What A Girl Wants

Chapter Two: A Fight With Mom

Disclaimer: I Do Not own Harry Potter, Only the characters I introduce :)

       " Lily it's time for you to wake up and eat breakfast." Hermione said through her daughter's bedroom door.

       "Just five more minutes Mom." Lily replied to her as she snuggled closer with her pillow and pulled the covers over her head to keep the sunlight from blinding her.

       "Please Lily hurry up, we have to open the bookstore in an hour. You know how long it takes you to get ready."

     "Fine mom, I'm getting up.", Lily said as she threw the covers off of her and dragged herself out of bed and towards her dresser to pull out her clothes to take a shower as she grumbled "It's way too early to be up on a Saturday".

     "Well it's about time you got up lazybones." Hermione joked as her daughter entered the kitchen and sat down at the kitchen table a half hour later. "Eat up, Lily."

        "Thanks Mom." Lily said as she took a bite of her French Toast.

      "You're welcome dear. Now I am going to use the restroom and then we can leave after you finish eating." Hermione told Lily as she got out her wand and cleaned up the kitchen (After mum told me all about her past, she decided that there was no reason to hide magic from me any longer).

   "Okay mom." Lily said as she continued to eat her breakfast. Hermione came back downstairs about 10 minutes later.

  "Ready to go?" Hermione asked as she gathered her keys off the table.

   "Yeah I'm ready. So, have any acceptance letters came in the mail yet?", Lily asked her mother with anticipation as they drove to the bookstore 5 blocks away. Lily had applied to various Healing Programs such as Lady Gwen's School of Healers in London, St. Hector's College for Healing in London, and Duke's University for Magical Healers, which happens to be located right here in New York.

   "Not that I know of sweetheart, but I'm sure you will hear from those programs soon, especially Duke. It is only the beginning of June."

    Lily let out a sigh, hoping to hear from at least one of the medical schools soon. She wanted to get into St. Hector's more than anything, but the one school she wasn't looking forward to the most was Duke. Lily decided to apply to Duke because of her mother, it was "closer to home", as Hermione stated.

      The shop had been opened for only a couple hours when a voice spoke behind Hermione, who was taking inventory in the "History" section.

    "Excuse me, would you be able to help me?" Hermione jumped,  smacking her head on the bookshelf as she was startled by the man.

    "Bloody Hell!" Hermione said as she rubbed the knot that was forming on her head, " You scared me half to death" she said with a laugh as she bent down to pick up her papers that had flown out of her hand.

    "I am so sorry Ma'am, I was not trying to startle you honestly." The stranger had told her as he bent down to help her gather up her papers.

      "No, It's quite alright. You just caught me off guard that's all." Hermione said as she collected the papers from him. She gawked at the man in front of her, her breath caught in her throat. The man had short locks of charcoal hair, tanned skin as if he had just come from laying out in the sun all week, and deep green eyes. 'Harry?', Hermione thought as her heartbeat quickened.

     "I beg your pardon?", The man said as he gave her a strange look.

        Hermione shook her head as her thoughts evaporated, clearing her throat before she spoke, "I am sorry, I did not realize I had spoken aloud. You remind me of someone I once knew."