Chapter Two: Detective Kits and Realisations

Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood were seated around the large table in the decorated living room talking and eating snacks.

"Acromantula's are only called that because of their very highly developed gymnastic skills."

There was a long pause as everyone stared at Luna confused after her random statement.

"You know, acrobat - acromantula. I read it in a book somehwhere."

"What was it?" Hermione said heatedly, "a comic book?"

"Okay!" Ginny jumped up from the table to stop an arguement arising, "Hermione - I think it's time to open your presents!"

Luna picked a purple paper bag from the top of Hermione's present pile and handed it with great care to her, "this one is from me."

"Oh, thank you Luna," Hermione said, slightly taken aback as she took the present. "Well, it's heavy, it rattles," she said, sizing up and shaking the present. "It's......" she took a reasonably large box out of the bag and read it's title, " 'How to find a Snorkleback - Detective Kit'?"

Harry jumped in before Hermione began to lecture Luna on the non-existence of Snorklebacks, "Open the next one! This one's from Ron."

Hermione took the small, periwinkle covered box out of Harry's hands and opened it up. Her eyes widened and she was silent for a moment before saying, "Oh my goodness! He remembered!"

Ginny sat up to get a look in the box, inside was a small, and very delicate, silver necklace with a tiny heart hanging from it. "Remembered what?" she asked with curiousity.

"It was months ago," Hermione said, not once taking her eyes off of the necklace, "we were walking past this antiques store and I saw this necklace in the window and I told him that it was just like one my grandmother had when I was a little girl. I can't believe he remembered!"

"It's so pretty," Ginny said, also admiring it, "It must have cost him a fortune!"

"Oh come on Ginny!" Harry said, laughing a little, "remember that time when Ron told us that story about when he was a little boy and he fell in love with that girl that lived nearby and he used all of his pocket money to buy her as many sweets as he could?"

Hermione finally stopped looking at the necklace and, instead, looked at Harry, "What did you just say?"

There was an awkward silence as everyone, including Harry, realised what he had said. He looked nervously at the three girls who were watching him very closely.

"Em.....uh......sweets?" Harry asked, shrugging his shoulders as if nothing had happened.

"No," Hermione said, screwing her eyebrows in concentration, "no. The...em...the love part?"

Harry looked down at his empty bowl as if he could find a suitable answer in there before he eventually stuttered, "Well, I.....em....fla..."

Hermione turned away from him and stared into space, for she understood completely now anyway, "Oh my god!"

Harry, clearly annoyed with himself, put his head in his hands and muttered, "No, no, no, no, no!"

"That's good Harry," Luna said comfortingly, "If you keep doing that it will turn back time."