Harry, Nikki, and Shanna sat outside in the unusual warm November weather
as most of the school was below them in Hogsmead. The three went down
earlier and were now showering themselves with the vast assortment of
chocolates and sweets they accumulated. Shanna laughed as Harry bit into a
sour jellybean and made a face just before she bit into a salty one.
"Want one," Harry offered as he held some out towards Nikki who refused.
"You've been nursing whatever's in you mouth for ten minutes now." Shanna stated, "What is it?"
Nikki smirked as she took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, blowing a rather large bubble. The other two watched as it grew to the size of her head before she sucked it back in.
"How many pieces was that?" Harry asked in a surprised voice.
"Ten," Nikki mumbled through the gum. "It kept loosing its flavour."
"So did you two tell Ron and Hermione yet?" Shanna asked as she unwrapped another chocolate. Harry and Nikki both fell silent as they sheepishly looked at each other. "Not yet, huh?"
"Yeah," Harry said sadly, ashamed that he was keeping this from his oldest friends. "I don't know why though. It's like we just don't know how to let them know."
"So how are things with you and Seamus going?" Nikki asked quickly, trying to change the subject.
"We broke up; we realized that we were so accident prone it would be the Armageddon if we dated. So I'm going out with Dean now. It's working out pretty good; but back to you two," Shanna said as Nikki quietly cursed. "If you don't tell them soon I will."
"How soon is that," Harry asked.
"Right now," Shanna said as she started to wave at Ron and Hermione who were walking up the hill; waving back.
Harry and Nikki quickly looked at each other and mentally cursed. They each grabbed a handful of sour balls and shoved them into Shanna's mouth and charmed it closed.
"Hi," Hermione greeted as the two made it up. "What's wrong with Shanna" she asked as Shanna was rolling on the ground making odd faces and crying.
"We dared her to eat it all at once" Harry lied as she handed Ron the empty candy bag and began to laugh. Hermione giggled as the other three continued to laugh at the Ravenclaw.
"And you got into Ravenclaw how?" Nikki inquired as the others laughed harder and Shanna shot her a look of disgust.
"So what have you three been doing?" Ron asked as Hermione began to read.
"No much, just daring each other to do stuff," Harry explained. "Want to join?"
"Sure, I dare you to kiss Nikki" Ron said simply as the two ravens looked between each other and Shanna sat up quickly.
"Uh..." Harry said, "Alright." He leaned over and gave her a small kiss on the cheek as Nikki rolled her eyes.
"Why Harry, I didn't know that you were such a master at wooing" Nikki said sarcastically.
The four continued with the game, as Shanna continued to suffer from the sour balls, ending near supper time when Nikki landed her handstand wrong.
"That was the funniest thing I've seen today, well, next to Shanna's faces." Ron laughed as they walked inside for supper. "The look on your face when you saw that bug Nikki; it was priceless."
"I preferred the look on Harry's face when Nikki screamed, lost her balance and toppled over on top of him." Hermione said as Ron went into another laughing fit.
"You try to keep cool when you're doing a handstand; it's hard enough to try to keep you shirt from falling." Nikki retorted as they sat down with Ginny.
"Fun day," Ginny asked as Shanna went to join her sister at the Ravenclaw table.
"You could say that," Harry assumed as he began to fill his dish with food.
"Hermione," Ginny said as she searched the pockets of her robe. "Miss Soleil wanted me to give you this."
Hermione took the folded up piece of paper from her and opened it up as the others peered over Hermione's shoulder to get a look at the note.
"See me after you eat" Hermione read as she looked up at the High table. "She's not there."
"I wonder what for?" Ron asked as he began to pick at his food.
"I'm going to go check," Hermione said as she stood up.
"What about supper?" Nikki asked as she gestured to the food.
"I'm not all that hungry actually." Hermione said as she began to leave but Nikki grabbed the hem of her robe.
"You aren't leaving without food." Nikki declared as Hermione picked up a roll and was free to go.
The other four continued to eat in silence and walked back to the common room in the same silence; although they soon became indulged in jokes. Ron soon left to raid the kitchens and Ginny went upstairs to bed and the common room was soon empty.
"We should tell them next time we see them," Nikki said as she and Harry curled up on the couch.
"What," he asked, but soon clued into what she was talking about and agreed. "Should we tell them when they're separate or together?"
"Together," Nikki said. "It'll be easier."
The common room door sung open and Hermione walked in as cheerful as could be with a heavy looking.
"What did she want you for?" Nikki asked as Hermione plopped into one of the armchairs.
"She was giving me some of her old books from school. She was telling me how disappointed she is that nobody here knows anything magical outside of Britain; so I asked her is she had anything about magic in other countries."
"And that's all she gave you?" Harry joked.
"No this is only the first installment, I couldn't carry the rest. She's a frigging library." Hermione sighed as Ron came in with his arms full of junk.
"I bring you gifts" Ron offered as he placed the food on the coffee table in front of them. "No need to thank me, I ate half of it on my way here."
"Guys, we have something..." Harry started.
"It's really all quite fascinating. We were talking about for a while, that's why it took me so long to get back..."
"Hey they put walnuts in! I love walnuts they really bring out the chocolate..."
"But, of course, I shouldn't talk after all I am the one who brought up the question on how efficient learning about multiple cultures would profit in the long run..."
"And nougat! Man I got to get me these recipes. I wonder if they even use recipes; I mean, they're rather intelligent in a weird sort of way..."
"Well," Nikki breathed. "This is going well."
"We got to get their attention." Harry stated.
"What did you have in mind?" Nikki asked as she looked at him and saw the sly look on his face. "No," Nikki whispered as Harry put one of his hands on her waist. "Harry," she laughed nervously as he leaned in and they both laid down on the couch. "You've got to be kidding me," She said as he leaned closer and the others continued talking.
"I'm not," He said as he closed the gap between them and kissed her firmly on the lips. She began to return the kiss as he noticed the common room fell silent. He gave her another small kiss as they parted.
"Are we interrupting something here," Hermione asked as Ron looked shocked.
"No, not really," Harry said as he sat back up. "Just getting things started."
"How long has this been going on?" Ron asked as he looked between the two.
"Started on Halloween, and I'm really starting to like that holiday." Harry smirked as Nikki laughed.
"And you weren't going to tell us," Ron asked.
"Well; we tried to but, something always came up." Nikki said as she pursed her lips together. "And what if someone was listening, why the papers would have a field day; 'Harry Potter's new love is Sirius Black's Daughter'" She said in a more sarcastic tone.
"Would you keep it down," Hermione scolded. "Nobody's supposed to know."
"I wish they could though. I mean, I know I choose to go by Bella but still, it feels wrong." Nikki sighed.
"Well, Quidditch tomorrow, we should probably get off to bed." Ron mentioned as they went up the stairs; Nikki and Harry soon following.
A/N: Sorry it took a while to do this. I was at my Step Great-Grandmother's (some title eh?) wake/funeral/burial for the weekend and she was in the hospital before hand (pancreas cancer) and I just wasn't in the mood for writing. But it's here now and done.
"Want one," Harry offered as he held some out towards Nikki who refused.
"You've been nursing whatever's in you mouth for ten minutes now." Shanna stated, "What is it?"
Nikki smirked as she took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, blowing a rather large bubble. The other two watched as it grew to the size of her head before she sucked it back in.
"How many pieces was that?" Harry asked in a surprised voice.
"Ten," Nikki mumbled through the gum. "It kept loosing its flavour."
"So did you two tell Ron and Hermione yet?" Shanna asked as she unwrapped another chocolate. Harry and Nikki both fell silent as they sheepishly looked at each other. "Not yet, huh?"
"Yeah," Harry said sadly, ashamed that he was keeping this from his oldest friends. "I don't know why though. It's like we just don't know how to let them know."
"So how are things with you and Seamus going?" Nikki asked quickly, trying to change the subject.
"We broke up; we realized that we were so accident prone it would be the Armageddon if we dated. So I'm going out with Dean now. It's working out pretty good; but back to you two," Shanna said as Nikki quietly cursed. "If you don't tell them soon I will."
"How soon is that," Harry asked.
"Right now," Shanna said as she started to wave at Ron and Hermione who were walking up the hill; waving back.
Harry and Nikki quickly looked at each other and mentally cursed. They each grabbed a handful of sour balls and shoved them into Shanna's mouth and charmed it closed.
"Hi," Hermione greeted as the two made it up. "What's wrong with Shanna" she asked as Shanna was rolling on the ground making odd faces and crying.
"We dared her to eat it all at once" Harry lied as she handed Ron the empty candy bag and began to laugh. Hermione giggled as the other three continued to laugh at the Ravenclaw.
"And you got into Ravenclaw how?" Nikki inquired as the others laughed harder and Shanna shot her a look of disgust.
"So what have you three been doing?" Ron asked as Hermione began to read.
"No much, just daring each other to do stuff," Harry explained. "Want to join?"
"Sure, I dare you to kiss Nikki" Ron said simply as the two ravens looked between each other and Shanna sat up quickly.
"Uh..." Harry said, "Alright." He leaned over and gave her a small kiss on the cheek as Nikki rolled her eyes.
"Why Harry, I didn't know that you were such a master at wooing" Nikki said sarcastically.
The four continued with the game, as Shanna continued to suffer from the sour balls, ending near supper time when Nikki landed her handstand wrong.
"That was the funniest thing I've seen today, well, next to Shanna's faces." Ron laughed as they walked inside for supper. "The look on your face when you saw that bug Nikki; it was priceless."
"I preferred the look on Harry's face when Nikki screamed, lost her balance and toppled over on top of him." Hermione said as Ron went into another laughing fit.
"You try to keep cool when you're doing a handstand; it's hard enough to try to keep you shirt from falling." Nikki retorted as they sat down with Ginny.
"Fun day," Ginny asked as Shanna went to join her sister at the Ravenclaw table.
"You could say that," Harry assumed as he began to fill his dish with food.
"Hermione," Ginny said as she searched the pockets of her robe. "Miss Soleil wanted me to give you this."
Hermione took the folded up piece of paper from her and opened it up as the others peered over Hermione's shoulder to get a look at the note.
"See me after you eat" Hermione read as she looked up at the High table. "She's not there."
"I wonder what for?" Ron asked as he began to pick at his food.
"I'm going to go check," Hermione said as she stood up.
"What about supper?" Nikki asked as she gestured to the food.
"I'm not all that hungry actually." Hermione said as she began to leave but Nikki grabbed the hem of her robe.
"You aren't leaving without food." Nikki declared as Hermione picked up a roll and was free to go.
The other four continued to eat in silence and walked back to the common room in the same silence; although they soon became indulged in jokes. Ron soon left to raid the kitchens and Ginny went upstairs to bed and the common room was soon empty.
"We should tell them next time we see them," Nikki said as she and Harry curled up on the couch.
"What," he asked, but soon clued into what she was talking about and agreed. "Should we tell them when they're separate or together?"
"Together," Nikki said. "It'll be easier."
The common room door sung open and Hermione walked in as cheerful as could be with a heavy looking.
"What did she want you for?" Nikki asked as Hermione plopped into one of the armchairs.
"She was giving me some of her old books from school. She was telling me how disappointed she is that nobody here knows anything magical outside of Britain; so I asked her is she had anything about magic in other countries."
"And that's all she gave you?" Harry joked.
"No this is only the first installment, I couldn't carry the rest. She's a frigging library." Hermione sighed as Ron came in with his arms full of junk.
"I bring you gifts" Ron offered as he placed the food on the coffee table in front of them. "No need to thank me, I ate half of it on my way here."
"Guys, we have something..." Harry started.
"It's really all quite fascinating. We were talking about for a while, that's why it took me so long to get back..."
"Hey they put walnuts in! I love walnuts they really bring out the chocolate..."
"But, of course, I shouldn't talk after all I am the one who brought up the question on how efficient learning about multiple cultures would profit in the long run..."
"And nougat! Man I got to get me these recipes. I wonder if they even use recipes; I mean, they're rather intelligent in a weird sort of way..."
"Well," Nikki breathed. "This is going well."
"We got to get their attention." Harry stated.
"What did you have in mind?" Nikki asked as she looked at him and saw the sly look on his face. "No," Nikki whispered as Harry put one of his hands on her waist. "Harry," she laughed nervously as he leaned in and they both laid down on the couch. "You've got to be kidding me," She said as he leaned closer and the others continued talking.
"I'm not," He said as he closed the gap between them and kissed her firmly on the lips. She began to return the kiss as he noticed the common room fell silent. He gave her another small kiss as they parted.
"Are we interrupting something here," Hermione asked as Ron looked shocked.
"No, not really," Harry said as he sat back up. "Just getting things started."
"How long has this been going on?" Ron asked as he looked between the two.
"Started on Halloween, and I'm really starting to like that holiday." Harry smirked as Nikki laughed.
"And you weren't going to tell us," Ron asked.
"Well; we tried to but, something always came up." Nikki said as she pursed her lips together. "And what if someone was listening, why the papers would have a field day; 'Harry Potter's new love is Sirius Black's Daughter'" She said in a more sarcastic tone.
"Would you keep it down," Hermione scolded. "Nobody's supposed to know."
"I wish they could though. I mean, I know I choose to go by Bella but still, it feels wrong." Nikki sighed.
"Well, Quidditch tomorrow, we should probably get off to bed." Ron mentioned as they went up the stairs; Nikki and Harry soon following.
A/N: Sorry it took a while to do this. I was at my Step Great-Grandmother's (some title eh?) wake/funeral/burial for the weekend and she was in the hospital before hand (pancreas cancer) and I just wasn't in the mood for writing. But it's here now and done.