ITALIA

Harmonie looked boredly around the shop, already having lost her mother somewhere in a street market a few roads away. This was allegedly "quality time." She snorted to herself quietly as she flicked through a book, feigning interest. What- quality time with her and this random old shop?

The girl looked up from the book, frowning at the place. What was even meant to be sold here? Shaking her head, she slid the book back into place on the shelf, put her hands in her back pockets, and began to wander the few aisles of books in the shop. If her mother wanted to spend time with her, she could come and find her.

Alec sighed as he walked into the shop, bored of looking at clothes and girl things. He had wanted to buy something nice for Amélie, for no reason other than wanting to give her a little gift. There was nothing wrong with that. But the thing was, he had been in and out of shops and had found nothing good at all.

Looking at the sweets in the store, he decided to take a break and buy some to eat. The boy was getting hungry and hey, sweets were sweets. As he paid for the food, his eyes swept the room and landed on a girl walking through aisles of books.

"Fancy seeing you here, de Venin," the younger Prideux said, walking up to the prefect.

Harmonie smiled lazily at the boy, and did a small wave with her hand. "Hey, Blanchard," she nodded at him, then turned round to face the bookshelf again, running her fingers lightly across one of the spines.

"What are you doing here?" she asked him, a little curious. The girl tended to be a little nosy.

"Here, here or Palaisvue, here?" Alec asked, and shrugged, "Here just buying some sweets." That being said, the boy got a chocolate frog out of the bag and plopped it in his mouth before the frog could escape. He looked at the card and grinned, "Oh, look. Ron Weasley. Been wanting to get that one for a while."

"What about you?" he asked and wrinkled his nose as she looked through the shelf, "Don't tell me you're here for books."