Saturday, January 12, 2008
Continue story (I copy and paste from internet) - Chapter 37 - 'DEFENDING ZABINI'
CHAPTER 37
February 12th, 2008
5:00 pm
London, England
Harry and Ginny Potter's House
Ron and Hermione arrived at Harry and Ginny's house, early, as they were told. Ron and Harry went to the living room to watch the quidditch game. Hermione and Ginny were in the kitchen. Hermione started to help Ginny finish cooking. The house was silent. The kids were with Molly. The four of them were having a dinner party with Charlie and his mysterious girlfriend that no one in the family had a chance to meet. Charlie had called Ginny up and asked if she would be the first one to meet her. Ginny was surprised, but said yes. Charlie had also asked Ron and Hermione to come. "So does your mum know about this party?" Hermione asked, tying an apron around her swollen belly. "No!" Ginny cried. "Or else, she would insist on being here to meet the girlfriend." Hermione nodded. Ginny groaned and leaned against the counter. "Why do you think Charlie wants Ron and I to be the first to meet her?" she asked anxiously. "Hmmm." Hermione replied. "Maybe it's because she is a serial killer psychopath and he wants to see your reactions first before he kills his mum." Ginny glared and threw a dish towel at her. "That's not funny." she snapped. Hermione laughed. At 6:00 sharp, the food was waiting on the table. It was jinxed to stay hot. Ginny stared at the door, wringing her hands in her lap. Harry pulled his eyes away from the tv along enough to say "Darling, stop it, I'm sure everything is fine." But she ignored him. Hermione and Ron caught each other's eye and laughed silently. A moment later, there was a knock at the door. Ginny jumped to her feet at once. When she opened the door, a pleasent smile was on her face. "Come in, come in." Ginny cried. Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked up to see Charlie and a young, pretty woman walk in.
Charlie hugged Hermione and Ginny tightly. He then shook Harry and Ron's hands. "This is my girlfriend Brooke Carter." Charlie announced as he made the introductions. A few minutes later, they were all sitting down to eat. "So where did you two meet?" Ginny asked. Harry saw that Ginny was actually smiling, and not some fake grin. He relaxed. It looked as if Ginny really liked her. "Oh, well, Charlie and I are working together." Brooke replied. "I'm sorta his student." "Student?" Ginny questioned. "Whenever someone new gets hired, the boss appoints an older employee to show them the ropes pretty much." Charlie explained to his sister. "Oh, that's nice." Ginny said. "I'm still not done with my studies." Brooke informed them all. "I still have about a few more months of training, before I can really work with the dragons." Ginny nodded. She really liked Brooke. She had no idea why she was so worried. She was really pretty and smart. The perfect girl for Charlie. "I can't believe how much studying I have to do, I thought I gave that up months ago when I graduated Hogwarts." Brooke continued on. Ginny froze. Ron started to choke on his food. Charlie looked at his younger brother. "Are you alright?" he asked. "Oh..yea..fine...sorry." Ron muttered, his ears starting to turn red. "E-excuse me, Hogwarts?" Ginny asked. "Yes." Brooke answered. "I'm only 18." Ginny was in shocked. How could Charlie date her? She was way too young for him.
The rest of the dinner went by quickly. But not quick enough for Ginny. They talked about everything. Hermione's case espeically. Brooke was a big fan of Hermione's. The dinner party ended at 9:00. Brooke claimed she was tired and had a lot of work to do the next day. Hermione wanted to stay and help Ginny clean up but Ginny sent her home. She was upset and when she was upset, she liked to clean. Harry retired up to their bedroom to watch, yet another quidditch game. Ginny walked into the room and looked down on him. Harry tried to ignore her stare...but it was like it was penetrating him. "What?" he asked. "I can't believe he's dating her. She is 17 years younger than he is." Ginny cried. "What could they possibly talk about?" Harry who desperately wanted to get back to watching the game said "Maybe they are the kind of couple that doesn't need to talk." Ginny pictured Charlie and Brooke....kissing..making out..... "WHAT?!?" Ginny screamed. "THEY BETTER NOT BE THAT KIND OF COUPLE!!!" "What?" Harry cried. "No. I meant, maybe they like the silence, that's all." "Mhmmm." Ginny replied. She left the room to clean up. Harry went back to watching his game.
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