The doorbell rang with its pleasant chimes and Krys's ears perked at the
sound. She was distracted from her current drawing of Hedwig in her
sketchbook as she strained to hear who it was. She pouted dramatically at
the lack of noise or the voice of her mother calling for her. Sighing, she
turned back to the ivory page and the dark outlines of Hedwig's beautiful
plume.
Feet were coming up the stairs, fast. Curious, Krys looked up from her tablet once again to see the handsome figure of Harry Potter standing in her doorway.
"Harry!" Krys grinned and leaped from her bed into Harry's strong arms.
"Nice to see you too." Harry laughed a bit at her excited nature, but still couldn't stop from grinning. Krys easily caught on to his unnaturally good mood.
"Harry...? What is it?"
"You'll see. Come on, then!" Harry practically drug Krys out of her room and led her down the stairs and out the door almost before she could even shout to her mother that they were going to the park.
The shy couple walked hand-in-hand down the sidewalk towards the neighborhood park, their favorite place to be alone and talk without parents or guardians to overhear them. Their favorite attraction was the wooden bench swing that hung from a sturdy, ancient tree near the sandboxes in the shade.
"Come on Harry, I'm dying to know about your good mood!" Krys pleaded with the young man beside her as the both got comfortable upon the wooden seat of the swing. Harry immediately settled in next to her, draping his arm around the back of her head upon the back-rest of the swing.
"Alright alright, hang on a minute." Harry grinned, loving any moment that he could tease Krys. The strawberry-blonde girl snuggled right up next to him, demanding an answer. "I have a big surprise for you tonight."
Krys's brow raised up in thick curiosity as her hand squeezed Harry's in suspense.
"You'll see. But you have to do something in order to get it."
"Anything!"
Harry took in a deep breath, surprised at even his own cunning in the situation. "Tell your parents that you're spending the weekend with one of your friends. Pack up some stuff and I'll meet you here at 7 o'clock."
Krys's brows rose ever higher as the ever-working gears of her mind tried to put the puzzle pieces together.
"Just trust me, Krys. It will be fantastic." Harry gave that adorable wink that Krys could never refuse. She groaned a bit and gave in.
"Seven o'clock it is then."
Feet were coming up the stairs, fast. Curious, Krys looked up from her tablet once again to see the handsome figure of Harry Potter standing in her doorway.
"Harry!" Krys grinned and leaped from her bed into Harry's strong arms.
"Nice to see you too." Harry laughed a bit at her excited nature, but still couldn't stop from grinning. Krys easily caught on to his unnaturally good mood.
"Harry...? What is it?"
"You'll see. Come on, then!" Harry practically drug Krys out of her room and led her down the stairs and out the door almost before she could even shout to her mother that they were going to the park.
The shy couple walked hand-in-hand down the sidewalk towards the neighborhood park, their favorite place to be alone and talk without parents or guardians to overhear them. Their favorite attraction was the wooden bench swing that hung from a sturdy, ancient tree near the sandboxes in the shade.
"Come on Harry, I'm dying to know about your good mood!" Krys pleaded with the young man beside her as the both got comfortable upon the wooden seat of the swing. Harry immediately settled in next to her, draping his arm around the back of her head upon the back-rest of the swing.
"Alright alright, hang on a minute." Harry grinned, loving any moment that he could tease Krys. The strawberry-blonde girl snuggled right up next to him, demanding an answer. "I have a big surprise for you tonight."
Krys's brow raised up in thick curiosity as her hand squeezed Harry's in suspense.
"You'll see. But you have to do something in order to get it."
"Anything!"
Harry took in a deep breath, surprised at even his own cunning in the situation. "Tell your parents that you're spending the weekend with one of your friends. Pack up some stuff and I'll meet you here at 7 o'clock."
Krys's brows rose ever higher as the ever-working gears of her mind tried to put the puzzle pieces together.
"Just trust me, Krys. It will be fantastic." Harry gave that adorable wink that Krys could never refuse. She groaned a bit and gave in.
"Seven o'clock it is then."