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Chapter 19 -
"Do I look good?" Harry asked Loki as he looked in the mirror in his room, he was dressed in black shoes, blue jeans, and he was wearing a dark green shirt under a black woolly jacket. Harry had been tempted to do something about his hair but eventually gave that up as a lost cause, his options were to leave his hair as it currently was (messy and almost as wild as him) or just to use enough hair gel that someone might confuse him with Draco Malfoy. Loki stared at him for several seconds before he nodded and gave him a double thumbs up. "Great, I am going to go and have my date with Lisa, you do me a favour and please stay here and stay good. You can do that, right?" Harry asked.
Loki gave him an innocent smile before nodding.
"Right...I hope the castle's still standing when I get back." Harry said as he put on a black woolly hat.
"Hi Harry." Lisa smiled when Harry met her at the Hogwarts entrance.
"Hi, Liz." Harry grinned as he stopped in front of her, she was wearing blue shoes along with blue jeans, she had a fluffy white jacket on over a blue shirt and on her head she also had a woolly jacket. "Looking good." Harry said.
"Thank you," Lisa smiled brightly at the compliment. "not looking so bad yourself, Harry. You know, you never ever did tell me about how exactly you got Professor Dumbledore to agree to let you go to Hogsmeade."
"And that is a question that will never, ever be answered." Harry told her in a surprisingly firm voice. "Well, shall we?" Harry said as he offered her an arm. Lisa raised an eyebrow at the gentlemanly behaviour but did place her hand on the crook of his elbow.
The two walked towards the exit where Professor McGonagall began checking everyone for permission slips, she had raised an eyebrow at Harry's permission form, Harry gave her an innocent smile that would not be amiss on Loki's face. After that the pair of them had to deal with none other than Argus Filch, the couple both spent an awkward amount of minutes getting checked for 'illegal contraband' before they arrived at the carriages.
"My lady." Harry said as he opens the carriage door and helps her enter it.
"You're being surprisingly gentlemen-like." Lisa commented as Harry entered and sat down before the carriage started moving.
"Ah, well I read some books and asked Penelope about appropriate date like behaviour." Harry admitted.
"Ah," Lisa nodded in understanding. "you don't have to worry too much about that. Just don't do anything illegal and just be yourself."
"You know that it's hard to have both of those things." Harry frowned before he shrugged. "If that's what you want."
"It is." She said without missing a beat.
"That's what you'll get then." Harry told her in a firm voice before he smiled. "So, you looking forward to spending time in Hogsmeade?" Harry asked.
"Oh yes, I've never actually been there more than twice." She said. "The first time I went was around about when I was four years old and then the next time I went was around about when I was seven."
"I've gone never!" Harry said in a cheerful voice. "I guess that means you can tell me all about it and be my lovely tour guide."
"If I must." Lisa said with feigned exhaustion. "You'll really like it." She told him with a grin. "There are so many nice shops and the people there are really nice. By the way, can I ask you something?"
"You just did but go ahead." Harry nodded before he gestured her to continue.
"Why haven't you brought Loki with you?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. "You bring Loki everywhere."
"Alright, well first of all, not everywhere. We have different bathroom schedules." Harry replied. "Second of all I was originally going to bring Loki with me but then I started thinking about if it was a good thing to bring him with me on our date. So then I asked Penelope and she suggested that it would be better to not take Loki with me on our date because you might not like it. Was she wrong?" Harry frowned.
"Sort of." Lisa replied. "It's hard to explain but I do like the idea of it just being you and me on our dates, but with that being said I would be fine if you occasionally bring him on our dates."
"What? Really?" Harry blinked.
"Yes, really." She nodded. Harry stared at her for several seconds before he leaned forwards and kissed her.
"You're the best." He told her as he pulled away.
"Thank you." She beamed, she was about to say more when she noticed other students whispering in the other carriages. She looked around and saw that many of them were not so subtly looking at them. It was at this point then that she remembered that she and Harry had not yet announced that they were boyfriend and girlfriend. "Everyone's talking about us." She whispered to him.
"Huh?" Harry asked, tilting his head slightly.
"Harry," She said with an amused smile. "I am the richest girl in the world and you're the most famous boy in the wizarding world, and now that we're together people are going to talk about us."
"Oh," Harry said as realisation hit him. "I'll fix this." He told her before he stood up and looked at the other people in the other carriages. "Yes, she's my girlfriend, be jealous then piss off and leave us alone." Harry said loudly before he sat back down. "Great, now that's dealt with." He said with a pleased smile, though admittedly his smile vanished as a confused look appeared on his face a few seconds later when Lisa face-palmed.
"Wow, this is nice." Harry said as he helped Lisa off the carriage. Hogsmeade was a picturesque little village of cottages and shops, with enchanted candles hanging in the trees and snow everywhere, it looked like the sort of thing Harry would put on a postcard.
"Told you." Lisa said as the two interlocked arms and began walking.
"So, where do you want to go first?" Harry asked.
"Hmm, I don't know," Lisa said in a thoughtful voice. "hmm, oh I know! Let's go to 'Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop' first."
"Quill shop?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, we'll get the boring shopping done first and then we can spend the rest of the day relaxing." She smirked.
"Fair enough, I bow to your shopping wisdom." Harry said as he gave her a mock bow which earned him an amused laugh. "Oh, and we definitely need to go to that one." Harry said as he pointed to a shop with a sign that said 'Spintwitches Sporting Needs'. "I want to get a few new quidditch things." He added.
"Fair enough." She nodded.
After visiting a few shops Harry and Lisa stopped outside the 'Shrieking Shack', well not outside of it as much as they were standing outside of the fence that was surrounding the shack from a short distance away. The Shrieking Shack was an abandoned house, with the windows and doors boarded up. It looked like it would fall down if there was a strong enough wind.
"It is supposed to be the most severely haunted building in Britain." Lisa said as the two leaned against the fence.
"Really?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, that's what I have heard at least." She shrugged. "Apparently the villagers are afraid of going near it."
"Because it's haunted?" Harry asked with a confused expression. "These people can go to a school full of ghosts and nobody bats an eye, but a building is haunted and they're scared of that."
"I guess it's because the ghosts in Hogwarts are nice while the ones in there probably aren't nice." Lisa guessed. "I imagine it is sort of like the difference between friendly dogs and not-friendly dogs, both are dogs but you know which one you would rather be locked in a room with."
"Fair enough, I suppose." Harry said a few moments later.
"Do you want to go closer to it?" She asked.
"The Shack? Hmm, I think that..."
"Oh great, look who it is." A voice drawled, interrupting Harry. Harry and Lisa turned around to see Malfoy (the wand-losing one) walking up to them with his two unofficial bodyguards, Crabbe and Goyle. "What's the matter, Potter? The 'most haunted building in Britain' scares you?" He laughed.
"Not as much as your stalker habit." Harry said with an eye roll. "By the way, Malfoy, you do have your wand on you, right?" Harry asked with a smirk. "You didn't lose it again, right?"
"No, I didn't, Potter!" Malfoy snapped, his face turning red. He then held out his right arm and pulled up his sleeve to reveal a wand holster. "Do you like it, Potter?" Malfoy sneered.
"Why would I like it when I don't even like what it's attached to?" Harry sighed.
"It's the latest wand holster." Malfoy said proudly, ignoring Harry's last comment.
"Expensive?" Harry asked, eyes twinkling slightly as he now looked at the holster like it was a tasty bar of chocolate.
"Incredibly." Draco smirked before he turned to Lisa. "And what are you doing here?"
"I was on a perfectly enjoyable date before you and your caucasian orangutans interrupted." Lisa said, glaring at Malfoy.
"A date with Potter?" Malfoy snorted. "No wonder you look upset." He said, either ignoring or not realising that he was in fact the reason behind why she looked upset. "Perhaps you'd like to come with me instead." He said, he gave her what he believed to be a 'charming smile' as he stopped in front of her.
"W...with you?" Lisa repeated, wondering how on Earth Malfoy thought that she would be interested in him at all.
"Yes, let give me you a preview." He grinned before closing his eyes and leaning forwards as he puckered his lips together.
This action would of course piss off Harry just the slightest bit more than it disgusted Lisa. Lisa looked at him with widened eyes and a gaping mouth, within that moment she did the first thing that came into her head...which was why a second later she jabbed Draco in the throat.
"You..." Draco gasped before he began coughing harshly. "you...punched me in the throat!"
"You punched him in the throat." Harry said in an impressed voice.
"I just reacted." She said in a voice that bordered between defensive and proud.
"Could you do it again? For some reason I found that attractive." Harry admitted.
"Get them!" Draco yelled just, Crabbe and Goyle nodded before they both began moving forwards.
"Wait!" Harry said to Crabbe and Goyle, causing them both to stop. "It's my turn." He said in a slightly calmer voice.
"Oh." The two said at the same time before they stepped back.
"W...w...what are you doing?!" Draco demanded after he recovered.
"It's his turn." Crabbe said as he gestured to Harry.
"We have to wait for him." Goyle added in an 'it is so obvious' voice.
"W...what?!" Draco shouted, he hadn't managed to get all of it out before Harry kicked him between the legs, which is why it ended with a rather high pitch.
"Now, Draco, I'm usually a rather forgiving man but the next time you try to kiss my girlfriend, I will rip you apart to the point where all of the king's horses and all of the king's men will not be able to put you back together again." Harry said as he pulled his foot away and let Draco fall to the ground.
"Ah," Lisa said as she pointed her wand at Crabbe and Goyle when the two started moving since Harry's turn was done. "if either of you try anything then I will hex you, now pick up Malfoy and get lost." She ordered just as Harry pulled out his wand and also aimed it at them. The two exchanged looks just before they both nodded and picked up Malfoy before carrying him away.
"Idiots." Harry said as he performed a head-shake and eye-roll combo.
"You kicked Malfoy right in-between his legs for me," Lisa noted as a pleased smile came on to her face. "I'm not going to lie, I thought that was hot." She admitted.
"Oh?" Harry asked as nonchalantly as he could, though the effect was rather ruined by his blush. "Does it help that I nicked this?" He asked as he held up Malfoy's wand holster.
Later that day the pair had made sure to go the Three Broomsticks - a popular pub and inn - where they handed the owner, Madam Rosemerta, Malfoy's wand holster after Harry made sure to loudly mention that Malfoy had somehow lost his wand and an entire holster before he asked her to give it to him should she see him.
Eventually the two returned to the castle, the second they had entered they stumbled upon a very, very, very odd but incredibly entertaining sight.
"Ow! OW! OW! Stop that! I'm head boy!" Percy Weasley protested loudly while down on the floor in a fetal position, covering his head as Loki was repeatedly hitting him with a large book while Penelope Clearwater had her face in her hands as the other surrounding students were unable to look away.
Eventually Loki did stop, not because someone forced him to, no, it was because of the rather big distraction that came a few seconds later.
"I DIDN'T LOSE IT!" Draco's voice was heard as he stood a small distance away, arguing with Professor Snape.
"YES! YOU DID!" Snape shouted back, red faced with spit flying out of his mouth. "HOW DO YOU KEEP LOSING YOU WAND?!"
"IT'S NOT MY FAULT!"
"WHAT AN IDIOT YOU ARE, MALFOY!"