Noelle was perched on her room on her bed. Of course, she had just gotten off the train from Hogwarts and was immediately sent to her room. The girl was in trouble.

She was waiting for her cousins to come over. Her brothers had clung to her all the way home and she'd enjoyed their yammering on. She'd peeked at her baby sister and cooed over her for a bit until their station wagon started down the dirt road to their farm house.

Now she was stuck in her room until dinner time.

And of course, her mum had locked the window magically so she couldn't get out.

SIGHHH.

Heading to her window, she looked down and saw Hope. Noelle's face erupted into a smile and she banged on her window to get her cousins attention. "DAD! MUM!! HOPE IS HERE!! CAN I COME OUT??!?" Noelle yelled to her parents as she stayed by the window.

Noelle heard a yell downstairs but it was muffled. Taking that as a yes, she banged on her door for her brother to let her out. The locked I clicked and Noelle was out the door in a flash.

Her house was big but not so big you could get lost. She was outside in a matter of minutes. Hope had reached the porch by then.

Annnnd Hope was tackled in a hug.