𝐖𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐔𝐏 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋

Chapter 13

Harry, the owl, watched curious as his owner walked back and forth, from the kitchen to the living room, and then back again, as he glanced at him, then at the clock, then at the door. The owl titled his head to the side as Draco looked at him once more before going back to the kitchen again. Minutes passed and Harry thought that this annoying game was over at last but then Draco was back into the living room. Harry peeped, irritated by all this silence, and finally watched Harry straight in the… beak?

"Aren't you bored in this silent, old, house?" Draco suddenly asked the owl. Harry just blinked his big, yellow eyes, at him in response.

"I knew it…" Draco said and nodded to himself. "Okay…" he sighed, "I guess you are coming with me…"

Harry titled his head to the other side and peeped again. Draco just nodded and Harry deducted, because he was a very intelligent bird, that they were going out, together, Merlin knows were, to do Merlin knows what… Harry thought that if there was a big, juicy mouse waiting for him to wherever they were going, well… fine by him.

"Come, Harry!" Draco said then and put on his coat. The owl squeaked in reply and opened his brown wings to fly. Draco waited for him with the door open, and then, when Harry was out the house, the blond boy closed it behind them.

"Oh, man!" Josh exclaimed, broom in hand, glaring at a hole, down in the very corner of the wall. "Come out, you bastard! Be a MAN and fight me!" with that said, well, shrieked, Josh banged the broom hard on the wall. "Come out! COME OUT and show me what you got!"

"Josh…" Marie said, unruffled by the scene, as she washed the dishes. "That mouse isn't going to come out just because you challenged him to…"

Josh crouched down on his knees and looked down into the hole, searching for his victim. He searched in the darkness of the hole. The mouse was watching him… Josh was sure he was laughing at him. Making fun of him…

"This mouse is no ordinary mouse, Marie…" Josh said, trying to see something, anything, in the darkness of the hole. "It's smart… it's… ouch!" Josh shot up, holding his nose with his two hands. "It bit me! The #$%^ BIT me!". Then, as if to make his point, he kicked the wall.

"Stop cursing, Josh! It's not proper!" Marie exclaimed and left the dishes to go check on the dyed blond man. "Let me see now…" she said, trying to remove his hands from his nose. "I hope the mouse doesn't have rabies…" she whispered as she checked Josh's nose.

"It has WHAT!" Josh screeched and jumped back from Marie. She just looked at him and then smiled.

"No, don't worry…" Marie then said, "I'm sure you are going to be okay… but…" her soft voice became colder. "In two hours the coffee place is going to open and if that mouse…."

"Okay, okay…" Josh said and sighed as he rubbed his sore nose. Just then the front door opened and Draco entered with his owl on his shoulder. Josh and Marie blinked at the unusual pet then shared a knowing glance.

"Good morning…" Draco said, taking his coat off. "Jeez… today everyone was so weird… they all wanted to take pictures of Ha—me…" Draco patted his owl on the head and then under Josh and Marie's confused face, owl on shoulder, went to put the coat away in the back room.

"I'm not the one talking to him today…" Josh said when Marie looked at him and grabbed his favorite weapon, the broom, back from the floor. Marie sighed, surrendering to the fact.

"Draco, dear…" she started when Draco showed his face again, owl now on his head.

"Yes, Marie?" he answered, his voice calm.