Amber Chamberlin
*1st of September 2021*
I sighed and peered around Platform nine and three quarters hoping to catch a glimpse of at least one person that I knew. I wasn't used to being alone on the platform like this. Usually I would have Greg and Jenna with me but they had graduated from Hogwarts at the end of the last school year and now I was left to go to Kings Cross Station on my own. It was going to be weird without Greg and Jenna at school that year.
I quickly gave the loaders all of my luggage and stood by a pillar, waiting for at least one person that I recognised to stand with. Where were they all? The train was due to leave in ten minutes.
"Amber Louuuuuuu." A voice sang from behind me. I would recognise that voice anywhere.
"Morning Tanner." I laughed as Tanner came and stood at the side of me.
"I've missed you Chamberlin! How have you been?" Tanner asked after giving me a quick friendly hug.
"I've been great Tanner, for once i've not been stuck in the house all summer. How about you?" I smiled. It was true, Mother and Father had been a lot more lenient since Jenna and Greg had moved out of the house. They had let me stay with James and his family for a while, and I also took a trip to France with Nadia and Cassie. That summer had been amazing.
"Well that sounds great, I've been good thanks. Summer's been pretty boring, but it was okay." Tanner shrugged in reply.
"Good, where's your sister, isn't she starting Hogwarts this year?" I asked him with a smile.
"Oh damn yeah. ALICE?" Tanner cried, looking around for his sister. Wow he was so organised. He disappeared and reappeared seconds later dragging a small and scared looking girl behind him.
"Tanner why didn't Mum and Dad stay?" The girl asked him. She looked really worried.
"Because they have to take West to the dentist, they said sorry Al. You'll be okay with me, I promise. Alice, meet one of my friends Amber, Amber, this is my sister Alice." Tanner introduced us to each other.
"It's lovely to meet you Alice." I smiled, shaking the girl's hand.
"You too Amber, Tanner talks about you and your friends all the time. Especially Nadia he's obs-"
"OKAY! That's enough thanks Al, shall we go and find the rest of the delinquents?" Tanner blushed a little, cutting Alice off. I smirked and nodded, following him and Alice through the crowd.
Anyone could see that Tanner had a soft spot for our very own Nadia Lovera. The only person who couldn't see it was Nadia herself. Cassie had groaned at this and stated that it was like me and James all over again, except for the fact that Tanner wouldn't admit the feelings that he had for Nadia.
"Tanner! Amber!" Cassie's voice was the next to call us over.
"Cassie!" I grinned, quickly dashing over to my best friend and throwing my arm's around her.
"Missed you Amber, not seen you for weeks." She smiled.
"Well i've not seen Amber all holidays Cassidy, so i've beat you." Tanner blobbed his tongue out childishly at Cassie.
"Still not admitting your feelings for Nads yet Tanner?" Cassie rolled eyes at Tanner.
"I don't have any feelings for Nadia Cassidy, shut up." Tanner blushed as bright red as a tomato.
"Your face says otherwise." Cassie laughed a little.
"Are they arguing already?" The voice that I loved so much spoke from behind me. An arm suddenly came around my shoulder's, confirming my suspicions of who it was.
"Hey!" I grinned, quickly throwing my arm's around James.
"Hey, missed me?" James asked once he had wrapped his arm's around me.
"Way too much." I admitted.
"I missed you too." He replied.
"Ew okay, can you two please stop being disgusting." Fred walked up behind James.
"Be quiet Fred, I haven't seen my girlfriend for three weeks." James told him, not even bothering to turn around. He kept his arm's around me, not letting me move.
"Aw I think it's sweet, it's great to see you're both still together." Nadia appeared behind Fred. Kyle had joined her and the two of them were walking towards us.
"James I want to hug Nads." I told him.
"Just ruined the moment there Chamberlin." He told me, slowly unwrapping his arm's from around me.
"Sorry Potter." I grinned cheekily at him before wrapping my arm's around both Nadia and Kyle.
"Nads! Kyle! I missed you both!" I told them.
"You're in such a good mood today Amber, what's gotten into you?" Kyle asked with a chuckle as I pulled away from them both.
"Sorry Ky, I didn't realise it was a crime to be in such a good mood." I told him sarcastically.
"Amber! Hey!" Lily Potter pushed her way through Kyle and Nadia and quickly wrapped her arm's around me. When I stayed with the Potter's for two week's in the middle of the holidays I had gotten to know James' family extremely well, especially Lily. She was now classed as one of my best friend's.
"Hi Lil! How were the rest of your holidays?" I smiled.
"Boring without you there, James and Fred took to pranking me at every waking moment and Al was being boring." Lily shrugged.
"Hey! I'm not boring!" Albus, Ginny and Harry Potter emerged from the crowd of people.
"Yeah yeah whatever Al." Lily shrugged.
"Lil, be nice to your brother." Ginny warned her.
"Sorry Mum." Lily replied with a small smirk.
"It's lovely to see you Amber! How are you?" Ginny smiled giving me a quick hug.
"You too Ginny, i'm great thanks, how are you?" I smiled. I had also gotten on really well with James' Mother Ginny and I was glad that she accepted me.
"Oh i'm excellent thanks." Ginny smiled.
"Hi Harry." I waved over her shoulder at James' Father.
"Hi Amber, good to see you." He gave me a brief smile and a wave back.
"You too." I replied.
Seconds later the whistle blew and Ginny was quickly ushering us all on to the train so that it wouldn't leave without us. We all said our goodbyes and climbed on to the train, beginning to look for an empty compartment.
"Amber, I swear you're the only person that's ever dared to call Harry Potter, Harry instead of Mr Potter." Nadia shook her head at me with a laugh as we sat down in an empty compartment.
"Nads I did at first but he told me to call him Harry, as did Ginny." I rolled my eyes.
"My parent's are practically in love with you Amber. Not so sure about your parents though..." James trailed off, looking down at the floor of the compartment. I sighed thinking of the memory. My parents and invited James over for dinner as well as Jenna's boyfriend Matt and Greg's new girlfriend Melissa. My Mother got on extremely well with James, she had even told him to call her Tamara, whereas my Father was extremely difficult to impress. He made no attempt to get to know James and that infuriated myself and my Mother and it had also upset James.
"Hey, Mum loves you but Dad's always been like that. Don't take it to heart, he'll warm up to you soon." I told him, taking his hand and giving it a squeeze of reassurance.
"If you say so..." James trailed off, still unsure.
"Having trouble with the Chamberlin's Jamsie?" Tanner leaned over.
"Shut up Tanner." James rolled his eye's at him.
"Tanner, you really don't know what my Father's like." I sighed, running my hand's through my hair.
"Well you two love each other and your Father has got to accept that some day." Nadia told us with a small smile.
"Exactly, Mum already has, heck even Greg has! It's just Dad, don't worry he'll come around." I sighed.
"What have you all been up to this summer then?" Cassie changed the subject, obviously sensing the tense feeling in the air.
I sat back and rested my head on James' shoulder as the five of them spoke about their summer's and what they had been up to. That year was our final year at Hogwarts so it had to be brilliant. We were going to have a memorable year.
I was going to make sure of it.
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