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After Harry had stormed down to sleep on the sofa that night he had done it every night since, not even stopping to exchange a word with his wife as he dressed or showered in the morning. Not that he would need to. Ginny had, ever so conveniently, been shipped off to Merlin knows where for Merlin knows how long to tackle Merlin knows what. He wanted to say he missed her but the feeling of missing his wife had been felt for so long that it was just a dull ache overwhelmed by a more powerful built up sexual tension and anger that took hold of him every time he remembered the way it once was with his wife.

To make matters worse he was growing increasingly bored with his job for the ministry. His small desk job that once was a godsend because it meant he could stay home with James more was now a chore. A mix of papers and desk work and the mediocrity of it slowly started to irritate the man who was once the most powerful wizard of his generation.

He was lost in his irritated mutterings that he didn't notice the stare of a woman across the room.

Once again he was sitting in his favourite cafe on the road of a thousand dreams. He had turned up a little earlier than usual wanting nothing more to sit amongst the aromas of the cute coffee shop and let the smell cheer him up and make him feel at home in ways his actual home never would.

She would have been stupid if she hadn't noticed him. He was in practically every day and had been for at least the last 3 months. She noticed the way he always went to the same table and the same chair. She noticed how he would scrunch his nose and ponder what to get in his coffee which would change daily. She noticed that on good days he would go adventurous and on bad days, the days he would walk in looking lost or sad, he would order and vanilla and caramel cappuccino and clutch the mug close to him like it was all that mattered. Of course she noticed the obvious things too. The way his hair fell wispy over his forehead that held a small scar. The way he pushed his glasses up constantly. The beautiful emerald colour of his eyes.

But just as expected, he never once noticed her.

She had tried, Merlin knows she had tried! She tried flirting, she tried hard to get. She tried obvious flattery but he had never seemed to see her there. She was only a cashier that gave him coffee from behind a counter. She knew why though, he was married, she had seen the ring. Not to mention the fact that she could tell he was well into his thirties whilst she had barely entered her twenties but everyone loves a challenge don't they?

"You look like you need another one" She smiled sweetly and set the coffee down on the table in front of him. It took him so much longer to register what was going on that it should have. He looked from the coffee in his hand to the coffee on the table and the girl standing in front of him and back to the coffee again. All he registered was the now coldness of the one in his hand and the sweet smell of the one in front of him.

"Ha! Do I really look that bad?" He laughed as he exchanged cups, barely looking at the girl still standing before him.

"No" She laughed, "okay yes". He wanted to be annoyed but as he looked up all his frustration seemed to fade as he looked at the smiling face before him.

She wasn't especially tall, maybe 5"5. Or especially beautiful, no defining features that made her stand out. Her skin was clear but had obvious make-up, her nose was small and button like, her face round. He couldnt help but think she was what a pixie would look like. It was the way she held herself that seemed to amaze him. She held her head high and with a dignity he hadn't seen since the pure-blood types of Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy. Speaking of a Malfoy she bore more resemblances' to them than just her way of holding herself. She had long white blonde hair that reached to her elbow, it was flecked with purple and red and blue and on anyone else he would have swore it looked silly but on her it worked. Her eyes were a piercing ice-blue but they sparkled like the Hogwarts Lake in the summer. It was safe to say Harry was at a loss for words.

"Oh god .... That was really rude wasn't it! I'm so sorry. Shit, I always put my foot into things" The girl suddenly sparked into animation and began talking furiously and waving her hands as she spoke like a startled bird.

"Whoa whoa! Don't worry. I'm not offended! You just caught me off guard!" He tried to calm the girl down and after a little reassurance she stopped her ramblings and settled into the chair opposite. He couldn't help but think she looked rather adorable with her cheeks all red and puffed out.

"I'm sorry; you just looked a little lost. Thought you could use another. You're in here so much I've memorised your order" she giggled, trying to soften what she said because in her head she could have swore she sounded like a stalker.

"Yeah... I suppose I am a little lost" He laughed dryly. He would usually have spoken to Hermione or Ron or even Remus at a time like this but recently they had all seemed to fade away. The happy couple had taken a second honeymoon since waving off Rose to Hogwarts and been wrapped up in love ever since. Remus was still working at Hogwarts and from his last letter was romantically involved with someone new. Although he never said any names in his letters, but even his last letter from his once mentor was at least 3 or 4 months ago.

He sighed, He had no friends, no wife to be comforted by and he was probably late for a job he despised.

"Penny for your thoughts?" The mysterious girl was still sitting across from him and still smiling that smile that tugged away at Harry's insides in a way he hadn't felt since his teenage years.

"Just thinking about where my life went" He replied bitterly. No use mincing his words was there?

"Heavy. Look at it this way. At least you don't work in a coffee shop 7 days a week doting on university students who probably get more tuition money in a month that I make in a year" She smiled.

He tried to feel sadness around her, but just somehow he couldn't.

"Yeah .... That does suck" He laughed. A real genuine laugh. The kind he hadn't heard from his lips in quite some time. It felt good.

"Oh well. I get to wait on cute men who order the most random drinks combinations I've ever heard" She smiled as she lifted herself gracefully from her chair, "god, I better go, cant dilly dally all day can I!" She had a way of looking completely put together but all at the same time looking like a thrown together mix of everything he could think of.

"Do you own this place?" he got up, following the girl to the counter, noticing he was probably very late.

"Of course! Think I'd work in a dump like this temporarily" She laughed from behind the counter.

"Wow... you're so young!" He smiled, she was young. He could tell she could be no more than 25 at the most and even that was hard to believe.

"Just jealous.... old man" she winked and continued to clean a cup from the sink, "Fancy another?" She pointed to the coffee machine.

"No, I should really be getting to work. Thank you though miss...."

"Adelaide"

"Harry" He smiled and made his way towards the doors leading to the cafe ready to rush off to work in wizard quarter of London. He was in such a rush that he barely heard the girl laugh "I know" as he left.