In Pursuit of the Unknown Power

Harry wore a stupid look for the rest of the day. Ron had noticed but was not allowed to say anything because he told Hermione if it was about Ginny he wouldn't talk about it, and he had told Harry he didn't want to know what was happening upstairs. He remembered what he had mistakenly said as he drifted off and suspect that Harry had just shagged his girlfriend. Ron was not a happy person.

That night as dinner approached held many surprises. The first was when the Twins showed up early and pulled Ron into an unused room on the second floor. "All right little brother, we need to have a chat with you." Fred began.

"That's right brother of mine, it seems Ronnikens here is attempting to interfere with our GinGin's relationship." George said.

"And you know Ronny, not only does she have one hell of a Bat Bogey, she learned how to prank from the masters." Fred continued.

"Namely us, and apparently she apprenticed for a short time under Sirius. All in all I would say you are making a very bad decision." George added.

"Now to top it all off GinGin is dating THE Harry Potter,"

"The Harry Potter that she has been dreaming about since she was nine years old?"

"The very same brother of mine, and since I am the smart one.."

"Wait, I thought I was the smart one."

"Which one are you again?"

"I'm George!"

"First of all I'm George, and he isn't the smart one, he is the handsome one."

"Oh right dear brother, where were we?"

"Harry Potter Fred."

"No your Fred, I'm George."

"Sorry, I get confused."

"Happens to the best of us brother."

Ron's head was spinning, "Both of you bloody stop it and get to the sodding point please?"

Both of them looked at him and smiled, "Right-o then Ronnikens, you asked us in that letter to teach him a lesson Weasley brother style" Forge said.

Gred nodded, "See the problem is Harry is the only one we would let touch our baby sister."

"Not that we want to see it, but knowing about it in a round about way we can handle"

"Right-o, now Harry Potter who owns a life debt from half of our family."

"Wait, eventually we might have to fight Death Eaters,"

"Right, like Ron did?"

"Exactly like that Forge,"

"Wait I'm Gred!"

"Don't start that again, spit it out!" Ron growled at them. "Do you have a point or do you just like to listen to yourselves prattle on?"

"I like to listen to myself prattle on actually, and since he has such a beautiful voice,"

"Thank you dear brother"

"Naturally, I like to listen to him prattle as well. But the point is, you asked us to get into a fight with Harry Potter,"

"Who got a Double-O on his Defense OWL,"

"Highest score ever actually,"

"Who taught us most of what we know about defense,"

"And you as well,"

"And who is legal tomorrow to use magic to defenestrate us right into St. Mungo's."

"Sorry Ron looks like you're on your own." They said in unison and left him in the room rather stunned. Harry wouldn't defenestrate him would he? What did that even mean?

A thoroughly confused Ron walked back down the stairs and into the kitchen where his girlfriend was sitting a little too close to his supposed best mate. Worse he could swear she was flirting with his Sister. That was wrong on so many levels. When he came in Hermione immediately left the other boys side and hung from his arm possessively, but Ron really didn't feel any better for it. She had better make it up to him later.

Fred and George coming to dinner was not all that big of a deal on it's own. But a few moments later the fireplace in the kitchen flared to life, and Bill appeared out of the flames. Ginny immediately jumped from Harry's lap and into Bill's arms. "My Billy what are you doing here!" She squeed as she shot across the room and nearly knocked him back into the fireplace.

"Well Ron invited me down and since I just got a new job…"

"New job?" Ginny asked with huge eyes.

"Yeah midget, I am going to be putting up wards for Gringotts customers. I'm moving back to England." Bill said with a smile.

She jumped into his arms and hugged him for all she was worth. She was a bit taller and heavier than the last time she had done this but Bill still held her as if she were weightless. "This is wonderful Bill, I've missed you so much!" She kissed his cheek again.

"Are you going to introduce me?" Bill said motioning over his shoulder to the young man with the glasses and the lightning bolt scar who could only be…

"Harry Potter, this is my favorite brother Bill Weasley. Bill this is my boyfriend Harry." She said dragging him over to shake hands.

Harry was nervous as hell from the moment the man with the ponytail and the tooth earring stepped out of the fireplace filling the immediate area with an aura of danger and cool. He tentatively reached a hand out and shook Bills hand, which must have been twice as thick and twice as large as his own. "Uh, nice to meet you… Um I uh..heard a lot about you and..um Egypt?" Harry croaked out, cursing his not quite mature voice.

Bill grinned evilly at the boy where Ginny couldn't see. "I'm sure the pleasure is mine, what with meeting the Boy-Who-Lived and all." Bill said appraising him as he spoke. His career as a Curse Breaker had taught him how to size up situations in an instant. That ability carried over to people. Harry was probably just less than six foot tall, but that might change over the next year or so. He was wiry and immediately the older man could tell he could handle himself in a fight, be it magical or Muggle. Though he wasn't overly strong, he would be quick.

"Please don't use titles with me, I have enough trouble with it without my friends spouting them off, that is if you don't mind me putting you in that category. Ginny's favorite brother has to be okay in my book." Harry said, amazed at the clarity and tone he was able to produce when he didn't over think the situation.

Bills estimation of the young man shot up. Ron's letter along with what he read in the Daily Prophet, made him out to be an attention seeking, womanizing, half deranged nutcase who was no good for his baby sister, life debt or no. But this Harry was shy, quiet spoken, but exuded an aura of leadership and strength even though he hadn't grown into it yet. He was going to have a talk with Ronnikens later.

"You take care of her and I promise you can count on me as a friend, Deal?" Harry nodded and finally a real smile graced his face. Bill immediately saw what Ginny did in him.

Hermione smacked Ron's shoulder. "What? Oh! Um, Bill this is Hermione Granger." Ron said. Hermione smacked him again. "My uh, girlfriend." Finally she smiled as she held out a hand. Bill took it and kissed it palm down as he looked into her eyes.

"Echente Mademoiselle." He said smoothly causing her to blush. Ron wondered when Bill learned French.

"I uh, hope you don't mind, but I brought a couple people with me. I cleared them with Dumbledore since she is joining the Order." Bill said, realizing he was speaking with the owner of the house.

"Well, Dumbledore aside, if you trust them then so will I. Anyone I know?" Harry asked.

"Actually you three go back a ways, be careful though I think the little one is in love with you. You might have some competition GinGin." He said smiling at the youngest Weasley. Ginny shrugged as if it didn't matter at all to her, which confused Bill to no end.

Just then Harry felt the wards flair followed by a Crack in the back garden. "That would be them," He said walking over to the door. "Nice work on the wards by the way Harry, most fully qualified wizards couldn't have set up that Apparation point without recasting the whole thing." Once again Bill raised his estimation of the boy.

Bill opened the back door and Ron felt himself leave his seat, Hermione growled and pushed him back down before he wondered why he got up in the first place. Harry was unaffected for some reason. It might be related to his ability to throw off the Imperius Curse, Harry decided to research that later. Because in walked two of the most beautiful women he had ever seen. He smiled and winked at Ginny before he slowly got up and crossed the room. "Fleur!" He said and pulled her into a hug. "How is my favorite Tri-Wizard Champion?"

"I am lovely Haree, and look at you! A leetle boy no more, Non you are a very 'andsome man!" She kissed him on both cheeks as she returned the hug. "You remembair my leetle seester, Gabrielle?" She said as the girl in question came up to him and pulled him into a hug and kissed his cheeks as well. "Ga..Gabrielle?" Harry stuttered out.

"Oui Harry, it is so good to see you." The little girl, no the young woman replied. The girl he held in his arms looked and felt more like fourteen or fifteen years old than the nine year old he thought he remembered pulling from the lake. "A leetle girl no more Non Harry?"

"Non.." Harry said. "I mean no, what happened I thought you would have only just turned eleven?" Harry asked, failing to notice he had not released her from his grasp yet.

Fleur smiled at the scene. "Non Haree, she is how you say? Late Bloomer, She is twelve years old when you pull her from ze lake. Veela are very beautiful but often..Murissent lentement..Uh..Maturing slowly?" She asked.

"So you are what?" he quickly did the math in his head. "Fourteen?" he could not believe it. Suddenly he blushed remembering what Bill said; this was going to be bad..very bad.

"Oui mon sauveur, I never deed repay you for saving my life." The girl said, still nestled in his arms and looking very comfortable.

Ginny and Hermione shared a look, on Hermione's part it was half jealousy, but over all it was amusement and a little lust. Ron on the other hand looked like he was about to hit someone. Harry saw the look on Ron's face once he dragged his eyes away from the little Veela. Quickly he pulled back feeling a slight loss at the contact.

"You are both welcome in my home, how did you two meet anyway?" Harry asked as he tried to center himself without closing his eyes, it worked, but only enough to keep him coherent. He made his way back to Ginny and wrapped his arms around her like a stuffed animal that made him feel safe. She hugged his arms back and giggled a little when she saw the jealousy flash across Gabrielle's face.

"This is going to be fun." She whispered into Harry's ear.

"This is going to get me killed." Harry whispered back, avoiding eye contact with the petite blonde bombshell.

"We meet while working for ze Goblins, I am apprenticing Curse Breaker when I meet my William and as zey say, ze sparks are flying?" She said as she kissed Bill on the lips and melted into his arms.

"In fact, we have something to discuss with everyone at dinner tonight. Where is mum anyway?" He asked.

Speak of the devil, Molly walked in to the kitchen with Arthur and when she saw him she exclaimed, "Bill! Oh my boy is home." She said running over to him and wrapping her arms as far around his wide shoulders as she could. Fleur had the sense to get out of the way when she saw the redheaded rocket headed her way. "And who is this you were so cozy with?" She asked turning toward the older Veela in question.

"Fleur Delacour Maman Weasley." Fleur said holding out her hand. Molly pushed it away and pulled the girl into a hug, "Nonsense, if you and my Bill are that close you can call me Molly. Speaking of which.." She asked pulling the girls hand up to her face. Suddenly the rest of the room gasped, none of them excepting Gabrielle and Bill had seen the shiny diamond ring that adorned her left ring finger.

"Wait What?" Ginny exclaimed running over to examine the ring with Hermione in closely in tow.

Molly suddenly lost her cheerful demeanor. "Just how does my son get engaged before I have even met the girl in question?" She asked giving him the evil eye.

"We only got engaged a few days ago, we have been dating for nearly two years now. I thought you met her at the tournament?" He asked trying to sidestep an argument.

"We watched her compete, that is hardly the same as meeting her." She turned back to the girl. "Not that I disapprove, but I barely know you!" A tear streaked its way down her face.

"Molly, we av not even zet a date for ze ceremony, surely you and I weel know one another before zen, Non?" Fleur said in broken English.

"I suppose… As long as you are happy my Bill. You are all grown up after all.." She trailed off to a surprised look from her oldest son.

"Tha..thanks mum that means a lot to me." He stammered out still stunned and wondering if this was really Molly Weasley.

"And who is this lovely young lady?" Molly asked lightly, but noticed the looks she was throwing at her daughter's boyfriend.

"Zees is my leetle sister Gabrielle. She is staying with me pour l ete..er for ze summer. I 'ope eet is not an eemposition?" She asked looking between Harry and the Weasley Matriarch, not sure who to ask.

Harry nodded at Molly's look, and the woman sighed. "No dear, it will be lovely to have more people in this old house. Those four keep to themselves, If it is alright with Harry you can pick out a couple of rooms on the second floor."

Harry nodded again, "I would love for you to stay here, all three of you. Order business or not you are family and friends and more than welcome." He said with a smile.

They nodded and headed towards the stairs to pick out rooms. Gabrielle smiled predatorily at him as she walked past, Ginny giggled again. "Oh this is going to be good."

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After dinner found the group hanging out in the training room in its conversation mode. Ron and Hermione were sitting in one area talking to Bill and Fleur. And Harry, Ginny, and Gabrielle were sitting on a couch across from Fred and George playing Exploding Snap. The table was raised to a height suitable for playing games, and there were Butterbeers for everyone. Except for Ron who eyed everyone else with Jealousy.

The conversation was light, but under the table Gabrielle kept placing her hand on Harry's knee, which was bouncing up and down with his nerves. Ginny was enjoying his discomfort a little too much for his liking. But he supposed that after what happened earlier, she was already mentally separating herself from him. She seemed happy enough to still be with him intimately, as demonstrated in a quick session before the others had gathered outside his room. But she was happy enough to see him with other women as well. He just didn't know why she thought it was such a great idea for Gabrielle to be flirting with him. As if Bill wanting to hurt him for dating her wasn't bad enough, what would he do if he found out that Harry had the hots for his soon-to-be sister in law as well?

As he let his mind drift too far three of his cards exploded in his hand and he stuck the offended fingers in his mouth. "Stupid Veela charm." He mumbled to himself eliciting a giggle from Ginny, and an odd look from the Twins who looked to be about to win again. Gabrielle just grinned at him. Soon the party broke up with Fred and George saying they needed to get up early the next morning to work on the shop, but promising to attend his party the following afternoon. Bill and Fleur were hoping for some alone time before Gabrielle was ready for bed, and Ron and Hermione wanted the same thing, but were smart enough not to voice it. Soon it was only the three of them sitting on the couch. The sex-god, the witch who liked to watch, and the quarter-Veela who wanted to claim him.

"So…" Harry said feeling rather nervous all of a sudden; he had plenty of time to get used to his study partners. But the knockout next to him had been sprung on him and he really had no idea how to talk to her.

Ginny laughed again, she had been doing that all night drawing strange stares from her brothers. "So…" She said enjoying his discomfort.

Gabrielle did not waste any time. "Harry, you are dating her zen?"

Harry nodded at the same time as Ginny shook her head. He looked at her with betrayal written on his face. "We were dating Gabrielle, now we are just special friends." She said confirming his earlier suspicions.

Gabrielle suddenly became more animated. "Oh? What is zis, Special Friend?"

Harry tried to find his voice when Ginny smiled at him and asked, "Yes Harry, please explain to our guest what kind of Special Friends we are?"

"Um.." He began not knowing how he could tell the girl they basically used each other. They were shag buddies in all but one way. Seeing his nervousness Gabrielle seemed to catch on quickly.

"Ah" she said sagely.

Harry looked at her in disbelief. "Ah what?" he said confused, hoping she didn't know exactly what it meant.

"Harry, I am fourteen, but I am also Veela, we understand these things instinctually." She said scooting closer to him and resting her hand on his thigh once more. "I especially so, my seester does not inherit as much of zee Veela as I do for some reason." She raised her hand higher on his thigh.

Harry panicked but as trapped as Ginny was not moving from his other side. "Uh… I don't..what are you doing?" He squeaked as she moved her hand again.

"I told you I never got to express my gratitude. You are my hero. Ze Headmaster was an idiot, Merpeoples are enemies with all magical races except for humankind. Why did you think Fleur did not make it to my rescue?" She asked.

"I thought it was Grindlylows. That is what everyone was told." Harry said.

"Ah but none of zem could see into ze lake could they?" She asked.

"Non, I mean no, I could barely see." He said, getting into the story he was losing some of his nerves.

"Ze Merpeople attacked her for crossing zeir borders, and if you 'ad not saved me, I would have been kept until ze charms wore off and I awoke under ze water." Gabrielle stated with tears forming in her eyes, the most beautiful tears ever, but tears nonetheless.

He pulled her into his arms instinctively after years of practice with Hermione and the last week of advanced training. She sniffled into his shoulder and slipped herself on to his lap. "I am yours Harry, eef you want me?" She pleaded with her eyes.

He looked at Ginny, but rather than help, which she never did. Or encourage the other girl like normal. She had tears in her eyes as well. "Bloody hell." Harry exclaimed and pulled her to his other shoulder. He let the two witches cry themselves out before he spoke.

"Gabrielle I would be a very lucky man, but I do not want a sex slave. I have a special friend and that is enough for the time being. But please don't be sad."

She looked at the other girl and then back to him. "And can I be zis special friend as well?" She asked.

He shook his head. "I don't feel right taking advantage of you like that, and I don't know you well enough to date you."

Ginny pulled him into a hug and whispered in his ear. "Harry you need to practice, and you never know, she might be the one." He shook his head but she grabbed both of his cheeks and kissed him quickly. "Yes, Harry. I already decided that at your party tomorrow I was letting you go. We can still have fun together don't get me wrong, but if any opportunities arise this summer you are to take them. Understand?" She said staring into his eyes. Gabrielle looked back and forth between them confused.

"Opportunities?" she said the word not knowing if she was translating it correctly.

"Harry has never known real love in his life. Hermione and I have decided to change that, and I am forcing him to date as many women as possible before my OWL year is done." Ginny said looking at the girl.

"Ah yes, I understand, at Beauxbatons zose in the fifth year seem as though they are always studying Non? It ees a bad time to make ze relationship." She nodded in agreement with herself.

"No offense but aren't you a little young for this?" Harry said trying to find a way out. He had just shagged his first girl that afternoon, he wasn't ready to add more girls to his budding Harem.

She shook her head and smiled at the two of them. "Do not be fooled by my age, as Veela I am considered adult at fourteen." She gave him a serious look before she continued. "And I am no stranger to ze ways of a man Harry. I did not save myself for you, I am sorry but sex is like air to me even as only quarter Veela. I did not know if I will ever see you again, so I move on and have many other lovers. Do you think me dame de le nuit?"

Harry applied what he knew of Latin to the foreign words and came up with woman and night, he understood the meaning. "No Gabrielle, had you asked me that a week ago I would have called you a slag." She looked at him curiously. "Um, scarlet woman? Lady of the night?" She nodded at that last. "However now I know that sex is just an expression of feeling between two people. I have found out the more feeling the better it is, but I do not look down on anyone any more just because they like pleasure." He finished remarkably cool headed. He laughed, stopped suddenly. Then laughed again as he realized he sounded like Hermione reciting text from memory.

Both of the girls looked at him strangely. "Sorry, I was channeling Hermione there for a second and I amazed myself that I got it all out without stuttering once." Gabrielle nodded and then surprised him mid laugh by straddling his thigh and kissing him.

The kiss shot through his system like an electric shock, he may be partially immune to Veela charm. But she was a damn good kisser, and that five percent of him that still reacted to her did so with force. He kissed her back for a full minute before he broke for air and pulled back trying to gather his senses. "Damn!" he said before realizing he spoke out loud.

"God that was hot." Ginny whispered in his ear. He turned a shocked face towards her meaning to whisper something back but she captured his lips just as Gabrielle did. Surprising him the kiss shook him nearly as much as the last one had. "Damn." He said again, then remembered what he had been about to say and leaned into her ear.

"So my sexy witch likes other sexy witches now? Not just Hermione?" he asked in a sultry voice that caused the moisture to pool in her knickers.

"Only when they are with you Harry, except for Hermione of course." She added as an afterthought.

"Of course." He said sarcastically.

Gabrielle cleared her throat and gave them both a look that said she was supposed to be the center of attention. And apparently guessing what they were discussing she leaned across Harry and captured the redheads lips in her own. Harry watched as their tongues did battle inches in front of his eyes and groaned, as his pants grew tighter.

"Damn is right!" Ginny said when she finally had to pull away.

"I never say zat my lovers were all men." Gabrielle said with a raised eyebrow dropping her hand onto his erection. "You like what you see Harry?"

"Ginny, You are going to kill me before Voldemort ever gets the chance." Harry groaned out. "Absolutely no help." He trailed off and Gabrielle kissed him again and Ginny leaned in to nibble on his neck. He pulled back. "First of all this really is no place to do this, I do not fancy Bill or Fleur walking in here to find you." He said pushing them both off his lap.

"Mine seester knows what I 'ave planned Harry, I deed not know you 'ad votre petite amie. She will still understand, she is Veela after all. I know she has had other woman in Williams bed." She smiled at the shocked look on Ginny's face.

"Please Ginevra, it is no uncommon in magical Europe to have many wives. Or recognized lovers." The petite girl shrugged.

"I just worry about Hermione's reaction." Ginny said. Gabrielle looked confused for a few moments before looking at Harry in shock.

"Non! Harry vous goujon! You stud. Does Ronald know?" She asked curiously. When they both blushed Gabrielle was even more surprised but quickly tensed a bit before asking. "I am not ze judge, but Ginevra and Ronald… do zey?"

"NO!" both chorused as Ginny pretended to heave over the side of the sofa.

"Oh, okay so Ronald he is okay with ze arrangement?" She asked still wanting to understand.

Harry cleared his throat. "Ron and Hermione have a strange relationship. Hermione wants eventually to make a real relationship but Ron is still too immature for her. So she takes out her frustrations on us. And then we frustrate her back and she takes out her frustrations on him."

Gabrielle once again looked confused. "So you and Hermione do not beurrez le muffin?" She asked.

Ginny giggled, apparently her French was better than Harry's as she smiled at the girl. "Just this afternoon if you must know."

Gabrielle nodded. "I will deal with her, she simply needs to be told what to do and when to be quiet." The little girl said with conviction. Harry and Ginny shared a look and giggled. "I think zat Hermione likes to be le docile, and Ronald does not take charge. Do you take charge Harry?" She asked curiously.

In response he quickly disentangled from Ginny and picked the small girl up placing her on his lap and ran his hands under her shirt and raked them down her back as he kissed her rather thoroughly. She let out almost a pur and set her head into his shoulder. "Oh my, " she panted, "Vous serez mon maitre? My master?" She asked trying to remember what language to speak.

"Gabrielle please. I really have no idea what to do in this situation Gabrielle. I have been friends with Ginny and Hermione for the best years of my life. I can't just use you."

To his surprise she grinned at him and nodded her head vehemently. "Please Harry? You are he I dream about for two years, and it is my nature to submit to you. It will bring me great pleasure if you use me and zen make me sleep at ze foot of your bed. I just want to please you." She said rocking slightly against his still hard cock.

He kissed her softly before pulling away, "Gabrielle I'm sorry, but I need to know you better. You are the most beautiful girl I have ever met, but I have my hands full at the moment."

She looked at him with tears in her eyes. "You are rejecting me?"

"I am asking for time Gabrielle, please be my friend, let me get to know you, in fact you can be the first girl on my schedule. So we are now officially dating, but I will not just use you for sex. Understand?"

"But Harry, I am ze submissive, please tell me what to do." She leaned in and kissed him passionately once again. She moaned into his mouth and pulled back, she licked his ear lightly before she whispered. "Command me master."

"I am a very lucky man Gabrielle, but I am not ready to take you to my bed." He said as he lid his hand up her thigh and under short skirt. Ginny leaned and kissed the girl once more.

"Give him time, you are his first Oppurtunity you lucky girl."

She moaned a little after this kiss but nodded at her words. "Will you please touch me Harry?" She said and grabbing his hand she placed in over her soaked knickers. "If you will not take me, will you please do zis?"

Ginny leaned in and whispered in his ear. "You have to start somewhere Harry. Remember you promised."

Nodding he leaned in and kissed the girl once more before moving his fingers in small circles, rubbing her clit through the fabric of her very thin knickers. She moaned into his mouth in response and reached down pulling her knickers aside so that his finger met her warm wet pussy instead. "More master, please?" She whined into his ear.

He stopped fighting and kissed her again, placing a finger at her entrance he slowly pushed it inside, causing her to buck in his lap. He increased his pace and once his finger was all the way inside her he located that spot that…

"Mon deu!" Gabrielle cried and began trying to ride his hand. Harry kept it up as she kissed him once again, and soon she came all over his hand. He slowly withdrew from her as he kissed her one last time.

"Goodnight Gabrielle." He whispered and Ginny pulled the girl to her feet, and towards the stairs. Both turned and smiled at him over their shoulders before decending.

"Bloody Hell, Luckiest Unlucky man in the world!" He exclaimed to the empty room. Getting up he headed in to bed, tomorrow was going to be an important day after all.

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Hermione had disappeared with Ron into his room, once again locking the door. She was a combination of nerves and jealousy and that did not work out well for pleasing her boyfriend. Not unless he would talk her down first.

He pulled off his shirt and placed his hands at her hips, but before he could pull her shirt off she stopped him. "I can't yet Ron, I'm too worked up." She said and sat in the desk chair.

"Huh?" Ron asked intelligently, putting his Chess Master brain to good use.

"That little Veela was all over him! And Ginny just let her do it, and did you see the way she was looking at him?" Ron listened confused until he realized she was talking about Harry, his mood darkened considerably.

"Harry bloody Potter, do you really think I care if he gets to shag one more witch? Do we really need to talk about him during my time?" he asked with venom.

Hermione froze when he used the phrase 'shag one more witch' how could he know? "Um.." She said suddenly at a loss. "You should be upset! She might try to take him from Ginny!" Hermione said trying to recover.

"No, Harry told me he and Gin were breaking up before school started anyway because of her OWL's or something. Honestly that girl needs to get her priorities straight."

That got her fired up. "There is nothing wrong with wanting good grades Ronald, life does not begin and end in a Bloody Broom Closet!" She half shouted at him.

"Language Mione." He said smiling at her.

"Don't call me that, is this all I really am to you? A quick way to get off without having to do it yourself? I just want to have a conversation with my Boyfriend about his best mate!"

Ron turned red. "I..You know I care about you Hermione, why else would I tell Harry he could shag you rotten as long as you came back to me?" He shouted at her.

"Because you great git, you don't want to lose access to this!" She said pulling her shirt off.

His eyes were glued to her chest for a few seconds before he spoke, trying to calm her down. "Uh..No Hermione that isn't it at all. I just want you to be happy is all." He said quietly.

"No Ron, you just want me to keep you happy." She said sighing as tears began to fall. "Why wont this work?" She asked nobody in particular.

"We can make it work." Ron said tentatively sitting beside her on the queen-sized bed.

"I don't think so Ron..I just couldn't admit it to myself until now. I never failed at anything before." She said as the tears fell.

"Hermione please, lets not just end it like this, I can be better, just give me a chance yeah?" He asked, wondering if she was right and he only wanted to use her.

"Ron I need a few days without us to think about it alright? I'm not breaking up with you just yet..I just need time to think about it." She said quietly as she stood and put her shirt back on. She turned and kissed him again trying to muster any real feeling toward him that she wasn't just channeling from her study partners. It didn't work.

"Mione look, I release you from your oath okay? Does that make it easier?" She felt the magic snap inside her but shook her head sadly.

"Maybe after Harry's party or the next day I will know all right?" She asked him.

His face getting redder by the second as he realized what was happening he said as quietly as he could. "Yeah, I suppose."

And she turned and fled into the bathroom across the hall to cry her eyes out. She couldn't face Harry and Ginny like this.

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Ginny knocked on the only closed door on the second floor and heard a thump she could now identify as someone falling off the bed. "Don't get up on my account you two, I just wanted to let you know Gabrielle will be staying across the hall." She called out.

"Uh, Thanks midget. Go away now." Bill called back.

Giggling she walked down the hallway toward the hidden staircase. She sauntered slowly to give herself time to think.

Smiling she imagined what the two would look like together. She wanted Harry, she wanted Hermione, and she wanted any girl who wanted Harry. This week had been full of surprising revelations about herself. She figured out she really did like girls, it wasn't just a Hermione crush thing. She had loosened the morals that her mother had force fed her for nearly fifteen years and did not have a guilt complex, which was surprising. Her mother of all people had given her money for a contraceptive potion and simply told her to be careful. Yes things were definitely different this summer.

And then there was what had happened just that afternoon. She had watched her boyfriend shag her best friend. And loved every single second of it. She did not think she would ever be able to top her new number one erotic moment. Though if she had been asked after Harry accidentally came on her the first time, she would have said the same thing.

Definitely a surprising summer, but she would not change any of it for all the gold in Gringott's.

She popped the door and made her way up one level, before turning and heading down that hallway as well. She walked slowly down the hall thinking to herself. When he heard someone's quick footfalls behind her and was nearly knocked over by a lumbering Ron.

"Ron, what the hell?" She shouted at him. "Where are you running off to in a hissy?" She called out.

"Butterbeer." Was his only response as he stomped down the stairs. She wondered why Hermione would let him have Butterbeer when she heard a sob coming from the bathroom down the hall.

"Oh no…" She cottoned on as she hurried to the bathroom door. "Mione?" She called out quietly.

"Go away Gin I can't talk to you right now…" She paused her crying long enough to tell the other girl.

"Ron just went to get a Butterbeer, I take it you two aren't doing well then?" Ginny asked lightly.

Hermione laughed, "No you think?" Before sobbing again.

"Let me in Mione," The door remained firmly closed. Ginny remembered what Gabrielle had said earlier and took on a commanding tone. "Mione open this door Now ."

The sobbing stopped suddenly, Ginny didn't know if she was scared or confused. But the lock turned. She opened the door to find Hermione sitting on the edge of the tub with half a roll of toilet paper in balls around her. She quickly closed the door and locked it behind her, wishing she could add a silencing charm.

"So?" She said with a raised eyebrow.

"I..I told him I needed a few days to get my head on straight. I needed to talk to him and he just wanted a bloody shag." Hermione said poisonously.

"My brother is highly intelligent for being an idiot." Ginny said sitting next to her and gathering up the used tissue to be placed in the trashcan. "What were you trying to talk to him about?" She asked.

"That thing in the kitchen." Hermione practically growled.

"Mione, since when are you racist? What about elves, are they things too?" Ginny asked her calmly.

"What? No of course not, but you saw how Harry reacted to her Veela charms. She is going to sink her hooks into him. That isn't love Gin, we have to stop her!" Hermione said her tears suddenly stopping.

"Mione I saw how he reacted to Fleur as well. While you were restraining my dear brother from humping her leg, Harry was smiling at me." Ginny said trying to get her point across to the other girl. She slipped her arm around Hermione's shoulders. "So what's this really about?"

"I can't lose him Gin. He's my best friend and I can't tell him I am in love with him…" Hermione trailed off with fear etched into her face. Ginny just smiled at her.

"Well duh Hermione, you have been in love with him, real love for years. Don't think that changes the way I feel." The redhead said in a wise tone of voice. "To tell the truth I am this close to being head over heels in love with him as well. The question is what are you going to do about it?" Ginny asked.

"Nothing, he is my best friend and I couldn't stand to lose that because we had some stupid fight. Look what happened with Ron." Hermione said with tears starting again. Ginny pulled her into a hug and let the girl cry.

"How are you so sure he would reject you? Just tell him and get it over with. Maybe we don't have to go through with the plan." Ginny said though her tone of voice at the end expressed disappointment.

Hermione shook her head. "He needs the chance to see if he can find his own happiness, I don't want him to feel obligated to be with me. Besides I know a certain someone who is looking forward to sharing him." Hermione said finally cracking a smile.

Ginny smiled back, "I think someone else has a thing for watching too." Hermione promptly blushed.

"I..I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh come off it Mione, you couldn't stand to see us even accidentally going at it without getting yourself off, are you saying you don't want to watch him pound that little Veela into the mattress before pounding into you while you clean her out?" Ginny shivered and her face got flushed imagining the possibilities.

Hermione was stunned, mentally she was preparing to say no, but the sudden head rush and pooling moisture between her legs told her the truth. "Oh God! Ginny what am I going to do? I'm such a bloody slut!" she said hiding her face in embarrassment.

"Stop that right now, my girlfriend is not a slut, even if she did fool around with my brother." Ginny shivered playfully. "You never did shag him did you?" She asked only half teasing.

"No that was the problem.. After Harry earlier I was done for. I would have felt like I was cheating on Harry when I was with Ron. I just needed to talk to him, to get my head on straight. It could have been fixed but he just spouted off at me at usual." She said with a frown, which promptly turned into a smile. "So I'm your girlfriend?" She asked hopefully.

"That depends on two things." Ginny said and Hermione waited with baited breath. "One, there is a little girl who ended up snogging our boyfriend senseless after I convinced him it was okay, does that bother you or excite you?" Hermione blushed but quickly nodded her agreement with the end of the statement.

"Good, then the second is this, Hermione will you be my girlfriend?" She asked. In response Hermione pressed her lips against Ginny's forcefully and begged entrance to her mouth with her tongue. Ginny wrapped both arms around the other girl and opened up, her tongue dancing along with the other girls.

Panting Ginny pulled back, "So, what are we going to do with leetle Gabrielle?" She asked standing up and offering Hermione a hand.

"We are going to go welcome her properly some day soon. But now I want another good shagging!" Hermione said with a grin.

The two left the bathroom and headed up to what they hoped would be a very memorable evening.