| As it was, he stared at Dudley for several seconds before accepting that it must have been his cousin who had spoken; for one thing, Dudley had turned redHarry was embarrassed and astonished himselfer\a133 thanks, Dudley
Again, Dudley appeared to grapple with thoughts too unwieldy for expression before mumbling, "You saved my life,"
"Not really," said Harry"It was your soul the dementor would have taken\a133"
He looked curiously at his cousinThey had had virtually no contact during this summer or last, as Harry had come back to Privet Drive so briefly and kept to his room so muchIt now dawned on Harry, however, that the cup of cold tea on which he had trodden that morning might not have been a booby trap at allAlthough rather touched he was nevertheless quite relieved that Dudley appeared to have exhausted his ability to express his feelingsAfter opening his mouth once or twice more, Dudley subsided into scarlet-faced silence
Aunt Petunia burst into tearsHestia Jones gave her an approving look that changed to outrage as Aunt Petunia ran chanel quilted cheap handbag forward and embraced Dudley rather than Harry
"S-so sweet, Dudders\a133" she sobbed into his massive chest"S-such a lovely b-boy\a133 s-saying thank you\a133"
"But he hasn't said thank you at all!" said Hestia indignantly"He only said he didn't think Harry was a waste of space!"
"Yea but coming from Dudley that's like 'I love you,'" said Harry, torn between annoyance and a desire to laugh as Aunt Petunia continued to clutch at Dudley as if he had just saved Harry from a burning building
"Are we going or not?" roared Uncle Vernon, reappearing yet again at the living room door"I thought we were on a tight schedule!"
"Yes -yes, we are," said Dedalus Diggle, who had been watching these exchanged with an air of bemusement and now seemed to pull himself together"We really must be offHarry -"
He tripped forward and wrung Harry's hand with both of his ownThe hopes of the Wizarding world rest upon your shoulders
"Oh," said Harry, "right
"Farwell, Harry," said Hestia also clasping his hand"Our thoughts go with you
"I hope everything's okay," said shop for chanel bags Harry with a glance toward Aunt Petunia and Dudley
"Oh I'm sure we shall end up the best of chums," said Diggle slightly, waving his hat as he left the room
Dudley gently released himself from his mother's clutches and walked toward Harry who had to repress an urge to threaten him with magicThen Dudley held out his large, pink hand
"Blimey, Dudley," said Harry over Aunt Petunia's renewed sobs, "did the dementors blow a different personality into you?"
"Dunno," muttered Dudley, "See you, Harry
"Yea \a133" said Harry, raking Dudley's hand and shaking it
Dudley nearly smiledThey lumbered from the roomHarry heard his heavy footfalls on the graveled drive, and then a car door slammed
Aunt Petunia whose face had been buried in her handkerchief looked around at the soundShe did not seem to have expected to find herself alone with HarryHastily stowing her wet handkerchief into her pocket, she said, "Well - good-bye" and marched towards the door without looking at him
"Good-bye" said Harry
She stopped and looked backFor a moment Harry had the gucci handbag new collection strangest feeling that she wanted to say something to him; She gave him an odd, tremulous look and seemed to teeter on the edge of speech, but then, with a little of her head, she hustled out of the room after he husband and son
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\bChapter Four
\iThe Seven Potters\i\b
Harry ran back upstairs to his bedroom, arriving at the window just in time to see the Dursleys' car swinging out of the drive and off up the roadDedalus's top hat was visible between Aunt Petunia and Dudley in the backseatThe car turned right at the end of Privet Drive, its windows burned scarlet for a moment in the now setting sun, and then it was gone
Harry picked up Hedwig's cage, his Firebolt, and his rucksack, gave his unnaturally tidy bedroom one last sweeping look, and then made his ungainly way back downstairs to the hall, where he deposited cage, broomstick, and bag near the foot of the stairsThe light was fading rapidly, the hall full of shadows in the evening lightIt felt most strange to stand here in the silence and know that he discount chanel quilted handbags was about to leave the house for the last timeLong ago, when he had been left alone while the Dursleys went out to enjoy themselves, the hours of solitude had been a rare treatPausing only to sneak something tasty from the fridge, he had rushed upstairs to play on Dudley's computer, or put on the television and flicked through the channels to his heart's contentIt gave him an odd, empty feeling remembering those times; it was like remembering a younger brother whom he had lost
"Don't you want to take a last look at the place?" he asked Hedwig, who was still sulking with her head under her wing"We'll never be here againDon't you want to remember all the good times? I mean, look at this doormatWhat memories \a133 Dudley sobbed on it after I saved him from the dementors \a133 Turns out he was grateful after all, can you believe it? \a133 And last summer, Dumbledore walked through that front door \a133 "
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