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Having Harry's Destiny-Train Rides and Nap Time
The time until the Christmas break flew by quickly. Ron and Hermione would never forget the look on Helena's face when she received the letter from Mrs. Weasley inviting her to spend the holidays with their family. She looked like she was going to dance, or cry, or shout, or all of the above at once. Now every time one of them would mention it, a silly grin would spread over her face and she would start hugging everybody.
At the moment, Helena was busy in her room packing the things she would need over the break. She carefully wrapped the gifts she had bought for her friends along with her clothing and things.
Hey Harry? Megan asked.
Yeah? He turned to her, staring into her brown eyes. She looked tired, happy, but tired.
Would you mind taking over for most of this trip? She asked in a quiet voice.
Sure. Harry answered a bit puzzled. But why?
I'm tired. She sighed. I could use the rest. I was sure you would like the time with your friends and they with you.
Thanks. Harry said with a smile. But I'm sure they'll want to be with you some too.
Don't worry. I'll step in from time to time. Megan responding, smiling. Especially around bath time. Harry turned bright red and looked down at his feet.
So you noticed? He asked sheepishly.
Of course. Megan said. You'd think after all this time you would be used to it.
I will NEVER be used to being a girl. Harry shook his head then froze when he realized what he'd said. Oh, wait. That came out wrong.
Oh, Harry! You have something you need to tell me? Megan teased.
Noo! Harry protested.
Sure… Megan continued to tease. But it's not like I wouldn't already know. We know everything there is to know about each other.
It's kind of nice. Harry mused. You know before all this, the thought of having someone who knew every last little thing about me would have terrified me to death. I would have thought it would have been constricting, like a cage. But now that I have it, it's actually very…freeing. With you there is no act, no secrets, no hiding, and I feel absolutely free. Megan looked at Harry, stared into his eyes, for several minutes before replying.
I know. She smiled softly taking his hand and giving it a gentle squeeze. I feel the same way. They sat in a comfortable silence for a while before Megan finally dropped his hand and continued her packing.
Later that day as they traveled back on the train, Helena could barely keep her eyes open. After watching her friend struggle to stay awake for several minutes, Hermione finally spoke up.
"Helena, you know it's okay to go to sleep." Hermione said.
"But I might miss something." Helena protested with a yawn.
"Don't worry, if something interesting happens, we'll wake you up." Hermione said with a grin. Helena mumbled incoherently under her breath before settling down into the seat. After several minutes of shifting around and not being able to get comfortable, Helena sat up in a huff.
"Weasley!" She barked at Ron. "Come here!"
"What?" He shrank back like a child that was expecting to be reprimanded.
"I need a pillow." She pouted.
"Why me?" Ron asked in confusion.
"Because Hermione and Ginny are all skin and bones but you have all those nice Quidditch muscles." Helena explained with pleading eyes.
"Fine." Ron huffed and shifted so Helena could slip under his arm and snuggle next to him.
"Thank you," Helena mumbled as she closed her eyes and curled up.
"AAAWWWWW!!!!" Ginny and Hermione teased. "Aren't they so cute??"
"Oh, shut up!" Helena said grouchily.
"Yeah," Ron agreed with a huff. Hermione and Ginny kept on giggling to themselves. Sometime later, as the three of them talked quietly and Helena slept peacefully, the door to the compartment slid open and Draco Malfoy peeked his head through.
"So this is where you guys have been hiding." He said stepping on in. It was then that he caught sight of Helena snuggled next to Ron. "What the hell??" He snapped.
"She was sleepy," Ron explained quickly. "And I'm the designated pillow." Draco snorted in amusement at this.
"So we finally found something you're good at?" Draco teased.
"Oh, shove it." Ron grumbled. The others laughed softly so as to not wake Helena. Though she didn't wake, she did stir in her sleep, snuggling even closer to Ron.
"You smell nice." She mumbled in her sleep. Ron turned bright red and the others had to cover their mouths in a desperate attempt to hold back the laughter.
"Ooooh, isn't that sweet?" Ginny cooed. She and Hermione latched onto each other and began making sappy noises and giggling like a happy couple.
"Cut. It. Out." Ron hissed, his face an even deeper shade of red. This only caused them to laugh harder only this time the noise awoke the sleeping girl snuggled next to Ron.
"What's so funny?" She asked groggily as she stretched. She seemed to have forgotten that she was almost sitting on top of Ron.
"Nothing," Hermione tried very hard to control her laughter to no avail. Helena frowned and yawned. It was then she noticed the red head who was setting extremely close to her.
"eepp!" She squealed as she jumped in shock. "Oh, Ron. I forgot you were there." She sighed as she remembered why she was setting so close to him and scooted to a comfortable distance.
"So, Helena…" Draco said with a devilish grin. "What exactly does Ron smell like, since he smells so nice?"
"Huh?" The confused grin looked at him, dumbfounded. "What do you mean?"
"Well, you were saying earlier that Ron smelled nice and so I was wondering what exactly does Ron smell like?" At this Ron almost exploded.
"I never said that!" Helena protested. "Besides this is the first time I've seen you today, so therefore how could you know what I said? I've been asleep most of….." Helena trailed off as she realized what must have happened.
"Somebody talks in their sleep." Ginny giggled. Helena turned bright red and crossed her arms in a huff.
"And what's wrong with me saying Ron smells nice?" She asked angrily. "I could say that Hermione smells nice and there'd be nothing wrong with that!"
"Calm down!" Draco said throwing his hands up in a sign of surrender. "It was just cute that was all."
"What do you expect?" Helena said with a small smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. "Everything I do is cute because I'm absolutely adorable!"
"And just a little conceited." Draco added.
"Who me?" Helena asked in feigned shock. They all laughed at her all too innocent expression. When the laughter died down, Helena cracked a big yawn.
"Now can I go back to sleep without you all talking about me while I sleep?" She asked.
"You can go back to sleep but we can't guarantee that we won't talk about you." Ginny said with an evil smile.
"At this point I don't care…" Helena yawned again. "As long as you don't wake me up again in the process. Now come here Mr. Smelly and cuddle with me!" Ron turned bright red.
"Mr. Smelly?" He asked in disbelief.
"Okay, Mr. Good Smelly. How's that?" Helena said. Ron just huffed and gave up, opening his arm so Helena could slide back under it. She snuggled against the red head again. "Thank you love." She whispered. Draco, Hermione, and Ginny had to resist the urge to burst into laughter. Ron gave them death glares forcing them to bite their lips to hold the laughter in. The rest of the ride was fairly uneventful and most of it was spent with the two girls and Draco trying to see how many different shades of red they could make Ron turn. Luckily Helena didn't say anything else in her sleep, well, at least nothing embarrassing.
As they all stumbled off the train later, Hermione couldn't help but notice that Helena's gait had changed slightly. It wasn't until Ron started walking next to the dark haired girl that she realized that Helena had picked up a slightly masculine walk. Harry… Her mind spun. Was something wrong with Megan? What was going on? Harry didn't usually come out around large groups of people, well, as far as Hermione knew he only came out when just the three of them were around. Hermione got the impression that he wasn't very comfortable with his new body. Not that she could blame him really. Hermione rushed to catch up with her friends.
"Harry?" She whispered in the other girl's ear. Her green eyes snapped to meet Hermione's brown ones, giving her an "are you crazy?" look.
"What's wrong? Why are you-" Hermione started to ask but was cut off by Helena.
"She's sleeping." The other girl whispered giving Hermione a wink.
"Oh," Hermione relaxed immediately. "I was worried there for a minute."
"Everything's fine." Helena reassured her. "Though I have no idea how you knew we had…changed."
"You're walking like a boy." Hermione said giggling. Helena let out an exasperated sigh.
"Great." She mumbled. "I can't wait till we get to the Burrow so I don't have to worry about pretending."
"Don't worry," Hermione patted her arm. "You'll be fine."
"That's easy for you to say," Helena snorted. "You're not the one stuck in the body of someone of the opposite gender." Hermione rolled her eyes and let it drop. Boys, always complaining.
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