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Chapter Eight
They had been in London scarcely ten minutes. The flight had been fine, but the food was bad. Cordelia had managed to keep Connor quiet for the whole journey.
"So when do we get the train?" asked Cordelia shortly after they had all got their bags back.
"Tomorrow" replied Draco; "It doesn't go very often so we get to catch it with hundreds of school kids tomorrow"
"So we're staying in London tonight?"
"Yeah, and inn called the Leaky Cauldron"
"Why do I get the feeling that's neither normal nor any where near Regent Street?"
"Don't worry" assured Harry "There are shops nearby"
"Yeah, there better be. I am not about to say I went all the way to London and didn't do any shopping!"
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After they had reached the Leaky Cauldron and unpacked the three adults with Connor in tow went down for a drink.
As soon as they reached the bar Harry was enveloped in a hug with a very bushy haired woman, followed by a quicker more masculine hug from a red headed man.
"Who's that?" whispered Cordelia to Draco, a little too loudly.
The man and women turned to look at her and Draco. "Malfoy" they both said
coldly.
"I can feel the love in this room" muttered Cordelia.
"Oh" said Draco to Harry pretending to be upset. "I don't think your friends like me babe. What a shame after you and I grew so close" He said close in a way that made it quite clear what he meant. Only he and Cordelia laughed at the one angry embarrassed face and the tow shocked confused faces. Draco had noticed Harry's reaction to this that first night he used this joke and now enjoyed using it whenever he could.
"Ron, Hermione" said Garry, trying to focus on anything else. "This is Cordelia and her son Connor. Cordelia this is Ron and Hermione Weasley"
They all said their polite since to meet you's then Harry moved them all to a table out of everybody's way.
Cordelia got the distinct feeling they didn't like her, and that it had something to do with her and Draco. She didn't get it, Harry and Draco didn't like each other, but they just argued and annoyed the hell out of each other. It was funny, and it wasn't like this.
Harry seemed to sense it. "Where's my Goddaughter then?" he asked
Hermione smiled "We left Sarah with Ginny" she shot a look at Cordelia and Connor before turning back to Harry. "We didn't really think a pub was a good place for a baby.
Hermione raised an eyebrow. What had she done to piss this girl off? And did she seriously think that she would just take it. Harry and Draco had both seen Queen C in action before. Draco wasn't sure whether to grin or run, Harry tried to stop what was coming, but he was too late.
"OK Miss 'I'm in desperate need of frizz ease and straightens', you got a problem with me just come out and say it"
Hermione looked a little surprised. She had expected anyone who went out with Draco Malfoy to be a little more of a follower. A pretty trophy on your arm but not something that spoke her mind. "I just don't approve of bringing children into pubs" she said
"Yeah 'cause leaving Connor alone in upstairs sounds like a great idea. Just because the pictures talk, doesn't mean they can baby-sit, but that's not your problem, so what is?"
Hermione unintentionally looked towards Draco quickly. "I don't know what you mean"
Draco sighed and left the table, leaving out of a back door.
"What the hell is your problem with him?" demanded Cordelia, now looking really angry.
Hermione matched this anger. How could this woman know anything about him. "Don't think you know because you've slept with him a few times" she replied. "He may seem like a nice guy for now, but we weren't always and strongly doubt he will be forever"
The slap echoed through the whole room. "One" said Cordelia, admiring the pretty red mark she had left on the other woman's face. "Don't presume to tell me what I do and do not know, I have seen more of what he did than toy ever could. I saw why he changed and I know why it's for good. Two don't ever, ever talk about my sex life like you have any idea about it. Who I choose to love is my business. Let me make it quite clear that you've made and enemy today and Queen C ain't someone you want as an enemy".
"I'm not afraid of you" said Hermione. Her face still stinging and her hand gripping her wand just above the table"
Cordelia stood up, laughing at the little piece of wand. "Where I come from that's called an inadequate stake. You should be afraid of me, you may not always have your little stick with you, but I'll always be part demon, and a better bitch" She gave her a trademark smile.
"Cordelia" said Harry loud enough to get her attention. She wondered why she could see him so well in the dark pub "You're glowing" he told her, answering that question. "Just calm down a bit"
She nodded took and took a deep breath. "I have to find Draco" she left out of the same back exit, pushing Connor in his stroller.
Hermione, clearly expecting Harry to be on her side, started on the other girl straight away. "What does she mean she's seen what he did? She's not even magical, everything she knows she must have heard from him"
"Not quite" replied Harry. "Cordelia is a seer, a real one. She gets visions and one of them happened to be Draco's life. She saw it all and felt is all, but your right, she's not magical, so she's probably stuck in the back alley right now" He stood up and followed Cordelia, leaving behind a stunned Hermione.
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"The demo part of me can sense the magic" said Cordelia as Harry cam out to her. "I know there's something through this wall, I know Draco's through this wall and I'm very close to kicking it down"
"Well before you resort to violence, why don't you let me" he got out his wand.
"I'm sorry" said Cordelia before he had started tapping the right bricks.
"For what?" he asked.
"The whole thing in there with Hermione. I mean she was totally asking for it, but she's your friend, I pissed her off, so I'm sorry"
"She was totally asking for it" replied Harry. "Don't get me wrong, I hate Malfoy, but I think you're right about him, not her"
She smiled "You don't really have a whole gay lover thing going on do you?" she asked smirking.
This time he didn't rise to it but laughed it, he just started tapping the bricks to let them through the wall and said "You know if you have to keep asking if your boyfriends gay, he must be doing something wrong"
Cordelia laughed briefly before watching in awe as the archway opened in front of her.
"Welcome to Diagon Ally" said Harry smiling at the look on her face.
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"Where is he?" moaned Cordelia
"I don't know" replied Harry, "We've looked everywhere, maybe he went back to the leaky Cauldron already"
"I doubt it, not yet. Hey we haven't looked down there" said Cordelia pointing down a dark alley with several shops.
"Knockturn ally? That's um, it's more of a bad ally, darker magic type stuff" Harry tried to explain.
Cordelia sighed "You couldn't have mentioned that before, in his mood that's exactly where he's gone, come on"
She started walking in that direction and Harry had not choice but to follow, but he was protesting. "Cordelia, it's a bad place to go especially with Connor"
"Well you keep your wand out and if anyone comes and you don't get him, I'll glow them away, or I'll just float at them, who knows I won't do it on purpose. Deal?"
"No isn't an option here is it?"
"Harry, you're finally getting to know me" said Cordelia and they headed down Knockturn ally. The ex cheerleader was getting some strange looks as she pushed the pram along.
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Cordelia's hunch had been right. When they found Draco he was absently reading titles of dusty of old books in a dusty old bookstore.
"Thank God" said Cordelia "Come on lets get out of this place, its just way too creepy for me"
"Wait" said Draco as he was dragged out "I was looking at those,
"No you weren't" said Cordelia.
"Yes I was"
"No you weren't. You were brooding alone in the dark; didn't I tell you at Day one no brooding alone in the dark?"
"Possibly" he said, not sure of he was meant to answer.
"Good, anyway, no brooding in front of the baby. It's already in his genetics and I'm not giving him an example as well. Oh and don't worry about Frizzy, I told her what's what"
"And hit her and basically threatened her" added Harry
"Well that too"
Draco looked shocked. "You hit Granger?"
"She had it coming, now can we please go?" The men were forced to follow as Cordelia took charge again, marching back towards the inn.
"What are you doing here anyway Potter?" asked Draco
"Keeping your girlfriend out of trouble"
"Sounds like she can handle herself"
"I meant from the police"
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AN: OK I think there will be 13 chapters, it was originally going to be twelve but then this chapter would have been three times as long to include Hogwarts.
Instead Hogwarts comes next chapter!
Enjoying it so far? Let me know, when I get good reviews I write faster (and I'm happy all day) so please review.
Oh and hey again Elle, I know how much you love it when I talk say hello!! And you better be reading these!
As always Review, Review, Review.
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Chapter Eight
They had been in London scarcely ten minutes. The flight had been fine, but the food was bad. Cordelia had managed to keep Connor quiet for the whole journey.
"So when do we get the train?" asked Cordelia shortly after they had all got their bags back.
"Tomorrow" replied Draco; "It doesn't go very often so we get to catch it with hundreds of school kids tomorrow"
"So we're staying in London tonight?"
"Yeah, and inn called the Leaky Cauldron"
"Why do I get the feeling that's neither normal nor any where near Regent Street?"
"Don't worry" assured Harry "There are shops nearby"
"Yeah, there better be. I am not about to say I went all the way to London and didn't do any shopping!"
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After they had reached the Leaky Cauldron and unpacked the three adults with Connor in tow went down for a drink.
As soon as they reached the bar Harry was enveloped in a hug with a very bushy haired woman, followed by a quicker more masculine hug from a red headed man.
"Who's that?" whispered Cordelia to Draco, a little too loudly.
The man and women turned to look at her and Draco. "Malfoy" they both said
coldly.
"I can feel the love in this room" muttered Cordelia.
"Oh" said Draco to Harry pretending to be upset. "I don't think your friends like me babe. What a shame after you and I grew so close" He said close in a way that made it quite clear what he meant. Only he and Cordelia laughed at the one angry embarrassed face and the tow shocked confused faces. Draco had noticed Harry's reaction to this that first night he used this joke and now enjoyed using it whenever he could.
"Ron, Hermione" said Garry, trying to focus on anything else. "This is Cordelia and her son Connor. Cordelia this is Ron and Hermione Weasley"
They all said their polite since to meet you's then Harry moved them all to a table out of everybody's way.
Cordelia got the distinct feeling they didn't like her, and that it had something to do with her and Draco. She didn't get it, Harry and Draco didn't like each other, but they just argued and annoyed the hell out of each other. It was funny, and it wasn't like this.
Harry seemed to sense it. "Where's my Goddaughter then?" he asked
Hermione smiled "We left Sarah with Ginny" she shot a look at Cordelia and Connor before turning back to Harry. "We didn't really think a pub was a good place for a baby.
Hermione raised an eyebrow. What had she done to piss this girl off? And did she seriously think that she would just take it. Harry and Draco had both seen Queen C in action before. Draco wasn't sure whether to grin or run, Harry tried to stop what was coming, but he was too late.
"OK Miss 'I'm in desperate need of frizz ease and straightens', you got a problem with me just come out and say it"
Hermione looked a little surprised. She had expected anyone who went out with Draco Malfoy to be a little more of a follower. A pretty trophy on your arm but not something that spoke her mind. "I just don't approve of bringing children into pubs" she said
"Yeah 'cause leaving Connor alone in upstairs sounds like a great idea. Just because the pictures talk, doesn't mean they can baby-sit, but that's not your problem, so what is?"
Hermione unintentionally looked towards Draco quickly. "I don't know what you mean"
Draco sighed and left the table, leaving out of a back door.
"What the hell is your problem with him?" demanded Cordelia, now looking really angry.
Hermione matched this anger. How could this woman know anything about him. "Don't think you know because you've slept with him a few times" she replied. "He may seem like a nice guy for now, but we weren't always and strongly doubt he will be forever"
The slap echoed through the whole room. "One" said Cordelia, admiring the pretty red mark she had left on the other woman's face. "Don't presume to tell me what I do and do not know, I have seen more of what he did than toy ever could. I saw why he changed and I know why it's for good. Two don't ever, ever talk about my sex life like you have any idea about it. Who I choose to love is my business. Let me make it quite clear that you've made and enemy today and Queen C ain't someone you want as an enemy".
"I'm not afraid of you" said Hermione. Her face still stinging and her hand gripping her wand just above the table"
Cordelia stood up, laughing at the little piece of wand. "Where I come from that's called an inadequate stake. You should be afraid of me, you may not always have your little stick with you, but I'll always be part demon, and a better bitch" She gave her a trademark smile.
"Cordelia" said Harry loud enough to get her attention. She wondered why she could see him so well in the dark pub "You're glowing" he told her, answering that question. "Just calm down a bit"
She nodded took and took a deep breath. "I have to find Draco" she left out of the same back exit, pushing Connor in his stroller.
Hermione, clearly expecting Harry to be on her side, started on the other girl straight away. "What does she mean she's seen what he did? She's not even magical, everything she knows she must have heard from him"
"Not quite" replied Harry. "Cordelia is a seer, a real one. She gets visions and one of them happened to be Draco's life. She saw it all and felt is all, but your right, she's not magical, so she's probably stuck in the back alley right now" He stood up and followed Cordelia, leaving behind a stunned Hermione.
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"The demo part of me can sense the magic" said Cordelia as Harry cam out to her. "I know there's something through this wall, I know Draco's through this wall and I'm very close to kicking it down"
"Well before you resort to violence, why don't you let me" he got out his wand.
"I'm sorry" said Cordelia before he had started tapping the right bricks.
"For what?" he asked.
"The whole thing in there with Hermione. I mean she was totally asking for it, but she's your friend, I pissed her off, so I'm sorry"
"She was totally asking for it" replied Harry. "Don't get me wrong, I hate Malfoy, but I think you're right about him, not her"
She smiled "You don't really have a whole gay lover thing going on do you?" she asked smirking.
This time he didn't rise to it but laughed it, he just started tapping the bricks to let them through the wall and said "You know if you have to keep asking if your boyfriends gay, he must be doing something wrong"
Cordelia laughed briefly before watching in awe as the archway opened in front of her.
"Welcome to Diagon Ally" said Harry smiling at the look on her face.
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"Where is he?" moaned Cordelia
"I don't know" replied Harry, "We've looked everywhere, maybe he went back to the leaky Cauldron already"
"I doubt it, not yet. Hey we haven't looked down there" said Cordelia pointing down a dark alley with several shops.
"Knockturn ally? That's um, it's more of a bad ally, darker magic type stuff" Harry tried to explain.
Cordelia sighed "You couldn't have mentioned that before, in his mood that's exactly where he's gone, come on"
She started walking in that direction and Harry had not choice but to follow, but he was protesting. "Cordelia, it's a bad place to go especially with Connor"
"Well you keep your wand out and if anyone comes and you don't get him, I'll glow them away, or I'll just float at them, who knows I won't do it on purpose. Deal?"
"No isn't an option here is it?"
"Harry, you're finally getting to know me" said Cordelia and they headed down Knockturn ally. The ex cheerleader was getting some strange looks as she pushed the pram along.
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Cordelia's hunch had been right. When they found Draco he was absently reading titles of dusty of old books in a dusty old bookstore.
"Thank God" said Cordelia "Come on lets get out of this place, its just way too creepy for me"
"Wait" said Draco as he was dragged out "I was looking at those,
"No you weren't" said Cordelia.
"Yes I was"
"No you weren't. You were brooding alone in the dark; didn't I tell you at Day one no brooding alone in the dark?"
"Possibly" he said, not sure of he was meant to answer.
"Good, anyway, no brooding in front of the baby. It's already in his genetics and I'm not giving him an example as well. Oh and don't worry about Frizzy, I told her what's what"
"And hit her and basically threatened her" added Harry
"Well that too"
Draco looked shocked. "You hit Granger?"
"She had it coming, now can we please go?" The men were forced to follow as Cordelia took charge again, marching back towards the inn.
"What are you doing here anyway Potter?" asked Draco
"Keeping your girlfriend out of trouble"
"Sounds like she can handle herself"
"I meant from the police"
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AN: OK I think there will be 13 chapters, it was originally going to be twelve but then this chapter would have been three times as long to include Hogwarts.
Instead Hogwarts comes next chapter!
Enjoying it so far? Let me know, when I get good reviews I write faster (and I'm happy all day) so please review.