Chapter 9- London
"Piers!" cried Dudley, "Good to see ya!" Piers had just been dropped off by his parents and was now in the kitchen where Dudley and Harry were eating breakfast.
"Hello mate, it's been awhile." He looked over to Harry. "I see HE still lives here."
"Not by choice of course," said Dudley, who started laughing with Piers.
"Of course not by choice," Harry mumbled.
"What was that Harry?" said Piers.
"Nothing." Just at that moment, Lindsey came down in an early morning daze and still in her pajamas. "Lindsey, you know that we are leaving in fifteen minutes, right?" asked Harry
"Yeah, mmm hmm, right," she said sleepily. She sat down next to Harry and reached for a slice of bacon. "Fifty minutes is more than enough time."
"He said FIFTEEN genius," said Dudley, rolling his eyes.
"WHAT?" She screamed. "Why wasn't I woken up? And who are you?" she said, looking at Piers. Piers walked over sauvly, and held out his hand.
"My name is Piers, enchante madamoiselle." Lindsey reached to shake his hand and he grabbed the hand and kissed it.
"Um, right," said Lindsey, pulling her hand away, "I'm just gonna go get ready now." She ran off with a questioning glace at Harry, who was bitting his lip to keep from laughing. Dudley however looked very angry.
"What was that?" he demanded.
"Well she was particurally cute."
"Augh, never say that again," groaned Dudley, cringing. "It makes me sick."
"You're just jealous! Because I actually might have a chance with her! I know you saw that chemistry!" It was too much for Harry, he burst into a fit of laughter. Piers noticed and glared at him.
"As amusing as this is, I'm going to finish getting ready too," Harry said. He walked upstairs laughing, leaving Dudley and Piers to their conversation. He went to his room, shut the door, and retreived his magic things from the loose floorboard. He grabbed his bag of galleons, knuts, and sickles. It seemed to be enough. He also got his wand and stuck it, along with his money, in his pocket.
Meanwhile, Lindsey was rushing around her room trying to find something to wear. It also didn't help that her wet hair was leaving little speckles of moisture on all of her shirts. She finally managed to pick something to wear and had her hair done, makeup on, and bag of stuff ready. She ran to the bathroom to brush her teeth. She saw that Harry had beaten her there.
"Hey there, mind if i grab my toothbrush?"
"Naw ah awll," he said, with a mouthfull of toothpaste. Harry finished his dental procedings before Lindsey did.
"Man you should have stayed, Dudley just about threw up because Piers thinks he has a chance with you." Lindsey nearly choked on her toothpaste and ended up spitting it out into the sink
"Please tell me you're joking."
"Nope, it was classic. Piers got all defensive and Dudley was freaking out."
"Oh no, can I hide from him for the rest of the day?"
"Probably not. Piers has this knack for finding people who are hiding from him," Harry said, thinking about their days at school together.
"Isn't there some sort of hiding spell?
"Well yes, but we're underage, no magic allowed."
"Well I don't technically count."
"Don't take chances, the ministry isn't too happy with me these days."
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Squeezing into the Dursely car was not easy. Dudley and Piers were not small people and Lindsey and Harry were there too. Harry sat by one window with Lindsey next to him. Then came Piers, who refused to sit anywhere that wasn't by Lindsey, and finally Dudley. The only one who seemed happy about the tight fit was Piers.
"Well now Lindsey, aren't we in here tight."
"Yeah," she said, trying her best to move away from him. "Real tight."
"Kinda like sardines," observed Harry
"This is truly magical," said Lindsey, unaware of the effects that one word could cause. Vernon coughed and glared at Harry through the rearview mirror. Dudley turned white and Harry sat looking as innocent as possible. The car ride passed with Piers talking, Dudley occasionally rolling his eyes, Harry trying not to laugh, Lindsey pretending to care about Piers babble, Vernon occasionally glaring back at Harry, and Petunia trying to figure out what Piers was up to.
Finally, London came into sight.
"Well there it is," said Petunia, "London." Lindsey squealed with excitement and clambored over Harry to get a better view.
"This is so cool!"
"Well Lindsey, I'm quite an expert on London, I visit once or twice every month."
"That's great," said Lindsey. Before long, Lindsey found herself outside Buckingham Palace. She even managed to ditch Piers and the Durselys in the crowd. That left her and Harry standing on a patch of grass outside the palace gates
"Do you think I could sneek in to see William and Harry?"
"Probably not," said Harry, "See all those people guarding the entrance?"
"Oh I could take them, just hook me up with a spell," said Lindsey, a little too loudly. A few people turned and looked at them.
"Lindsey!" Whispered Harry, a little angry. "Lets try to be at least a LITTLE subtle."
"Sorry."
"THERE you are!" cried Piers, running over to Lindsey with Dudley trailing behind, eating an ice cream. Piers hooked his arm around Lindsey and dragged her over closer to the palace gates.
"You know that the guards will be changing soon."
"Thats great," she replied, looking back at Harry and Dudley pleadingly. Harry shrugged and Dudley just kept eating.
After Buckingham Palace, they visited Westminster Abbey and other sites in the area. Then they realized that they were long overdue for lunch.
"Well there is McDonalds or Mimi's Italian Bistro," said Marge, looking up and down the street they were on.
"McDonald's," said Dudley and Piers together.
"What about that pub over there?" said Lindsey.
"What pub?" asked Dudley, glancing around.
"The right there." She pointed to a small rundown place by a large CD store. Dudley looked in that direction but clearly saw nothing. Harry meanwhile, had seen the pub as well, but decided that it would be best if he didn't say anything.
"Oh you've been in the sun too long. You're seeing things," said Piers fondly.
"No I'm not, it's right there, the Leaky Cauldron," Lindsey said, feeling frustrated.
"Ahhh! That's enough!" Bellowed Vernon, "I want Italian."
"But I want McDonald's!" Whined Dudley
"Fine, Marge and I will go to Mimi's, Dudley and Piers can go to McDonald's, and Lindsey can go to her made up restaurant with him," Vernon decided, with a glare at Harry and Lindsey."
"Fine," they all said in unison, although Piers looked rather sad at being separated from Lindsey.
"Meet back in an hour and a half," said Marge. They all wandered off in their own directions.
"Harry, tell me that I'm not seeing things and that you can see this pub too."
"Yeah, I see it," replied Harry, amazed at how easy it was to get away from the Dursley's.
"Are the Dursley's blind? Honestly!" said Lindsey, "But I'm so excited! I've always wanted to eat at an English pub!"
"Yeah, let me tell you, they're magical!" Said Harry with a smile as he looked up at the Leaky Cauldron sign and pushed open the door
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(a/n) REVIEW!!! and thanks to the following who have been super reviewers (plus y'all get responses from now on)...
Lindzi babe'03- Glad to know you love it!
NiteQueen- I thought my petting-zoo thing was rather clever (lol)
Fier- sickling!
iamhermione19- Of course i'll keep writing!
Twisted-fate- Way to be with the non-updating
shdurrani- well as long as JK rowling doesn't play a trick on us and make harry and voldemort related, there is no real lindsey/harry relation
Jenn- actual feedback rocks! you're great. mad props for picking up on that muggles-can't-see-leaky-cauldron thing
GlaiveGirl- well harry doens't know yet.. so we'll just wait and see
"Piers!" cried Dudley, "Good to see ya!" Piers had just been dropped off by his parents and was now in the kitchen where Dudley and Harry were eating breakfast.
"Hello mate, it's been awhile." He looked over to Harry. "I see HE still lives here."
"Not by choice of course," said Dudley, who started laughing with Piers.
"Of course not by choice," Harry mumbled.
"What was that Harry?" said Piers.
"Nothing." Just at that moment, Lindsey came down in an early morning daze and still in her pajamas. "Lindsey, you know that we are leaving in fifteen minutes, right?" asked Harry
"Yeah, mmm hmm, right," she said sleepily. She sat down next to Harry and reached for a slice of bacon. "Fifty minutes is more than enough time."
"He said FIFTEEN genius," said Dudley, rolling his eyes.
"WHAT?" She screamed. "Why wasn't I woken up? And who are you?" she said, looking at Piers. Piers walked over sauvly, and held out his hand.
"My name is Piers, enchante madamoiselle." Lindsey reached to shake his hand and he grabbed the hand and kissed it.
"Um, right," said Lindsey, pulling her hand away, "I'm just gonna go get ready now." She ran off with a questioning glace at Harry, who was bitting his lip to keep from laughing. Dudley however looked very angry.
"What was that?" he demanded.
"Well she was particurally cute."
"Augh, never say that again," groaned Dudley, cringing. "It makes me sick."
"You're just jealous! Because I actually might have a chance with her! I know you saw that chemistry!" It was too much for Harry, he burst into a fit of laughter. Piers noticed and glared at him.
"As amusing as this is, I'm going to finish getting ready too," Harry said. He walked upstairs laughing, leaving Dudley and Piers to their conversation. He went to his room, shut the door, and retreived his magic things from the loose floorboard. He grabbed his bag of galleons, knuts, and sickles. It seemed to be enough. He also got his wand and stuck it, along with his money, in his pocket.
Meanwhile, Lindsey was rushing around her room trying to find something to wear. It also didn't help that her wet hair was leaving little speckles of moisture on all of her shirts. She finally managed to pick something to wear and had her hair done, makeup on, and bag of stuff ready. She ran to the bathroom to brush her teeth. She saw that Harry had beaten her there.
"Hey there, mind if i grab my toothbrush?"
"Naw ah awll," he said, with a mouthfull of toothpaste. Harry finished his dental procedings before Lindsey did.
"Man you should have stayed, Dudley just about threw up because Piers thinks he has a chance with you." Lindsey nearly choked on her toothpaste and ended up spitting it out into the sink
"Please tell me you're joking."
"Nope, it was classic. Piers got all defensive and Dudley was freaking out."
"Oh no, can I hide from him for the rest of the day?"
"Probably not. Piers has this knack for finding people who are hiding from him," Harry said, thinking about their days at school together.
"Isn't there some sort of hiding spell?
"Well yes, but we're underage, no magic allowed."
"Well I don't technically count."
"Don't take chances, the ministry isn't too happy with me these days."
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Squeezing into the Dursely car was not easy. Dudley and Piers were not small people and Lindsey and Harry were there too. Harry sat by one window with Lindsey next to him. Then came Piers, who refused to sit anywhere that wasn't by Lindsey, and finally Dudley. The only one who seemed happy about the tight fit was Piers.
"Well now Lindsey, aren't we in here tight."
"Yeah," she said, trying her best to move away from him. "Real tight."
"Kinda like sardines," observed Harry
"This is truly magical," said Lindsey, unaware of the effects that one word could cause. Vernon coughed and glared at Harry through the rearview mirror. Dudley turned white and Harry sat looking as innocent as possible. The car ride passed with Piers talking, Dudley occasionally rolling his eyes, Harry trying not to laugh, Lindsey pretending to care about Piers babble, Vernon occasionally glaring back at Harry, and Petunia trying to figure out what Piers was up to.
Finally, London came into sight.
"Well there it is," said Petunia, "London." Lindsey squealed with excitement and clambored over Harry to get a better view.
"This is so cool!"
"Well Lindsey, I'm quite an expert on London, I visit once or twice every month."
"That's great," said Lindsey. Before long, Lindsey found herself outside Buckingham Palace. She even managed to ditch Piers and the Durselys in the crowd. That left her and Harry standing on a patch of grass outside the palace gates
"Do you think I could sneek in to see William and Harry?"
"Probably not," said Harry, "See all those people guarding the entrance?"
"Oh I could take them, just hook me up with a spell," said Lindsey, a little too loudly. A few people turned and looked at them.
"Lindsey!" Whispered Harry, a little angry. "Lets try to be at least a LITTLE subtle."
"Sorry."
"THERE you are!" cried Piers, running over to Lindsey with Dudley trailing behind, eating an ice cream. Piers hooked his arm around Lindsey and dragged her over closer to the palace gates.
"You know that the guards will be changing soon."
"Thats great," she replied, looking back at Harry and Dudley pleadingly. Harry shrugged and Dudley just kept eating.
After Buckingham Palace, they visited Westminster Abbey and other sites in the area. Then they realized that they were long overdue for lunch.
"Well there is McDonalds or Mimi's Italian Bistro," said Marge, looking up and down the street they were on.
"McDonald's," said Dudley and Piers together.
"What about that pub over there?" said Lindsey.
"What pub?" asked Dudley, glancing around.
"The right there." She pointed to a small rundown place by a large CD store. Dudley looked in that direction but clearly saw nothing. Harry meanwhile, had seen the pub as well, but decided that it would be best if he didn't say anything.
"Oh you've been in the sun too long. You're seeing things," said Piers fondly.
"No I'm not, it's right there, the Leaky Cauldron," Lindsey said, feeling frustrated.
"Ahhh! That's enough!" Bellowed Vernon, "I want Italian."
"But I want McDonald's!" Whined Dudley
"Fine, Marge and I will go to Mimi's, Dudley and Piers can go to McDonald's, and Lindsey can go to her made up restaurant with him," Vernon decided, with a glare at Harry and Lindsey."
"Fine," they all said in unison, although Piers looked rather sad at being separated from Lindsey.
"Meet back in an hour and a half," said Marge. They all wandered off in their own directions.
"Harry, tell me that I'm not seeing things and that you can see this pub too."
"Yeah, I see it," replied Harry, amazed at how easy it was to get away from the Dursley's.
"Are the Dursley's blind? Honestly!" said Lindsey, "But I'm so excited! I've always wanted to eat at an English pub!"
"Yeah, let me tell you, they're magical!" Said Harry with a smile as he looked up at the Leaky Cauldron sign and pushed open the door
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(a/n) REVIEW!!! and thanks to the following who have been super reviewers (plus y'all get responses from now on)...
Lindzi babe'03- Glad to know you love it!
NiteQueen- I thought my petting-zoo thing was rather clever (lol)
Fier- sickling!
iamhermione19- Of course i'll keep writing!
Twisted-fate- Way to be with the non-updating
shdurrani- well as long as JK rowling doesn't play a trick on us and make harry and voldemort related, there is no real lindsey/harry relation
Jenn- actual feedback rocks! you're great. mad props for picking up on that muggles-can't-see-leaky-cauldron thing
GlaiveGirl- well harry doens't know yet.. so we'll just wait and see