It didn't take him long to find an AT&T store that sold various cell phones. He'd been shocked at how much more advanced the muggles were in this world compared to his own. Yes, this universe was about a decade later, but it shouldn't have made quite this much of a difference. Deciding that this store looked just fine for his purposes, Harry walked inside and lowered his hood.
"Welcome, are you a returning customer or a first-time shopper?" A store attendant greeted him.
"First time, I'm looking for a cell phone." Harry answered truthfully.
"Do you know what kind of phone you want?" The man asked.
"What is the best phone you've got on the market right now?" Harry replied.
"That depends. Are you into Apple or Android?"
"I guess Android. I'm more familiar with it."
"Then I would recommend the HTC One X. Do you know what kind of plan you want?"
"What kind of plans have you got?"
The attendant rattled off several different types of plans rapidly enough to make Harry's head spin. He paused, that was a lot of options.
"I guess a moderate plan would do." Harry said, outwardly calm.
"Well, all of the plans have unlimited voice, and we've got plans that are fifty or sixty dollars, depending on the data you want."
Data, Harry thought. I hadn't even considered that.
"How much data does the average person use?" He asked.
The man looked at him for a moment and half-asked, "Never had a cell phone before?"
"No." Harry replied.
"Some people use up to six to eight gigs of data. Best to use Wi-Fi if you're going to use data."
"Okay, whichever of the two you recommend, then." Harry said slowly, the Wi-Fi thing was good to know and it wasn't like he couldn't afford the slightly more expensive plan. Thankfully, he wasn't completely lost since he was somewhat familiar with technology. He had to admit to himself as the attendant nodded and collected one of the phones, however, that he was a bit out of his depth when it came to more than the general knowledge stuff.
"We'll need to run a credit check." The man said as he brought the phone up to the counter.
"I'm sorry I'm British. I just moved out here. Does that need a permanent address?" Harry asked, tentatively, thinking this would be a lot harder than he originally thought.
The man looked at him for a moment before saying, "Nah, it just helps things go a bit smoother. We really just need to make sure that you can pay."
Harry felt like he'd dodge and AK on that one. Harry didn't like using magic on muggles, but he needed to make sure he bought a place properly, normally.
The man typed away on the computer and Harry easily pulled out his credit card and swiped it for his new phone.
Ten minutes later, Harry was walking back towards the house with a cell phone in his hands, ready to see if it was still available for him to buy.
Upon arriving, Harry dialed the number on the sign and waited several seconds before someone answered.
"New York City Real Time Real Estate. This is Karen Williams. How may I help you?" A professional female voice sounded over the phone.
"Yeah, I'm standing at 310 West 56th Street, looking at this building that's for sale. I'm interested in buying it." Harry stated calmly into the phone.
Harry was met by silence. He waited patiently before he the woman, Karen Williams, responded back, "Are you sure? We have other places…better places than…"
"I'm sure, I want to buy it." Harry calmly interrupted her. It would be easy to fix the place with magic, after all.
"I'll be there in ten minutes." She said, somewhat resignedly.
"I'll see you here." Harry replied as she hung up the phone.
It took longer than ten minutes, but his attention is caught by a woman coming out of a taxi cab opening an umbrella in front of the building.
"Miss Williams?" Harry asked as he approached her.
"Yes, I'm sorry… I never got your name." She said as they shook hands.
"Harry Potter." Harry answered truthfully.
She looked at him carefully, for which Harry couldn't really blame her. He was young; most kids his age normally were living at home with their parents, not out looking to buy a place on the real estate market. Harry knew she was thinking that this had to be a scam of some sort.
"Mister Potter, are you really sure you want to buy this place? We have other, much better places I could show you." She said carefully.
That wasn't normal. Shouldn't real estate agents try to sell you the place instead of making you back off from it? Something else was going on here.
"What's wrong with it?" Harry asked her, suspiciously.
.
.
.
📖For everyone who wants to read it in full📖
👇🏼It will be available on my Ko-Fi and my Patreon👇🏼
🅿️patreon.com/FantasyWorldric/shop🅿️
‼️ko-fi.com/skyarc/shop‼️
—————————————————————
✅Subscribe now if you want to get all the PDFs available on my page.✅