AFTER THE WAR (Harry Potter fanfiction)

Chapter 2

"Dad! Do I really need to go? I know nothing about Muggles!" I begged my father not to go to King Edward's School for the hundredth time today. And it was only five in the afternoon.

Today I must go to that stupid school. I have no problem with the Muggles, I just think I won't fit in. I have been educated all my life not to prejudice someone because of their blood.

"Renée, we've talked about it. If Professor McGonagall says you will go, then, you will go" Dad said. I sighed  and prepared my trunk. I haven't noticed it was really big without the robes. Just Muggle clothes and the school uniform. It's not that bad, the uniform.

I heard the doorbell ring and I ran downstairs. Matt and his family and Antoine and his family were coming to dinner. I opened the door to see Matt and his parents standing on the porch. I smiled at them. I kissed his mother in the cheek and high-fived his father. I just nodded at Matt. Things have been... weird around us lately. Matt looked at me up and down and I noticed he kept glancing at my legs. I was wearing denim shorts that were above the middle of my tights and a loose sleeveless shirt. What? I'm only enjoying the last bit of sun of the countryside before I go to rainy London.

"You look good" Matt told me when he passed next to me.

Not as good as Alice, though.

What the fuck? Where did that come from? It's not a competition!

Oh, you know it is. She's got everything you want, and it's easy for her to get it. You have to work hard but you never get what you want.

I may not have what I want, but I have what I need.

Keep telling that to yourself. Just remember, when you liked Louis, she liked him too. When you liked Zeno, she liked him too. You liked Antoine, she did too. You like Matt, but he wants her.

Okay, fist of all, I started liking Louis after her. Zeno was impossible to have for either of us. Antoine, he is like my brother.

And what about Matt? She has him wrapped around her pinky. She's got him and she didn't have to move a finger, you know him since you were two and have worked very hard to show him your feelings.

Goddamit! Where are this thoughts coming from?

"Renée? Renée, Antoine is here" I heard Matt say. I smiled and went to the living room to find Uncle Blaise, Aunt Karinne, Antoine and little Marian, Antoine's younger sister, she's seven years old.

From: Jensen
Hey, can't wait to see u!

I smiled at the text. Jensen Pucey was a friend of mine, two years older than me. I can't believe this is his last year at school. Jensen was very handsome, he had beautiful eyes and his smile could melt you. The only thing that subtracted charm from him were his ears, they were a little big.

"Who is it?" I heard Matt ask me. I didn't realise I was still smiling at the text.

"Uh, no one" I lied and put my phone back to my back pocket.

"Hello beautiful" I heard Antoine's voice. I felt his arms around me, with his chin resting in my head.

"Hello dork" I said and laughed. Antoine laughed and carried me over his shoulder, "Mate, I'm going to break you, let me down" I said.

"Nope" Antoine said and felt his head rest in my arse.

"Oi! Get your head away from my arse!" I exclaimed and the boys laughed, "and I'm serious, Antoine, let me down" I said sternly.

Antoine started complaining about how I worry too much about my weight, that I wasn't heavy. But the truth is, I'm really self conscious about my weight. I was once pretty husky and when I lost all the extra weight, I refused to gain weight. I feared that if I gained weight, it would just give everyone another reason to laugh at me.