It's Sunday morning, April 7th.

Hermione and Ron are walking to the store about eleven.

Hermione says, "Strange Ron, I actually don't mind you seeing them earlier this morning."

Ron says, "Thanks. Of course, this means we're getting serious. Now, I do need some paint."

Hermione glares at Ron. She says, "As long as you get paint and canvas for me! Your Mum might like it."

Ron says, "Hermione, I do love you and you are beautiful to me. Every part of you including your breasts capture that. When you show off your femininity, I'll find that beautiful."

Hermione groans.

Ron says, "You may see me naked as often as you want to. In private of course."

Hermione says, "I don't doubt that."

* * * Not for me * * *

Ron and I reach the store and enter.

In there, I hear voices from the next aisle. Harry and Gia are there.

Gia says, "Wrong size".

Harry replies, "Not for me."

This peaks my curiosity, but I don't look. Ron approaches me carrying a basket. In that basket, are condoms.

I tell him, "Wrong size"

Ron shrugs and says, "Not for me."

I wonder what they're up to.

Ron and Harry proceed to stock up junk food. They go to the checkout. The cashier discretely places pamphlets into their bags.

The four of us leave the store. Snuffles is following.

I ask, "Did you two enjoy last night?"

Harry whips, "Did you?"

Ron grins and says, "Yes."

I jab Ron gently in his ribs.

Gia says, "Sounds like you two are getting close."

Ron is rubbing his ribs and says, "Too close apparently." Ron is exaggerating his moans.

I ask, "So why did Mrs. Weasley wake us this morning?"

Harry replies, "Um, lets postpone that until we reach your house."

Ron says, "Get a good night of entertainment?"

Harry says, "Not as much as you."

These two! I grumble, "Argh! All Ron wants to see are my tits!"

Gia says, "So show him. Get a nice thick piece of glass or something. Don't let him touch."

I say, "Nice idea. Keep away."

Ron says, "Whatever, keep the glass thin so I can get a good look while painting."

Harry says, "We can pick some paint up later. For Ron's use."

We walk into view of home.

Gia asks, "Where are your parents?"

I reply, "All day trip. They like celebrating Easter Mass in London and spend the entire day doing so."

Ron jokes, "Gives me plenty of time to practice painting."

I groan, "I've got a damn pervert here."

I unlock the back door and we enter the kitchen.

* * * Collaring Padfoot * * *

Ron and Harry proceed to dump the contents out on the table.

Gia says, "Looks like the junk food requirements will be met. Harry, be careful and don't get fat."

The two packages of condoms slide onto the floor. Snuffles sees these. Gia is startled by Snuffles transforming.

Her eyes are wide when she says, "What the?"

Harry says, "Gia, meet my godfather, Sirius Black."

She says, "He's a convicted murderer."

Harry replies, "Wrongly convicted. We found the key piece of evidence several years ago. It ran off before we could use it."

Hermione says, "It's okay. We've known Sirius for quite a while."

Gia says, "This definitely tops the growing list of surprises."

Harry replies, "Things would be boring without them. Anyways, you do need to know who will be following you."

Sirius says, "Nice to meet you Gia." He extends a hand to her. Gia reluctantly shakes it.

Harry picks up the packages of condoms and hands them both to Ron.

Harry says, "Got you a package just in case."

Ron returns one of the packages. He says, "Harry, got you one too."

Sirius says, "Which won't happen for a while, right? Anyways, what are these for?" Sirius grabs a dog collar from the table.

Harry replies, "Well, now that you're going to follow Gia around, you need to be compliant with the pet regulations. That means the collar, the leash, and the pet license. The collar would be a good place to stash your Portkey."

Harry is enjoying the priceless look on Sirius' face.

Sirius says solemnly, "If only James could see what his son is collaring me into doing. He would get a kick out of it."

Hermione asks, "So, what about last night?"

Harry explains the events.

Ron imitates, "Mummy will be so proud! Must go in the Malfoy family."

Sirius says, "Ron, this is no laughing matter. Now, I hope the three of you realize what is happening."

Sirius transforms. As Snuffles, he finds a nice cushy spot on a sofa by the fireplace and starts napping.

* * * Wandless Magic * * *

Harry says, "Gia, working Easter holiday is a normal affair at Hogwarts. Movie tonight?"

Gia says, "Movie sounds nice. I need to get some homework done as well. I brought some of my things. May I join?"

Harry says, "Sure."

Gia gets out some of her books. Algebra.

Hermione asks, "Harry, where is that book for the Wandless Spell?"

Harry replies, "In my trunk."

Gia reaches for Harry's pants. She says, "Hmm, let's try to find it."

Harry giggles a bit as Gia's hand starts to slide down his pants.

Ron says, "Harry, you should like, go and get it."

Gia says, "Darn."

Harry kisses her and says, "Later then."

Harry gets up and climbs the stairs.

Gia places the old newspaper clipping onto the table. She says, "Hermione, remember this?"

Hermione says, "Sure, just that escaped Boa Constrictor from the London Zoo."

Suddenly, Ron has a brain wave and asks, "Tell me, that wasn't from five or so years ago was it?"

Gia says, "Yes. Guess who admitted a role in it?"

Hermione asks, "Was it Harry."

Ron reads the article and says, "This fits with what he said several years ago."

Gia says, "He saw the clipping last night."

They laugh a bit. Harry walks back in.

Harry asks, "What is so funny?"

Hermione says, "This article. I didn't realize you were involved."

Harry says, "Oh that? The Dursleys locked me in the cupboard for months after it."

Harry places the book onto the table. Hermione opens it to the bookmarked page.

Hermione says, "Well, this looks easy enough. We should start with something simple."

Hermione gets up and heads to some drawers in the dining room.

Gia says, "One of those bananas would be nice."

Harry says, "Sure." He grabs his wand and says, "Accio Banana!" The banana flies from the kitchen to his hand. Harry hands it to Gia.

Ron says, "That exemption from the underage restriction is nice."

Hermione comes back in with a stack of coasters.

She says, "Well, we can practice by levitating these coasters."

Ron peruses the book. He says, "This other trick seems useful. Let's see if I can do it."

Ron points his wand at the coaster. With a silent swish and flick, the coaster levitates for a moment before setting it back down.

Harry grabs the book, tries the trick. Harry repeats Ron's feat.

Hermione says, "Quite useful."

She grabs the book and reads the trick. She repeats the feat.

Gia asks, "So, why was that important?"

Harry explains, "See, normally we have to state the spell to do that."

Gia says, "Only this time you didn't."

Ron says, "Yes. Stating the spell is the easy way to do it. That's why they teach that. However, not stating the spell can be useful in certain situations."

Harry snickers. He says, "If we can combine this with the Wandless Spell, Draco won't stand a chance."

Gia says, "Now, if you could use that to figure out the solution to a set of multiple linear equations, that would be very helpful."

Hermione says, "Hmm, we don't study Algebra at Hogwarts. Arithmacy is the closest thing. We won't study that for a while."

Gia says, "If only I could go. I hate Algebra."

Hermione says, "Okay, lets try this without the wands."

Gia grabs a coaster and throws it like a Frisbee. She jokes, "Look, levitation!"

Harry says, "Funny, but not like what we're trying to do. Levitation is a simple spell."

Hermione says, "Ron, try it first."

Harry suggest, "Scoot to this side of the table. Our aim will be questionable at best."

Ron sits next to Harry. He says to Harry, "I can see your motive for the suggestion."

Gia is currently holding Harry's hand.

Ron reads the Wandless Spell. He says, "Several things to remember; aim and focus is never as good, can be a bit sluggish, and range is more limited. We'll always get better results with the wand."

Harry says, "Useful in a pinch or when we don't want to get caught."

Ron lays down his wand. He says, "Wingardium Leviosa!" Nothing Happens. Ron tries again. A small bang leaves Ron and Harry with singed faces. Gia looks up in surprise.

Hermione lays down her wand. She tries it. The coaster explodes with a nice bang. She tries a second time, but nothing happens.

Harry turns his attention from Gia to the coaster. The first one turns red. After the second attempt, water was spurting out of it like a broken pipe.

"I take it this requires more practice." says Gia.

They spend the next couple of hours practicing. During this, the coasters walked, moved, but did not levitate. Various bangs left their faces covered in soot. Snuffles checks up on them in response to the explosions. Gia's algebra book bites her.

Once again, Harry tries it. This time Gia's shirt zooms off of her and levitates.

Ron says, "At least you're finally getting something to levitate."

Ron tries again but Gia's shirt disintegrates. Ron says, "Maybe we need a troll or something."

Harry says, "A dragon would be nice." He tries again, but Ron's pants vanish and appear in a heap on the floor.

Hermione jokingly asks, "Harry, could you try that again?"

Hermione tries again. They see nothing happening. However, a pitcher in the kitchen falls onto the counter.

Ron tries. The window shatters. Hermione uses her wand to repair it.

Harry says, "Maybe we should take a quick break."

* * * Fire * * *

They hear some frantic pounding on the front door.

Hermione says, "I'll get it."

She walks to the front door and opens it to see a firefighter!

"Sorry miss, but your neighbor's house is on fire. You need to evacuate." says the fellow.

"Ron, Harry, Gia, Snuffles, we need to leave the house." says Hermione.

Ron grabs Hermione's wand as well as his own. Harry grabs his wand. They all exit the house via the front door. They see the neighbor's house engulfed in total flames.

They move over and stand next to an otherwise idle police officer.

Hermione asks, "Is everyone accounted for? Do they have any idea to the cause?"

The officer says, "Miss, they claim everyone's okay. Seems their attic caught fire, don't know why yet. Should settle down within an hour though."

Harry and Ron exchange looks, wondering if they accidentally did something.

The officer notices Snuffles and says, "Nice dog. Looks well trained and loyal."

Harry replies, "That he is. Fairly protective of me too. Called Snuffles by the way."

The officer asks, "So which school do you all go to?"

Harry says, "Well, me, Ron, and Hermione here go to St. Mary's, a boarding school up north."

Gia says, "Noigate Secondary School."

Harry says, "Yesterday was the start of the Easter holiday so we're planning on staying here for the week. Depends on how the fire goes, now."

The officer says to Hermione, "You must be Miss Granger. I see your parents regularly. Which one of you two is her boyfriend?"

Harry says, "We've been her friends since we first started school. Though Ron's recently taken up the role as boyfriend."

The officer says, "Interesting scar you have, you being?"

Harry says, "I'm Harry. Yeah, got the scar during the incident when my parents died." He turns to Hermione, "Hope the firemen contain the fire. The house paint is starting to blister over there."

The officer says, "Sharp eyes there. Looks pretty well contained, but the firemen are the experts there. I'm Trevor by the way."

After an hour, the fire dies down. A firefighter comes over.

She says, "Trevor, the fire's pretty much out. Miss, your house suffered a bit of superficial damage, but it's otherwise safe to return."

Ron says, "Thanks Trevor for chatting."

Trevor says, "Not a problem. I like talking to people."

The firefighter asks, "I'm Angela. Miss, are your smoke detectors okay? Mind if I take a look?"

"Certainly." says Hermione.

The teens return into the house around three thirty.

Angela enters and looks. She says, "Glad to see that you have detectors."

Hermione says, "Yes. I insisted after my parents bought the house."

Angela tests some of the downstairs detectors. She says, "Glad you insisted. This one in the library has a dead battery, I'll replace it."

Hermione has a look of concern on her face as Angela replaces the battery.

Angela says, "I'd rather replace a battery then to have to drag your body out of a fire."

Hermione asks, "Should I push sprinklers onto my parents?"

Angela responds, "Financially, doesn't make sense. Water damage is usually just as great. However, it is easier to dry out a picture than piece together a bunch of ashes."

Angela changes the battery for the detector in the study.

Hermione says, "Thanks for checking."

Angela says, "I recommend another detector in the hall and one in your living room."

Angela leaves through the front door.

* * * Dragons * * *

Harry says, "Sirius, can you give us a bit of help? I have this strange feeling that the fire might of been us."

Snuffles transforms. Sirius says, "Likely given the bangs coming from your vicinity." He then sits down at the table.

Harry tries the spell. Nothing happens. Tries again, and the coaster levitates.

"See, just a bit of practice." says Sirius.

Ron jokes, "Maybe we should step outside and make sure nothing else is on fire."

They laugh.

Ron tries. With some more guidance from Sirius, Ron gets the coaster to levitate.

Hermione tries. The power fails and comes back. She tries again, and the coaster finally levitates.

Sirius says, "Don't worry, it's a tough one to pick up. You're essentially using the focus in your mind as the wand. Took me a while and side effects are to be expected. Still practice it."

"Can you do it?" asks Harry.

A coaster levitates. Sirius says, "Given that my wand's still at the Ministry or has been destroyed. I had to."

Sirius puts the coaster down and suggests, "Why don't you try it on something harder, summoning for instance."

Sirius goes back to the living room and starts napping again as Snuffles.

Ron tries summoning. A bang comes from the kitchen. On his second attempt and the coasters crawls along.

Hermione tries it three times to no luck.

Harry summons the coaster and it comes to him. Harry asks, "So, where's the dragon?"

Hermione laughs at this. Ron is a bit puzzled.

Ron catches on and jokes, "Hermione has it out back. Wanna start the barbecue?"

Harry says, "We could get some steaks. Well done in thirty seconds."

Hermione rolls her eyes.

"Dragons?" asks Gia.

Harry says, "Yes, they exist, I've seen them."

"I'd like to see one." says Gia.

Harry says, "Ron, this summer, maybe the four of us could visit your brother Charlie. Dunno, maybe hitchhike across Europe or something."

Ron says, "Sounds fun. Don't forget to write me."

Harry says, "You'd come. It's either that or spend two months with your other brothers."

Hermione says, "Ron, sounds like a nice idea. Spending two months with you two will be a nightmare!"

Ron is excited and says, "Guess we could, sounds expensive though."

Harry says, "Ron, we'll figure it out. We can find ways to travel cheap. When in doubt, we can fly the Firebolts."

Hermione's horrified by this idea, "Fly broomsticks thousands of miles? Why don't we just use a carpet!"

"Sounds great, can we get one?" asks Gia.

"Nope. Prohibited." says Ron.

Harry says, "In this country. Not the rest of Europe. July is more than two months, I'm sure we can figure something out by then."

Changing the subject, Harry says, "Shouldn't we try some more on this Wandless spell?"

"Certainly." says Ron.

Harry and Ron exchange looks.

"Okay." says Harry. "Let me get something to drink."

Harry gets up. Gia removes her hands from under his shirt. Harry walks over to the kitchen in front of Ron. Ron quickly tries the Jelly Legs. Harry trips and falls onto his face. Hermione gives Ron a mean look.

"Sorry." says Ron as he walks over to Harry. Harry promptly returns the favor and successfully gives Ron the Jelly Legs.

Ron says, "Draco will have to watch out now."

Ron and Harry laugh. Harry gets up and Ron tries again. Harry's pants drop, he trips and falls.

"Trying for a strip tease?" asks Gia. She and Hermione giggle at this.

Harry tries again. Ron pees his pants uncontrollably.

"Oops." says Harry. "Keep practicing right?"

Ron says, "If you just do that to Draco during Quidditch or something. That's better than Jelly Legs."

"Only if I could master that it. What to volunteer?" asks Harry.

Hermione says, "Not in my house. Just Ron alone is more than enough."

Ron and Harry regain their composure. Both Ron and Harry have very wobbly knees.

"Umm, Ron, it's almost time for dinner. Maybe we should change." says Harry. He motions to Ron and they head upstairs.

Hermione looks at the clock, bewildered. The clock reads four in the afternoon.

* * * Curses * * *

Harry and Ron are in Harry's guest bedroom. Harry is searching through his copy of Curses and Countercurses.

Ron asks, "Found it yet?"

"Yes." says Harry.

They memorize it.

Harry says, "We'll have to practice this."

"Need a shower?" asks Ron.

With a look, they agree. They walk toward the bathroom with only towels about them. They bump into Hermione.

"Need I ask?" asks Hermione.

"Thought we'd clean up before dinner." says Ron.

"Good, the pizza will be here in an hour." says Hermione.

Ron and Harry enter the bathroom. After removing their towels they step into the shower.

"Okay, let's try this." says Harry.

Harry tries. Ron gets horny.

Ron tries. Harry vomits into the toilet.

Harry tries. Ron grows breasts for a short while. They both laugh.

Ron ties. Harry pees wildly.

After many other disgusting jinxes, they master the Pee Curse.

Ron jokes, "Dunno about you Harry, but this isn't the one we show Lupin."

They shower.

As they exit the bathroom, Hermione notices the steam and greenish haze drifting out.

Hermione says, "I take it the shower was acting up again."

Hermione's legs get wobbly. Harry and Ron grin.

She exclaims, "Hey! Which one? Argh!"

Harry and Ron enter their rooms and get dressed. Harry enters the living room shortly after Ron.

The pizza arrives and Hermione uses her parent's credit card to pay for it.

Harry, Ron, Gia, and Hermione surround the coffee table, upon which sit the pizza. Snuffles is now sleeping on a chair.

Harry looks at the cushion. Tentacles emerge from the cushion, reach up, and start tickling Snuffles. Hermione looks with great concern at this. Ron is stunned. Snuffles wakes up very startled and leaps off the chair fast. The tentacles disappear and Harry is laughing. Snuffles realizes what happened and transforms.

"Yes, very funny." says Sirius in a stern voice.

"Want some dinner?" asks Harry. "Woke you for it."

Sirius eats some slices. Hermione enjoys the vegetarian pizza. Harry and Ron eat a bunch of the meat lovers supreme. They hear footsteps approaching the front door. Sirius quickly transforms. The Grangers enter.

"Having fun Hermione?" asks Linda.

"We've ordered a bit much, care to join us?" asks Ron.

"Certainly, this isn't the best for your teeth though." says Charles.

"So, what happened today? We noticed the neighbors." asks Mrs. Granger.

Hermione says, "Mum, their house burned today. The firefighters said that we've got some superficial damage on the side. They suggested some more smoke detectors. Also, they mentioned that everyone was accounted for."

"We're headed to the cinema in a short while." says Ron.

"Well, have fun and behave." says Mrs. Granger.

"Stay safe." says Mr. Granger.

* * * Seeing Eye Dog * * *

We approach the cineplex. Harry puts on sunglasses. We buy our tickets from the box office and enter.

"Dogs are not permitted." says the attendant.

Harry says, "What? How do you expect me to enjoy the movie?"

The attendant says, "You can leave the dog outside."

Faking paranoia, Harry says, "Outside? I mean anything could happen to him. Who knows, what if Sirius Black is around?"

The attendant says, "Preposterous! Sirius Black has not been sighted in this area. The dog will be fine outside."

His manager sees this and comes over. The manager says, "John, you know the policy. Seeing eye dogs are permitted."

The attendant says, "You may proceed." He chuckles a bit and says to his boss, "Blind kid watching a movie. That's a first."

His manager replies, "They usually have excellent hearing. Maybe he wants to listen to the sound track."

We enter the theater house and find seats. We're close to the middle and fairly close to the screen. Harry sits next the Gia, Snuffles is at his feet. Harry's on my right. Hermione's on my left. Harry hands Gia some money, she gets up. Several minutes later, she returns with popcorn and drinks. I turn my attention to Hermione.

"Having fun?" I ask her.

Hermione says, "Harry, that was nice back there. 'What if Sirius Black is around', good one, have to remember it."

Snuffles gives Hermione and Harry a very cross-eyed look.

I let Hermione reach around my back and place a hand on my side. She slips her hand down and under my shirt. I put my arm around her neck.

"Mind?" I ask as my hand starts to slip under her collar against her skin.

"Fine" she says and slips her hand down my side along my skin. She rests her hand on my right hip.

My hand crawls, massaging her chest. I can feel her breaths and her heart beat. Her hand slides along my groin. Her fingers are slide onto my privates. I like this. My hand slides under her bra and rests covering her left boob. She smiles and kisses me. She can feel me getting horny but she doesn't seem to mind. I rest my right hand on my pants, on top of where hers is. She returns the favor by placing her left hand onto her chest, locking my hand onto her boob.

Harry might of said something before the film started. But he was too busy with Gia. Hermione and I exchange looks. I can tell she's enjoying this too. Hermione and I seem to catch more of the movie than Harry does. It's quite interesting, this horror flick. Some murderer seems to be on the loose, killing quite a few people.

The maximum security prisoner escapes via the elevator. There's a fire at some house. At this point, Snuffles jumps onto us, looking very worried. I smell smoke. "Hermione, do these films include smells? I smell smoke." I say.

"No, they don't." says Hermione. "You're probably imagining it."

"I tell you, I smell smoke. Even Snuffles is worried." I say.

* * * Smoke and Beauty * * *

We hear a fire alarm. The film stops. Somebody announces, "Please calmly exit the theater immediately using the fire exits in front."

I look around and see the flicker of flame light coming from an entrance to the balcony. Smoke is pouring out of the normal exits. I knock the sunglasses off of Harry.

"Look Harry!" I exclaim as I point to the fire exit where a demeantor is waiting.

Hermione and I quickly untangle. We get up. The crowd is a bit slow.

Harry grabs his wand and exclaims, "Expecto Patrum!"

In the biggest violation of wizard secrecy, the silvery stag springs from his wand and chases the demeantor out of the way. We quickly dash for the exit. We trip over a body.

The staff again repeats the message, "There is a fire, please exit the building immediately." That wakes most of the crowd who start lunging behind us.

We exit the building. The box office is in flames. We look around and see a hundred demeantors surrounding us, hoods down. Several Muggles get kissed.

Harry and I pull out our wands.

Harry says, "Ron, concentrate hard on your joy about Hermione's naked boobs and repeat after me."

Harry pauses and then says, "EXPECTO PATRUM!" His silvery stag emerges again.

I concentrate and exclaim, "EXPECTO PATRUM!" A slivery cloud emerges from my wand taking a hazy form. It's some time of fuzzy bird. Summoning the same urgency that I had with the troll, I exclaim again, "EXPECTO PATRUM!". The figure takes the form of a swan!

The demeantors retreat. My patronus fades. Harry's pauses looking at us before fading. Tears come to Snuffles' eyes. We put away our wands as a paramedic comes over to us. He sees us clustered together. Harry, Hermione, and me have our backs to Gia forming a tight circle to protect her.

The paramedic can tell that we're worried about something. He says, "Hi, I'm Eric. We're checking everyone. If you'll follow me please."

We study him for a moment. "I'm not Sirius Black." he adds. We laugh. He's a bit surprised by that.

"Of course you're not." says Harry. Snuffles is watching Harry with concern. "Come on you."

Harry follows Eric. We follow. Eric was about to separate us for privacy reasons. "Together is fine for us." says Harry. Eric understands, he's probably twenty himself.

Eric examines us. He notes blood pressure and that sort. Eric then says, "Okay, you all might have a bit of smoke inhalation but otherwise you seem fine. I'll give a few minutes of oxygen just to be safe."

He hands us some forms and pens, says "While you're here, please fill out these forms." Eric fits Harry, Gia, Hermione, and then Snuffles. He turns to me.

I say, "Funny timing. Started smelling the smoke during the fire scene in the movie. Took a moment to figure out it was real."

Eric says, "Ironic, isn't it? I'll make it fifteen minutes."

He fits a mask to me. He sees my worry.

Eric says, "Don't worry, this will only help. I've got others to tend to, so I'll be back shortly."

Muffled, Harry says, through his mask, "Ron, Nice work. Took me months to get that one."

Hermione seemed less than pleased. Harry and I ignore this.

I reply, "Harry, It's like back in the first year. I couldn't get the levitation to work until I needed it."

Harry says, "Like me and the dragon last year. Couldn't work that one until right before the first task."

I ask, "So, how does the patronus work anyways?"

Harry says, "Lupin explained it. You project it by concentrating on a single happy thought. It projects happiness but the patronus cannot despair. Therefore, it will shield us from the demeantors. I figured that Hermione's naked boobs would work for you. See Ron, the trick is finding that happy thought. For me during my third year that was hard. Tonight, my passions for Gia were strong enough for it."

Hermione seems almost furious, but still we ignore her.

The van doors open, it's Eric. He says, "Just checking on you. Another five minutes. Um, if you could fill those forms in, it'd be appreciated."

Harry asks, "Eric, what happens to these forms? My godfather would prefer it if nobody knew that we were here." Snuffles looks up in approval.

Eric says, "Usually, these forms entombed in a cardboard box and nobody looks at them. However, there occasionally is something we need to follow up on. Some illness or other hazard emerges and you need to be notified. So, make sure you fill out the name and contact info."

Harry asks, "Any estimates on casualties so far?". I notice Dad standing behind Eric, he remains quiet to let Eric speak.

Eric says, "So far, several fatalities. Several seem to have lost their minds, unusual for a fire. Right now, the firefighters are considering the blaze suspicious. Don't worry, you fellows will live."

"Nice Prognosis." says Dad.

"Hi Dad." I say with through my mask.

"Can I see them?" asks Dad.

"Certainly." says Eric. He walks off to attend some other people.

Dad climbs in. Rhetorically he asks, "Having a nice holiday?"

Harry says, "It's been interesting, that's for certain."

I asks, "Dad, what's the best way for the Muggles to contact us, if necessary? I mean, Hogwarts doesn't have a phone and it doesn't get Muggle post. Mum's mentioned that the Muggle postman probably doesn't know where the house is."

Dad grabs the forms and says, "Hmm, here let me fill this in. Yours too Harry. I'll use the same contact info for you. You're probably correct Harry. Your first name only. I'll make it in care of us. I know Molly considers you like her son."

I ask, "Dad, could you like, not tell Mum? If she hears about this, she'd freak."

Harry says, "Yeah. Also, we've been trying to keep a low profile. Could you quash any knowledge of our presence here?"

Hermione says, "Kinda hard with that patronus Ron."

Alarmed, Dad asks, "A patronus? You've been casting those about?"

I reply, "Had to Dad. There were about a hundred demeantors, waiting. We cast a number of them to tell the truth."

Dad says, "So that's what the reports were about!"

Eric comes back in and says, "Sorry I'm a bit late."

Harry says, "Don't be sorry, we understand."

Eric seemed startled by this maturity. He grabs the forms, looks at Harry's responses, and says, "Um, more information would have been nice."

Harry says, "Don't take this the wrong way Eric, we're a bit cautious. We can't afford for too much information to leak about our whereabouts."

Eric doesn't seem startled by this. "Harry Potter." he says as he removes Harry's mask. Strange, I don't recall Harry mentioning his last name. He sees my look of concern.

Eric says, "I was a seventh year Hufflepuff when you three were sorted at Hogwarts. Yes, I'm a Wizard."

"I'm Arthur Weasley, Department of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office." says Dad.

Eric removes Hermione's mask and says, "Figured that, with Ron Weasley here. Anyways, when I pulled up, I saw the ring of demeantors and the patronus charging them off. What happened?"

I say, "As near as we can figure, it was a trap. When we noticed the fire, demeantors seemed ready at the fire exits. Harry warded them off from the exits. When we emerged, we were surrounded by the demeantors. We had to ward them off. By the way, the Quidditch final is set for the second Saturday in May. What's your favorite for the World Cup?"

Eric removes Gia's mask and Snuffles' too. He removes my mask and says, "Wimbourne Wasps are doing pretty good. Anyways, I took you in immediately when I arrived because I recognized you and knew you needed to be sheltered from prying eyes. I've responded to numerous Muggle killings, nasty sport of theirs."

Dad says, "You would have last night as well, if it weren't for Harry here."

Eric says, "You thwarted a Muggle killing?"

Harry says, "Yep. It seemed to be an initiation for a particular Junior Death Eater wannabe. He didn't see me."

I blurt, "In his underwear no less."

Eric nearly laughs. "I do need to return to the other patients. It's calmed down a bit so I suggest you slip away before the media show up."

Eric exit. Dad peeks out and we follow him out and head down the nearest dark street.

Dad says, "I'm glad you are alright. I won't tell your Mum that you were here. But when she hears about the attack, she will get worried."

I say, "Thanks Dad."

Dad says, "Harry, nice to see you again. I must return to the frenzy. Enjoy the remainder of your holiday."

Harry, Gia, Snuffles, Hermione, and me head down the street and take an exaggerated route circling the theater so we can head in the proper direction.

"Dang! Didn't get to finish that movie." I say.

Hermione says, "What? Demeantors attack and you're worried about the movie?"

"Yep. It was getting really good." I say.

"It was? Don't seem to recall much about it." says Harry.

I say, "Of course not, you were busy with Gia. And you liked it." Harry snorts.

Harry says, "Well, I'm going with Gia to her place. See you in the morning."

Snuffles, Gia, and Harry head off in a different direction. Hermione and I head for the Granger residence.

* * * Perversion * * *

Hermione says, "I can't believe you used my breasts for a patronus! How humiliating you pervert."

I ask, "What's wrong with using your beauty to save them?" I ask.

"Argh! Why don't I just project your privates onto that damn screen?"

"You're a pervert."

"What? No I'm not, you sure are."

I say, "Oh yes you are and I like it." This is risky, I think.

"You do?"

"Yes. I mean, we're crazy for each other, aren't we? Do you like my privates?" I ask.

"What?" Her eyes flash.

"Let me try again." I say.

"Not in enough trouble?" she asks, with a slight grin.

I say, "Try logic, your favorite. We've been good friends for more than four years haven't we?"

"Four years? Seems like it should be longer."

I notice her shivering. I pull her in tightly, "You're freezing."

"You're just trying to get closer."

"Hermione! I'm your friend first, boyfriend second. If you're shivering, you need to warm up."

We arrive at the Granger residence. It's late as we enter. However, Hermione's parents are still up and Mum's face is in the fireplace.

Mum says, "Thank heavens! You're alright."

I say, "Of course we're alright, just went out for a movie." It'd spook her more if she knew about the attack.

She says, "There were ten attacks tonight on Muggle, what's it called, movies? One was near your place, what if you got killed?"

"So? Ten attacks?"

She says, "So?! I'd be devastated! Where's Harry? Is he okay?" Touching, she'd be devastated.

I say, "He's fine. He went to Gia's. We know the local theater got toasted, but ten attacks?"

She says, "Yes ten attacks spread across the country. According to your Dad, many killed in the other nine, the estimates are around 2000 Muggles. How did you know about that local one?" Uh-Oh, she's onto me.

Linda cuts in, "It was on the radio, your movie theater was leveled by the fire, some casualties." She grabs and hugs Hermione very tightly.

I admit, "Yes, we were there, got out safely as you can see. The attack went perfectly with that horror flick, took us a moment."

Hermione says, "Hate to be rude Mrs. Weasley, but Ron and I were headed for bed." She must be trying to weasel out of this too.

I say, "Good night Mum, Love you."

Mum says, "Good night you two. Behave." Her face disappears.

"Mum, if you'll excuse us." says Hermione.

We run into Mr. Granger at the top of the stairs. He looks mad.

"Dad," says Hermione, "we're okay." She whispers into his ear.

Linda breaks into a smile. He looks at me at says, "Ron, you're a good man, treat her well." He heads down the stairs.

"Sorry about him." says Hermione.

"It's okay, he cares for you." I pause. "I'll come to your room and we can talk."

"After you get ready for bed, in ten minutes." she says. She enters her room.

Charles comes back up the stairs. I ask him, "Can I speak with you for a moment?"

"Sure, what is it?" Charles asks as we enter my guest bedroom.

I say, "Hermione. I've known her for a while and I can see why you treasure her. She's precious to both of us. As her friend, I love her. As her boyfriend, I love her. I'd sacrifice my life if that was what was required to protect and save her. I thought you should know." I paused and added, "Our theater *was* attacked tonight."

"Hermione mentioned something about you helping." Charles says.

"Nine other theaters were also attacked. Heavy losses in those. Almost everybody escaped our theater. Know why?"

"No, a poor attack?"

"The attack was good. Harry and I saved them. If we hadn't of acted, you'd be identifying our bodies."

"You?"

"Yes, us. You wouldn't understand the details, but what we did required happy thoughts. For me, it was Hermione."

"Thanks."

"Must be scary for you, having to let her go. Good night" I say.

"I'll still kill you should anything happen to her." Charles says as he exits the bedroom.

After stripping to my underwear in the bedroom, I exit and turn toward Hermione's room.

* * * Points and Suspicion * * *

I tap on Hermione's door.

"Come in." she says.

I enter. Hermione is sitting on the bed with panties and a tank top. She blushes when she sees me in my underwear. I close and lock her door, definitely don't want Charles walking in on this. I sit on the bed, cross legged, and face her, both of us grinning.

She looks down, and asks, "Do you realize that when you sit like that, those briefs don't cover everything?"

"So? Want a better view?" I make motions to remove them.

"Argh!"

"You're getting it." I remove the briefs.

"How dare you!"

"I'm not hiding anything from you Hermione. That's the point."

Noticing my dick, she says, "Yes, you've got a point."

"Hermione, I find you attractive. I've always found you attractive. It's only recently did I realize it was more than just friendship but also love."

"And sexual" she adds.

"It's a part of the love Hermione. Don't you understand, being a pervert toward each other is a piece of that love. Think about it, do you really want a boyfriend who isn't attracted to you? Draco perhaps?"

She snorts.

I say, "It's perfectly normal for us to be perverts like this. I'm actually comfortable with you seeing me naked."

"You're welcome." she says.

I ain't lying, I do have passions for you. I wont injure you either or push too fast." I put my briefs back on.

She says, "Why'd you have to do that for? I liked you naked."

I ask, "Do you know what your Dad will do if he catches me streaking from your room naked? It's time for bed."

She suggests, "Sleep here. Can you remove that underwear?"

I snuggle up to her. I say, "We're not ready yet. When we are, I'll be seeing you naked too."

She removes her top. Then, she reaches over and rips off my briefs and asks "Better?"

"How about these lights?" I ask.

"Oh, I'll have to get up."

"Are you a witch or not? Your wand is here."

She grabs the wand and the lights flicker off. "Sorry about that."

"Don't worry, you're raised a Muggle. Makes you smarter." I say.

"It does?"

I say, "Yeah, cause you look for the non-magic solutions first. Funny, in tough situations those are usually better. Remember that maze the first year, we outwitted it, relying solely on magic would've killed us. You're beautiful" She looked flattered.

"But you can't see me."

"Don't need to see to know that you're beautiful. You against my skin is also beautiful."

"Now I know you're trying to flatter me."

"Of course. I'm attracted to you. Everybody realizes your beauty and attraction, even Harry and Draco."

"Draco? He thinks I'm ugly."

"No, he's jealous. Uses those slurs to throw his fellow Slytherins off."

"And Harry's interested in Gia."

"Yep, but he's also been attracted to you. Oh he can't read it well, but he is. Don't take this wrong, but Gia's better for him. Besides, it'll keep us from fighting over you again."

"Again? That's what that fight was about? ME?"

"Yep, my taking you to that dance took him by surprise. Truth is, he'd never be able to love you as a girlfriend. He loves you as an adopted sister."

"I'm not his adopted sister."

"You might as well be. He's treating you like one. From him, that's a true compliment. You see we both care about you, deeply. I realized that for me it was also romantic. We're both loyal friends to you as you are to us." I kiss her.

"And now he's got a girlfriend."

"Yes, probably the best thing for him. Hope she helps."

"You're making it sound like he's hurt or something."

"He is." I say.

"He is?"

"Haven't you noticed how distant Harry seems to been getting lately?"

Hermione says, "Not exactly. You do spend more time with him."

"That's true. But, he just seems to be getting, well depressed. The only time he's really happy is with Gia."

"How bad do you think it'll get?"

"Dunno. Dumbledore always says to stay out of this. Let Harry work it out. Like Cedric or his parents. I just don't think he is."

"It's his affair, we should stay out of it."

"For once, Dumbledore is wrong. Harry's never had much and what he does have, he's afraid of getting them killed."

"I'm not convinced."

"What kind of proof do you want? A suicide?"

"Of course not that."

"For now, I can only watch. If I screw up, he's dead."

We cuddle and fall asleep.