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Chapter 14
Ginny was sitting in her bathtub full of blush-colored/rose-scented foam and bubbles. The Wizard Wireless Network was hooked up in her bathroom so music was coming out of every water spout. A cover of "Bootilicious" by The Weird Sisters was playing and Ginny turned the purple-colored knob on the head of the bathtub and the song suddenly changed to classical music.
Ginny let out a long sigh. "Maybe I should have let Harry have the Snitch," she said to herself and then thought, No, I will never sink that low to impress someone!
She rotated the green-colored knob and the bubbles and foam in her bath started altering to different colors. She settled with a purple tint and the smell of lavender.
"What if he was being easy on me and let me catch it?" she asked herself. She didn't know Harry as well as Ron and Hermione understood him. Hermione knows what his motives are, she'll tell me. "I'm so excited that she's coming tonight!"
Again, she turned the purple-colored knob and landed on a country-sounding song called "Don't Tell Casper" by Eureka Cummings. Ginny sang along to the last few lines and the song faded into "Lumos This!" by the Fairykats. It was followed by an advertisement for Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. "Located on Diagon Alley, and across from The Leaky Cauldron!" said Fred's voice, followed by George's, "That's Weasley's Wizard Wheezes!" and they both said in unison, "We have best dungbombs Galleons can buy!"
Ginny smiled as she recalled the day they were requested ideas for their shop. She was the one who devised their slogan, "Don't Wheeze Out!"
After she finished her bath and got dressed, she ascended downstairs to the kitchen for lunch. Harry and Ron were already on second helpings of turkey sandwiches as she sat down at the table.
"We're eating out in the garden for another feast tonight!" chimed Mrs. Weasley. "Hermione deserves a warm welcoming!"
"I could go for another feast!" Ron said as he was chewing.
"Why is she arriving so late?" Ginny asked inquisitively.
"I don't know. Maybe aliens kept her hostage," Ron responded.
"Aliens didn't keep her hostage," Harry said. "If anything, they probably zapped her brain out of her head and then let her go."
"Good, then we won't need to hear her nag to us about not studying for upcoming courses," Ron said after he took a gulp of iced pumpkin juice.
Harry laughed and Mrs. Weasley gave Ron a displeased look. Harry started telling them about times when Dudley needed a second person to play video games with. Most of the games involved defeating aliens and Dudley banging him on the head with a game controller whenever Harry gained more points—which was most of the time.
"That wasn't good for the scar!" he said. Both Ron and Ginny listened to him intently as he finished his story.
"Dudley and Malfoy would get along really good," said Ron.
"But then again, they are total opposites. Muggle versus Pure-Blood Wizard," Ginny said.
"They can start a brawl over who hates me more. Malfoy has Crabbe and Goyle and Dudley has his gang of idiots." Harry laughed.
"That would be great entertainment! Like in a mooovie!" Ron joked.
"I bet Dad will take us to see one before the summer is over, but I'm sure you've seen many films, Harry," Ginny stated.
"Actually, whenever my aunt and uncle would take Dudley to the Cinema, they'd leave me with Mrs. Figg," said Harry, "so I've been to maybe two or three in my childhood."
"Oh, I'm sorry," Ginny felt apologetic about how he must have suffered very much while he was living with his callous Muggle relatives, but she shrugged it off.
"No, that's okay, I've actually watched a lot more at the house," Harry said. He started talking about TV's and the concept of videos, VCR's, and DVD's.
"Well, we'll go to a good one!" said Ginny,
"I hope it's about UFO's!" Ron exclaimed.
Ginny raised her eyebrow at 'UFO'. "Either that or a sinking ship!"
"How about a sinking spaceship?" Ron said and laughed hysterically, but stopped after he noticed Ginny and Harry staring at him.
"Ron, you'd love Star Wars," Harry said. "There are Stormtroopers and Wookies and Jedi Knights and--"
"Wow!" Ron had no idea what Harry was talking about, but the subject fascinated him so much that he spilled his glass of pumpkin juice as Ginny grabbed a London newspaper.
"Do you know what 8 Mile is supposed to be about?" Ginny asked looking at the paper. "It sounds like a marathon run."
"Who would want to watch a lot of people sweat?" Ron asked.
Harry laughed. "It's about a rap artist named Eminem that Dudley listens to. It's about his life story and stuff."
"That would be interesting if I knew what rap was," said Ron. The Wizard music scene was always years behind what Muggles made fashionable so it was very doubtful they would have access to rap music through the Wizard Wireless Network.
"Yeah, but your Mum might have to put a Parental Advisory charm on all our ears," said Harry.
"M&M? Didn't Bill bring home some of that stuff last year?" Ginny asked.
"Right! That was disgusting!" Ron said.
"You ate the whole sack, Ron!" Ginny accused.
"So? You ate up the Honeydukes lot!" Ron accused back.
Ginny blushed. "I did not! I had some, and gave the rest to Harry!"
"What? Harry needs to watch his figure!" Ron teased.
Harry smiled, "That was the most chocolate I've ever had, and it made me a very happy boy!"
"This is all making me hungry again," said Ron.
"You just ate," said Ginny.
"I want fudge," Ron retorted.