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Chapter 3
When we last saw our character's:
"Weasley's Wizard Wheezes." Sirius read out loud since James and Lily still seemed to be awestruck. " Think they have floo network?"
"I dunno...lets find out shall we."
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The trio entered the store cautiously. It was bathed in bright flashing lights that changed color every few moments. Pop's and bangs and occasionally sound. To say it was contrasting the dark dim atmosphere outside would not do it justice, thought James ironically.
"Wicked!" he heard Sirius exclaim to his left, voicing his inner thoughts.
Wicked didn't even begin to describe it. The shelves were filled top to bottom with outrageous, crazy and blinding objects. Skiving Snackboxes which included nose-bleed nougat and puking pastilles. Quills of all kinds, Self-Inking, Spell-checking, Smart answer... Extendable ear's and so much more. James figured if he died, this is what heaven would look like.
On his right he watched Lily slowly pick of one of the bright red boxes of the shelf and read the label out loud, "Weasley's Wildfire Wizbangs?"
James grinned, and exchanged looks of delight with Sirius. Lily lowered the the box slowly,as if she though it might bite her at any moment.
"I wonder how much these things cost?" he asked. Future or no, he was definitely buying some of these things.
"Well it's free for you Mr. Potter!" said a voice, James spun around quickly to see a young witch with short blond hair smiling at him from the register. She wore a maroon uniform and James dimly acknowledged her as a worker in the shop. In his head a internal debate was happening. He didn't know what more to be shocked about, the fact that she knew his name...or the fact that she said everything free?
"What?" he managed to choke out.
"Mr. Weasley's that if you came in, you could take anything you wanted, free of charge. After all you are the reason they all happened right! But only you and not 'ickle Roonal' or Granger" she repeated as if reciting from memory.
"Blimy!" Sirius exclaimed after a long pause in which James was trying to absorb what was happening. "Well then, if everythings free!".James heard, rather than saw, a hard slap and Sirius saying in a harsh whisper, "What was that for". Then the response of "remember what we just went through you idiot!" In the unmistakable voice of Lily.
Sirius walked away grumbling under his breath. James caught sentences like, " of all the bloody people," and "future with her!" he felt a smile tugging his lips and turned back to thebeaming blond.
" Listen ummm, Verity, " he said reading of the name tag on her shocking bright maroon uniform. " is there a fireplace we could use to floo out of here?" he saw Lily's nod of approvement before she went back to glaring at the back of Sirius head. Apparently he wasn't the only one who heard his grumbling.
"Oh right through there," she pointed to a small hidden alcove beside her counter, " go right to the back, it's the door at the end of the hall!" she seemed to be endlessly cheery. And for some odd reason wouldn't stop beaming at him, as if he was someone famous or something.
"Thanks," he said awkwardly heading in the direction she was pointing. He made sure to avoid touching her as he went past and could feel Lily following him close behind.
"NO PROBLEM MR. POTTER!" she shouted after him. How in the world did she know his name? James grima
They walked in silence for a moment, Sirius still grumbling occasionally and Lily trying but failing to suppress her laughter at James horrified face.
"HEY!"
Lily let out a squeal and grabbed at James stiffened hand. He listened intently for the voice.
"HEY YOU!"
There it was agin, where they talking to him?
"YEAH YOU!" he finally located the voices to be 2 identical, red-hairedtwinsfloating to thier side. They seemed almost transparent and occasionally flickering. He let out a relieved laugh. " it's just a apparition!" he called back to Sirius and Lily. The former still held his hand in a death grip. He wasn't complaining though.
"HEY YOU!" called the ghost things again. Repeating those sentences all over agin. "YEAH YOU!"
"Broken one's at that," James grumbled as he pulled Lily past them as well.
Ahead of them he could see the door. But before that stood a short small figure. She was standing so still that James wondered for a moment if she was another apparition. But that was before she turned around.
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"NO PROBLEM MR. POTTER!"
Ginny froze. She had been in the back packing boxes of unfinished projects to send to Fred and George's flat. Her mother had forced her to get a job because she was sick of Ginny moping around the house. And of course, who suddenly had position's open in their store? Ginny had been cursing the twins as she was just coming out of the back room when she heard the tell-tale yell of Variety.
No, No NO! She thought, she wasn't ready. Her hands automatically went to her hair. There was no way she could fix the hopeless mass! Her mind worked furiously. She turned back to face the door and considered running back in and hiding.
But it was too late, she heard the apparitions start up and knew he was near. Was he here to see her? She scoffed at her foolishness, of course he wasn't he didn't know she worked here now. If he wanted to see her, the first place he would look was the Burrow.
Her hands began to sweat and suddenly she became hyper aware of everything from her dirty nails to her sweating brow.
No, NO NO!
It had been weeks since she'd last seen him at Bill and Fleur's wedding. At least then she felt beautiful, and pretty.
No, no, NO!
She cursed again, she seemed to be doing that a lot lately. She cursed her dumb luck, Fred and George for making her work late, her mother for forcing her to get a job and Harry...for breaking up with her. She wanted to scream in frustration, grab one of the headless-invisible hats and stick it on her head permanently. What would he do? Wait...what would she do?
Whatever it was, she had about 3 seconds to figure it out.
One
Should she act like nothing happened? That he hadn't broken her heart in...
Two
Should she completely ignore him? Act as he did when he came to her house, how many days ago, oh yeah...
Three
Oh god Times up!
With a determined face Ginny pushed the insecurities, the pain, the uncertainty aside, spun around quickly and said the first thing that came to her mind.
"HI!"
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