Chapter Four

It was Christmas shopping day and the group was ready with lots and lots of gold in their pockets.

This was Teri's list:

Harry and Hermione: Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans

Rita: Best Friends Quidditch snow globe

Ron:

She hadn't decided what to get Ron yet.

She needed something special, but nothing came up in her head.

Meanwhile, Rita was busy looking at her list:

Teri: a dark green sweater

Hermione: bottle of ink

Harry: a snitch

Ron: Judchudley cannons poster

Draco:

Draco's name was scribbled out because it would be odd giving him a present, and Teri would be pretty upset.

Everyone split up to Christmas shop their socks out!

Teri ran into Weasley Wizards Wheezes first and it was crowded as usual.

She searched and searched until she got the right gift.

"Are these for yourself Teri? You usually throw up and get sick for real after these." Said Fred with a worried look. Or was it George?

"No, it's a Christmas gift." Teri said shortly. She didn't want to give out clues.

When Teri happily walked out of the store, her spirit dropped.

'Ron already has a box of Skyving Snack Boxes! Maybe I should return them…'

As Teri turned she saw Ron walking towards her.

Teri hesitated and said, "Hey Ron… Are you going into your brother's joke shop? I just went in there."

Ron suddenly gave a disapproving look at her bag and said, "Oh, um… No. I was, uh… well I'll go over there now!" Ron went red as he ran away from Teri.

Rita was walking down a crowded street to get Ron's poster. It was last on her list.

Rita looked in every store and either they didn't sell them, or they were sold out.

So all Rita could get was a dusty crabby looking Quidditch field's poster that said, "Be a Good Sport, Not a Spoiler!" that was all she could find.

Rita returned to the meeting spot they had decided on when they were done shopping. Everyone was there except Ron.

Teri's teeth were chattering and Harry's face was red from the cold, but redder than before since Rita came back.

It seemed hours when Ron came running with many big bags of things.

They finally went into Hogwarts again and thawed their faces and hands, and everyone began wrapping their presents in different places.

Hermione was in the middle of the room, thinking of something. She had her crisp new quill and a pretty green and red envelope.

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