Chapter 3

The next few days flew by for Harry. Hermione had replied to his letter and they were going to meet in London tomorrow. There was only one thing that he needed to sort out.

"Dobby" He called. Instantly the little elf popped into the room carry even more snacks for Harry.

"How can Dobby help?" He asked

"I need to get some money out at Gringotts, but I don't want anyone to see me or they might report back to someone. Is there anything you can do?" He asked inviting the elf to sit down.

"There is one solution sir, Dobby can go to you vault on your behalf and withdraw the money that way. Dobby would only need magical permission from yourself sir" he replied

"What's magical permission Dobby?" Harry asked confused

"With your vault key sir all you need do is touch it with your wand and say I grant access to my vault to whoever you wish sir. It is not performing magic so is undetectable by the ministry" Dobby explained

"Thank you Dobby, It's only by chance that Hagrid gave me my vault key on the last day of term" Harry smiled but Dobby looked horrified, never the less he did not want to put more pressure on Harry than what there already was. Harry took out his wand tapped his key and said in a clear voice

"I grant access to my account to Dobby the house elf" The key glowed and then returned to normal. Harry picked the key up and hand it to Dobby.

"Could you get me enough to change in £200 sterling, I'm meeting Hermione tomorrow and I need to get to London" Harry said

"Dobby can get you to London sir, that is not a problem but Dobby shall do what you ask" Dobby vanished on the spot and Harry tried to work out what to wear tomorrow.

"Why am I worrying about how I look? Hermione doesn't care about that sort of thing. She sees me for who I really am regardless of what I wear. She really is the greatest person a guy could ask for as a friend" He thought to himself.

20 minutes later Dobby arrived back in Harry's room with his money and key. Placing the money into a tattered wallet he thanked Dobby again.

"Forgive me for asking sir but why are all of your clothes too big for you?" Dobby asked noticing the triple XL t shirts.

"Oh well there my cousin's hand me downs, I was never bought my own clothes instead I was given Dudley's old stuff when he was given new clothes" Harry replied feeling slightly embarrassed.

"Dobby can fix this for you with your permission sir" he said

"I wouldn't want to trouble you Dobby you've already done so much for me already"

Dobby merely smiled "It is my honour to help the great Harry Potter" he clicked his fingers and the jeans that Harry picked out shrunk down to a size that would fit Harry comfortably. His jacket which he wore back on the train stayed the same and the shirt that was picked out shrunk down 2 sizes making it XL instead of XXXL.

"Dobby you really are a life saver" He said forcing a few galleons into the little elf's hand.

"Thank you for your kindness sir, Dobby shall return tomorrow sir to take you to London. Good night sir"

"Good night Dobby and thank you"

Dobby vanished and Harry got into bed. He spent that night dreaming of a brunette witch that looked awfully like Hermione.

The following morning Harry was dressed and ready to go, he had agreed with Hermione that they would meet at Kings Cross Station as it was the one place that where they both knew where it was.

A call to Dobby and a rather sickly feeling afterwards Harry found himself standing in Kings Cross Station. Dobby was not to be seen but this was understandable considering how the muggles would react to the sight of him.

It did not take him long to find Hermione, she was sitting in a coffee shop reading a book with a large coffee in front of her. Harry snuck up behind her.

"You know, I always pictured you as a coffee drinker. It explains where you find the ability to stay awake for so long" Harry said as he stood behind her.

Hermione was on her feet instantly and wrapped her arms around Harry encasing him in a famous Hermione bear hug

"Oh Harry I missed you so much!" she squealed as she kept hugging him.

"I missed you too Hermione but if you don't mind I kind of need the ability to breathe" Harry laughed. Hermione loosened her hug but did not let go fully, she had weeks of hugging to catch up on and she was eager to get started.

A minute or so later she let him go and they sat down. A waitress walked over to the two.

"What can I get you?" she asked

"Honestly I have no idea, never had coffee before"

This was blasphemy to Hermione's ears

"What! How could you not have ever tried coffee before? He'll have a cappuccino please" she said turning from Harry to the waitress

"So how have you been other than missing out on coffee?" she asked smiling

"Yeah I've been okay; in all honesty I haven't been out of my room since I got back"

Hermione looked mortified "What about food, are they starving you Harry?"

"Hermione calm down, I had a little friend of mine help me out he installed a small bathroom and he constantly brings me loads of food to see me through days at a time"

It took a while for Hermione to realise that the little friend was Dobby when she clicked she was about to say something when Harry stopped her

"And before you ask, I paid him for everything he did and then some extra. He has been a life saver for me I wasn't going to have it so it received nothing for it"

Hermione looked relieved. The waitress returned with the cappuccino a few minutes later. Harry was hesitant at first but as soon as he tried it he fell in love. Hermione laughed

"Now that I've got you addicted to coffee can we talk?"

"Sure" he replied taking another generous mouthful of his coffee

"Ok start from the beginning. Tell me everything"

And so he did.

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