Chapter 28

June 15th 1989

Porquerolles,France

"Your serve Arry," Fleur said before knocking a ball across the net towards her friend Harry Potter.

Harry rushed to try and hit the ball back to her.

Fleur then failed to get the ball on time.

"Aww" She pouted: You win then".

"I believe 5-3 is considered winning the game so yes" Harry grinned cheekily.

Rolling her eyes Fleurs response was interrupted by Appoline calling them from further up the beach.

"Kids Dinner" She called out.

They waved to let her know that they had heard her before collecting their stuff.

"Goodgame Fleur," Harry said reaching over to congratulate her.

Fleur instead of the handshake he was expecting leaned in and gave him a hug.

He grinned at what they had been doing more and more recently.

Not sure what it would end up in he just remained content in enjoying the feelings.

The two of them hurried to get back to the beach house.

Coming in the door laughing they were met by Appoline who smiled at their messy appearance.

"You two look like you had fun" She smiled "Go upstairs get a shower and then I will have dinner ready when you come back down".

"Ok, Mama" Ok Appoline" The two of them rushed upstairs to get clean.

Fleur and Harry then went into their own rooms and got in their showers

As Harry washed the dirt and sand off his mind drifted to thoughts about this past week.

Compared with the last time he had visited a coastal area they had gone to see a lot more things this time around.

He had spent much of the time playing various beach games with Fleur.

They had tried doing virtually everything they could think off in terms of activities and had gotten a lot done in a relatively short period of time.

And that was another thing that had been passing through his mind in the past couple of days and really quite a while before that.

Fleur Delacour.

He did not really know what it was about her that made her so irresistible and fun to be around.

Her Veela nature despite not having fully matured yet he knew was not the source of his thoughts.

She was truly a wonderful person that made Harry feel like when he was with her he was the king of the world.

And yet he could not fully understand what she saw in him as a friend.

He was just the brother of the boy who lived.

"Why would she be more interested in me than in Max" Harry mused.

Noticing that he had been in the shower for long enough he got out and dried himself off.

Looking at himself in the mirror he stopped to look.

He looked about average he supposed nothing extraordinary.

Fleur in a couple of years when she had fully matured would be the literal definition of a goddess on earth.

Would she then want to be seen with someone much less than her in the looks department.

He wondered if he could improve to keep up to Fleur.

Resolving to enquire to several people about exercise regimes he got his clothes on and went downstairs.

Everyone was waiting at the kitchen table for him.

"Finally," Fleur noticed him "You take to long in the shower Arry".

"Hey" He protested "I like to take my time getting ready I will have you know".

Mr. Patterson came out of one of the back rooms alongside Sebastian.

"Your back," Harry noticed his mentor.

"Yeah," Isaac said noticing him "It was a slow day so I stopped by to say hi Francois here.

"Francois," Harry asked confused noticing Fleurs giggle.

"Yeah, this guy, "Isaac said pointing at Sebastian.

Harry blanched "Only you could get away with referring to the French Senate Minority Leader by his middle name," He said.

Sebastian decided to change the subject "You kids ready to go to Poland" He asked.

"Oui Papa," Fleur said, "I hope it is not cold outside there".

"It's the summer Fleur," Appoline told her "You will be fine".

"Who is taking us," Harry asked.

"I am taking you guys along with Appoline" Isaac explained.

"The guy you are going to see is a family friend," Sebastian told them "We all go back a long time".

"We leave in an hour," Isaac said looking at the clock "Make sure you are ready to go by then".

"Who is looking over Gabby then," Fleur asked.

"She is coming with us," Appoline said.

Fleur seemed to blanch when hearing that.

"Go get your stuff ready," Isaac told them "We leave in a little while".

Harry and Fleur then went back up the stairs chit chatting between them about what they thought Poland and the dude they were going to meet were like.

About an hour later Fleur and Harry were outside in a clearing with Isaac, Appoline and a squirming Gabrielle Delacour.

"Say, Isaac," Appoline asked, "Could you possibly take Fleur and Harry, I want to take Gabby with me so that there is not an accident".

"Sure," Isaac said after thinking for a second, "I think I can do that".

"Ok," Appoline said and after focusing disappeared with Gabby.

Isaac turned to the two kids "Ok I got Sebastian to get us a Portkey" He said holding out a large sock.

"Grab on," He said.

Fleur and Harry took edges of the sock and held on for dear life.

After experiencing the all too familiar feeling of flying through a portkey they made landfall.

And what a landfall it was as the two kids ended up landing on top of one another.

Harry had hit the ground first with Fleur falling on top of him.

The first thing Harry saw thus after shaking his head and opening his eyes were baby blue eyes staring back at him,

Fleur was looking at him in a weird way that he could not recognize.

Behind her, he saw Appoline, Isaac, and Gabby looking down upon the pair of them.

That caused him to realize how close his mouth was to her lips.

Isaac gave a small cough.

Startled the two of them practically jumped off of each other.

That ended up with the two of them helping the other one up.

Both of them ended up blushing but turning to talk with their parents.

"You good" Isaac asked raising an eyebrow.

That caused both of them to heat up.

Appoline seeing the two of them struggle decided to help them out.

"Let's go," She said, "We want to meet up with Vlasov soon".

Gabbie looked at the two of them with big wide eyes and looking slightly confused.

Following the rest of the group they soon reached an old manor.

Isaac knocked on the door.

A big burly man opened the door and grinned when he saw Isaac and Appoline.

"My friends" He cried "You made it come in, come in".

Stepping into the Eastern European Mansion the kids looked around in astonishment at the architecture.

After greeting the adults the man turned to Harry, Fleur, and Gabrielle.

"So nice to see you, kids," He said, "My name is Andrei Vlasov pleased to meet you".

Harry and Fleur then answered in almost complete synchronization "'Harry Potter" Fleur Delacour".

That fact was not lost on the adults in the room.

"Nice to meet you two," Andrei said shaking their hands before turning to Gabby "And what is your name little one'.

"Gabby" She squeaked looking with big round eyes at the large man.

"Nice to meet you all" Andrei said "Your house elf's left your stuff upstairs if you want to go get some of it," He told them.

"Yes, I would like to change," Harry told Andrei.

"You go do that and then we can have dinner together," He said before calling out a polish name.

"Here," Andrei said 'Kerbal will show you to your room," He said.

"Thank you, sir," Harry and Fleur said before following the house elf upstairs.

Gabby tried to follow them before they realized that she was still too young to be going up all of those stairs.

Fleur ended up then carrying her sister up the stairs and to the room with their stuff

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