Bed to Bed Fun : )

Ch 5: Harry's Day Off

Ron got out of bed and heard Harry doing the same, but by the time he was fully dressed Harry was still in bed.

"Harry if you stay asleep much longer you will miss dinner!" He pulls back the curtain and finds it empty. "I could have sworn I heard Harry in here. Oh well, must have already gone down."

Down in the common room Hermione spots Ron. "Ron, is Harry on his way down?"

"No, he already left."

"Good, then we can talk." They leave the common room and head on their way to the Great Hall for breakfast.

"About Harry?"

"Yes, have you noticed the way he has been acting?"

"What do you mean? Isn't he always reclusive, disappearing in the night, and never telling us what is going on?"

"Hardy har. That is what I want to talk to you about. He has always told us what's going on, but I think this PJ business is getting out of hand. Exceptionally with what happened three days ago."

"Halloween was pretty weird."

"Pretty weird? After what happened to him I could understand wanting revenge, but out of all the things that have happened he has never resorted to it. He practically lead us right to Malfoy—"

"Yeah, but you can't deny that that wasn't hilarious. After all he has done to us he deserved that."

"But who did it?"

"Didn't Harry?"

"He was sure acting like it, but how would he have been able to get to Malfoy when Malfoy was asleep in the Slytherin dormitory?"

"Use the Invisibility Cloak."

"But that wouldn't get him into the Slytherin tower if he didn't have the pass word and then he would have had to get Malfoy out without a sound. Could you imagine dragging him all the way from the dorms without getting caught?"

"So he did leviosa and a sleeping spell."

"Where would he have learned a sleeping spell? We haven't been taught that yet and neither of you work to learn spells ahead of time. Anyways I found this on the floor." She produces a rag from her pocket.

"So it is a rag."

"It has chloroform on it."

"What's that?"

"It's a chemical Muggles use like a sleep spell. However I don't see how Harry could have gotten it."

"I don't know. Maybe Peeves helped him…"

"Why would you say that? I don't think Peeves is capable of helping anyone if it is not helping them go insane."

"It's just that I over heard him mumbling to himself a day ago about helping someone. He couldn't figure out why he did it."

"Now that I think about it I heard something like that to. The all day after Halloween he was mumbling about it, but I heard it was a girl. "

"Your not saying PJ did it are you?"

"I don't know. It's not like Harry to make things like that up and it has caused him so many problems it is hard to believe he would keep it up if it were a lie. We should have been at least a little more accepting of the possibility even if it was merely for his own good. Look what has happened to our friendship because we didn't try to help him with what has going on."

"Your right. In fact I told Harry I wouldn't tell anyone, but this goes further then pranks and absent nights. I caught Harry with a pile of socks, some of them where clearly the ones that my mother made for Fred, George and I. He said PJ stole them, so I told him that I wouldn't tell anyone if he got rid of them during the night. The next morning they were all with their owners. I don't know how he did it, but I guess you could say that that was when I turned my back on the possibility that PJ could actually exist."

"Well then, maybe he is a kleptomaniac in his sleep."

"A what?"

"A kleptomaniac, someone that steels without knowing it. PJ could be a mental creation to explain what has been going on."

Ron smiles. "But that wouldn't explain how he got into the other houses dorms without anyone noticing and getting the socks back so quickly?"

"No, but is a possibility. Personally I think we should talk to Dumbledore. This is getting really—"

"We can't do that! We don't want to get Harry suspended or something. He would hate us for it."

"No, but he does need help."

"We can help him!" Ron stops at the door to the Great Hall and turns to Hermione.

"How can we do that? We have spent a forth of the year refusing to believe him about PJ and even though he is finally talking to us again, he won't speak a word about her and only gets this weird smile on his face whenever we talk about Halloween saying 'what's done is done.'"

"Okay, how about we try to confront him today and if that does not work we will speak to Dumbledore. But nothing until we can get him alone. Half of the school already thinks he was the one that…ha… humiliated Malfoy and the other half think PJ actually exists."

"Okay. Now we should better get to breakfast before it's over."

"Sounds good to me!"

~*~

At breakfast they didn't see Harry. They didn't see him at Transfigurations either. They tried to find him whenever they could between classes, but failed. By the time lunch ended they were positive that he wasn't going to go to class that day because all they had left was Potions with Slytherins and they were sure that if he showed up now there would have to be something wrong after missing all of his other classes. So they trudged onward to class hoping that they might be able to find him later at Hagrid's.

"Well, dear me. It seems that our famous Mr. Potter has decided that it is below him to show up for class today. Twenty points from Gryffindor. I expect my students to be present for my class unless they give me a note from a staff member." Snape sneers at Ron and Hermione.

"How can Harry give him a note when he isn't even here?" Ron mumbles to Hermione.

Snape writes the day's potion ingredients down and sets the students off to work. As they started on their potion Ron and Hermione begin to hear snickering from the group of Slytherins behind them.

"So Ron and Herm-o-niny is Harry spending quality time with his girl friend PJ? It's not good of him to miss class you know. Or does the Famous Potter think he is to good for grades? They should call him Pothead if you ask me." Malfoy sneers at them over his boiling caldron.

Ron smiles back. "Don't worry. Harry is just helping PJ set up for the next night. You know he has two years of torture to pay you back for and PJ didn't like what you did to him on Halloween."

"To think of it, she could probably pass as a Slytherin with all of the mean little tricks she knows. She has so many ideas that she can't wait to try them all out, each getting worse and worse as they go. Well, I hope you sleep well tonight, PJ's lil' play toy." Hermione added.

For some reason Malfoy didn't talk to them for the rest of the class. When Potions was over they went straight to Hagrid's. Upon finding out that he hadn't seen Harry either there was only one thing left to do…

~*~

"This is getting out of control! Filch said that he found this under there. I think it is about time to notify the authorities." Snape's voice could be clearly heard through McGonagall's office door.

"I am sure that Albus has a good explanation on why he has refused to have anything done about it." McGonagall's voice had a hint of wary in it.

"In fact I do. However, I am starting to believe your right. Before accusing him of being a thief I wanted to find out how he got his hands on the items in the first place, but I have yet to do so. The only possible explanation I can come up with is that he is getting outside help from that girl he keeps mentioning… what's her name?"

"PJ?"

"Yes, that's it. But she is not a student. Nor can I find her listed as a witch and I have checked everywhere. Not to mention she is said to be a young witch which brings up the question on how she has been getting in here and the dorms without being noticed."

"Couldn't she be getting through one of the secret passageways?"

"Yes, but I would think it would be a little hard to do that if she doesn't exist, now would it?"

"Well, if she is helping him then she must exist." Distaste drips from Snape's words.

"That is what worries me. It is not unknown for Harry to be in mortal danger, so this could be the latest attempt by Voldemort."

"Aren't you taking this a little too far? Clearly the boy is disturbed. He is probably just making the girl up to hide his actions and using the dark arts to get around us."

"Either way we need to face him sooner or latter and let him. Maybe he can give us some insight." McGonagall offers.

Right then Ron loses his balance and pushes the door open the rest of the way surprising both parties.

Hermione straightens in response to the staring teachers. "Excuse us, but we were wondering if you have seen Harry?"

Snape smiles. "No, but next time you wish to interrupted a private conversation you might like to see if he is in detention."

"Snape!" McGonagall glares at him. "I'm sorry that we can't help you, but do you think you could answer a question for us?"

"Sure." Ron and Hermione squeak.

"Have you noticed anything peculiar with Mr. Potter lately?"

"No, other then him being overly busy with school work, there has been nothing wrong."

"Oh, I see. Thank you. Now you better be off on your way, it's almost dinner time."

"Thank you Professor McGonagall."

~*~

Meanwhile, Harry finally broke PJ's death grip and dashed to the door to find it locked via key. Five hours latter, two bags of keys from what is surely PJ's key collection from around the world and some time spent passed out after he found out that the right key had been around PJ's neck the whole time, he finally got out the door. He nearly even got to the front door fully intent of finding his way to class when he remembered that PJ lives in the U.S.A. All that he had left to do was to go into the kitchen and make a bowl of chicken noodle soup and hope she would be better before the next day's classes.

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