Chapter Three; The Birds and The Bees
The next morning Harry woke up and showered before he took Hermione, Ginny, Eve, and Luna down to the stables so that they could see the new horse. Harry dropped them off and then continued on his way to work. Ginny and Luna followed Eve and Hermione to where the new horse's stall was. "Oh my God, the poor thing." Hermione began placing her hands against her cheeks.
"I've heard of people treating unicorns like this and if that wasn't already bad enough now they start treating domesticated animals like this." She said.
"I completely agree with you one hundred percent Hermione, but first of all there has always been sick people in the world who go around treating their horses like this and second of all you should be careful talking about unicorns when this place is inhabited by muggles." She told her as Hermione gazed at the horse who suddenly twitched his ears and started to snort and pound the ground.
"I wouldn't go near him if I were you. It's not a good sign when you can see the white of his eyes." Eve told her.
"She's right. I'd leave that horse alone if you don't want to cause any trouble." Ginny said as Hermione just heaved a heavy sad sigh while she continued gazing up at the horse. "C'mon girls let's go, it's probably a good idea that we don't start getting ourselves too attached to him. I think that he's going to wind up being putdown anyway." She told them as Hermione quickly turned her head back to look at her.
"You shouldn't say things like that! Especially in front of him!" she snapped.
"Relax Hermione, he's a horse. He doesn't understand English anyway." Ginny told her as she narrowed her eyebrows and glared at her before she and Eve turned around and started walking away.
"Aren't you going with them?" Hermione questioned Luna.
"Yeah, I was just going to stick around for a few moments to make sure that you were alright first."
"Well that's very nice of you but I'm fine, it's him I'm worried about. Just because he's hurt doesn't mean that his spirit should be broken. Even if he doesn't understand English." She said as Luna smiled at her.
"Hey that's a good name for him." She told her.
"What is?" Hermione asked her.
"Spirit. Of course he really isn't mine to name, I just sort of sounded like a good name for a horse." She said as Hermione smiled back at her.
"Yeah, it does." She admitted.
"Well, I'll be seeing you around Hermione." Luna told her with a slight wave as Hermione turned back to look at the horse and mouthed his new name when suddenly a lightbulb lit up over her head.
That afternoon when Harry and Ron came to pick her and the rest of the girls up she told them her new plan. "What!? Have you gone completely mental!?" Ron exclaimed with complete and utter disbelief and astonishment as she climbed into the backseat with the rest of the girls and buckled herself up. "That horse has practically been marked for death and you're actually considering adopting him!?" he hollered as Hermione slammed the door behind her and glared at him while Harry started backing out of the parking lot.
"No. I'm not considering anything. I've already made up my mind. I'm adopting Spirit and I'm going to give him all the love and care that he deserves." She told him.
"Look Hermione, I realize that you have the best of intentions and you're only trying to look out for him. I just don't want to see you get hurt if he doesn't make it." He explained.
"Me neither." Ginny said as she turned to look over at her.
"Well thanks I appreciate it but I've already made up my mind." She said while she turned her head and looked out the window as Harry pulled out of the parking lot and drove away.
Meanwhile Tobey had just come back home from a walk with his dog Angel. "Oh hey buddy, how was your walk?" his father questioned him.
"It was alright, but I think that Angel got more out of it than me." He told him before he let her out of her harness so that she could get a drink of water. "Hey Dad, can I talk to you about something?" he wondered.
"Sure son, what's on your mind?" his father questioned him back as he filled a glass of water and then took a drink.
"Well,.. sex." He replied as Snape dropped his jaw wide open at him and started at him while accidentally dropping his glass onto the kitchen floor shattering it into a million bazillion pieces.
"What did you just say?" he asked him as he withdrew his wand and waved it causing the glass to repair itself and fly back up into his hand. He placed it on the counter before walking into the dining room.
"Now Dad before you jump to conclusions and say anything, you've got to understand that Jessie and I didn't do anything yet. All that happened was she kissed me on the lips last night." He told him.
"You never told me that." His father said.
"That's because I knew that you wouldn't give me the chance to!" Tobey exclaimed as his father heaved and deep and heavy sigh.
"Tobey what is this really about?" he questioned him.
"I told some of the other guys that Jessie kissed me last night and they told me that they think it's time for me to lose my virginity." He told him.
"Well you shouldn't let others tell you what you should and shouldn't do. And I personally think that you're way too young." His father told him. "Besides I believe that you should be old enough to know that you really are committed to Jessie before you start getting sexually active." He explained.
"I'm sick and tired of being a kid! I can't date, have sex, or do underage magic!" Tobey cried.
"Yeah but listen son, you're only a kid once in your life and you should enjoy it." His father told him.
"How can I enjoy it when all that my friends do is laugh at me and make fun of me?" he questioned him.
"Well then maybe they're really not your friends." His father said.
"You just don't understand! Being fourteen years old sucks! And it hasn't even been a week yet!" he exclaimed before he turned around and stormed down the hall.
"Tobey!" his father called out but it was too late. The boy was already inside his bedroom and he had slammed the door behind him.