Moving On

Chapter 4 book 1

Makayla dashed down the stairs of the shop two at a time. Her hair was in a messy ponytail, she hadnt done her makeup right and she was pretty sure her shirt was on backwards. She held a toothbrush in her mouth as she looked outside to see hundreds of people outside waiting for the shop to reopen. Makayla's eyes widdened to the size of saucers and she apparated her toothbrush upstairs. 

If it wasn't obvious, she slept in on the day of the reopening of the shop. Rihanna wasn't able to get into the door thanks to all the people on the outside so she apparated in.

"Fred!" Makayla called up the stairs as her and Rihanna quickly ran to the back room to get anything they needed.

"What!?" Fred yelled down, he sounded as though his mouth was full, either eating breakfast or brushing his teeth.

"There's people lined up down the ally!" She called. Instantly Fred was half way downstairs with a toothbrush in his mouth. He looked outside and his jaw almost dropped, he had to catch his toothbrush before it clattered to the ground.

"Get the rest of the stuff out and open the doors! Make sure you use the uniform!" Fred yelled as he quickly ran back upstairs. Makayla sighed and got out her wand, she tapped it to her head and her hair was pulled into a neat ponytail, her outfit was changed from a t-shirt and jeans to a t-shirt and overalls. Makayla half cringed and used her wand to make the overalls turn into shorts instead of pants. Rihanna did the same thing but kept the pants.

"I love magic." Makayla mumbled as she looked at herself in a mirror to see her makeup was fixed too. She smiled as she continued to prep the shop. Fred came down the stairs moments later in a orange suit and purple tie. Fred took a deep breath and looked at the door. He looked at the two girls for a moment and then smirked.

"Oh how I missed this. Welcome to hell girls." Fred said. Makayla hadn't seen him so happy since. . . . Since ever. . . Then again, she wasn't there when him and George were reunited. Fred got behind the desk and invited Rihanna to join him then opened the doors with his wand. People almost trampled each other as they entered.

"Fred told me to tell you that you needed to answer people's questions about object while I help him with the lines." Rihanna told Makayla quickly and loudly as people were yelling and talking amongst themselves already.

"Alright," Makayla said. She saw a little girl, no older then four looking at screaming yoyos. Makayla smiled and knelt down next to her. "Interested in screaming yoyos?" She asked kindly. She could feel Fred's eyes on her but she kept her gaze on the girl.

"Yeah! My brothers are older then me and mean, they always yell and stuff and I really want to scare them." She exclaimed. Makayla nodded.

"Screaming yoyo's could scare them, but if you really want to scare them then you need to use these." Makayla said, she stood and reached to a high shelf then knelt back down, holding a box of Nosebleed nougats. "Sneak these in their food and they'll freak out." Makayla said with a evil smile. The girl took the box and smiled.

"Thanks! I can even use this on myself and when my brothers are mean to me I can tell my mum that they hit me and they'll get in trouble!" She said happily. She went to the desk and Makayla got to her feet, she saw Fred smiling at her and then helped the little girl check out. Makayla smiled and went on to the next customer.

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That went on all day, it never slowed down and they only had a five minute break to eat lunch. Fred leaned up against the door as he shut and locked it after the last person left. He let a large puff of air out and smiled.

"We made it through the first day, you girls look exhausted." Fred said, standing up straighter to try and look like he wasn't tired at all. Rihanna shrugged and stretched.

"Its a been a long day," Rihanna said.

"Well we can all go get dinner, I'm starving and I'm sure you two are too." Fred offered. Rihanna shrugged and nodded.

"Sure I can eat." Rihanna said. Makayla saw Fred smiled brightly as she accepted. She bit her lip and felt just a twinge of anger.

"I cant. . . Iv got dinner with my boyfriend." Makayla said. She held to mentally kick herself to make herself call Neville her boyfriend. Fred didn't even look phased by the word and his thoughts didn't change. She looked at him and anger turned to hurt a bit.

"Alright, I guess I'll see you later than. . ." Fred said. Makayla looked at them as they left and ran upstairs. She couldn't. . . She just couldn't. She put everything from her room in a box with magic and decharmed the room. It was as though she was never there, as though she never existed. . . .