Harry & Ginny get ready for their first "Chess Club" with friends at The Bishop's Brew

Song: Songbird by Corey Chisel and Adriel Denae

Harry looked down at his wrist to check the time. It was almost 5 pm and he still had paperwork to finish. Ginny was going to kill him if he got home late tonight. They were supposed to ride together to The Bishop's Brew to meet up with friends. He was going to play chess with the guys and she was going to visit with the girls while he played. She said something about bringing her computer along, but he did not think she would be using it for work. It was Friday night after all and she didn't have a deadline until Sunday night. Picking up his mobile, Harry decided to check with Ginny about times and places.

Harry: Hey baby. What time do we need to leave the flat tonight?
Ginny: We need to leave by 6 if we are going to meet everybody by 6:30
Harry: Do I need to pick up anything on the way home?
Ginny: No. I think we are going to enjoy coffee and snacks when we get to BB
Harry: BB?
Ginny: Bishop's Brew…I am not going to type that out every time
Harry: Just checking…love you
Ginny: Love you more…see you soon

Harry put his mobile back in his pocket. He really needed to get this paperwork done before he left the office Being a detective was what he wanted, but the paperwork was not what he had expected. Searching for clues and catching the bad guy was his idea of being a detective, not spending hours hunting and pecking at the keyboard to fill out endless forms about their crimes. But, you had to take the good with the bad and move on. Ginny had taught him that. She had given up her soccer career when her knee would no longer let her play without pain, and she was becoming one of the top sports reporters in their region. The good and the bad…it was everywhere in their lives. Harry felt his pocket buzz and pulled out his phone.

Ron: Mate, what time are you getting to the Brew tonight?
Harry: We were planning to be there by 6:30
Ron: Are you bringing your set?
Harry: Yes
Ron: Me too. I don't know if Theo or Neville has a set to the play on
Harry: I was thinking about taking Ginny for dinner after we finished playing. Want to join us?
Ron: Sure. I haven't had dinner with you since the last time she kicked me out of your flat
Harry: See you around 6:30 then
Ron: Okay…don't let my little sister talk you out of it

Harry set his mobile back on his desk and stared at the form on his computer. Two more of these to fill out for the report and then he was done and could go home. Harry began to peck away at the keys on his keyboard as quickly as he could. It should only take him twenty more minutes to finish these if the world outside his cluttered office would leave him alone. Harry printed the first form and had started on the second when his mobile vibrated across his desk

Ginny: What time are you going to be here?
Harry: What time is it now?
Ginny: 5:15
Harry: I have one more form to finish and then I can leave the office
Ginny: Will you be home by 6?
Harry: I'm trying but I have been reduced to pecking at my keyboard like a bloody chicken…I HATE these forms
Ginny: Then get it done so you can come home.
Harry: Can you find my chess set for me? I told Ron I would bring it
Ginny: The one in the Chelsea bag or in the box
Harry: The bag…I think we are still finding pieces of the other one in strange places in the house
Ginny: Okay…see you soon
Harry: I hope

Ginny looked around the sitting room as she read Harry's last message on her mobile. He hated paperwork and she had seen small children type better than he did. Sliding her mobile in her back pocket, Ginny began to search for Harry's chess bag. Mum had made it for him last Christmas when she noticed him carrying his travel set to a family event in a grocer's bag. She had used fabric with the logos of his favorite football team and he took it everywhere.

Ron had started bugging Mum about making him one, but she was making him wait. Harry had encouraged her to wait before she created something with Manchester's "horrid red and yellow." It could not be that hard to find a bright blue and white bag in their flat, could it? Ginny continued her search in the sitting room. She started looking in places that would make sense, like the bottom shelf of the coffee table and the coat rack by the door.

No sign of the bag. So she moved her search into the office. Still no sign of the bag.

"Where is that bag?" She asked as she reached for her mobile. She was running out of places to search and time. She should look in places that did not make sense. She did not want to bother Harry at work, but she was starting run out of ideas. Maybe Hermione would have a few ideas.

Ginny: Did you see Harry's Chelsea bag when you came by the flat yesterday?
Hermione: Chelsea bag?
Ginny: The blue bag he keeps his chess set in and takes everywhere
Hermione: OH…Did you try his office?
Ginny: Have you looked in his office lately?
Hermione: No…it is a scary place. I'm afraid of what might lurk in those piles of paper
Ginny: That's not as scary as what happens if you offer to help straighten the piles
Hermione: Did you look in the sitting room?
Ginny: It was the first place I checked
Hermione: Try the foot locker in the closet. Ron used to keep his there
Ginny: How do you know where Ron keeps his chess set?
Hermione: Well…I gotta go. Time to run the last of the teenagers out of here so I can lock up
Ginny: Hermione Jean Granger…are you running from a question?

Ginny looked back down at her mobile. Hermione was not replying and she knew the library closed ten minutes ago. She was avoiding answering Ginny's question. Hermione and Ron had dated for a while after the secondary school, but university and the real world had taken them back to just being friends. But, with the way she had avoided answering the question, Ginny was beginning to think that she need to do some detective work of her own. How did she know where Ron kept his chess set? That could wait until they were all at The Bishop's Brew. Right now, she had a chess set to find. Taking a deep breath, she walked into their closet and continued her hunt.

Harry: On the train…be home in ten minutes
Ginny: Found your Chelsea bag…it was in your footlocker at the back of the closet.
Harry: Sounds about right
Ginny: WHY?
Harry: I think I set it there when we got back from your parents last weekend
Ginny: Are you changing before we go to BB?
Harry: Don't know…I'll decide when I get home.
Ginny: I'll find your Chess Heartbeat shirt

Harry looked up as he heard his stopped announced on the train. Time to hurry home so they could meet everyone at The Bishops Brew. He had been looking forward to playing chess with his mates since they started planning it. Maybe this could become a regular event.