Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. He is the property of JK Rowling. The Title comes from the song Odyssey #5 by Powderfinger from the album Odyssey Number Five
A/N: I should probably be studying for my trial exams next week, but this came into my head when I was trying to think of something I could write about for belonging in my English exam. Seeing as I'll probably have had a nervous breakdown after a 2 hour English exam and 3 hour Modern History exam in the same day I should probably get this out of the way while I can. Oh the joys of the Higher School Certificate.
Late one night on a quiet London Street a cat sat on a low wall methodically cleaning itself. Suddenly a loud crack interrupted the calm atmosphere, causing the cat to streak off into an alleyway. Two people seemed to have appeared out of thin air at the end of the street. They were both laughing hysterically.
"I can't believe you've never passed your apparition test" a young woman with long red hair was laughing
"How can I pass it when I've never actually taken the test" retorted the man with messy black hair. This made her laugh harder.
"You can take on Voldemort but you can't face one apparition test. I mean even Ron managed to pass the second time around." She was holding onto his arm trying to keep herself upright.
"Ginny" he said seriously "how much did you have to drink?" he asked.
"Only one or two" she said attempting to be serious then erupting into laughter again
"Then one or two more?"
"Harry relax you sound like my mother, if I want to be told off I'll go home. Anyway you can stop telling me off thank you very much, you drank just as much as me" she shot back at him, then started laughing again "So, have I managed to convert you?" she asked her speech slightly slurred
"Huh?"
"The Weird Sisters. Remember we just went to their concert?" She inquired of him trying to bring his face into focus
"Yes I remember. I bought the tickets for your, as your 18th birthday present. Judging by the way you were yelling at the bass player I assume you liked your present" She laughed
"Yes of course I liked it. I was kinda surprised. Weren't you saying last week you didn't like them"
"That's Ron you're thinking of. He said they sounded like a hippogriff strangling a cat and you put a bat bogey curse on him"
"Oh yeah, that was him wasn't it" this memory made her double over in laughter again. "That was funny".
Once Ginny had stopped laughing they continued to walk along the quiet street, Harry with his arm around Ginny's shoulders. When they reached the front door to Harry's flat he hesitated looking nervous. Ginny noticed his hesitation.
"What's wrong? You worried my mum's gonna swoop out of the shadows and hex you or something" she asked eyebrow raised. Ever since they had started going out again after the end of the war Harry had seemed cautious about showing affection to Ginny in front of Mrs Weasley. Or any of the Weasleys for that matter.
"Yeah something like that" he admitted
"Oh come on, you don't have to be scared of Mum, or the rest of my family. They all love you to bits. They're not gonna hurt you if you dump me or something. They've all seen my bat bogey curse." Harry laughed nervously at the mention of her specialty curse. "Good. Now we've cleared that up are you gonna invite me inside or let me freeze to death out here?"
With a grin Harry pulled his key out of his pocket and unlocked the door.