I know I know, its been months and I'm sorry. My life has been insane and now is when I finally have some time to myself. Enjoy. Don't hate me. Some very interesting things are appearing next chapter.
Dylan being the amazing person that he is manages to calm me down. We say goodbye to Dylan's mum and make our way down the street. The dream keeps on replaying in my head. What I couldn't understand is why I was so scared? Why did I have such a horrible feeling about what was going on?
It made no sense. I'm Rose Weasley. I am logical. My fears weren't logical. Nothing lately was. I just couldn't shake this awful feeling I have. "Dylan, do you see my parents anywhere?" I ask looking around the street. We walk towards WWW. People crowd the streets and I notice brown hair peeking out from the crowd. I grab Dylan's arm and drag him towards the red head. The closer we get I start to see that it is my cousin James.
"My, my, my, look who we have here. Rosie and Dylan. Everyone else arrived an hour ago. Snogging in the Leaky Cauldron?" James says smiling at us. James doesn't look a thing like Al. When James was younger he had red hair but as he got older it turned to an odd shade of brown just like Fred's.
"Shut up James. You know that's not true." Dylan says walking passed him and meeting up with Hugo and Lily.
"James you seem to be well. Haven't blown up anything lately then?" I ask him.
"Not today Rosie but Fred and I did blow up Uncle George's lab again yesterday. Third time this month I think." He says as he leads me inside WWW.
Since it's reopening in 1999 WWW has expanded a lot. Uncle George's old flat has become James' and Fred's new flat. Uncle George has added a laboratory where he and my cousins experiment with potential new products.
When we enter the store it is filled with people looking at the different merchandise. The store is filled with laughter just the way Uncle George likes it.
"Busier than ever I see." I say to James as we attempt to make our way through the shop.
The second we get to the staircase we hear an explosion from above. James then shouts, "FRED YOU OWE ME TEN GALLEONS!" Quickly the store goes back into full swing and people are laughing again. I notice some of the displays are messy and I decide to fix them.
As I start putting things away I see a small blond girl crying. She looks to be about five or six years old. "Hello honey, what's wrong?" She begins to sob even more and says struggles to say, "The noise scared me and I can't find my big brother."
"What's your name dear?" I ask her.
"Lyra." She says wiping her tears on her sleeve.
I hold out my hand and say, "Why don't we go find him?" She nods and takes my hand and I lead her through the shop.
"Now what does your big brother look like?" I ask her. She thinks for a moment and says, "He's a big kid like you and he has hair like mine!" I scan the room for blond boys around my height so I assume he's about thirteen because I'm only 5'4.
"Do you see him?" I ask her. "Lyra!" I hear a voice shout behind me. I turn and crash into the guy who called out her name.
"Scorpius!" She shouts. She lets go of my hand and jumps into his arms. Scorpius Malfoy is standing right in front of me. He hugs his sister tightly and sets her down. "Lyra, what have I told you about running off like that? Mum is very worried about you. She's right over there. Now go and tell her you're sorry you hear?" She nods and runs off.
He looks at me.
"Thanks for that Weasley." He says.
"No problem. She's very sweet." I say trying to hide my shock.
"So um how's your summer going?"
"It's going well…" A though popped into my head. Malfoy's father is well connected in the Ministry maybe he knows what's going on.
"Um Malfoy, by any chance do you know what will be going on in school this year?"
"Actually Wealsey I've got to go I'll see you at school." Malfoy says looking anxious. He runs out the door leaving me looking like an idiot.
"Rose!" Dylan shouts and runs my way.
"Why were you talking to Malfoy? Was he bothering you or something" Dylan asks looking serious.
"It was nothing. I was just helping him with his little sister." I reply trying to get him off the subject. Luckily it works and Dylan just replies "All right." Before grabbing my arm and leading me out the door with Al, Alice, Lily, Hugo, and my parents.
The second we get home I run up to my room. Dylan, Alice, and Al join me and we talk about how we're all excited for school. I'm not though. I'm worried and I hate that I don't know what's going to happen.
"Rose, what's bothering you? Earlier today with the dream and ever since then you've looked like something horrible is happening. What's wrong?" Dylan asks worryingly.
"It was nothing Dylan. It was only just a dream." I say looking away. I stare out the window looking out onto the lake. The sun is now setting and sky is turning into darkness. Al catches my silence and quickly changes the topic of the conversation. For the rest of the conversation Dylan stares at me never uttering a word. We eat dinner in an awkward silence at first until my dad and Hugo start an argument about the Chudley Cannons. Lily quickly intervenes and says the Holyhead Harpies are much better. Then Al and Alice decide to make matters worse when they say that Puddlemere United is even better. The whole table turns into an uproar of incoherent shouts of "That team is rubbish!" Mum just sits and says, "Well I like the Tornados are doing quite well this season."Again everyone loses it. Well everyone except for Dylan and I who remain silent and no one seems to notice. After a while everyone calms down and Mum asks Lily and Al if they would like to stay so she could let Aunt Ginny know. Quickly Al and Lily say they would like to stay for the night. Mum smiles and says, "We'll be back." Then my parents apparate to Lily and Al's house.
We all head into Hugo's room for a bit and Lily, Al, and Alice play Exploding Snap while Dylan and I play chess.
Dylan is the only person besides my Dad who can challenge me in chess. Halfway through the game I notice he's not even paying attention and he is just looking at me with sad eyes. He knows something is wrong with me and he is upset that I'm not talking to him.
It begins to get late and Alice says, "Dylan, I think we should go home." Al says"I'll walk you to the fireplace." Alice hugs me and leaves the room with Al heading back downstairs. "We'll see you guys tomorrow. Goodnight" Hugo says as he pulls out the extra bed for Al to sleep in. We leave the room and Dylan asks, "Can I borrow a book?"
"Sure. You know where to find them. I'll be downstairs." I say and I leave before he can reply I hear my bedroom door open. My dog is downstairs asleep on the couch. Once I see that Alice has left Al says goodnight goes back upstairs to probably play more Exploding Snap with Hugo.
Dylan comes down with 'Hogwarts: A History' in his hand. I see it and say, "Again Dylan? I think you've read that book as much as my mum has." I smile and he smiles back. "I'll see you tomorrow then? Maybe we can play Quidditch?" He suggests as we make our way to the fireplace.
"That sounds great I am a bit rusty."
"Well I'm rubbish so I think we'll even out."
I smack him his arm and say, "I'm not even that bad!" We laugh.
"Goodnight Dylan." Suddenly he hugs me very tightly. Since Dylan is much taller than I am my head rests on his chest.
He lets go and steps into the fireplace.
'Dylan… about the dream…" I start to say.
"Goodnight Rose." He says and he disappears into the flames leaving me alone with my unsaid words.
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