During breakfast, life seemed to seep slowly back into George Weasly. At the beginning, he had been grumpy and short lipped in his responses, not asking any questions at all. So she had done most of the talking at first, she talked about her time at Hightower, the Scottish Wizarding school, about the ancient Mr. Gunges who taught history, about Mrs. MacArthur, who taught Defence against the Dark Arts, but jumped on the tables when she let a hoax of her own creation loose in the classroom. Several times she saw a smile on his face that she judged as genuine and he actually laughed at the story of how Prof. Harrows was chased all through the school by a set of jinxes she had set off.
Finally, he also began to share some stories of his time at Hogwarts, and how he and Fred had literally terrorised the whole schools and all teachers with their jokes. There even seemed to be a small sparkle returning to his eyes as he remembers his previous mischiefs. By the time they were finished with breakfast he seemed quite relaxed. Kelyin considered asking him about a tour of the shop again, but she was afraid that it might ruin the good mood. So she asked for a tour of Diagon Alley instead. Luckily, he agreed after just a slight hesitation.
Keylin was seriously impressed by the beauty and ornaments of Gringots and was delighted by Mr. Olivanders wandshop, even though unfortunately old Mr. Olivander no longer worked the shop himself, as he had been captured and tortured for many months by Grindelwald. They passed the closed Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, but George made no comment about it and neither did Keylin. She even managed to pretend to enjoy the dark and dangerous atmosphere of Knockturn Alley, since George was watching her very carefully. She had no intention of showing that this place made her feel uncomfortable.
Finally it was already dark outside, they returned to the Leaky Cauldron. George shot a quick glance towards the bar and then shook his head. "I think that's enough for me for today, it was a long day and somebody woke me early." "How rude," Keylin replied, and let an innocent smile spread over her face. George regarded her for a moment, and she again felt this intensity in the way he looked at her. "How about tomorrow, I show you my shop?" "That," Keylin smiled, "would be wonderful."
