Unknown Friends
I knocked on the door. I hoped this is the correct place. Considering Newt had given me the address you'd never know where you'd end up.
So far everything looked normal though. An apartment with an annoying landlord is never nice especially not here, the landlord had asked many questions before she had let me in.
The door opened, a kind looking woman stood in the doorway. She had short black hair and this adorable roundish face. The stuff of dreams.
"Hi" I smiled. She frowned
"Who are you?" before I could answer a familiar voice called out behind her.
"Drew! You've made it" Suddenly Newt stood in front of me and pulled me into a big hug.
"Hey! I've missed you" I grinned hugging the guy back. Once the hug ended Newt turned towards the woman.
"Tina this is Drew, Drew this is Tina" He introduced us. I sent Tina a smile, yet she only frowned.
"You can't just invite people over" she groaned annoyed before walking into the room. Newt and I followed her, I made sure to close the door behind me.
"I promised her she could stay wherever I'm staying and considering you kind of forced us to stay here, she's staying too"Newt explained.
"Us?" I frowned, who was us?Then a little fat looking small man showed up in front of me.
"Hi, i'm Jacob!" He held out is hand. I smiled and shook his hand politely.I sensed something about him though.
"Is he a muggle?" I questioned.
"No maj, yes" Tina said rudely, I gave her a surprised look. Why was she correcting me on such a stupid thing. Muggles were the words for humans without magic in England, No maj for America.
"i'm Queenie!" A nice looking woman said with a high pitched voice from the kitchen. She was dressed completely in pink.
"Nice to meet you Queenie" I nodded. Newt looked between her and me.
"No Drew you are not doing this" He scolded, I gave him a weird look.
"Do what?"
"We're not here to flirt with women" He told me patting his suitcase that he was always holding near. I knew what he meant. We only mean business nothing more.
"I just said hi" I sent Newt a wink, he rolled his eyes. I sat down at one of the chairs.
"Please tell me she's not like Queenie" Tina asked Newt desperately, what was her deal? She seemed to be anxious about nearly everything... also annoyed at me.
"A little yeah"Tina visibly groaned before she went into the kitchen. She got out her wand and whispered a spell. With magic the table started to get filled with plates.
"No offense Queenie but you're not my type" I called out to the woman who was listening along, I jokingly sent her a wink.
"Since when is she not your type" Newt asked silently making sure nobody else could hear.
"Since I've seen the way she looks at Jacob. Anyway I have my interest in another woman" I grinned looking at Tina who was busying herself with getting the diner table ready.
"No Drew! This is not happening" Newt hissed towards me. I just smiled innocently at him.
"You prefer strudel, huh, honey?" Queenie asked Jacob with a desperately sweet voice.Jacob just eagerly nodded. I grinned at that, weren't they sweet.
"Dinner is ready!" Queenie's voice called out from the kitchen, she gave Newt a look over.
"Well, sit down, Mr. Scamander. We're not going to poison you."Newt just awkwardly sat at the table.I already knew that I liked these women.I got up and sat myself down next to Newt who sat at the head of the table. Next to me was Jacob, at the other head of the table was Tina, next to her was Queenie.
"The job aint that glamorous. I mean, I spend most days making coffee, unjinxing the john. Tina is the career girl." Queenie explained to us during dinner.
"Nah. Were orphans. Ma and Pa died of dragon pox when we were kids." Tina said eyeing me suspicious as if she didn't actually trust me with these information.
"My first girlfriend's parents died of dragon pox when we were younger" I told the group trying to gain their trust, mostly Tina's trust.
"You're sweet. But we got each other!" Queenie suddenly said, I frowned. Who was she referring to?
"Could you stop reading my mind for a second?" Newt asked politely.
"You can read minds?" I asked amazed. Queenie nodded excited as if it was the most normal thing ever.
"Read mine!" I dared her. She smiled at me, yet soon she started concentrating.
"Why can't I read you're mind?" She frowned confused, earning me another suspicious look from Tina.
"Practice makes perfect" I just grinned. I'm glad I was still able to hide my mind from mind readers.
"This meal, its insanely good!" Jacob told Queenie trying to change the subject. Her eyes were beaming with adoration towards the man.
"This is what I do, Im a cook." She downplayed it pinning after his praise.
"And this is, like, the greatest meal I have ever had in my life." Jacob assured the woman. She laughed happily.
"Oh, you slay me! I aint never really talked to a No-Maj before."Jacob frowned surprised
"Really?"
Tina gave her sister an 'are you serious look?' Queenie was probably reading her mind as well.
"I am not flirting!" Queenie answered offended. Tina rolled her eyes.
"I'm just saying, don't go getting attached, he's going to have to be obliviated!-" she looked at Jacob "It's nothing personal."Now it was my chance to change the subject, what was Tina's deal with having something against everything.
"What are you all up to anyway, why hasn't his mind been obliviated yet?" I asked while eating the food from my plate.
"Mr Scamander took a suitcase filled with magical beasts into New York" Tina told me. I rolled my eyes.
"That's old news, what's really up?" She had known about Newt and his suitcase for a long time.
"a bunch of his beasts escaped and Jacob here is ill because one bit him" Tina said, she gave me a stern look as if she was daring me to say anything against it. What was her deal towards me?
"He's not ill" Newt interrupted.
"But he is a witness" Tina shot back.
"So uh, you're going on a beast hunt?" I concluded. Newt nodded his head, I saw the worry for his animals in his eyes.
"And afterwards we're going to the ministry of magic because it's illegal to take those beasts here" Tina continued casually.
"Good luck with that" I rolled my eyes, as if Newt ever let anything happen to his animals. He cares too much for them.The tension between Tina and me began to grow and everyone felt it. As if we kept daring each other to say anything else.
"What are you doing here?" Queenie quickly asked sensing the tension.
"Oh madame President invited me for an investigation matter" I said casually, this was usually when things started to go wrong.
"Wait THE madame President?" Queenie asked impressed, I just nodded. I felt Tina sent me a huge glare.
"What's so special about you" She bitterly shot at me. I shrugged.
"You don't want to know" I quickly shared a look with Newt, he felt exactly where this was going too.
"Actually I do want to know considering you're staying at my house"I stared at the woman who kept on glaring at me.
"Ever heard of Gellert Grindelwald?" I asked. She gave me a dumbfound look, every wizard knew about him.
"Of course" She glared.
"I am his sister" I said with a small smile. The moment I said that both Tina and Queenie's cutterly fell out of their hands, only Jacob had no idea who I was talking about. It seemed like the tension was at its max now. Oh boy.The moment I moved my hand to eat some more Tina quickly pulled her wand out of one of her pockets and pointed it at me. I just sent her a bored look.
"Really?" I dared to say, Queenie, Jacob and Newt were all looking at Tina and I anxiously waiting for what was going to happen.
"Don't move" Tina hissed.
"You realize I haven't seen my brother in years" I tried to explain. I knew I had to stop this before it got out of hand.
"Doesn't mean you're on our side" Tina told me. For a second I saw who Tina really was. As if her walls accidentally dropped before rocketing back up immediately after. There also was the ability for me to know how someone was feeling... and Tina was scared.
She invited two strangers in her house who then also invited the sister of the biggest criminal at this moment.
"I'm here to help Madame President look for my brother. I want him locked up just as much as you do" I stood up from the chair. Slowly Tina lowered her wand.
"I'm sure you guys want to talk about stuff which you don't want Grindelwald's sister to hear about"Newt turned towards me.
"Drew ple-" before he could finish I interrupted him.
"You know where I am" I grabbed his suitcase from a nearby chair. I laid the suitcase on the ground and opened it before disappearing inside.
After spending a few hours in Newt's suitcase I finally decided to get out again. It was fun hanging with the animals again, yet I realized one of the escaped animals was Dougal the demiguise.
I hoped he wasn't in any danger. They all knew who I am so we were all quite close. At times like these, I wish I had a magical suitcase filled with animals but I knew I wouldn't be able to take care of them as well as Newt could.
I opened the suitcase above me and got out of it. Making sure I closed it behind me. It was dark, I deduced that it already was evening, they probably were all in bed.I picked up the suitcase and turned towards the hallways where I guessed Newt was somewhere.
"Hey" A voice suddenly called out startling me. I spun around and discovered Tina was sitting on a chair drinking some hot chocolate. I couldn't help but notice how her pajama looked adorable on her.
"What are you still doing up?" I questioned suspiciously, had she stayed up to confront me on purpose or was it only a coincidence?
"Newt told me about you," The woman said sipping away at her beverage.
"Okay?" I frowned, what could Newt have told her about me?
"I know how annoying it is when someone compares you to your sibling. I would be rich if I got a dollar for every time someone compared me to Queenie" She sighed, her eyes looked tired yet there was this seriousness.I started to feel a bit uncomfortable now, I wasn't used to people apologizing to me.
"I'm sorry for comparing you to your brother. You're welcome here as long as Newt decides to stay"I nodded gratefully.
"Thanks" Instead of tension the room was filled with awkwardness now. A feeling I was not used to at all. I quickly decided I hated it.
"Where's the room Newt is in?" I decided to ask. Tina stood up and walked past me leading the way without saying anything. I just followed her. We stopped in front of a room, with a small shy smile she opened the door revealing Newt who looked like he was sulking on the bed. Next to him was Jacob looking absolutely amazed by everything. Both were still awake.
"I got your suitcase Newt" I announced once I entered. As if Newt had been waiting for me he threw the covers off of him and walked towards me. He desperately grabbed the case and put it on the ground before going inside of it.
"Wow" Jacob said in shock. I sent him a smile.
"You should join him"He gave me a surprised look."Me?"
I quickly nodded. I watched amused as he got out of his bed and slowly walked towards the suitcase as if to analyze it. Once there he stepped inside of the suitcase and a moment later he disappeared.
"I guess there are two free beds now" I jumped startled by Tina. I had totally forgot that she was still there.She just gave me an amused grin, she knew exactly what she had just done.
"I honestly didn't think I'd scare a Grindelwald ever" She laughed before walking into the hallway and shutting the door behind her.
"I wasn't scared" I called after her, yet I only heard her laugh echoing through the walls. With a small smile I walked over towards the bed Newt had just laid in and placed myself on it. It wasn't long before I fell asleep.