Writer: Azure K Mello

Title: A Bond Never Dies

Part: 59?

Words: 461

Warnings: Angst. Non-canon.

Note: Because of this story I had to go out today to bloody, overpriced Gary's Gourmet to buy some Ribena. It cost me $6.38. I hate import tax. But all I could think of was how badly I was craving blackcurrant and why is everything that is coloured purple in America grape flavoured?

MRHG- I like Ribena, bitca.

James picked out some shoes with Harry that the boy liked. They were hunting green and tan. And the laces had little stars all over them. Harry was impressed with the way the stars twinkled and said softly, "Aunty Petunia was wrong 'cause magic is goods!" That more than anything else made James smile widely.

They did most of there grocery shopping in a small wizarding supermarket. Harry seemed slightly saddened that they had to chuck out his ice-lolly as he hadn't finished it but they bought pumpkin juice for Harry to sip at while he sat in the cart with Davy and they did a "big shop" filling up an entire trolley. It was decided that they would have to go to a muggle supermarket as well because Sirius was still going on about needing bottles of Fanta and Tango (he'd added to the list) to transfigure the room. When asked what sort of cereal he liked Harry said he liked Weetabix but then as he realized that there were no Weetabix on the shelf he tried to back peddle, saying that he would have Merlin Os instead, but James just told him in a reassuring tone that they would go to a muggle shop in a little bit.

They stopped in at Madam Malkin's to buy Harry some robes because James could just see his mother's face if her grandson wasn't wearing robes when they went to the house. At Quality Quidditch Supplies James bought a very small broom saying that one was never too young to start riding a broom. They went to a movie store and rented a couple of films that James cajoled Harry into picking. With a flick of three wands the numerous bags of shopping were sent back to the house and the groceries were put away in their respective places in the kitchen.

In muggle London they went to another clothes shop to buy Harry some play clothes. The little boy was desperately trying to pick as few articles of clothing as possible. He was trying to "not be a bover" again. But James just started throwing things into the cart that he saw Harry's eyes linger on. James paid with the muggle money he had gotten at the exchange desk in Gringotts. At the grocer's they bought Jaffa Cakes, Ribena, Weetabix, a selection of Walkers crisps, and all the orange flavoured soft drinks Sirius could want.

After all there shopping was done they went back to the Leaky Cauldron to use the floo system to get home. Harry seemed to find riding the floo system as thrilling as the carts in Gringotts and as they zoomed towards home all James could hear was the laughter of the little boy he was holding.