Chapter 9

A/N: Hey Everyone Here is chapter 9! Finally! Hope you Enjoy!

Harry's POV

Harry let Hermione drag him over to a corridor away from the main hall. She then turned to him and placed her hands on her hips.

"Harry, what is up with you?"

Confused, Harry just blinked and asked "What do you mean?"

Hermione huffed and rolled her eyes.

"With you Harry, you're Head Boy, taking school seriously, and you're going on a date with Greengrass. What happened to the naïve boy who liked Ginny and spent his time playing Quidditch?"

Harry sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Look Hermione. You're still my best friend, so I'll tell you why. Daphne and I met in Diagon Alley over the summer holidays. We bumped into each other outside of Madam Malkins. And again, after some time to discuss some business her family had with the Blacks. Since you know I received everything from Sirius."

He stopped when he saw Hermione starting to get ready to ask questions. He decided to stop her and held up his hand "I'm not done Mione. We also met during the prefect's meeting as you know since we were Head Boy and Girl. And now we see each other a lot." He shook his head. "I've gotten over Ginny, I feel like she was the one I wanted when I was a kid, when I wanted to be normal. But Daphne? She supports my new ambitions, she wants me to focus on school, and to prove myself again. I love that she sees me for me, and not for the Boy-Who-Lived."

Hermione didn't respond right away, and she was just looking at him with watery eyes and a small smile on her face.

"I can tell you truly care for her Harry, I can see that Ginny isn't right for you. You have my support Harry, and if at all, I'd like to talk to Daphne personally later."

Harry then pulled Hermione into a hug. She reciprocated the hug and then he pulled away, giving her a smile. "Thanks, Mione. It means a lot that you'll support me and my choices."

Hermione nodded and shooed him away, "Now go enjoy your date Harry. Write to Ron too, he's been missing Hogwarts a bit and wants to hear about what Ravenclaw is like." Harry said his goodbye and headed back to where Daphne was waiting for him. Her arms were crossed under her breasts which, in his opinion, made her even more enticing, "That didn't take long, I thought she'd tie you up and not let you come."

Harry grinned and took her arm in his turning her towards the door. "She just wanted to hear my reasons behind my change in attitude."

Daphne just hummed in reply, "That's good to hear. I'm glad that Granger is supportive of you, you need friends like that around you at all times, those that support you regardless of your choices."

Harry let his thoughts travel after that statement. He was brought back to reality when Daphne called his name, "Sorry what?"

Daphne smirked at him, "I said what do you want to do first Harry?"

He just took her hand and pulled her towards Honeydukes, and said "Let me treat you to some chocolate first."

Daphne groaned in protest, "Harryyyy. I don't want chocolate." Harry laughed at her tone, obviously noting she wasn't serious, and grabbed a giant bag of chocolate, he then moved towards the counter. He heard a gasp behind him and turned around to see Daphne's eyes wide in surprise. Like she knew he was going to pay for it himself. "Harry you don't have to pay for it yourself, here let me pay for half." She reached into her handbag, and pulled out a money pouch, but Harry grabbed her wrist to stop her.

"No need to do that." He winked at her. "Let me at least do this for you. This is a date after all." Harry inwardly cheered at Daphne's face, that had a tinge of pink on her cheeks.

She then schooled her features and adopted a seductive smile, moving towards him she stood so she could whisper in his ear. "I didn't know you saw me as a date Mr. Potter."

Harry felt himself go hard at the pure heat coming from her voice, and he swallowed.

"Well, when two individuals go into town and spend the entire day together, it's kind of a date." The moment was broken, and Daphne pulled away with a satisfactory smile on her face. Harry and Daphne continued around Hogsmeade, heading to the bookstore, and then headed to the Three Broomsticks for lunch. They found a booth in the corner away from most of the crowd. They both ordered Butterbeer and were joined by Neville and Susan Bones.

"Hey Harry, Daphne, how's the Ravenclaw Power Couple doing?"

Harry choked on his drink and sputtered out "The Ravenclaw WHAT?" A few people glanced over and then looked away when they realized who it was. Neville just laughed while Susan and Daphne smiled at his surprise.

"The Ravenclaw Power Couple. You're both Ravenclaws, you're the Head Boy and Girl, everyone is putting in galleons on how long your relationship lasts, and if it takes the next step. A lot are convinced Daphne has sunk her claws into you and has you doused in love potions or something."

Harry looked at Daphne in surprise when she started to burst out laughing. "While I wouldn't be opposed to being betrothed to Harry, our relationship is completely natural." Harry couldn't help but snort, but when Daphne grabbed his knee, he refrained from saying anything. Her hand was warm, and he unconsciously reached down and took it in his own. He felt her pull her hand away and he let go, and they look at each other with questions in their eyes. Harry could feel some heat coming to his cheeks, and he turned away from her, and he just saw Neville and Susan laughing into their hands, and then a deeper voice tinged with amusement spoke up behind them.

"Well if it isn't the two lovebirds, done with keeping it just business?"

Harry turned around to see Thomas standing there, a smirk on his face. "Shut up Thomas, I don't need that from you."

There was a gasp from Neville and Susan, "Harry that's our professor! Do you want a detention or something?"

Daphne let out a small laugh and replied, "Relax Bones, they're family, they can do what they want."

Thomas smiled and nodded, "True, and also 10 points from Ravenclaw for your cheek Harry, and 10 points to Ravenclaw for a correct summation Miss Greengrass."

The three shared a laugh as Neville and Susan just looked on with confusion all over their faces.

Thomas took a seat and waved Madam Rosmerta over, who placed a butterbeer down for him. "One free shot of firewhiskey for you too handsome."

Thomas smiled at her and said, "Thank you Rosmerta, very kind of you." She blushed and muttered something that sounded like 'Sirius Black' and she moved away. Turning back to the other members of the table, Thomas took a drink. "Now then, how're the rest of you doing?"

They talked for a few minutes about the new stores in Hogsmeade since the rebuild, and then Thomas turned to Harry. "Now Harry, the reason I'm down here is to talk to you about an opportunity Harry, if you're interested."

Harry raised his eyebrow and asked, "What opportunity Thomas?"

Thomas leaned forward in his chair, "I understand you had a vigilante defense group in 5th year, correct?"

Harry nodded and Thomas continued, "Well I thought about how you formed it to help with students and their DADA classes due to inadequate teaching."

There were a few snorts from the other students at the table, smiling, Harry continued, "It's true, but what are you getting at?"

Thomas then sighed, "I'd like you, if you're interested, to be an assistant professor for the younger years." Harry was stunned, a teacher's assistant? Him? He thought about it, and weighed his options, then looked back at Thomas and shook his head.

"Sorry Thomas, but with Quidditch, Head Boy duties, and my NEWTs, I don't think I could balance the responsibility."

Thomas smiled and said, "Not a problem Harry, I wanted to gauge your interest." Excusing himself, he stood up from the table. "Thank you for your time everyone, I'll keep the offer open if you want to change your mind about it Harry."

Bidding everyone goodbye, Thomas turned and left the Three Broomsticks. Harry turned to Neville, "So should I do it?"

Neville puzzled over it for a second, then he said, "While I don't think we need an assistant professor, we could ask him if we could restart the DA as a Defense club, and have multiple returning members help tutor and aid younger years with their homework and spell-work, kind of like a study hall." Harry stared at him for a few moments.

"Neville you're a genius!" Susan exclaimed, giving him a hug, which made the Gryffindor turn red with embarrassment.

"I have my moments I guess" He says, smiling slightly. He then looked back at Harry "Now that since you can't run it like you used to, we could have people like Hermione, myself, Susan, and even have Ron stop by during meetings to have certain demonstrations on like the weekends or something, and also run it." Daphne nodded at that. "We should have an 8th/7th year representative from each house that is the 'board' of the club. They run the day to day activities, and then have different events throughout the year."

Neville smiled, "That's a great idea! I'd recommend having Susan for Hufflepuff, Su Li or Michael Corner for Ravenclaw, Pansy or Seamus for Slytherin, and Hermione or Ginny for Gryffindor."

"I think it should be Michael for Ravenclaw, he was in the DA last time, and during our seventh year, he was a big part of the resistance." Susan commented and continued on, "I think we should have Pansy for Slytherin so that we show that even those who came from sketchy backgrounds are still able to take join, and if a Death Eater's daughter can be part of it, so can anyone else. And obviously I think that Hermione should represent Gryffindor, because not only is it better to have Pansy and Hermione learn to get along better, it would be a good image to the entire school."

The rest of them agreed with her logic, and Neville said "I'll talk to Hermione, Pansy and Michael and see what they say about it, but I think they'll all agree."

Harry nodded, "The only one I'd be wary about is Pansy, she might not feel comfortable with it, but try and convince her, if not then ask Seamus." They all nodded in agreement, and began hashing out some details, based on the previous DA, and other ideas they had.

A/N: Now that its over, I have an announcement, I have Chapters 10 and 11 written out, but not on a computer, since I write everything out in a notebook first before I type it out to get beta'd. Now that being said, I'm working on getting chapter 10 typed up now, so hopefully within the next week I'll have chapter 10 out for you all. No promises though.

Another thing, would you be interested in another story about Thomas and his life? or maybe inserting him into the timeline before seventh year? If so let me know!

Cheers,

Rei