SWTHNG

Chapter 3

Diagonally

Harry and Ginny Potter came into the kitchen, looking quite happy talking about some Quidditch match. Scorpius thought for a moment. Wasn't Mrs. Potter a Quidditch Journalist? By the fact she tossed a pad of notes and a Quick Quotes Quill on the small table next to the Kitchen door.

"Hello Scorpius." said Harry, pleasantly.

"Hi Mr. Potter." said Scorpius and then looked over to Ginny, "and Mrs. Potter."

"Hi Scorpius." said Ginny, giving a smile.

"We made lunch." said Lily.

"Looks great kids." said Ginny as she sat down.

"Scorpius, sit down." said Albus, indicating to a chair next to him.

Lunch wasn't at all bad. After all, it was some soup and sandwiches. Albus and Lily where more of the bigger eaters out of the group, but their physical appearance gave you no clue. Both Albus and Lily had thin frames and faces, Lily although, looked like her mother a great more than her father. It was quite except for their parents talking about the game they had quickly stopped at in Germany so Mrs. Potter could get status. Scorpius had been correct about their mother, she was a journalist.

"So kids, what is the plans for the day?" asked Harry as he gathered up the dishes.

"I'll get it Mr. Potter." said Scorpius, itching to do something other than sit and do nothing.

"Thank you Scorpius." said Harry, "But I have them."

"Its okay really." said Scorpius.

"Oh alright, thanks." said Harry, giving him the plates.

"Can we go into Diagonally today, and the muggle stores tomorrow?" asked James, "Lynn said she might be there."

"She was here an hour ago." said Albus.

"So."

"Just saying."

"James showed off his boxers to Lynn." giggled Lily.

"James!" said Ginny.

"It's not how the brat makes it sound." said James quickly as his parents stared at him.

"Do explain." said Harry, eyebrow raised.

"I forgot to put on pants before I opened the door." said James.

Scorpius would have expected Mr. and Mrs. Potter to roll their eyes and talk about how ignorant he could have been, that's what Scorpius' grandparents would have done. But instead, they burst out laughing, causing James and the others to laugh.

"Well." said Ginny gaining composure, "We can leave in a few minutes."

"Albus." said Scorpius, "Do you think your parents would mind stopping at Gringotts, I need to exchange money for tomorrow."

"Hey mom, dad. Can we stop at Gringotts later, Scorp needs to exchange money for tomorrow." said Albus, against Scorpius' frantic waving.

"It's no problem at all, dear." said Ginny to Scorpius.

"Don't be afraid to tell us things Scorpius. We don't bite." said Harry with a smile.

"Okay." muttered Scorpius.

"There's no need to be nervous around our parents. There cool... a good part of the time. Sometimes... they can get lame. Just so you know, are dad can be a bit of a dork sometimes." muttered James.

"No he's not." said Albus.

"That's because your a dork, so your blind to it." said James.

"I am not." said Albus as James walked into the living room, Albus turned, "Am I?"

"No." said Scorpius without hesitation.

"Really?" asked Albus.

"Yes Really." said Scorpius.

It felt strange walking down the streets of Diagonally with Albus and his family. Lily was telling her parents about all the trinkets she'd made all day. James had just departed to go meet Lynn at Quality Quidditch Supplies where her mom worked. Albus, was ranting about all his favorite spots in Diagonally.

"Then we can go to Flourish and Blots and hang out in the reading section. . . Rose is usually there. Then we can..." Albus was cut off.

"Al, you'll have plenty of time to tell Scorpius things, just relax." said Ginny, looking over her shoulder.

"We're going to stop at your Uncle's shop first." said Harry.

"Weasley Wizard Weezies. I love that place." said Scorpius quietly.

"You've been there?" asked Ginny.

"Who hasn't? My mum took me there once when I was five." said Scorpius.

"Why havn't you gone sense."

"She bought me action figures." says Scorpius with a laugh.

"Action... those dolls after the war?" asked Harry in shock, then laughed "I wish I could have been there when Draco saw you with them."

"That would have been pretty amusing, what did he do?" asked Ginny.

"Tried Bargaining with me." said Scorpius. " 'If you give me the trio dolls I'll get you a pet.' I was going to get a ferrite, but for some reason he wasn't to thrilled with that either."

"...Bwahha!" At this point Harry and Ginny where practically crying.

"What's wrong with them?" asked Scorpius.

"I have no idea." said Albus.

"They usually don't act like this." said Lily.

They made their way to the Weasley Joke shop happily, Scorpius gained odd looks from passers by. As they looked at the vibrant shop, they could see some new products on display. They entered the packed shop and looked around. The red haired man at the register gave them a wave. Rose's father, Ron, was currently ringing people up. Another red haired man came behind them, he was shorter than Ron, George if he wasn't mistaken.

"Hey Harry, Gin. You guys can head upstairs, we need to get the customers taken care of... Hey! Oi! Kid, put that down!" and George had ran off towards a little child playing with what looked quite sinister.

"Come on, let's see if we can get through in one piece." muttered Harry to the kids.

It worked well to a point, until some kid pointed out that Harry was Harry Potter and a crowd then formed around him. Ginny was also bombarded by a gang of Quidditch happy girls. Harry gave them a wave to continue on upstairs while they dealt with this. Scorpius felt sorry for them. The way his father had often talked about Harry, was that he was an attention seeker. Scorpius couldn't see where he got that from, they where just trying to be normal.

"That happens alot." said Albus.

"We once went on a family vacation to Brazil, and we where still mobbed." said James.

"Mum and Dad thought they'd be able to avoid recognition. Don't get them wrong. They don't hate people, they just get annoyed when we're trying to have family time." said Lily, playing with a fancy lion head pin.

"Hey that's neat, where'd you get it?" asked Scorpius.

"Oh I made it, do you like it?" she asked happily.

"Yeah." said Scorpius as they made their way up the stairs.

"I can make you one." said Lily, who was eager to make more of her treasures.

"I'd like that." said Scorpius.

"You'd actually wear it?" asked Albus in a whisper.

"Yeah." said Scorpius.

"Oh... why?" asked Albus quietly.

"I love the fact I'm a Gryffindor. . . which reminds me. Next summer, do you think you want to come and help paint my room. Your artsy." said Scorpius.

"Can I go insane?" asked Albus with a raised eyebrow.

"I think you slowly are." said Scorpius with a smile.

"Very funny." said Albus.

"Hey guys!" came a girls voice from up on the top steps.

"That's our cousin Roxy." said James, with a shoulder glance at where Albus and Scorpius walked.

"Jimmy!" yelled Fred from the top of the steps.

"Freddy!" yelled James in response.

"Weirdos!" yelled Lily in an exact tone.

"Roxy, this is Scorpius." said Albus as they headed into the house.

"Nice to meet you." said Scorpius.

"Mutual." said Roxy.

Roxy was stocky like her father and brother, but she looked a great deal like her mother. Light freckles where on her face and her dark hair had a red hue. She also had exotic eyes, compared to her skin tone. They where a baby blue, which she'd most likely gotten from her Weasley grandparents.

"Hi Scorpius. Albus." came Rose's voice from over by the window.

Hermione Weasley sat across from her daughter, writing down something on paper, Angelina sat next to her talking. Rose was reading, the sunlight behind her made her hair seem to be on fire, which he found slightly amusing.

"What? What's so funny?" asked Rose, looking behind her.

"Nothing." said Scorpius.

"Is there something on my face?" asked Rose, she looked slightly irked.

"No, your hair looked like it was on fire... because the sun... what are you reading?" he asked quickly.

"..." she seemed to be measuring him up, then replied, "Of Mice and Men. It's a muggle book my mother bought when she was in another country."

"Oh. . . what's it about?" asked Scorpius, sitting next to Rose.

Albus sat down by James and Fred, he really didn't want to hear about books, he liked reading and all, but not the way Rose did. Ron and George ran up the stairs, Ginny and Harry behind them. Harry looked slightly bitter, Ginny annoyed.

"Okay, shop's empty." said Ron.

"That was fast." said Angelina as she walked into the kitchen.

"Well, gotta love Harry. He set off a stink bomb and they all fled. It was pretty damn amusing." said George with a laugh.

"Smelly work, though." said Ron, "But he already cleaned it up."

"Correction, I cleaned it up." said Ginny with a smirk.

"Well, let's get going." said Hermione, "Rose honey, you and Scorpius can read that later."

Rose and Scorpius had been reading the book closely, it was a fairly short book, but it seemed to interest them. Ron gave a glance over towards them, and Harry thwacked him in the head as Ron began to glare. They where going over to the ice cream parlor.

They grabbed a large table at the ice cream shop. Scorpius looked at Mr. Potter, he was a very funny person. Albus, James, and Lily wore clothes they passed as muggle clothing, but otherwise it was also wizard fashion. Mr. Potter wore obvious muggle clothing, and didn't seem to even compare himself to other clothes.

"Scorpius, what are you getting?" asked Harry, over his shoulder.

"I can get it..."

"Nonsense, what will it be?" asked Harry.

"A small raspberry." said Scorpius.

"A double scoop of Raspberry." said Harry with a smile.

"Thanks." said Scorpius, he felt quite nervous around all of the Potter and Some of the Weasley family.

It was a nice stop at the ice cream shop. Rose, Scorpius, and Albus talked about school and James made some forest comments. Quidditch became the topic as usual when around sports fanatics. Scorpius was quite for the most part, he had no idea what teams they routed for. Albus was a Holy-head Harpies fan, and he'd never talked to Rose about it.

"The cannons have a new team and they've been having a decent comeback you know." said Rose as the battle went on.

"Like their game in Holland, they took down Bulgaria." said Hugo.

"That's because Krum retired. They would have been smashed and they are so going down against the Irish." said Lily.

"No. The irish have lost their touch since they gained that Montgomery. The Chuddley Canons are going to cream them with their new keeper." said Scorpius, interjecting.

"Your a Canafan?" asked James, eyebrow raised.

"Yeah. They've got some new teammates and they are on a streak." said Scorpius.

"How long have you been a fan?" asked Ron from where he sat talking to Harry.

"Since I can remember." said Scorpius in thought, "I was upset with Vanry left last year. He was a good beater and the new one... Yuck! He can't even hit the bludger, let alone avoid it himself."

"I agree." said Ron, and Rose gave a deep sigh.

"He's not that bad, he's better than Lovana of the Harpies." said Rose.

"Lovana is very nice." said Ginny.

"But she can't play Aunt Ginny. She's a horrible seeker. You should have never left." said Hugo.

"Mr. Potter, which team do you route for?" asked Scorpius as the Irish, the Harpies, and the Cannons where the ones everyone else favored.

"Oh he decided that he didn't want to ever have arguments with them so..." Hermione was cut off.

"I only go to school Quidditch games." said Harry with a smile, "It's not worth the arguing."

"He's also been known to route for the American Hornets when they play." said George.

"Hey, he's got it right. I try to avoid conflict as well. That's why I'm for the American Hornets." said Angelina.

"You two are cheaters. Even Hermione has a favorite." said Ron with a smile at his wife.

"Yes, the American Hornets." said Hermione with a wink at Harry and Angelina and they laughed.

"We don't even know you three." said Fred in disgust.

"Sometimes I question her being our mother." said Roxy giving her mother a disturbed look.

TO BE CONTINUED