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" ARE YOU ready lovie?" esmé asks lavender. she was about to take lavender to harry's house. 

lavender nods, and gestures that she wants to be picked up.  the pair walk out to esmé's car, and she straps lavender into the car seat. the car ride is silent as lavender feel asleep quickly, and esmé didn't want to wake her. 

with lavender on one shoulder and her bag slung over the other, esmé knocks on harry's door. " hey, come in," harry says, closing the door behind lavender and esmé. 

esmé hands lavender to harry and says, " she fell asleep in the car. see you  on friday!" after giving lavender a kiss on the cheek.

" you can stay. if you want." harry suggests. he lays lavender on the couch and tosses a blanket over her. 

" oh okay." 

" would you like anything to drink?" 

" no thank you. i'm alright." esmé sits in a chair around the kitchen island. she looks around harry's house as she'd never spent enough time there to really look at it. " so how was tokyo?" esmé asks harry, mentioning the trip he'd taken at the end of last year.

" it was nice," he replies, " got a lot of work done. missed you though." 

esmé assumes that harry had misspoke and meant lavender, " lavender missed you too. every day she'd ask me when you were coming home." 

harry chuckles. " i missed you too." 

" oh, really?"

" yeah, i mean i really care about you esmé." 

" oh," she says, surprised. " i should really go." 

" oh," harry says slightly disappointed. " okay." he walks her to the front door, and locks it behind her.

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