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Two days later.
- I haven't seen Hermione and Ginny all day long. - Harry said. He
was trying to shove Ron away while the other boy kept smooth his
red cotton t-shirt and straightening his collar. - Ron it's a
date! Not a wedding!
- You never know what you may find Harry.
- And what's that suppose to mean? I thought you wanted me and
Ginny back together.
-OH but I do. - He smiled at the raised eyebrow Harry gave him. -
There you go! All good looking and smelling.
-Well after all the perfume you put on me I don't think this is
smelling I good I anymore.
- Oh shut up Harry!
- Ron, what am I suppose to tell the others where I'm going? I mean
you're brother will kill me if they know I have a date, Ginny will
hate me and your parents would tell her. - Harry asked suddenly
worried.
- Ah don't worry about that, I told mom you're going out with me,
I'll find something to do while you have your date, I think I'll go
to the movies with Hermione! I still remember how it was last year,
wicked. Just walk really close to me and if anyone smell the
perfume I'll say it's me.
- Alright. -Harry snorted.
- Don't forget, It's at the Arcana café near the park, there's a
magical shop about two blocks away from there so you'll use floo
powder to Howie's Potion Heaven and follow the instructions I wrote
to you on the paper. - Ron said handing him a small map.
- Ron how did you know all this?
Ron froze up a little, he couldn't possibly say Hermione was the
one who had told him that, but it was the most obvious conclusion.
Well when the girl told you where she wanted to meet I remembered
Bill had a job near there for a little while and asked him how he
traveled there before he could apparate. But don't worry I told him
I wanted to go the with Hermione.
- Ok good. Then we're all set, but we're not leaving right now are
we?. - Harry asked.
- In a few minutes. - He said sitting down beside his friend.
He took a comb and ran through his wet hair one more time before
checking himself on the mirror and heading for the bed with an
arrogant look and walk imitating Malfoy.
- Mione do I really have to go all dressed up? I mean come on! Just
me showing up should pay your debit with Clark. - Ginny complained
as the older girl painfully tugged at her hair braiding it.
- Well Clark is counting on his friend disliking you, if it goes
the other way around I'll pay the bet and see him make that
dumbfounded face of his.
- He has that face all the time! All you need to do is stand in
front of him to see it, no need to provoke emotions. - Ginny said
making them both laugh.
At that point Ginny was moving her head so much Hermione gave up on
braiding it like that, so she make a high pony tale and braided the
'tale'.
- That actually looks good, I might use it for a future party. -
Ginny said.
- Well what did you expect? - Hermione asked in mock
suspiciousness.
- Nothing but a master piece. - The red haired girl answered in the
same playful tone.
- Ok you're read and looking great. - Hermione said as Ginny stood
from the chair. She was wearing a baby peach colored strap dress
with a division at the ribcage making it pleat.
- Thanks. Again how am I suppose to reach that café?
- Oh I owled my dad last night, he said he can pick us up, he
didn't want us wandering around alone. Ron said he and Harry are
going to stick here a little while and then he'll meet me there,
and we can come back all together.
- Ok then. Let's go. I'm actually quite nervous, I never had a date
with someone I don't know.
- If it depends on us you never will. - Hermione whispered to
herself and smiled knowingly at Ginny's words.
Ron kept Harry busy while he watched Ginny and Hermione enter at Mr. Granger's car from his bedroom window.
- Well I guess we should get going. - Ron said leaving the window
and standing in front of Harry.
- Ok, let's hope this will work out, because if it doesn't, you
have no idea in what a big mess I'll have gotten myself into.
- It will work Harry, believe me.
They descended the stairs and one at a time, Ron first they entered
the fire place and shouted the store's name.
They fell into a very dusty fireplace and took a look around find
the expected dark gloomy room full of bottle with colored
substances in them. But the their surprise that room let to another
much better lit that was extremely clean, with while furniture in
it and very originally shaped bottles containing liquids of colors
they had never seem before.
- Harry dust yourself off or the girl will think you're a beggar. -
He said dusting of Harry's hair with slaps while Harry again tried
to shove him away.
- Ah you used our fireplace as a transportation huh? Tsk tsk,
should have used the one of the other room, much cleaner. - Said a
voice from behind them. It belong to a men in his thirties that
resembled Lupin very much with his sand colored hair with gray
streaks and a glass. - I'm Howie the owner. Don't worry you wont
have to pay for using the fireplace. - He said laughing at their
scared faces. - Well next time you come instead of just saying
Howie's Potion Heaven, say Howie's cleaned by Maria Potion's Heaven
lounge..she made me change the name after all she deserved some
credit.
- Uh..thanks a lot Mr.Howie. - Harry began to speak. WE were
wondering if you could tell us how to get to Arcana's café. It's a
muggle place and I do have a map, but I'm not good with tem. -
Harry lied not trusting the map Ron hap apparently made to guide
him.
- Ah of course.Harry Potter! Ah but what a privilege it is to have
you at my shop! I know how you must hear this all the time, but
still I wish I had a camera, we're all very proud of you, you know.
Oh well you leave the shop, turn left and walk one block, than
cross the street turn write, walk another block, cross the other
street in from of you turn left again and walk until the middle of
the block than you'll find the café. They have great brownie's
there! Muggles do know how to make them.
- Ah thanks a lot. - Harry said more confused than before he asked.
- Left, right and left again.ok thanks. - He said as Ron grabbed
him and started to head to the exit.
- Oh but please Mr. Potter, would you mind if I asked you an
autograph? My daughter would love it! - Both boys looked at each
other with bemused faces arching an eyebrow.
- Yeah he'll love to do it, just be quick. - Ron said as the wizard
hurried to get paper and a quill.
- Well that was interesting. - Ron said. They followed the path Howie
had indicated as he himself hadn't understood Hermione's map and when
they reached the last block Ron cloud see a red haired person already
sitting at a table outside the café, with her arms crossed over her chest
and he looked around, searching for Hermione. He had very displeased that
they wouldn't stick around to watch what happened and that they would
meet at the movies where Ron by luck knew where it was. - I think I'll
leave you here and go find Hermione before I get lost. Don't forget to
tell me if she's pretty.
- Don't worry, I will. - Harry said weaving at his friend. He had
agreed with Kioni she'd sit at table 7 or at least stand by it if
it was occupied and that he was going with a red t-shirt. Harry
could distinguish the number seven from the distance he was, and
there was someone sitting there, someone suspiciously familiar.
Ginny at the same time had spotted the boy wearing a red t-shirt
approaching her and her eyes started to squint and her brow to
furrow as the boy came closer. What the.
The waiter came to the her order and distracted her from the boy,
and also to hinder Harry's view of the sitting girl. He reached
the table and stood silently waiting for the insistent waiter to
leave after the familiar voice told him for the third time she only
wanted water. As the men stepped away Harry's eyes lowered and
Ginny's raised locking with each other. And the same mix of
surprise, astonishment and an emotion they couldn't quite place a
finger on showed on their stunned faces.
What was that all about?
- Harry? - She asked with an incredulous face.
- Ginny.- He stated.
- What are you doing here? Me? What are yo...
Suddenly Ginny looked up, her eyes squinting. "I can't believe it! They
did this! Hermione and Ron set this whole thing up! I can't believe they
would do that! They can't just put themselves in the middle of things! -
She controlled herself not to yell.
- Ron just played me the fool all this time! Internet date...
- So that's what you're here for? - Ginny asked raising an eyebrow.
- Don't start Ginny, you're here as well - He looked down.
- Because, I agreed to help Hermione to win a bet with Cl.. - Ginny just
closed her eyes and trailed off, how could she be this stupid? Hermione
didn't even have a chance to talk to Clark all year long, let alone make
bets. - I can't believe she would just be so nosy! - She looked up with
a faint blush on her face.
- I'm leaving. - Harry said.
Two days later.
- I haven't seen Hermione and Ginny all day long. - Harry said. He
was trying to shove Ron away while the other boy kept smooth his
red cotton t-shirt and straightening his collar. - Ron it's a
date! Not a wedding!
- You never know what you may find Harry.
- And what's that suppose to mean? I thought you wanted me and
Ginny back together.
-OH but I do. - He smiled at the raised eyebrow Harry gave him. -
There you go! All good looking and smelling.
-Well after all the perfume you put on me I don't think this is
smelling I good I anymore.
- Oh shut up Harry!
- Ron, what am I suppose to tell the others where I'm going? I mean
you're brother will kill me if they know I have a date, Ginny will
hate me and your parents would tell her. - Harry asked suddenly
worried.
- Ah don't worry about that, I told mom you're going out with me,
I'll find something to do while you have your date, I think I'll go
to the movies with Hermione! I still remember how it was last year,
wicked. Just walk really close to me and if anyone smell the
perfume I'll say it's me.
- Alright. -Harry snorted.
- Don't forget, It's at the Arcana café near the park, there's a
magical shop about two blocks away from there so you'll use floo
powder to Howie's Potion Heaven and follow the instructions I wrote
to you on the paper. - Ron said handing him a small map.
- Ron how did you know all this?
Ron froze up a little, he couldn't possibly say Hermione was the
one who had told him that, but it was the most obvious conclusion.
Well when the girl told you where she wanted to meet I remembered
Bill had a job near there for a little while and asked him how he
traveled there before he could apparate. But don't worry I told him
I wanted to go the with Hermione.
- Ok good. Then we're all set, but we're not leaving right now are
we?. - Harry asked.
- In a few minutes. - He said sitting down beside his friend.
He took a comb and ran through his wet hair one more time before
checking himself on the mirror and heading for the bed with an
arrogant look and walk imitating Malfoy.
- Mione do I really have to go all dressed up? I mean come on! Just
me showing up should pay your debit with Clark. - Ginny complained
as the older girl painfully tugged at her hair braiding it.
- Well Clark is counting on his friend disliking you, if it goes
the other way around I'll pay the bet and see him make that
dumbfounded face of his.
- He has that face all the time! All you need to do is stand in
front of him to see it, no need to provoke emotions. - Ginny said
making them both laugh.
At that point Ginny was moving her head so much Hermione gave up on
braiding it like that, so she make a high pony tale and braided the
'tale'.
- That actually looks good, I might use it for a future party. -
Ginny said.
- Well what did you expect? - Hermione asked in mock
suspiciousness.
- Nothing but a master piece. - The red haired girl answered in the
same playful tone.
- Ok you're read and looking great. - Hermione said as Ginny stood
from the chair. She was wearing a baby peach colored strap dress
with a division at the ribcage making it pleat.
- Thanks. Again how am I suppose to reach that café?
- Oh I owled my dad last night, he said he can pick us up, he
didn't want us wandering around alone. Ron said he and Harry are
going to stick here a little while and then he'll meet me there,
and we can come back all together.
- Ok then. Let's go. I'm actually quite nervous, I never had a date
with someone I don't know.
- If it depends on us you never will. - Hermione whispered to
herself and smiled knowingly at Ginny's words.
Ron kept Harry busy while he watched Ginny and Hermione enter at Mr. Granger's car from his bedroom window.
- Well I guess we should get going. - Ron said leaving the window
and standing in front of Harry.
- Ok, let's hope this will work out, because if it doesn't, you
have no idea in what a big mess I'll have gotten myself into.
- It will work Harry, believe me.
They descended the stairs and one at a time, Ron first they entered
the fire place and shouted the store's name.
They fell into a very dusty fireplace and took a look around find
the expected dark gloomy room full of bottle with colored
substances in them. But the their surprise that room let to another
much better lit that was extremely clean, with while furniture in
it and very originally shaped bottles containing liquids of colors
they had never seem before.
- Harry dust yourself off or the girl will think you're a beggar. -
He said dusting of Harry's hair with slaps while Harry again tried
to shove him away.
- Ah you used our fireplace as a transportation huh? Tsk tsk,
should have used the one of the other room, much cleaner. - Said a
voice from behind them. It belong to a men in his thirties that
resembled Lupin very much with his sand colored hair with gray
streaks and a glass. - I'm Howie the owner. Don't worry you wont
have to pay for using the fireplace. - He said laughing at their
scared faces. - Well next time you come instead of just saying
Howie's Potion Heaven, say Howie's cleaned by Maria Potion's Heaven
lounge..she made me change the name after all she deserved some
credit.
- Uh..thanks a lot Mr.Howie. - Harry began to speak. WE were
wondering if you could tell us how to get to Arcana's café. It's a
muggle place and I do have a map, but I'm not good with tem. -
Harry lied not trusting the map Ron hap apparently made to guide
him.
- Ah of course.Harry Potter! Ah but what a privilege it is to have
you at my shop! I know how you must hear this all the time, but
still I wish I had a camera, we're all very proud of you, you know.
Oh well you leave the shop, turn left and walk one block, than
cross the street turn write, walk another block, cross the other
street in from of you turn left again and walk until the middle of
the block than you'll find the café. They have great brownie's
there! Muggles do know how to make them.
- Ah thanks a lot. - Harry said more confused than before he asked.
- Left, right and left again.ok thanks. - He said as Ron grabbed
him and started to head to the exit.
- Oh but please Mr. Potter, would you mind if I asked you an
autograph? My daughter would love it! - Both boys looked at each
other with bemused faces arching an eyebrow.
- Yeah he'll love to do it, just be quick. - Ron said as the wizard
hurried to get paper and a quill.
- Well that was interesting. - Ron said. They followed the path Howie
had indicated as he himself hadn't understood Hermione's map and when
they reached the last block Ron cloud see a red haired person already
sitting at a table outside the café, with her arms crossed over her chest
and he looked around, searching for Hermione. He had very displeased that
they wouldn't stick around to watch what happened and that they would
meet at the movies where Ron by luck knew where it was. - I think I'll
leave you here and go find Hermione before I get lost. Don't forget to
tell me if she's pretty.
- Don't worry, I will. - Harry said weaving at his friend. He had
agreed with Kioni she'd sit at table 7 or at least stand by it if
it was occupied and that he was going with a red t-shirt. Harry
could distinguish the number seven from the distance he was, and
there was someone sitting there, someone suspiciously familiar.
Ginny at the same time had spotted the boy wearing a red t-shirt
approaching her and her eyes started to squint and her brow to
furrow as the boy came closer. What the.
The waiter came to the her order and distracted her from the boy,
and also to hinder Harry's view of the sitting girl. He reached
the table and stood silently waiting for the insistent waiter to
leave after the familiar voice told him for the third time she only
wanted water. As the men stepped away Harry's eyes lowered and
Ginny's raised locking with each other. And the same mix of
surprise, astonishment and an emotion they couldn't quite place a
finger on showed on their stunned faces.
What was that all about?
- Harry? - She asked with an incredulous face.
- Ginny.- He stated.
- What are you doing here? Me? What are yo...
Suddenly Ginny looked up, her eyes squinting. "I can't believe it! They
did this! Hermione and Ron set this whole thing up! I can't believe they
would do that! They can't just put themselves in the middle of things! -
She controlled herself not to yell.
- Ron just played me the fool all this time! Internet date...
- So that's what you're here for? - Ginny asked raising an eyebrow.
- Don't start Ginny, you're here as well - He looked down.
- Because, I agreed to help Hermione to win a bet with Cl.. - Ginny just
closed her eyes and trailed off, how could she be this stupid? Hermione
didn't even have a chance to talk to Clark all year long, let alone make
bets. - I can't believe she would just be so nosy! - She looked up with
a faint blush on her face.
- I'm leaving. - Harry said.