Authors Notes. I trust that you approve of the new posting day Mondays, let's see how it works, it sort of divides the week in half with Thursdays being the posting day for, 'HP and the New Neighbours' my other current story.
In response to several questions a 'buttie' is a sandwich so a bacon buttie is a bacon sandwich and HP sauce is a tangy brown sauce that is delightful on bacon butties and lots of other things.
Chapter 02. Revelations.
After tea Harry went upstairs with the two girls to move his trunk and to put his things away in whichever room was to be his, Hermione said, "That is my parents room," pointing at a door, "and this is my room." She opened the door to her own room to show him inside but the first thing he saw was Crookshanks, her half Kneazle who came and rubbed against his legs, so he picked him up and started tickling his ears. Hedwig hooted softly at him from a perch inside the window, so he put the half cat down then went over and started stroking his owl.
The room was large and white offset with pale pink and pale blue, there were twin beds and from the scattered clothing it was obvious that Ginny was sharing Hermione's room with her. The four tall bookcases were crammed full of books and one wall was all mirrors behind which Harry assumed were wardrobes. There were two desks with chairs one for writing and the other held a computer and a Stereo unit, there were also two comfy chairs for sitting and reading but these were facing a television with Video player on a wall stand.
"Let me show you your room." Hermione said excitedly.
She took his hand and led him straight across the landing into another very large bedroom that was predominantly white with red, it had a King size bed, a desk, a small empty bookcase, three comfy chairs facing a television and video player, again one wall was full of mirrors.
Hermione went to the end nearest the door and opened the mirror door revealing a shower room then she said, "The rest is for clothes, I hope you like it?"
"Like it," he answered, "I love it, but it is much to good for me I don't need all this."
"But you deserve it and so you are having it," it was Hermione's mum from the doorway, "a summer of abuse and neglect will not be on the agenda this year. I have never had a son so I intend spoiling you rotten." Harry had started tearing up so Jane came and cuddled him then continued, "You obviously don't need for money but you do need loving and I am sure that between the three of us we will give you all we can this summer."
The other two came and joined in with a communal hug of Harry, through his happy tears Harry said, "Thank you, thank you all for being so nice to me."
"Now," Jane said, in a voice that reminded him of Hermione's 'I'm in charge,' voice, "I believe that Ginny needs to show you something in the garden, Hermione and I will put your things away in your room for you."
Harry didn't notice Hermione glower at her mother.
Ginny laced her fingers with Harry's then led him downstairs, out through the conservatory and into the rather large garden, they had ambled past the swimming pool to the far end without saying a word. When the pair of them reached the centre of a spinney Ginny moved in front of him stopping him continuing then she let go of his hand and linked her fingers at the back of his neck, they stood looking into each other's eyes.
He rested his hands gently on her hips and they slowly moved together, when they kissed it was totally unlike kissing Hermione but at the same time it was exactly the same. It was like being in a fireworks factory and all of the fireworks were being let off at the same time, when they broke apart they both flopped down on the grass with a bump.
"What was that?" he said huskily.
It took over half a minute but eventually Ginny answered in a small voice, "Well you know that earlier I said that I didn't think that I had ever wanted to kiss a boy back before. Well I just found out what happens when I want to and I like it."
He stood slowly then helped her up and resolutely he said, "We need to talk to Hermione now."
When they were back in sight of the house they could see Hermione and her mother sitting in the conservatory and as they approached them they could see that Hermione did not look happy.
Ginny stayed by the door but he went and stood in front of Hermione and asked, "What's the matter darling?"
'Darling is there Hope?' Her eyes shot open wide and she said, "I thought that Ginny and I were planning something, but it appears that our mothers have been planning behind our back and she won't talk to me about it."
He put out his hands and drew her up and then he kissed her. Instant paradise no knees butterflies floating head the works, possibly even better than the first time, as they separated he looked into her eyes and said, "I love you." He sat her back down at one end of the rattan sofa she had been sitting in the middle of. She was in heaven.
Harry turned to Ginny who was nearly in tears by the door and put out his hands, she ran into his arms and they kissed. A munitions works, definitely, this time an exploding munitions factory. Harry looked into her eyes as their lips broke apart and he said, "I love you." Then he sat her in paradise at the other end of the sofa and sat in the middle, he put out his arms for both the girls to cuddle into him exactly the same way as they had done in the car.
Harry said, "Remember what Hermione said at lunchtime, 'we will solve that problem if we come to it,' well we have come to it and I believe that your mum has some explaining to do now."
Jane was smiling and she said, "It is quite a long story so bear with me.
While Matt and I were at Kings Cross Station waiting for the Hogwarts express to arrive, he started talking to Arthur so I began to chat with Molly and I happened to mention to her that Hermione had been in love with Harry Potter practically ever since she had met him. Then she told me that Ginny had been in love with Harry ever since she set eyes on him, when she was ten years old and being the mothers' of two girls that were both in love with the same boy we decided that we really had something in common to talk about.
It did not take long for us to concoct this plan, first it required getting rid of Ron so when Luna hinted that she would like Ron to come with her and her father to Andorra for three weeks. Molly encouraged her and I believe that she even implied to her that Ron had fancied her for ages but that he was too shy to do anything about it." The three of them were now giggling but Jane carried on, "Luna didn't need any more encouragement and I don't think that Ron knew quite what hit him. What Molly said was 'we may all think that she is 'a bit out to lunch' but when it comes down to essentials she is all there'.
Now back to you three.
Obviously I had never seen the three of you together but Molly who had, told me that she thought that Harry was in love with the pair of you but that something needed to be done to confirm and if so encourage it. That's when we decided that the pattern of Harry's summer needed changing radically and that Harry had to come here for most of the holiday period. But to make it fair Ginny had to be here with Hermione, both you girls seem to think that the Harry bit was not too difficult to arrange, little do you know what Molly and I went through.
Ron was going away on Monday so it wasn't too suspicious when Ginny came here on Sunday, we had planned to invite you Harry on Tuesday for Wednesday and it just so happened that the OWL results came in the middle of it all. Also we had to arrange other things with the people who guard you Harry but in the end we even received your Headmasters blessing for the enterprise, he has rather an infectious chuckle.
I believe I should now hand this back over to Harry."
He turned to Ginny and kissed her on the cheek and then he said, "Goodnight Darling." Straight away he turned to Hermione and did exactly the same thing, then he sat back waiting.
Both of the girls looked dumbfounded and it took about thirty seconds before they reacted, "What do you mean?" they asked in harmony.
He answered, "Your mothers might have given you a bigger pudding bowl than you thought you were stirring, but the main ingredients are still the same, you two and me. I am extremely happy being sat in-between the two loveliest girls on the planet, so the pudding has not turned out exactly as you expected and I believe that your mothers had a pretty good idea that something like this would happen.
Isn't that one of the things that mothers are supposed to be good at?
I will certainly not be satisfied unless you two are happy and I will be perfectly content to go along with any reasonable suggestion the pair of you make. So as I said off you go, up to bed, no one is going to stop you talking until you reach some kind of a consensus that doesn't include tossing a coin or wands at dawn."
Looking quite sheepish the girls both kissed him lightly on the lips then told him that they loved him and goodnight but as they reached the door Jane stopped them and said, "Think about this while you are getting undressed. Will either of you be very unhappy seeing Harry kissing the other provided you know that he loves you just as much and will soon be kissing you as well?"
Then as the girls disappeared off to bed, Jane asked, "Would you like a snack before you go up Harry?"
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The following morning Matt had to go to the Grangers dental surgery for a couple of hours to wind things up, they were taking an extra day off before their weekend away and so Harry was alone with Jane at the breakfast table when the girls came down.
They sat either side of him and Hermione gave him a loving kiss then said, "Good morning darling."
Ginny was next to kiss him and she said, "Morning angel."
"I guess that you have sorted it out then," Harry said, "so what have you decided?"
"We have decided that we will share you." Ginny said.
"The thought of anything else was totally, well unthinkable," Hermione added, "and in the end it only took us about ten minutes."
Harry had just finished buttering a piece of toast and was spreading Marmite on it and he said, "Well I have a few rules of my own. Most important I never ever want to hear anything like you owe me two kisses because she has had more than me, from either of you."
Jane smiled but both of the girls thought for a minute and agreed, then he continued, "We need to be reasonably discreet in public, I don't want Voldemort making either or both of you into targets."
This was such an intrinsic part of their lives already that they agreed to this instantly, "and for the moment lastly, we will all remain virgins until we marry."
Jane was quite surprised at this and there was a stunned silence at this last rule, eventually in a small voice Ginny asked, "Why?"
"Because Hermione is already sixteen and will be seventeen in a few weeks but you won't be sixteen until August next year," he answered, "and for Hermione and I to be doing something as serious as that for almost a year without you would just not be fair to you."
Both of the girls kissed him and Jane was now only mildly surprised, both Molly and Hermione had told her what Harry was like but this was the first time she had seen it in action and she asked, "Molly said that she thinks that you will be allowed to marry both of them?"
"I believe that I will be able to," Harry answered, "I am fairly certain that there is a law that states that if someone in the wizard world has over ten million Galleons they can take another partner, at one time I heard Malfoy bragging about it."
A very regal owl arrived and perched on Harry's shoulder while he removed the letter from its leg, the bird did not hurry because the girls were both feeding it bacon scraps off their plates.
Eventually the owl left and Harry continued, "I will ask the Headmaster about the marriage rule when I see him and also about the 'Potter Trust' and whether I will become rich enough. But I will probably wait until after Sirius's 'Will' has been read, that might cure the money bit on its own."
He had opened and read the letter; he went quiet and passed it to Hermione and asked her to read out to the others.
She took the high quality piece of parchment and said, "The words, McMahon, Blaine, Zebrine and Knott. Solicitors to the Wizard World (Muggle business can be undertaken.) are inscribed, in big letters across the top. The letter reads, Mr. Harry James Potter is requested to attend the above offices on the thirtieth of July nineteen ninety six, at ten a.m. on the occasion of the reading of the Last Will and Testament of Mr Sirius Black."
"That's next Tuesday morning," said Jane, "will anybody go with you?"
"I expect to hear from Dumb…" There was a swirl of red and gold as Fawkes, Dumbledore's Phoenix appeared, he dropped a note in front of Jane, the beautiful messenger then settled on Harry's shoulder and started singing softly as Harry started tickling his friend.
Jane was very surprised but she picked up the note and read it out, "It just says, 'May I visit?' no name."
"It's from Dumbledore," said Hermione, "yes he can visit." She said to Fawkes.
There was a small pop from the hall and the Headmaster's voice came "Good morning everybody," as he walked into the kitchen where they were all sitting. They all stood and Jane offered him her hand that he took and kissed then he sat beside her and said, "I have come first to tell you about wizard's Wills."
As they were all making themselves comfortable again so Jane poured the Headmaster a cup of tea and after taking a sip he continued, "A wizards Will is not a fixed entity until it is read, up until that time it takes into account the intent of the deceased and the circumstances of the beneficiaries. Let me try to make that clearer.
Harry is currently quite well off and when he takes control of the Potter Trust he will become extremely rich, under the terms of Sirius's Will he is the major beneficiary and will receive a considerable amount of money and property, however it is not really significant to him exactly how much he receives. Molly and Arthur were to receive a fixed sum of money for what they have done for Harry's welfare, but now you have undertaken to do the same thing for him as well so you will also receive the same amount from the estate.
Harry doesn't need it so you will get it and his Godfathers intent is satisfied.
Similarly he left a sum of money to a girl called Cho Chang, as Harry's girlfriend," both the girls bristled, "she will not get it, these young ladies will receive that amount each." Ginny and Hermione both appeared to be quite happy about this.
If Ms Chang had been from a poor family then it is quite likely that she would have received her money as well as these two. So the answer to your question is yes, I will come next Tuesday morning at quarter to ten and we shall all travel to the solicitors together by Portkey.
I must do something before I forget." Dumbledore stood and moved to what must have been the centre of the house then cast a series of charms, "That will allow you to practice magic without it being detected by the Ministry. Now I believe you have other questions Harry?"
"Is it true sir," he asked, "that a wizard may take more than one wife?"
"It certainly is Harry," he answered, "for every ten million galleons or part thereof a witch or wizard has, they may take a partner and this is strictly cash, not property, the bank does not have to be Gringotts however. I will answer the other question before you ask it, yes by next Tuesday lunchtime although you will not be old enough you will be rich enough to take at least two wives, did I answer it?"
"Yes thank you sir and what did you mean by not old enough?" Harry asked.
"It will be the day before your sixteenth birthday and wizards are not allowed to marry until they are seventeen, however witches may marry when they are sixteen. Just one more word of advice before I go, don't make any plans about where you are going on holiday until Tuesday afternoon. Good day to you all, Fawkes." The Phoenix took off from Harry's shoulder and the Headmaster took its tale then he disappeared with it.
"Where did he go?" asked Jane.
"I don't suppose that you know Jane but that was a Phoenix," Jane was wide eyed and Harry continued, "so the Headmaster is probably in his office by now, they are truly the most magical and wonderful birds also you are possibly the only living Muggle who has ever seen one."
"I am honoured that he should trust me enough to let me see it." As Jane finished what she was saying Matt arrived.
But Harry concluded, "If he trusts you with me and he trusts you with that, I believe that he would trust you with just about anything."
Matt said, "I thought that you would all be ready to go shopping by now and who's doing all the trusting with what?"
"If you had spent part of your morning with a Phoenix," Jane said dreamily, "and their Headmaster, explaining to you about how wizards Wills work, you might be running a trifle late as well."
So they all moved from the table and Hermione rinsed the dirty things for her mum to stack into the dishwasher, then they were soon all dressed ready to go shopping.
When they were in the car heading towards the shopping centre in Bournemouth, "Ginny speculated, "How much do you think we will all get?"
Matt was puzzled, "Get from where Ginny?"
"Oh, you don't know do you dear," Jane said, "it appears that we are going to receive a bequest from Harry's Godfather's Will and I will try to explain how and why later. But Ginny was speculating as to the amount, what do you think Harry."
"It is very difficult to guess," he answered, "but the principal sum must be quite a bit over twenty million Galleons, because he said at least two wives so what I will get will be around that. He has left money to Ginny's mum and dad and he always knew that I was unhappy at there lack of it, so I would think that he would leave them at least one million Galleons and from what the Headmaster said you would get the same as them."
Matt pulled over and stopped the car, "Did you just say that we would get a million Galleons?"
"No!" said Harry, "I said that you might get, not that you would, anyway as to what the girls will get is anybody's guess it could even be a floating amount."
Matt had pulled away again and Hermione asked, "What's that?"
"It would be an amount determined by your importance to me," he said, "I read about wizard Wills to cheer me up in one of my brighter moments at Grimmauld Place last summer. It said that it is pointless to try to second guess them, it was 'very deep, powerful, old magic although some of the answers were bound to be fairly obvious."
Matt was soon negotiating his way into a car parking space in the centre of town and in next to no time they were all getting out of the car.
First they went to the Levis shop and Harry bought the three of them new jeans, Hermione said that she only needed one pair but both he and Ginny had three pairs as well as casual shirts and T-shirts. Next they went to Beals where he bought smart clothes for Ginny and himself but again Hermione said that she didn't need them either and the same applied to the trainers he had bought the two of them as well.
By this time he only had about five hundred Pounds left and he said to Hermione, "I am going to buy you something, what do you need?"
She told him that the only thing she really needed at the moment was a wristwatch so they left Beals and went to look in the jewellers window, Harry watched Hermione to see what kind of watches she liked.
"Can I speak to you a minute please Matt?" he asked.
"Of course," Matt answered as they moved away from the others to the other side of the shop front.
"I only have about five hundred Pounds left on me," Harry said, "and the watches that Hermione really likes are nearer fifteen hundred, I wonder if…"
Matt interrupted him, "I will pay for whatever you want to buy her and you can give it back to me later no problem."
"Thank you Matt," Harry looked so relieved that Matt thought Harry was going to start dancing, "shall we go in and pick her watch then?"
As they went into the shop Matt was extremely relieved that Harry had not started dancing in the shop and they made all the others wait outside while they chose and paid for Hermione's watch, then they called her in. All of the others came in and Hermione saw her watch, she was speechless for a moment then she threw her arms around Harry's neck and gave him a kiss that was such as to provoke Ginny into help supporting them until they could stand on their own.
"Wow!" said the young lady who was serving them, "I wish that my boyfriend would kiss me like that, is there any more at home like him? Now let us get the watch fitted."
After having the watch fitted they had a very late lunch in Chez Fred's a fish and chip Restaurant in Westbourne, Hermione had told them that it was the best fish and chips in the country. Never having had fish and chips neither Ginny nor Harry were experts but their verdict and those of numerous celebrity endorsements on the walls certainly rated it very highly.
Matt had told them that he had to go into Three Legged Cross the local village for a while and the rest of them were flopped in the lounge after their shopping trip and Jane said, "I must clean the house before we go away, what are you going to do?"
"Well there is no need for you to clean the house Mrs Granger," Ginny said, "we three will do it in no time." Harry and Hermione looked horrified but Ginny continued, "It isn't often I get to give them lessons but I'm sure my mum has taught me every household chore spell known to wizard kind, the only thing that might be a problem could be ironing with an electric iron. Dumbledore has cleared the house for magic and I will soon teach them most of the charms."
Hermione now looked like she couldn't wait to get started but Harry looked less than impressed Hermione said, "Don't look so down, you will only have to do your own room."
With a grin Harry said, "Oh don't worry I will attend to the whole house. Dobby!" he called.
Hermione looked horrified.
Authors Note.
Just how much trouble is Harry in will the next instalment need to be called 'Death by Hermione' and will the world as we know it come to a bloody end? Tune in next week for the next exciting instalment. (I advise those of a nervous disposition to read my disclaimer at the start of the chapter which guarantees that nothing untoward will ever happen to Harry in one of my stories.) PLEASE REVIEW
