A/N: Hey guys! So this chapter sums up their adventure into the Muggle World. They're going to be heading back to Hogwarts, probably in the next chapter, but I'm not sure yet. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, it gives more insight into Isabella's life before the Potters and Weasleys. I hope that you guys can read, review, and enjoy! You guys are the best followers anyone could ask for. Love ya! ~ Piper
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Shopping. Is. The. Best! I honestly love shopping because it keeps my spirits up. It helps me find things that I am into or might at one point be into. I especially loved shopping for Muggle things because no one knew what they were, so they couldn't make fun of me for few Muggles who might know what they are generally just think it's cool that I know about Muggle things.
We started off, of course, by walking down to a nearby bookstore. I was so excited that I was going to get to show Rose a whole bunch of Muggle authors who were really amazing.
"Rose, this way!" I said, pulling her towards the children and young adult sections.
"Where are you taking me?" Rose said, breathing heavily.
"Only to one of the best book series ever," I said excitedly.
When we reached the section I was looking for it was like the books glowed they were so easy to find. I ran up to them a picked up the first one, clutching it to my chest, and turned around to face Rose.
"The Lightning Thief," I said, walking towards her. I held the book out to her saying, "It's about the Greek gods, and then there is a second series that incorporates the Roman gods. They're really good."
"Well if you pulled me this far, that fast, solely for this book, then it must be good," Rose said smiling at me.
I laughed, and we kept looking at the books together. I had always enjoyed coming to book stores, and just wandering around, looking at all the books and smelling that new book smell. I had been coming to bookstores to find peace and to read since I was probably eight, and it was my get away spot.
"You're smiling," Rose said quietly.
"Am I?" I asked, dreamily.
"Yes, you are. You okay Iz?"
"Yeah, I just really like book stores. I used to hang out at them a lot… Before Hogwarts that is, before you guys."
"Why did you hang out at bookstores?" Rose looked at me confused.
"You wouldn't?" I asked, chuckling.
"True, but still, why?"
"Well, I didn't really have any friends, and my brother wouldn't go near Muggle bookstores with a ten-foot pole. So when I was almost eight years old, I had my mom start dropping me off at the nearby bookstore so I could do homework and read. She'd give me money so I could get coffee and some snacks, and I would just hang out with the books. The workers all used to know me by name, until I went to Hogwarts that is. Bookstores were my hiding place, so they bring me good memories." I said, running my hand across the books on the shelf.
"You have a really interesting story you know that?" Rose asked curiously.
"Yeah, I guess I do, never thought of it that way," I said looking at her.
"Why don't you show me some more books you've read and some you want to read," Rose said.
"Yeah, sure," I replied, grinning at her.
We wandered around the store picking up books and laughing at weird titles and summaries. Once our arms were full we walked over to the café, got coffees, and sat down to read until Hermione came to find us. I was reading a book called, The Selection, by Kiera Cass. It was really good so far, and I really liked the main character America.
"I see you girls are done here," Hermione said, coming up behind us.
"We haven't paid yet, but yeah," Rose said.
"Well then, let's get these books up to the front and we can go to some other stores," Hermione replied, adding, "Lily and Ginny are ready to go as well."
"Let me just go put a couple of these back on the shelf, and I can meet you guys up there," I said, turning before they could say no.
I walked back through all the sections I had gone through earlier with Rose, and put back all the books other than the one I had been reading. Then I walked to the front of the store where Rose and her mum were waiting for me. I felt awful that I was even getting one book, but I really wanted to keep reading it.
"Just that?" Hermione asked, looking at Rose concerned.
"Yup," I said smiling, trying to hide the sadness in my eyes.
"If you're sure," Hermione replied, paying for all of the books.
Once Rose's mum had paid for the books, we went to some other stores and we got some clothes and some toys and things like that. Altogether, I got a couple shirts, my book, and a stuffed animal. I tried not to get too much because I didn't want them to feel like I'm a burden to them or anything. I knew Rose was probably worried, but I kept telling her I was okay. If I wasn't okay by the time I went back to school, at least to my friends, then they would be watching me closer than ever.
For dinner we went to go get some fish and chips from a quiet little food joint on the street. Fish and chips is one of my favorite comfort food meals. I like to eat it when I'm not feeling too great, so I'm happy that we went to get it for dinner. I loved just hanging out with the girls for a change, the boys could always be a bit much, so it was nice to get a small change. Today had been a really good day. I had a lot of fun and was ready to go to the cinema after dinner because that was always a lot of fun.
"So what movie are we going to see?" I asked Hermione.
"I was thinking we could go see Peter Pan," Hermione replied, winking, "In honour of you sweater of course. They're replaying it in the cinema this month."
"Yay!" I squealed in excitement.
I was so excited! We were going to go see one of my favorite movies, and it was going to be an amazing way to introduce Rose and Lily to the cinema without freaking them out too much. Once we were all finished eating we headed over to the cinema to finish off our day on the town. We entered the cinema, and got snacks before going into the screening room. I had talked up Peter Pan ever since Hermione had told us we were going to see it. Did I mention that I loved this movie? Anyway, we got to the movie just in time to see ads for new movies coming out, which really confused my friends, but I decided to explain them later.
We all really enjoyed the movie, especially Rose and Lily, who were still trying to figure out how all of this Muggle movie magic worked. Hermione and I just laughed at them and decided not to elaborate, solely so that they would be kept in the dark and keep thinking it was magic. We walked out of the cinema and down an alley so Hermione could call the Knight Bus for us.
We all climbed on at once to avoid the same speech from earlier that day, and Ginny told Robbie that we wanted to go back to the Burrow. On our way back we reminisced about the day on our way back and about how much fun we had. We talked about how we could show the guys that we had a better day than they had, and it had been in the Muggle world.
When I collapsed into my bed that night there were only two things on my mind. The first was that I couldn't wait to visit the Muggle world with Rose, and the second that I wasn't ready to go back to school in two days.
