"Morning Lu Lu." She laughed and leaned into me while we walked down the hall.
"Morning Ray. You did a good thing there." She nodded to where Hermione disappeared. I nodded and kissed her head.
"Don't forget your my sister also Lu lu." She nodded to me. "So what do you have for me today?" She looked up at me and smiled.
"Oh you know this and that. Your choice is fitting." I nodded and kissed her head. "Same with Hermione's. You'll get what you want also."
"What about you Lu?" She smiled as she looked up at me.
"You don't have to worry about me Ray. Daddy and I will not have a problem getting me a mate and a fitting one. We'll be happy Ray." I nodded and believed her. "Daddy is also going to be happy." I nodded and was surprised to see she lead me to the library. Miss Price nodded to us. We walked throw the stacks into the middle of the room. Luna stopped us in front of a table.
"Morning Leo." I smiled at the boy and wasn't all that surprised that Luna brought me here. The boy looked up and I caught myself. He was beautiful. He nodded to her, but I noticed he looked both of us over.
"Morning." He said.
"We'll I'm off." She kissed my check and walked away. I watched her leave and wasn't all that surprised that she would leave me here now that she brought me. I looked back at Leo and noticed he watched her leave also. He glanced at me a few times.
"Good morning Leo." He nodded to me.
"Good morning Harry."
"Do you mind if I join you?" He shook his head no and went back to his book. I moved to the chair next to him and pulled it out. I sat down and put my bag on the table. I noticed he was watching me. I opened my bag and looked throw it. Then pulled out a book I've been reading. It was on magic healing, but its forgotten healing magic.
I read a few pages, but noticed Leo kept watching me. I was giving him time to figure out what he wanted to do. I knew he was bothered by me being here. I don't normally hang out around people who aren't my friends. But I did know most everyone. Though I didn't know Leo and it bothered me.
"Are you here because of this morning announcement?" He finely asked me.
"Yes." I nodded to him. I wanted to be truthful. If he was going to be brave enough to ask me what he was thinking all I could do is be truthful to him. I didn't let him notice but I was watching him closely. At first he was upset. Then surprised and finely a little bothered.
"Do you think I would agree to you just because I might not get an offer better then yours?" I smiled and shook my head at him.
"To start Leo you are breathtaking handsome. Being in Ravenclaw tells be you are also very smart and humble. The first thing you need to know is that fact you're a muggle born won't even be brought up with this new law, I'm sure you'll find and offered much better choices then myself." He was surprised again. "I was lead to believe that you would be open to the same sex."
"I am." He said looking down at his book. But I saw something on his face.
"In our world most of the population is bi Leo. There is nothing against it because two people of the same sex can have a child. There are some against it but they are closed minded. That number is small. Personally I'm gay. Woman don't do it for me. Not that I've been in very many or deep relanenships with them. How muggles pervice same sex couples are mostly driven by religion." He nodded to me.
"I know."
"Still it's hard to look past what you were taught or what's been said to you. But Leo none of that matters. What matters is what's right for yourself." He looked up at me and was surprised by what I said.
"You were lead to believe I would be either gay or bi?" I nodded to him.
"I had some business to take care with the goblins this morning and I already knew about the new laws. While I was there I took my blood test and issues my paperwork. My account manager and I talked about who would be a good match. Your name came up as a match. When I returned Luna brought me here."
"Why?" He looked my face over watching me and reading me.
"I am the head of my family. There are standers that I have to meet with my partner. There are also current oblations I have to meet with that partner before a union happen."
"Which are."
"I would have to court my partner. Most pure bloods have the same custom."
"What does that intel." He asked me.
"It's like dating but not at the same time. Courting starts out with a state of meaning. If I were to court you I would send you a letter explaining my intent with you. Along with the letter there will be a gift and flowers. The flowers shows you how I feel for you or what I wish to feel. The gift no matter would belong to you. At that time you would either agree to the courtship or not. If you don't agree you would send a letter back saying no. If you agree then the letter would state your agreement. You can send something else along with a letter but you don't have to. A normally courtship lasts 3 mouths to years. At the end you either bond or brake up. During the courtship we spend time together to get to know each other. Send letters for the same reason. Gifts are passed between each other. But during a courtship normally a couple stays pure or doesn't pass kissing."
"But everyone has to be married by the first of the year." I nodded to him.
"Your right. Honor is being put aside right now. There isn't a number of how many people you can court or have court you. Each person is given three options for a bond mate. If you chose that these three don't fit your needs your allowed to choose three more. Also each person is given three people to court them. Once you've been chosen three times your name is removed from the list. If one of those people chose they don't like you or you don't like them, you name goes back on the list. I believe you have 6 try before a spell is used to pick a handful of matches for you. They might not be fully what you want, but they would match you well."
"How do you know all this?" He asked me.
"I hold a seat in our governing body. I was there when the law was brought forth. Our government didn't chose this law. IWC chose these laws and they are worldwide." He nodded. I gave him time to think about this.
"Each couple has to have a child with in a year?" He asked me.
"They do, from the age 17 to 50. It's like this because in most cases a couple will convince a child on their bonding night. Some cases it doesn't happen but most do. That's why we have a year. If a healer says your unable to have a child then you are removed from the law."
"So I would." He blushed.
"Truthfully I have nothing with going both ways Leo. But because of my past and life, I am and expect to be the dominated person." He nodded but blushed.
"I don't mind." I smiled at him and he gave me a little smile.
"Truthfully Luna most likely brought me here so we could get to know one of another. I'm surprised I don't know you. I know mostly everyone in the school. And don't be surprised if you really don't me as a person." I shrugged at him.
"What are you reading?" He asked me. I slid it over to him.
"It's a book on healing. I've been thinking about being a healer after school. But I haven't made up my mind. Being the head of my family is hard enough work." He made a face that told me he didn't understand. But looked at the book. "Think of it like a CEO of a company." He nodded.
"This is a rare book?" He asked and looked up at me. I nodded.
"It is a copy of the real book. But yes it is old and rare. It also is rare magical healing." He made a face but flipped throw the pages. I also noticed he put a book mark in my page.
"Rare magic?" He asked me and pasted it back.
"It was before we put a title on magic. Neither light or dark. I looked throw my bag and found the book I was looking for. I handed it to him. "Give it back when your done. It explains rare magic." He smiled and nodded.
"I take care of it." I shrugged.
"It's just a copy Leo, don't fret to much about it." He looked at the book thinking about it.
"Still it's a rare book." He didn't understand how I wouldn't care about it.
"Yes it is. But it's a copy I made. Not a copy that's in my library." He nodded and understood now.
"What else is in your bag?" He asked me.
"Todays newspaper, my mail that I haven't deal with yet. Some books and snakes. My bank bag, a few different port keys and my trust vault key." I said and thought about it. "Some paper, pens, quills and ink. Then a magical cell phone and camera."
"Magical cell phone?" He asked me.
"The Wesley twins are working on taking muggle tech and making it magical. It's a prototype. They wanted to make sure that it works in the castle because this is the largest magical building." He nodded.
"It's a cool bag." He told me after a few minutes. I nodded.
"Luna draw the picture, after I bought it. My old bag seen to many days. I changed the color though." He pulled it towards him and looked the picture over. It was a grim and right now it was taking a nap. But it moves around the front flap of the bag.
"A grim?" He asked me.
"My godfather was a grim." He nodded.