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Harry had headed upstairs as soon as Hermione had called and gone in her room, Katie a short step behind, walking into his back as he stopped dead in his tracks and gasped.
There curled up on the chair was Hermione, in the nude.
"Sorry!" Harry blurted out turning around as his blush covered his face.
"Harry, it's okay, it's alright." Hermione's quiet voice came from behind him, Katie looking over his shoulder saw her stand and come up behind him, sliding her hands up his arms to his shoulders, drawing him back into the room.
Katie stepped forwards following, closing the door behind her.
"Harry, it's okay, this is my fault, not yours okay? I wasn't thinking." Hermione said as she managed to guide him to the small couch, before she snagged her robe and slipped it on, belting it closed before she moved to sit in front of him in her chair.
Katie sat next to him and took his hand. "But - but I saw you. I - I - I shouldn't be thinking the things I am now. Not about you, not about you." Harry mumbled.
'bloody hell, I bet the Dursleys made him think that' Katie thought as Hermione got up off her chair and came over, sitting in his lap, crossways, legs between his and Katies as his arm immediately went about her waist.
"Harry." Katie watched as Hermione forced him to look her in the eyes with just his name.
When he did, Hermione suddenly dropped her lips to his in a kiss full of passion, the one hand going behind the nape of his neck to pull him close, the other had reached for Katie and as soon as the chaser had caught her hand, pulled her close so she could wrap her arms about the pair of them.
-o.O.O.o-
Harry met the kiss with equal passion as he felt Katie's arms wrap about them, slowly he and Hermione brought the passion in their kisses down until Harry released her lips and sat back against the couch, Hermione snuggling into his chest as Katie did his side.
"Harry," Katie said quietly. "Are you okay?" Harry shook his head in the negative.
"n - not really. I just d - don't understand. Why does this feel so right, yet everything I've ever been told is that thinking like I am right now is wrong." He mumbled something more quietly, not expecting Hermione to hear him.
"WHAT!" Hermione shouted out loud. "Wh - what do you mean 'you've got the scars to prove it?'" She said, her lower lip trembling, at the same time Katie sat upright looking with horror towards Harry.
"It's okay, it's okay. It's the past." Harry said quietly. Hermione's tears started falling as she buried her face in Harry's chest while Katie wrapped them up in her arms, Harry lifting his arm to wrap about Katies shoulders.
It took both girls a while to calm down with how upset they were, but just Harry's presence there helped. Once they had calmed down a little Harry decided he may as well ask.
"Hermione, not that I didn't like the view because I did, but. . . why were you naked?"
Hermione smiled up at him from where she was perched on his lap as she explained her lifestyle choice.
Harry just nodded before he spoke.
"So, in future if I want to speak to you and you've been in this room a while I better knock first?" He asked.
"Well, that is unless you don't mind seeing me naked." Hermione said with a small smile as Katie tried not to laugh at how fast Harry blushed.
Hermione's face however betrayed a little shock as she spoke.
"Harry is that…" Harry's expression seemed to answer her question as she looked to Katie.
"We are very lucky women." was all she said but it seemed Katie understood what she had meant with the smile on her face.
"Right, okay now we've dealt with everything about me being in the nude in here - normally, the reason I wanted you to come up here in the first place was this.
With that she got up off Harry's lap which Katie immediately claimed as Hermione went to retrieve her notebook. Turning around she couldn't help but smile as she watched Katie get comfortable as she made her way back over to sit next to them, stopping briefly to place a chaste loving kiss on Katie's lips before she sat down.
"Here, I've been doing some thinking and have got a few… worries." She said holding out the notebook.
Year one - Philosophers Stone
Harry gets allowed a broom & place on team
Mirror of Erised found in unlocked room and Dumbledore 'happens' to explain what it does
Cerberus in room that can be unlocked by simple Alohamorra and only a verbal warning
Under trap door Devils Snare - perfect for Neville who was waiting up in common room that night (Was he meant to come with)
Room of keys - key can only be caught by a seeker
Troll - teamwork to defeat?
Chess set - Perfect for Ron
Potion's - Hermione's logical mind easily able to deduce safe potion
Mirror in room - Harry already knows about the mirror, has to face Voldemort
Hermione encountering Dumbledore on the way back to get help - Dumbledore said he 'Knew what Harry would face'
Second Year
Harry hears voices no one else can hear
Dumbledore doesn't close school after first attack and hides issue from DMLE
During duelling session Snape tells Draco what spell to use - revealing Harry's Parseltongue abilities
School turns against Harry staff don't do anything to help
Detention in Forbidden Forest
60ft Basilisk roaming school and Dumbledore claims ignorance
Third Year
innocent godfather breaks out of azkaban
Has been held - without trial - for 12 years
Dumbledore head of judicial system could have insisted on trial
Was going to allow the Kiss on Sirius until Hermione used Tie Turner
Kept Sirius locked up in Grimmauld after escape - still no trial
Fourth Year
Harry's name comes out Goblet
No one helps Harry when school once again turns against him
no help to Harry's friends who got hurt from Skeeters article
No help for Harry's friend when cursed by malfoy - Harry punished for standing up for her
Forced to take part in tournament without given option to prove he didn't want to take part
Ron was 'thing he'd miss the most' even though had cut ties with him in past
After third task no one helped Harry to deal with experiences, was isolated at home
Fifth Year
Umbridge - torture
Hogwarts has High Inquisitor and Dumbledore's 'hands are tied'
Snape's version of teaching Occlumency is another version of torture
Dumbledore refuses to aknowledge Harry
Harry tries to tell Snape about visions - when contacts Sirius on mirrors later Sirius has no knowledge of them - even after enough time for Snape to tell Dumbledore.
When all these points are looked at objectively I can only come to the conclusion that harry is being 'tes~
The way the ink trailed off the paper showed where she'd stopped writing before calling them up.
He looked to Hermione, locking his gaze with hers as he felt Katie's arms tighten about his shoulders a moment.
"What is it Hermione?" Harry asked quietly. Hermione closed her eyes and took a deep breath before she answered.
"Harry, remember what you wrote in your notebook? how the plan was to let Voldemort kill you?" She asked quietly, trying desperately not to cry. Harry just nodded and let her continue.
"Well how did they know Voldemort would? How did they know you wouldn't be too powerful at the final confrontation? They were testing you - it's as if they wanted to make sure you wouldn't get too much more powerful."
Harry nodded to her reasoning, trying to ignore just how tightly Katie's arm gripped him now.
"It make sense alright, but we don't need to worry now - Dumbledore doesn't know where I am, the healers at St Mungo's have all been sworn to secrecy so I'm safe, and more importantly, I'm safe with you two."
He finished his statement with a small kiss for both Hermione and Katie before letting Katie up from his lap and getting up himself.
"Don't worry 'Mione, I figured it was something like this when I decided to come visit you before the whole Ministry Mayhem." He told her. Hermione just nodded and got up to wrap her arms about him. Harry gently enfolded her in his own arms as Katie once more wrapped her arms about the both of them.
"Hermione, as long as we stick together we'll be okay. I promise." Katie said with a small smile before letting them go and making her way out the room.
Harry wasn't in any hurry to let go.
-o.O.O.o-
Later that week Tonks slumped down sat in a chair opposite Katie's father with a groan.
"Everything okay?" Jeremy asked as a grimace of pain shot across her features.
"Yeah, well it will be - I decided that those three," She pointed to the pool where Harry, Hermione and Katie were all swimming. "Would need to know non-magical combat as well."
Jeremy nodded with a slightly curious expression on his face. Sighing Tonks continued.
"I made the mistake of getting hold of one of the old auror training dummies for that, thinking it couldn't be 'that' hard." She stopped speaking when Jeremy started chuckling.
"Let me guess, you've got bruises where you didn't think you would, and muscles you never knew of screaming at you?" Tonks just nodded forlornly.
Shaking his head at the aurors folly he carried on.
"Well, I'm a 6th level Black Belt in Karate, and I'm pretty sure Dan's past wasn't just a dentist we can train them in that regard." Dan who had walked in at the tail end of the conversation agreed with Jeremy.
"I still spar with the lads from my old unit once or twice a month, I'll be happy to help." Tonks looked to the two men gratefully, she had been absolutely sure that she would have to get recommendations, and then have people screened to see if it was safe to introduce them to the magical world. Here was the answer to those problems already.
Tonks smiled as she got up.
"Right, I better go and tell them to get read…"
"Not so fast." Dan interrupted her before motioning for her to sit back down. He waited until she was fully sat before taking a chair of his own opposite her and continuing.
"They're not doing anything until Harry's treatments at St Mungo's next week are finished. I may not be a magical healer but I AM a medical professional. If the potions he's taking now caused Hermione to freak out as much as she did, then he will need all the energy he can get from them." Tonks nodded in her understanding of what he said, she would wait.
-o.O.O.o-
Harry was glad that he was wearing a loose pair of swimming trunks, Hermione and Katie would be the death of him by embarrassment he thought.
As they swam Hermione's outfit became translucent when wet leaving next to nothing to the imagination, and Katie's bikini was so tiny he didn't think it classified. It was for this reason he had stayed in the pool while the girls had gotten out and lay on the loungers.
As he swam he heard Hermione calling him, he turned in the water and swam up to them before coming to a stop by the edge of the pool.
"Hey." He said. Hermione just smiled as Katie spoke.
"It's time for your potion - do you just want to down it, or omlette it?" The chaser asked. Harry just grimaced as he realised this meant he would have to get out the pool.
"I'll just down it." he said making his way over to the steps, glad that he'd managed to calm down some. He approached the free lounger that was next to Hermione before sitting on it's edge and taking one of the potions out of the chest on the little table near him, chugging it back quickly.
"Bleurgh, there's got to be a way to make this taste better" He complained as a delicate hand at the end of an arm leaned over his shoulder holding a can of coke for him.
Taking the can he whispered his thanks as he lay back on the lounger before letting his eyes close.
Eyes closed he listened to the conversation that the two girls were having as Katie spoke to Hermione.
"So what are we going to do about Dumbledore, we've got a bit of a break at the moment with him occupying a ministry holding cell."
Hermione sighed before she spoke.
"e can't do anything at the moment until we can get the proof of what he's done - until then the best we can do is to watch each other's backs."
Harry groaned as she said this as he knew she was right but he just wanted the old man dealt with. As for Ron and Ginny, he was already planning on how to deal with them when they returned to Hogwarts in September.
"Guy's it's time to eat!" Jeremy's voice called out to the trio from the kitchen doorway.
Getting up Harry followed Hermione and Katie indoors to eat.
Sitting down between Katie and Hermione, Harry couldn't help but wonder how his life had turned around that both of these beautiful young women actually wanted to be with him.
Sighing he started to eat, not paying attention to the food as he thought about the incident a few days ago in Hermione's room. He still couldn't wrap his head around the fact both Hermione and Katie wanted him to see them like this, and what's more, to think of them in his fantasy's.
Everything from his upbringing screamed at him that this was wrong, and that to desire your friends / girlfriends in the way he thought should not be allowed.
Hermione had spent many hours talking to him, trying to help him past these thoughts, trying to show him that these thoughts were normal, Katie to had tried to help.
Every time they had spent some time together alone and started to explore the more physical side to their relationship, he would seem eager at first, but as soon as his body started to react positively around the gomen he would find some reason, excuse or anything to stop.
What he didn't realise was the plan the two of them had hatched last night to help him past the thoughts that had been beaten into him.
-Flashback-
Katie had just settled down in bed to sleep when her bedroom door was knocked.
"Come in." She called wondering who wanted to talk to her at this time of night when the door opened and Hermione came in a slightly worried expression on her face, wearing her bathrobe.
Careful so that the bedclothes didn't slip Katie moved her arm from under the covers to pat the bed next to her.
"Hermione, what's wrong." Katie asked quietly her blue eyes seeking out Hermione's chestnut.
Hermione turned and gently closed the door before coming over and sitting on the edge of the bed next to the chaser.
"It's Harry." Hermione said quietly, pain in her voice as she continued.
"He still withdraws when he starts to feel the remotes bit of physical attraction to us, I . . .I don't know what to do. How do I help him?" The moonlight filtering through the curtain glistened of the lone tear trailing down Hermione's cheek.
Katie sat up and gently pulled Hermione into her arms, ignoring the bedclothes slipping off her nude form.
"Hey it's alright, he's here now, he knows we love him." Katie said quietly as she held the bookworm.
Hermione's shoulders gently shook with the small sobs going through her body as she clung to Katie.
"H. . .How could they?" She asked quietly. Katie knew who 'They' were. Hermione was asking about the Dursley's. Neither of them could understand how anyone, could treat Harry like the Dursley's had.
"Shh, it's okay, he's got us now, we'll help him." Katie said quietly, trying to reassure Hermione.
Slowly Hermione's shoulders stopped shaking as she pulled away and her lips gently found katies.
as the kiss broke Hermione pulled away, her eyes searching out Katie's own.
"Thanks, I needed that, just to talk to someone."
Katie smiled and gently tightened her arms about Hermione as she answered.
"It's fine." as she did she took another look at Hermione, and from how the robe had partially opened in their embrace could see that Hermione was at least topless beneath the robe.
Letting out a gentle groan of desire Katie pulled Hermione's lips back to her own.
-.o.O.O.o-
Hermione woke to the sensation of being spooned into someone, their arms wrapped protectively about her. Smiling she remembered last night, after she and Katie had spent a pleasurable half an hour enjoying each others bodies, still somehow managing to not go all the way, yet, with how sensitive her chest was, Katie had had no problem drawing a few cries Hermione.
Turning over on to her back, carefully unwrapping Katie's arms from her, Hermione sat up, leaning against the headboard, not bothering to cover up. She looked down to the sleeping chaser, hair fanning about from her head, she looked so cute just lay there, a tiny pout on her lip. Katie soon rolled towards her, her head coming to rest on Hermione's thigh as her arm tried to wrap about her once more.
Smiling Hermione started running her fingers through Katie's cobalt locks as she thought back to their conversation after their fun.
They had decided that, after Harry's time in St Mungo's, they needed to get Harry used to seeing all of their bodies, not just when they were in bikini's when they went swimming.
Katie had volunteered to be the one to talk to their parents and let them know that she was going to be following Hermione's lifestyle and that they would now no longer be wearing the tops of their bikini's.
They only hoped that their parents would understand.
Katie shifted how she was lay down, making Hermione blush as the chaser was now facing her stomach, dangerously low.
Thinking more on the topic of how to help Harry she realised that the only thing she or Katie could do was be there for him.
She felt the Katie's breath against her skin change indicating the chaser had woken up, smiling she didn't stop running her fingers through Katies dark hair.
She felt a couple of kisses against her stomach before she heard Katie groan out what could have been "Good Morning"
Chuckling Hermione answered.
"Good morning, I think it's time we got up." With a moan of dissatisfaction Katie sat up, leaning against the headboard herself.
"So, stick with the plan?" She asked looking to Hermione. With a small smile the bookworm nodded.
"Yeah,"
Nodding Katie slid out the bed and made her way to the en-suite room.
"Care to join me in the shower?" she asked, turning when she realised Hermione hadn't moved.
Hermione had followed Katie with her eyes admiring her form when the question permiated her mind. Smiling Hermione didn't bother to answer vocally, simply walking to Katie and wrapping an arm about the chaser as they both made their way to the shower.
-o.O.O.o-
A few days later, Harry was sat in the kitchen watching Dobby and Winky artwork preparing breakfast. He was looking forward to it as it would be his last breakfast here for a week, as of this afternoon he would be going into St Mungo's first have a lung vanished and re-grown before they started on the rest of the damage inside.
He'd been warned this would be painful.
Shaking his head at his thoughts he got out his chair and stepped outside onto the porch where Katie's father had gone this morning.
"Morning Harry." He said quietly.
"Morning sir." Harry answered quietly. Shaking his head Jeremy indicated the seat next to him and waited for Harry to get himself comfortable before speaking.
"Now Harry, let's not have any of this sir or mr Bell business. You are the boy dating my daughter and her girlfriend - and will soon be sharing their bed if they have anything to say about it," He paused a moment as Harry's face heated up in a blush. "My name is Jeremy okay?" Harry nodded.
"So how long did they say you'll be in the hospital for?" Jeremy asked as Hermione stepped out the door in her red barely there bikini and sat in Harry's lap.
"About a week." Harry answered wrapping his arms about Hermione so she wouldn't fall off him.
"Well you just focus on coming out of there in one piece okay?" Jeremy asked, the care in his voice was unmissable.
Harry nodded as they settled back to enjoy the quiet of the morning before Winky popped next to them.
"Breakfast is ready." She told them before popping away again. Harry waited for Hermione to get up before and make her way into the dining room before following. Katie was already sat at the table, a midnight blue blouse contrasting perfectly with her ebony locks.
Looking about he saw the Grangers and Tonks were already at the table. Smiling he took his place, yes it had started the worst way out, but he now had people around that cared for him.
-o.O.O.o-
Hermione was walking hand held in Harrys, Katie the other side, they had decided to go with him to the hospital for support.
Tonks was the one guarding them today, but she herself was here more as a friend than bodyguard.
Stepping up to the reception desk they waited for the receptionist to notice them. After a couple of minutes where she hadn't looked up once from her magazine Harry cleared his throat.
"Yes, how can I -" The woman stopped, stumbling to a halt at seeing 'The Boy-Who-Lived' in front of her.
"We're here to see Madam Pomfrey. We have an appointment" Hermione said, a slight hard edge to her voice, her worry at what Harry was going to be going through coming through.
"Right, er, I'll send a message. She'll be with you as soon as possible. Harry nodded and guided the girls over to one of the benches, pulling Hermione to sit between him and Katie.
She felt Katie's arm wrap about her as the dark haired girl tried to comfort her, Hermione's other hand had been taken by Harry and he was gently running his thumb over the back of it.
She wasn't even the one here for the surgery and she was the one freaking out the most.
"Mr Potter?" Madam Pomfrey's voice came from the doorway leading further into the hospital.
Getting up he led the group to her.
"Did you complete your potions course Mr Potter." The mediwitch asked him, a stern look on her face, telling him he better have.
"Yes Madam Pomfrey, these two wouldn't let me forget even one dose." Harry said, indicating the chaser and the bookworm.
"Very good, follow me please." With that she turned and made her way down the corridor.
She kept going through different doorways and corridors until they ended up in a room with Harry's name on the door in the surgical wing.
Leading them in she guided them to the bed already in there, with a set of hospital gowns already on the end.
Turning she faced Harry, her voice softening slightly as she spoke.
"Now Harry, I'll try to make this go with the minimum pain possible but," She paused seemingly trying to gather the right words before she continued. "I won't make any false promises, this will not be pleasant for you."
Harry nodded, Hermione moved forwards to take his arm in hers, Katie did the same the other side. Harry nodded to Madam Pomfrey's words before turning to Hermione.
"I'll be fine - it's only for a week." Hermione nodded before she leaned in to catch his lips in a small kiss. As the kiss broke he turned to Katie and leaned up slightly to kiss her, she being slightly taller.
Turning back to the nurse who had a look of slight shock on her face when she saw this he spoke.
"Madam Pomfrey, I want it made plain now that Katie Bell, Hermione Granger and their parents are to be kept up to date on everything, in fact - I want them to be exempt from patient confidentiality. If they want to know anything while i'm not with it tell them.
Madam Pomfrey nodded with a small smile before she spoke.
"Actually that power of attorney slip that your… relatives… signed in the muggle world is just as valid here. I take it if a yes or no needs to be given about treatment and you're not able to make the decision you want it to be them?"
Harry seemed to think a moment before he spoke.
"yes please." Madam Pomfrey nodded turning and picking up his chart at the end of his bed and making a note. Turning back she spoke.
"Very well, please get changed I'll be back in fifteen minutes with my team and we'll get started"
Harry nodded, waiting until she'd left before picking up the gown.
"Harry?" Hermione's voice shook slightly.
Katie wrapped her arms about her, placing a small kiss on the side of her head as Harry turned to face them.
"It'll be okay Hermione, we know Madam Pomfrey's the best." With that he slipped behind a privacy screen and quickly got changed, coming out and sitting up onto the side of the bed as soon as her was done.
Hermione and Katie coming up to the bedside as he got comfortable, Tonks had taken a chair by the door to try give the three a semblance of privacy.
"You just be sure to come out of this in one piece Harry." Katie said quietly, her mask of strength cracking as a tear slowly slid down her face.
Gently Harry pulled her into his arms and held her tight for a moment as he answered.
"I've got two very good reasons to fight, I swear as dangerous as these procedures are, I'll be sure to come back out this whole and healthy. I promise."
Katie nodded, as she dropped her face down to take Harry's lips with her own, gently tracing his lips with her tongue begging entrance, entrance he willingly gave as he pulled her tight against him. Katie tried to pour all her love and care into this gentle intimate kiss before they had to break for air.
Stepping back as they did she watched as Hermione took her place, the chestnut haired girl wrapping her hands about his neck as Harry's arms came around to hold her, linking behind her lower back. She didn't hear what words were said but could see the love in the kiss the two shared.
As they were kissing the door opened and Madam Pomfrey stepped in with three other healers, she was about to interrupt them when Katie held up her hand stopping them.
Seeing this the healers waited until they'd finished, Hermione stepping out of his arms and into Katies, tear tracks visible on her face.
"I'm sorry girls, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave now, he should be okay for visitors tomorrow." Madam Pomfrey said sympathy colouring her voice.
Katie and Hermione took one more look at Harry's face before they turned to leave, both promising with their eyes that they would be there.
Making their way outside they saw Shacklebolt waiting for them.
"Tonks sent me a message, she told me she wouldn't be able to take you home as she's staying to keep an eye on Harry, would you like me to take you?"
"Please." Katie answered for the both of them, wanting to get home.
Shacklebolt nodded and came up behind them ad disapparating the three of them with a *Pop.* Once Katie recovered from the side-along sensations of apparation she smiled her thanks to Shacklebolt before guiding Hermione into the house.
Sitting on the chair she pulled Hermione into her lap and held her close, needing the comfort of her there as well. She knew it would be a long night tonight, and already decided that when Hermione went to go to bed to join her - they would need each other tonight.
Constructive criticism welcome, flames will be ignored.
A/N 2: Sorry this and other stories have taken so long to update, due to ongoing health issues I have found it very difficult to concentrate on my writing these past few months - however this is a promise to all my readers/fans out there, I will not abandon this or any other story I have published, I hate it when I'm enjoying a good read and the story suddenly stops and refuse to do it to others, Thank you all for your patience and sticking with me.
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