Next day Damian was bouncing off the walls with exitement. Harry was slowly going insane with the boy's energy.
"Damian! Slow down please." Harry said firmly. Damian stopped and looked down. Harry crouched down to the boy's level and saw tears forming in his eyes.
"Oh no, that's not going to work with me mister! You are driving me crazy here. I know you want to go shopping but be patient okay, we've got plenty of time." Harry said softly and Damian sniffed.
'Oh who am I kidding! Of course it works with me' Harry thought. "Come here sweetie, I didn't mean to snap. I'm not mad at you. You just need to be patient." Harry picked the boy up and hugged him.
"Sowwy Hawwy. I'll be good." Damian sniffed.
"I know honey. So how about we put your jacket on and we'll be on our way?" Harry said. Damian nodded exitingly.
Harry decided to Apparate. No one knew he could do that, not even his friends. He wanted it to be his secret.
"Come on Damian lets go." Harry held out his hand and Damian held onto it tightly. A second later they reappeared in an ally behind a muggle photo shop. They entered the shop and dropped of the camera. It would be done by 1pm. After that they Apparated away again and this time they went to the Leaky Cauldron. Thankfully it was almost empty as it was still early.
"Now Damian, I want you to stay very close to me okay? Don't go wandering." Harry told him firmly.
"I won't." Damian said while looking around. Harry seemed sceptical and performed a Handstick Spell on his hand and Damian's. Now Damian wouldn't be able to get away.
"Lets go Damian." Harry smirked when Damian began to pull him toward the backdoor. Damian began to babble exitingly and pointing at every store he wanted to see. Harry bought whatever he needed for his last year at Hogwarts and he bought Damian a magic fairytale book. The book would show a sort of movie of the story when somebody read I out loud.
He also bought a stuffed snake. It was spelled so it would move like a real snake. When Damian saw it he didn't want to leave the store. So Harry bought it for him and Damian proudly carried it himself. After lunch Harry wanted to go to Madam Malkin's to buy himself some new robes. Just when he was done paying for his purchases, he was attacked.
"Harry!" a girl with brown bushy hair flew at him and hugged him.
"Hello Hermione. How's your summer?" Harry asked smiling at the girl.
"It's been great but I can't wait to go back to school though and… Who's this?" Hermione asked while looking at the boy who tried to hide behind Harry's leg. Harry smiled and picked him up. Damian buried his face in Harry's neck.
"This is Damian. Damian this is Hermione. She one of my best friends." Damian looked at the strange girl.
"Hi" Damian whispered.
"Hello Damian, it's nice to meet you. Harry is he…your son?" Hermione asked incredously.
"No he's not." Harry said.
"Then why is he with you and not with his family. Where is his family?" Hermione wanted to know.
"Hermione, I'll tell you all about this at school okay. I can't tell you now but I promise you that I i will /i tell you. Just not now." Harry sighed.
"Harry you know I don't like when you hide something from us again. But if you promise to tell at school, then I guess I have to wait. Do you mind if I tell Ron about Damian though. To prevent him from being shocked to death when you show up with a child on the train. You will be taking him with you right? You can't leave him with the Dursley's!" Hermione panicked now.
"Relax Hermione! Yes you can prepare Ron and no I'm not leaving him with the Dursley's so yes he's coming with me to school." Harry explained.
"Okay. I'm sorry Harry but I have to go. My parents are waiting." Hermione looked relieved but sorry that she had to go.
"It's okay Hermione. It's time for Damian's nap so I'll be going too. I'll see you at school." Harry said goodbye to Hermione and walked away.