A/N: yea, I know I said it before but I am still sorry about the last chapter on how short and stupid it is. But I can't believe that people still reviewed it anyway.
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Chapter 10
The weekend came, and it wasn't the greatest weather, it was cloudy with a steady rain, but it was a Hogsmeade weekend, so most of the Gryffindors were busy getting ready to leave. Harry sat in the common room reading a book, "Quidditch Through The Ages" trying to pass the time, Ron was still upstairs in his dorm, likewise with Hermione in hers.
"Hey Harry" Harry turned to see who said hi to him and was face to face with Ginny.
"Oh, hi Ginny," replied Harry, "are you going to Hogsmeade today?"
"Yea, I'm going with Seamus, Neville, Dean and Luna, we'll probably stop at Fred and George's new shop, you should too, they told me business is going great!"
"Oh yea? I'll make sure Ron, Hermione and I go stop by."
The common room gradually got emptier and emptier. Finally Ron and Hermione got downstairs, Hermione with her hair more tame than it usually was, and Ron looking like he spent a lot of time trying to look perfect, they were both acting very strange.
"Are we all ready to go then?" said Ron rubbing his hands together.
"Oh wait, I forgot to grab some money, be right back" replied Hermione running back up the stairs.
"You looking so great for someone special?" asked Harry winking and laughing.
"Oh shut it Harry, 'Mione and I are just friends" replied Ron blushing with his ears bright red.
Hermione then came back downstairs with money in her bag, and they all set off for Hogsmeade. Harry felt out of place with them, like a third wheel that wasn't really needed. He knew Ron was trying to get closer to Hermione so he just left them at the Three Broomsticks, they hardly even noticed.
Harry walked down the streets of Hogsmeade, occasionally looking in the windows at the wizard merchandise. He couldn't believe how much had happened to him in only 6 years, he found out he was a wizard and his parents were not killed in a car accident, went to a whole new school and was accepted there, faced perils that he never imagined he would and now he knew he would either end up being a murderer, or be killed. He wished he could switch places with someone, like Ron, so he only had to worry about normal things, school work, Quidditch, and getting a girlfriend. But that wasn't going to happen, his life was totally different. Harry looked ahead and remembered taking this path only 2 years ago to bring his godfather some much needed nourishment. Another thing that he never imagined happening, loosing the closest thing he ever had to a father, Sirius. Harry blinked away the tears, he hated being like this, he had to go somewhere to keep his mind from wandering to this again, he decided to go to Fred and George's shop.
It was a very small shop from the looks of it on the outside, it had a small sign atop of it saying "Weasley's Wizard Wheezes" (a/n: did I spell that wrong? Sorry if I did). Harry walked in and was amazed at how much they had stuffed into the shop, they must have used some expanding charms on the inside.
"Ah, Harry Potter, the man we owe all of thanks too!" said Fred putting his arm around Harry.
"Welcome to our shop!" said George, "Have a Potion's exam you need to get out of? Just slip this in that greasy git's cup at dinner and he'll forget all about the test"
"Hey where is Ikle Ronnikins?" said Fred noticing Harry was alone.
"Oh, um, he's out with Hermione" said Harry trying not to smile. Fred and George's expressions were priceless, with complete surprise all over their faces.
"It seems our baby brother has grown up" said George wiping an invisible tear from his eye.
"They grow up so fast" said Fred pretending to cry on George's shoulder.
Just then the door to the shop opened up and in walked Ginny, Dean, Seamus, Neville, and Luna.
"Little sister! Many thanks for trying all those pranks out for us," said Fred winking at Ginny. Dean, Neville, Seamus and Luna were looking at the merchandise throughout the shop.
Eventually, everyone left the store, with some of their money missing, replaced by pranks of all sorts, even Luna who insisted she just wanted to show these things to her father to publish things about the shop in "The Quibbler", though Harry knew she just couldn't resist the pranks.
They walked down the road, Ginny leading them. They finally stopped at the Hog's Head.
"We find this place the best to go, nobody else from Hogwarts is ever here" said Ginny to Harry as they walked inside.
They all got some drinks and sat and talked for a long time, Harry was for one of the first times in a long time, a little bit happy. He didn't have to force himself to smile and laugh. And all he had to do is hang out with some different people. They all left as it was getting dark and headed back for school, on the way they ran into Hermione and Ron.
"Harry! Where have you been, we've been looking for you!" said and exasperated Hermione.
"Oh, I was with Ginny, Luna, Seamus, Dean and Neville, I figured you guys needed some time to yourselves" murmered Harry.
"Why didn't you tell us where you went, mate?" asked Ron.
"I did, you must not have heard me" replied Harry.
"Oh, sorry Harry, we didn't mean to ignore you" said Hermione blushing.
"It's okay, I have some work I need to finish up for class tomorrow" said Harry leaving Hermione and Ron behind him. He really wasn't in the mood to talk to them.
A/N: yea don't be worried because Harry is still friends with Ron and Hermione, I just felt like writing that today, and I finally will post this as a birthday present from me to you haha since tomorrow is my birthday. Well sorry that this chapter isn't that long but it's longer than the last one, and also sorry because nothing really happened in it.