Chapter 8-Family
The main problem the three of them had were their families. The Weasleys had accepted that Ginny and Harry were living together, although Mrs. Weasley had made her displeasure apparent. They invited both Harry and Ginny to several family dinners at the Burrow, but Ginny kept making excuses to not attend. She couldn't go with Harry and leave Luna behind, no matter how understanding Luna was. Luna had been back home to visit her father a couple of times, but he was still too upset for her to deliver the news of her unique relationship. Harry couldn't stand to see either of his women sad and started working on the issue. He wanted to formalize their partnership and spent a number of lunch breaks in the Ministry library doing research.
Along with Ginny's separation from her family, she distanced herself from Hermione. Ron and Hermione had moved to a flat of their own a couple of weeks previous, which only added to Mrs. Weasley's angst. She was fine with her children pairing off, but they needed to formalize their unions. Hermione hated having the Weasleys upset with her, but she and Ron were so happy that most days she pushed it aside. She was also missing Ginny and knew that Ginny was living with Harry at Grimmauld Place. She wanted to call, but Ron kept putting her off. She finally had enough and decided that she would arrange to 'drop by'.
After dinner out one evening, Hermione grabbed Ron's arm and side along apparated him to Harry's doorstep. Ron looked a bit stunned, but before he could object, Hermione knocked. Seconds later, the door opened and Hermione was surprised to see Luna.
"Oh, hi Luna. I didn't know you were here. I was hoping to see Harry and Ginny."
Luna smiled brightly.
"Come in Hermione, we'd love to see you."
Hermione was a bit taken aback, 'we?' Ron looked at her, questioning, and Hermione just shrugged as they followed Luna to the living room. Harry looked up as they entered and Hermione saw a range of emotions cross his face. He settled with a slight smile.
"Hermione, Ron, hi, come on in."
Ginny had been laying with her head in Harry's lap and sat up when she saw them. Harry put his arm around Ginny, then he reached out and grabbed Luna's hand and pulled her onto his lap. The three of them sat there grinning at a shocked and bemused Hermione and Ron.
Coming to her senses, Hermione looked at her boyfriend.
"Close your mouth Ron."
Ron's mouth snapped shut, but he still couldn't speak so Hermione took over.
"So, um, we decided that since we haven't seen you in over a month that we would stop by and say hello, but, um well it seems maybe we are interrupting you."
Harry chuckled.
"No worries Hermione, this is just another night for us at home."
Ron remained silent, but he was gasping silently, resembling a large red fish. Finally, he erupted.
"What the bloody hell Harry? A night at home? The three of you? What are you doing to my sister? And Luna? And, well what is going on?"
Harry sighed.
"Why don't you and Hermione sit down Ron?"
Ron seemed unable to move, so Hermione pushed him into a chair and then sat down herself. Harry was about to speak, when Ginny spoke up instead.
"I guess it is time to make us public. I don't know why I have been dreading this, because I am very happy. What you see here with the three of us is my adult family. Harry, Luna and I are in happy, committed, three way relationship. We are all adults and none of us had been pressured into this."
Luna spoke up next.
"Yes, I am happier than I ever dreamed."
Harry seemed to be done talking and just grinned and put an arm around each of the women. Hermione was surprised, but seeing all of her friends happy in front of her, she quickly decided that it was their business. Ron just sat silently, seeming to have used up his available speech.
"Well then, I guess this explains a bit. I'm glad that your separation from us wasn't something we did. I can't say I fully understand, but with how happy Ron and I have been, I can't deny you your own happiness."
Ron found his tongue again at that point.
"I don't suppose you've told anyone else in the family?"
Harry grimaced.
"No, not yet, but we know we need to. Please give us a bit more time."
"No problem Harry, but please not too long. You really shouldn't miss any more family dinners at the Burrow."
With that, she stood up to get ready to leave, dragging Ron with her. Ginny stood up to walk them out. As the three of them neared the door, Ron turned to his sister to ask a question
"So, um which bedroom is yours Ginny, I mean, um, how does that work?"
Hermione punched him in the arm and Ron yelped.
"OUR bedroom, Ronald, is the big one at the top of the stairs. And I will let you figure out how it works. Good night."
Hermione hugged her friend tightly and whispered in her ear 'I'm happy for you'. Then she and Ron made their way back to their flat.
The meeting with Hermione and Ron spurred Harry to action. It was time to formalize their partnership. His research at the library had yielded a lot of history on wizard marriages. In the last two hundred years, the wizarding community had gradually assimilated many muggle traditions and customs. Most of this was due to muggleborn witches and wizards increasing in number. Looking further back in wizarding history, Harry found that most families had 'bondings' instead of 'weddings'. These often incorporated elaborate contracts among wizarding families. Nowhere in the rules of bondings were there any specifications on gender or number of individuals involved. There was one record he had found of a bonding from 1612 of a conjoined set of twin wizards who had married a non-conjoined set of twin witches. Harry also wondered why Professor Binns had never mentioned that in History of Magic. It was certainly more interesting than goblin wars.
With this evidence in hand, Harry was ready to reinstate the old rules and form a bonding with Ginny and Luna. His first task was to return to more recent traditions and propose to both of them. He privately commissioned a set of rings from a goblin jeweler. The cost was astronomical, but Harry could afford it. He detailed the design and was thrilled with the results. He had three identical rings that were each made of three entwined circles. Each circle was a different shade of gold that gradually faded from one to another. He arranged one day for Kreacher to make a special dinner with both Luna and Ginny's favorite dishes. Then he got them out of the house by taking them to a Hobgoblins concert.
They returned home and the girls were thrilled with the surprise meal. When they finished eating, Harry waved his wand and whisked the table and dishes away. The next flick of his wand brought both Ginny and Luna's chairs together in front of him. They looked surprised, but were grinning. Then Harry dropped to his knees and proposed a three way bonding. He summarized his research and professed his love for both of them. Then he held up two rings. Ginny gasped and Luna squealed and then they both accepted. He placed a ring on each of them and then started kissing them in turns.
While Harry was devouring Luna's mouth, he suddenly felt weightless and realized he was being levitated by Ginny. Luna looked at Ginny and then a mischievous smile passed between them. The witches worked together to float their lover up to their bedroom. As they settled Harry on the bed, they both jumped him. Clothes disappeared somewhere and the next hours passed in a flurry of passion. Harry lost track of how many times he came and in who or where. Eventually he was allowed to sleep for a couple of hours, only to awaken when he felt Luna swallowing him whole. Hearing Luna's slurping, Ginny woke up and proceeded to kneel over Harry's face. Unable to resist, Harry ate her hungrily and soon a new round of loving began. The first rays of sunrise were reaching them when they finally fell asleep again. Kreacher checked on them at breakfast time, but then realized that he should wait until lunch. The threesome finally woke up late in the morning and marveled at the night they had just experienced. Then they made their way to the shower.
As they tried to clean off the copious fluids that coated them everywhere, Harry realized that they needed a bigger shower. As he thought about it, maybe he should enlarge the bedroom also. There was a trunk room behind the bedroom that they never used. If he took that space it could be used to add to the bedroom and bathroom. As he finished drying his women, Harry outlined his ideas. The women were thrilled at the plans and Harry decided that on Monday he would begin the renovation process.
A week later, the renovations at Grimmauld Place were well underway. Harry found the process fascinating, as he had never been part of a magical renovation. Grimmauld Place had a lot of ancient magic woven into it and Harry had to enlist several specialists to assist with unweaving the spells and then reinstating them as walls were moved and plumbing was updated. One of the most helpful with the process was Andromeda Tonks. A cousin of the Black family, her understanding of the house's history and her blood ties made the process easier and safer. Contacting her had been Luna's idea and Luna often worked with her during the days when Harry and Ginny were working at the Ministry. Andromeda was still quite sad, having lost most of her family during the war. The one bright light that seemed to keep her going was her grandson, little Teddy. She often brought him along when she visited and Harry enjoyed spending time with his godson. He had been woefully negligent of him in his first year and tried to make up the time.
Ginny had been concerned at welcoming Andromeda in at first, as the threesome was still mostly a secret and Ginny felt for certain that Andromeda would not take long to figure out their arrangement. One evening, during the second week of renovations, Andromeda and Teddy stayed over for dinner. Kreacher was beside himself to have a Black cousin at the dinner table and went overboard with dinner preparations. As good as it was, Ginny was worried. Andromeda had been in and out of the house for a while now. She hadn't been told the reasons for the renovations, but anyone with half a brain could see what was going on. Harry realized something was wrong and decided to confront the problem.
"Ginny, dear what is wrong with you? And don't put me off, I know better."
Ginny gulped and looked at Andromeda.
"Um, Andromeda, you've been a great help and we appreciate it, but I guess I am wondering if you, um, realize what we are doing?"
Andromeda looked over at the pretty young witch across the table. Then her eyes traveled to Luna, who was holding Harry's hand. Yes, she had a very good idea what was going on.
"Ginny, from the looks of things I have surmised that the three of you need a bedroom to accommodate all of you together. I'll admit I was a bit shocked when I first realized, but I can see how much each of you care and I have decided that it's not really my business. I lost way too much in the war to ever deny someone else their happiness."
Ginny smiled at her and tears rolled down her face. Seeing Ginny's distress, Luna got up and took Ginny in her arms. Andromeda looked at the two witches embracing and then looked at Harry as he smiled over them. Yes, this partnership was unusual, but their love was obvious.
