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Weasley Family Vacation
Day Four Charlie
"Your brother didn't seem to happy to see us," Cormac said as they walked down the trails leading away from the beach. "I guess we were interrupting his family time with his wife and kid." He knew Cormac had no interest in having kids and frankly he was glad he intended to work on the dragon preserve his entire life.
"I think we are all getting on each other's nerves a bit," he said. "And I think he had a disagreement with George over that spectacle at dinner last night." It was inevitable he knew that whenever the family was around each other for several days that tempers would begin to flare.
"I think we are here," Cormac said pointing out a sign that warned visitors not to touch the fencing along the path. "Looks like its slightly more than a glorified petting zoo." His lover's tone was light and teasing.
"Still fake though," he said stubbornly. "All the animals in these little paddocks not in their real habitats." He knew he was being slightly harsh there wasn't any magical zoo that could match the wonder of actually seeing a creature in its natural habitat. However, he was in a bad mood and wanted to take it out on something.
"If you'd rather, we do something else," Cormac said sounding annoyed. "I mean we could go find one of the other lakes or something." He felt slightly guilty taking his frustration out on Cormac.
"No, this is fine I'll try to cheer up," he said. "Why don't we go see if they have anything as interesting as a dragon?" He doubted the little zoo that was just another part of this strange hodgepodge of a retreat for wizards would have anything that interesting but they might. "I still can't get over the way this place is designed."
"It's probably meant to appeal to folks who only take one holiday a year," Cormac said warming to the new topic. "It's trying to have everything anyone could possibly want to see." He personally thought that was a horrible idea but he supposed it would appeal to some people. "Let's finish up looking around and then find some place private where we can do something else." He had to smile at that suggestion.
To be continued...