Down a dirty sidewalk, painted with sheets of dust, a pair of new and polished pair of Prada stilettos strode with steady clicks.
A Donna Karan New York black and sleek dress slung on her seemingly mannequin figure.
There was a white Dior overcoat with a few silver stars at the collar. Her handbag was pure black leather.
She had copper tresses highlighted with red streaks.
She looked pretty normal in Muggle New York. Not in the wizarding world though.
She's known as Nikki Giorgio. Formerly Virginia Weasley, prime figure in the wizarding war approximately 3 years ago.
Why she was gone was the huge question she left behind for every wizard and witch?
She simply snapped her world and was gone.
No bother to take anything. No clothes. No money. No secure connections to anyone. Only memories.
She didn't even leave a letter, it seems for her poor family.
Well, she didn't want anything to do with any magic now. It was a distant faraway memory.
She lived the muggle way like every normal person would; no snapping of fingers to mend things, no 'wingardium leviosa' to lift heavy things. All hands and legs work now. It felt good.
She turned left and walked into the Tilson family's well looked after lawn with its blooming array of flowers. The gate was open for the invited guests. She recognized some of the species, like the rose. Otherwise, well, it was just flowers to her. It wasn't like she was a florist or specialist on flowers anyways.
Her job was being an actress and singer. Recording albums and showing up on screens was her area of expertise. She walked up the marble stairs and rapped the knocker thrice.
The butler opened the door and a bouncer behind him asked to see the invitation. She opened her USD 3000 handbag and pulled out the frilly and yucky pink engraved card. And the butler showed her into the ballroom after hanging up her coat on a rack.
Instantly, paparazzi hounded incessantly. Well, the press finally calmed down and she managed to get a good look of the décor. All she had to say was 'more yucky than the invitation'.
The ballroom was in cream pink with a gold chandelier hanging down the middle. There was a white and hot pink bar at the end of the room. The music playing was currently 'Yesterday' by the beatles.
She walk over to Herriana Hart, her best friend and co-actress of her newest movie 'Rules and more', who was clad in a cream yellow off shoulder knee-length dress. She hugged Herr (nickname for Herriana) and shook the hand of the man next to her.
"Congratulations," Nikki said. " You look so pretty in this Chanel dress! Michael, hey! How's your new song coming up?"
"Thanks. Talking about my upcoming song, how about being my guest singer for my album?"
"Sure. Don't see why not. Get your agent to set a meeting up for it with mine."
There continues the babbles and gossip. This was Nikki's best friend's engagement party with Michael Swiess and she had offered to help decorate it since she was asked to be maid of honor, but pretty, sensational but tasteless Herr refused. Nikki had no heart to say it was plain ugly colors to decorate the ballroom.
After a while, she was asked to dance by a director by the surname of Toads. What a joke! Still, Nikki couldn't offend him and say 'No, cos your surname sucks' in his face. He might make her life hell if she was ever in his movie.
Nikki gave Herr and Michael a wink and got onto the dance floor. He was quite young and handsome, thank goodness.
"Say, Miss Giorgio, would you be interested to starr in my newest movie?" D. Toads said.
"What's the movie about, huh?"
"Basically, rich boy meets poor wannabe rock star girl and rich daddy disapproves. Girl finally is famous and dad still frowns. Both did not wanna get married without blessing of dad since he's the only living relative of them both. Then a lot of things happen in between. Lot of tears and other people started giving different negative opinions. Touching moments and heated arguments. Still, they loved each other. Dad was dying and finally after the girl did something very significant for the rich dad. He gives his approval. After attending the wedding, the father died on the wedding night. Ending is a scene on the beach where the couple talk and fall asleep on the soft sand in the night."
"Wow, got the whole story planned out already! Who's acting the boy?"
"Charles Lerry and it would be great if you could starr the girl. We'll be starring in the countryside and in the city"
"Newbie for a main role? You sure got guts. When are you doing the acts?"
"Starting next month."
"Oh… I can't. I'm working on another. The 'One chance'. They're filming next month and till Christmas."
"That's your loss then", said, his charcoal eyes looking a tad disappointed. "But would you like to go out with me next Saturday night?"
"Sorry. Got plans"
The song ended (Finally!). Nikki moved over to the bar and got a few vodkas.
She took a long sip.
This was all a typical night for Nikki, scoring a few deals and getting tipsy with heavy flirty behavior. Well, it WAS typical until… two figures appeared in the doorway.
She took another sip. Wasn't drunk yet but she thought she was…
…when she realized they were Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy.
Which one was more shocking, she wasn't sure... was that they had appeared in her life once more, Draco Malfoy was associating with muggles or Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy was a civilized conversation.