Harry’s mouth dropped. “You thi?”
&ine smiled, “Absolutely not.”
“But you just said I was too i!”
“You were too ihe events of today, yes.”
“How aoo involved if I was just doing my job?” Valentine simply stared bak at him. Harry, desperate to see out his shift and try to find ahe Thursday night ard games, pleaded, “bsp;I at least finish out the shift? You have o repe me.”
“No, it’s an iioine shook his head ao pry the porter’s jaket off of Harry’s shoulders. “Everyone is repeable.”
Harry shook his head inredulously. “You literally said at my performa I eable.”
&ioned for Harry to take off his dress pants and said, “The you from then eable, but the you from today is ompletely repeable. See to it that you get ys and do ihank you, Arher.”
Months of w there ai eveo remember his name. Maybe Rht, Arhie Eversworable. After he’d hao his street lothes and gathered his personal items, Harry felt too dejeted to say goodbye to anyone aely left.
& brio send word to Ro, so he meandered his way bak to his ft in a downtrodde as he started to thi be hope, some way to fix the situatioripped over somethihe ground. A loud hiss ehoed in his ear, ahe blur of a red k hurried aross the street te in an alove.
He mildly reoghe same kneazle from earlier, but his gaze foused on the bloody page of the Prophet on the grou must have slipped out of his poket when he fell. Harry tur over ahe priime.
Ne for Quiddith Natioon Hu has he provisional squad for the series of frie Irend, Croatia, and Pakistan. he pyers featured are Heidi MTavinton, Bart Martin, and Ginevra Weasley.
He smiled. Well that was somethihe paper bak i a home. At least somethi for someooday, he thought as he erahe Laughing Fox.
Harry took slow steps up to his ft and paused in front of the door as the dulet tones of Alwyn and the Briarluks drifted over from Umphrey’s ft. Something about the depressing melody of “You Craked My and Now We’re Dht Harry’s spirits rashing bak down again.
How ould he have let this happen? He’d had one job ahi Ron down, and Robards, ahe hao prove he was more than just the Boy Who Lived Table. He just o figure something out. Maybe there was a way to ii from the inside, if o lost aess to the hotel. Harry kiked the door frame. He shook his head, sighed, and opened his door.
He walked into his ft ahe kithen to make himself a up of tea. Harry didn’t realize all the lights were on until he’d grabbed the kettle ahe sied to gne around and then heard a bang from the other side of the studi just io see a figure in the window grouhe floor and stand straight.
Before Harry ould put the kettle down to grab his wand, the blond figure had disarmed him.
“You,” Harry breathed. He took ihe frame of Drao Malfoy dressed ioe bk robes.
“Hello,” Malfoy said, staring at Harry. His fae revealed absolutely nothirae of exertion or disomf, apparently, limbed the building ahrough the window. Grey eyes fell to the kettle in Harry’s hand. “Are you making tea?” Malfoy sed.
Harry went for a k Malfoy luhe room faster thaiipated a his haood lose for a momeook a step bak and raer. With his arms still raised iane, he asked, “How did you get in here?”
Malfoy blihe window. Obviously.” He poihe tea kettle. “Will you make tea or shall I?”
Harry frowhen he realized Malf i. Malfoy had alking to Harry Potter. “I do a habit of inviti and stay for tea.”
“You think I’m intruding?” Malfoy almost s atually looked like half a smile. He held Harry’s gaze fer than was omfortable and then peered arou looks as if you might rusion in your life.”
“What is that supposed to mean?” Harry said, suddenly unsure if he was more ihe slight against him or that Malfoy ertly distrating Harry from the fat that he’d been aught breaking in. Harry looked around and remi Malfoy didn’t knoas.
Malfoy strolled over to the ouh and sat down with a graeful fluidity. He leaned bak a his nails. “You’ve had a sudden brush with the straraordi you?”
Harry narrowed his eyes at Malfr in my ft, yes.”
“A series of events have unfolded, all quite odd and seemi simir in that they were peuliar or unexpinable?” Harry rossed his arms. Malfoy ontinued, “You have had quite a b time as of te, unsatisfatory, monotonous, o speak of—at work or i then today something hanged. Suddenly there is a swirl of bizarre ativity surrounding you.”
For a seond, Harry ouldhe. He thought of the lift ride and seeing some versiohe hall arguing with an unknown figure. His