" Do you find this humorous?" Fred asked as he watched Lisa's face turn red from laughing. He had just invented a card that shouts rude comments at you every time you opened it.
" Very much so!" Lisa replied whipping her tears off her face from laughing, " Have you shown George yet?"
" Shown me what?" George's voice came.
" There you are, George! I came up with a new item just in time for the holidays!" Fred handed him the card and George read the front,
" May all your Christmas wishes come true and…" he opened it,
" AND DON'T FORGET TO WASH YOUR HAIR!" the card yelled at him.
" Wash you hair? Does it say anything else?" George asked smirking.
" Of course! And each of them say five funny things and there's twenty-five different ones!" Fred showed him a box on their desk.
" Brilliant, Fred! Well! We must start making copies and put them out tomorrow!"
" Crap!" Lisa said slapping her forehead.
" What?" Fred and George asked in unison.
" I was supposed to decorate the shop for you guys! Give me the key and I'll do it tonight." Lisa said slipping on her blue jacket.
" Fred? George? Is Lisa still here?" Mrs. Weasley called up the stairs.
" Yeah, I'm still here!" Lisa yelled in reply.
" Oh, good! Stay for dinner will you dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
" All right Mrs. Weasley! Thank you!" Lisa slipped off her jacket, " Looks like I'm going to be up for a while!"
" Sure thing! You don't have to if you don't want to!" George said, sitting on his arm chair.
" No! I love to decorate and the Christmas sale is tomorrow! We have to look the best in Hogsmead!" Lisa took out a pad of paper, a pen, and began to scribble down notes and drawings of how she was going to decorate.
After dinner the Weasley's saw Lisa to her car.
" Why do you drive a car when there are so many other options open to Witches?" Ron questioned.
" Because, Ron, I don't think my Muggle Family would appreciate me flying into the Christmas Ham on a Firebolt!" Lisa laughed, " See you all at the Christmas sale tomorrow! OH! George! Key!" Lisa turned to George who handed her the key to The Weasley's Joke Shop.
" Décor Excellente!" Fred said, in what he must have thought was French, or his version of it.
" Oui! No Problem! You'll be surprised tomorrow! Oh and Ron and Ginny! Please invite your friends! Bye! Thanks for dinner Mrs. Weasley!" Lisa drove off in her car.
" So. She works for you two dose she?" Mr. Weasley questioned Fred and George.
" She's very good! She's found ways to get more people interested in our stuff! She's a great addition to the staff!" Fred agreed with George.
" 'Staff'? There's only three of you!" Ginny and Ron laughed.
" I'm dreaming of a White Christmas…With every Christmas card I write…" Lisa sang as she started to decorate the indoors of the Weasley twin's Joke Shop.
Late-nighters stopped and looked inside to see what she was up to. Some laughed and waved at her and others just went on their way. There was a group Lisa was expecting to see but remembered it was the weekend and that this year Dumbledore was letting the kids go home if they wanted. She laughed and put the last few ordainments on the tree she put in the window. She then grabbed a box full of lights, ribbons, and wreaths to decorate the outside.
" Is that Lisa I see dere puttin' up 'em lights?" a cheery, yet deep voice said.
" Hagrid!" Lisa turned and saw the half giant man behind her, " How's it going?! I haven't seen you in a year!" She gave him a hug.
" Ah, not ter bad! You?"
" Just got a job with the Weasley Twins…." Lisa smiled and looked over her shoulder at the half-strung lights hanging from the gutters, " Hagrid. If you don't mind… could I ask you a favor?"
" There yer are!" Hagrid said pinning up the last lights on the gutters.
" Thank you! I would've been here until five in the morning trying to do those on the gutters! Here! Treat yourself to something at The Leaky Caldron!" Lisa handed Hagrid a Gallion.
" Thank ya, Lisa! I guess I'll see yer later!" He waved good-bye and walked on down the snow covered street.
" Well! I'm almost done! Just need to make those last few things…"
" What?" Fred said to George. George had just shushed him as they entered the shop.
" Look." George whispered. He pointed to Lisa who was asleep in the corner wrapped in a blue blanket.
" Should we wake her up?" Fred asked, laughing.
" Nah, let her sleep. We'll wake her up in an half an hour…. Man. She really decked this place out!" George insisted and commented.
" Yeah! But it looks good! Now! Where shall we put the cards?"
Nearly an hour later, it was almost time for opening. Lisa had been woken up and her Christmas uniform for the Weasley's Joke Shop was what surprised them the most. She wore a red boat-cut shirt with white fuzzy trimming, a matching mid-thigh skirt, red, platform, knee-high boots that also had white fuzzy trimming around the top, and matching gloves.
" And what do we wear?" Fred asked.
" What ever you want. I was to tired to sow anything else…" Lisa yawned, putting up some of the fallen ordainments, " Now. Since we are opening in five minutes I should probably go outside and tell everybody."
" You do realize that it is the Hogwarts' Hogsmead weekend?" Fred stated, knowing that she was bound to get some remarks on her outfit. Lisa turned with her hand still on the door knob, and remarked,
" Yes. I may freeze my ass off but it's well worth it if I'm getting paid for it!" With that, she went outside, plugged in the lights, and positioned herself beside the stairs in the snowy street. Fred and George were laughing still; Lisa could hear them. She smiled to herself, straitened up, and began to shout:
" CHRISTMAS SALE AT THE WEASLEY TWINS' JOKE SHOP!"
Almost an hour later, Ron showed up with his two friends.
" Lisa?" Ron asked shocked, looking at her as he came to a halt in front of her.
" Hi Ron! I'm glad you came! Now! Who may be these fine friends of yours be?" Lisa looked at Harry and Hermione.
" This is Hermione Granger and this is Harry Potter," Ron said Harry's name slower because he knew Harry hated it when people treated him like a god.
" Very nice to meet you both! Potter? Was your mother's madden name Evens?" Lisa asked. Harry replied, shocked,
" Yeah… Why?"
" My mom was good friends with her in school! It looks like your mom and mine, had a lot of fun times together! Maybe if you come tomorrow I could bring a photo album! Try and sneak out, although, that seems to be no problem for you!" Lisa laughed,
" Well! Don't freeze your butts off! Go inside and look around! Hope to see you three soon!" Lisa went back to her yelling.
A blonde boy walked up and asked,
" How much do you cost?" his smirk looked her up and down.
" Priceless…" she whispered. He looked like a Malfoy, " But I'm sure you could afford me no matter what price I cost." Lisa whispered in his ear. She had played this game before. She gave him a tug on his ear, " Leave me be!" and threw him down in the snow.
" Sexy butt!" he called back at her his friends and himself left.
" Yeah, well, I'd like to see you in one of these pathetic costumes!"
" What was that all about?" Fred asked from behind her.
" Just some little boy toying… Nothing I can't handle!" Lisa said a little shocked.
" Ok, I think that's enough for today. Why don't you come inside and warm up?" Fred opened the door. Lisa looked around,
" Okay!" Lisa took no time in scurrying into the warm shop. Not noticing where she was going, she bumped into someone, " Oh! Excuse me—Billy?" Lisa asked shocked.
" Lisa! It's been so long! How's it going?" Billy asked, Bill Weasley, that is to say.
" Bill? You know her?" George asked restocking the tongue toffees.
" Yeah! She had to come to the bank every day with her dad! He asked me to watch her. Which I still didn't see why, since you were twelve and could very well take care of yourself!" Bill laughed. Lisa joined.
" Well I'm fine! I work for your brothers now!" Lisa smiled.
" Do they pay you well?" Bill looked at the twins while asking her.
" Well enough! Let me change out of this ridiculous outfit and we'll talk!" Lisa grabbed her duffle bag from behind the counter and slid into the bathroom.
" Did you think we don't pay her well? We heard her story too!" Fred stated.
" No, I knew you would. Sad, isn't it? Poor girl," Bill said, looking after her.
" If I didn't know any better, I'd say our brother has something for one of our co-workers!" George saw his gaze, Fred laughed. Bill snapped back to reality,
" What? No! We're almost ten years apart! That would be wrong!"
" Well! Oh! Hullo Harry, Ron, Hermione! So! What do you think?" Fred asked, confident.
" Well, I think that you should get to the cashier before those angry kids use your jokes on you." Hermione pointed out. Fred and George looked and saw a line ten people long in front of the cashier stand.
" Ah!" they rushed over and began to help the customers.
" Hullo Bill! Why are you here?" Ron asked happy to see him.
" I heard about the twins' sale so I decided to come get some stuff!" Bill laughed, " Instead of finding myself working I find myself pulling pranks on my friends at the bank!"
" So Billy! Where were we?" Lisa asked. She had changed into some baggy jeans and a tee-shirt. Bill looked at her and said,
" I'm sorry but I've got to go! I'll see you later I suppose if you work here now?"
" Okay! Bye Billy!" She gave him a quick hug and then backed up so he could araperate, after saying good-bye to his brothers and friends.
Seeing the trio's confused looks, Lisa explained to them of how she knew Bill.
" Oh! Lisa! Dumbledore wanted me to give you this!" Ron handed her an envelope titled to her. Lisa opened it and read it, smiling by the end of it.
" Yes! Well! I'll see you after Christmas break!" she scurried over to Fred and George, told them something that made them give her each a hug.
" What do you think happened?" Hermione asked aimlessly.
" Don't know. If she said she'll see us tomorrow and after Christmas break then I suppose we'll find out sooner or later," Harry said thoughtfully.
" C'mon! We're supposed to be picking out a cage for Pig!" Ron alleged.
" Okay, Ron! Chill for a second!" Hermione said as she walked up to the counter to ask Fred and George something they supposed. When she came back she had a shocked look on her face.
" So? What was it?" Harry asked.
" I can't say, I'm sorry. Let's go." Hermione said as she lead them outside.