Chapter 10 –One more time

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That lunch with Susan led to several more and to multiple dinners. She enjoyed the amusement parks and cinemas so of course the rest of the summer flew by at breakneck speed. The next thing I knew I was meeting Susan on the platform at Kings Cross as it was September 1st.

We grabbed a compartment and stowed our trunks when Hannah Abbott, Susan's friend, joined us. Minute's later the Patil twins giggled their way in followed by Lavender Brown, Luna Lovegood and a small blond named Tina MacDougal. Lavender was whispering in one of the Patil twin's ear, both were looking at me. She then left to spread the rumor to other compartments. I was curious what new tale had been tacked onto me but wasn't going to ask.

"Padma come on and tell everyone or you will explode." Hannah ordered.

"Well it's embarrassing to say with Harry here but both of his girlfriends are not returning to Hogwarts and the rumor is they are both preggers."

Susan, Tina and I started laughing.

"I wouldn't mind." Luna said as she looked out the window.

"Daphne might be preggers but she ran off with that Slyterin after school. I hear she is doing the pretty housewife role." Hannah stated.

"Hermione has had it with the magical community and went muggle she is in one of their muggle university schools." Tina added.

"Well that fits in what I know about the two, it was they who gave me the heave-ho." I laughed.

"Yes well I heard you and Susan are an item now." Parvati was fishing for more juicy gossip.

"No we are not but all he has to do is ask." Susan turned to me and smiled.

"Well dear lady consider your self asked most sincerely." I then kissed her hand. I would have to get an oath later so I could tell her about being dead as cold as that sounded.

"That is if you live that long." Susan giggled.

"What." Parvati was ready for more gossip.

"Harry told the Headmaster off while at the Ministry and there were tons of witnesses."

"Oh that's not good; I bet he has plans for you when you get there." Tina giggled.

"He may try but he best tread lightly as you are looking at Lord Harry James Potter Head of the Ancient and Noble House Potter." Susan boasted.

"You mean Heir to don't you?" Tina queried.

"No he is the actual Head of House Potter." Susan replied.

"Tina's jaw dropped

"In fact he could have been Lord Black but he refused the title."

"Are you crazy? Why would you do something like that?" Tina squeaked.

"Why don't you ask Draco the new Lord Black and Millicent his newly betrothed?" I laughed.

That sent the Patil twins off in search of Lavender Brown. The rumor mill had people to interview and new dirt to spread.

/Scene Break/

The school year started a bit odd as Draco and Ron did not make an appearance on the train and no summons came from the Headmaster at the welcoming feast. I was a little shocked as there was over one-hundred new students being sorted. I later caught up with Minerva and apologized for not being around during the summer break.

"Its fine Harry as both Hermione and Daphne sent me letters explaining why they would not be returning to Hogwarts. This must be hard for you."

"To start with but the training class kept me busy and then Susan showed up and she is nice."

"You were not the only one that was busy this summer as we got over a hundred new students that all got their tuitions paid by some company called PJ&H. Dumbledore is having a mental breakdown trying to find new teachers to cover all the influx of new students. Well you best be going as curfew is in a few minutes."

A quick shower and I was in my bed putting up my wards. The wards were for 'just in case' I never thought I was actually in any real trouble other than my roommates snoring.

/Scene Break/

There was something wrong. Three days at school and no Draco, Snape or Dumbledore problems. This is enough to drive me crazy. Draco tried to strut around as Lord Black but with Millicent hanging on him or dragging him into empty classrooms brought him nothing but snickers and catcalls. Draco was around five foot five inches and maybe weighted one-hundred pounds. Millicent was closer to six feet and one-hundred-fifty pounds. Draco was like Millicent's toy, 'Plush Lovey the Ferret'.

Ron was chasing Lavender which was funny but most of Gryffindor were not looking forward to them becoming a couple. Lavender was all makeup,nice clothes and gossip while Ron was all mouth both in speaking and eating. Nothing but trouble would come from a match like that. People thought that Lavender would find or make up the gossip and Ron would be sure to yell it out at the wrong time and place without thinking. Fights and House point losses were soon to follow.

Snape was too quiet in class towards me. It was almost like a cat stalking a mouse atmosphere. As far as Dumbledore was concerned he only showed publicly around meal times and I got no summons to his office.

Susan was not helping my nerves. She was the clingy type, nice girl but the relationship wasn't going to work out.

Tina MacDougal was confusing. She hung around always flirting with me. She had every class that I had so that made Susan unhappy and more clingy.

By the next week I was getting paranoid. They all must have gotten together and decided to drive me nuts by doing nothing.

/Scene Break/

We were in October and my days of peace and quiet were now ending. Susan had decided that I was not attentive enough, maybe she was right. She ended our platonic relationship so that Tina MacDougal moved in closer but just out of reach. Lavender Brown decided that Ron was a stalker and decided that she should stalk me. This got Ron irate and puffing steam and nasty comments behind my back.

Ron blew one day after a potion class. Snape had been explaining in his polite way how Ron was an incompetent idiot and a genetic retard. Once the class was over I walked out of the room, Lavender and Tina fell in step on either side of me.

"Well that punishment is over for another week." I exclaimed with a sigh.

"Oh Harry your just so funny." Lavender flirted but leaned over and kissed my cheek.

"Oi, what are you doing kissing my girl friend?" Ron exploded and charged intending to land his fist in my face. One thing that all the fighting arts likes to teach is to use the opponents own energies against themselves. Ron's charge put his body in motion towards me. His swing emphasized that direction so a simple sidestep and using my two hands to assist him into the air and forward, he collided with the far stone wall.

Calm as you can imagine Tina commented, "Gee Harry I didn't know that Ron was your girlfriend."

I maturely stuck out my tongue at Tina and proceed to lunch. Minerva had a chat with me over what happened and gave Ron a detention when he got out of the hospital.

At breakfast the next morning, "Mr. Potter please see me after lunch."

"I'm sorry Headmaster but I have classes after lunch would three this afternoon be acceptable?" McGonagall asked.

"Very well Professor, at three then." Dumbledore wasn't twinkling as he answered.

We had just walked into his office when something wet and pudding like hit me in my face. "Now Harry you will sit down and tell me where you are living and then you will sign some documents. When I glanced at Minerva she was just standing their with this glassy-eyed expression. So I gave the jerk an answer. "Well I and Tom Riddle have been hanging out at his pad with the boys."