I squinted before I pulled my sunglasses down over my eyes and took a sip of my coffee.

Draco leaned forward and rested his arms on the table.

I looked over his shoulder at the large amounts of soon-to-be Hogwarts students as they entered and exited the various stores that they needed to visit for school supplies.

I frowned, "this is weird."

"What's weird?"

"Us not being one of them anymore. It's just weird."

"I know."

"Stupid Hogwarts. You should be able to go there as long as you want."

He laughed before he moved his chair closer to mine and placed his arm around my chair, "you'll be fine."

"What should I do now? I don't even know what kind of job to look for or anything."

He reached his hand out and touched my cheek, "I can think of something to occupy your time with."

He closed the gap between us and I found myself moaning as he ran his fingers through my hair.

He smirked, "you're just as easy to seduce as you were last year."

"Excuse me?"

"I had you in about a day."

"You so did not."

"You're not remembering it right, then."

I giggled and hit his arm, "I hope that's not how you explain it to people. Makes me sound so incredibly easy."

"Draco!"

I turned my head and saw a few people that I thought looked vaguely familiar coming towards us.

He stood up from his seat and greeted them before he turned back to me, "Evelyn, this is Mark, Lena and Sean. They were in Slytherin."

I nodded, "it's nice to meet you."

I stood up and shook their hands before I once again took my seat.

The one named Sean spoke up, "what have you been up to? I haven't heard from you all summer."

He pointed towards me, "we've actually been busy moving and with her sister getting married."

"Where'd you move to?"

I looked over at him, "a flat in Brighton."

Lena smiled, "oh, is it nice? I bet it's nice. Draco's always had good taste."

She looked towards him and I suddenly felt glad that we didn't have to go back to Hogwarts. Not to be a super jealous girlfriend but I certainly don't miss him being in a different house than me.

Draco looked at me before he responded, "yeah, I think it's nice. Right by the sea. Evie decorated it though, so it's really thanks to her."

"Yes. Thanks to me."

I watched Lena as the smile disappeared from her face as the one named Mark touched her arm and gave her a disapproving look. Thanks Mark.

I hate girls so much.

Sean stepped forward, "did you want to come with us to the pub? We were just gonna go eat."

He looked in between Draco and myself, silently asking for my approval.

"Sure, that way Draco and you can catch up."

Draco touched my arm, "are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure. I'm getting hungry anyways."

I was beginning to think that it was a mistake agreeing to this.

We'd been sitting around a table for about an hour and I couldn't help but notice that Lena seemed to have zero interest in me but an insane amount of interest in Draco.

I sighed as Draco announced that he was gonna go get another drink before asking if I wanted another.

"No, thanks."

I watched as Lena bounced out of her seat and offered to go with him as I ran my hand through my hair.

Sean leaned into me, "you have nothing to worry about you know."

"Pardon me?"

"Lena. She's always been like that around him. He's never seemed to give a fuck."

I smiled, "I know, it's just a bit annoying to be honest."

Sean took a sip of his drink before he placed it back down on the table.

"That's alright. I find her a bit annoying myself."

I giggled, "then why do you hang out with her?"

"Habit, mostly. Plus we used to date."

"You used to date her?" Not that I was openly looking for other men to be with but I had found it hard not to notice that Sean was very good looking and seemed (at least upon first impression) to be a bit too good for her.

"It wasn't for that long."

Mark laughed, "apparently she gets extremely needy after sex."

Sean threw his napkin at him, "Mark!"

He held his hands up, "I'm only saying what you said!"

I raised my brows, "well?"

Sean sighed, "well, he's not exactly lying. Although I guess it's partly my fault since I started it in the first place just after we started dating. Apparently girls consider that to be a sign that you want something more from them."

"You slut."

He gasped and nudged my shoulder, "from what I hear you weren't exactly that different when it came to Draco."

"Yes but at least Draco was the hottest thing in school. Lena's fine, don't get me wrong, but seriously. Come on. If you're gonna put out right away at least make sure it's worth it."

They both laughed as I looked over at Draco making his way back over to the table.

He sat down in his seat and inched his chair closer to mine before he gave me a quick kiss on the lips.

I leaned into him and whispered, "when can we get going?"

"In a bit."

I frowned on the inside but did my best at attempting to not show it.

Lena rested her elbows on the table and looked at Draco, "so what are you plans now that we're all done school?"

He shrugged, "I'm not sure. I was thinking of getting into the ministry somehow."

"Oh, like your father?"

I suddenly disliked her even more.

"No...not like my father..."

I let out an awkward laugh, "Draco's capable of much more than his father."

She stared me down in such I was that I think she was trying to kill me before she leaned back into her chair.

She smirked, "I don't doubt that."

I wasn't exactly sure how to take that comment. Should I be slightly offended that she obviously meant that she thinks he's amazing in bed, which of course he is, or should I be okay with it because it's actually true?

I felt him slip his arm around me, "ready to go?"

"Sure."

I stood up out of my seat and waited for a moment as Draco grabbed money out of his wallet and placed it onto the table.

"It was nice seeing you guys."

Lena smiled, "I've had a good time."

I pursed my lips, "I bet you did."

"What?"

I waved it off, "nothing, sorry. It was nice meeting you three."

I hurried out the door as Draco followed behind me.

"What was that?"

"You really have to stop being so hot."

He laughed, "excuse me?"

"If you weren't so goddamn hot girls would stop liking you and hitting on you in front of me. I'm seriously not a fan."

"You know you're just as hot as I am and guys hit on you all the time."

"Yes, but at least it's not in front of you! The girls that seem to like you also seem to like pretending that I don't exist. It's really not very nice."

He smiled, "It's a small price to pay for getting to be with me."

"You're an asshole."

I gingerly walked out of the water and quickly made sure that no part of my bikini had shifted and over-exposed me.

I smiled as I looked over at Draco and I couldn't help by stare for a moment at how good he looked. Especially with a tan. Yum.

I nodded at Ron, Hermione and Harry as I laid down beside Draco, letting the sun dry me off.

Draco leaned into me and whispered, "you looked like a Victoria's Secret model when you walked out of the water."

I grinned, "did I?"

He nodded, "I had to remind myself that we're in public."

I touched his arm before I looked over at my friends.

"As much as I've whined I do like this much better than being back at school."

"Wouldn't anyone?"

Harry frowned, "it'd be nicer if Ginny were here though."

I reached out and touched his hand, "you're so cute, Mr. Potter. We're at a beach with tons of girls in bikinis but you're thinking about Ginny."

He blushed slightly before turning his gaze from me.

Hermione smiled, "she is beautiful, I don't blame you."

Ron held his hand up, "I really don't want to talk about my sister that way."

I reached out and smacked his shin, "oh, Ronnie, don't be such a prude older brother. Ginny's seventeen now, she's a woman, not a little girl anymore."

"That doesn't change me not wanting to hear about it."

I laughed and shifted so I was resting back on my elbows and lifted me knees up.

"Have any of you been getting a weird feeling lately?"

Draco looked at me, "what?"

"A weird feeling."

"You know, when I say, "what," that doesn't mean I just want you to repeat what you just said."

I rolled my eyes, "I mean like something was off, or wrong...or something."

"Off or wrong or something?"

I sat up and leaned back on my hands, "I just mean the other night, in Diagon Ally... I dunno. I just felt something wasn't quite right."

Harry moved his gaze to meet mine, "I haven't. But I mean, we're not exactly the luckiest group of people in the world, so maybe."

Hermione touched my knee, "I'm sure everything's fine."

She smiled at me in a comforting way which I appreciated. Maybe she was right and it was just my imagination.

I picked up what appeared to be some sort of nameless knickknack from beside me on the counter and turned it around in my hands.

"What is this one?"

Fred turned around from the till and looked over at me.

"Oh that's a good one, little sister."

I looked up at him, "are you always going to call me that now?"

He grinned and crossed his arms over his chest, "why shouldn't I? It's what you are to me...little sister."

"Okay then, big brother..." I held the object up to his face, "what is this one?"

He grabbed it from me and looked it over. "This one's child's play."

"Child's play?"

"It makes people sneeze."

I giggled, "why would I want to purchase something that makes people sneeze?"

"See, that's what I mean. You don't want to purchase this because you're an adult. But tell a little boy that he can make his older brother or sister go into a sneezing fit just by buying this and using it, he'll be all over the damn thing."

I smiled, "so you're liking owning this place with George, then?"

He leaned back, "yeah I am. I mean, what else could be better?"

"That's true. It certainly does suit you."

"...so where's Draco today?"

I smirked, "you're still not the biggest fan of him, are you?"

He held his hand to his chest, "who? me? Not a fan?"

"Be nice."

"I am nice! It's not even Draco, really. It's just hard not to be skeptical when a person's last name starts with Mal and ends in foy."

"You could've just say Malfoy."

"Honestly, I haven't spent a ton of time with him but he seems to have changed and I know he loves you. Plus Sarah likes him and what Sarah says goes."

"You're such a pushover of a husband, you know. Where's that backbone I saw before?"

"I'll have you know I put my foot down from time to time."

"And by "time to time" do you mean never?"

"...I think I'm done talking to you, little sister."

I laughed and hopped off the counter, grabbing my purse. "Fine, be a mean big brother and push me to leave."

"If you don't bust your ass and get out of here I swear to God I'll throw this thing at you and you'll be sneezing for the next thirty minutes."

"I'm going, I'm going!"

I let out a short laugh as I exited the door and began walking down to street slowly.

I stopped myself as I passed the ally that had given me the uneasy feeling two nights before.

I turned on my heels and stepped into it, looking around carefully.

There was nothing there, really. Just a few flyers tacked onto the stone walls of the buildings that formed it, a few cardboard boxes resting on the side, but not much else. It really just looked like a nice place for a homeless wizard, but nothing evil-y at all.

I breathed deeply and tried to push the weary thoughts out of my head. Hermione's right. Nothing's wrong, everything's fine. After all, nothing creepy ever happens in the wizarding world- right?