Chapter 3: Howath
Ginny and I took The Weasley's car down the long road away from their home. All around all I saw was tall grass. The grasses were unimportant but anything could be hiding in them. I got my wand from inside my bag. I would not have any more death eaters come after me and kill my love's sister. It seemed as though my depression was turning to anger, though I was still as depressed as I was before, I was slightly angrier at the death eaters than I was at myself. As soon as I realized this I put my wand back and lost interest in my anger.
We drove for miles and miles and still there was no sign of anything. Before it happened we had used floo powder or we flew the car but not this time. We were trying to have this as a magic free adventure. We stopped one time at this little abandoned town and found a little bit of food in the gas station and Ginny put more gas in the car. We didn't end up eating the food but I had to feel useful in some way.
We drove for a few more miles and we finally came along a little town called Howath. Howath was a quaint little town, the kind of town where everyone knew everyone else's name. We pulled up in front of a little inn called Sally's. The building was white and it had neon lights in the windows and no cars in the parking lot. It seemed like the perfect place to stay for a few days until we knew where else to go.
We got our suitcases out of the car and walked through the front doors. The inn seemed deserted although it looked clean and nice.
"Hello? Anyone there?" Ginny called
"A customer? Is there a customer?" a little voice called from behind the desk. We proceeded forward to see an old lady, maybe 80, sitting in a chair reading a book.
"Would you like to rent a room? It's quite cheap. Only 15 dollars a night." She asked us in her high voice.
"Yes please ma'am. We'd like two rooms for now please. Are there any conjoined rooms?" Ginny replied.
"Oh yes, you would like two rooms together?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Here's two room keys for each of ya. Go down the hall and to the left, first doors on your right. Thank you for choosing here to stay were about to close down."
"And one more thing ma'am, we were just wondering how far this is from any other towns." Ginny asked.
"Oh, a couple miles North there's a town a bit bigger than this one. You might want to head there. I've never been out of this town."
"Thank you." We followed her instructions to the rooms marked three and five. We parted ways and began unpacking in our temporary home.
I place the picture that I brought of Ron on my bedside table and put my vows in front of it. I put on some of my favorite pajamas and lay on the bed. It felt better to be in a place where there were no memories of Ron. I felt less obligated to cry and for the first time since Ron's deathI fell into a peaceful sleep.