Here is the next chapter. I hope you like it. Please read and review love Hermione xxx
Harry woke up feeling sad. Some days were better then others but this was one day he wanted to pull the covers over his head and not emerge. He couldn't help thinking how sad Ron had made him. I mean he really had thought he was the only person who could be trusted and even he had let him down when he needed him the most. Harry remembered that he was leaving today and reluctantly got up and got dressed. He asked Dobby to see if they had the floo connected at that house surprised that they did in fact have it connected but had no idea how to use it. This would make his travelling easier today for sure. He got his things together in his bag and went downstairs. Having Dobby insure no one could come into the room for the moment he stepped into the fireplace and threw down his floo powder while calling out his address for his new home in London. When he tumbled out of the floo in a very messy manner he realised he'd need to get better at using Wizarding methods of Transport.
The house just had the rooms and flooring in it. There was nothing else so he'd need to furnish it. He wondered whether he should get some magical furniture for it or not. Money was not a problem for him. He went out to the local hardware shop and bought himself a house phone which he arranged to have installed in an hour using their express service. A quick wandless confundus saw to it that no questions were asked about his age. It was placed on a new phone stand on the table in the hallway. It was one of those new cordless ones that even Petunia didn't have. Although he had opted to buy the house furnished it didn't come with everything and the furniture it did come with was old and not to his taste. He would need to buy some shelving units, coffee tables, beds, tables and chairs and lastly some soft furnishings such as towels and bedding. He picked up the phone and dialed the number he had for Hermione happy when she answered. She told her parents she was leaving and flooed over to his house.
They looked around before sitting down to discuss things.
"So Harry I was thinking the house should contain a lot of colour instead of being bland like most houses. What do you think about putting the school house colours in different rooms. Like we could have the Gryffindor colours in our room and the other house colours elsewhere. Look I've drawn up a chart of where they could go and what the colours might look like. I've em been doing a bit of planning!" she said going red in the face which he thought was too cute. He couldn't imagine doing anything without her having planned it out first and it was a bit annoying but at the same time he wouldn't change her for anything. It didn't make sense to him. I mean it really annoyed him that she was like this yet he still put up with it. He wasn't sure he'd even like it if she changed.
"Please don't ever change Hermione. You're the best. I think as long as the colours are done in a tasteful way which doesn't clash it should be fine. I think sometimes the gold or silver colours could be the main colours with the red or green or whatever accentuating it perfectly. I also mad a list believe it or not of the things we'd be needing. I mean I opted to buy the house furnished but I don't actually like their taste in furniture. The rug in the living room is beautiful and I love the duck egg blue in the kitchen but I don't much like anything else here. Like this house should say we live here instead of we're just settling in someone else's designed home. Does that make sense?" he asked as she smiled at him and kissed his lips tenderly.
"Yes Harry it does. We should also add a trip to toys r us to our list as it would be good to have some board games in the house for game night and so on. You know studying isn't the be all and end all of everything in life. You need to do it for exams but with Ron out of the way you will be free to do that. Forgive me for saying so but I feel that you have not been reaching your full potential as a wizard. I feel if you knuckled down a bit you would have much success with everything in school. I think you should consider changing your electives for this year. I know you chose Caring for Magical creatures and Divination as Ron told me that" she said as he smiled at her.
"Well after what he did to me I wanted him to think that. I actually selected to take Caring for magical creatures and Ancient Runes. I wouldn't study divination if you paid me to. I believe that everything happens for a reason but I believe that reason occurs because of something you do not just for no reason or a weird reason!" he said seriously shocked when she squealed in joy and jumped into his arms kissing him excitedly.
"We'll be able to study together how exciting. Oh I'm so excited to learn with you. Come on let's go out now and buy our stuff because I can't wait any more. Mum and Dad are outside now in the car I can see them through the window. They told me they'll take us to all the shops. They will buy the stuff with our money because it might look too suspicious if two thirteen year old's were trying to buy furniture and the like" she said waving to her parents out the window where they were currently waiting for them. They left the house and entered the car speeding off in the direction of he furniture shop. In here they knew they needed a table and chairs for the kitchen, a couch and coffee table for the living room and some beds for upstairs. They liked the wardrobes so wouldn't need to be buying any of those. Jean and John were more then happy to help them out. Hermione ran straight to the bed section seeing the dream bed she'd always wanted. It was one thousand five hundred pounds but she didn't care at all. It was a luxurious four poster bed in a black colour with plush red curtains on it which could close when one was going to sleep. Harry was more then happy to let her have it as he quite liked it as well. Having said that anything would have been better then what he'd previously been sleeping on.
He then chose a mahogany wood slay bed for the spare room and some matching side lockers to go with it. They went for an African wood coffee table with intricate Chinese carvings etched into the top of the wood which was then covered in glass. It had a magical aura about it and could have easily been from the Asian Magic market. It was this which inspired the purchase. They purchased a modern table with four leather chairs. All in all it was good visit and they were arranging for the stuff to be delivered to their property in one days time. For now the old furniture would suffice. A trip to their local DIY store saw to any towels and soft furnishings they needed as well as new light fixtures and shelving units. Their last stop was at the toy store where games of Cluedo, Monopoly and Scrabble were purchased along with a deck of cards. Lastly they went to the paint store to pick up the desired colours. Using magic they'd have the house painted in the colours they wanted in a flash. The renovations in total to the inside of the home had cost thirty thousand pounds so they'd each paid fifteen and nothing more was said about it. They decided to have the old furniture sold at auction surprised when the items made ten thousand pounds in total which were given to Hermione's parents to simply enjoy a thing they found most difficult to get used to. They would in time of course but for now things would take time.
In three days the house was completed to their joy. The living room was tastefully painted scarlet and gold to represent Gryffindor which they were so proud of as it gave the room a warm intense glow like you'd find in the common room. Their bathrooms were both painted teal in colour as it was Hermione's favourite colour and reminded her of peaceful moments which is why she wanted to be able to shower or bathe surrounded by a beautiful peaceful. For the spare bedroom yellow and black was used tastefully although both of them thought that Hufflepuff's colours really didn't go that well together even if Hufflepuff's themselves were nice. Harry was still thinking about how he'd been ostracised so much last year at the drop of a hat when people thought he was the heir of Slytherin. No one had questioned anything choosing to be unintelligent and merely believing everything they were being told without question. This kind of stupidity could get you killed. He'd need to get them to somehow see that. Maybe he could speak to Professor Flitwick about it in their next lesson as people need to see that being this stupid is very dangerous indeed.
They decided to paint the room yellow with a black outline and the ceiling black and yellow to represent the constellations related to the Black family as that was something only the two of them would know about and it was like a cool secret. Their room was painted blue and silver as they both loved those clothes and indeed Ravenclaw house as a whole. Professor Flitwick was one of their best teachers and they both really respected him. They really hoped he knew that. The kitchen was painted the Slytherin colours and they went really well what with the green cabinets and silver walls. It truly did look wonderful. Outside they opted to paint the house purple Harry's favourite colour, well that and blue. Hermione's parents had stayed the first night and were now at home but since their floo was active they could call over at any moment should they need to. Harry had figured out how to set the floo so people could only use it between ten am and ten pm. That way they could not be disturbed in the mornings or at night. Right now things were looking up for sure.
Elsewhere Ron was thinking it was time they go and get Harry once more. He wrote to Dumbledore telling him what he was doing and then Dumbledore told him to rent a room at the Leaky Cauldron and stay there with Harry before they would need to leave for school in a few days. When he turned up at the Dursley residence looking for Harry they laughed and told him he'd not been there for weeks. When Dumbledore heard this obvious tale he went to them shocked when it was anything but a tale.
"What do you mean that Ronald was actually right? I don't understand where is Harry?" he thundered at them.
"Don't you dare raise your voice in my house you freak. He stayed here two weeks and left and that was good enough for me. He said something about how he'd be doing this each year and I was not to complain about it. It is only two weeks so I guess I can cope. After that the freak is seriously not my problem. If you can't find him then I don't know pull him out of the hat like a rabbit or whatever it is you freaks do at that school!" shouted Petunia making him jump.
He wanted to laugh at her last statement but couldn't as he was too annoyed to do so.
"He is thirteen Petunia and mark my words if anything has happened to him I will be back here and I will not be forgiving. I think I know where he is but if he is not there, there will be serious problems. I must check the bank at once!" he said menacingly as he turned on the spot and was gone in flash leaving Petunia shivering from his words. He was a creepy bastard and his obsession with Harry was seriously unhealthy. Things were rapidly falling apart and he was so stressed he couldn't believe.