Chapter 3: Trouble at Diagon Alley

After lunch Harry, Jim, Stephanie, and Laura used floo powder to get to Diagon Alley.

Harry showed them all around the alley and told them all the stores. After a while Jim decided they should split up and so Harry and Laura went to get Laura's school things while Jim and his wife just shopped around. They were to meet at 6 where they would have dinner at the Leaky Cauldron.

Harry decided that Laura should first get her robes for school and so they stepped into the practically deserted store.

When Harry walked in he noticed a tall blonde, pale boy getting his dress robes fitted.

"Oh hello Potty. Not with weasel or that Mudblood are we? Oh look who it is. Harry has got himself a girlfriend!" Draco eyed Laura with great interest.

"She's not my girlfriend!" snapped Harry.

Laura knew that this boy must be horrible but since she didn't have anything against him yet, greeted him.

"Hey I'm Laura. I just moved here from Canada. I'll be going to Hogwarts with you guys soon." Laura extended her arm to shake Draco's. Surprisingly enough he shook it.

"I'm Draco, 6th year Hogwarts, 16, single ... and looking" Draco winked at Laura.

Laura taking the hint replied coolly. "16, single NOT looking" With that Harry couldn't help but laugh at Draco's face. He seemed wildly disappointed.

"Well of course you're not, with Harry at your side. If you were to meet me for a drink you'd be looking!" Draco smirked at Laura.

"You're absolutely right!" said Laura. Harry was very shocked and disappointed but Draco just smirked at Laura. "You're right I would be looking ... looking at your ugly face!"

Harry laughed so hard! [go Laura!]

"What are you laughing at potty?" Draco starred at Harry. But before he could answer the owner of the shop came up to Laura and started fitting her. Harry decided to sit down on a chair beside her and couldn't help but like Laura even more now that she told Draco off. She was so brave!

After Laura got her robes (during the time Draco had been eyeing her the whole time) she and Harry left to buy the rest of Laura's school things. They had walked by some of Harry's friends from school including Dean, Neville, and Colin and to Harry's disappointment Cho Chang.

"Er ... this is Cho" Harry introduced Cho to Laura.

"Hey I'm Laura!" Laura didn't know about Harry and Cho last year so she was very warm to her, while Cho was giving Laura 'the evil eye'. Trying to make Laura jealous and angry, Cho started flirting with Harry.

"My Harry you've changed quite a bit over the summer! It looks like you've grown more muscles, perfect for Quiddich this year." She stroked Harry's muscular arm. It was true Harry had changed a lot over the summer. He had grown a foot and had gotten abs and muscles in his arms. Someone might go as far as saying that Harry was handsome!

Cho kept on flirting with Harry for over 20 minutes and it was getting Laura very angry.

"Well I see you and Laura are together, you two going out?" But before Harry could answer a simple 'no', Laura kissed Harry on the lips and replied for him.

"Yea we are, isn't that right sweetie!" She nudged Harry in the ribs.

"Er, yea we are" Harry really liked that kiss. It was much better compared to the wet one Cho had given him last year.

After this Cho seemed a bit less interested and more agitated at Laura. She tried to even kiss Harry! But Harry leaned back and said that he and Laura had best be off to get the rest of her things.

"Sorry about that, I had to do something for her to stop flirting with you like that" whispered Laura as she and Harry walked away from the disappointed Cho. No one had ever rejected Cho before! And she was going to do something about it!

Harry and Laura walked in silence until Harry had the nerve to say something.

"Er, so since we're done all the shopping, do you think you want to go get an ice cream or something before we meet your parents?

"Sure" Laura smiled, and they walked to the ice cream parlor.

What Harry and Laura didn't realize was that Draco Malfoy had done his shopping as well, and was following them at a distance. No one had ever rejected a Malfoy! And he was going to do something about it!

After paying for their ice cream Harry and Laura sat down to enjoy it and have a nice chat. Draco also paid for his ice cream and sat right next to Laura.

"So how's my lady doing now?" Draco leaned in to kiss Laura but she tilted her head to the side so Draco kissed air.

Harry couldn't help but laugh at the look that Draco wore.

"Back off Draco!" Laura said at him.

Draco ignored her comment but instead put his free hand around Laura and forced her to kiss him!

Harry had to something! So he got up and pushed Draco off Laura and onto the floor yelling,

"Stay away from her Malfoy!" and with that he and Laura left to find her parents in the leaky Cauldron.