Harry walked out of the store, snickering silently to himself. He couldn't believe that Bill actually ordered this. It was just so, so, so cute! He knew, logically, that it was for Fleur, but just the thought of Bill cuddling a fluffy bunny was just too much. He was heading back to his car when he heard someone calling his name. Turning slightly, he saw that it was Alice and she was dragging Edward with her, who was rather sullen. His expression seemed to lighten when he saw Harry.

"Harry! What brings you here?" an exuberant Alice asked.

"Errands. Though I seem to be done now. What about you?"

The grin on her face scared him, "Shopping. Everybody else was busy, so I dragged Edward with me."

The look on the taller boys face forced Harry to hold back his laughter. "I see."

"Hey, hey, why don't we hang out for a while. You don't have to go home, do you?"

He hesitated for a moment, "No," he drew out, "Not really."

Alice beamed, "Great! We can go shopping then! We just got here so we haven't been anywhere yet."

Harry only hoped that he didn't actually have to buy anything.

Three hours later and all three were ladened down with bags. Harry was weeping silently in his mind at the loss of his money, even though it didn't even make a dent in his account. They were making another trip to their cars to unload before going back out. As they were heading for another store, Alice looked at her watch. "Oh. I forgot. I have to meet someone."

Harry stared at her before glancing at Edward who was giving her an indescribable look. "I have to go. You two hang out for a while though, eh?"

She gave them both a wink before dancing off around the corner to the bus stop. The two teens stood awkwardly for a few minutes before Harry said, "You know, there's this store I've been wanted to check out. Want to go?"

Edward gave him a nod and they set out in silence, though Harry could feel the brief glances ever few moments, causing his cheeks to bloom red. The other teen was fairly attractive. Okay, more than fairly. Fine, he was bloody hot as hell. His face flamed before he could get it under control. "Are you alright?" that oh so musical voice asked.

Harry nodded, finally getting his blush under control. They stopped at a new age store and went in. the tenseness in his shoulder, tenseness that he didn't even know was there, unwound as he walked through the door. "New age?"

"Hmm. I've always liked it." he shot a grin up at the taller teen. One that was returned.

Something shot through the seventeen year old at the sight of it, causing his heart rate to increase ten fold. Clearing his throat lightly, he made his way farther into the store, Edward trailing behind him. He looked at the books on the shelves, easily picking out which ones were from the wizarding world and which ones were for the practice of wiccan magic.

After browsing for a bit, Harry picked up a random book and started to page through it while Edward was looking at a figurine of a goddess curiously. The book was rather interesting. He would have been happy to read more, if it weren't for someone bumping into him and knocking him into his shopping companion. An arm wrapped around him, holding him up from the floor. The shock being bumped into wore off after a moment and he could feel an odd coldness radiating from the arm wrapped around him. An arm that felt more like a steel band than flesh.

After a moment, he was set up on his feet, a hand on his back keeping him steady. Oddly enough, the cold wasn't uncomfortable. It was, how could he put this, comforting. As a matter of fact, it seemed that his magic was actually blocking most of the cold. He looked up at Edward, meeting his gaze. An odd shadow passed over the tawny eyed teen, and was it just him or were his eyes darker? "Are you alright?"

"Huh? Oh, yes, thank you, for catching me."

Damn blood, stay in place and stop rushing to my face! An amused look passed over the bronze haired boys face before he took his hand away. Harry mourned the loss slightly. A thought crossed him mind at that moment. When had he started liking the youngest of the Cullen siblings? He barely knew him. They barely talked. The only time they had really interacted was once at lunch and from that odd English thing. It was a rather odd conundrum. He'd never truly liked anyone. Cho was a huge disaster, Ginny, well, he really didn't want to think about that. He'd never been with a guy before either, so he had no idea how to go on with that.

He picked up a few more books, and some that Luna would like, before going to the counter. Edward, too, had picked something, though it didn't have a title. They paid for everything and went back outside. "Where to next?"

"It's noon."

Harry blinked and looked at his watch. Huh, so it was. "So, lunch then?"

Edward nodded and started down the street. Apparently he knew someplace. Harry followed behind him, wondering where they were going. "I know a good Italian place."

"Oh, really? I've never had Italian."

He looked back at Harry, eyebrows furrowed, "Really?"

Harry nodded and shrugged, "It's no big deal, really. I haven't had a lot of things."

"Why?" came the confused question.

Harry hesitated a moment before responding in a halting tone, "I... haven't had the best of childhoods, you could say."

~*~

Edward stared down at the teen next to him. Thoughts and images were whirling around in Harry's mind it was was almost difficult to pick them out. They were depressing and self deprecating. Images of three people eating while a small child watched from the corner made Edward feels as though he wanted to weep.

They reached the restaurant and were seated quickly, though the hostess paid more attention to Edward than Harry, causing a humor-filled grin to spread across Harry's face. When she left, Harry asked, "Do you get that a lot, then?"

A wry look crossed Edward's face, "You have no idea. It gets annoying fast."

Harry nodded, laughing, "Yes, I know how that is. I was quite... popular, at my old school. It seemed that everybody wanted to be my friend."

"Oh, whys that?"

The green eyed teen was hesitant, once again. Edward almost wanted to sigh, but he kept silent. "Mostly because of who my parents were. They were quite popular in school as well."

A woman screaming, pleading to spare her son filled Harry's mind followed by cackling and green light before it was blanked as the waitress came by. 'Oh, my. Isn't this my lucky day? Two cute guys to serve.' the excitement in her thoughts as she said an exceedingly chipper voice, "Hi! My name's Brittney and I'll be your waitress, is there anything I can start you out with?"

Edward pretended to look over the menu while Harry actually did. "I think I'll just have some water."

"Same here, please," said Edward.

A little disappointed that she didn't get to spend more time with them, she left to get their drinks. Harry looked over the menu while Edward watched him. He was a fascinating creature. The thoughts that went through his head were curious and the things he had seen peeked the curiosity. The questions that clawed at mind fought to come out, but he knew that if he asked then he would possibly chase this boy away.

Harry glanced up at him, green eyes locking with burnished gold before going back to the menu, an enticing blush appearing on his face. 'Why is he staring at me like that?'

It wasn't an angry thought, but a curious one. An embarrassed one, like he had never had someone stare at him in a fascinated manner. He listened to the sound of his heart beating rapidly in his fragile body. His attraction to the boy was almost instantaneous, but, no, he only peeked his curiosity with his scent. But that scent was blocked and now he only smelt like a regular human, which was odd, because he could smell the blood rushing under his skin and was the same as everybody else's with only a hint of something special.

He focused in on his mind, which, right now, was revolving around his family and – new pets? A cat and a dog, though the dog looked odd. A birth defect? Why was it's tail split like that?

The waitress came back with their drinks, "So, ready do order?"

Harry looked up and smiled slightly, causing Brittney to blush, "Yes, I think so. I'll have the grilled chicken spiedini."

He looked towards Edward, who winced inwardly. He barely glanced at the menu before responding, "Fettuccine Alfredo."

"Right away," the perky blond chirped before she bounced away.

Harry shook his head, "I will never understand females."

Edward laughed, "I don't think anybody will."

He sent the other teen a wry glare before taking a sip of his water. "So," he began nonchalantly, "Are you going to eat your lunch today, or just play with it?"

Had he been human, Edward would have chocked, "I'm sorry, what?"

Harry sighed, "I've noticed, that neither you nor your siblings eat, at all. You don't even touch your food and you get the same things day in and day out."

Edward blinked, very human like. Harry sighed, "Look, I know we barely know each other, so if you want me to drop it, I will."

Now he was torn. He wanted to tell him, he really did, but what if he freaked out and told everybody? He gave himself a mental shake and sighed, "No, it's fine."

"Are you... are you sure?"

Edward just nodded, "Yeah. You might actually already know."

Harry blinked at that. 'I already know? Do I? If I did, how does he know? Ow, head hurts.' Harry rubbed his temples, eliciting a smile from Edward. Suddenly, Harry's head shot up, eyes wide and an expression of understanding on his face. "Oh," he breathed out, "I remember now."

Edward watch warily, Harry's mind oddly blank at the moment. The hesitant look was back on the younger boys face. "You, you're a vampire, aren't you?"

His voice was low, unable to be heard over the hum, though Edward heard him perfectly. He just nodded in response. "Oh. Cool."

The response startled him, causing him to straighten up and stare. "What?"

Harry shrugged and grinned, "It doesn't really bother me, unless you eat people. But judging from the color of your eyes you haven't had human blood for a rather long time."

"You-what, what are you? Why don't you care?"

Harry laughed, waiting to answer at their food had come. When the blond bimbo left, Harry answered, "Well, ah, believe it or not, but I am a wizard."

Edward stared at him, rather blankly. Everything suddenly made sense. How he could do those impossible things, how that baby changed his appearance. Why didn't he see it? "I've heard of them. Carlisle told me that he had met some back in the 1800's. He didn't say much about them, though, just that they could do things that normal people couldn't."

Harry snorted, twirling his pasta on his fork, "Yes, magic. It can do just about anything, actually. Wizards, though, seem to think with limits, so they don't utilize it like it could be."

That seemed to make sense. A lot of people thought that way. "I read that every vampire has one power. What's yours?"

"Oh. I can read minds."

"Really?"

"Yes, though I've met only one person who's mind I couldn't read?"

Harry looked intrigued, "Really? Who?"

"My, uh, ex-girlfriend, Bella Swan." he responded, slightly uncomfortable.

"Oh. Sorry."

"No, it's ok. I feel nothing for her now."

They sat in silence for a while, Harry eating and Edward looking like he was eating. "Wait, does that mean you can read my mind?"

The look that Edward adopted was rather sheepish. "Yes. Sorry."

Harry sighed, but nodded, "It's alright, I guess. At least it's not as intrusive as Legilimency. That hurts like hell."

"Oh, what's that?"

"It's a spell, that allows somebody to enter another person's mind to see their memories. It hurts like hell. The counter for it is a shielding technique called Occlumency. I'm rubbish at it though."

Edward nodded in response. The rest of lunch was spent exchanging small talk, not wanting to get into a large discussion in a crowded place.

After lunch, they spent a little while longer walking around and talking about nothing. "You can really read my mind?"

"Yes."

"That's kinda...well...no offense, but it's rather intrusive."

Edward nodded, "I know. If I could turn it off, I would. I can hear everyone around me and if I know their mind, then I can find them anywhere. I don't know the distance limit, though."

"Oh. That does kinda suck. What about everyone else? What do they have?"

"Well, Alice can see the future. Nothing definite, but still. Jasper can control the emotions around him. Emmet really doesn't have a power, though he is strong, even for a vampire. Rosalie," here Edward rolled his eyes, "is incredibly beautiful, even for a vampire. Esme really doesn't have a power and neither does Carlisle, though Esme has a large capacity for love and Carlisle is the most compassionate person you will ever meet."

Harry listened silently to the explanation, nodding every once in a while. When he finished, the smaller teen stayed silent for a moment before laughing a little. At the curious look, Harry responded, "Let's just hope that Alice and Luna don't hang out a lot."

Confused, Edward delved into Harry's mind and found out why. Oh good Lord. The little blond one was a Seer.

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A.N.: Wow, another long chapter. Yay! Harry and Edward interaction! I know, it's taken a while, but I don't like when they just get flung together in the very beginning. I wanted to build everything up slowly, though by the reviews I get, I guess it was a little too slow. Lol well, here's what happened in Port Angeles. Hope it was good. Don't you just love Alice? X3