" Tonks, Merionle Tonks,". At Ms. Tonks answer, Harry coked on the air he was breathing. Uncle Vernon looked at him with the up most venom in his eyes.
" My sister's name is Nymphadora," Ms. Tonks said. Harry cocked his head at her and he could have sworn he saw her wink at him.
" Well, uh, that's a nice fact to know, but really, we should be on your way. It was nice seeing you again Alice,"
" Nice see ya too Mr. Dursley, and nice meetin' ya Harry," Alice, once again, looked right at Harry. Her eyes beamed and he felt weak in the knees.
" See you two at 7:00," Ms. Tonks said as she pulled Alice out of Harry's site and into the house next door. Harry stared blankly into the house with no thought on his mind. After a few minutes, he realized he was still outside, but now he was alone. Harry grabbed his trunk and walked to the door, luckily, Uncle Vernon left the door unlocked. Harry marched into the house and walked into the kitchen where she found his aunt sitting at the table looking unusually pale. She looked up at Harry when he walked into the room. Her eyes were droopy and she had quite a few wrinkles. They stood in silence for a while until Dudley came waddling into the room looking for something to eat. A few seconds later, Uncle Vernon came storming in, muttering to himself. After he paced around the room for a while he turned to his wife.
" What are we supposed to do. The Tonk's aren't the type of people we associate with. And we are diffidently not bring him," he said as if he was talking to himself.
" Why not, they invited me!" these words seemed to jump out of Harry's mouth without him noticing. He never really was interested in going to dinner parties, but this was different. Were they really related Tonks? And if they were, what are they doing on Privet Drive? All these thought squirmed thought Harry's mind, and without noticing, Uncle Vernon walked casually over to him and stared right at him. Soon, though, Harry noticed his Uncles eyes following him every breath. Harry turned at stared straight back at him.
" Fine, you want to go, fine. But don't come crying to me when you find out this lot is a waste of your time. Be dressed and ready by 6:45 in your Sunday best, NOW GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" Harry ran out of kitchen, grabbed his trunk, and hurried straight to him room. It was quite the same. The walls were still bare and there was only a small bed and a wardrobe. Harry flopped down onto his bed and began to think again. What was with this girl and why did she interest him so much? Her accent told him that she wasn't from around here, but where did she come from? All these, and much more were swimming in his mind and it took him at least 10 minutes to figure out that Hedwig was outside his bedroom window, tapping on the glass with her beak. He quickly got up and opened the window for her. She flew inside and settled herself on the top of Harry's wardrobe. He flopped back down onto his bed and began thinking again.
At 6:45 sharp, Harry was dressed in the best clothes he had, which wasn't saying much, since he was wearing one of Dudley's old button up shirts and a old pair of kaki pants. He checked and rechecked his reflection in the mirror over and over again. He wasn't quite sure why he wanted to make such a good impression, but he did. The butterflies in his stomach reminded him of him and Cho's date to Hogmead. Harry soon heard Uncle Vernon yelling at him from downstairs. Harry checked himself one more time, then hurried down the stairs to meet his uncle. When he reached the bottom, his aunt was standing there fixing Dudley's tie. He was wearing what looked like a giant penguin suit, and she was wearing a dark red Chinese dress. Uncle Vernon walked into the room wearing an identical suit to Dudley's. He turned and stared at Harry with the up most disgust.
" It will have to do. Petunia, do you have the dessert we made for the Tonk's?" Uncle Vernon said. He seemed to be really, like he had no desire to go where he was going. Harry's aunt held up a large glass bowl full of pudding with a nod. " Alright then, lets go."
Harry marched out of the house with his aunt, uncle, and cousin and treaded across the lawn to the house next door. Uncle Vernon Was just about to ring the doorbell when the door open. Ms. Tonks opened the door. Harry's jaw dropped when she saw what she was wearing. Her puffy red hair was pulled back in a messy bun, and she was wearing a neon pink cat suit that fit to every form of her body. Harry suddenly heard wheezing and turned around to find is cousin clenching his chest like someone just shocked him.
" Well don't just stand there, come on in!" she announced. She ushered them in with Dudley going in last. He had seemed to be glued to his spot outside, and only moved when Merionle pushed him inside from the back. Harry walked into what seemed to be the most unusual place he'd ever been, including Nocturnal Ally. The wall were covered in a lime green paint, and were covered in the most abstract painting he'd ever seen. In one he could have sworn he saw a naked lady dancing in the moonlight. He walked past this room and into another one where he found Alice drawing circles in the table cloth. His stomach did another flip where he saw what she was wearing. Her long burgundy hair had been braided into two parts and she was dressed in a sort of jumper. She looked as if she was a little girl all grown up. Alice looked up when he entered the room. She smiled and got up from her chair.
" Howdy Harry, nice to see ya again. Would you like something to drink?" it was true, he was thirsty, but he declined the drink offer and just continued to stare at her. She was the most beautiful thing Harry had ever seen. Alice smiled again and his stomach felt as if it was one big balloon. " Then take a seat."
Harry sat down at the table she was at and she sat straight across from her.
" uh… nice place you have" was the only thing he could think of to say. Afterwards, he felt very stupid, but yet again she smiled.
" Thank you, I decorated it. The paintings are mine. I'm an artist,"
"Are you really?" Harry asked, and yet again, he felt stupid. 'Of coarse she is, she just said she was', but she only chuckled.
" Yes, I am. I made some pretty good money where I used to live selling some of the work I did,"
" Where did you used to live?"
" I was born and raised in Texas, although I'm not much for patriotism. So I wasn't very popular back there. But enough about me, tell me about yourself, Harry Potter," Harry could not remember telling her his last name but it didn't matter at the time.
" Um, there's nothing really to say about me,"
" Come on, there's gotta be something'. I know, what school do you go to?"
" Uh… St. Brutus's School for Criminally Incurable Boys…" Harry answered, blushing. He had really wanted to tell her he went to Hogwarts, but he was still not sure weather she was related to Tonks or not. Anticipating a horror stricken face, he was surprised to see a even bigger smile then he had seen on her face before.
" Ohhh, a bad boy huh? Well that changes everything, I love bad boys…" she said as she winked at him. He smiled right at the same time as she did. They stared at each other for what seemed to be hours, but in 2 minutes time he heard Ms. Tonks yelling that dinner was ready.
It was the most unusually meal he had ever had. He had never even heard of half the stuff they were eating, but it was all really good. Half way though the meal, Ms. Tonks leaned over to reach the salt, giving Dudley a full frontal view, making him fall off his chair. For dessert, they had Aunt Petunia's pudding, which Ms. Tonks seemed to enjoy a lot.
" This is so good Petunia, may I have this recipe?" While Harry's aunt and Ms. Tonks were talking, Harry excused himself and headed for the bathroom, but turned to go outback when he was out of eyesight range. He found a large, Zen like garden with a sand pit and, for some reason, a swing set. Harry walked over t the swing, sat down and began to think. ' This girl is very intriguing. I've only just met her, but its like we've spent forever together.' With all this thinking, Harry didn't notice the back door open and a young girl walk over to him until she sat down and tapped him on the shoulder. Harry jumped in surprise but only found Alice in the swing next to him. They sat in silence for a few minutes until she spoke quietly.
" Harry, I find you very interesting. Is it wrong to think that only after a few hours of knowing you, I think I like you?" Harry smiled and looked at her. At least he wasn't along in his feelings, he thought ad she shook his head. " Good, then you won't mind if I do this…" and without warning, she leaned over and kissed Harry softly of the lips. She slowly pulled back but Harry didn't want her to. He looked at her and smiled like he hadn't smiled in months. She looked at him back with her eyes boring deep into his. Harry reached over and grabbed her hand and they sat in darkness, hold each others hand. Silence took over the surroundings so the only thing you could hear was the breathing from the both of them. Harry looked at her and found that she was looking back at him. He closed in and they kissed again, this time deeper. He made to move away, but she pulled him back and they continued kissing for quite a while. When they finally broke for air, it was just in time.
" Harry, dear, its time for you to go, your cousin has seemed to fainted," Ms. Tonks said. She left quickly though, as if she knew it was the wrong time to walk out there. Alice and Harry looked at each other with a deep longing. Harry knew he had to go, but he had no desire to. Before Harry could act, Alice leaned over and they kissed, this time, it seemed to be even more deeper then the last. Harry ran his hands through her hair and she put hers on his back. Harry wanted this to last forever, but he knew it wouldn't. She pulled away and whispered in his ear. Harry looked up and smiled. He got up from his chair and walked through the side yard door. As soon as he was out of the yard, he ran his hands over his lips, he ad never felt so aroused. And lucky him, he had a new plan to meet Alice in a few hours time. Harry ran what Alice said to him over and over again. Meet me at the park down the street at 1:00... Harry, for once in his life, was happy he had such bad insomnia.