Disclaimer time - ok . . .blah, blah no, I do not own Draco (much to my great dismay), Hermione or any other characters you may recognize, if I did the movies would get far more interesting, trust me. I need to say thanks to, Heather, my amazing beta reader, who brings a sense of order to my overly excessive use of adverbials, an almost obsessive impulse to insert commas and the ever-irresistible run-on sentences, I'm so fond of, and without whom this story wouldn't be nearly as readable ;). And of course, any typos & grammatical errors are, as usual, my fault . . . sorry. Anyway, let's skip anymore of the AN & get back into the story . . .
Chapter 27 - An Interlude
Moments after Hermione made her exit, the Gryffindor common room exploded into conversation. Neville poked his head out the door and quickly returned, "Oh My God! She just walked off with bloody Malfoy!" The volume in the room instantly reached a deafening level. Harry could feel his blood pressure suddenly spike up, then he heard the shrill tones of Parvati calling his name cut through the noise of his gossiping housemates. His eyes darted sideways as she approached and he turned, stalking off in the opposite direction and out the portrait door. There was only one person he needed to see. He took off at a dead run to find Sirius. Ten minutes later, Harry was still cursing out the damn moving staircases, but was at last walking down the right hallway. His eyes lit up in satisfaction as he finally saw the door he'd been looking for.
Flinging it open, he ran into the room, "Sirius you won't believe . . ." Harry suddenly came to a dead stop. "…What the Fuck?!?!?" Harry's eyes widened, jaw dropped and his head tilted slightly, as everything seemed to move in slow motion.
On the rumpled bed was a leopard, crouched on all fours with a large feral black dog atop, it's jaws tightly clamped on the back of the leopard's neck. Harry's mind couldn't quite comprehend the scene in front of him. The dog slowly rose up on its hind legs, jaw lifting and turned towards him as it morphed into his extremely naked and irate godfather.
"For Fuck's Sake, Harry, Close the Damned Door!!!"
Stunned, Harry turned and closed the door.
"Get the Fuck Out And Close the Door!!!" Sirius demanded. Somewhat dazed, Harry obeyed and found himself facing the stone wall outside Sirius' bedroom. Harry's brain snapped – Sirius is into bestiality?!?! And how the fuck wouldyou smuggle a leopard into Hogwarts?!?! First Hermione, then Parvati and now this? He winced as he heard the door snap open. Harry was afraid to turn around.
Standing in the doorway was Sirius, "Well now that you've interrupted my evening, you might as well come in." Turning ever so slowly, Harry hesitantly opened his eyes to see Sirius wearing a half buttoned pair of jeans and a beat up tee shirt. After a moment of Harry staring at him, Sirius blurted out, "Well, in or out?"
"Is it safe?" Harry asked, feeling the need to curl up in a corner somewhere, anywhere else.
Sirius sighed, running a distracted hand though his hair, "Just get your ass in here, okay?" Harry nodded, following him in. Sitting on the bed, wearing what Harry knew to be Sirius' bathrobe, was a young woman – maybe in her late twenties. She had a short pixie cut of what appeared to be leopard print hair (Harry ceased to question anything he saw at this point) and green eyes set in a lovely pale face.
Sirius, shrugging somewhat abashedly, sat down next to her. After a brief but awkward silence, she turned to Sirius with an annoyed but vaguely amused glance. "Well, Sirius, this isn't exactly how I planned on meeting your god son, but since someone forgot to lock the door," she spoke in a clear American accent. Sirius grinned unrepentantly and she shook her head. "Hi Harry. It's nice to finally meet you, my name is –" Sirius suddenly broke in with a snicker, "sorry, love. Harry Potter, I'd like to introduce you to Madison Grimshaw – my lover… girlfriend…." and he turned to give her a slow considering glance," and soon to be fiancé."
Harry's knees suddenly felt unable to support his weight and he fell onto a chair, completely missing the curiously shocked look Madison gave Sirius. "Well, this is a . . . surprise. Um . . . nice to meet you?"
TBCA very short chapter, I know, I know, but before you get upset, never fear & click ahead, I've added two chapters this time. Despite this chapter's brevity, please remember to read & review. It was co-written by me & my beta-reader at 5 AM & we'd love to know what you thought of it.
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