𝑬𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒆 : James Potter

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 4

tw/slight abuse

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"Ouch, Kalmia. Don't hurt mommy," I hesitated before brushing the rest of her hair.

"I'm sorry mommy." Knots infested her hair. It was trouble getting them all out. My arms started to hurt. "I want my hair just like yours mommy." Im not sure why I just said that. 

"My sweet girl, your hair is beautiful as it is," Weird. Hearing a compliment from my mother  was like being complimented from a stranger. It didn't feel real or meaningful. I can hear my siblings upstairs. They're laughing manically. But there's a third voice I cant quite match to a face...

"Don't rile them up too much. Itll be a pain to get them to calm down!" Mother shouted in the direction of the stairs. 

"Oh honey, don't you worry. Cass told me he wants to be a quiddich chaser some day. So, I told him to catch me." He sounded playful. The setting in the room felt as if Mia had nothing to worry about.

There it was again. The same old laughter and voice that Mia was unfamiliar with. Mother looks -  young? She looks... normal? I wish I could see this side of mother more often. She has soft tones all over her face and the bags under her eyes are nowhere to be seen. 

 A rapid pounding of footsteps trailing down the stairs startled me. It was baby Nerium.

"Mommy, dont let him get me," her squeals and giggles were muffled as she jumped into mothers arms. I looked over my mothers shoulders and saw a man slowly proceed down the steps. Theres an ache in my chest. Who- 

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"Kalmia Latifolia Heath if you don't get out of bed this instant-" the covers of her bed were thrown off as a tired Mia was begrudgingly awoken to her older sisters voice.

"We have been calling your name for ten minutes now. We need to get ready." 

"Fr whah" the half awake girl replied. 

"Mothers gathering? Don't you ever listen to anything we say?"

"what?" Mia began to slowly sit up in her bed as she fought the urge to cover her cold upper half. 

"You are so irritating. Should I tell you like your six? Mother. People coming over. Dinner." 

     Mia now understood the point to her antics, "Oh, right. Yes I'll get ready for the day." All in all, Mia had no clue people were coming over for dinner. She figured since school starts in three days, the family would just spend the last few days of summer like any other day. 

      The last thing Mia remembers is her mother asking for her. She wanted her to try something? Mia figured she was just exhausted. 

     She ended up choosing a long sleeved top in which it's sleeve were lace. Paired along with nice fitting pants, Mia thought this was proper attire for a casual/ semi-formal (?she wasn't sure what this was...?) dinner party. As she opened her door, house elves were scurrying all around to try and prep for the evening. 

"Mia! Come help with the decor!" Castor call from the down stairs. And with that, Mia never stopped moving. Her mother had to leave at one point to obtain last-minute groceries from nearby. Nerium was mainly focused on the cuisine that would be served for dinner. Castor went to his room any chance he found.