Chapter eleven

Harry walked towards the door of his flat and saw Ron and Hermione, but he also noticed Ron looked angry.

'Don't say or do anything until you hear it all Ron or I'll leave and not explain anything,' Harry opened his door and stepped inside before facing his friends.

'She said you had Snape watching while you had sex,' Ron blurted out the moment Harry looked at him.

'Is that what she said and you believed her I suppose. Well, she is your sister, that's to be expected.'

'Are you saying she lied to us Harry?' Hermione asked.

'Yes, she did. Snape was here but left before Ginny and I went into the bedroom. But let's see if she told you all of it Ron. Hermione did you tell him what she'd been doing?'

'No, I thought I'd wait until we spoke about this,' Hermione could tell Harry wanted her to tell Ron, 'Ginny kept talking to me Ron, trying to get me to convince Harry to have sex with her. She kept doing that a dozen times a day, and it's not something I want to think about, I don't want to hear about Harry's sex life.'

'She shouldn't have done that, but why did you have sex then if you don't want to get back together with her.'

'I tried everything to get her to find someone else, but she kept turning up here. Finally I said if I had sex with her I'd still be out shagging others, I even threated, only threatened Ron, to have another person here with us, a woman I know that likes that type of thing, two girls, one bloke, I've had them before. Ginny said she'd do anything as long as I made love to her. I finally worked out why she was willing to do anything and even go along with that. So I didn't get those woman, I could have, but I didn't. But I did get some help from Snape to stop Ginny doing something,' Harry walked over to the small bar and picked up a small potions vials, 'Hermione can test the few drops in here to see what it's for, if you want her to that is, Ron,' Harry handed the vial to Hermione.

'What did she want to do Harry?' Hermione said but gave Harry a look that told him she had worked it out.

'She used the charms to make sure she fell pregnant, that potion I got from Snape was to make sure she couldn't. No matter what I said or did, she was going to have sex with me to make sure she got pregnant in the hope I would go back to her. After we finished, I told her Snape put that potion in her drink, he did that before he left. So you see Ron, this was all her doing and now she's lying about it, I hope you realise it's all her lies and not mine. When I told her about this potion, I did expect her to tell Hermione and I wasn't sure she would tell you. But did she say all this to your parents?'

'No, just us,' Ron stared at Harry and knew he'd never lied to him before, but also Harry sounded like he was telling the truth. If Ginny was willing to do that, then forget to mention it, then it must be her lying, 'She really wanted to get pregnant?'

'Yes, she did, she even admitted it, that's when I told her about the potion. She wanted to trap me into a relationship with her. So do you believe me Ron and I get why you might not, she is your sister, I'm just your mate.'

'I believe you because I know Ginny loves you and I could see her doing something like falling pregnant to get you. Tell me though, if she did fall pregnant, what would you have done?'

'I told Ginny it wouldn't have changed anything, the only thing I would do is see the kid, but it wouldn't have made me get back with Ginny, I would end up hating her,' Harry sat down, 'After sleeping with men and woman, I found I like men better. I enjoy their company more, I definitely enjoy the sex more. So that's who I'm going to be with from now on.'

'So like Charlie, you're gay,' Hermione said.

'Don't know about that, maybe I am, I just know I like the sex with men better.'

'Like with Charlie,' Ron shrugged, 'He told me, just asked me not to say anything to Ginny or mum and dad. He only told me in case the three of us were out and he wanted you again.'

'Yeah, he thought Ginny would hex him, we've only had sex twice. Well, twice he came here, had sex a lot more though. Have to say Ron, your brother is big, so it bloody hurt that first night.'

'I don't want to know any of that Harry, so keep it shut.'

Harry laughed, 'Alright, I won't say he choked me.'

'Ow, gross Harry, stop it,' Ron grimaced as he closed his eyes, 'Blast, now that imagine is in my mind,' Ron shook he's head but heard Harry laugh, and Hermione sniggered, 'It's not funny, I'm straight, I do not want to think of you sucking off some bloke, especially my brother.'

'Ron,' Hermione said looking shocked.

'Well, that's what they do Hermione.'

'I know, but you don't have to say it.'

Harry laughed again and wondered if he should tell them who he liked to suck more than other blokes. He decided since he goes out with Severus a lot now, they might suspect, or Hermione might at least.

'Say I like to suck blokes,' Harry laughed, 'and say I like to suck Snape,' Harry grinned, then burst out laughing as Ron and Hermione stared at him and both had their mouths hanging open, 'Oh yeah and I have to say, he really tastes good.'

'Ow Harry, he's our professor, how could you?' Hermione asked.

'Easy, at first, he just wanted to tell me he had always liked me and that's why he gave me a hard time. So I basically told him what to do, which he did, then had him bent over my bed in Gryffindor tower. I said that he had naughty thoughts about one of his students so he was going to be punished, and he was, but it was so much fun fucking him.'

'Harry,' Hermione's voice squeaked, 'Don't say that, any of it,' she shuddered while Ron still sat there with his mouth hanging open until Harry reached over and pushed it shut making him laugh again. But the three friends had a good time, with Harry making them both look either shocked or blush and of course, that made Harry laugh more.

A couple of weeks later, Hermione and Ron went to Australia to find her parents. Harry was always at Snape's house, but he had finally started to think of it as home. Then one day he wanted to do something so he stepped into the potions room and stared at Severus, wondering what he would say and what he would do.

'Sev, I need to talk to you for a minute.'

Severus looked up at Harry and could tell by his face and tone of his voice that what Harry needed to say was serious. So he turned the cauldron down and took Harry's hand why they both sat.

'What's wrong?'

'Nothing, there's something I want to do. You said this is my home right?'

'Yes, I had this built with the hope you would live here with me love.'

'I want to go into my parent's house and get some of their things to bring here.'

'It's your home and if you want their belongings, than you should.'

'You don't mind?'

'No, this is your home, I thought you'd finally started to feel like it was.'

'I do, that's why I want some of their things,' Harry lowered his head and looked at the floor, 'I hate admitting this, but I'm scared.'

Severus heard how upset Harry sounded, so he wrapped his arms around Harry and pulled him into his chest.

'That would be natural, they were murdered in that house. I take most of the blame for that even if I did try to stop it from happening.'

'You did try Sev and you never realised it meant mum at the time.'

Severus tightened his hold, 'I sometimes wish I could go back and change everything.'

'So do I, but we can't, none of us can.'

'Do you want to go in alone, or do you want someone with you?'

Harry looked up, 'I want you with me, but I wasn't sure you would want to go in there.'

'I want to be there for you, to hold you if you need me.'

'Can we go after you finish that potion?'

'If you wish, but now I want to ask you something and I would like the truth.'

'Okay.'

'You're starting to feel more for me now, aren't you?' Severus noticed Harry looked wary then looked down again, 'You don't have to tell me, you never have to. Can you just admit that you do, that's all I want to hear.'

Harry sighed, then looked up, 'Yes, I do. You knew I would eventually, didn't you?'

'Yes, once you let me show you how good a life together we can have, you would see it and feel it. But I was serious, you don't have to tell me, ever.'

'I hope you can live with that Sev, because I can't.'

'I can as long as I have you. Now let me finish this potion and we'll go.'

Harry nodded, then watched Severus finish adding ingredients to his potion and wondered what he was brewing up this time. When Severus turned off the burner under the cauldron, Harry stood up and held out his hand to Severus, who took it and they headed to Godric's Hollow.

They both stood looking up at the house for a few minutes before Harry finally let go of Severus' hand and walked to the door. He stood staring at his hand on the doorknob when he felt Severus hand on his shoulder. The moment he felt Severus, it gave him what he needed to turn the doorknob, then pushed the door open.

'It doesn't look that bad.' Snape said as he looked around.

'Not down here, it's upstairs where the damage it.' Harry took a couple of deep breathes then stepped into his parent's house. Then stood in one spot staring around the large living room, 'Looks like it would have been cosy,' Harry stepped over to the fireplace and placed on top of the mantle were pictures. Harry wiped all the dust and saw a picture of his parents wedding, another one with them both holding him, 'How old do you think I was in this?'

Severus stepped over to Harry and looked down at the picture he was holding, a picture of Lily, James and Harry Potter.

'I'm not that good at judging the age of babies, but I'd say sixth months, or close to it. This must have been taken after Albus told your parents about the prophecy.'

'How do you know that?'

'Because you were four months old when I told Voldemort about it, then he thought it meant you so I went to Albus and I know he came straight here to see your parents. And look at their faces Harry, even though they are smiling, you could see how tense they are, how stressed, worried.'

Harry studied his parent's faces, 'You're right, they do look worried,' Harry picked up every picture and place them in a pile on the old sofa, then looked around at the ornaments. He picked up a stag and saw Prongs writing on it, 'Dad,' he picked up another of a large dog with Padfoot on it, then another with a wolf, not a werewolf, just a normal wolf with Moony writing on it, then he picked up the last and threw it into the fireplace, 'I hate that rat, and I'm not sorry he's dead,' Harry placed the other three ornaments with the pictures the saw another, one a little larger. He picked it up and stared at it, 'A doe with a flower, a Lily,' Harry looked up at Severus, 'That's why you're patronus is a doe, because of mum?'

'Yes it was, but when I started to realise I had feelings for you, I was glad mine was a doe, the mate to your stag.'

'I'm glad as well,' Harry added that to the pile and went into the kitchen, 'Would you mind if I took some of this stuff?'

'No and if your mother bought this, she had good taste. I don't own anything like a large punch bowl or platters. They look like crystal.'

'Well my father's family were rich, so they probably are,' Harry picked up the crystal kitchenware and added those to the pile. He saw a lot of other things, but decided to leave it here, 'I want to go upstairs, into my room. Do you think I can get in there?'

'You could look, I don't know if you could enter. You won't know until you do have a look.'

Harry nodded then both men went upstairs and they stood outside the busted door. Then Harry gave it a push and it fell into the room.

'Oh blimey,' Harry sucked in a breath as he stared at the wreckage inside his old room. The roof and part of the walls were down, scattered everywhere including his old cot. But both men also saw old, dried blood and realised that Harry must have been bleeding that night. Neither of them said anything, they just kept staring at the destruction that Voldemort had done. Not to just the room, but to the people who had lived here, Harry and his parents.