Chapter One; The Shopping Trip

Harry, Ron, and Hermione got out of the car and started walking a crossed the parking lot together. "I can't believe that you talked me into this Hermione." Ron began. "Not only are we going to look stupid in a mall designed for muggles, but you're making me go into Victoria's Secret. I mean do you know how ridiculous I'm going to look buying women's underwear?" he questioned as Harry laughed while they entered the building. "They're going to think that I'm a sexual predator or something."

"No they're not, besides we're not buying Eve any new underwear, she's got plenty. And she doesn't need anything that looks like that. We're here to get her some makeup and other beauty products." He told him.

"Wow, pretty soon Eve's going to be a teenager, she'll be allowed to wear makeup, and shortly after that she'll be dating boys. I guess all the prophecies are true, the world really is coming to an end." Ron said as Hermione laughed.

"No it isn't, nobody knows when the world's going to end. Not even witches or wizards. Only God knows when that's going to happen." She told him as Harry nodded and grinned at her.

"That's right, you tell him Hermione." Harry said.

"Take it easy you guys I was joking. Aren't Christians allowed to have a sense of humor?" Ron wondered.

"Of course." Harry began. "Even God does, otherwise you wouldn't have been born." He told him with a chuckle.

"Ha, ha very funny Harry. Well, I'll see you guys later." Ron said as he turned around and started walking away.

"Wait a minute just where in the world do you think you're going?" Hermione asked him.

"Where else? The food court." He told her before he turned around and continued on his way.

"That man would eat his head if it weren't the fact that it's attached to him." Hermione muttered under her breath as Harry stifled another laugh and they continued walking on their way. "Wow, I can't believe it's almost Eve's birthday already. It seems like Christmas just ended." She said.

"That's because it did." Harry told her when all of a sudden he stopped and caught a glimpse of the arcade. "Whoa,.." he whispered while his face lit up with excitement. He couldn't remember being that excited since his father bought him his Ferrari for his seventeenth birthday. Hermione stopped and heaved a heavy sigh.

"Go ahead, I'll go meet you over there when I'm done shopping." She told him before she watched him run away. "This isn't a shopping trip it's a babysitting job." She said to herself before she rounded the corner and walked into the store.

"Hullo, may I help you?" a blonde haired woman with rather large breasts questioned her.

"Yes, I'm looking for some beauty products." Hermione began slowly turning her head away from her so that she wouldn't have to stare at them. "I mean, I'm not looking for them, they're for a friend of mine. I mean not they're not for him, they're for his little sister." She said nervously.

"I see, right this way Mam." She said before she started walking away.

"Wow, thank God that Ron decided not to come." She whispered glancing up at the ceiling before she started to follow her around the corner.

Snape grinned as Harry, Ron, and Hermione came in through the door. "Hey guys how was the shopping trip?" he asked them.

"Good, where's Eve?" Harry wondered.

"Oh she went out on her broom for a little bit." His father told him.

"Really? Isn't it a little cold for that?" Ron wondered but Harry just simply shook his head.

"No, I ride dragons in the wintertime, so why can't she ride her broomstick?" he questioned.

"That's different, that's your job." Ron told him.

"I ride my horses in the winter as well, in fact that is one of my favorite things to do." Harry said.

"Well I better hide Eve's presents before she gets back." Hermione said as she walked down the hallway.

"And I'll go ahead and start planning tomorrow's Sunday school lesson." Harry said before he turned to walk into his bedroom and then shut the door behind him.

"And I'll just stay here staring at the wall since everyone else has something to do except for me." Ron said.

"Why don't you go practice your guitar?" Snape suggested.

"Because I don't have a song to practice it with, we haven't written anything new yet and I already know all of our other songs by heart." Ron told him.

"Alright then, how about a game of wizard chess?"

"Nah, I think I'll just go ahead and watch some television." Ron said plopping on top of the couch and turning on the TV with the remote. That's when suddenly Eve walked in through the front door carrying her broom in the palm of her right hand.

"Hey angel, how was your ride?" her father asked her when suddenly Angel the dog perked her ears up and lifted her head. "Not you, you." He said shaking his head at the dog and turning to look over at his daughter.

"It was great Daddy, all of the other girls say that they wish they could have a Nimbus 2005. And not only do I have one of the fastest brooms to date, but I'm also one of the best Qudditch players in my year." She boasted.

"Well, I'm proud of you sweetheart, but you know it isn't very nice to brag about it. Proverbs even says that you should let others praise you instead of bragging about yourself." He told her.

"I know I'm sorry Dad, I don't mean to brag. I just want the other girls to be impressed." She said.

"Yeah right, you mean you want the boys to be impressed." He told her as she just simply shrugged at him.

"So?" she questioned.

"So, if you're only playing Qudditch to get a boyfriend you're wasting your time because you're still way too young for it. Besides, you should be grateful that I've even agreed to let you start wearing makeup." He told her.

"I'm not playing Qudditch because I want a boyfriend, I play it because I love doing it." She told him as he grinned at her.

"Good." He said.

"I was just simply saying that if I happened to catch a boy's attention in the process that it would be an added bonus." She said as Snape rolled his eyes at her.

"Just go put your broom away, it's almost time for supper." He told her before he hurried into the kitchen as she turned and hurried down the hallway.