Who: Michelle Campbell & Hazel Ridgebit What: Vacation/All I ever wanted/Vacation/Had to get away... When: BACKSTORY, June 1997 Where: Michelle's family home in Crewe, England Rating: PG
Despite the fact that she and Michelle had been dreaming and breathing their plans to spend the first two weeks of the summer holiday together, it was hard now to pretend as though they were just lying about in the sun enjoying themselves. They were, of course, lying in the sun and giving every appearance of doing so, but all Hazel could think about was how their Headmaster had been brutally murdered, how her school years, unlike her sister's, had seemed to be one tragedy right after another.
Shielding her eyes from the sun, Hazel reached for the glass of lemonade on the little wicker patio table that was strategically placed between the two girls. They could reach drinks, a magazine, or the little paper fans they'd purchased at Zonko's their last Hogsmeade weekend: winking members of The Weird Sisters gyrated with every wave.
"You didn't fall asleep in the sun, did you?" Hazel whispered, eyes lighting on her friend's tanning shoulders and sun-bleached hair.