Yay! One more update! As I write this author's note, my parents have gone out for about 3 hours. I'm hoping that I'll be able to write some more SIASL, but you'll get weekly updates definitely for the next 5 weeks or so. Hope you like this!
Thanks a whole lot to Sue, since I pester her with my emails and slight mistakes over and over again!
Disclaimer: Yes, I'm a man and a woman because I own the rights to Glee as well as a trademarked Harry Potter. Nah, I'm just kidding. *whispers* Not!
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Harry went to the bathroom to wash his face. He argued with himself, you're not going to look like a hobo just because you're not meeting Kurt. You met him like a week ago. You need to suck it up and do something. You can't follow him like a lost puppy no matter how much you want to do that. As he lathered the soap onto his face, he felt a buzzing in his ears. He was confused for a minute, trying to itch his ear, when he remembered something written on the letter as a PS. Arthur had said that he put a charm on the fireplace which would alert him with a small buzz so he could check it out as no one actually knew about the place except for him. He removed the wand from his back-pocket, even though he knew Moody was afraid for his bum. He giggled a bit, then got serious as he walked slowly towards the fireplace. Just then, he heard a familiar voice, but decided the person might have been at Hogwarts with him. He shouted "STUPEFY!" as he finished walking the corridor to the living room. Harry then burst out into peals of laughter as he realized he had frozen his own best friend, and decided to let him be like that for about ten minutes before ending it.
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As Ron unfroze, he fell to the ground and heard Harry laughing. He was quite irritated and walked into the room where he heard his voice to see Harry pointing at him and laughing, "Hahahahah...Your face…so priceless. I thought it was a death eater, only to find… my best friend." And suddenly his mood became serious and he asked, "Can I still call you that or have you come to tell me that Hermione helped you see the light?" Harry should have expected it, but the shock on his face when Ron slapped him was genuine. Ron cried, "Even with six siblings, you were the only brother who understood all of my feelings. We were like Fred and George with different mothers. And now you question it? Maybe I shouldn't have come."
Ron turned only to have Harry hug him from behind. "No, don't leave. It's just staying here without anyone from England, makes me feel not only like I've run away, but also like maybe I was never wanted there. I mean, if I never came to Hogwarts, you would have probably thought I was training for the war and never thought again about me. Maybe we would have met at battle. Maybe Lupin, Tonks or Fred would never have died." Ron hit him at the back of his head and said, "Exactly why have you been thinking all this bollocks? I know we all have our 'what ifs', but we aren't going back in time to change anything, so maybe you should be happy. Like two minutes ago, when you were laughing at my expense." Harry suddenly said, "It was funny, yeah?" It was like an explosion in the room with both of them laughing like they were back at Gryffindor Tower and Seamus had told the filthiest joke ever.
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After all the laughing for no rhyme or reason at all had stopped, Harry got a bottle of firewhiskey out. Arthur had put it there (he had done a lot of favours for Harry with half of the stored stuff) and Harry was saving the bottle for a really sad day or when Kurt finally decided he was bored of lugging a useless twenty-year-old around. But this seemed like an appropriate time to break it out. Between shots, they informed each other of what had been going on for the last few weeks.
Ron said, "Well, everyone pretty much killed Hermione on the spot when they realized that she was the reason you had gone away and hadn't come back for dinner for many days. She hoped that someone would take her side in the argument, but I didn't exactly let her tell everyone. I escorted her outside the house and changed the Floo password so she couldn't come back till she got her head out of her arse. But I had to tell Mom and Ginny. Well, Dad told Mom and I told Ginny. By the way, Ginny says that you kissed pretty well for a guy who likes to kiss guys. She went on a date with Colin Creevey who also turned out to be gay, and apparently he told her that kissing a girl made him want to vomit. So you are better in those respects." Ron then made a miming action of vomiting at the thought of his sister kissing guys. He had another shot and told Harry, "I've told you about my work and Ginny. Now you tell me about what you've done in this time and I'll tell you something Mom told me to pass on."
Harry took the bottle and put it to his mouth, chugging a bit and clenched his eyes shut at the burning. He then said, "I think Arthur must have told you, but this flat was something he had arranged for me to stay in, in case the war repercussions weren't as good. Maybe he wanted the three of us to stay though, there's a room painted in your bright orange." Ron have a wide smile as Harry also smiled at the thought of Kurt. "There's this coffee shop I've been going to who serves the best cocoa after your mom. And then there's Kurt." He gave a loud, heavy loving sigh. Ron, who had seen Harry moon over Cho at close-range, knew exactly what these signs were. He slapped Harry on the back and bellowed, "Of course you would get a guy in the first place you move to, yeah?"
Harry's eyes brightened and Ron groaned. He forgot that when Harry was sloshed, he waxed poetic about whatever topic was mostly on his head. He prepared for a big speech when Harry spoke in almost a whisper, "I think he's an angel. He looks so pure and innocent and fair, even though he knows how to cut a homophobe down with his words." On being asked the guy's name, Harry sang, "Kurt. His name is Kurt. Our names together come as Hart. See, Merlin knows the gods want us to get together." Ron then asked, "Have you gone out?"
Harry got up and threw the bottle down. As it smashed to pieces, Ron suddenly got out of his stupor. He performed the Sobering Charm on himself and repaired the bottle. He said, "Scourgify" and removed the dregs of firewhiskey on the floor. Harry laughed, "Yeah, I almost told him about how we Scourgify our mouths before making out. We as in we wizards. I changed it to you telling the whole school Lavender has bad breath." Ron knew performing the Sobering Charm on a person might shock them, but he really knew that Harry needed it. The look on Harry's face as he registered what happened was hilarious. Harry then pleaded, "I'll tell you more about him later. Tell me what Molly said." Ron shrugged and said, "I don't know if you know this, but Charlie is bi. He was dating a girl called Veronica who he graduated with and now he's dating some Neal guy. She told me to tell you, that if you have any significant other, she would be proud to have you introduce her and Dad as your family. And not just them. I'm pretty sure, we Weasleys would love for you to be an honorary Weasley."
Ron saw Harry wipe tears away and realized the crying had to stop for now. He asked, "What do you usually do at this time?" Harry saw the clock strike seven and said, "I usually go to Coffee-Holics and have a cocoa with Kurt, but today is Friday. He couldn't come because of a compulsory Friday night dinner with his Dad. Something like the Weekend Food Party at the Burrow." Ron then charmed himself to look clean and told Harry, "If he can't come meet us, then we can go meet him. Come on, you can introduce me as your brother from another mother." He then hugged Harry and summoned scarves and gloves for them from the closet, getting them both ready to go visit a friend's house.
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Hope you liked it! * inserts usual mention of maybe reviewing* I luff you guys!
