Disclaimer: Still not mine…but I love playing in this playground!

Interlude: Dudley Dursley

"Jason! Owl Post!" shouted a woman with long dirty blonde hair. She picked up three envelopes and sifted through them.

"Phone bill…letter from Lola…Dursley's? Hey, Dudley, mail!" she shouted as a man entered the room. She fed the owls a treat and let them out.

"What's for breakfast, Daisy dear?" he asked.

"Whatever you make Jason, just like always," she replied coyly. "Dudley, you've got a letter. It's addressed to your parents but I'd rather not let them out just to read a letter, so I figured you can read it and if it's important we'll let them read it. 'Kay?" said Daisy as she poured an obscene amount of soy milk into her decaf coffee.

Dudley picked up the letter and opened it. He read for a moment before a grin appeared on his face. As fast as the grin appeared it disappeared.

"Well, it looks like we'll be going home soon. Someone's going to be picking us up in a few days," he said quietly. Daisy and Jason looked up at him in surprise.

Just then two kids walked into the room, a girl and a boy, both dressed in jeans and tee shirts. They saw the looks on their parents' faces and stopped.

"What's going on?" asked the boy, who was a few years older.

"Well, Dudley just got the letter saying someone is coming to pick up him and his parents to bring them back to Surrey," said Jason.

"But what about Pinky and Greenie? I don't want them to go!" wailed the little girl.

"Oh Honey, Pinky and Greenie have to go with Dudley. We can get you new pets to take care of, okay?" replied Daisy as she hugged the little girl.

"So you're going back to England?" asked the boy.

"I'm not sure Sage. I'd guess so, but I'm not sure what happened to our house after we left," said Dudley with a frown. He stood up abruptly.

"I'm going to tell my parents, and then I'm leaving early for school. I want to walk with Stacie to school. See you later," he said to the family.

"Aren't you going to eat anything?" asked Jason.

"I don't know, I'm not really hungry," replied Dudley. Jason grabbed an apple from a basket on the counter and tossed it. Dudley caught it and walked out into the hallway. He wandered down the hall towards the 'Wrecked' room as the Johnsons' called it.

This was the room that had housed his parents for the last ten months, while he on the other hand shared a room with Sage. He poked his head into the room.

"Mum, dad, we got a letter today from that Diggle guy who brought us here. He says that Harry won the war and someone will be coming to get us in a couple days. We're going home soon. I'm going to school now, so I'll see you later," he said quickly before pulling his head back into the hallway and shutting the door.

He grabbed his backpack and put on his trainers before heading out the door. As he walked down the road he thought about the letter. Particularly about the line, say your goodbyes, and what it meant for him. He was thinking so hard a shout startled him.

"Hey, Dudley!" shouted a short, black haired girl a few houses down who was waving in a goofy manner. Dudley smiled.

"Hey, Stacie!' he called back. She ran up to him and leapt into his arms for a hug. He set her down and leaned over to give her a peck on the lips.

They started walking down the road together while she told him about her night of homework, dinner, and the latest episode of Friends. He was partially listening and nodding at the right moments, but he didn't notice her get quiet and scrutinize his face.

"What's wrong?" she demanded. He sighed.

"Stacie, love," he paused. "I got a letter this morning…"

A/N: I figured I'd post 24 and 25 together since this one is so short. Tell me what you think! Dudley, with a girlfriend? Is she magic? Or is she muggle? Only I know the answer to this…Next chapter is so effing funny, i nearly pissed myself while writing it. it's almost done, then 27 has to be written before i can post it though, so Review, keep me motivated!