The Golden Quadruplets

chapter 32

Year 4

Clementines pov.

"give me one more hug" my mom stretched out her arms, i pulled her into a side hug, making sure i wouldn't pop her balloon of a stomach, her due date was so soon.

"we're going to miss you if you can't tell" my dad said, giving me a hug, both squishing me like i was a sandwich, i chuckled.
"i'll miss you guys as well" i smiled.
i actually felt like i had a family, people who didn't care for just one of their children, of course they were having a baby, and i felt a little jealous, but i knew they would never replace me.

"okay one last proper hug" my mom said, pulling me into a tight side hug, i smiled, tears poking at my eyes, i suddenly started to feel bad about lying, by lying i mean about which school i'm actually going to, but then again, i felt like they would never really understand.

over the summer i had gotten a lot closer to my foster parents, i didn't feel the need to say 'foster mom' or 'foster dad'

"we have to get going Angela" said my dad, tugging on my moms arm, she nodded, wiping her eyes, with tears that that had threatened to spill.
i wiped my face, being careful not to smear any makeup anywhere, i definitely wore more makeup over the summer.

i hugged my dad one last time and they began to walk away, i watched as they kept on looking back and waving at me, i waved back.

and once they disappeared into the crowds of people i rushed to platforms 9 3/4 and rushed quickly to find a spot on the train.

someone had helped me with my bags which i thanked them and began to search for my friends, looking into each window/door of the compartments.

"Clementine!" i heard, i walked forward a little bit so i was able to fully look inside and as i did, Sage, Hallie, George and Fred were sitting, Hallie begging to wave at me.
i waved back with a smile and opened the door to cram my way in.
Hallie stood up and pulled me into a hug, so did Sage, i bent over to hug Fred and George who were still sat in their seats.

everyone had looked different.
Sage's hair had grown longer, and her face had collected more freckles, i'm guessing from the summer sun.
Hallie had a new eyeliner style and a change of makeup, her hair was a lot shorter, and she changed it up by adding bangs.
Fred and George, well i think they had gotten taller, and their hair had changed, jeez how tall can someone be.

eventually i had sat myself down, in the same row as Hallie.
Sage was sitting in between George and Fred.

"are we waiting for someone?" i asked.
everyone looked at each other awkwardly.
"yeah if Harry chooses to sit with us" Hallie replied, she eyed me.
"you two gotten any closer?" asked Sage, she had definitely believed me and Harry liked
each other, i chuckled, blushing and stuttering.
"well- i- we hung out a few times in the summer but of course we are best friends" i cleared my throat.
"yup, platonic besties" smiled Hallie, i eyed her, she shrugged it off.

Hallie was sat right next to the window, just like how it was when we were going home for the summer, i already want to skip back to year  three.

to be honest i was ready to just talk about our summers with Hallie and Sage, we of course sent letters, but i didn't bother to mention me and Harry hanging out, not that it was the most important thing either.

my foster parents spoke to me a lot about thinking of adopting me, which i mutually agreed on after becoming so close to each other, i talked about that in the letters and other things going on, like how i learned how to be a better baker.

i think out of all the people who sent letters to each other the most it would be me and Harry, i felt like i got 50 letters from him each week, even though the first week i had been dying to get a letter from him, expecting maybe he didn't even get my letter, maybe it had been lost in the mail, but over all i had just been paranoid, and Harry sent me a long letter of planning to hang out.

right now i'd prefer to get to Hogwarts and chat it up with my friends, and find my way back into the library to read books and study.

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it was late at night when we arrived at Hogwarts, it does take a long while on that train, which means it was a long way to think about Harry, and maybe the fact he decided not to sit with us, which honestly wasn't much of a bother, he must be sitting with Hermione and Ron, who i was also excited to see.
i honestly can't stop getting mixed feelings from Harry, and to be honest i just want to scream at him, does he like me or not, on the letters things were so off, but when we hung out in the summer things were perfect.

well i'll forget about it for now, because i needed to un pack, so we all parted our separate ways to do our own things.

once i got to the dorms i un packed and fell back into my bed, i could almost fall asleep right then, but we had to go down to The Great Hall for first year sorting.

for some reason i could feel eyes burning into me, i looked around but no one was to be found staring me down, i must have been imagining it, or maybe Harry was deciding if he wanted to like me today or oh maybe tomorrow.

speaking of Harry i looked for him, the whole entire time, and i spotted him, he didn't look over at me once, which was strange because of the amount of times we had always looked at each other, but i decided maybe it was time for me to stop over thinking and just watch as everyone continued to be sorted into their houses.

i glanced around, i saw Finn, sitting with Draco and others who wouldn't stop talking, i gave a little wave to Finn who smiled at me.

i saw Darius, it was weird the way he looked at me, maybe it was him who was burning his eyes into me, he usually looked at me with flirty eyes, but this time it was more then that, and it almost made me feel the same way.

i saw Hermione who gave me a wave, she was mouthing things that i didn't even understand, which made me snort with laughter, trying to contain myself.

after sorting i decided i was to tired to do anything else and just ended up crashing into bed.

1118 words.
6/9/2022