The Exchange Programe

Chapter 1: Meeting the Exchange person

    Constance stood in the huge crowded airport looking for the new exchange person. She looked down at the photograph of the said person she held in her hand. The guy was reading a book, and would occasionally turn the page. Percy Weasley was his name; he had red hair, a tall frame, and brown eyes. She was nervous about meeting him. Constance looked up from the photograph, and continued to search through the crowd for the red-haired nineteen-year-old, who was just a year older than herself. Although, some people considered she looked older, perhaps around twenty. Constance had black hair, violet eyes, with a slightly pointed nose, her skin was very white. She had nice curves that had men practically stalking her. She was also pretty tall six feet on the dot.

    After about ten minutes of searching, she saw over the crowd of people, a red-haired man that looked like the one on the photograph. She pushed her way through the crowd till she got right behind him. She reached up and put her hand on his shoulder and tiny pin pricks ran up her arm, but she ignored it. He quickly turned around and looked down at her. He was about 6"4, taller than what she had expected, and he looked a lot cuter than in the photo. He was holding a book that he had probably read on the plane. Why did he have to come by Muggle transportation anyway? He could have arrived by Floo powder. She decided to ask him later.

    "Umm... are you Percy Weasley?" she asked.

    "Yes, I am, and you are?"

    "I'm Constance Cooper. I've come to take you to our house."

    "Oh, okay, but I need to get my stuff first," he said.

    "Oh yeah." She had totally forgotten about that.. Good thing he reminded her.

    Constance led him over to the turning thingy where the bags came out. "Here’s where you pick up your bags. You have to wait till they come out."

    They waited in silence for about twenty minutes before all of Percy's bags came out. Then she led him through the airport and through the front doors out into the parking lot. Looking around, she had to remember where she parked her red convertible she had got from her parents on her sixteenth birthday. When she finally found her car parked away at the back of the lot, she started walking. She was walking so fast, Percy was way behind. A car came around the bend narrowly missing him.

    Oi!” Percy yelled.

    Constance turned around, seeing what had happened. She ran over to him, and cleaned off all the mud that the car had splashed on him with a quick cleaning charm. "You should watch where you’re going, you could get hit."

    "Well I can't exactly help it. I never saw it coming!" Percy yelled.

    "Sorry, I never meant for that to come out that way. I was just trying to warn you. The cars can't stop fast enough for you to get out of the way."

    "You think that I don't know that? My dad bought a car when I was in my sixth-year. When my dad was testing it, he almost hit me as I was coming out of the house. I managed to break my hand."

    Constance looked at him. "Oh. What happened to the car?"

    Percy walked up to stand beside her. "My brother and his friend couldn't get through to the platform one time so they took the car and drove it all the way to school and crashed it into a tree. They say it ran off after that."

    "Ran off!? How could a car run off on its own?!" she asked surprised.

    "I know, that’s what I said."

    They finally came to her car. Constance jumped over the side of the car into the driver’s seat and put the keys into the ignition. Percy had walked over to the passenger side, but just stood, staring in wonder at the car.

    "Aren't you going to get in?" she asked.

    "Oh, sorry." Percy opened the car door and got in. "Where’s its roof?"

    Constance punched a button, and the roof of the car came up and covered it. "There, curiosity satisfied? ??"

    "Wicked," Percy said. Constance started laughing. She had never seen someone so delighted about her convertible’s roof before.

    Constance pushed the button again making the roof go back down, and watched as Percy's face looked in wonder. She started the car and went out of the Toronto airport. "It's going to be about two hours till we get to Owen Sound, where my house is. That means we're going to have to go out for dinner."

    "Ok," was his answer.

    "So...where do you want to go? MacDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy's?"

    "MacDonald’s please."

    "Ok, MacDonald’s it is." She drove until she found the MacDonald’s sign and drove into the parking lot. Constance pushed the button and the car roof went up again. She got out of the car and locked it.

    Percy and Constance walked into MacDonald’s, and Constance immediately went up to the cash register. "Can I have a Big Mac and an extra large root beer? " She turned around. "What will you have, Percy? "

    "I'll have the same."

    "Ok. Make that two Big Macs and root beers please," she said to the lady. "And have that to go, please." After five minutes, they left MacDonald’s and got back into the car. Constance handed Percy the root beer and Big Mac. He took a bite and let out a big "mmm..… this is good." Constance smiled and took a bite into her Big Mac. After ten minutes, she finished her Big Mac and her fries and decided to leave.

    "I'm going to start back on the road ok?" Percy had to nod because he had his mouth stuffed with fries. She started up the car and left MacDonald’s.

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