"Melinda Warren?" her eyes went wide. "This is nuts!"
She couldn't help it. She had to say it. Someone had to say it, at least. It certainly sounded a little crazy, even for a Halliwell. Sure, she had heard plenty of crazy stories before, even stories about fairytales coming to life, but this was... Her eyes went wide and she spun around to stare at her cousin.
"Wait a second," she said, her mouth gaping. "Did you say Harry Potter?" She grinned, practically bouncing in place. "Can I meet him? Oh, Mel, please!" Okay, so she got a little sidetracked. But she couldn't help it. She had always secretly wished that their Magic School was just another version of Hogwarts or something and that Harry Potter wasn't just a story. After all, if you thought about, their magic wasn't so different from Hogwarts magic, was it? And besides, hadn't she once heard that they had almost named Wyatt "Potter?" That would have been fantastic!
"But... if you're here... and Mom is here... It's not so bad," she offered, trying to smile. "Though I wish Dad was here, too... He's not, is he?" She looked at her cousin, hopefully, waiting for her to correct her even though she hadn't listed him off.
Ladybug blinked innocently and smiled up at her. "I dunno... Maybe thirty?" She grinned. Okay, she knew she had to be overshooting by quite a bit, but this was still Mel who could sometimes get a little over emotional at silly things and teasing was just so naturally easy when she thought of it that way.