The Sweet Slytherin

Cousins!

I helped everyone get their food. Well all except Draco, who had already eaten, and Harry, who knew how thing worked, being raised as a muggle boy. I found it odd that Fred and George poured their milk in first then there cereal but that was beyond my help and comprehension. I shook my head and starting cleaning the dishes from earlier. I swear I'm the second mother in this household.

"Good morning children" My mother announced, as she walked into the kitchen.

"Mother" I replied, and handed her a cup of coffee, and a plate of eggs and toast.

"I swear, what did I do when you weren't around, Corrine" My mom asked taking a seat at the table.

"Well, judging by the dust on the coffee maker, I can only guess that you didn't get your morning drip... And with the twin twisters around I'm surprised that this house was still standing when I returned. Does dad come back tonight?" I asked, returning to the dishes.

"Yes, but not before your cousins drop by." Mom commented. I nodded.

"Which ones?" I asked.

"Baby Toby, little Gracey, and Matt" My mother replied. I gasped.

"Oh my god! I can't wait! Isn't Matty coming to Hogwarts next year?" I asked.

"That is correct, Matt is so excited" mom commented. I smiled.

"It's a shame Ben can't come, he's family too." I announced finishing the dishes. Ben Martin is the oldest of all my cousins that go to Hogwarts, he's a Hufflepuff in my year, but we are still family and we still love each other like family should. Mom nodded.

"We tried getting Ben out, but he refused to fall behind on his studies. Such a smart boy" Mom commented.

"I can't wait to see what house Matty gets sorted into! I'd laugh if he got into Slytherin as opposed to Hufflepuff. Me and Ben have been making bets on it! So far we are up to 20 gallons!" I laughed.

"You two make the stupidest bets" mom replied.

"Bets are one of the many things that keep our cousinly bond so close, mother, Ben and I love to out do each other in every chance we get, we are competitive, it's in our blood, you would know better then we would, didn't you and uncle Dan have sibling rivalries?" I asked. Mom nodded.

"God, you'd never even know you two were cousins, except your eyes and freckles, that's all you resemble" mom announced. I nodded and sat down. It's true. Ben had brown hair and his moms nose and mouth. The only thing that makes us noticeably related is our eyes and freckles. Personality wise, we were one in the same, but just by looking at us side by side, you'd never know.

"You have a cousin that goes to Hogwarts and you didn't tell us?" Hermione asked. I shrugged.

"Nobody seemed interested. You guys probably wouldn't know him as Ben though, you guys would probably know him as Bean" I announced. Crabbe and Goyles eyes widened.

"Bean?! As in the bean? As in Hufflepuff Quidditch Team Captain, and Hufflepuff Keeper?! That Bean?!" Crabbe asked. I nodded.

"That's cousin Beanie, the one and only" I laughed. "Right now I'm pretty sure he's dating Linda Chaddesley" I added. Everyone stared at me. "What?" I asked.

"Bean. Bean Slick. That's your cousin? Are you sure we are talking about the same Bean?" Fred asked. I got up from the table and walked over to the wall and got down last years Christmas picture of all the kids in front of the tree.

"Do pictures lie?" I asked handing them the picture. They gawked. There I was standing back to back with Ben, us towering over all the other children, Asher and Kattie, on there knees below us, and Gracey, Matty and Baby Toby sitting on the ground.