Father and Daughter time

This is awkward. My mom is not here. She connects this family together. So, dining here, with my dad, in silence, is awkward.

Very awkward.

"Uh..." "Uh...", both of us said at the same time.

"You go first Dad." He replies, "No, you should."

We both sighed, "Where is Mother/ Narcissa when we need her?"

We looked at each other and chuckled. After eating, I stood up, and I was about to leave, before dad stretched out his hand, and said, "How about we go to Diagon Alley? To spend some time together, and it's better than being cooped up here."

I nodded, and stretched my arms toward him, signaling him to hold me. He chuckles again, and carries me.

Whoosh!

In an instant, we've arrived. It's my first time seeing Diagon Alley in real life. It is MAGICAl! Overflowing with smiling wizards and witches, the alley almost appears to have come out of a fairy tale. My heart bursted from excitement as I slowly took in the scene.

As my father guides me through the streets, we received many polite smiles and nods from others.

We've arrived in front of a shop called 'Eeylops Owl Emporium'. From its appearance, I assumed that it's an owl pet shop. There is a variety of owls in it, whether screech, barn, tawny, brown, and/or snowy.

If my memory is serving me right, I believe Harry Potter first gift was a snowy owl.

Anyways, we enter the shop to hear a lot of hooting and ruffling of feathers. My father nudged me on the shoulder and said, "How about you look around? If you find something you like, tell me."

I inspected the shop a bit more closely, taking in the smell of wood and feathers. I huffed and sighed before shuffling towards the pets. None seemed to interest me. To be honest, I never liked the idea of pets. You cage them and lessen their survival instincts by keeping them as House pets. Besides, I never liked the idea of taking away someone's or something's freedom. It doesn't feel right.

As for my father, he seems to be in a deep conversation with the employee.

Sigh. Sometimes, I wish he was more responsible.

Having lost interest, I go to him, and I say, "Can we go? I can't seem to find anything interesting here."

He looked at me for a moment, before agreeing. Suddenly, I find myself at a higher height since my father is carrying me. We head out to the cobblestones street before making our way to a bookstore called 'Flourish and Blotts'.

Entering, bookshelves messily stacked with books was all that can be seen. Tracing my hands over the books, I found dust.

However, if you did not know, well, I am a bookworm. So, this is heaven!! I had a big, happy smile on my face. Looking around, several books caught my eye. One book called the 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them', another 'Magical Theory'. Also, 'Book of Potions' and 'Magical Drafts and Potions' appealed to me. Overall, we payed eight galleons.

I hugged the bag with the books close to my chest, imagining the time I will spend reading, analyzing, and acting on them. I was too distracted to see a hand being stretched out to me.

My father coughed slightly, and said, "Let me carry it for you." He looked slightly awkward as he averted his gaze from me. Handing it to him, I question, "Do you know a place that sells good confectionery? Can we get some?" He nodded, and guided us to a pink confectionery shop called 'Sugarplum's Sweet Shop'.

The abundant appetizing sweets gave me the urge to buy the whole shop, but I held it back. Anyways, I brought 5 chocolate frogs, 3 pumpkin pasties, 2 liquorice wands, and 3 cauldron cakes. The total price was around 6 galleons.

For some reason, I felt really accomplished. As for my father, he is looking at me quite strangely, while muttering, "Should have Narcissa help me with controlling her sugar intake..."

Well! This was a great day wasn't it?

I held my hand out to my father, and said, "Come on, let's go home!"

I softly smiled, and my father returned it. He apparated us back home. The two us went on our own ways feeling satisfied.

We didn't know that someone was watching and chuckling at our interaction throughout the day. Her name starts with the letter N and ends with A. Hmmm! Who may that be? Lol!