Chapter Fifteen
There was a loud pounding on the door. Extremely loud and incredibly annoying.
There was also a familiar voice. An annoying voice.
George groaned and made his way towards the door.
"What the bloody hell are you doing here?" he asked.
"Checking up on you lovely little brother. Nice to see you too." Percy said as he shoved George out of the way of the door. "Oi, it looks like something threw up in here. Smells like it too."
"What do you want Percy?" George groaned.
"Ron asked me to make sure you were okay while he was gone." Percy said.
"Ron's gone?" George asked.
"Didn't you get his owl?" Percy asked as he waved his hand to make all the trash throw itself away.
"That must've been what that annoying tapping sound was." George said and then laid down on the sofa and covered himself in a blanket before closing his eyes.
"Just going to pretend I'm not here?" Percy asked.
"If I close my eyes and hope maybe you'll really disappear." George mumbled.
Percy sighed and sat on the table directly in front of the couch. "You weren't like this when you left mum and dad's."
"Yeah and you were quiet when you were born. Things change." George said finally opening his eyes and his eyes hazed over to the door to Fred's bedroom.
"You weren't even born yet now come on." Percy said and stood up brushing his hands to clear the dirt. "Get up!"
George groaned and slowly stood up. "What?"
Percy pushed him towards his own bedroom and flicked his wand as a bag appeared and clothes began packing themselves. "You're coming to stay with me tonight so take whatever you need. No arguments."
Harry picked quietly at his food as Ginny did the same.
Their dinner at the Dursleys was extremely quiet. Petunia didn't say much but at least attempted at conversation and did not seem uncomfortable with him there. Dudley had been quite elated to see Harry and even mirthful at meeting Ginny. He seemed happy to be around his cousin for once. Vernon though was another story.
While he did not outright say anything offensive towards Harry he didn't say anything positive either. And for a while dinner had been quiet.
"So how did you two meet?" Dudley asked referring to Harry and Ginny.
"Oh yes do tell." Petunia said in a voice Harry had heard her use for company for years, but never towards him before.
"My first day when I was going to Hogwarts I couldn't find the train so her mother helped me." Harry said.
"Yes he was positively lost and confused it was adorable." She taunted him and pinched one of his cheeks with a laugh.
"Excuse me." Harry said and turned to her. "You couldn't even speak to me, you were so embarrassed."
"Shy not embarrassed. There is a difference." She said.
"You didn't speak to me for four years!" Harry laughed.
"I was bidding my time before making a move." she clarified. "And I did speak to you it just wasn't very eloquent."
"You could say that." Harry laughed and she hit him on the shoulder. "Shut it."
He shook his head and looked down at his plate and when he did he noticed both Petunia and Dudley smiling and suddenly felt much more comfortable here.
Luckily conversation began to pick up from there. Harry explained what he was planning on doing for his life though it as a lot harder to explain to them but he found a way to.
Though for the first time in his life he was actually content at being at the Dursely's.
"This is pointless." Hermione said dejectedly as Ron and she walked through a festival that was annually held in Australia.
She had thought that there was a good chance that he parents would be there but it never occurred to her that other people would be there.
Or so many that she couldn't breathe.
"Hermione. We're going to find them." Ron said as he wrapped his arm around her. They entered inside a mall from the festival, attempting to avoid the crowd. "What is this?"
"It's like an inside Diagon Alley for muggles. It's called a mall." She said as they passed through the stores.
"Interesting." He said. "Now, is it just me or aren't there supposed to be places where you can you find muggles?"
"Unfortunately Wilkins is a common name in Australia." She huffed. "Had I known that I would have given them different names."
"No you wouldn't have." Ron said. "They would've been safer this way."
She sighed. As they passed stores and then she stopped to look at the display in a book store.
"Want to go inside?" Ron asked placing his chin on the top of her head.
She shook her head and looked sadly at her surroundings. She looked suspiciously at a telephone booth for a second before gasping. "I'm such an idiot!"
She ran over to the booth, startling Ron and almost tottering him over.
She picked up the phone book and flipped quickly through the pages before stopping at the orthodontist section.
Ron ran over to her and watched as flipped violently and noticed she had given herself several paper cuts. "Hermione."
She sobbed suddenly and looked at him. "I found them." She pointed towards the ad for Wilkins' dentistry. "That's the sigma they used to have back home. It's them." She ripped the page out of the book and gasped. "It's close by and they open in a couple hours."
Dinner had been going well. Had being the operative word.
Harry and Ginny had been all ready to leave and head back to the Burrow when the practically unthinkable had happened.
"Will you stay?"
Harry jumped up from his spot on the porch. He wasn't sure what he had heard but he was pretty sure it had sounded oddly like his aunt asking him to stay.
"What?" Ginny asked as his mouth was unwilling to move.
"Will you stay the night?"
"The night?" Harry whispered.
"Yes." She said and looked anywhere but his eyes. "You two can stay in your old room Harry." She sounded desperate.
"Uh…"
"Absolutely not!" Vernon shouted and bounded into the hallway where they had been standing. "I have tolerate this foolishness enough to allow them to stay through dinner but I will no longer have these…these…freaks! In my home! They need to go now!"
"Your home?" Petunia shouted moving from her spot. "Don't forget that it was my parents—Harry's grandparents—that helped pay for this house!"
"And its mine that keeps it from being taken away from us!" He growled.
"Honestly, he is my nephew and if I would like him to stay, he will bloody well stay!" She shouted.
"Well if he's going to be here than I will not!" He smashed his fist into the side table grabbing his keys and then jumped out the door.
Sorry there was no space I posted from my itouch and couldn't make the stupid lines or bold but either way I posted. Now it was short because on all parts the next one shall be emotional so it was a good place to stop it. And once again anyone who reviews shall get a preview for the next chapter on Wednesday. So review for a preview. The next chapter will be up by next Sunday. Have a nice week!