Hurriedly jumped out into the courtyard and shuganized the end of the impudent peacocks, Mrs. Malfoy blew her head up and squealed a voice completely inappropriate for the esteemed lady:
- Draco, what are you doing there? Get off!
- — Я... I train... Ma... - Draco was panting, hanging on his left hand, holding the tail of a stone mermaid and trying to grasp the right one higher. However, the ancient sculptor depicted the mermaid as very flat-breasted, and the winds with rains made their contribution - the hand was constantly slipping off. - In my sophomore year... I'll surpass my eternal rival!
Dobby, who appeared with cotton, pressed his ears to his head, fleeing from the double scream of mother and son; snapped his fingers, and the fall of the younger Malfoy stopped in a few centimeters from the cobblestone path.
July 21, 1992, Longbottom-Manor
- Wingardium Levios! - A few seconds later, a rumble sounded out of the basement and a cloud of dust flew out. - Wingardium Leviosa!
This time, a little more time passed between the spell and the rumble. Augusta was surprised to see her eyebrow raised and started going down to the basement.
- Neville? - She was surprised to hear it.
- Good morning, Grandma," Neville sweated in the morning, making him even more foggy. - And I was right here... I train.
Augusta looked at the bags of cement and sand prepared for repair and dropped them:
- Go on.
Further events made an indelible impression on her. The whole multiton mountain of building materials went up in the air, hung there a little and fell to the floor with a rumble, giving Longbottoms a new cloud of dust. Neville once again waved sweat off his forehead and went on a new round.
- Why are you trying to lift so much weight? - I was a little shocked to hear from Mrs. Longbottom.
- To keep up with my rivals! - Neville's speech didn't sound very confident, but he was getting more and more heated. - After all, only constant rivalry with the strongest guys will allow me, well... I'm going to be on fire to the fullest, that's all.
And he took a shy look at my grandmother.
Augusta... Tears of tears:
- You became an adult. Keep up the good work, and I'm sure you'll be able to restore our family, not only to its former glory but also to reach new heights!
- Yes, Grandma! - Neville shouted enthusiastically. - I will rebuild our clan! I'm going to be the biggest father in magical Britain!
July 31, 1992, Granger family home, London
- Bye-bye, bye-bye!
- Have a good trip!
- We will call you back!
- Come in again!
Mrs. Granger waved for a while after the Dursl family car was leaving, then let her husband and daughter into the house. She closed the door and fell tired of it. Harry Potter's birthday was... noisy. Scott humbled sympathetically and went to wash the dishes. Gina glanced down at him gratefully:
- Daughter, help your father with the dishes.
- Okay, Mom! It was quick! Because from the summer one month only remained, and I have six hundred eighteen more books unread! If I don't have time to finish them before the first of September, I...
Mrs. Granger didn't hear the rest of the sentence. Probably because my daughter was talking on the run and the water was noisy in the kitchen. Or maybe it was because Mrs. Granger moaned loudly and, having sunset her eyes, hit her back of the head a little bit on the door. a minute later, she took a deep breath, broke away from such a cozy door, and got stuck cleaning her living room.
After ten minutes Hermione galloped to her room. To read. Mrs. Granger finished cleaning, cleaned up the vacuum cleaner and had time to sniff into the shower before her husband.
Already lying in bed and looking forward to a pleasant end to the bustle of the day, she purred:
- How do you like our guests?
- They... normal," Scott chuckled, continuing to slowly stretch his wife's shoulders. - Very, uh, normal.
- Yes, right here," Gina reached for it. - Even strange how such guardians grew up with such a... An unusual boy.
- Yeah, he's a fiery young man," Mr. Granger said, and his hand slipped down as if by chance.
Gina snorted but did not have time to answer anything. The phone rang. Scott growled.
- Granger," he muttered into the tube. - Yes. No, I'm awake. Damn it, Casey, do you know what time it is? Damn it. I'll be right there.
- I don't like what you're about to tell me," Gina said when he hung up on the nightstand and crawled out of bed.
- Mr. Wachowski got into foster care. We need to open the flux and remove the bottom right five.
Mrs. Granger stuck her face in her pillow and moaned.
- I was quick, darling," he kissed her in Scott's naked shoulder blade. - I swear on my flaming Youth, I will remove this tooth in ten minutes!
- And if you can't... - With a smile, I raised Gina's head.
- I'll remove the top five," Mr. Granger snapped. - Just for the sake of prevention.
I closed the door behind me.
Gina dropped her head back on the pillow and shook her nervous laughter.
To be continued...