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Back yard –Daytime

The weather was humid and hot, as expected of a summer day. As always, Aunt Petunia made Harry to do all the dirty work. At the moment, he was tending to the gardens while Aunt Petunia went shopping for the family. Vernon was still at work and Dudley was off somewhere, most likely causing trouble while Harry was left busting his back working outside in the heat without any help. Harry first thought to remove his shirt but reconsider after remembering his last sun bathing episode (let say he had a new found respect with snake and the shedding their skin). Harry wiped off the little drop of sweat on his eyebrow, that was about to take a nose dive into his eyes. Then look around him; the weeds were all pulled, the grass was trimmed and the flowers were all feed. It was a good time as any to have some lunch and shade.

Harry collected all the tools and cleaned them. Then he made sure no garden soil was on the grass before he went towards the front door. There was a back door but he had wiped around the area and he didn't want to risk it not being dry and leaving footprints.

As he made his way towards the front, he caught a whiff of something that made his lungs shriek in terror and his brain feel like it's on vacation.

Smoke

It wasn't your typical your house burning down smoke or let's burns your husband stuff because he is cheating on you. No, it was the type of smoke that you hate to smell while taking a walk but farther down the road when the smell is gone, you cannot help miss it.

Cigarette

Harry was curious. He knew that no adult in private drive smoked; too worried about their image to do so. So being the curious Gryffindor he was; Harry decided to investigate. He followed the smell to the front of the house, seeing nobody around he went farther towards the side walk; he is hoping that the person who is smoking would be somewhere close. Knowing his luck, Vernon would be there pulling up to the drive way as soon as he step an inch away from the house.

Harry stopped at the sidewalk, looked up and down the street but saw nobody. Thinking that the smoker was probably long gone by now. Harry turned to go back inside to make his lunch while he could. Just as a gleaming white shirt from the right caught his eye. There was someone outside sitting on their pouch across the street. How he missed them was anybody's idea. A male looked about twenty, if not older. He had black hair, shaved close to the skull, and he seems to be in a 'wipe the floor with any ass any hour of any day' physical conduction.

Harry watched the guy across from the road with some kind of fascination. The male in question raise his hand towards his face, there something was in his hand. Harry caught sight of the red end of the Cigarette.

Gryffindor curiosity satisfied.

A tingly sensation in his forehead alerted him to the man whom he was staring at now looking his way.

Realizing that he had been caught staring, Harry shyly raised his hand and waved. He was very relieved to see that he received a waved back in return.

The adults in the neighborhood avoid him like a plague because Uncle Vernon told them he went to a school for criminal boys and the kids avoid him because they were afraid of Dudley, not that he blamed them. He was scared of Dudley too. Even if Dudley looked like a whale that grew limbs and obtain the ability to live out water.

While Harry was marinating on the fact that someone outside of Hogwarts was acknowledging his existences. He missed the fact that the male next door was slowly making his way towards him but he did notice when male snap his fingers together in front of his face.

" Yo?" Harry found himself looking into some nice pair of dark blue eyes.

"err…" Harry step back, it was the first time an adult actually crouched down to his level and the full on eye contact was a bit unnerving.

"What your name? Mine is Derek Vinyard"

"My name is Harry Potter"

The guy-Derek - smiled showing off his pearly white teeth, making Harry like a monkey smile in return.

"You live here?" Derek said jerking his head towards the house behind harry.

"..Yes"

…..

There was a somewhat awkward pause especially on Harry part since Derek was looking at him intently, making Harry think it was his turn contribute to the conversation but since he never talk to a civilized muggle before he was at a lost on what to say. Harry was relieved of his dilemma when Derek suddenly shook his head and stood up. The man took a drag of his cigarette and looked toward the road. Harry, slightly puzzled at his action, also looks toward the road to see a car coming.

He was so busy trying to think of something to say that he missed the sound of the car coming.

It might be his Aunt Petunia or worst Uncle Vernon!

Just when harry was about to hightail in the house, he saw the vehicle.

A vehicle that would never grace the concrete of the Dursley driveway.

It's wheels rolled over the pavement like water, the sun rays too afraid to mess with its niceness bounce off the car exterior...Harry did not know or seen many cars but he did know that this car was a very nice car. He wondered whose car it is, since nobody in his neighborhood had the fashion sense to own it.

Harry blink when he was something move in front him, Derek seeing that he had final got Harry attention, place his arm back at his side and smirked at Harry

"Nice car right?"

Harry grinned but the redness of his cheeks gave him away. "Yeah... It's yours?"

"Sorta, you want a ride?"

Harry looked toward the fine piece of metal that was parked in front of what Harry assumed to be Derek house, expression longing.

"I can't, I still have some chores to do"

Derek shrugged "Maybe next time then?"

Harry did not get to a chance to response since the driver of the car signal Derek over by shouting his name.

"Ah time to go, I guess I'll see you around" and with that Derek walked away without waiting for a reply.

Harry waited until they drove off before he went inside.

Later – Nighttime

Uncle Vernon came home soon after he finished cleaning the rest of the house, and promptly shoved Him into his room with his dinner, where he spent the rest of his night thinking about the new neighbor.