Hello Harita. I love a good day of play, and a great conversation at the supper table later. Makes for a very full, and pleasant day. Is Shaun remembering his conversation with Cathrine? About her being so inquizative about Sara? I'm wondering about it.
Great post Harita. I'll be watching for your next post.

FUN CONTINUES...


The dinner went by and the youngsters wished Arthur and Molly goodnight after helping her clean the kitchen.
As they were climbing the stairs Ginny came up with an idea
“hey why not we change our place today?” she asked
“what do you mean?” asked Harry
“no not our room, Ginny. Its in a mess and I am too tired to clean up the mess” said Ron yawning already. Hermione rolled her eyes and Ginny ignored.
“Ok, lets do one thing, get changed and then meet us here” she said while the rest shrugged. After 15 mins the girls were waiting at the topmost landing in the Burrow and were looking down the steep staircases.
Ginny hollered them and their names echoed through the house. Fortunately neither of the parents came out. The guys rushed up
“are you mental, you will wake mum up” Ron said
“its ok, come on” said Ginny taking Harry’s hand and walked ahead where there was a trap door and a ladder leading to it was kept aside
“attic?” asked Hermione her eye lighting up
“wicked” murmured Ron and quickly brought ladder near the trap door entrance but then he turned and spoke
“Ginny, I doubt when was it last cleaned and I for sure don’t want to clean it” he spoke
“Ron, you are a wizard remember that” reminded Shaun and Ron made a face.
“oldie” Ginny murmured and then climbed the ladder and pushed open the trap door and lighting her wand climbed in.
“and when did you start becoming so worried about cleanliness Mr. Weasley” Hermione whispered grinning slyly as she walked past him to climb through the trap door.
One by one everyone got in and Shaun closed the trap door in the end. As soon as Sara entered Ginny, Hermione, Harry and Ron were quickly cleaning of the place, Ron though grudgingly. Sara and Shaun too started helping and within minutes the attic was clean enough for inhabiting for sometime. Sara walked to the small window and knelt down which had the most beautiful scenery one could see from Burrow
“this is really awesome Ginny” she said but Ginny hadn’t heard as she was busy saving herself from the tickle attack from Harry.
“yeah, it really is beautiful from here” said Shaun and Sara turned to look at him as he came and knelt beside her. Sara smiled and nodding looked back at her friends who right now had transfigured different things into soft pillows and were having a pillow fight.
“So, what’s my punishment?” he asked looking back at her
“hum…punishment…well…seriously I haven’t thought about it yet but at least thank God you are staying this time round” she said which made Shaun raise his eyebrow
“what?” said Sara
“you know its always good to have your old friend with you to spend some time” she said crossing her arms across her chest. Shaun chuckled and nodded his head
“I agree” he said and Sara sat down next to the window and looked out of it. Shaun sat down next to her and leaning against the wall seeing their friends continue with their pillow fight.
“So, how was your day?” asked Sara
“well…it was good” he said still looking at his friends and smiling. There was some silence and then Sara asked again
“Shaun, how are you doing?” this made Shaun look at her and he knew there was more to it then the simple meaning to that question of hers. Looking at her and giving the best smile he could he spoke
“learned to live in this new place. Glad that I have got good friends and really, really do like it here” he said looking back at his friend. Shaun took his wand out and transfigured a near by broken lamp into a pillow and with a zoom and smack hit it on Ron’s head.
“Hey!”
“no cheating Ron” said Shaun in a fatherly manner and Ron threw back a pillow at him which he ducked and hit Sara
“Ron! You are going to pay for this!” she exclaimed but turned to listen to Shaun
“and relieved that I have my old friend to fall back upon” he said winking at Sara as she rolled her eyes
“I guess you are relieved that more than your friend, your punching bag is here, a humanized version” she said and got up from her place and marched towards Ron for revenge leaving Shaun behind chuckling.

Have A Nice Day:-)

Hello Harita. It's great that you are posting more, because I love your story and I miss it when you don't post very much. But, I understand your education comes first. This post was indeed properly titled. But, I'm wondering something. Is it my imagination, or is he keeping something from her?
Great post Harita. I'll be watching for your next.

Thanks Connie...i am able do it right now because i dont have much of college work...in few more weeks i might be busy again...

Here's the next post!

It was a Tuesday afternoon Harry, Shaun and Rebecca were sitting in the cafeteria during the lunch time and were busy talking and having their lunch when they saw Mr. Weasley walk towards them
“Mr. Weasley, good afternoon” said Shaun who got up and Arthur shook hands with all three of them.
“Shaun, actually I came here to give you this. I got this from home” he said with a smile and a twinkle in his eyes.
Shaun opened the letter and read it and looked up at Arthur
“I will be glad to show you around” said Arthur with a smile and turned and left.
“what was that all about?” asked Rebecca
“I don’t know either” Shaun said and looked at Harry who was reading the letter and thinking what made Arthur talk like that.


That evening the guys came back in the Burrow and were waiting for Arthur to turn up because they got to know that he had the punishment ready for Shaun on behalf of Sara, who wasn’t opening her mouth on what it was. As soon as Arthur came in, he went and changed and then took Shaun out into the lawn and then into his garage.
“I have work here?” asked Shaun
“yes my boy”
As soon as he stepped in he felt as if he was in one of the Phoenix School’s store houses
“this is not good” he muttered
“it is reminding me of my detention days” he said and Arthur chuckled
“ok so what you are to do is. Clean this mess up without using magic” he said
“this is terror!” exclaimed Shaun and ran his hand through his hair
“you will get over it son” he said and Shaun shook his head
“your wand please” he said
“cant I write lines, Professor Weasley” asked Shaun and that made Arthur laugh out loud.
“don’t let Molly hear that kid. She thinks I will make the worst professor in the history of magical world” he said that and left the garage.


It was almost dinner time and Shaun hadn’t returned back and everyone was busy in their own work. The trio and Ginny were up in the room. Sara was with them for sometime but then left them to check out on Shaun.

As she entered the garage she found it to be comparatively neat and tidy but Shaun, he was in a mess!
Sara laughed “Shaun, you look like a child covered in dirt, have you seen yourself?” she asked
“yeah, I can see a huge wall to wall mirror standing here for me” he said sarcastically
“you are a wizard” she said
“what’s the use when I don’t have my wand!” he said and Sara realized
“oops, sorry, here” she said and flicked her wand and transfigured the spare rear view mirror of Ford car into a huge mirror
“I have never been so pathetic even when I have played the worst of the quidditch matches” he complained and Sara laughed. She made him turn and face her and flicked her wand to remove the stains from his hands and face and robes.


“mum where’s Sara?” asked Ron
“She has gone to check on Shaun” she said and just then the two of the walk in
“so, done with the cleanliness” asked Harry
“yeah” said Shaun tiredly
“he seriously needs a break” said Hermione
“dad! how bad was your garage?” called out Ginny
“I cleaned up the garage last week. It cant be that bad” said Molly as she walked in with the dinner floating behind her.
“not bad!” but Shaun didn’t say anything more and a smiling Arthur came in and seeing the look of Molly he understood he was in for huge trouble which surely involved his garage.
“Mrs. Weasley, could you help take these stains off his hands, I cant take them off” said Sara as she showed his hands
“oh come here sonny” she said taking Shaun by his hand into the kitchen to do some spells to remove those stains

“Sara, you are so dead” said Harry looking at Shaun who really was tired after a hard day at work and then in Mr. Weasley’s garage, though the latter proved to be more tiresome.
“I think so too” Sara said as she saw Shaun talking to Arthur before leaving for the night to go back to his apartment.
“so what are you going to do?” asked Hermione
“I don’t know” she said simply and just then Shaun turned and waved to them and she smiled and waved to him back and watched him disapparate…


Have A Nice Day:-)

Hello Harita. It's good to have another post to read this morning. I feel sorry for Shaun. Poor thing is really tuckered out. It was good for him though. But I wonder what he and Mr. Weasley was talking about before he left. Maybe Sara should make the next night of punishment a bit of pleasure, like go berry picking with her or something romantic. Ah, but Sara is to clever for such a ploy. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait for you to write the next part.
Great post Harita. I'll be watching for your next.

Thanks Connie, actually i liked your idea so i am adding it in this new post...but you know Sara better, dont you now? i was having trouble with ideas but your one idea did help me... so thanks for that... Enjoy the read everybody...

Ideas!

“hmmm”
“what?” asked Sara
“I am thinking of possible punishments for Shaun today” said Ginny peeling the potatoes next day afternoon.
“I think you are taking the handing over of the punishments seriously then me” said Sara peeling the peas.
“I think I have asked you to do the peeling without magic for some reason” said Molly as she entered the kitchen and then walked out again taking some food for the chickens and Ginny rolled her eyes
“I cant imagine we are being punished for having little fun” said Ginny and Sara just smiled and shook her head. Molly was being a complete mother but it was no doubt clear she was on Shaun’s side which is unfair but Sara took it sportingly because she knew there wont be a single person who wouldn’t support that idiot who certainly knows to be genuinely charming with people.



Later that afternoon after the lunch the girls were dusting the living room though it wasn’t much of a deal since they were sitting on the couch and just giving directions to the cloth with their wands which was doing the work on its own.
“alright, I will give you ideas and you eliminate one by one till we come up with the perfect idea” said Ginny and Sara nodded reading the newspaper
“alright, here we go” she said rubbing her palms
“cleaning the attic”
“do you want to tend to the garden tomorrow?” asked Sara and Ginny scrunched her nose because that would be Molly’s punishment to them if they make Shaun do that
“why not we make him tend the garden?” she said
“our jobs will be swapped” Sara said plainly.
“if you are going to be afraid of mum then we had it, no punishments then” she said pouting and Sara looked up and raised her eyebrow
“alright I wont say anything not until I have a proper reason to” said Sara and looked up at the place the dusting cloth was hovering. She whisked her wand and changed the place of the cloth and turned to look at Ginny who was back to thinking again.
“how about he treating us in a nice muggle restaurant?”
“hmm, tick” said Sara with a tick in the air “but come up with another idea and I will decide again” said Sara
“play truth and dare tonight and we will set up nice questions for him, we can pool Harry and Ron in it too” said Ginny excitedly.
“Ginny, we are supposed to be discussing ideas for Shaun’s punishment not mine” said Sara
“what? You don’t like playing truth and dare?” she asked and Sara just gave her a look and Ginny smirked ‘I am going to remember that’ she said thinking
“alright, how about we make him sing?” and Sara laughed
“if bathrooms had ears they would be scared of Shaun,” said Sara
“hey you are so bad, Sara. he is your friend. You cant say things like that about him” said Ginny
“he isn’t a good singer Ginny, mark my words” said Sara
“alright whatever, ok how about he buying you a new dress?” she asked her eyes twinkling and Sara raised her eyebrows at Ginny and simply shook her head firmly once and that was the end of matter.
“bah!”
“alright how about you and him going berry picking in the evening, mum does require them for her desert” said Ginny with a serious face but her mind was completely in a naughty mood seeing that Sara spoke
“yeah and you grow berries in your backyard right?” asked Sara and Ginny frowned. She knew Sara wouldn’t buy that. Whatever idea she gave it wasn’t working on Sara and Ginny was getting bored
“ok, how about he collecting grocery from the nearby town” she added dryly and Sara looked at Ginny for sometime and then nodded in approval
“what?”
“I say yes, we will go for this one” said Sara
“I don’t believe this, I mean, I waste so much time thinking up ideas; i agree though they haven’t been my best,but you choose this out of all!?!” said Ginny.
“I think buying us a dinner in muggle restaurant was much better option!” Ginny said and Sara shrugged and got up and moved into the next room for dusting.


Have A Nice Day:-)

Hello Harita. Sorry, I read this this morning, rather yesterday morning, and can't believe I didn't get back to it to comment. I'm sorry. Ah the life of a witch. When I sit on the couch, I can see all the dust on everything, and I just always wish that it would just go away. But no matter what; it does nothing but accumulate more. I laughed so much when Sara said that. So funny. But it would be nothing to make them grow there! I bet there's some over at Lunas place. They could get a start from there, and a little flick of the wrist and BLACKBERRIES for dessert! Yummy. Now I'm hungry for blackberry pie. My favorite.
Great post Harita. Very fun to read. I'll be watching for your next.

No problems at all Connie...

i can understand that. and you do sound like my mum. she would do all the dusting and all but again by the end of the day the dust is back to trouble her...

thanks...

yeah, know that i am thinking again...i think Luna would have been fun to have around while they would go berry picking.

Thanks...:hugs:


Here's today's post...

ST.OTTERY CATCHPOLE

That evening Shaun got a huge list of things that needed to be purchased and he had to go to the St. Ottery Catchpole’s market to get the things. It looked as if the entire week’s grocery was to be brought. One disadvantage obviously was he couldn’t use wand again but a plus point was he had a company, Fleur Weasley. Shaun had met Fleur many times over past few months and he had got along with Bill and Victorie loved her uncle Shaun next to uncle Ron and Harry, of course. The first time when Shaun was introduced to the Weasley family it was then itself he had met Bill and his family. Shaun always enjoyed Fleur’s company as he liked her French accent and probably the only one who was used to it by then apart from Bill and also spoke a bit of French with her which she really liked. But what was awaiting Shaun was a complete disaster.

Fleur as such wasn’t bad at picking up grocery she was comparatively a good cook too. But when she had to do it for Molly and that too from the nearby muggle town Fleur became very nervous. She hadn’t had great experiences with the muggle world and so the problem. But Shaun however assured her that he would take care of things if they went out of hand and set out together for finishing Shaun’s punishment and getting over with Fleur’s nightmare as quickly as possible.



It was already getting dark and lights on the streets and in the shops were switched on. The sloping dark brown twig colored roofs of the shops against the bright lights and twilight colored sky looked really beautiful while sounds of the vehicles and occasional sounds of horses hoofs carrying the tourists was a sight. The snack bars were full of youngsters and the nearby park had families with their kids playing around. Nearby pubs were having quite a few customers going in even before the night fell for the party goers while the beautifully lit restaurants were already buzzing with people for dinner. St. Ottery Catchpole was a small town which still had somehow retained a little bit of medieval English countryside look and had side by side accepted the modern developments like opening multiplexes and malls on the other end of the town. The combination of modern amenities with a touch of old English town had made St. Ottery a favorite vacation spot for muggles while it was a sort of a slight relief for the magical world as they could remain close to their magical world just beyond the borders of the town and at the same time get a glimpse of modern world. The muggle world though till now was completely oblivious to the magical world residing beside it for so many centuries, seemed to have stopped for few seconds to see a completely gorgeous blonde woman never seen in their world walking past them who nervously caught the hand of her companion.


“Shaun, am I looking hideous in this muggle clothing?” asked Fleur nervously
“no, Fleur you are looking really very pretty” said Shaun and gently squeezed her hand
“I don’t know, I mean I hope Ginny hasn’t dressed me up to look like a clown” she whispered
“Fleur, if she had to dress up someone like a clown then it has to be me. I am on this punishment, remember.
But however its fortunate that I know muggle dressing lot better than the rest” he said and Fleur looked at him
“alright, alright minus Harry and Hermione”
“and?”
“yeah, yeah and Sara of course” he said shaking his head. They walked almost through the middle of the town on the cobbled footpath and then stopped right outside the grocery’s shop. Taking a deep breath Fleur and Shaun walked in.

Fleur walked through the aisle while Shaun went and got her the cart for collecting the grocery and rest of the kitchen stuff.
Slowly one by one, Fleur and Shaun began to pick the grocery and the rest of the things given in the long, long list and when they were finally done Shaun pulled the heavy cart forward towards the billing counter. The shopping for grocery wasn’t even a single bit of fun as Fleur was increasingly becoming conscious and choosy of what she was picking up. It was almost dinner time and they had to hurry. Most of the foodstuffs were packed and kept in small packets in muggle way and Fleur who was not used to such kind of shopping, was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with for Shaun. Somehow Shaun managed to pull up that. But now the main problem was carrying such a heavy load of grocery’s again through the entire town before they reached a proper spot from where they could apparate back to the Burrow. Their only option was walking through the crowd as they couldn’t apparate from the middle of the town and nor could they take a cab because Fleur was scared of them!
Carrying the load in both their hands Shaun and Fleur walked through the town and reached a barren clearing.
“phew,”
“exactly” said Shaun as he kept the bags down on the floor
“Shaun! Don’t keep them on the ground, you are dirtying the bag”
“chill Fleur, we can clean it and the things inside wont get spoiled” he said and exercised his wrists
“now what?”
“nothing, we’ll apparate” he said and she nodded and lifted a single bag we both her hands
“I don’t understand how come Mrs.Weasley has given us such a huge list when hardly anyone stays in Burrow” he said running his hands through his hair
“its just not for the Burrow, Shaun. Half of it was for Burrow the next half is from Ron and the other half from George and a little bit of mine” she added in the end guiltily.
“what!”
“yeah” she said with a small smile
“I understand Ron adding to the list but George? why cant George buy his own grocery’s?” Shaun demanded
“because you were buying for him today” said Fleur and shrugged
“you knew about it all the way!” and Fleur gave a small guilty smile and Shaun shook his head
“this girl, seriously knows how to take her revenge” said Shaun.
“anyways, lets go” he said and Fleur nodded but before they could leave Shaun took his wand out and made his and Fleur’s bag weightless and made her promise not to tell anyone else about it.


Have A Nice Day:-)

Hello Harita. Shaun better have a very nice reward for being such a good sport all the week. He has had to endure much, and everyone is benefiting with his punishments. So, I think Sara needs to plan a wonderful surprise for him when the week is up. Meanwhile, how is Catherine dealing with so much attention being given to Sara. And she beter not take a page from Sara's book and have a week of punishments for him also.
I'm anxious to read the post that envolves Luna and the berries.
Great post Harita. I'll be watching for your next.

hey Harita! how's you, good to see you still writing!

Love this one hope to see some more amazing post ahead! keep writing!! this one was awesome!

Thanks Connie,i know but dont you think he deserves it? because he did tell Sara that he will keep in touch with her through letters while she was at Hogwarts but he didnt.........but dont worry...Shaun will have his chance too and as of Catherine...there is still time for her re-entrance...


Heya VJ,seeing you post after a long time.thought you forgot about the fiction.Thanks for dropping in and commenting though...:hug:

Here's today's post...


COOKING!

It was on early morning of Thursday an owl pecks on the bachelors apartment. Sleepy Shaun got up to let the owl in thinking it was the morning news post but then realized that it was Ron’s owl. Shaun opened the letter and read it and fell on the bed flat
“oh no not again” he thought slightly flustered.



That evening Molly was sitting in the living room sipping her tea and reading the Evening Prophet.
“I have never seen mum so relaxed and calm” said Ginny standing at the kitchen door and looking at her mum.
“yeah, that’s obvious because she doesn’t have to do the cooking today, does she?” said Hermione smirking and Ginny nodded turning back they went back into the kitchen where they saw the guys sitting nervously
“what’s wrong with you people?” asked Hermione
“Shaun” said Ron
“what about him?” asked Ginny
“he doesn’t know how to cook Ginny! Whenever he has tried to make something he has ended up burning the entire food” said Ron
“and Mione I am really very hungry today, if I sleepy hungry because of Shaun I surely will not come back to Burrow for next whole week” he said in a complaining voice.
“stop being cranky Ronald” said Ginny
“he is saying the truth Gin. Shaun is horrible at cooking, he cant cook” he said
“why are you punishing us? This was supposed to be his punishment, not ours” said Ron to Sara who just walked into the kitchen.
She looked at Ron and Harry and then at the girls and just shrugged
“by the way where is he?” she asked
“don’t know, must have stayed back with Honeybourne” said Ron
“Honeybourne?” asked Sara but was not answered as Harry spoke
“the longer he stays the better”
“yeah, not eating is any day better than not eating his cooked food” said Ron and Harry nodded in agreement and the girls just rolled their eyes not knowing the problem they will soon be facing.




Shaun did eventually turn up, as nervous as the other two guys were and entered the kitchen not knowing what to do. He had tried to remember the whole day even while in the Ministry; what Ron used to prepare for dinner and how Harry would work around. Staying with them for so many months and still Shaun had trouble cooking. His hands were sweating with nervousness. He had not been so nervous even during his NEWTS.



It had been an hour or so since Shaun had entered the kitchen and the others could smell some nice cooking inside. Molly entered occasionally to see what Shaun was preparing and came out shaking her head and smiling.

Two hours into the kitchen and it was soon all smoky
“he did it! he burnt the damn dinner” exclaimed Ron with his hands on his head. Sara looked at Ron with a incredulous look and got up from the chair and entered the kitchen and saw unfortunately that Ron was right. The dinner that Shaun was making was being thrown into the sink nearby and just then Molly entered after Sara and shook her head.
“sorry, Mrs. Weasley” he said as he was cleaning the area.
“oh its alright dear, its your first time. You were trying to do something that you are not used to doing” she said patting his back and he gave a small supportive smile. Looking at the guy work hard everyday Molly thought it was high time to set Sara right.
“next time Sara, will prepare dinner for everyone of us” she said and Sara coughed either out of shock or because of the smoke around, only Merlin knows!
“what! I was… this was just for fun and he did accept the punishment, you cant do this Mrs. Weasley” said Sara chocking because of the smoke.
“oh yes, dear I can.”
“this isn’t fair” she said shaking her head and turning she walked away and went and sat at the table sulking.



At last the dinner was made and everybody was terribly hungry especially Ron and Shaun, one was hungry waiting and the other hungry cooking.
“This is really tasty mum” said Ron spooning in his dinner
“thank you son”
“how did you manage it that fast Mrs. Weasley?” asked Harry
“I had few things prepared already, just incase something like this happens” she said smiling good naturedly at Shaun
“really, Mrs. Weasley, you are a savior” said Shaun. The entire time Sara was silent and was sulking like a kid which was something really new for everyone.
“why is she so quiet?” asked Hermione
“because she has got a punishment”
“what?” choked Ginny and Arthur on their food.
“from”
“mum?” Ron cut in as Shaun was about to speak. Ron looked from Sara to Molly and then back to Sara and after getting a glare from Sara did he go back to quietly eating his dinner. The dinner was over and they were all about to get up when Shaun got up quickly and asked everybody to stay seated. He went in and quickly got the dessert out and brought the bread and butter pudding on to the table.
“wow, this smells good” said Ginny her fork ready in her hand
“I am taking the first bite” said Ron and served himself a good measure of the pudding. Sara grudgingly took the pudding in the end and savored the sweet and soft textured pudding in her mouth.
“this is really tasty Mrs. Weasley, really liked it” Sara said politely. She somehow didn’t want to upset Molly any more than she already had.
“what are you talking about?” Molly said
“I haven’t made this” she said smiling and taking her own bite of bread and butter pudding and everybody’s eyes turned towards Shaun
“that is a bloody surprise mate” said Harry who was sitting next to Shaun and thumped his back
“Seriously, its really tasty, Shaun” complimented Hermione. After getting showered by praises for the dessert by everyone Shaun smiled a bright smile and turned to Sara who was silently eating through the desert and hadn’t said a word all throughout.
“so what do you say Sara?” he asked her as she was finishing the last bite of her pudding. She looked up and gave a small appreciative smile.
“the best pudding I have ever had,” she said and then got up from her seat and left without another word.

Have A Nice Day:-)

Hello Harita. Great post. It is surprising that he didn't keep in touch with her like he promised. But as this is out of character of him, I think as a loyal friend, she should have accepted that he was doing something more important to him, and although it's hurtful to her, she should quietly explain her hurt, and then give Shaun a chance to explain. What if everyday he was too busy tracking down leads to someone following her, and the day she arrived at Platform 9and3/4, he was there in disguise to catch anyone who might be there to grab, hurt, or kill Sara. But anyway, your story is fun, and we'll see what all is going on I'm sure. Poor Ron! This is a very big concern for him isn't it? Molly to the rescue. She knows things could go bad for Shaun, and shre has a responsibiity to feed everyone. Ah! No fair! This is the second time Molly interfered. She should just let the kids have their fun. I bet Sara is a great cook. I hope she cooks a great meal and Molly will have to be gracious about the backfire on her. Did Shaun have Catherine make the dessert? Sara knows he can't sing, she probably knows he can't cook also, hence the reason she had him making the supper. How could he then come up with a perfect dessert?
Great post Harita. Can't wait to get more.

i like that you keep on guessing stuff... and as of Molly well, she was just you know trying to see to it that Shaun isnt overworked...well and about the desert...you will know soon......thanks for reading...

Here's today's post...

THE NEXT EVENING

It was a Friday evening after returning from training Shaun was in his apartment with Harry and Ron. They were supposed to go back to the Burrow for dinner with Shaun’s new punishment of the day waiting for him. As Shaun was getting ready his eyes fell on the letter which he got from Juhi in February. It was lying there underneath his clothes in his cupboard.
“Shaun man…ready?” called out Ron’s voice. Shaun didn’t answer as he was busy reading the letter. He was so busy reading that he could barely hear anybody’s voice.
“Shaunnn…Shaunyyy…Shaunooo…” called out Ron in a high girlish voice
“For Merlin’s sake shut it Ron!” shouted Harry as he stepped out of his room combing his wet hair with his fingers.
“and where the hell is this Macmillan” said Harry and walked towards Shaun’s room
“Are you deaf or something?” asked Harry but stopped as he saw Shaun who just looked up from the letter and with a concerned look…



As the girls were helping out Molly with the dinner there was a knock on the door.

“hello, there you are” said Ginny as she opened the door. The guys stepped in and Harry gave light peck on her lips.
“what took you guys so long” said Hermione as she placed the dinner on the table and Ron came in and hugged her.
“Macmillan, deal with it” Ron said as he gave a slight peck on Hermione’s cheek and went to help his mum.
“I was late”
“nothing new I guess” said Sara as she walked in with a stacks of plates and spoons and forks floating behind her neatly.
“I guess” he said with a small smile. Shaun was glad that Sara was not in a foul mood because of what happened last night with her receiving the punishment. Though he wasn’t sure if Molly had actually meant it or not but Sara was behaving pretty normally with him tonight which was a sort of relief for him. The guys lingered around in the kitchen for a while and waited for Arthur to join them for dinner.

“oh there you are!” Arthur said as he saw the three young guys helping the ladies of the house with preparing the dinner and setting the table.
As the family was settling down for dinner Shaun whispered something in Mr.Weasley’s ears.
“we sure will talk son” he said and nodded

Hello Harita. Oh boy! Is this letter the one that told them that Rahule (sp?) is alive and that Sara was being hunted as a traitor? What's going on with being so secretive? Is he putting together facts about Catherines appearance when she did, and this letter together? Harita, you must let us know soon ok? Please? Great post Harita. I'll be watching for your next.

heya Connie, its Rahul and not Rahule......here's the next post...

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION?


As the dinner was over the girls cleaned up the table while the guys went into the living room and settled down with cups of hot coffee.

“so you wanted to speak to me Shaun?” asked Arthur
“actually yes sir”
“Mr.Weasley or Arthur, Shaun”
“alright, Mr. Weasley”
“ok, what is it about?”
“well, I have got something to show you” he said and took out the letter
Ron looked at Harry and then back at Shaun
“Shaun, isn’t this” Ron asked but was cut off as Shaun nodded
“yes it is Juhi’s letter” he spoke
“As I was getting ready today my eyes fell on this letter and I re-read the letter and then it struck me that why didn’t we ever talk about this to Mr. Weasley, as I know that he and Rosmerta are her legal guardians here” Shaun spoke.
Arthur looked from Shaun to Harry then to Ron
“what’s going on? And what’s this letter about?” he asked
“Mr. Weasley please do read it” said Harry
“and I think Shaun, you are right. We were too busy and too shocked to receive this news and didn’t strike us that we should have done this a lot earlier. Hope we aren’t too late” he said
“too late for what?” came in a voice from behind and the men turned around to see Sara walk in followed by Ginny
They came in and sat down along with the rest of them
“Shaun, just gave dad to read the letter that he got from Rahul’s girlfriend” said Ron
Sara turned and looked at Shaun and asked
“what’s happening here?” but Shaun didn’t reply immediately and waited to see how Arthur would react to it.

After reading the letter Arthur looked up and looked around at the young people sitting around him
“alright, now can anyone of you clearly speak to me what is all going around in here?”
“it cant get clearer then what is there in that letter dad” said Ron
“Mr. Weasley, the person whom Sara thought was Rahul is not actually Rahul. Rahul is alive and has gone back to our place. While he was back he visited Juhi, she is his girlfriend and told her that he is back but Sara couldn’t make it. and that she died in a duel here in some foreign land. He has not disclosed this country’s name, that is what I presume. And after knowing that Rahul is back the ministry people are chasing him.”
“Because he is a werewolf?”
“yeah, exactly and because he left the country at the time of need and has been marked traitor” Shaun said
“so now, they are after him to catch him and put him on trial?”
“yes exactly” said Harry.
“and that they are after Sara too”
“because she left the country for him” Arthur spoke
“yes” said Ginny
“ok and putting this false trail of her death he is trying to cover her up” he said and nodded as he was understanding the situation.
“Mr. Weasley, the reason why we have asked you to read this letter is that. You are her legal guardian, here” said Harry looking at him and then back at Sara who was silently listening to everything that was going around.
“and since Sara has identified the person as her friend, which has turned out to be wrong we would want to know who that actual person is and if he has any relative here so that they are informed about his death” said Shaun
“mate, you are seriously losing it”
“no Ron he is right” said Hermione as she entered the room and walked from behind Arthur and sat next to him
“and we want you to approach the Auror department and the Law Enforcement department to see if the information that Sara provided about herself and her time during the war to the departments when identifying the dead person to be kept confidential” Shaun said looking at Arthur
Arthur looked at Shaun and then at Harry
“confidential” said Arthur and looked as if deep in thought
“Mr. Weasley we have to keep it confidential because if the Ministry is after Rahul and Sara they would go to the lengths of checking with different magical governments to see if they were seen in those territories”
“do you think they will come half way across the globe to check? and he has left a false trial that she is dead” said Ginny
“we don’t know how far they will go to check, but incase if they do get to know about her by the information she has provided to the Magical Ministry of Britain then they might ask them to give the information regarding her to them and since we haven’t asked Kingsley Shacklebolt to keep it confidential he has no right to keep the information to himself and not submit it when asked” said Harry and Arthur nodded understanding what was going on and what these young people were trying to tell him.
“or worse, if Rahul gets captured and by worse means they get to know that he is lying then it depends on us to cover this up” said Hermione.
Everybody were silent for sometime and their heads moved in the direction of Mr. Weasley
“Mr. Weasley?” said Shaun
“what do you say?” asked Shaun
“what have I got to say? I will talk to the heads of both the departments, but it will not be easy son” Arthur said. Shaun nodded
“to go back to heads and to talk to them and dig up the buried information wont be easy at all. And moreover there will be the huge question of why they should keep it confidential and the authenticity of this information that this person has given you” said Arthur showing the letter. Shaun opened his mouth to speak
“but I will do it. We’ll see what we can do. Sara is a very nice girl and she deserves this little effort from my side to keep her safe, when you all are doing so much for her” he said looking at her with a small smile. Sara couldn’t look at anyone of them. She was feeling bad. She couldn’t look at them in the eye. They are doing so much for her and she didn’t know how she would ever thank them.
“I will try and do whatever I can because this case has lots of complexities and loop holes” he said
“Mr. Weasley, I really do appreciate your help and I will talk to my dad about this. He is working in International Co-operation department. He knows Sara and he has served the previous government for half his life. He will be able to help you out with this and so will we” said Shaun
“thank you son. I guess I will need as much help I can possibly get for this, because I don’t think Kingsley is just another Order member now, that I can go and talk him directly” he said with a small smile and with a nod and a good night wish for all left the living room.

Have A Nice Day:-)

Hello Harita. I don't know what's going on, because these last two posts I have commented right after you posted, and I know I submitted, but then they are not there later when I check. And I know I did this last time, because we commented on each others ff's at the same time. Anyway.... Again! Great post Harita. I'm really enjoying your ff. I take it Sara's meal went over nicely? I love Mr. Weasley! Power isn't getting to Kingsley is it? He's just up in the chain of command and needs an appointment to be seen maybe? I hope he hasn't gotten power greedy. Great post Harita. I'll be watching for your next.

oh its alright Connie.i am getting your comments for sure... and as of Kingsley Shackle Bolt,he is one Order person whom i somehow really admire.JKR hasnt ever talked much about him but i like to assume that he is one strong willed,focused and always ready to do the right thing kind of a guy and who is no doubt kind to people who approach him.and i refered him in that quote in that way because he is now the Minister of Magic and that his work and responsibilty has increased a lot and it wouldnt be easy for Arthur to have a direct access to him like the old Order times...

Here's the new post for the day...

SOMETHING THAT NO ONE KNOWS!


“I, no we have some surprise for you tonight” said Ron getting up from the hay stack and walking in the middle of the attic and Hermione raised here eyebrow
“go on” said Ginny slightly apprehensive. Ron tap dancing is the last surprise she wanted that night.
Harry looked at Ron and nodded giving a sly smile.
“we, I mean Harry and I of course have decided on Shaun’s punishment for tonight” said Ron and Shaun snapped his head up and Ron looked at him with a smile and nod.
‘Merlin Save me’ thought Shaun but there was some look from Harry which confused Shaun and somehow he kept quiet and waited for the dreaded punishment
“you girls, may not be knowing but we do know one thing about Shaun which we would like the three of you to know” Ron continued and Shaun was getting increasingly confused
‘what is he talking about?’
“and what is this one thing that I don’t know about him?” asked Sara with her one eyebrow raised and leaning ahead on her knees with her hand and looking at Ron.
‘she certainly doesn’t know many things about me, what is this idiot going to spill out!’ thought Shaun
“hmm…well, Shaun has been practicing and has achieved great length of skill in sketching!” said Ron and Sara was clearly surprised and so were the other girls but no one could be more surprised than Shaun himself!
Sara looked at the girls and shrugged ‘I didn’t know that’ and then turned to look at the guys and she probably found out what was going on
“oh really Ron? Because I think Shaun is surprised himself” she said
“oh come on Sara, he is nervous to put his great skill to test in front of you, that’s it” Harry said and Shaun changed his expression and nodded in agreement with Harry. Shaun could make out that somehow that these two guys were on his side for this punishment. Even though he was to still do the punishment he knew that it was these three guys taking on those three girls and it gave a sense of relief for him.

“so Shaun, would you come up and sketch few portraits for us tonight?” asked Ron
“you know just simple ones Shaun, no need of detailed shading and all” said Harry thumping his back
“Shaun?”
“ah? Ah…yeah…I…yeah I will try” he said as he came out of his train of thoughts.
“how is this a punishment?” asked Ginny crossing her arms.
“test of skill, Ginny” said Harry
“yeah, just like cleaning, picking up grocery and cooking” stated Hermione who was becoming slightly aware of where this was leading to.
Ron stiffened slightly but had his poker face on
“come on now Mione dear, don’t make that chap nervous than he already is” said Ron
“come on Shaun,” he said looking at his friend “display us your talent”
“where are his things for sketching”
“oh, you think we didn’t get that Ginny?” said Harry rolling his eyes and got out a kit and Sara’s eyes went bigger. ‘oh my god! this is an entire set with canvas, drawing sheets, clip board, different shades of pencils and stand and everything’ she thought. The girls looked at Sara and she looked back at them and nodded. The kit had everything that was needed for sketching portraits.
“come on Shaun, lets get started” said Ron and moved away as Shaun set up the things
“why don’t you choose your muse” said Harry and waved his hand towards the girls and Shaun looked at Harry horrified but then gulped and nodded. He had never had so much of a punishment and embarrassment in his life and this was both! He closed his eyes and somehow he saw Rahul in front of his eyes. He was laughing a good natured laugh but it was encouraging too somehow and it relaxed him. Shaun opened his eyes and had a small smile playing on his lips.
“um, alright, um…Ginny why don’t you come up ahead first” he said and Ginny looked at him and then at Harry who had an encouraging inviting gesture towards the wooden stool where she was supposed to sit in front of Shaun. She looked back at Hermione and Sara for help and Sara did come in for her rescue.
“um…you know we would like to see few of his examples first” she said now getting up and walking towards the guys
“examples?” asked Ron
“yeah, I mean he must have drawn before since he was practicing, you must be having some examples in your portfolio right?” she asked crossing her hand across her chest and looking at Shaun
“um…”
“its alright” said Sara with a supportive smile and Shaun relaxed.
“why don’t you draw your examples now?” she said and this came as a shocker for the guys
“what do you mean?” asked Harry
“what I mean is before Shaun drawing any of our faces we would like him to draw yours” she said with satisfactory smile seeing the shocked faces of the guys.
Sara looked back at the girls and winked and they smirked.


“that is not possible” burst in Harry
“why not?” asked Hermione and the guys looked at each other.
‘answer you idiots!’ thought Shaun
“no, it isn’t 'not possible'” said Ron carefully he turned and looked at Shaun “he just has to do it rightly” he said and eyeing the sketching pencils and Shaun looked at him and then grudgingly at the box of pencils.
“what do you mean?” asked Ginny skeptical at what Ron said
“nothing, nothing ” said Harry covered up and walked and stood beside Ron
“alright, Shaun who do you want to draw first, me or Ron?” asked Harry encouragingly and Shaun pointed at Harry wordlessly.


Have A Nice Day:-)

Hello Harita. I'm right there with you about Kingsley. I love his strength and compassion for truth and justice. I do wish Jk had given him a more major part in the story line. We really don't know anything of him till the 5th book. But the characte she makes him is wonderful. I do love him. Oh how interesting! What have Ron and Harry cooked up?!?!??! And just curious, but, why is there a haystack in the attic? Are they in the house attic, or the barn loft? I can't wait to see what is going on! Are the pencils charmed to sketch for him or something? I can't wait! Great post Harita. I'll be watching for your next.

good observation about the haystack in attic or in the barn loft .its in the attic.it should have been the barn though,my apologies...

Here's today's post...


The girls sat down as Harry sat on the stool in front of Shaun at a distance. With great difficulty Shaun selected a pencil and began immaturely with drawing the skull. Shaun never in his life had drawn anything except for few charts for his studies. But looking at the shape of Harry’s face he shook his head and erased it. it barely came close to Harry’s face. He was getting tensed and so was Ron. He just stepped ahead to see what was Shaun drawing and just then Shaun stopped him
“I will draw only on one condition that no one sees the picture till I am finished with it and I think its fit for everyone to view it” Shaun said and Ginny protested
“hey then you will take hours to draw and we wont get to see even a little of”
“Ginny…its alright” said Sara
“as you wish Shaun” she continued nodding in agreement and Ginny rolled her eyes
“and that includes you too guys” Shaun said looking at Ron and then at Harry and they grudgingly agreed. Shaun then got to work with Harry’s portrait.


It was almost 45 minutes and Shaun’s pencils began working furiously. Seeing Shaun draw with such concentration was quite some shocker for Sara. After few more minutes Shaun breathed out heavily as he finished with the first example.
“done?” asked Sara and he looked at her and then at the portrait and nodded. Everybody got up but he stopped them again
“I want Ron to sit next” he said
“but Harry’s portrait?” asked Hermione
“later” he said. Shaun looked at Ron and Ron nodded and took Harry’s place.



Shaun began with his work again with usual instructions of tilting his head properly and not changing his pose every other second and after an hour or so Ron’s portrait was done.

“can we see now?” asked Hermione
“um…” he said looking at the portrait and nodded and the girls jumped at the chance and looked at the portraits and indeed they were awesome
“these are beautiful” said Ginny in awe
Harry and Ron looked at each other and smiled and then at Shaun and winked
“well done mate” said Ron smiling a bright smile as he saw his and Harry’s pictures looking back at him.

“So, girls now that he has proved you with our examples would you like to come ahead?” asked Harry turning towards the girls and Ginny nodded. And so stepped in Ginny and Shaun began his work on Ginny’s picture.

It took longer than Ron’s portrait and Ginny was getting impatient but she was trying to keep calm and listen to Shaun’s instructions.
“even this time round I would want you all to wait till I am done with everyone’s portraits” Shaun said but Sara was about to protest but Hermione nodded in agreement.

Ron whispered “I think this is going to be fun”
“yeah, but I am worried about Sara” said Harry “she seems to know that something is weird in here”
“yeah and so does Hermione, but Shaun seems to be acting really well with his instructions” said Ron with a proud smile.
“hmm…but look at her, she is still skeptic” said Harry


An hour and fifteen minutes later Ginny’s portrait was done and in stepped Hermione.

Shaun started after exercising his wrist a bit. As he began drawing he was smiling a huge smile, one could say a smile of satisfaction but Sara was sensing trouble from the guys end. With instructions in regular intervals Shaun finished with Hermione’s portrait too in an hour and removed the sketch from the stand and board and rolled it and kept a side. He looked at Hermione who was very eager to see the picture but he shook his head and said “later in the end, Hermione. all in a good time” with a bright smile and Hermione slightly saddened nodded and got up from the stool.


“Sara?” asked Shaun and invited her to sit opposite him. Sara looked at him with skepticism but got up nonetheless and walked ahead
“I hope you aren’t tired and sleepy” he said looking at the time which was well past the midnight.
“I am not” she said defiantly and sat down on the stool opposite him and Shaun smiled and began his work on Sara’s picture…

Have A Nice Day:-)

Hello Harita. I am really loving your story. It's a lot of fun, and who knew that Shaun was such an artist! Did Shaun himself know? I can't wait till we see the pictures, and I can't wait till we find out what hermione and Sara think they have figured out.
Great post Harita.

Thanks Connie...hope you had an awesome Halloween...
Here's the next post...
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“INCARCEROUS”
“PROTEGO”
“AUGMENTI” and Sara gasped as she was hit with jet of water on her face.
“holy crap MUFFILIATO!” exclaimed Hermione as she put on the charm so that their noise couldn’t be heard by Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.

It was barely few minutes since Shaun finished with the portraits and the six of them broke out into a duel. The girls were avenging very well and why wouldn’t they when in the name of wonderful portraits they get pictures of horrifying demons!
“do I look like a witch with scar face and broken nose, Macmillan!” and Ginny hurled a hex at him but in vain.
“AVIS” Ginny called out fuming conjured birds around her
“OPPUGNO” said Hermione turning on Ginny’s side ready to attack the guys with the birds
“PROTEGO” called out Harry
“TARANTALLEGRA” called out Sara though it hit Harry and he started dancing she was hit by
“RICTUMSEMPRA” from Ron
“FINITE INCARTUM” Hermione said and getting Sara off the spell.
“and does my hair stand up like that of Einstein!” shouted Hermione as she turned to attack again
“it does now” laughed Harry and hit her with a babbling curse but Sara who was still on the floor was quick to put a shield charm for Hermione
“the best was Sara’s” said Ron almost dancing as he defended himself and attacked too
“yeah, vampire teeth with cold squint eyes”
“what a combination!” called out Harry and saved himself from another hex coming his way from Hermione.
“yeah her victim will get confused as to where will she bite” roared Shaun and Sara hit him with a hex but he ducked in time.
“you are going to pay for this” Ginny came around and went on with her Bat Bogey hexes on the three guys who were certainly running and jumping and also apparating to save themselves.
The duel went on with jelly leg jinxes, backfiring jinxes and within an hour every broken thing in the attic was merely left in fragments.

The duel broke up and the six stood there panting and looking around
“this is wicked” whispered Ron and the guys looked at him and then at the girls who were slightly tensed at the look of the attic.
“lets call it a break” said Shaun with a sly grin and Sara looked at him glaring.
“whatever” said Hermione offhandedly
“GEMINIO” she said pointing the wand at the hay stack and moved the duplicated one on the other end of the small attic and went and sat heavily on it. The other two of them followed.
“Mione don’t tell me you give up” said Ron
“in your dreams, Weasley” she said from between her teeth but she sat down and rested her aching back.
“hey come on, this is just for fun” said Harry
“be a sport, Sara” chided Shaun
“yeah sure” and with a quick whisk she sent a charmed pillow flying on his face which hit him with a smack and automatically continued to hit him till the time he blasted the pillow off.
“she is back in the game people!” Shaun said laughing and Sara smiled and started her dueling again with pillows and cushions been flown around and thrown in the air with wands.
At one point Sara apparated right behind Shaun and “AGUMENTI”
“ORCHIDEOUS” he counter acted and the water turned into the flowers and were thrown at her. He smiled and ducked the same instant as a jelly legs jinx came his way from Hermione which hit Sara and her legs turned into jelly and she went out of balance and fell to the floor with a huge thud. Everybody stopped as they saw Sara making a disgusted face looking at her legs.
“you and your bloody auror reflexes” cursed Sara and Ron doubled up with laughter looking at her.
“I have never hated my legs ever so much in my life, Mione” said Sara looking at Hermione and Shaun helped her up laughing.
“sorry, Sara” said Hermione and put a counter jinx on her and just then
“COLORUS EMERGO!” shouted Sara and Shaun was drenched in pink color. The girls ran away and continued to duel
“FEIM EMERGO” called out Harry in the middle of the duel and the wand sprayed soap water and as the girls were moving they fell as bundle on each other on the floor and
“RICTUMSEMPRA” said the boys in one voice and the girls doubled with laughter as they were attacked by the tickling curse and cried out their eyes.
“Stop, stop Harry, please” Ginny cried in between the laughter.
The guys considered it after sometime and removed the spell. The girls lay there bending on the floor and panting to catch their breath and massage their jaws. Their face hadn’t hurt them so much in past few months. The guys knew they will take time to get back to them so they relaxed but just then three different spells were cast “EAURA AEROSA” and a huge water balloon hit Ron on his face while Sara took her revenge by coloring Shaun again back to back in different colors. She used that spell so many times that Shaun had to move back with every spray of color paint on him while on the other hand Ginny was firing a soap and color water on Harry.
The duel cum games went on till the wee hours of night and then at last what looked like 3 in the morning from Sara’s colored watched for the first time did the guys let it go and sat down heavily. Everyone was colored in complete different colors and were wet from head to toe and each inch of the attic floor and the walls were the same.
“we call it an end” panted Ron as he sat down on the hay stack and Shaun nodded and fell on the stack flat on his stomach.
“truce?” said Sara sitting on her toes in front of Ron while Hermione was still out with her wand looking at Ron and Ginny was watching their back on Harry.
“you really are great Ginny” said Harry smiling
“I know that” she said with a side grin and he chuckled “you think you can stop me Gin?” he asked
“oh yeah I can” and Harry just made a hand moment with his wand hand to set his colored hair right and gone he was tied tightly with ropes and went out of balance but just in time Sara and Hermione turned and cushioned his fall with a spell so well timed that he fortunately didn’t make more noise than thought.
“thanks, Mione, Sara” he said struggling to sit with ropes tied all over him and Ginny went quickly towards Harry’s side and apologized and untied him
“there you go, truce” said Ron looking at his sister help her boyfriend and Hermione smiled and went and sat next to him but keeping a proper distance nonetheless…

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i would like to thank our SS member Maxie or Maxilocks as her new SS id is for helping me out with the spells for the duels.The two spells
COLORUS EMERGO means spraying colour through wand. the attacker has to think of a colour before using it on the opponent.
And EAURA AEROSA is a spell to create water balloons which Ron gets hit with are both Maxie's making for which i would like to thank her...

Hope you enjoyed the read...
Have A Nice Day:-)

Hello Harita. I'm exhausted from all that dueling!! That was a lot of fun, and it's nice that they had fun too. I think it helped alleviate some pent up anxiety. Great post Harita. I'm looking forward to the next one.

Glad you liked the post Connie...


AN INVITATION

The early morning chirping of the birds and faint noise from the kitchen far down below from the attic woke the raven headed girl from the place where she was sleeping. She got up and slowly moved away from the hay stack on which she was fast asleep till then and went and sat leaning against the wall. Ron, Hermione and Shaun were all fast asleep on the stack with each in different direction. They were in such a state, the attic was in such a state she thought but she shook her head and smiled as she remembered her vampire teeth with squint eyes portrait. She had not enjoyed like this till date at least after coming back from Hogwarts. Her eyes took in the mess they created last night so she set herself a task and began working not disturbing anyone else from their sleep

It was barely even seven when Shaun woke up and found himself on the hay stack. He just raised his head to one side and he saw Ron and Hermione still sleeping while Harry and Ginny were cuddled up on the other hay stack in the other corner of the attic. His head turned to look for Sara but he didn’t find her there. Getting up and dusting himself as noiselessly as possible he walked to the center of the room and smiled.
‘This has to be her work’ he thought as he looked around and saw repaired old furniture’s, old pillows stitched back with their feathers stuffed in them properly and stacked in the corner of the attic ;clean floor minus all the soapy and color water but she had left the walls as they were, colored. And it did give the attic such brightness that no one would want to leave it. Smiling he moved towards the window and looked out to see her sitting there under tree on the swing in the garden.


Passing Molly from the kitchen with quick good morning Shaun moved out into the garden and reached where she was sitting
“ ‘Morning” he said
Sara turned and nodded with a small smile
“ ‘Morning, up so early?” she asked
“I guess yes, nice change you did up there” he said and sat next to her on the large swing. She looked at him and smiled
“you liked it?”
“very much”
“thanks, I mean no one hardly ever uses that place so I just wanted the painted walls to stay for our remembrance” she said
“but what are you doing here, early in the morning?” he asked her
“nothing, just sitting” she said shrugging
“is it about yesterday night’s talk with Mr. Weasley?” he asked
But Sara didn’t say anything
“Sara? what is it?”
“Nothing Shaun, I am just missing my people back” she said
Shaun looked ahead and then nodded
“I guess you are. But that certainly is not the reason why you are sitting here” he said still looking ahead.
Sara looked at him and then shook her head
“I have known you Sara, for seven long years. Don’t play with me” he said softly looking back at her
Sara nodded but didn’t say anything more
“how are your parents?” she asked trying to change the topic but was genuinely interested to know how they were doing.
“they are fine. I don’t know if I told you this but dad is working in the International Magical Co-operation department and mum is trying for the unspeakable post again here, but that’s going to take time, given the change in place” he said
“well, that’s nice to hear and well of course I didn’t know that” she said
“yeah, that’s obvious. When did we ever talk properly since we met? Never did we have a normal chat” he said smiling
“yeah, either always talking of keeping me safe or doing one of the punishments I give you” she said smiling back
“well, you can actually cut down on the latter part you know and make time for casual chat” he said winking
“I’ll think about it” she said smiling and looking ahead into the far horizon.
“hey by the way I am sorry if I have over worked you or something for this last week, which I know I have” she said with a faint smile “but you know it was just for fun, right?” she said
“Sara, you are seriously thinking I must have taken it personally? No I haven’t, though it was real hard work with garage and kitchen but I really was very happy to see my pudding to be such a hit with everyone of you and last night was fun” Shaun said
“last night was not a punishment at all it was a revenge” she said smiling “and speaking of the pudding” she continued.
“hmm”
“you made that? I mean seriously?” she asked and Shaun gave an amazed look
“that means you didn’t believe me that night when I said I did?” he asked
“you never said that, only Mrs.Weasley denied she did” added Sara cheekily and Shaun made a face and she chuckled “no seriously, tell me” she said
“I made it Sara, swear. Even after the dinner was burnt I prepared the desert on my own from Mrs.Weasley’s recipe book” he said and Sara was surprised and had huge bright smile
“I loved it”
“Thanks”
“and about the punishment thing I was just asking you because so that you know, it was just for fun and I am not taking any grudge or anything. Because I think I have upset Mrs. Weasley about it already and don’t wish to upset you or any one any more” she said looking at him. Shaun just shook his head and took her hand in his and gave a small squeeze.
“its was all in good fun, Sara” he said smiling at her and she nodded slightly relieved. They both were silent and watched the sun rise and go higher and higher till it was fully visible with its light illuminating the entire St. Ottery’s Catchpole’s little town.



“and you will not stop at keeping me safe” she spoke after sometime
“no” he said looking at the scenery around and then at her. She looked at him and nodded with a small knowing smile.
“Sara?”
“hmm?”
“well I was thinking last night if you could come with me for dinner?” he asked
“you had time to think with all the dueling?” she asked laughing
“no, I mean I just got an idea while having dinner last night” he said shrugging
“so, tonight?” she asked
“yeah, tonight. I mean we could get some time to catch up just for the old time sakes” he said. Sara looked at him and nodded. Though Rahul will be missing out but at least they both know that wherever he is, he is alive and safe and sound, even if he is on a chase and they don’t get up to date information about his whereabouts.
“alright, I will talk to Mrs. Weasley about it” she said smiling.

Have A Nice Day:-)

Hello Harita. A beautiful morning after such a night of fighting. I loved the war they had though. And everyone ended up having so much fun. I was wondering though what did Ron and Harry's pictures that Shaun did of them look like. It doesn't really matter, cause they weren't expecting anything was they? It was all to be a big tease to the girls. I thought it was really clever. I had to highlight this whole part cause I loved it so much. I can't wait to read your next post.
OH! I almost forgot. I was happy to see that Shaun did make the dessert. Catch ya later.

heya thanks Connie...i will post as soon as possible...actually my laptop's crashed and my word document wont work on my brother's so there's the problem...so have to wait till my laptop's back to normal......Have A Nice Day...:-)