Chapter 4
"So you're Mr. Weasley, Ron's father, right?" Christina was talking to Mr.Weasley from the back seat. "Oh, yes, that's right dear" said Mr. Weasley, smiling to Christina from the mirror.
"What's your name dear?" he asked her, frowning.
"Oh, I'm … Christina Anderson, yeah" she answered, smiling back. "Are you OK? Asked Harry, wondering why she was hesitating. "Yeah, sure" she said, looking at Harry.
They drove for nearly two hours, Harry and Christina were just talking together to kill some time. "Here we are" Mr. Weasley said, parking the car near the house. "Wow" said Christina, looking up at the very high house while getting out of the car.
"It's so…magical" she said, "And exotic too" she couldn't find better words to describe the unbelievable house in front of her.
"Yeah, sure it is" said Mr. Weasley, smiling at the house.
"Well Harry, I think you know the way in, I must be going now, to return this car to my friend, see you both later" he said, entering the car and driving out of the area.
"Well, come on Chris, let's get in" Harry said, holding her hand and taking her to the door. He dragged her to the door, then he knocked it twice and waited, there was no answer. Where are they? Harry began to wonder, but then he heard footsteps from inside, and then the door opened.
Hermione Granger was standing at the door, smiling. "Harry, it good to see you" she said, shaking his hand. And then she turned to Chris and frowned. "You must be…his friend?" she asked, still frowning. "Yeah… why?" Chris asked, frowning too. "Oh, no, it's just that Ron said that Harry will be bringing his friend, he thought you were a boy, you know" she said, "Harry didn't mention if his friend was a boy or a girl" she explained, smiling. "Oh," Chris seemed to have understood, and then she laughed at the situation. "I thought he will know, and I wasn't concentrating at what I was writing at the time" Harry tried to defend himself. "That's OK" Chris said, smiling at Harry. "Well then" said Hermione, "let's all get in". We all entered the house and went to the kitchen. "Hi everyone" Harry said to everyone who were sitting at the kitchen table, Fred, George, Ginny and Mrs. Weasley. "Oh, hello Harry dear, and hello to your friend too" she said, looking at Chris. "Hi" Chris said, shaking Mrs. Weasley's hand. "Hi everyone" she then said to everyone there. "She turned out to be a girl, eh?" Mrs. Weasley said, looking at everyone. "Yeah" they said. "Well" Harry said, taking Chris's hand and leading her to Ginny. "This is the youngest member of the family, Ginny, Ron's sister" He said, Chris shook hands with Ginny, "nice to meet you" she said. "And here" Harry said, leading her to Fred and George. "Ron isn't one of you, right?" Chris asked frowning. "Oh, no, we are Fred and George" they said, pointing at each other. "Nice to meet you too" she said, shaking hands with them too. "This is Christina" Harry said, she smiled at them all. "And this is Mrs. Weasley, Ron's mother" He said at the end. "And where is Ron?" Chris said, looking around. "Oh he's upstairs" Mrs. Weasley said, looking at the ceiling. "Harry, is that you?" came a voice from upstairs, Ron's voice. "Yeah, come on down" Harry called for him. "Coming". There were footsteps and Ron came down the stairs. "How do you do mate?" He asked, then he spotted Chris, and his mouth opened. "I'm Harry's friend" she said, shaking his hands. "Yeah, right" he said. "Yeah, I'm a girl" she said, laughing. "Oh, yeah, about that" he said. "It's OK" she said, and then smiled at him. "Welcome here…" then he stopped. "I'm Cristina" she said. "Yeah, right, welcome here Chris" he said, smiling.
Breakfast went on in a good way, everyone is now is used to talking to Chris. And when all the topics finished, and everyone was going to his work, Chris took Harry's hand and led him to the garden outside. "I need to talk to you" she said, urgently. "Well, talk" he said, looking at her worried face. "I…this…I don't even know when is it" she stammered, looking frightened, and Harry saw tears in her beautiful eyes. "What?" Harry said, "What do you mean? What's going on?" he was beginning to worry about her. "I don't…know…the year" she said between her tears. "Oh" Harry understood, and he was wondering why he didn't remember this before. "Well, what year was it when you had your birthday?" he asked her. "it was year…um…1970" she said, dreading the answer. She wished she didn't ask when she saw the fear in Harry's eyes. "Um..." he said, hesitating, not knowing what to tell her. "Don't be scared, but it's now the year 19...er…1994" he stammered.
At that moment, Chris could have fainted. She looked so pale and frightened that Harry didn't know what to do. "Y you mean…th… that the year is now 19…1994" she said, sitting down on the grass. "Yes" he said, sitting down next to her. "I…traveled through time to…to…nearly 36 years…into the future" she said, looking so scared. "Yes" Harry said, not knowing what to do to calm her down. "Come inside" he said, holding her hand. "Come and drink some water to calm you a bit" he said, taking her inside. Hermione was drinking some lemon juice when she saw Harry and Chris entering. "I was jus…" but she stopped, looking at Chris. "What happ…" but Harry gave her a leave-this-to-me look, and Hermione understood. She went out of the kitchen, up to Ron's bedroom. He let her sit on the table and he went to bring her some water. "I'm fine now" she said, wiping the last of her tears and smiling to Harry. "But I want to go back to my parents right now" she said, standing up. "NO" Harry said, stopping in front of her. "No Harry, I want to" she said, heading to the door. "I said no" Harry said, catching her arm. "You can't" he said. "Give me a reason that will let me change my mind" she said, looking him at the eye. "You promised" he said, "you made a deal, remember" he said, looking at her, "you said that you were going to stick to this deal no matter what" he didn't let go of her arm. "OK" she said, sitting again, and looking at the floor. "I will stay, but tell me the deal again" she said, now looking at him. "OK" he said. "you said you wanted a solution" Harry began, "and I gave you one…I said that we will wait until the same month comes, and then I will help you with the Time Turner, so you could…go home" he finished, smiling. "I have tried this thing before, and I know that it's weird, but don't let that let you down" he said, squeezing her hand in his a bit. "OK" she said, smiling. He stood up, and took a deep breath. "Come on" he Said, "we have to go and tell Mrs. Weasley something" he was heading upstairs. "Wait" she said, "do you think that…I'm…out there" she said, "I don't know" he said, "and we better not" he smiled at her. "OK" she said, following him upstairs.