Authors Note: Here is the honey moon…. lots of excitement going on…I LOVED working on this chapter…hope u will LOVE to read it.
" Morning," Harry said as he turned over to see Cho at his side whom was drinking tea and reading the newspaper.
" Oh hello Harry." Cho smiled as she took a sip of her piping hot tea, which gave, off small clouds of steam.
" What time is it?" Harry felt around for his glasses
" Let's see…" Cho picked up her watch from the nightstand, which read eight o'clock.
" Give me that…" Harry stammered as he grabbed for the watch. With that he drew the watch close to his face trying to read the numbers that the hand of the wristwatch was pointing to. " Argh," he said in response "Come on, we need to seriously get packing." He stretched his arms up yawned and then head to the far side of the room where his office area was.
" Why?" Cho looked up from her tea
" Because…" Harry said picking up apiece of paper " it says so on the stupid schedule," he flung the paper at Cho, as went and opened the closet door open to pull out their two suitcases.
" Let me hurry on downstairs and see if Henry did the laundry…" Cho smiled as she slipped on her fuzzy Steve Madden slippers, which she received as a present that accompanied a bed sheet set.
" Why don't you help me pack love?" Harry dragged his voice.
" I'd love to…" Cho lingered next to him, placing a kiss upon his cheek. Harry turned his face so that his lips touched hers, and then placed his hand behind her head as he pushed her face into his as if they were drowning in each other's presence. Cho relaxed her shoulders as she loosened her grip on her teacup as it fell to the floor (good thing it was empty).
" Harry… Promise me we'll have a good time at New York." She said in a childish voice
" I'm sure we will if you cooperate…" Harry responded, moistening his lips with his tongue.
" I'm looking forward to doing so…" she bit her lip as she back peddled out the bedroom door and ran down the stairs to fix up breakfast as well as check the laundry. Once she was out of the room Harry went back to getting the suitcases out of the closet-which were stuck in an awkward position.
"What else is new?" Harry pouted straining his muscles to pull out his suitcase from a tight spot in the closet " Why does Cho always have to shove the bloody suitcase into the closet…" he finally tugged the suitcase loose and flung it upon the bed as he started to pack his clothes. Once that one was full he packed Chos and by the time he was done Cho came upstairs with a breakfast tray with pastries of several sorts and two cups of tea.
" Here we are…" she said in a lyrical way, and then placed it on the table near the bay window that had two wicker chairs on either side of it.
" You spent an awful lot of time fixing breakfast." Harry replied
" Well stupid Henry didn't do the laundry-so I had to finish it." She stammered as she vigorously bit into a scone, which just so happened to be a jelly filled one-that let way--- and let out an awful clump of jelly which got spat out onto the carpet.
" Bloody hell! I just had Henry clean that section of the carpet! These stupid scones…driving me crazy."
" Henry can't do everything for you Cho…he's just a butler."
" That's what butlers do Harry---get that through your thick head."
" Well give them respect once and awhile…"
" I pay him Harry…"
" Well this is my house,"
" I hired him…"
" WELL I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE TREATED THAT WAY!" Harry stammered as he shut the suitcases closed quite violently as if he were shutting a coffin to a thousand year old mummified thing…Cho just looked at her feet, which had the jelly from the scone right next to it as it jiggled from the vibrations of Harry's yelling.
" I'm quite sorry Harry-I-I--"
" No I should be the one Cho…" Harry tried to patch things up.
" Harry…" Cho just snapped
" What?"
" Let's just get out of here…."
" Here…take your suitcase and-and pick up that utterly disgusting piece of jelly and throw it out." Harry snickered and head down stairs.
" Call the limousine love!" Cho called as she scrambled to put on a pair of jeans and a pink Polo shirt, while she picked up the jelly upon the carpet and tossed it out the window.
" I'll drive" Harry called back
" No-just call him anyway…" Cho replied. Harry just rolled his eyes, and flipped open his cell phone.
" Get one of those nice ones love-with the …" Cho was saying
" Why don't we just bloody transport ourselves there love?!" Harry yelled out before she could say anything more.
" Ahh...good idea, I have such a smart spouse." She sighed in relief as she looked around for her Stilettos and Harry's wand.
" Here you go", she said coming down the stair as she threw Harry's wand-and thankfully he caught it. Harry all of a sudden closed his eyes for some time…as a ghastly wind flew threw the house sending sparks through the air. Harry then opened his eyes as he whispered under his breath
" I've missed using this…." as he placed it in his pocket. Cho just stared around the room as if she was missing something that was important, and then immediately said.
" Come on now! We're going to be late…" she suddenly jumped for the wand as Harry placed his hand in front of her
" Cho-let me do this…" he sternly responded. Cho backed away a bit and looked at Harry with a puzzled face as if he was a stranger---why was Harry being so insecure?
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They arrived at the airport with a blink of an eye and right when they arrived, with a flick of the wand they appeared in the airplane set with their passports and such as muggles filled the seats in front of them.
"Something bothering you Harry?" Cho said looking at his face, but in turn go no response. She thought for a moment " Did something go wrong with Ron?"--- No response… " Sirius?" ---no response " My mum and da?" ---Harry breathed in deeply
"Hermione?"…
" Nothing is wrong…I'm fine Cho." He smiled at her as if to reassure his health.
" I hope so," Cho smiled " I want to spend plenty of time shopping in New York…especially at those new designer stores they got on 56th avenue…you know… Lactose and Tiffany's!!! Oh Harry that reminds me…we should have reservations made at the Grand Plaza Hotel…I hear from many of my friends that it is divine!" Cho started to higher her pitch in her voice as if to hit the ceiling in excitement or to explode with joy. Harry just sunk in his seat and rolled his eyes…he was definitely in need for a better paying job in order to meet his wife's needs.
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They arrived at LaGuardia airport and then hailed a taxicab to the Grand Plaza. They had a suite ready for them personalized towels and pillows with monograms placed upon them in navy blue thread all chosen by Cho.
" How much did you have to pay to get these bloody things personalized?" Harry smirked as he threw one on the table.
" Oh ten American dollars a piece…but I gave them a mailed check…if that helps." She flicked her foot as her Stiletto sandal flung off as if it was being catapulted in the air.
" Cho we need to manage our money wisely…. The Daily Prophet isn't going to raise my salary when they see you spending our money like a mad man."
" Oh you can just quit that stupid job Harry…do some acting or something like that, I believe my sister can get you into foreign muggle films in Germany or something like that." Cho explained as she plopped her suitcase on the bed that was littered with rose petals and unpacked her things.
" Oh shoot! I forgot to bring my scented candles…" she bit her lip, as if caught in a very deep life threatening situation.
" We can just buy some I suppose…" Harry sighed as he threw out his flight schedule in the waste paper basket next to the nightstand.
" Oh Harry I know you would come through! I always need my scented candles…aroma therapy." Cho placed a kiss upon his check as Harry rolled his eyes as if thinking other wise.
" Can we go now?" Cho smiled at him " Besides maybe we might bump into Ron on the way." She went into the closet and pulled out her just hung white mink coat
" You won't need that love…" Harry sighed rummaging through his belongings as he finally pulled out a full-paid metro card. "We'll be needing this however…if we need to take the err- subway." He flipped it around in the air until Cho just grabbed it from him and placed in her back pocket.
" Come on…" she flipped her hair with her hand and dragged Harry by the hand out of the suite as she closed the door behind her.
" We just got here and now we're back out." Harry sighed
When they were in the lobby of the plaza Harry looked down at his bitten nails and then at Cho who was looking through his wallet for some reason and pulled out his credit card; and then stared at it as if it were a sacred object.
" Cho what are you doing with my credit card?" Harry sternly said as he attempted to take it back; but then for some reason she immediately stuffed it in her pocket book, and then gave him a innocent face.
" You know what Cho…" Harry said as if giving up
" What love?" Cho perked up
" You just- just go around and have a nice day…I think I'll browse around the city and see if there are any good restaurants we can eat at tonight…" Harry smiled as he cupped her face in his hands and placed a kiss on her lips.
"I'll meet you back here on the front steps okay? Or maybe on the corner where I'll have the taxi drop me off…" Cho smiled as a whole list of items to purchase came rolling into her mind.
Harry then left through the turning doors and ran down the steps of the grand plaza that had red carpeting on them…that was getting awfully dirty. He then hailed a cab for Cho, escorted her in and then watched it drive off into the whole line of cars that crowded the street. He shielded his eyes from the sun as he looked upon the tops of the buildings, which reached sky-high…what a beautiful city this was-and somewhere in this city was Hermione with her boyfriend Draco ( which Harry greatly despised).
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Thus Harry was obviously true, Hermione and Draco at that very same minute were walking among the streets of the city as they just came back from viewing a Broadway play and heading toward 56th avenue to view the newest collection from Tiffany &Co. Hermione had Draco's hand tightly held in hers, as she leaned her head upon his shoulder. She was care free, stress free, and spending her afternoon with the greatest man in the world. Tiffany's was just up the block when Hermione looked at Draco and drew him in for a kiss. He kissed back and then pulled away in puzzlement.
"What was that for?" he wondered
" For you of course…" Hermione laughed
" Oh…this means you want something from me don't you?" Draco asked uneasily
" All I want is you-here-now."
" Maybe later…" Draco said
" Go in here…" Hermione pointed to Tiffany's as she stared at the store window that showed off a diamond necklace with sapphires- that sparkled so much that it was blinding.
" Let's go inside! Come on!" Hermione dragged Draco by the arm which broke the trance he had looking at the utterly sparkly diamonds and sapphires.
At that moment Harry walked over to Tiffany & Co. as well (since 56th street isn't that far away from the Plaza Hotel I believe/) he was hoping to check the price Hermione paid for Cho's heart chain bracelet.
" Can I see a catalogue of your latest jewelry?" Harry asked the old lady behind a counter that featured sterling silver necklaces.
" Surely…" she replied pushing the brim or her glasses up as they slid down her nose. She then gave him a turquoise blue catalogue and replied, " You looking for anything in particular?"
" No- I'm fine thanks." Harry smiled back as he looked through the catalogue.
Hermione and Draco were on the third floor of the same building looking at the diamonds once again as they did several weeks before when they were looking at the engagement rings.
" We must come here at least every month to stare at these beauties." Hermione said to Draco.
" Well you can-but I don't have to since I can stare at you all year long…" Draco whispered in her ear. Hermione looked back at him with smile and kissed him on the lips as he hugged her around her waist.
" You know I love you right?" Hermione whispered to him
" As long as you know I feel the same about you," he replied in turn.
" Stop playing with me Draco," she laughed moving to the next showcase.
" Do you need anything in particular?" the man said behind the counter who was putting away a roll of white silk ribbon back in the cabinet behind him.
" No…just looking around," Hermione replied
" Can we have a look at your engagement rings?" Draco peeped
" What's that you say?" Hermione suddenly turned around
" Engagement rings…" Draco said, " Lets take a look…"
Hermione strangely looked at him…was Draco planning ahead for something? Just then the man took out a display of engagement rings, which immediately shimmered.
"Whoa…" Hermione said.
" Would you like to try one on?" The man replied
" Go ahead," Draco whispered to her. Hermione smiled at him as she selected a single diamond ring on a silver band with a Tiffany setting. She moved the ring back and forth on her hand to catch every ray of light and then set the ring at a distance as if she was looking at it from every angle.
" This is-beautiful…-its just-its--"
"It's yours…" Draco whispered
" What?"
"We'll take it" Draco said to the man
" Draco-"
" Its going to be a promise ring from me to you…" He said cupping her face in his hands.
" Why--"
" To assure you that I will always be here for you…and-and once we are sure that this love is right---so right that god will send us a sign…. I promise-I promise you Hermione I will ask you to be my wife."
" Draco…"
" Here…" Draco said to Hermione as he took a box from the man behind the counter took out a brand new ring and placed it on her finger. Hermione stared at Draco as if he was a dream come true in her life. She hugged him tight as if to never let go.
Meanwhile with Cho…
Cho was spending like a mad woman…Spending so much until the swiping part of the credit card started to fade. Harry is such a rich man she thought to herself so much love so much public fame…it never ends…when I was wedded his wife-what part of the spotlight did I get? NONE! Just Harry Potters wife…I saw it in the Daily Prophet…those damned wizards and witches…Harry needs to pay more attention to me rather than himself…what has gotten into him lately anyway? Always so huffy and depressed—never happy for me…just always happy for his damned self…I've been ashen with such a curse no one could create---a selfless husband! Since that stupid reunion with his two friends Ron and that girl Hermione got into a fight with him he's been so down…What did they say to him anyway? She stopped thinking to try on a pair of sneakers however she suddenly realized she needed a size bigger… so trashed it back upon the shelf.
I mean---why did Ron and Hermione mean so much to him? She thought So much to him that he isn't the same so much? May be it was Hermione that-that little…Well at the wedding she showed up with that boy-Draco…that Slytherin rival of Harry's---that's it…by gosh maybe that's it…But I was sure Harry patched things up with Hermione and he was all chummy with Ron at the dinner party…ah-whatever Harry can take care of himself.
With that she pulled a random pair of Steve Madden sandals off the shelf and gave it to the cashier
" Cash or credit miss?" she said
" Uh-credit." Cho replied and threw Harry's credit card down on the counter. Cho then looked at her watch. Looks like I need to catch up with Harry now…I think I told him I'd meet him back at the Plaza… with that she took the bag of shoes and Harry's credit card from the cashier, head out to the sidewalk and whistled for a cab to take her back to the hotel.