Chapter 28

"Come on Albus, it'll be fun!" Roxanne said, pulling him along.

"I was going to study with Alek, " Albus protested.

"You're always with Alek, I"m sure he'll understand you hanging out with us today,"Dominique said.

"Alright. Alright," Albus said. "Since you're not giving me a choice."

"Nope. No choice," Roxanne said.

"I mean, don't you want to spend time with your favorite cousins?" Dominique said. The two girls pulled Albus into Hogsmied. "Where should be go to first?"

"Let's go to my dad's joke shop. I'm sure my dad would love to see us," Roxanne suggested.

"That's a grad idea!" Dominique said.

They pulled Albus into the joke shop. "Dad! We're here to visits!"

George came down with a smile. "It's good to see all of you," he said with a smile. "How is school going Roxanne?"

"Good. I'm passing everything. Dominique I helping a lot. She's so smart," Roxanne said.

"Oh you're really smart too, just in different classes. You should see her in potions. She's amazing at it," Dominique said.

"I guess I'm not that bad at potions," Roxanne said.

"Oh don't be modest! You're at the top of the class!" Dominique said.

"And look, Albus is here with you. How are you doing? I haven't seen you for a while," George said.

"I've been spending my time with Alek and he doesn't like the kind of things sold here," Albus said. "I'll try to stop by more to see you."

"That's great! I'd like to see you more, you and all of your cousins," George said.

"I'll try my best," Albus said.

"Good."

"I'm going to get some every flavor beams," Dominique said.

"You remember last time you did and you got snot?" Roxanne asked.

"Well the second times the charm,"Dominique said. She bought some and ate one of them. "EW, I think I got gym shorts."

"I told you not to eat them,' Roxanne said.

"You take one. Tell me what you get,'' Dominique said.

"Only if Albus has one too."

"Me?" Albus asked. "Sure I'll try one."

Roxanne smiled. "Grape. It's really good," she said.

Albus pulled out a bean and ate it. "Raspberry," he said with a smile. "It's good."

"See only you have bad luck,"Dominique said.

"No fair,"Roxanne complained.

"You don't have to eat them if you don't want to," Dominique said.

"If I eat enough of them I'll get a good one. It's just the way things are. I'm going to get one that's good," Roxanne said. "It's how random works. You have to, sooner or later, end up with a good one."

"You just keep eating those beans and see how if you get a good one," Dominique said with a laugh.
"Aren't you having fun Albus?"

"I actually am. I've missed hanging out with my cousins," Albus said with a smile.

"Good because we're spending the whole day together," Roxanne said.

The next few hours the three of them went to different store and just enjoyed being together. It was soon getting dark. "I guess it's time to go back," Dominique said with a sigh. "I want to hang out here more."

"Yeah, but we'll go back in two weeks," Roxanne said. "It's getting close to winter break. We'll get to spend all he time together. Albus too, we'll make sure you spend a lot of us too."

"Of course I will," Albus said. "We're family and family is important."

"Albus!" Alek called, running over to them. "I missed you. I thought we were going to study together. I was worried."

"Sorry, I was kidnapped buy my cousins," Albus said. "I''m sorry. I should have fond you and told you what was going on. I should have told you."

"It's our fault. We didn't give him time to tell you anything. We just grabbed him and pulled him along," Roxanne said.

"Yeah it's out fault," Dominique said.

Alek grabbed Albus.. "Don't do something like this again."

"Hey, chill out,'' Roxanne said. "It's not like you own him. He can go off without you. Yeah it's bad he didn't tell you, but you don't have to be so harsh with him."

"Don't tell me what to do. What I do with with or to Albus is none of your business," Alek said harshly.

"It is my business. Albus isn't your property. He can hang out with his cousins. He can hang out with whoever he wants to. He doesn't have to be with you all the time," Dominique stated.

"You could have at least told me," Alek said.

"I'm sorry. They took me so fast I didn't have time to tell you," Albus said.

"I guess I'm sorry for that, but I thought that you would be against Albus coming with use. You'd say something like 'he needs to study; or some bull shirt," Dominique said.

"Albus does need to study," Alek said.

"See that's my point," Dominique said.

"Did you at least have fun/?" He asked Albus.

"Yeah it was nice,' Albus said. "I had fun."

"Well then I guess its' okay. Just let me know next time," Alek said.

"Okay," Albus said."I feel bad for making you worry about me. I didn't want that."

"I believe you. I'm not mad at you," Alek said. "I could never stay mad at you."

"Awe of cute So we're the bad guys now?" Roxanne asked.

"I don't want to be the bad guy," Dominique complied.

"Well then don't kidnap Albus when he has other plans," Alek said.

"But he's always with you. He need time with his family too," Dominique said.

"It's not like I'm keeping him from his family," Alek said. "He just happened to like to be with me over the rest of you. Hell he sees his brother almost everyday."

"Well, we're going to take him out more. Maybe with Molly too and Rose and Rosa. It'll be a lot of fun," Roxanne said.

"Why would he want to be around a much of girls? "Alek asked.

"I suppose that's true,''Dominique said. "We'll still have to hang out more,"

"Right, we do. Alek maybe you can come with us too,"Roxanne said."If that makes you feel better."

"Maybe," Alek said. "if Albus goes then I'll want to go."

"Let's go. We can still get some studying done before bed,"Alek said, grabbing Albus' harm and pulling him away.

"Okay. Okay. You don't have to pull so hard," Albus said.

"Sorry." Alek said, but he didn't let go until they were in the Slytherin study. "What the hell was that?" he demand. Who gives them the right to kidnap you? It's not right. If they want to hang out with you, they need to make plans, not just assume you'd be okay going with them."

"Just chill out. I'm sorry you worried about me. I wanted to tell you, but they wouldn't listen," Albus said.

Alek hugged Albus. "I was so worried about you, I thought some Gryffindor decided to hurt you, or you messed up a spell and hurt yourself and were alone, hurt, and I wasn't there to protect you. I never want you to be somewhere and need me and not be there for you. I can't lose you. You're all I have left. Please don't do this again."

Albus frowned. "I'm sorry. I should have made them made them let you know what's going on." Albus leaned against Alek. "I love you. I'm sorry. Please don't hate me."

"I could never hate you. You're my everything," Alek said. "So don't ever think I hate you."

"I don't know what I could do without you," Albus said.

"I feel the same way," Alek said.

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Molly laid in the bed of the apartment Micheal stayed in while he owned in Daigon Alley. "Molly, it's time to get up," Micheal said, nudging her. "You need to go back to school."

"Mmm, can't I stay a little longer?" Molly asked, partly awake.

"I'm sorry but it's time for you to go back to Hogwarts. I'll be here in two weeks when you can come next time," Micheal said.

Molly sat up. "Alright fine. If you're sure I need to go." Molly started to get dressed."You sure you'll be here next time?"

"I wouldn't miss seeing you for the world," Micheal said.

Molly was soon dressed. "Want to walk me back to school?"

"Sure," Micheal said.

The two left the apartment and walked back to where the others were getting ready to go back to school. Molly kissed him. "I'll miss you.'

"And I'll miss you. You'll graduate soon so we can spend a lot more time together," Micheal said.

"I can't wait," Molly said brightly. "I mean, it'll be awesome to see you whenever we want to."

Micheal kissed Molly again. "I'll see you again soon."