This man is obsessed with drills, and his twit of a wife is obsessed
with her son, Lori thought while she listened to the Dursleys. They never
once asked what she did. She was actually quite grateful when Amaya poked
her head in the room and interrupted.
"Excuse me," she said, "Sorry for interrupting."
"It's ok," Lori replied. "What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing."
"Nothing?"
"I was just wondering, when we're done unpacking and all, if we could go to the movies."
"Sure, why not? Is that all?"
"Well, can Harry come?"
"I have no problem with it." Lori was sensing that Amaya was up to something, "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley?"
"Well," Mr. Dursleys replied, straining his brain for an excuse, "I think Dudley might enjoy a trip to the movies more."
"Oh, well we wouldn't want to interfere in his completing his summer assignments." Lori replied.
"I supposed it's alright." Mrs. Dursley said with some disgust.
"Thank you," Amaya replied. Then she walked out the room towards the kitchen with Harry. He had been standing outside the room listening.
"So, she understands we're not really going to the movies, doesn't she?" Harry asked her.
"Oh, of course. She can always tell when I'm up to something, most of the time. I'll explain it to her later."
"And she won't be mad at you?"
"Nah. She'll just think I'm beginning to take after her."
"I see. So would it bother you if I asked a few friends to meet us in Diagon Alley"
"The more the merrier"
Sometime later, Lori arrived to collect Amaya and Harry, it was time for the Dursleys to leave. Lori couldn't have been happier. They said their good byes, how wonderful it was meeting everyone, and all those other pleasantries. Lori and Amaya waved one last time as they watched them walk across the street. Then Lori closed the door and looked at Amaya.
"The movies?" she asked.
"No, whatever gave you that idea?" Amaya answered with a smile.
"Thought so. Where?"
"Diagon Alley, for school supplies and junk."
"And the reason he's coming is...?"
"I felt like being nice today. The Muggles won't take him. I told you, they don't like our kind."
"She felt like being nice," Lori muttered. "Nice, her of all people, nice."
"Well, I got to fool a few Muggles in the process. It was worth it."
"You're beginning to take after me."
"A compliment? From the great Lauwei? This must be my lucky day."
"Very funny, Amaya"
"I know."
"Sarcasim."
"I know that too."
They looked at each other with serious faces for as long as they could. Then they started laughing.
Over the next few days, Lori and Amaya spent their time unpacking everything. It took a while for them to move all the furniture in the right place, and Amaya had refused to put the entertainment center together until Lori had decided where she wanted it to go.
Lori had increased the space of the cupboard under the stairs for Amaya. It was now being used to store all her potion ingredients, a few cauldrons, and things they couldn't fit anywhere else.
Amaya's job, besides putting everything together ("So 'some assembly required' means make me do it?"), was to take care of the two extra bedrooms. One, she turned into a guest bedroom, should anyone actually decide to visit. The smallest one she turned into a study. She spent all her excess time in this room, working on her summer assignments. She had three weeks left until the start of term, and still needed her school supplies.
Lori, on the other hand, started to worry about her teaching. She'd done this dozens of times before, but for some reason she was beginning to get nervous about it. She already told Amaya something good was planned for the first lesson. This is when Amaya began to worry about Lori's teaching. With two and a half weeks to go until the start of term, Amaya figured it was time to go to the 'movies.' She had called Harry, and they set up a day to go. Then Harry told Ron and Hermione. They were all going to meet in front of Gringotts.
"Excuse me," she said, "Sorry for interrupting."
"It's ok," Lori replied. "What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing."
"Nothing?"
"I was just wondering, when we're done unpacking and all, if we could go to the movies."
"Sure, why not? Is that all?"
"Well, can Harry come?"
"I have no problem with it." Lori was sensing that Amaya was up to something, "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley?"
"Well," Mr. Dursleys replied, straining his brain for an excuse, "I think Dudley might enjoy a trip to the movies more."
"Oh, well we wouldn't want to interfere in his completing his summer assignments." Lori replied.
"I supposed it's alright." Mrs. Dursley said with some disgust.
"Thank you," Amaya replied. Then she walked out the room towards the kitchen with Harry. He had been standing outside the room listening.
"So, she understands we're not really going to the movies, doesn't she?" Harry asked her.
"Oh, of course. She can always tell when I'm up to something, most of the time. I'll explain it to her later."
"And she won't be mad at you?"
"Nah. She'll just think I'm beginning to take after her."
"I see. So would it bother you if I asked a few friends to meet us in Diagon Alley"
"The more the merrier"
Sometime later, Lori arrived to collect Amaya and Harry, it was time for the Dursleys to leave. Lori couldn't have been happier. They said their good byes, how wonderful it was meeting everyone, and all those other pleasantries. Lori and Amaya waved one last time as they watched them walk across the street. Then Lori closed the door and looked at Amaya.
"The movies?" she asked.
"No, whatever gave you that idea?" Amaya answered with a smile.
"Thought so. Where?"
"Diagon Alley, for school supplies and junk."
"And the reason he's coming is...?"
"I felt like being nice today. The Muggles won't take him. I told you, they don't like our kind."
"She felt like being nice," Lori muttered. "Nice, her of all people, nice."
"Well, I got to fool a few Muggles in the process. It was worth it."
"You're beginning to take after me."
"A compliment? From the great Lauwei? This must be my lucky day."
"Very funny, Amaya"
"I know."
"Sarcasim."
"I know that too."
They looked at each other with serious faces for as long as they could. Then they started laughing.
Over the next few days, Lori and Amaya spent their time unpacking everything. It took a while for them to move all the furniture in the right place, and Amaya had refused to put the entertainment center together until Lori had decided where she wanted it to go.
Lori had increased the space of the cupboard under the stairs for Amaya. It was now being used to store all her potion ingredients, a few cauldrons, and things they couldn't fit anywhere else.
Amaya's job, besides putting everything together ("So 'some assembly required' means make me do it?"), was to take care of the two extra bedrooms. One, she turned into a guest bedroom, should anyone actually decide to visit. The smallest one she turned into a study. She spent all her excess time in this room, working on her summer assignments. She had three weeks left until the start of term, and still needed her school supplies.
Lori, on the other hand, started to worry about her teaching. She'd done this dozens of times before, but for some reason she was beginning to get nervous about it. She already told Amaya something good was planned for the first lesson. This is when Amaya began to worry about Lori's teaching. With two and a half weeks to go until the start of term, Amaya figured it was time to go to the 'movies.' She had called Harry, and they set up a day to go. Then Harry told Ron and Hermione. They were all going to meet in front of Gringotts.