Ok, the votes from the last chapter were:

Cho: 50 votes

Terra: 46 votes

Cari: 44 votes

Luna: 28 votes

Jamie: 14 votes

Kaitlyn: 7 votes

Those votes decided whom Harry picked in the rose ceremony.

And for whoever asked: I AM A BAMA FAN ALL THE WAY! AUBURN SUCKS (sorry if you like Auburn, lol).

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Harry was now going to meet each girl's family. The first family he was going to meet was Cari's. Cari's family lived in Alabama, though Cari lived in New York. First they would visit her place in New York, and then they would go to Alabama, to meet her family.

Harry went down to the main lobby carrying a duffle bag, since he would be gone for two days. Hedwig was perched on his shoulder.

When he got there, Cari came in a second after him. She too, had a duffle bag, and an old owl on her shoulder that seemed half asleep.

"Hey," she said cheerfully.

"Hi. Hagrid's not going to come down today," said Harry.

"Why not?"

"'Cause I already know all the plans." Cari shrugged, and Harry continued. "We're going to apparate to your house..."

"Apartment," corrected Cari.

"...To your apartment in New York." Cari nodded, and then they both apparated to her apartment.

When they arrived, they were standing in Cari's apartment. Harry looked around, and noticed that the apartment was messy. The walls were sponged with purple and blue to add texture. There was a small TV and a simple couch. The windows were big, so you could see New York City down below. The room was covered with posters of quidditch players and teams. Cari had a small one of herself, and her team. There was one of Harry, and another of Cho. She mostly had ones that showed the famous seekers and chasers.

"Well, do you like?" asked Cari.

"It's nice, except it's really messy," said Harry, looking at some dirty clothes on the floor, a bunch of CD cases, and about every copy of Witch Weekly. There were even a few editions of the Quibbler.

"I'm never here. Partly because of quidditch, partly 'cause I'm always visiting my family and friends in Alabama," shrugged Cari, while trying to move some of the stuff of the stuff on the floor.

"Then why don't you just move back to Alabama?" asked Harry.

Cari seemed to act like she didn't hear him. "Um... I'll take you on a tour of the apartment..."

"Why?" repeated Harry, in a strong tone. He took Cari's hand, and looked straight in her eyes.

"I..." Cari paused. "I had an old boyfriend who asked me to move to New York so I could be with him. We were..." she paused again.

"What?"

"Well, he proposed to me, and I accepted. A few days later... I caught him cheatin' on another girl. He was my only boyfriend ever, we had been datin' ever since we were 15." Her eyes became a little cloudy, which was quite weird, because Harry could never imagine Cari crying; she was such a tomboy.

"I'm sorry," said Harry sympathetically. He gave her a hug, and they just hugged each other for a little while. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"It's embarrassing, and I don't retelling it," said Cari. She wiped her eyes, and stood up. "Okay, let me show you the rest of the apartment." She obviously didn't like the subject of her only boyfriend, but... who would?

Harry nodded, and Cari led him to her bedroom. She had a pretty light blue bed, and a ton of pictures of her friends. There was a big bookcase against the wall, which had a ton of muggle books on it.

She then showed him her bathroom, quite small with a shower, toilet, counter, and sink. After that, she showed him her kitchen/dining room. It was very pretty with a huge window, and she also had a ton of flowers. The table sat six, since Cari said that she always had friends over.

"Well, there's one last room," said Cari, motioning to a tiny room. They both walked in, and Harry laughed at what he saw. The walls had dog wallpaper, with bones and paw-prints all over it. There were two little doggy beds. One read 'Dirk' and the other read 'Toto.' Two food dishes were at once side of the room, and the room itself was scattered with chew toys.

"So... I'm guessing you have a dog," said Harry, looking stunned.

"No, this is my guest bedroom!"

Harry looked at her, with an open mouth. He was sleeping in here?

Cari saw his stunned face and cracked up. "Of course not, Harry!" Harry felt relieved and started cracking up too. "This is where my two pups sleep, Toto and Dirk."

"Yeah, sure," said Harry sarcastically, and they started laughing again. Harry loved this about Cari; he would always have a good laugh with her.

"So, come on let's get some lunch," smiled Cari.

"Wait, hold on... if you have dogs, where are they?" asked Harry, curiously. He looked around... but no, they weren't there.

"My friend's goin' to bring 'em by," said Cari, and she took Harry's hand, leading him to the kitchen.

A few minutes later, Cari and Harry were happily eating some hamburgers and French fries, which Cari had poofed up with her wand. While they were eating, Harry and Cari talked about having a family, if Harry picked her. Harry wanted to ask each of the girls what their top priorities were.

"Well, I mean, I don't think you'd want to live in this dump," laughed Cari, motioning to all the junk she had.

"Yeah, and I live in the Leaky Cauldron, which wouldn't be too good either," said Harry, and Cari nodded. "We would probably buy a house then."

"That would be best... for um... our children, if we had children," mumbled Cari, seeming embarrassed of this comment.

"Well, you'd want children wouldn't you?" asked Harry. Damn, she better want children!

"Dur. I'd like to have... maybe 3 kids, that would be cool," said Cari.

"Um... I'd go for that amount," said Harry. "They better not be all girls though, or we'll have a pink house."

Cari laughed and said, "I would want to have boys and girls."

"Harry Jr." thought Harry aloud.

Cari shook her head. "I don't want to have any juniors, not that I don't like your name... it's just..."

"What names do you like? Boy names that is."

"Um... well Tobey, and... and Connor, maybe Jonas, or, well... Elijah, those are cool," said Cari thoughtfully.

"Hmm... I like the Connor name okay... and maybe the Tobey. Elijah... I've never heard of that one, who do you know with that name?"

Cari blushed. "Um... well, there is this movie star I have a crush on, named Elijah... Elijah Wood." Cari gave a small giggle at this, and blushed even harder.

"Oh. I don't know who he is."

"What do you like for girl names?" asked Cari eagerly.

"I dunno... really."

"Oh."

"What do you like?"

They were interrupted by a large knock on the door, and Cari went to answer it.

"Hey, Maggie! Oh, TOTO, DIRK!" said Cari, and two little dogs raced in. One of the dogs was a baby golden retriever, Dirk. The other was a little terrier, Toto. Both were boys, obviously.

Toto jumped up on Harry's lap and started giving him little doggy kisses, while Dirk, started sniffing Harry all over the legs.

Cari walked back in, with a friend behind her, Maggie. Maggie had dark brown hair that was cut short. Her eyes were dark brown as well, and she, like Cari, had a huge smile on her face.

"Oh... is this the lucky bachelor?" she asked Cari, looking at Harry.

"Yes it is... though I don't know about lucky," said Cari. Harry smiled. "Maggie meet Harry Potter. Harry meet Maggie Donaldson." Harry shook Maggie's hand.

"So, have you been keeping Cari busy?" asked Maggie.

"I hope I have," smiled Harry, trying to get Toto off of him...

They sat and talked for hours and hours. Maggie was an extremely talkative person. She wasn't as funny as Cari, but she was a great conversation starter. She too, was big on quidditch; she was a quidditch referee for games.

When Maggie finally left at 7 (after eating dinner with Cari and Harry), Harry found an old photo album.

Cari noticed him holding it, and sat on the couch with it, looking at the old pictures. A lot of them were of her when she was little; her first birthday, her first ride on a broom, and things like that. They started getting more recent pictures of her with her quidditch teammates, and her with her friends. There was a ton of her dogs.

Harry flipped to the last picture, which showed Cari standing beside a guy about her age, with curly dark blonde hair, that was quite tall. He had his arm around her, and they were both smiling happily.

"That's him," said Cari.

"Your old boyfriend?" asked Harry.

"Yeah. Brad."

"Oh."

There was a moment of silence, as Harry and Cari looked at the picture. Harry noticed a small engagement ring on Cari's finger in the picture. This picture was probably taken right after they got engaged, and right before they broke up.

The rest of the night, however, they had a good time. Cari was so fun to be with. Harry and Cari loved talking, kissing, laughing, and just joking around.

The next day, Harry and Cari apparated to Cari's parents house in Alabama. They arrived in a comfy living room, and it showed that Cari was muggle-born, as there were no wizard things there.

An older woman, followed by an older man greeted them.

The woman had dark blonde hair, like Cari, with greenish/grayish eyes. She was a lot shorter than Cari, and her blonde hair had bunches of gray hair in it. This was Cari's mom, Mrs. Janice Matthews.

The man had brown hair, which was spotted with gray as well. He was wearing glasses, and his eyes were hazel. This was Cari's dad, Mr. Brian Matthews.

"Cari!" shouted Mrs. Matthews. She ran to Cari, and gave her a huge hug, while Mr. Matthews just gave her a big pat on the back.

"Mom, Dad, this is Harry Potter. He's the bachelor, in the Wizard's Bachelor," said Cari, as she stood next to Harry, smiling happily.

"Nice to meet you, Harry," said Mrs. Matthews.

"Same for you too, Mrs. Matthews," said Harry politely.

"Oh, you don't need to call me that! Call me Janice, and my husband is Brian!"

"Thanks."

"Your British, aren't you?" asked Janice.

"Um, yeah, I live in London."

Harry, Cari, Janice, and Brian all talked for a good bit, about the British. Brian was usually quiet, though he seemed very nice. Janice was very talkative and had a load of opinions.

At about 12, they had lunch.

"So, you also can do magic, like our daughter?" asked Janice curiously, for about the 20th time.

"Yes, I can."

"What do you do then for work?" asked Janice. "I mean, Cari's one of those quadditch..."

"Quidditch," corrected Cari.

"Yes, she's one of those."

"Well, I'm a quidditch player too. I'm a seeker," said Harry.

"Well, I think quadditch..."

"QUIDDITCH," corrected Cari again.

"Quidditch then. It's quite dangerous, with all those blodgers..."

"They're called bludgers, Mom."

"Never mind that. Quidditch is just dangerous with all those bludger things trying to ram you off your broom. Very unsafe," said Janice.

"Yes, Mom," groaned Cari.

Harry noticed that Janice was extremely protective of Cari. Janice seemed to think that most things with magic were dangerous. But she did seem very nice.

After lunch, Brian asked Harry and Cari to come to their backyard. When they got there, Harry noticed a small shotgun and a target.

"So, Harry, I'm guessin' you've never shot one of these," said Brian, holding up a shotgun.

"Um... no," said Harry nervously. He didn't like guns, which he thought was very stupid.

"Well, here's your chance," said Brian. He then aimed for the target, and struck it right on the bullseye.

"Bloody hell," said Harry, disbelievingly.

Brian then handed the shotgun to Cari. She then shot it on the outside of the target, almost missing.

Cari smiled and said, "My dad taught me how to shoot, though I'm really bad." She handed Harry the gun, who held it carefully.

"Good luck," she mumbled, as Harry aimed for the target. He pulled the trigger and groaned as he struck a Pepsi that was to the far left of the target. Cari laughed.

"Hmm... been wantin' to get rid of that," smiled Brian.

They went back inside, and Harry remembered something he had to ask Cari.

"Um... Cari, you said you had a brother."

"Yeah."

"Well... where is he?" asked Harry.

"At school."

"He still goes to school?"

"Yeah. U.S.S. School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

"How old is he?"

"17. This is his last year, and then he'll graduate."

"Is he going to come?" asked Harry.

"Yeah, he's going to come," said a voice behind them, and Harry turned around to find a 17-year-old boy. He had blonde hair that fell into his eyes, and hazel eyes that glittered the way Cari's did.

"So, you must be Cari's brother?" asked Harry.

"Yeah. I'm Alex," said Cari's brother, and he shook Harry's hand.

"How'd you get here, you're supposed to be at school!" said Janice, giving Alex a big hug.

"Yeah, well, Professor Meadows let me come. She was on the Bachelor with you, wasn't she?" asked Alex, looking at Harry curiously.

"You mean Eli Meadows?"

"Yeah, she's my herbology teacher," stated Alex.

"Yes, she was on the bachelor," said Harry.

"Knew it. She wasn't on sick leave, she was with you, all along!"

The rest of the night was pretty good. Harry liked talking with Alex, because he was very fun to be with, like Cari. Alex played quidditch as well; he was a chaser, and was saving up money to buy a Firebolt. That was his dream racing broom.

After dinner, Brian had a little talk with Harry, about women. He too was very protective of Cari, and didn't like the fact, that there was a chance that Harry would have to break her heart.

Finally, around 10, Harry and Cari apparated back to the mansion, after giving a sweet goodnight kiss that lasted about an hour.

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Well, that was a very long chapter, and the other two after this will be equally long. Please review or I shall set my Attacking Monkeys on you!