The handbag thumped onto the trunk's floor as Harry snatched Hermione's bag that was full of bottles, a thermos and powder milk for the twins.
"Mommy, did you keep the biscuits?" Peter tugged at Hermione's sleeves that dangled down her wrist.
"Yes Peter! I got everything, now hurry in and get into the car!" Hermione lightly pulled away, as her arms were full of plastic plates and a bag of chips and a small purse was hanging round her shoulder.
"If only it weren't Muggle day, we could've used the summoning charm like Accio!" Ron grunted, he took the bag of chips and the plastic plates from Hermione's hands and threw them into the Jeep's trunk.
"Ron, maybe we should just stay home, I mean it's so dark! And we don't even have our wands!" Hermione whined worriedly.
"Don't be such a worry wart 'Mione! The dark is the fun part!" Ginny had already taken her seat next to Harry, who was going to drive.
When everything was put away in the trunk, Hermione and Ron slid the jeep doors shut on either side. The twins were sitting in the seats in front of the trunk, and in the next aisle were Hermione and Ron.
"Maybe we should—should" Hermione looked frantically around the jeep to find something that might help them agree to just stay home.
"I make wonderful hot chocolate, you know. We could just-stay, and well, talk" she chattered.
"Hermione, what's gotten into you? You're sounding like my mother--a lot lately!" Ron commented, with his eyes scrunched.
"Am not! It's just this—this feeling of mine. It's really bothering me" Hermione sighed.
"It must be a symptom of pregnancy, I don't know, extreme uncontrollable emotions or something" Ginny guessed wildly.
"Hermione, we're on the road, so just relax and forget about home for once." Harry had already stopped at the first signal that turned red. They were on the main road—and they were heading for the forest preserve.
"Maybe we should get some butter beers to keep us all busy. It's going to be a long trip. And it'll keep the kids busy for a long time as well" Ron suggested eagerly, actually he was the one that was craving for butter beer, and really didn't care if the kids got busy or not, he just needed to have one.
"That's a good idea, for once this whole morning" Hermione snorted, nodding slightly.
"Then butter beer it is," Ginny smiled warmly, as Harry got into the left turn only lane, and turned the jeep when the green arrow glimmered on the signal light.
"Leaky Cauldron is open late, so they should have some butter beer left" Ginny spoke excitedly, finally, they came in front of the awkward looking shop, that looked slightly misplaced in the busy London street.
"I'll go get them" Ron opened the jeep door hurriedly, and scurried out the car into the shop.
"Leaky Cauldron, I still can't forget that first trip to it before my first year in Hogwarts. It was with Hagrid" Harry sighed, he had thought about going to visit Hogwarts for ages, and meeting Hagrid, the loving giant and gamekeeper of the school.
"We should go visit Hogwarts sometime" Ginny spoke, as if she had read Harry's mind.
"Here we are!" An airy voice that belonged to Ron buzzed into the Jeep. Hermione was so mesmerized into Harry and Ginny's conversation, and Harry and Ginny were still mesmerized on how they read each other's thoughts, that no one in the car had notice Ron coming with a sandalwood tray with six, immensely tall butter beer glasses.
"Since I couldn't use magic, I asked some one to use the large charm." Ron grinned proudly.
"You mean you asked a stranger to summon the spell of Nimbellus Largos?" Hermione's eyes widened in shock. She quickly whisked around and snatched the glasses from the twins, that had their mouths nearly touching the rim of the glasses.
"That's right! The charm that makes things large, that makes their quantity big---HERMIONE—WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Ron shouted, as Hermione had opened the car window and was pouring butter beer on the crisp copper street.
"Go in there, and get the normal butter beers and don't ask anyone to use a charm on them." Hermione grimaced angrily at Ron, her hands full of shiny coins that she handed to Ron.
"Hermione, they aren't cursed or anything. It's simply just a charm to make things bigger. Like I use it all the time! I make small cakes and use the Nimbellus Largos charm to make them big and they last longer, and my ingredients last for ages, then." Ginny scolded, she had already taken her first sip.
"Ginny, there is nothing wrong with the charm. But you have to be clever; some people mix in curses with Nimbellus Largos. Remember in the daily prophet? A woman asked to make her pants larger from this store clerk and before he had said Nimbellus largos, he had said Imperius, and then quickly said Nimbellus Largos. The woman thought he was saying the large charm the whole time. And she was controlled for months!" Hermione explained. Ginny's eyes widened, she opened her car window as well and poured the butter beer out. She looked up at Harry eagerly, who was already pouring it down his car window as well, and then steadily, threw the glass as well and with a loud clank it shattered.
"Harry! That's a wonderful idea! Since the butter beer was in the glass, the glasses probably got cursed as well" Hermione took the rest of the glasses, and one by one, she threw it out the car window one by one and the night shattered noisily.
"Here" a grumpy voice entered the jeep. This time, Ron was holding the normal sized butter beers, and grimacing at his cup.
"After like three sips, this will be over!" He whined, taking his first sip. Hermione smiled contentedly, as Harry got back on street, and headed for the darkening forest….
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Hello everyone, ignore the W's, I thought it made a nice divider ! Well, that's the third chappie, sorry it's short but this is my story, and my story always have short chappies and there is no rule that chappies have to be long…lol, I know this chapter was a lil' boring but at least there out of the house :S! HHMMM….you should be wondering, does that butter beer have something to do with the plot…and Ginny took a sip…hmmmm!
Well anyways, I'll update the next chappie real soon. And that's when all the action will start!
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