AN. I haven't gotten this chapter back from the beta yet, but I
also got impatient so I will repost it after I get it back. So please
forget about the errors I've missed or made.
CHAPTER 23 HOW DID THINGS GET SO TWISTED
The next couple of weeks went by uneventfully, Harry healed up and they all spent a lot of time researching, playing Quidditch and just being teens. Hermione had given Ginny the fourth pendant and indeed a red stone, representing fire, appeared.
With the loss of Vernon, Petunia and Dudley spent a lot of time with the rest of the household. The twins thanked Dudley for the multiple trips to the loo, by turning all of Dudley's clothing into frilly pink dresses with matching bloomers. It wore off in a couple of days, but the name Duddy-kins continued to torment him. Dudley retaliated with saran wrap covered toilets and blue dye in the shower head, unfortunately Fred discovered both.
Ginny successfully avoided anytime alone with Harry. She either kept to the group of people or went off by herself. On the 24 of July, it was a very hot evening so after a long day of helping her mother with cleaning, Ginny changed into her suit, grabbed a towel and went out to the pool to cool off. She swam a couple of laps before resting by the side and closing her eyes.
"Ginny," she snapped her eyes open, looking up to see Harry standing beside the pool inn his dark green trunks with beads of perspiration glistening across his chest.
"Ginny," he said again "have you been avoiding me?"
"No," she lied "Why do you ask?"
"Well I've barely seen you the last couple of weeks." Harry replied, almost angrily. He climbed into the pool beside her.
"Oh I've been busy helping mum," she answered. That was true, she had spent a lot of time with her mum although it usually came to her mum's surprise.
"Oh," Harry replied. He wondered why she was so distant lately. Didn't she like him anymore? "Ginny we're friends, aren't we?" he asked hesitantly.
"Why of course Harry, I think you're a great friend and I'd hate to lose that." Ginny said, emphasizing the word 'friend'.
"Oh," said Harry, feeling deflated.
"What, don't you want to be friends Harry?" Ginny asked, not quite understanding Harry's expression.
"Um, well yeah," he said not wanting to give himself away, he did want to be friends, but he wanted more than friends.
"Good I like us just being friends." Ginny gave a nervous smile. She had hoped he had wanted more but school would be starting soon, then he could be with Cho.
'Damn,' Harry thought, she actually said it 'just friends'. In dating terms that was the kiss of death along with being told, 'you're a nice guy'. Harry managed a fake smile before Ginny got out of the pool.
Ginny couldn't stand being this close to Harry and not be able to touch him. "Well I'm going to go back now. I have to help mum with supper." she lied, excusing herself, Harry just nodded.
Ginny went up to her room, grabbed her clothes, and showered quickly. She was still toweling her hair dry when she went back to her room.
"What's up with you lately?" came Hermione's demanding voice.
"Whah!" Ginny hollered, as she stumbled backwards "You scared me."
"Good," Hermione giggled. "I've noticed you've been avoiding Harry. I thought you two were getting on well. What happened?" she asked with a look of concern.
"Harry just wanted a stand in for Cho, and I'm not going to do that for anyone." Ginny said with a note of anger.
"What makes you think Harry likes Cho?" Hermione asked.
"Well I got a letter from Dean," Ginny started.
"Say no more, he told you that he saw Cho go into Harry's room right?" Hermione asked and Ginny nodded. "So then you believe that he and Cho were together huh?" Ginny nodded again. "Nothing happened." Hermione added.
"What?" Ginny exclaimed.
"Harry told her that he wasn't interested in her that way," said Hermione.
"Oh no, I'm so stupid!" Ginny hollered.
"Why, what did you do?" Hermione asked concerned.
"I um..I told Harry I just wanted to be friends." Ginny said with a pained look on her face.
"Well you'll just have to fix that won't you." Hermione grinned.
It was just a week till school began so Hermione was busy making notes of all the books she wanted to bring with her. She hadn't gone through enough of them in the Marauder library as she would have liked, plus there was the Potter library downstairs. She and Ron had spent little time alone together, with all the things that had happened this summer, chores, the Marauders, research, and Harry's accident it never seemed the right time for any snogging. Oh sure there were a few times, but usually they were with Harry now since Ginny had decided to make herself scarce, Ron and Hermione just didn't want to leave him alone.
Ron finally decided to take matters into his own hands. On Wednesday he asked his mum if he could pack a picnic supper so he and Hermione could be alone for a bit.
"Oh Ronald that is so sweet. Your father used to take me on picnics when we were younger." Molly gushed "Oh the good old days."
Ron made a mental note to give his father a bit of advice about that. He thought his mum needed a little looking after herself.
Molly packed a basket but not before giving Ron a very stern lecture on how to treat a lady.
"Remember to keep your hands visible at all times, a lady doesn't like being groped." Molly said, pointing her finger at her youngest son.
"Mum," Ron's ears were very red now, but he thought to himself. 'I wonder if that means Hermione's not a lady' the thought made his cheeks go red as well.
Hermione, Ginny, and Harry came into the kitchen as it was supper time. Ron pulled Hermione to the side. "Mione would you go out with me?" Ron asked.
"I kind of thought we were." she replied, looking a little confused.
"No I mean a proper date." Ron clarified. Hermione's mouth dropped.
"Do I take that as a yes or a no?" Ron asked wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
Hermione just nodded, dumbfounded that Ron could be that sweet and thoughtful. Ron grabbed the basket and a blanket that he had brought down earlier, walked back to Hermione and took her hand leading her to the back door.
Ron and Hermione walked past the pool and the gardens, past the open field and into the large group of trees near the edge of the property. Ron spread out the blanket and started unpacking the food, then offered Hermione a place to sit. She snapped out of her state of awe and leapt on Ron thanking him for his brilliant idea.
Back at the house everyone enjoyed a wonderful supper, taking part in conversation and laughter.
"So Dudley have you any thought to which school you'd like to attend?" Arthur asked.
"I think I'd like to try the school Dumbledore suggested. I like the idea that everyone there will know about magic, but I'm uh..." Dudley trailed off.
"A bit nervous aye?" Arthur finished with a bit of a chuckle. "I think we're all a bit nervous when starting something new, especially a new school. I know it's smaller than Hogwarts. Well I've never been there myself, but if you'd like we could take you after we take the rest of the kids to Kings Cross."
"I'd like that." Dudley answered with a smile.
"Maybe you could help me with something Dud," Arthur started "I've still not found the meaning of a rubber duck."
"Oh," Dudley laughed "It's just a toy to float in the bathtub."
"Well that's a load off," Arthur answered "I thought I was missing something."
At that moment a series of pops sounded at different intervals around the table.
Everyone's head turned to see the source of the noise. They all started laughing, for where Dudley, Harry and Arthur had been sitting, three new girls sat. They too were laughing not knowing they were part of the laughter.
"I think you girls need to work on your make-up skills," said Ginny, giggling madly.
"You made them look like scarlet women." Molly added, chuckling.
The three new women looked at each other, they had bright red lipstick, which seemed to cover more than just their lips, bold blue eye shadow, extremely long eyelashes and very rosy cheeks.
Harry snorted at the look on Arthur and Duldey's face.
"Oh Harriet, I wouldn't be laughing so hard if I were you." Arthur chuckled as Harry blushed even further when he found he must be one of the girls.
"Well Artina," Harry said batting her eyelashes "You don't look much better." This made everyone laugh even harder.
Ginny calmed her laughing just enough to add "Now I have two mums and two new girlfriends." Ginny then rolled off her chair and lay on the floor holding her stomach laughing.
Dudley's eyes grew big when he realized she had said two new girlfriends, and since no one else besides Harry and Arthur were changed he must be the other girlfriend. "Oh isn't she cute?" Petunia reached over pinching Dudley's cheek "I've always wanted a little girl." this made everyone, except Dudley of couse, burst out laughing even harder.
When they had all calmed down a bit, Ginny picked up the biscuit she had in front of her. She hadn't taken a bite of it yet. "So what are these called?" she asked looking at the twins.
"Beauty Biscuits," said Fred.
"Well I always wondered what it would be like to be a scarlet woman." Ginny said as she bit into the biscuit. A few seconds after eating the biscuit there was a pop. Ginny, who before had her hair pulled back in a ponytail looking like she had spent all day cleaning, was instantly transformed into what anyone would have labeled as a supermodel.
"Wow," said Dudley, while Harry just sat there with his mouth open.
"Looks good Ginny, dear." said Molly "I wonder.." she said and grabbed a biscuit "Oh and Harry dear, do close your mouth it's very unbecoming of a lady." She giggled and popped the biscuit into her mouth.
A few minutes later Molly was leaving the kitchen with Arthur in tow, while he kept saying things like 'You look just like you did when we first met' and 'What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?' After exiting, Molly popped her head back in "I'll just leave you two to tidy up," she said, pointing her finger at Fred and George.
Harry, Ginny, Petunia, and Dudley laughed while Fred and George looked at each other like 'what just happened?'
As Harry, Ginny, and Dudley left the kitchen, Ginny asked "So you guys want to play a game?"
"Okay," the two boys said in unison.
"How about the game Tonks gave you for your birthday? We have an odd number and someone has to spin the dial, so whoever wins will play the spinner."
"That sounds fair," said Dudley "Why don't you two go first since you've never played." Dudley knew from experience how the game went and knew that his cousin fancied Ginny so why not be a sport.
They went to the game room, the boys were back to their normal selves all make-up had worn off. Dudley set up the mat and gave the spinner a flip. "Okay then, left hand green," he started.
Well that's easy enough they both felt. Dudley kept spinning, naming off different colors and either hands or feet, while Harry and Ginny obeyed. They were just starting to get tangled.
"Right hand red," Dudley anounced.
Harry had to flip himself over so he was in position to do the crab walk, hands behind him so he was face up. Ginny had to move her hand behind her which put her in the most attractive position, well at least to a teenage boy anyway, her bum was high in the air just in front of Harry's face.
Ginny peered between her legs and saw Harry looking at her bum. She just happened to be wearing shorts, that with all the twisting had risen kind of high. Harry moved his gaze and saw Ginny grinning at him and blushed deeply. "Hi Harry." she grinned.
Dudley meanwhile was trying to fight the laughter at setting them up this way. He was about to spin the dial again when Fred and George entered the room.
"Harry, why is your face in our sister's bum?" They yelled in unison, announcing their presence. Harry tried to jump to his feet but hit his head on something rather soft, which knock Ginny off balance and sent her crashing down on top of Harry. "Well what's going on here?" asked Fred.
"Twister," announced Dudley "You wanna have a go?" trying to make it sound as innocent as possible.
"Um no," said Fred.
"But I think we'll take that on our next date." added George, taking the dial from Dudley.
Harry and Ginny scrambled to their feet, both grinning and blushing profusely.
"How about we all go watch a movie," said Fred "There's a new thriller on tonight."
"I think I'll pass," said Ginny, hoping Harry would decline as well. She headed for the door and Harry made to follow her.
"Hang on there Harry mate," said George, putting an arm around his shoulder "we want you to watch the movie with us."
"Yeah, it's a new one about family members who took revenge on a bloke who took advantage of their sister," Fred added, putting his arm around Harry's other shoulder "It's supposed to be real gory.
Harry looked a bit nervous but forced out a smile as the two grinning boys guided him from the game room to the living room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A.N. Hey Sorry about the wait. It's a hard place getting to the end of summer but putting in the time before they start back to school. Should be one more chapter then back they go. I have thought about a few things to happen after school starts. Damn insomnia, That's usually when I think about new story ideas. Once I actually had to get out of bed to make notes. I do a lot of my writing after 10:00pm (I guess tired and silly helps). Been a lot to think about with school comes a new defense teacher. Who will it be? This has plagued my thoughts, to come up with someone suitable. Well as always thanks for your reviews and I love to have your thoughts and feelings. Individual Response:
Snuffles007: Thank you
Jeangab057: Yep your right Natbag: I think there was some problems some of the other stories I read thought at first the same way I did that no one reviewed. But not the case. We'll see about the violence when it comes ok? I am so glad that you like my story it means a lot, and I am glad you review. Oh I almost forgot sorry about the formatting I always go and look at it after I post and say how bad it looked. My beta just started with that chapter and I tried to use it in that format that he sent. I quickly changed it but with the site all mixed up it took a couple of days to get it right.
Hector: I apologise if my way of dealing with a well I cant even call her a reviewer I got a lot of people e-mailing me wanting to know what is wrong with her. I am alright with people not liking my story I know it isn't for everyone. I alst don't mind people asking questions but I don't know what she wanted. If she had a qwestion that would have been fine but when she writes it was not even a question and she sounded like she never read the real books and didn't know what was going on I tried to deal with her over a period of time and help but she came across like someone who just likes to anoy authors. Ive seen her remarks in other stories as well and I for one am not going to take people who ar just doing things to annoy people. This is a place to tell authors what you liked or didn't like and kind of chat with the author. There isn't room for people who get their kicks on making a mockery of HP and HP fanfiction. This has nothing to do with being able to take criticism there was none. No I like or didn't like, just nonsense.
Fan: No your correct I didn't say how long Vernon had gone without insurance. I also never said how long they had financial trouble. I figure he must have been in deep before losing his job or they wouldn't have been so hard off. I did say in chapter 2("If I don't have a steady income plus the bonus that I was counting on, we won't have enough to get by." Vernon sighed. "I had some investments that went sour, and I used all our savings, and well, honey...We're broke! We're going to have to sell the house) I never put in all the day to day help and money that Harry gave him Harry took over their living expenses when they moved in. Maybe when my new beta goes through everything It will be more clear for you.
David305: Glad your sill enjoying. I do have a tendency to ramble and You finnaly brought to my attention an actual date in the book (one place I didn't think of looking till you mentioned it) No one else could give me one from the book. I went to a website for facts and it didn't tell me where they got the year. Well that blows my reasoning out and maybe I will go back and change it when I find time but I have to use my spare time now writing so I can post chapters.I didn't actually mean that if it happens one year it has to be printed that year I m sorry it came across that day I was alittle off when I submitted the last chapter My dog of 14 years had just gotten run over and killed. So I kind of went alittle off. Forgive me.
Hp-fan: thanks there should be.
Goldknight99: Yes the formatting what a nightmare. I fixed it right away (see reason in response to Natbag) If I have enough people to read it first it should cut down on errors. I've always checked but if the word is spelled right (just the wrong word) I never catch it unless I am reading someone else's LOL.
TuxedoMac: Humble my ---. LOL I have thought of ending after the next chapter. Now don't get excited but I would make the school year part 2 what do you think. What Happens Next Part II, The School Year.
CHAPTER 23 HOW DID THINGS GET SO TWISTED
The next couple of weeks went by uneventfully, Harry healed up and they all spent a lot of time researching, playing Quidditch and just being teens. Hermione had given Ginny the fourth pendant and indeed a red stone, representing fire, appeared.
With the loss of Vernon, Petunia and Dudley spent a lot of time with the rest of the household. The twins thanked Dudley for the multiple trips to the loo, by turning all of Dudley's clothing into frilly pink dresses with matching bloomers. It wore off in a couple of days, but the name Duddy-kins continued to torment him. Dudley retaliated with saran wrap covered toilets and blue dye in the shower head, unfortunately Fred discovered both.
Ginny successfully avoided anytime alone with Harry. She either kept to the group of people or went off by herself. On the 24 of July, it was a very hot evening so after a long day of helping her mother with cleaning, Ginny changed into her suit, grabbed a towel and went out to the pool to cool off. She swam a couple of laps before resting by the side and closing her eyes.
"Ginny," she snapped her eyes open, looking up to see Harry standing beside the pool inn his dark green trunks with beads of perspiration glistening across his chest.
"Ginny," he said again "have you been avoiding me?"
"No," she lied "Why do you ask?"
"Well I've barely seen you the last couple of weeks." Harry replied, almost angrily. He climbed into the pool beside her.
"Oh I've been busy helping mum," she answered. That was true, she had spent a lot of time with her mum although it usually came to her mum's surprise.
"Oh," Harry replied. He wondered why she was so distant lately. Didn't she like him anymore? "Ginny we're friends, aren't we?" he asked hesitantly.
"Why of course Harry, I think you're a great friend and I'd hate to lose that." Ginny said, emphasizing the word 'friend'.
"Oh," said Harry, feeling deflated.
"What, don't you want to be friends Harry?" Ginny asked, not quite understanding Harry's expression.
"Um, well yeah," he said not wanting to give himself away, he did want to be friends, but he wanted more than friends.
"Good I like us just being friends." Ginny gave a nervous smile. She had hoped he had wanted more but school would be starting soon, then he could be with Cho.
'Damn,' Harry thought, she actually said it 'just friends'. In dating terms that was the kiss of death along with being told, 'you're a nice guy'. Harry managed a fake smile before Ginny got out of the pool.
Ginny couldn't stand being this close to Harry and not be able to touch him. "Well I'm going to go back now. I have to help mum with supper." she lied, excusing herself, Harry just nodded.
Ginny went up to her room, grabbed her clothes, and showered quickly. She was still toweling her hair dry when she went back to her room.
"What's up with you lately?" came Hermione's demanding voice.
"Whah!" Ginny hollered, as she stumbled backwards "You scared me."
"Good," Hermione giggled. "I've noticed you've been avoiding Harry. I thought you two were getting on well. What happened?" she asked with a look of concern.
"Harry just wanted a stand in for Cho, and I'm not going to do that for anyone." Ginny said with a note of anger.
"What makes you think Harry likes Cho?" Hermione asked.
"Well I got a letter from Dean," Ginny started.
"Say no more, he told you that he saw Cho go into Harry's room right?" Hermione asked and Ginny nodded. "So then you believe that he and Cho were together huh?" Ginny nodded again. "Nothing happened." Hermione added.
"What?" Ginny exclaimed.
"Harry told her that he wasn't interested in her that way," said Hermione.
"Oh no, I'm so stupid!" Ginny hollered.
"Why, what did you do?" Hermione asked concerned.
"I um..I told Harry I just wanted to be friends." Ginny said with a pained look on her face.
"Well you'll just have to fix that won't you." Hermione grinned.
It was just a week till school began so Hermione was busy making notes of all the books she wanted to bring with her. She hadn't gone through enough of them in the Marauder library as she would have liked, plus there was the Potter library downstairs. She and Ron had spent little time alone together, with all the things that had happened this summer, chores, the Marauders, research, and Harry's accident it never seemed the right time for any snogging. Oh sure there were a few times, but usually they were with Harry now since Ginny had decided to make herself scarce, Ron and Hermione just didn't want to leave him alone.
Ron finally decided to take matters into his own hands. On Wednesday he asked his mum if he could pack a picnic supper so he and Hermione could be alone for a bit.
"Oh Ronald that is so sweet. Your father used to take me on picnics when we were younger." Molly gushed "Oh the good old days."
Ron made a mental note to give his father a bit of advice about that. He thought his mum needed a little looking after herself.
Molly packed a basket but not before giving Ron a very stern lecture on how to treat a lady.
"Remember to keep your hands visible at all times, a lady doesn't like being groped." Molly said, pointing her finger at her youngest son.
"Mum," Ron's ears were very red now, but he thought to himself. 'I wonder if that means Hermione's not a lady' the thought made his cheeks go red as well.
Hermione, Ginny, and Harry came into the kitchen as it was supper time. Ron pulled Hermione to the side. "Mione would you go out with me?" Ron asked.
"I kind of thought we were." she replied, looking a little confused.
"No I mean a proper date." Ron clarified. Hermione's mouth dropped.
"Do I take that as a yes or a no?" Ron asked wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
Hermione just nodded, dumbfounded that Ron could be that sweet and thoughtful. Ron grabbed the basket and a blanket that he had brought down earlier, walked back to Hermione and took her hand leading her to the back door.
Ron and Hermione walked past the pool and the gardens, past the open field and into the large group of trees near the edge of the property. Ron spread out the blanket and started unpacking the food, then offered Hermione a place to sit. She snapped out of her state of awe and leapt on Ron thanking him for his brilliant idea.
Back at the house everyone enjoyed a wonderful supper, taking part in conversation and laughter.
"So Dudley have you any thought to which school you'd like to attend?" Arthur asked.
"I think I'd like to try the school Dumbledore suggested. I like the idea that everyone there will know about magic, but I'm uh..." Dudley trailed off.
"A bit nervous aye?" Arthur finished with a bit of a chuckle. "I think we're all a bit nervous when starting something new, especially a new school. I know it's smaller than Hogwarts. Well I've never been there myself, but if you'd like we could take you after we take the rest of the kids to Kings Cross."
"I'd like that." Dudley answered with a smile.
"Maybe you could help me with something Dud," Arthur started "I've still not found the meaning of a rubber duck."
"Oh," Dudley laughed "It's just a toy to float in the bathtub."
"Well that's a load off," Arthur answered "I thought I was missing something."
At that moment a series of pops sounded at different intervals around the table.
Everyone's head turned to see the source of the noise. They all started laughing, for where Dudley, Harry and Arthur had been sitting, three new girls sat. They too were laughing not knowing they were part of the laughter.
"I think you girls need to work on your make-up skills," said Ginny, giggling madly.
"You made them look like scarlet women." Molly added, chuckling.
The three new women looked at each other, they had bright red lipstick, which seemed to cover more than just their lips, bold blue eye shadow, extremely long eyelashes and very rosy cheeks.
Harry snorted at the look on Arthur and Duldey's face.
"Oh Harriet, I wouldn't be laughing so hard if I were you." Arthur chuckled as Harry blushed even further when he found he must be one of the girls.
"Well Artina," Harry said batting her eyelashes "You don't look much better." This made everyone laugh even harder.
Ginny calmed her laughing just enough to add "Now I have two mums and two new girlfriends." Ginny then rolled off her chair and lay on the floor holding her stomach laughing.
Dudley's eyes grew big when he realized she had said two new girlfriends, and since no one else besides Harry and Arthur were changed he must be the other girlfriend. "Oh isn't she cute?" Petunia reached over pinching Dudley's cheek "I've always wanted a little girl." this made everyone, except Dudley of couse, burst out laughing even harder.
When they had all calmed down a bit, Ginny picked up the biscuit she had in front of her. She hadn't taken a bite of it yet. "So what are these called?" she asked looking at the twins.
"Beauty Biscuits," said Fred.
"Well I always wondered what it would be like to be a scarlet woman." Ginny said as she bit into the biscuit. A few seconds after eating the biscuit there was a pop. Ginny, who before had her hair pulled back in a ponytail looking like she had spent all day cleaning, was instantly transformed into what anyone would have labeled as a supermodel.
"Wow," said Dudley, while Harry just sat there with his mouth open.
"Looks good Ginny, dear." said Molly "I wonder.." she said and grabbed a biscuit "Oh and Harry dear, do close your mouth it's very unbecoming of a lady." She giggled and popped the biscuit into her mouth.
A few minutes later Molly was leaving the kitchen with Arthur in tow, while he kept saying things like 'You look just like you did when we first met' and 'What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?' After exiting, Molly popped her head back in "I'll just leave you two to tidy up," she said, pointing her finger at Fred and George.
Harry, Ginny, Petunia, and Dudley laughed while Fred and George looked at each other like 'what just happened?'
As Harry, Ginny, and Dudley left the kitchen, Ginny asked "So you guys want to play a game?"
"Okay," the two boys said in unison.
"How about the game Tonks gave you for your birthday? We have an odd number and someone has to spin the dial, so whoever wins will play the spinner."
"That sounds fair," said Dudley "Why don't you two go first since you've never played." Dudley knew from experience how the game went and knew that his cousin fancied Ginny so why not be a sport.
They went to the game room, the boys were back to their normal selves all make-up had worn off. Dudley set up the mat and gave the spinner a flip. "Okay then, left hand green," he started.
Well that's easy enough they both felt. Dudley kept spinning, naming off different colors and either hands or feet, while Harry and Ginny obeyed. They were just starting to get tangled.
"Right hand red," Dudley anounced.
Harry had to flip himself over so he was in position to do the crab walk, hands behind him so he was face up. Ginny had to move her hand behind her which put her in the most attractive position, well at least to a teenage boy anyway, her bum was high in the air just in front of Harry's face.
Ginny peered between her legs and saw Harry looking at her bum. She just happened to be wearing shorts, that with all the twisting had risen kind of high. Harry moved his gaze and saw Ginny grinning at him and blushed deeply. "Hi Harry." she grinned.
Dudley meanwhile was trying to fight the laughter at setting them up this way. He was about to spin the dial again when Fred and George entered the room.
"Harry, why is your face in our sister's bum?" They yelled in unison, announcing their presence. Harry tried to jump to his feet but hit his head on something rather soft, which knock Ginny off balance and sent her crashing down on top of Harry. "Well what's going on here?" asked Fred.
"Twister," announced Dudley "You wanna have a go?" trying to make it sound as innocent as possible.
"Um no," said Fred.
"But I think we'll take that on our next date." added George, taking the dial from Dudley.
Harry and Ginny scrambled to their feet, both grinning and blushing profusely.
"How about we all go watch a movie," said Fred "There's a new thriller on tonight."
"I think I'll pass," said Ginny, hoping Harry would decline as well. She headed for the door and Harry made to follow her.
"Hang on there Harry mate," said George, putting an arm around his shoulder "we want you to watch the movie with us."
"Yeah, it's a new one about family members who took revenge on a bloke who took advantage of their sister," Fred added, putting his arm around Harry's other shoulder "It's supposed to be real gory.
Harry looked a bit nervous but forced out a smile as the two grinning boys guided him from the game room to the living room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A.N. Hey Sorry about the wait. It's a hard place getting to the end of summer but putting in the time before they start back to school. Should be one more chapter then back they go. I have thought about a few things to happen after school starts. Damn insomnia, That's usually when I think about new story ideas. Once I actually had to get out of bed to make notes. I do a lot of my writing after 10:00pm (I guess tired and silly helps). Been a lot to think about with school comes a new defense teacher. Who will it be? This has plagued my thoughts, to come up with someone suitable. Well as always thanks for your reviews and I love to have your thoughts and feelings. Individual Response:
Snuffles007: Thank you
Jeangab057: Yep your right Natbag: I think there was some problems some of the other stories I read thought at first the same way I did that no one reviewed. But not the case. We'll see about the violence when it comes ok? I am so glad that you like my story it means a lot, and I am glad you review. Oh I almost forgot sorry about the formatting I always go and look at it after I post and say how bad it looked. My beta just started with that chapter and I tried to use it in that format that he sent. I quickly changed it but with the site all mixed up it took a couple of days to get it right.
Hector: I apologise if my way of dealing with a well I cant even call her a reviewer I got a lot of people e-mailing me wanting to know what is wrong with her. I am alright with people not liking my story I know it isn't for everyone. I alst don't mind people asking questions but I don't know what she wanted. If she had a qwestion that would have been fine but when she writes it was not even a question and she sounded like she never read the real books and didn't know what was going on I tried to deal with her over a period of time and help but she came across like someone who just likes to anoy authors. Ive seen her remarks in other stories as well and I for one am not going to take people who ar just doing things to annoy people. This is a place to tell authors what you liked or didn't like and kind of chat with the author. There isn't room for people who get their kicks on making a mockery of HP and HP fanfiction. This has nothing to do with being able to take criticism there was none. No I like or didn't like, just nonsense.
Fan: No your correct I didn't say how long Vernon had gone without insurance. I also never said how long they had financial trouble. I figure he must have been in deep before losing his job or they wouldn't have been so hard off. I did say in chapter 2("If I don't have a steady income plus the bonus that I was counting on, we won't have enough to get by." Vernon sighed. "I had some investments that went sour, and I used all our savings, and well, honey...We're broke! We're going to have to sell the house) I never put in all the day to day help and money that Harry gave him Harry took over their living expenses when they moved in. Maybe when my new beta goes through everything It will be more clear for you.
David305: Glad your sill enjoying. I do have a tendency to ramble and You finnaly brought to my attention an actual date in the book (one place I didn't think of looking till you mentioned it) No one else could give me one from the book. I went to a website for facts and it didn't tell me where they got the year. Well that blows my reasoning out and maybe I will go back and change it when I find time but I have to use my spare time now writing so I can post chapters.I didn't actually mean that if it happens one year it has to be printed that year I m sorry it came across that day I was alittle off when I submitted the last chapter My dog of 14 years had just gotten run over and killed. So I kind of went alittle off. Forgive me.
Hp-fan: thanks there should be.
Goldknight99: Yes the formatting what a nightmare. I fixed it right away (see reason in response to Natbag) If I have enough people to read it first it should cut down on errors. I've always checked but if the word is spelled right (just the wrong word) I never catch it unless I am reading someone else's LOL.
TuxedoMac: Humble my ---. LOL I have thought of ending after the next chapter. Now don't get excited but I would make the school year part 2 what do you think. What Happens Next Part II, The School Year.