“i told you he was goiuesday! give five sikles!” gee is howlg, and r, grudggly shoves a hand dow of his pants
there is a frry of red hair and he fds his ars filled with gny and his bak roughly patted by arthur
at the bak of the rowd, olly wipes at her eyes surreptitioly g her apron, and harry fshes her a shy gr
olly huffs, wipes at her eyes aga, bef a dle iion “well, o on, then, harry, you’re jt ti for nh”
≈able, after gee tells hi through a outhful of food at how bad ron is at gablg, harry tells olly that drao liked her beberry pie, e d for breakfast aga theday
olly dabs at her eyes ron aga and aga and aga until arthur jt ughs, pulls her f, as her ry on his shoulder
augt os to a lose, and the upog shool year has everyone by, so uh that the vitations for whatever funtioopped he thks that that’s why narissa has sped askg hi to o to the anh she has told hi that he’s welo ao
harry doesh, beae herione’s bak and he’s been spendg a lot of his ti the burrow aga, dog st ute hoe repairs and st ute shoppg diagohey dours, of ourse, and harry wonders if drao’s well enough tooo
≈hat olly and narissa keep onstant orrespondene, however, and olly doesion anythg out of the ordary, and so harry doesn’t ask
≈eber 1 is jt around the orner
ptfor 9 ? is full aii harry phes his art through the wall it is as kgsley warned hi: on folk and paparazzi alike are goig tooth anda glipse of hi
he pulls his hat dowo over his eyes, even though he’s o his dirty bly heeks won’t attrat aer he’s not even wearg his gsses, and only herione’s sall hand on his bak is keepg hi fro phg his art dowrak
ron, alsour, had already boarded ahead of the, as pnned people will be expetio o troup of three, herione had exped any group of three students will autoatially be a target of sruty, nours were
there were reporters shoutg “there!” and potg to vario diretiohe orret one harry resotely ighe vend ps and balloons with his fae pstered o iserg piture of hi
“look, it’s drao alfoy!”
harry idiately looks up, searhih’s brred he looks for where one person is potiher pe, as, willg his vision to fo, ahey’re lookg at hi
aher person says, “naw, that’s not alfoy alfoy’s a th d do yer job properly, why don’t ya?”
fro behd hi, harry hears soood i do to see death eater su today”
harry alost turns arou herioens her grip oer on his bak
“zah,” herioered to a high-pithed squeak, sounds fro beside hi, auro hi, a sile pstered ohik lips “i rekon we should hurry it up, don’t you? we don’t want to iss the tra”
harry grubles, but allows her to lead hi away
as soohe opartnt where ron’s waitihey olpse on the benh aake ours they sigh loudly as they sag os
“it’s razy,” gny says disbelief, peelihe losed urta away fro the wihe ss of people outside
“they’re bo’s what they are” ron shakes his head, a striken look ohey were sellg gger quills! ‘show your love for ron weasley’ and all that shite! gger quills!”
brhg her hair away fro her fae, herione says serioly, “their ually really ofortable to e”
ron turns his horrified expression her way “you bought a gger quill?”
herione siles, her eyes klg “i passed by a shop sellg the diagon alley show your love for ron weasley and all that shite”
and gny bursts to ughter and harry ughs along with her as rourns as red as his hair, aely his dynai aong the
he and go an uandg that they weren’t ready for a retionship, with both of the still all they’ve lost ron and herione had bravely taken on the hallenge, and harry had been autio at first, thkg that it wasthat had to ha the end of the day, he loves his friends, is insely proud of the aionship, and—tely—have been thkg that aybe it won’t be so differeween all of the after all
≈s express this year is, as predited, sparsely oupied
≈s would t their hildren bak, after everythg that’s happehe carrows,” gny says quietly, frowng at her hands on her p as she realls the thgs that happe shool year as the tra’s horn sounds and it rhes to a start, she looks at harry with a worried expression “and, i overheard so people talkg diagon alley wotten around that alfoy’s also og bak”
harry’s lips press together thly he ahers whisperiher, oher heir sons ao hogwarts beae of aer he an’t really b the, but it still sours his ood
“it’s jt an