Chapter 2 - The business deal
When Harry heard the doorbell ring he immediately looked at the clock. It was 7am; the Weasley's were not suppose to show up for another hour.
So who could be at the door right now?
Harry heard his aunt go to answer the door. She said, "Coming! I'm coming!" when the doorbell rang again for the second time.
Harry walked out of his room and down the stairs. When his aunt answered the door she gasped because there were two redheads with bloody noses standing in the doorway.
The redheads walked in immediately trying to stop the bleeding in front of Harry's aunt. She was starting to swoon, as she called out, "Vernon!"
Once she said this, the redheads both popped something into their mouths quickly and then they used handkerchiefs to wipe away all the blood away. Once they were completely clean they went to catch Mrs. Dursley along with Harry.
Harry's uncle came bursting through the hallway doors, that lead into the kitchen, screaming, "Pentunia, what is the matter!"
When he walked in he was shocked to see his wife being caught by his nephew, Harry and two redhead boys. He immediately shot an evil scowl at Harry and demanded what the hell was going on, when he got to his wife who had fainted.
The two red-heads replied for Harry, "Sir, we just walked in and the next thing we knew she was fainting." They both looked completely innocent, but up to something.
Harry couldn't help but smile at how the boys could keep a straight face as they said that to his uncle. Harry looked at his uncle, who was looking at the boys menacing.
"Fine," Harry's uncle replied harshly.
"I will take you upstairs dear, so you can get some rest. And then I will get you some tea." Uncle Vernon said calmly and soothing to his wife as she came around. She just nodded as he led her up the stairs.
Once his aunt and uncle were upstairs and out of sight, Harry turned around and shut the front door saying, "Hi, Fred. Hi, George!"
The two redheads smiled sweetly and said together, "Hi, Harry!"
'Just like the twins' thought Harry as he turned around and asked, "How are you two doing?"
"Great," they both replied with big grins.
"Why don't we go to my room and talk so as Uncle Vernon can't yell at us for anything." Harry said as Vernon was going to make some tea for his 'Pentunia.'
"Okay," they both said as they followed Harry upstairs to his room.
Once they were in Harry's room. Harry asked, "What are you two doing here? I thought you guys had to be somewhere, so you couldn't see my off?"
"Well, Harry. We both kinda of felt a bit guilty and all for not talking to you much over the summer and all . . . " Fred said.
"So we figured that we would pay you back for financing us in our joke shop." George said.
Both the twins then proceeded to pull out two medium sized bags and handed them to Harry. Harry took them and opened one of the bags. His eyes went wide; the bag was full of galleons. He put down that bag and opened the other one; it was full of galleons as well. He looked up at the twins and said, "W-Where did all this money come from? I can't take it."
"Don't be silly Harry . . . " Fred said.
" . . . we earned it from the joke shop business." George finished.
"And of course you can keep it!" Fred said.
"Yeah, you've earned it! And we have been thinking . . . " George said.
" . . . of giving you 10 of everything we make!" Fred finished.
Harry was stunned. 'What am I suppose to do? Should I accept the money or tell them to keep it?'
As if knowing what Harry was thinking the twins both looked at each other and nodded, saying, "We are not going to take 'NO' for an answer." They both grinned because now Harry could not say no.
"Okay, but you have to promise me that you won't tell anybody else that you guys are paying me. I don't want people coming to me to get them stuff from the shop. And I don't want people to bother me about being in a business deal," Harry replied with a sheepish grin.
The twins smiled saying, "Okay!" patting him on the back.
"Will you two help me put these bags in my trunk?" Harry asked them.
As the twins helped him put the money up, they told him, "Harry we have to get going. We have to go open another store in Hogsmeade! It is the third store we have, mate!"
"Alright, Fred, George. Glad to see ya again. I guess I will be seeing you two in Hogsmeade?" Harry replied.
"Yep, old chap." they both said as they headed downstairs to leave. Once they got to the front door they let themselves out and walked around the corner with Harry following them.
Once out of sight of muggles they said 'goodbye and wished Harry luck in the coming school year' and apparated to their new shop opening.
Harry returned to the house and heard his uncle yelling for him to get his aunt some more tea and to come fan her. 'Well at least things have not changed around here much' Harry thought as he pulled out his wand to make his aunt some tea. 'Fred and George have changed a lot over the years, since he had first met them. Now they have their joke shop and I'm still here catering to my aunt and uncle.'
Once Harry finished the tea he then levitated it to follow him upstairs, but the doorbell rang. He looked at the clock on the wall in the kitchen and it was about time for the Weasley's to show up so he put the tray of tea back on the table and went to go open the door. When he opened it, he was completely surprised to see who was standing in the doorway.