could feel their eyes on her back as they left, "Do you know that dashing young man?." Beatrice asked Kyrah. 

     "Not really," Kyrah replied as she led the way towards the Great Hall, "He came up and introduced himself this morning."

     "Wanted to show me around the commin room..." she rolled her eyes at that.

     Beatrice smirked, "He probably thinks you're cute" and she winked at Kyrah who snorted back a laugh.

     "Schedules." A girl with two pigtails said as they sat down next to her, "Look!" Beatrice squealed, "We have Transfiguration with the Gryffindors first then Double Charms with the Ravenclaws!" looking over to the Gryffindor table where Sirius was sitting with James and Remus, Kyrah noticed the mousy boy from the previous night was also with them, he looked at James and Sirius with something like adoration.

     Beatrice noticed Kyrah staring at her cousin, "Did you want to be in that house with your cousin?" 

     Kyrah looked back at her friend and smiled, "No," she looked back to Beatrice and smiled, "I just can't imagine someone looking at Sirius like that..." and she started laughing uncontrollably. 

     Beatrice looked over towards Sirius and also noticed the mousy boy looking at him adoringly, "Yeah, so I'm betting a Galeon on he's in love with your cousin." she smirked at Kyrah who spat out her pumpkin juice as she laughed, "So that dark haired guy, does he have a name?"

     "Cole," Kyrah replied still giggling over Sirius new Admirer, "I think..." At that moment Cole walked into the Great Hall and winked as he noticed Kyrah looking at him, she looked down feeling her cheeks go red.

     "I'm assuming you and your cousin will have a few admirer's," Beatrice said as she laughed at Kyrah.

     "Oh, shut up!" Kyrah said smiling at Beatrice.