A/N: Harry Potter and all contents belong to the master of the quill, miss J.K. Rowling. I’m only 16, I don’t have a lawyer, I’m not making any money off of this, and I don’t have any money for you to sue me for.
Once the three got into the room they went about changing it for their needs. They added three large beds on one side, along with cupboards to store their clothes and a large bathroom. On the other side of the now very big bedroom was a large red and gold couch, a book shelf with many defensive books, and a small fireplace. It looked just like a dorm from Hogwarts just scaled differently.
After they had finished all the moving in, Lupin conjured some drinks and they all sat down to discuss what the rest of the summer was going to be like.
“So, it seems like we’re going to have a lot of time to do whatever we want. I suggest we use this free time to practice on some spells.” Lupin said, putting on his teacher tone of voice.
“Actually that’s exactly what I was thinking. Because Fudge finally is letting us do some magic I’ve been practicing some spells, mostly small stuff but I can now cast a lot of it silently.” Harry said.
“Ah, good, silent casting is a very big step towards wandless magic. Most wizards can barely levitate a teacup, but I have a feeling you might be able to do more than that.” Lupin got up and pulled out a stack of books. “Now, how about we start on these books, just look through them and try and find some helpful items. Then this afternoon we can try them out.”
And that is exactly what they did, for the next week Harry, Ginny, Lupin, and even sometimes Emma, would look through books for what they thought would be good spells and bookmarked them. Then, after a large lunch, due to Lupin’s amazing skill in the kitchen, they would clear the furniture and practice the spells until they could cast them fluently. At nights the group would often go for a short walk, or just sit around the fire chatting about life.
While there was plenty of beds to go around that seemed to be the main problem of the entire arrangement. Even though Harry’s bed was right next to Ginny’s, every night they would be woken up by one of them landing on the other. No matter how close they got the beds to each other they would still be transported over to the other bed sometime in the night.
By the eighth night everyone was sleep starved and mad with frustration, so when Harry landed on top of Ginny causing her to yelp and kick him in the arm Lupin simply stood up and without a word, vanished Harry’s bed, and pointed angrily to Ginny’s, he then simply turned around and crawled back into his own. Harry couldn’t find the energy to argue the point, and he probably wouldn’t have in the first place, so he shrugged and crawled into bed with Ginny, who immediately feel asleep with her head on his shoulder.
About two weeks into Lupin’s stay with Harry the state of Harry and Lupin’s clothes were brought up into discussion.
“Harry, I’ve noticed that you don’t seem to have many clothes that actually are in a good state, could I ask why?” Lupin said.
Harry just shrugged, “The Dursleys just give me their old junk, and even though I have money I’ve never had a chance to get anything with it, just some school robes. But I wouldn’t be talking Moony, your clothes aren’t exactly the picture of perfection.” He teased.
“Well those bloody laws the Umbridge lady managed to pass hasn’t really afforded me any luxuries, it’s tough enough worrying about how to pay for the Wolfsbane potion let alone clothes. But now that you mention it Sirius did leave me a large amount of galleons saying I should spoil myself, I was just thinking about food but maybe he meant clothes too.” He stopped there though, noticing the drawn expression on Harry’s face.
It was still painful for him to hear Sirius’ name, but slowly it was growing easier to accept. The part that caught him off guard was the fact that he had a will prepared and he hadn’t been told about it.
“Sirius wrote a will?” Harry asked quietly.
“Of course he wrote a will, almost every adult wizard has one, I do. It makes sense to have your affairs in order incase something happens, especially during these times. He wasn’t expecting to die, just prepared to. His will actually left most of his possessions to you, including the house, but it’s in Dumbledore’s control until you come of age.”
“I don’t care about the house, or the money, I’d give it all back to get him back. He didn’t have to be ready to die!” Harry moaned as he sunk into Ginny’s arms.
“I know he didn’t, and I’d give back everything he gave me to get him back too, but he gave us the things to take care of us, you most importantly. Now you know what, I think that a little outing would be just what would help us. We’ve been pent up in this room for two weeks now, I say we go get you some of your money and get you a whole new outfit, underwear even.” Lupin playfully punched the boys arm.
“Right, but you have to promise to get some new clothes also; maybe you’ll finally be able to get Tonks to notice you. And I want to get you some things too Ginny, you know, so you look more like a muggle and all.”
“Well that sounds like a plan! I’ll owl the headmaster right now to make sure it’s okay but I don’t see why not. We’ll be in well protected areas, and not even Voldemort would attack Gringotts.” Lupin got up and scribbled a quick note to Dumbledore then attached it to Hedwig who seemed eager to deliver the message quickly.
“Well I told him I was hoping to go on the weekend. We can first go to Gringotts and pick up some money, then go to the stores and get clothes.”
“What about muggle clothes, I haven’t seen any stores in Diagon Alley that sells that stuff.” Ginny asked.
“Harrods,” Harry said, almost questioningly to himself.
“Bless you,” Lupin offered.
“No, no, Harrods, or Harolds or something like that,” Harry said waving him off, “the Dursley’s go there when they need to buy stuff. They say ‘they’re going shopping at Harrods, don’t break or blow anything up,’ yeah Harrods. I see their ads sometimes in newspapers and on the television. I’m sure they’ll have clothes there it looks huge!”
“Cool, my first muggle store, I can’t wait to see what’s in it. I wonder if it’s like Diagon Alley.” Ginny said enthusiastically.
“Well that sounds good Harry, I’m sure well probably be able to drop in there. I’ve heard of some people talk about it before, they say it’s massive, but has everything you could possibly need.” Lupin had a bit of a whimsical look on his face, as if he couldn’t believe the stuff his friends had told him.
“Well it’s late and I want to get some sleep tonight now that we finally got he whole bed thing figured out.” Ginny said yawing wide as she walked over to her cupboards to get dressed.
“Good idea, if we get Dumbledore’s approval tomorrow plan on leaving early we have a lot of things to do. About the bed situation though, I know you won’t tell your mother so I won’t, I just ask for a little discretion when it comes to the kissing.” He said teasingly, smiling as both teens blushed deeply.
In just a little the light was ought and all three were drifting off to dreams imagining what they were going to get at the shops.
