Privet Drive Series
No. 1: Going to Surrey
Spoilers- Directly after HBP. So yep, here be spoilers; but none for HPDH.
Disclaimer- who am I to try and claim these characters as my own?
Note- This would not leave me alone and I don't know why. I just wrote it to give myself a few moments peace before something new took its place. Not to fear, all minis have been completed and typed. I will be posting one every few days.
Note2- The quotes are taken from HBP, p. 607
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"We'll be there, Harry… We're with you whatever happens…
Ron groaned. "Bloody hell, what was I thinking?"
Harry cleared his throat. "You don't have to come, Ron. I can handle a few weeks by myself with the Dursleys."
Hermione smiled proudly as Ron straightened his shoulders, a determined glint entering his eyes.
"No," he said firmly. "We said we were going with you and we are. I just have to tell Mum." Ron sighed. "Somehow."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Honestly, you've faced Death Eaters without blinking but you're scared of Mum?"
"Like you aren't!"
Ginny crossed her arms. "Not as much as you are."
"Oh yeah?" Ron challenged. "How about I go and tell Mum who really broke Grandma's crystal bird? Or what really happened to that lacy pink dress you hated?"
Ginny paled. "You wouldn't."
Ron smirked. "Try me. Admit it. You're just as scared of her as the rest of us."
Hermione smiled at the siblings. Her eyes went wide as she spotted her own parents. "I'll be back in a few minutes, Harry. Don't let them kill each other."
"I'm not getting between the two of them. I'm not crazy."
Hermione laughed and pushed her trolley closer to Harry. Summoning up her courage, Hermione darted through the crowd and approached her parents.
Harry elbowed Ron as a familiar figure cautiously picked his way through the crowd. "There's Uncle Vernon."
Vernon Dursley stood awkwardly in the crowd. He glared suspiciously at the people around him and pulled his elbows in, trying to make himself as small as possible.
Ginny sighed. "All right, let's get this over with, Ron. I'll see you later, Harry."
Ginny's voice broke on Harry's name. She turned her head away and grabbed Ron's arm.
"Yeah, yeah." Ron turned worried eyes to Harry. "Back in a few minutes, mate. If I don't come back, avenge my death?"
Harry forced a laugh and carefully watched his feet as Ginny dragged Ron away. After a few minutes Harry looked up and saw the two trolleys on either side of him.
Harry scratched his head. "Bugger."
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