Never Is Our Always

Diagon Alley!

(Minnie pov) (a week later)

While I wander through Diagon alley, people ran past me whispering things about Gilderoy Lockheart being in Flourish and Blotts.

I had no idea who that was, but nevertheless, I was going to be passing that store anyway. I was currently going to obtain the quidditch geek because he asked me to meet him at the Broomstick store.

While I wander, I noticed Fred, George, and Lee, so I went into the store and walked towards my cousin.

"Hey!" Lee greets happily as he hugs me.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"Well, we're stocking up on Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks." He told me, while I look around the tiny junk shop full of broken wands, lopsided brass scales, and old cloaks covered in potion stains they found, I just shake my head.

"Don't get into too much trouble," I say with a smile.

"Hey Minnie!" The twins greet and I smile.

"Hi." I greet awkwardly.

"Oh, yeah, Oliver said if we saw you that he's going to be getting his books so meet him at Flourish and Blotts." Fred mentions to me.

"Thanks." I reply, rocking slightly on the balls of my feet.

"We're gonna go there soon, so why not stick with us?" George offers and I shrugged my shoulders before nodding.

"Okay."

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An hour later, we all headed for Flourish and Blotts. We were by no means the only ones making their way to the bookshop. As we approached it, we saw to our surprise a large crowd jostling outside the doors, trying to get in.

The reason for this was proclaimed by a large banner stretched across the upper windows:

GILDEROY LOCKHART

will be signing copies of his autobiography

MAGICAL ME

today 12:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

"Who even is this person?" I asked in confusion before freezing suddenly from the amount of voices echoing in the room, they were really loud and it was hurting my ears.

"You okay?" Lee asks before putting his hands over my ears as I stood closer to him with my face screwed up.

"I think so..." Lee took his hands off my ears and I replaced them with my own hands.

The crowd seemed to be made up mostly of witches in the older times of age. A harassed-looking wizard stood at the door, saying, "Calmly, please, ladies... Don't push, there... mind the books, now..."

As we all stood around and watched, the wizard walks out and they all went frantic over him.

"Who actually thinks he's attractive?" Lee asks with a crinkled up face, I shake my head slowly, I took my hands off my ears and then crossed my arms.