I've never liked using floo powder. It's not that I'm bad at it, it's just that for whatever reason, it's always made me feel kind of nauseous.
I stood still for a moment and attempted to gather myself before walking out into the alley and towards the tavern where I'd promised to meet everyone.
I heard the bell ring as I opened the door and stepped inside.
I hadn't had any time to look around before I was almost knocked over by Ginny as she smothered me as a hug.
I let out a loud laugh as I hugged her back and and tried to catch my breath.
She let go of me and stepped aside as I saw everyone seated around a table at the back of the room.
I gave them a wave as Harry stood up and pulled out a chair from me.
I gave him a smile as I sat down, "thanks."
"No problem."
"So how was your Christmas?"
I grinned, "so amazing, Hermione,"
"Your parents actually liked Malfoy?"
I turned my gaze to Ron, "yeah, they did. My mom said he's a nice looking young man."
I turned back towards Hermione, "what about you? How'd Wesley do?"
She tried to keep her smile under control as I quickly glanced at Ron while I listened to her response, "my parents thought he was really great."
I smiled at her, "that's awesome."
I paused for a moment before I remembered something, "did he like his present from me?"
She nodded her head, "he loved it. He said he'll have to be extra protective of you now."
I let out a giggled, "how nice of him."
We spent an hour or so in the tavern before deciding to walk around and do some shopping.
I wasn't sure what I was in the mood for but I knew that I wanted some new clothes.
I found the closest thing to a Victoria's Secret that the wizarding world has and walked inside.
The boys were polite enough to come inside and sit on some chairs at the back of the store and oggle some magazines.
I was looking through a rack of bras and a found a few that I really liked.
I found matching bottoms before looking around some more.
I was thinking of buying something sexy for Draco for when we got back to school but I was having some trouble finding anything.
I finally decided that I'd have to come back one more time- I wasn't having any luck.
I went up to the till and purchased my things before I waited for Hermione and Ginny to be finished.
I turned my eyes to the window and looked into the street, watching people walk passed.
My eyes widened as I saw William walk by with another Ravenclaw.
I quickly stepped away from the window and looked to the back of the room.
I was afraid to move for fear that he'd look inside and see me.
I'd almost forgotten about him over the past week or so and seeing him again gave me a shock.
"Are you alright?"
I looked to my right and saw Harry coming towards me.
"Oh, Harry, I'm fine."
He looked passed me and out the window. I watched as he looked intently in both directions.
He turned around and faced me, "he's gone."
I felt a sigh of relief, "thanks, Harry."
He walked closer to me and wrapped his arms around me.
It felt nice to be this close to him again.
Even with everything between him and Ginny, which I was so happy about, I'd never really felt like we'd been able to get back to the relationship that we'd had before.
As he let me go I gave him a small smile and walked out the door.
I moved over to a bench across the street and sat down on it while I waited for everyone else.
I reached into my purse and pulled out a watermelon lipgloss and slowly applied it to my lips.
I put the cap back and and threw it back into my bag, zipping it up.
I felt someone's hands on my shoulders as I jumped slightly and turned around.
"Oh thank God. I thought you might be someone else."
He laughed and sat down next to me, "nope. Just handsome Wesley."
I giggled and patted his knee with my hand, "good Christmas?"
"Yeah, it was fine. I felt nervous for a lot of it though."
"She said her family loved you. I told you there wasn't anything to worry about."
He raised his hands up in the air, "I couldn't help it!"
I smiled up at him, "so I heard you liked my present."
"Yes! Thank you so much!"
He moved closer to me and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me in for a hug.
"You're so very welcome. I know that we don't really know each other super well but I feel like you've been looking out for me and I just wanted to give you something for that."
As we let go of one another I saw Pansy staring intently at us.
She gave me a snarl before walking off and into some random store.
I got an awful feeling in my stomach, "shit."
Wesley gave me a questioning look, "what?"
"I dunno. Pansy just really hates me. She'll do anything to make me and Draco stop seeing one another."
He laughed, "get ready for some serious Hogwarts drama."
I rolled my eyes, "lucky me."
