Other Half of my Soul
A/N: Just in case you guys got confused at all Harry and Charlie are not a couple yet, they have agreed to go slow until Harry is ready.
A couple of other updates: I decided to no longer bash Ginny however, there will be heavy Umbridge and Cho bashing throughout the rest of this story so please be prepared.
The average word count for each chapter is going to be around 7,000 words, so please be prepared. Chapter one and this chapter will be more than that and the same goes for the previous chapter which was around 7,100 words. Let me know what chapter length you guys like please.
Pairing updates: Harry/Charlie, Ron/Luna, Hermione/Viktor, Draco/Blaise, Sirius/Severus more with be announced later in the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything here just my own twists. JK Rowling owns everything Harry Potter related.
Rated M for a reason although this one isn't too bad.
Previously:
Ginny, Fred, George, Hermione, Seamus, Ron, and Neville were all sitting in the common room with Harry.
"I wanted to talk to you guys about the dreams I have been having because I am afraid, and I need help."
Ginny speaks up first "Harry you know that we are always there for you and I wanted to publicly apologize for the way that I have been acting you didn't deserve it."
Fred ruffles his sister's hair. "Good job Gin."
"Thanks Gin apology accepted." For the next couple of hours Harry talked about his bad dreams in as little detail as possible and asked everyone for their help and support.
Ron spoke first. "You know that we are always here for you, so you don't need to ask."
Seamus nods. "I second that. Don't worry mate you are not alone in this."
Neville looked at him. "I think you should talk to Charlie though and let him know everything that is happening, so he is aware."
George looks at Harry. "Are you going to tell Charlie about these dreams?"
Harry nods. "Yeah he already knows about a few of them and has been able to help. So, I think the best course of action would be to continue to tell him about them"
Hermione smiles. "That's definitely a good idea. The more people who know the higher the chance you have of beating them."
Harry nods. "Yeah you are probably right about that."
The next couple of weeks flew by fast and before everyone knew it is was time for Christmas break. Most of the gang would be going to Grimmauld for the break except for Neville, Seamus, Luna, and Dean. Everyone was hoping for a nice quiet holiday for once with no interruptions, but it would be anything but.
Ginny walks down to the common room. "Is everyone ready to go home?"
Harry nods and smiles slightly. "Yeah I need a break from school and from life." Everyone agrees with Harry and they all head to the grounds and onto the carriages that would take them to the train. The train ride was peaceful, and they all looked back on the year so far and it was a good one. Harry was looking back to the year so far. He finally befriended Draco and they were on a first name basis, Cedric and him, were able to talk to each other. Him and Charlie were getting closer and he was finally ready to tell Charlie that he wanted to start dating him. And all of his other friends were doing great in their relationships even Sirius and Severus. Life for Harry was finally looking up and looked like it was going to stay quiet or so it seemed.
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Chapter 6 Start of Winter Break
All of the Hogwarts students that were going home for the holidays boarded the Hogwarts Express that would take them to King's Cross. As soon as all of the students that were going home for the winter holidays were safely in their seats the Hogwarts Express left the station.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Seamus, and Ginny all sat in a compartment together.
Hermione speaks up first. "So, Harry, can you tell us more about these dreams that you have been having? Last time when you wanted to talk to us about them you really didn't tell us much."
A/N: Harry did not previously go into specifics about the dreams he was having a few weeks ago so he decides to answer as truthfully as he can in order to avoid at much backlash as he would if he decided to lie. He had only given them all some of the details, now he will tell them everything.
Harry looks at Hermione and gathers his thoughts before answering her. "It's hard to explain because they aren't always vivid most of them actually are extremely blurry and are almost impossible to dissect."
"Well of the ones that you can make out what do you see?" Hermione just sits there waiting for Harry to put his thoughts together before he answers knowing that they are going to hear things that they aren't going to like.
Harry takes a deep breath. "I keep seeing images of events at school that I'm not even aware had occurred." *It is fucking driving me crazy that I can't figure any of these dreams out, it's a wonder how I'm not bat shit crazy yet. *
Seamus looks puzzled. "What do you mean you weren't aware that they had occurred?"
Harry looks at Seamus. "I mean Exactly what I just said, it is hard for me to be able to figure out that they had already occurred. However, I can tell that they had already happened because one of the clips I saw was in Umbridge's office from what I could tell and every time I'm in there I see the same things as in my dreams."
Everyone looks at each other with a worried expression on their faces. Neville breaks his silence. "Harry have you told anyone else about this and by someone else I mean someone that can help you figure out what your dreams mean?"
Harry shakes his head. "No, I haven't, because I have been trying to figure them out myself and what they mean first before I say anything to anyone, I hate having to rely on other people but at this point I'm at the end of my rope. I have been puzzled by a few of them so that's why I decided to come to you guys about them."
Ron just looks at Harry and shakes his head. "Trust me we know that you don't like to rely on other people to help you. However, I don't know mate it seems too weird to be overlooked though."
Harry nods his head but is still confused. "I know Ron, I just wish I knew what it meant. It would make things so much easier if I did." *This isn't freaking help me at all, it is just making me more confused. Maybe Luna will be able to make some of it clearer. *
Luna puts a hand on his shoulder and gives him a soft smile. "I'm sure everything will be made clear; did anyone ever find any evidence about who may have poisoned you all those months ago?"
Harry shakes his head. "No but Cedric and Draco had their suspicions about who did it, but no one was actually able to find anything definitive to prove their theory."
Luna gives him this look that he knows all too well. "Then maybe your nightmares are trying to tell you something that everyone has overlooked."
Seamus sees the confusion on Harry's face and clarifies on Luna's point. "I think what Luna means is, even if it was Cho how the poison worked was too difficult for a fifth year to pull off on her own, so, she had to of had help from someone more skilled in potions and I know for a fact that it wasn't our potions teacher."
Harry nods at the both of them. "I guess you two are right, she couldn't have done that by herself and there is no way Severus had a hand in any of this, so that just means another adult and potentially another staff member is responsible for helping her. All I do know is that these last four months have been extremely difficult, so I haven't really thought about it too much. I still hurt if I'm being completely honest." *So, Luna seems to be under the impression that my dreams are trying to tell me who it was that poisoned me, and it appears to have something to do with Umbridge. Damn why did it have to be her, and did she really help Cho murder an innocent child? *
Neville looks at him sympathetically. "Harry that is completely understandable I mean you're going to need more time than that and even then, you may never fully get over it."
Harry gives Neville a small smile. "Thanks, Nev and you're right. I guess it gets depressing feeling sad all the time." *And not to mention I'm also uncertain about what to do about a certain sexy red head. I want to be with him, but I don't know if I can get over this fear of getting hurt again. *
Hermione nods her head. "We get it Harry; trust me we do. It's still going to take time and it perfectly okay if you never get over it, some day when you're ready you will have another chance at parenthood and the next time it will be choice."
Harry gives his friends a sad smile. "Thanks for all your support guys, it really means a lot to me to know that I have amazing friends like you guys." As Harry finishes talking Hedwig swoops down onto his lap with two letters in her beak. "Hey girl what do you have there?" Hedwig holds out her head to Harry can take the letters. Harry takes the letters from her and ruffles her feathers a bit. "Thanks girl, why don't you rest for a bit." Hedwig nips at his finger and hops down next to him.
Hermione looks at them. "That's weird Harry, Hedwig doesn't usually stay."
Harry looks up at Hermione. "What do you mean Mione."
Hermione smiles. "All I mean is that she usually flies away after she gives you letters or packages, doesn't she?"
Harry nods. *Hermione is right, she usually doesn't stay, that just means one of them told her to wait for me to write a response. * "Oh yeah you're right. She usually does fly away but maybe she was instructed to stay until I opened the letters."
Seamus looks at him. "That definitely makes sense. Well aren't you going to open them Harry?"
Harry nods and looks back down at his letters and gulps then looks back up at his friends. *Oh, shit neither of these letters are going to be pretty. Charlie isn't going to be happy that I hid the details of my dreams from him until just before we left, and Sirius is going to be pissed that I never told him at all, and he had to hear about them from Severus. Well it's official I'm dead, I guess I will just go find my grave now. * "Well one of them is from Sirius and the other one is from Charlie."
Hermione gives him a sympathetic look. "Maybe you should open Charlie's first? I think that one might be less painful."
Harry looks at her and then nods in agreement. "Yeah maybe, but they are both probably responding to the dreams I have been having. I haven't had a chance to go into detail about them with either Sirius or Charlie."
Luna smiles at him. "So, then that is definitely what they are both writing about. You can do it though, Harry. It also explains why Hedwig is probably still here, one or both of them wants you to write a response back." Harry nods and looks down again and decides to open Charlie's letter first.
Dear Harry,
I'm happy that you decided to inform me about the fact that your nightmares have continued to plague you and what is in them. However, I'm not exactly impressed with the fact that you haven't explained them in detail to me until just before you left for winter break, you should have told me as soon as they were happening. However, I can't say that I'm surprised by that. Eventually I would have gotten it out of you anyway, so I can't really be that upset with you. I was planning to go back to the reserve and visit my friends down there and give them an update about what has been going on recently and when they can expect me to return.
That is another thing that we have to talk about. I will only be down there for a week than I will be at Grimmauld place for the rest of the break. I hope that is okay with you, I know we promised each other that we would go slow, I hope that doesn't cross a line or anything. Well anyway I look forward to your response and I will see you in a week's time.
Love,
Charlie
P.S. We will continue the conversation about your nightmares when we see each other again so don't think you are out of the woods just yet. So just mentally prepare yourself now, I have come up with some creative ways to punish you for that dumb stunt of yours.
Harry looks up blushing and smiling. "Well that wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be."
Ron smiles. "I can tell, it's all over your face." Ron starts to snicker after he says this.
Harry continues to blush. "Oh, shut up Ron."
Both Hermione and Luna smack Ron on the back of the head. "RONALD!"
The group laughs and Ron shrinks his head towards his body and mumbles. "I hate it when you two do that."
Harry quickly writes a response to Charlie before he opens his letter from Sirius.
Dear Charlie,
I am sorry that I didn't tell you about them sooner and what they entailed. I guess I was just scared about how you would react to them. Now I know that it was a stupid decision on my part to hide them from you. I am excited that you are coming to stay with us for Christmas though and no it doesn't cross any lines I promise.
Love,
Harry
He takes a deep breath and decides to use his Gryffindor courage and open the letter with shaky hands.
Hello Bambi,
Let me start by saying I miss you and I can't wait to see you. Now onto a more serious note.
HARRISON JULIAN POTTER-BLACK! Why is it that I had to hear about these nightmares from Severus and not from you? And when were you going to tell me that Voldemort was trying to get into your head? You have a lot of explaining to do when you get to the house. I won't interrogate you until we get there from the train station, so you will have plenty of time on the journey home to think about what you are going to say to me.
On another note, I am sorry to hear about what happened between you and Cedric. I expected better from him and I'm glad that you listened to your friends and got out of that situation before it took a turn for the worst. Also, what is this that I am hearing about a certain red head named Charlie Weasley? You again never told me that there was anything going on between you two.
Love you Bambi,
Padfoot
P.S. You better write a response and send it back with Hedwig and I will see you in a few hours.
Harry looks up and see's the worried expressions on his friends faces and cringes. "I am in so much trouble it's not even funny. I could even give the twins a run for their money at this point and that's saying something." Then before anyone can say anything in response to him, he writes a response to Sirius, so he doesn't get in trouble for that too.
Dear Sirius,
I am so sorry that I didn't tell you about them. I am also sorry that you had to find out about them from Severus. I also apologize for not telling you about Charlie, I will explain that whole situation when we get home too. I hope your not too mad at me for all of this.
Love you Padfoot,
Bambi
Then he hands both of his responses to Hedwig and she flies out the window to give them to their recipients.
Seamus looks at Harry and say's. "Well I'm glad I'm not you Harry." He chuckles a little before Ginny hits him on the shoulder. "Ow what was that heck was that for Gin."
Ginny just glares at him. "You're lucky I'm not your girlfriend or you would be in for so much worse than that and that is for being an insensitive jerk."
Harry just smiles. "It's okay Gin really I'm not hurt by it but thank you for standing up for me. He is right though I don't want to be me either."
Neville looks up surprised. "Wait did the letter Sirius write say Potter-Black?"
Harry looks confused at first then realizes what Neville is getting at and nods. "Okay I guess with everything going on recently I forgot to tell you guys that the adoption went through a week ago."
Hermione, Ginny, and Luna squeal and give Harry a hug. The boys just pat his shoulders and say congratulation's.
Harry smiles again. "Thanks, you guys I'm really excited about it too." Then he turns his attention towards Hermione. "Hey Mione, are you staying the whole time in London or are you going to visit Viktor too?"
Hermione smiles. "No, I'm sorry, I'm not staying the whole time in London. I promised Viktor that I would spend a few weeks with him before we have to go back to school. So, I'm going to be splitting my time between here with my family and you guys and the rest with Victor. I'm starting with him then I will be back with you guys for the rest of the break."
Harry smiles at her. "Well I am going to miss you for those couple of weeks but I'm happy that you and Victor are working out. I hope that it continues to work out for the two of you."
Hermione smiles and hugs Harry. "Thanks Harry that really means a lot and I hope it does too, I really do love him and I'm so happy that he feels the same way as me."
Harry smiles and nods. "Your welcome Mione. What are the rest of you doing?" He looks at Ron and Ginny. "I know you two will be there the whole time."
Seamus is the first to answer. "I am going back to Ireland for about a week of the break then I will be heading towards you guys for the rest of it. I couldn't pass up the opportunity when you gave it to me Harry."
Harry smiles big. "I'm really excited that you are coming this year. This will be the first time that we have hung out together outside of school and there was no way that I wasn't going to extend an invitation to you."
Seamus smiles back. "Well again I'm excited and so is my family. I'm really looking forward to hanging out with you guys outside of school too." Then he turns his attention towards Neville. "What about you Nev, are you coming?"
Neville shakes his head. "Unfortunately, no I'm not, I wish I could though. I'm going to spend my holidays with my gran, and we might go and visit my parents since we haven't done that in a while."
Harry looks at him with sad eyes. "I really wish there was something someone could do to help them get better."
Neville gives him a sad expression. "Yeah I do too but we are slowly starting to accept the fact they will never be able to with us again."
Harry shakes his head. "There has to be something someone can do. I will talk with Severus over the break and see what he has to say about it."
Neville gives Harry a sad smile. "Thanks Harry but I'm not going to get my hopes up."
Luna speaks up to alleviate the situation. "Well I will be spending the majority of my time with daddy but then Ron asked me to come visit him for a week or two and I agreed, so I will be over after Christmas."
Harry smiles. "That's great Luna! Ron didn't tell me that, but I can't wait, we will be happy to have you over."
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The hours fly by and after 5 hours they finally arrive at Kings Cross Station and the gang is about to get out.
Hermione looks at Harry. "Hey, don't look like your about to head to your execution."
*That's easy enough for you to say Mione, you're not the one who dug yourself a massive grave and know it's time for me to face the music. * Harry just looks at her. "I feel like I am though. Plus I have a very big suspicion that Remus knows about everything also and that won't be pretty either."
Ron puts his hand on his shoulder. "Hey, don't worry we will all be there for you just like we always are and I'm sure the friends who aren't with us physically will still be thinking about you."
Harry gives them a grateful smile and exits the train with the rest of the Hogwarts students that decided to come home for the holidays.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Seamus, Luna, Neville and Ginny all walk over to their families. Fred and George had already gotten off of the train and were already standing with their parents.
Molly comes running over and hugs her family including Hermione and Harry. "I'm so happy to see everyone."
Harry and Hermione both smile at her. "You too Molly." They both know better than to call her anything than Molly or mum.
Harry grins from ear to ear as he sees Sirius on the platform, and he decides to run over and hug him. "Hey Siri!"
Sirius grins from ear to ear and hugs him back tightly. "Hey Bambi, it's so good to see you again."
Harry laughs at his dad. "Siri, we see each other at least once a month so it's not like it's been forever."
Sirius fake pouts and pretends to be hurt by Harry's words. "What am I not allowed to miss my son? Fine then be that way." He continues to pretend to be hurt, and Harry just squeezes him tighter and he smiles and squeezes back. Then Sirius looks at everyone. "Well it looks like the gang is all here. Well at least the ones that were meeting us here are. Let's get going so we can get settled in."
Everyone agrees and they get all their stuff and head out of Kings Cross Station and head to Grimmauld Place.
Once they all arrive, they all go to their respected rooms and put their stuff away. Once they are done, they go downstairs and see Mr. Weasley.
Harry smiles and goes over and gives him a hug. "It's great to see you Mr. Weasley. I'm so glad that you are feeling better."
Mr. Weasley smiles and returns his hug. "Thank you, Harry. I'm glad to still be here and recovering. I hear I have you to thank for that Harry and what have I told you about at least calling me Arthur." He raises an eyebrow at him while trying to hide his smile.
Harry blushes a bit. "You're giving me too much credit Mr. Weasley. And I know you have, I'm sorry Arthur I will try better from now on."
Arthur smiles again. "It's alright Harry, that's all I can ask for."
Sirius comes up behind Harry and whispers in his ear. "I think it's time you and I had that little chat I told you about."
Harry gulps and nods. "I will talk to you later Arthur, I have some things that I need to talk to Sirius about."
Mr. Weasley smiles and nods at Harry. "Okay Harry, have fun and I will see you later."
Harry then turns around and walks with Sirius where they enter into an unfamiliar room. "Sirius what is this room?"
Sirius smiles at Harry. "This room is my private study and only you and I have access to it. We have to be present for anyone else to use it." Sirius then puts wards up on the door and a silencing charm so no one can overhear their conversation.
Before Harry can say anything, he notices another figure in the room.
The figure steps out of the dark with a smile his face. "Hey cub."
Harry practically jumps out of his skin and runs to Remus and hugs him. "Hey Moony, it's really good to see you."
Remus chuckles and smiles while hugging Harry back. "It's good to see you too cub." Then he separates from Harry a little and looks at him sternly. "Now it's time to get serious. Would you mind informing the two of us what is going on with you since we seem to be in the dark about most things having to do with you." Remus raises an eyebrow at him.
Harry looks at the two men who have been the only father figures in his life and now one of them actually his dad and gulps a bit in nervousness. "Well there is a lot that has been going since my accident four months ago." Harry's eyes instantly get sad and he continues. "As Sirius knows five weeks after the accident I broke up with Cedric because he was starting to become someone that I almost didn't recognize and I feared that I might get out of hand and turn into something physical if I didn't get out right away, which I did at the guidance of my friends and Charlie. Then Voldemort tried to enter my mind once and I'm not sure if he was successful or not. Then I have been having bad nightmares that I can't always make out as to what they are about and sometimes they are just straight blurriness with no clear details that I can make out."
Sirius just looks him and lets him continue before he says anything. Then Harry takes a breath and continues. "Charlie came the day after my accident to try and help me cope with it because I had asked if he could come any earlier which he surprised everyone in doing without telling anyone beforehand. In the process of him coming back unhealed emotions for him came flooding back to the surface and I was constantly worried about what was going to happen there but I'm not so much worried about that anymore and on top of that there is the awful pink toad, that is trying to run Hogwarts into the ground."
Sirius just smirks and Remus gives him a look before he speaks up. "Who is the pink toad that as you claim is trying to run Hogwarts into the ground Bambi."
Harry just looks up. "Oh, that's the nickname that the twins and I gave to "Professor" Umbridge. Although she isn't really much of a professor."
Sirius nods. "Alright I understand all of that so far. Okay then, that is all fine and dandy, but can you explain to me why Severus was the one who informed me about your nightmares and how bad they had gotten."
Harry gulps and fiddles with his fingers. "Well he and I talked about it and he wasn't happy with me either and said that he would be the one for inform you since he didn't feel like having a death wish or having an early death because I decided to be stupid and not tell anyone. Also, I think he knew I would try to put it off for as long as possible even though we had talked about me needing to tell you."
Sirius looks at him. "Yeah that was one of the best decisions that he could have made and I'm glad he did it. However, I'm furious that you have been hiding all of these things' important things from everyone. It's not healthy Bambi and quite frankly it's extremely worrisome. You have to start taking better care of yourself Bambi."
Harry looks down at the ground before looking back up at his dad and honorary godfather. "I know it is and I'm sorry dad. I'm trying I really am it's just hard to let people get that close to me. Every time I have done that in the past, I ended up getting hurt."
Remus speaks up and looks at his godson sadly. "We know it is cub, but it starts with having at least one person you feel like you can confide in no matter what is going on. Does Charlie even know what is going on? Since he seems to be the person you go to now for most things."
Harry has a guilty look on his face. "He didn't at first, I only told him vaguely about them but right before we left for break I told him in detail what was going on in them and he wasn't happy with me either, but I did tell him right away about the blood quill that Professor..." Before he finished, he realized he made a big mistake and puts both of his hands over his mouth to keep himself from saying anything else. *Oh, crap I didn't mean to say anything about that. Sirius is about to flip, and he is going to have to the same exact reaction that Charlie had when I told him. I hope Remus will be able to calm him down. *
"A BLOOD QUILLL! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HARRY? AND YOU BETTER START TALKING QUICKLY!" Sirius is practically fuming at this point.
Remus raises his voice a bit to get Sirius to calm down. "PADFOOT! Calm yourself right now. Shouting isn't going to help anything. At least he is telling us now what happened, so if you would calm down, we will be able to get the full story." Then he turns attention back to his cub while keeping a hand on Sirius' arm. "Now can you please tell us why this occurred?"
Harry looks at the two men and twiddles his thumbs and nods his head. "Well you see every time Umbridge gives me a detention for whatever stupid reason she can think of, she has me use blood quill and makes me write lines until she decides that I have had enough and before you ask yes Charlie does know about this in detail because he saw the raw scar on my hand."
Remus growls. "That bitch had the gall to hurt my cub! She had better hope that she never meets me."
Sirius looks at him. "Now look who needs to calm down." He laughs a little.
Remus looks at him sternly. "Sirius this isn't a laughing matter. Someone is purposely hurting our cub."
Sirius stops laughing and looks at Harry. "How many times has this happened since the start of term and do you still have a scar?"
Harry is almost afraid to answer. "Yeah I do and um at least 10 times." He then ducks his head waiting for the two of them to explode.
Sirius and Remus look at each other then they look at Harry then Sirius talks first. "Harry you have to tell Dumbledore. Not only is it illegal to use a blood quill except if you are doing business in Gringotts but using a blood quill that many times could leave permanent damage."
Harry feels ashamed that he again didn't know facts about the wizarding world.
Remus notices this. "Harry there is nothing to be ashamed about, you grew up with those terrible muggles and knew nothing of the magical world until you got your letter. No one expects you to learn everything in a few short years."
Harry starts to get frustrated. "I know that, but I still can't help feel this way. I should know way more than I do and when I start to feel like I'm making progress something else comes up to make feel useless again."
Sirius has heard just about enough at this point and kneels down in front of Harry and puts both hands on his shoulders. "I want you to listen to me Harry and I want you to listen good. I never want you to feel like that again. You are far from useless and you have made so much progress. Life happens and there so many different things and situations that not even, Dumbledore knows about them all. I promise you that no matter what we will all be here for you helping you learn everything you need to know."
Harry looks shocked at this. "Seriously, you meant it."
"Yes, seriously there are always new things occurring that no one has ever seen before and Remus and I and even Severus will do everything that we can to help you learn everything that you need to learn to be successful and to make sure you never have to feel useless or helpless again." Then Sirius hugs Harry tightly. "I love you so much Bambi I hope you never forget that."
Harry has tears in his eyes and now Remus comes over and they have a group hug. "There is no reason to cry cub. Every word that Padfoot said was true."
Harry wipes his tears. "Don't worry these are happy tears because I finally get to have the family that I always wanted, and it is constantly growing."
Sirius and Remus smile when they hear this. Then Sirius get a serious face on again. "Now do you want to start talking about this Charlie character?"
Harry laughs a little. "Siri you make it sound like he is some random person and I don't even know where to start. He is Molly and Arthur's second oldest obviously but besides that he is absolutely amazing and has been one of the best support systems these past four months."
Remus smiles again. "It sounds like you are in love Harry."
Harry gets the biggest smile on his face that he has had all day. "Oh, I am, and I couldn't be happier about it." Then he frowns and this does not go unnoticed by Sirius and Remus.
Sirius looks at Harry concerned. "Bambi why are you frowning? Is something wrong?"
Harry looks at him with tears in his eyes again. "Siri I'm afraid." *And here come my emotions. Come on body keep yourself together. *
Sirius hugs him again. "What are you afraid of Bambi?"
"I'm afraid of getting hurt again and I'm afraid that I'm going to wake up and he is just going to be a dream that my mind invented." Harry can't keep the tears from falling as he says this. *Crap I guess I lost this battle. *
"Oh Bambi." Sirius hugs him as tightly as he can, and Remus follows his lead. "Bambi that won't happen, and you know it. From what I know about Charlie he would never hurt you and if he did, he would never forgive himself."
"Sirius is right cub, Charlie would never do something like that, and he is very much real and not a dream that your mind has invented but maybe you should hear that from him." Remus smiles at him reassuringly.
"Harry why would you ever think that." All three of them look to see a man dressed in all black standing in the doorway and he walks in and closes and locks the door behind him.
Sirius just looks at him. "I didn't know you were coming this early. When did you get here?"
Severus just smirks. "I thought I would surprise you and just a few minutes ago." Then he turns his attention back to Harry. "Now do you want to answer my question as to why you would ever think that?"
Harry looks up. "I don't really have a valid reason I just think it stems from all the shit I have been through and lies I have been told by people who were supposed to be there for me."
Severus nods in understanding. "I understand but you have to know that he would never do that. I had him as a student and he was the most respectful of all the Weasley children besides Bill."
Harry smiles a bit. "I know he won't but like Sirius and Remus said I need to talk to him about how I'm feeling, and I don't know if I'm ready to go into a relationship with him."
Severus just shakes his head. "No one said you head to go into a relationship with him right now. You need to take as much time as you need to heal from your last one and he will wait for you."
Harry nods. "Thank you all three of you. It means a lot to me that you all are standing by my side no matter what."
All three of them men nod at him. Sirius ruffles his hair. "Of course, Bambi we are family after all." The four of them finish their conversation and Remus and Harry exit the room and go to find the others while Sirius grabs Severus' hand before he can leave the room.
Severus just looks at him and nods his head and locks the door. "What is it Black?"
Sirius pouts. "Really Sev you're going to call me by my last name?"
Severus smirks. "I will do as I please love. But seriously what's up?"
"I just wanted to talk to you, it's been a couple of months since was have seen each other"
Severus agrees. "Yes, that is very true. So, what do you want to talk about?"
Sirius raises an eyebrow. "I think you know and talking is optional."
Severus smirks and puts up a silencing charm and immediately attacks Sirius with kisses and he mumbles against his lips. "You are absolutely correct, talking is optional."
Sirius smirks through the kiss. "I guess someone is eager. If I'm being honest, I am too." Then he nips Severus' bottom lip and Severus gasps which gives him a chance to thrust his tongue inside of his mouth which earns him a moan. He pulls back after the need to breathe wins out and he whispers in his ear. "I want you to be as loud as you want, no one is going to hear us in here."
Severus groans and pulls Sirius flush against his body showing that he is more than ready for what his mate is promising him.
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Ginny looks up. "Where is Sirius and I thought I saw Snape come in."
Harry and Remus look at each other. "Oh, um they are little preoccupied at the moment."
Ron blushes. "Oh, I didn't need that image in my head."
Ginny just rolls her eyes. "Seriously Ronald act your age please."
"You wound me Gin." He fake pouts and everyone in the room laughs at their antics.
Mrs. Weasley looks at her two older children who are standing in the room. "How long are you two going to be here?"
Fred and George look at each other. "Well mother we will both be here till Christmas then we will leave to see our girlfriends for the rest of break."
Molly nods her head. "Okay thank you for letting me know. Bill should be here next week." George smirks. "I think you are forgetting someone mother."
Molly gives her son a confused look. "What do you mean you think that I am forgetting someone? Everyone that is going to be here is already here minus Bill, Hermione, Seamus, and Luna."
Ron speaks up. "That's not actually true mum. Your second oldest will be coming this year."
Molly lights up. "What do you mean? Charlie is coming?" She looks over at Arthur.
Arthur nods his head. "Yes, he is dear. I just received his owl a few minutes ago and I didn't get a chance to tell you yet Molly, I apologize for that."
Molly is beaming at this point. "That's alright dear. Did he say when he was going to be here and how long he was going to be staying?"
Arthur gives a Harry a knowing look and encourages him to answer.
Harry just blushes and Fred answers for him. "We don't know all of those details mother but I'm sure our dear Harrykins does."
Molly gives them a confused look. "Why would Harry know that information?"
Ginny answers this time. "Think about it, mother. Why would Harry know that?"
Harry finally gets the courage to speak up. "Thanks for the help guys. Um you see mum Charlie put his dragon handling job on hold for me and took over the care of magical creature's position at school so he could be close to me."
Then it finally hits her, and she gushes and runs over and gives Harry a huge hug. "Oh, I'm so happy I was wondering when he would finally get the courage to tell you and you finally called me mum, I'm so happy."
All the Weasley children stand there in shock and Ginny is the first to shake off the shock. "Wait mum you knew."
Molly just smiles. "Of course, I knew, I'm his mother after all. A mother always knows."
A week passes by fast and Harry is sitting in the lounge curled up at on the couch with a book and a blanket in front of the fireplace.
A figure walks into the room and leans against the door frame. "Well don't you look comfy."
Harry's world briefly stops, and he immediately drops the book and looks up. "Charlie! You're here!" *Oh, thank Merlin he is finally here. I have really missed him. *
Charlie chuckles and walks over to Harry and sits down next to him. "Yep I'm here."
The end
Well that's the end of this chapter. Tell me what you think. I can tell you know that things between Charlie and Harry are going to heat up.
