LMPYITP: The Random Passages

But I Don't Believe in Magic - 4

           

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            Kings Cross Station was packed with people. While I didn't mind the train, I fucking hated the crowds. And I didn't understand why I had to be there in the fucking first place.

            But Jules was insistent I come. That we all had to be there to see our Gene off to boarding school.

            "Boarding school?" He scoffed looking at me as if I'd shat on the floor. He turned to our Jules. "Jules? What the fu-"

            "Be nice!" She snapped before ushering Gene to move forward.

            "Where're we goin'?" Liam piped up as we continued on our way. "Blue? Wh-"

            "Platform Nine and Three-Quarters." She cut him off without stopping to turn and give him her full attention like I'm sure he wanted.

            I furrowed my eyebrows in disbelief. "Nine and Free-Quarters? Fink you're bein' funny d'yer? Nine and Free-"

            "Oh, will you shut! Up?!" Gene barked.

            "Gene!" Jules scolded him.

            "No! I've had enough of this!" He shook his head. "They're gonna make me miss my fuckin'-"

            "No they won't!" She pushed him to turn around and keep moving. "Let's go!"

            Our Kid and I kept our mouths shut as we followed along behind them. I had a lot I wanted to say. A lot I could've said. But for the sake of not wanting them fucked off at me, I shut the fuck up.

            We finally stopped walking when we reached the platform. Well the space between two platforms anyway.

            I stared at the brick wall in front of us with the numbers nine and ten hanging off either side of it. "Jules?" I said not taking my eyes off the numbers. "Jules-"

            "For fuck's sake!" Gene groaned gripping the handle bar on his trolley. It was packed with stuff. All these suitcases and shit with his initials on them. And people thought I over packed on holidays!

            Jules sighed. "Noel. I've explained this a hundred-thousand times."

            "Well you're gonna have to explain it a hundred-thousand and one times." I told her. "Y'know Our Kid's not gonna get it through his head that quick!" I nodded at me brother.

            "Oi!" He shrieked. "I don't fuckin'-"

            "Oh my gosh! Please stop!" Jules yelled.

            "Prick!" Liam shoved me in the arm.

            "Ow!" I rubbed the pain away. "You're the-"

            "ENOUGH!" Jules screamed even louder than before.

            That caught both of our attention then so we had no choice but to focus on her.

            She took a breath before looking back up at us. "All you've gotta do is-"

            "Watch us!" Gene instructed before nudging Jules to come with him.

            They trotted off towards the wall together with him pushing his trolley...until they both disappeared through the brick.

            Liam and I just stood there staring with our mouths hanging open.