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Announcement

Great Hall

Two days had passed since the duels which gave him the time to heal from his strenuous injuries. He was still heavily bandaged as a thin layer of fabric adorned his chest, covering his chest in the process.

It was currently Friday at dinner time as all the students tucked into their grub while talking with their mouths full which didn't seem to go down to well with the other girls in the hall. The last couple of days had been interesting as the news drifted around the school about his latest exploits. He could even tell that some of the Professor's were impressed, apart from Snape of course who seemed to be even more aggravated with his presence.

Those private lessons are going to be fun

The attention he got from the female population only seemed to increase as his bad boy reputation increased. He was the teen that they all wanted but most of them would never get. On the topic of his current relationship status he and Katie's relationship seemed to be slowing down as the pair didn't really see each other for the rest of the week since his injury. He was pretty sure that Ginny may have warned her of him, saying that she and Hermione were looking after him.

Shaking his head slightly he was brought out of his thoughts as Hermione nudged him in the direction he should be facing as she looked at the staff table where Dumbledore rose to his full height as he stood in front of his stand.

"I have an announcement to make" Dumbledore told all the students who were by now facing him "The Tri-Wizard Tournament brings many things when it is hosted. It brings people from different cultures together, it brings excitement, and it brings competition. One of the customs of the Tri-Wizard Tournament is a dance"

"Aww" a number of male students moaned from their various positions.

"Yes, I can tell you are excited" Dumbledore smiled as he looked at the unhappy faces of the audience "This dance will take place on the evening of Christmas, being opened by the Champions and there dates" he again smiled "Your various Head of House will show you the way you are supposed to act at this ball"

Harry looked around as Dumbledore finished the announcement. Looking around the tables he could see large groups of girls whispering and giggling to one another about dresses and possible dates. The guys on the other hand were much more subdued as they glanced nervously at the girls that surrounded them.

"So Harry, who are you going to ask?" Fred inquired from his position which was opposite Harry.

"Don't know yet"

"Before you say Angelina or Alicia" George spoke quickly as he wrapped up two pieces of paper, throwing them at the two gossiping girls which got their attention as they looked up surprised to see George's eager smile.

"Would you like to go to the Yule Ball with us" George pointed to himself and his brother.

"Who gets who" Angelina asked from a couple of seats down while Alicia giggled.

"You and me" George pointed to Alicia "and Angelina and Fred" the girls smiled as they looked at the brothers antics.

"Yeah, but you better behave"

"Behave is our middle names, ladies" which was followed by more giggles from the girls.

George swung around with a smug grin plastered on his face. "No teasing us anymore"

"Spoil sports" he pouted "At least you're using your brains I suppose, instead of using them to imagine what they look like naked"

"Be quiet you" Fred pointed as the warning was brushed off by Harry.

"I thought you'd take Katie" one of the twins asked.

"She's not to happy with me at the moment"

"Why" Fred inquired, obviously forgetting the conversation he'd had with Harry earlier.

"Because someone said something to her but she won't tell me who" he tried to remind Fred while leaving very little on about the identity. He wanted to talk to Hermione privately but didn't really want to have the talk while being injured. He didn't know how Hermione would react and didn't really trust himself to say the right thing while being under the influence. He knew one thing however; Hermione could pack a punch which he didn't plan on being the opposite end off.

"Any ideas" George played along as he looked at the Hermione who kept her eyes downwards.

"One or two" he answered cryptically as his eyes glanced at Hermione for a millisecond which the twins saw as they followed the line of sight.

"Well there are plenty of plants in the lake" Fred replied as a number of nearby students with Muggle parents broke into mumbled laughter.

"What" Harry smiled as he heard Fred philosophical look at relationships.

"What, isn't that the expression that Muggles use"

"No, I think it's 'there's plenty of fish in the sea'" George corrected his brother.

"Huh, that does sound more right I suppose" Fred mused while in thought.

"Yeah" he continued to giggle. George decided to change the person who was in the questioning chair as he switched onto Hermione he kept her head down while she read through her copy of 'History of Magic' for the 3rd time this year.

"What about you Hermione? Got any boy that you've got your eye on"

"What" she shook herself as she brought herself out of her book. "I haven't really got time for dating, George. If I date someone I will have to compromise my education which isn't going to happen"

"But it does have added benefits; benefits that'll give you extreme pleasure, toe curling pleasure" Fred replied in objection over Hermione's view of dating "scream your lungs out pleasure"

"I think she gets it, Fred" Harry interrupted as he witnessed Hermione get more and more embarrassed. "Anyway, who to say she doesn't get that kind of pleasure from her books"

"That's impossible"

"Unless it's in the shape of a dick" George muttered silently which got a Fred very concerned with the possibility of a long term relationship with Angelina

"They have books made in the shape of a penis?" Fred looked on in shock.

"No Fre..."

"Why would any girl date a guy then, if they can get satisfied from reading 'books'?" Fred cut of his brother again while saying the 'b' word in a disgusted manner.

"Fred, I wasn't talki..." George tried to get his point across as he rubbed his forehead in annoyance for his brother's stupidity.

"No wonder why the Claw's are almost impossible to get" Fred looked over to the Ravenclaw table to see a number of female students immersed in there books.

"FRED..." George almost yelled as his brother got more and more attention from nearby students.

"God, this may be the end of the human race" panic laced Fred's tone as he was about to jump up from his chair.

"Will you shut up Fred" George finally got his brother to shut up as he punched his brother in the arm. "It was only a joke"

"You promise" Fred nursed his bruised arm.

"Yes" George sighed. "Now I know why I'm considered the clever twin" speaking to only Harry who had to hold back his laughter.

They were quickly interrupted as Hermione tried to listen to the altercation between the twins. "What are you talking about?" Hermione asked suspiciously as she hadn't heard the start of the conversation between the twins.

"Nothing Hermione, not something that should grace a woman's ears" as she heard this, she stood up and began to leave, just before leaning over the table and saying one last thing.

"You guys are animals" then she strutted away which was accompanied with the laughter of himself as he looked at the two 'animals' that sat in front of him.

"She has got a point" he laughed as the twins did their best impression of their favourite animals.

Room of Requirement

Harry left the twins to their own devices after he'd gotten his own fill of food, they gave him the excuse that they wanted to spend some 'time' with their girlfriends or whatever they were. He really was hoping that they would just declare themselves as dating the girls because this had dragged on enough in his mind.

Tonight thankfully wasn't another strenuous night of training after he decided that Friday would be his day off from anything challenging, unfortunately that included paying attention in lessons but thankfully Hermione provided him with all the notes he needed.

Friday evening was becoming a bit of a routine as he went from one thing to another in his room. This would consist of sitting down on the couch while reading an enjoyable book; testing some chat up lines of dummies that he would conjure that would assess the effectiveness of the line, a slap if it was bad and a kiss if it was a good one. Pain was a good motivator to succeed.

The step that he was currently on was trying to talk to Sirius through the Floo network. He thought it'd be a good idea to see him after he'd remembered the incident whilst he was drunk. The times he'd tried it nobody was home or on one occasion a girl with brightly coloured hair had caught him. This time however he was lucky as Sirius face appeared inside the fireplace.

"Harry, is that you" the face in the fireplace inquired.

"Yeah" he replied softly "it's good to see you"

"Likewise" Sirius replied happily "And it's good to see you sober"

"It's nice to be sober thank you very much. I have no idea how you coped with the hangover"

"Ha, we never thought of that, well Remus did but he was background noise by the time we had downed a couple of bottles"

"I bet my mother didn't like your habits"

"Nope, let's just say she didn't leave me within 10 metres of James after his bachelor party"

Harry joined the laughter as Sirius giggled at the memory. "What happened, did you tie him to a lamp post" he asked as he remembered watching a TV show where that had happened.

"Something like that, apart from the lamp post was a centaur and James was wearing slightly less clothing than you had in mind"

"Bloody hell; remind me to never to invite you to my bachelor's party"

"Hey, it was our last night together" Sirius defended himself "It wasn't my fault that a centaur was wandering in the Forbidden Forest at night alone"

"Yeah, because Centaurs don't like forests" he mocked while holding in his laughter.

"Hey, you keep out of this" Harry could tell he was joking as Sirius mockingly pointed a finger at him through the fire. You can tell you've got some Lily in you, even if it is accompanied by a bit of James"

"Well I am trying to be more mischievous"

"I've seen that first hand. Heard you've got most of the female population after you" his Godfather complemented his Godson on his efforts.

"Probably not all of them"

"Ahh" Sirius cooed "Don't be modest, embrace the dark side. Screw anything that moves, that's my motto"

"If that was your motto, then I would've hated to be your friend" he suggested wickedly as Sirius seemed to be quick on his heals as a look of understanding swiped his face.

"Don't worry; your father was safe from that rule. Everyone else was fair game" Harry giggled as Sirius made the announcement, knowing that Sirius was only kidding as Sirius face broke out into a grin.

"I've missed you Harry" Sirius spoke suddenly serious. "It's bloody boring here, no doable ladies her, well ones that aren't related to me"

"Well I would offer my services but I the girls I would suggest would most likely end with you back in Azkaban"

"Good point, Harry. Good point indeed. I suppose I'll have to face the fact that my Godson is sexier than me" Sirius bowed his head, looking for a pick me up from his Godson.

"I thought that was obvious"

"You little git, your meant to be consoling me" Sirius grinned.

"Oh right" he stroked his chin in thought. "Your still sexy in my eyes Sirius, probably not as good as me but who is" he laughed as a evil glint appeared in his Godfathers eye. "And I'm guessing some women would be into the whole turning into a dog thing"

"You really think so" Sirius said sarcastically.

"Of course, there are some real sick individuals out there"

"Ah, you know just the right words to cheer me up" Sirius laughed in the Fireplace which was shown as the fire erupted slightly which showed laughter.

"I try my best"

"How's the girlfriend" Sirius asked his Godson.

He gulped loudly which didn't go unnoticed the Sirius as the flaming Godfather smiled mischievously "Or is there more than one now"

"No, nothing like that" he batted the obvious comment from the womaniser that was Sirius Black.

"MMmmmm" Sirius stroked his chin in thought "You know there are potions for any sexual problems" he suggested while holding his laughter.

"You're a bloody git at times" he mumbled to his gleeful Godfather. "Anyway, everything is in working order, and it's good to know that you have problems in that area seeing as you know the potions that are needed" a smile slowly grew on Harry's face while the opposite happened with Sirius.

The conversation went on as various subjects were passed between the two of them. Sirius telling him that he was aloud out for the first time in 5 months yesterday when Remus 'walked the dog' down the park. Sirius seemed to enjoy it as Harry was told how the dog marked his territory after every couple of metres, annoying the hell out of Remus.

Thirty minutes passed until Sirius had to leave because of obvious reasons as Harry caught the sight of a half naked woman behind him. He decided to end it extra quickly as the middle aged women began to take her bra off, bidding a quick farewell to Sirius.

As the fire went out – Harry smiled as he'd finally done one of the things he'd been trying to do since the start of the year. Seeing Sirius again made his heart flutter slightly as it gave him a figure that could both help in situations with the ladies of Hogwarts to more family oriented exercises.

Talking of exercise

"DOBBY"

Saturday

Saturday got off to a sprint as Harry was awoken by a tugging at his bed sheet, a small elf by the name of Dobby was the one responsible for waking him this morning, a morning that he didn't plan on seeing as it was a day off.

"Please go away" he begged as he twisted his body into the quilt. "Give me 10 more minutes"

"Harry Potter Sir requested to be awoken" Dobby bounced on his heals as he looked at the boy that saved him.

"Argh, what time is it?" he moaned out in annoyance as brain kicked in, showing him the events of last night in which he asked Dobby to wake him up early to get his body up to scratch. He realised he needed to get fitter when the twins more or else destroyed him.

"It's six in the morning Sir"

"Six" the pitch in his tone raised dangerously.

"Yes Harry Potter Sir. Did Dobby do bad?" the small elf replied as he dipped his head in shame.

Rubbing his eyes he peered through his eye lashes to see Dobby standing there. "No, no" he shook his head. "I just don't know why you woke me up at six in the morning"

"This is the best time, no one is monitoring the halls right now and most of the Professor's are asleep"

Harry shut his eyes once again. "Can I have 10 minutes more?" he begged Dobby who by the look of things wasn't going to budge.

"Harry Potter told Dobby to wake Harry Potter to train. Harry Potter told Dobby to get him out of bed no matter the cost"

Harry contemplated between fighting the damn elf or giving in, giving in quickly took the lead as he listened to the raspy breathing of the elf. "Fine" he muttered as he finally opened his eyes to place a glare onto Dobby.

"Harry Potter's glare does not affect Dobby. Dobby is not one of Harry Potter's 'fangirls'" Dobby air quoted himself which would look adorable to most but was not amusing to the teen who lay in the bed. Dobby finally had enough as Harry made no move to sit up, making him reach for the bed sheet.

"Hey, I'm bloody naked under here" he argued as he clutched the sheet.

"Dobby has seen it all before, Sir. You may be bigger than most but I try to stick to creatures in the same species"

"I'm hurt" he struck his heart in an attempt to show his heart breaking in sadness.

"Mr Weasley said Harry Potter was a comedian" a slight pause from the small elf "I don't agree with them" which made Harry smile as the elf seemed to have become a little laid back while in his presence.

"Funny"

"Yeah, yeah. Now stop stalling and get dressed"

Harry sighed as he realised Dobby wasn't going to leave him alone. Grasping his sheets, he slowly brought himself upwards as his legs hung over the side of the bed. "Here are the clothes that you requested" Dobby waved his hand which made a pair of running shoes, shorts and a small T-shirt to appear upon the bed. Harry in reply grasped the clothes, placed the shirt over his head while grasping some underwear and quickly finishing the process of getting dressed.

"Do I at least get some breakfast?"

"No breakfast" Dobby replied simply, getting a look that spoke volumes "Look at it as an incentive"

"Your bloody bossy" he growled.

"No Harry Potter Sir. Dobby just takes tasks assigned very seriously, Sir"

Annoyed, Tired and Confused – Harry got out of bed and got ready for the day to come, finally placing on his running trainers as he left the room. The plan for this exercise session was a marathon session which would take place around the Hogwarts grounds. The first place that he would run would be around the great lake, trying to see how much he could do without feeling tired. He knew that he was fit up to a point but compared to someone like Krum who would most likely be training daily, he could be considered an amateur. He even knew that his other competitor's were stronger because the older the person gets, the more important personal appearance becomes seeing as that was when guys would start to recognise girls.

Well I'm an early bloomer in that respect

He slowly made his way down the hallway that would lead to the moving staircase which would hopefully lead him to the Hogwarts grounds. He approached the massive front doors that were separating him from the outside world, smiling as they seemed to be locked.

"Argh, what a pity. The doors are locked, no exercise for me" he faked sadness as he turned, only to be stopped as he heard the recognisable pop and an evilly smiling elf.

"Oh no you don't" Dobby replied. "Your not getting out of it that easy, Harry Potter sir" finishing with a snap of the fingers which flung the doors open.

"Your a morning person aren't you" he murmured to the elf as he slowly broke into a walk. "I hate morning people" as he passed the threshold.

Stepping out onto the grassy surface – he began to do some stretches as he tried to limber himself up; still awakening the pleasant dreams he was having until a annoying creature woke him up. When done he began the jog, approaching the lake and quickly breaking out into a sprint as he began to circle it.

1/100 done Harry

As he ran he began to think over his life to this point. He'd successfully separated himself from Dumbledore without the old man knowing that this had happened; in fact the Headmaster may think that they were better acquaintances than ever. He lived up to his reputation as he acted like the bad boy that most of the students had labelled him with.

The run continued as he completed a full lap of the lake, deciding to go on as his legs seemed up for the jog but there was a casualty as his body began to heat up, forming sweat that quickly blemished his shirt. This was easily solved as he stripped his upper body, enjoying the feel of the coldness against his skin.

By the sixth lap of the lake, he was getting some attention as a number of students began to stream down from there dorms. Admittedly, most of the students that stayed to have a look were female who were in most cases in groups while they pointed at his form while giggling.

"How's it going ladies" he called out as he passed a couple of Ravenclaw's which set them off in a whole new lot of giggles. He knew that a number of girls were already on the prowl after the announcement of the Ball that would be coming up in about 8 weeks. He had to admit he was a bit excited about the event, maybe a little party afterwards.

The worrying thing was Katie. He hadn't seen her for a number of days now, and the incident with Hermione only seemed to enforce the distance between them. Yes, he saw her during the main meals but she would usually be at another table, apart from Slytherin of course. He had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach that Katie was going to drop a bomb on him.

After a couple of minutes after this last thought, he finally he caught the sight of a girl who he couldn't seem to get a hold off for the past couple of days. He knew that this conversation was not going to be in his interest as he observed the way she shifted her weight from one foot to the other.

Shit, this can't be good

Hogwarts Grounds

Katie leaned against a nearby tree as she looked at the teen in the distance who was attracting a number of stares from a couple of female students and was accompanied by a number of glares from the male regime who watched the boy run around the lake at a leisurely pace. She didn't really know how to feel about the stares that he was receiving from all the girls around her, girls whom she thought were much better looking than her.

Over the last couple of days, she had hardly seen Harry, some of it was down to the fact that Hermione was always around him, but there was the fact that she didn't really want to see him for the moment. The main reason for that was the fact that she never thought straight when he was around.

The time alone had giving her time to look closely at herself while she was around Harry, giving her a good perspective to how she was acting around her friends and the information she collected was not at all encouraging. She'd neglected a number of relationships in her short time with the teen, kind of surprised at the effect that he had on her even though there relationship had really kicked off a week ago.

Harry finally finished up – he seemed to notice her out of the corner of his eye, standing there while in her own world from what he could tell. She seemed to be lost in her own world as he approached her form, chucking his sweat ridden shirt over his shoulder in a non-chalet manner.

"Hey" he spoke as he found his eyes appraising her small form.

As Harry spoke, Katie jumped slightly as she was rudely knocked out of her musings, only to be left embarrassed as she looked at the sweat covered Harry Potter that stood in front of her while a number of younger girls gave her an envious glare. "Hey" replying in as much of a level tone that she could muster. "Could we talk?" she continued as she asked the question that would either lead to a relationship or the other option.

"Of course" he responded as he looked at her obviously frail form as he noticed large purple bags drooping under her eyes.

This was not going to be enjoyable

"Somewhere a little more private" she suggested nervously as Harry looked her over properly. From what he could see, she was sleep deprived and the accompanying twitch in her hand told him that she was stressed trying to do all her assignments, probably trying to complete them late, never a good idea he thought. The powers of observation were a powerful tool in his arsenal.

"Lead the way" he tried to make this as easy as possible even as he saw the obvious affects that his body was having on her.

Before she began the journey to a destination more private, she needed to be in the right state of mind and seeing his chest was not going to achieve that goal "Could you put your shirt back on, Harry? It's bloody distracting" she murmured as Harry gave her a playful pout.

"You don't like what you see" he couldn't help flirting as he flexed his muscles.

"You know what I mean" she sighed as she took the lead, walking a couple of feet in front of him so she would avoid glancing at him too much. Not wanting to aggravate her anymore - he followed her order

The walk through the castle was done in silence as Katie kept her lead in front of Harry. Finally, Katie came to a halt in front of an empty class room. She prompted Harry to enter as she opened the door.

Harry sat on one side of the teacher's desk while raising his wand to conjure a chair for Katie to sit upon. Katie quickly took her seat with a small 'Thank You' for Harry which he accepted, this being followed by a long period of silence until Katie choose to begin seeing as she was the one that'd asked him here.

Gathering all her courage, she spoke for the first time while trying her best not to look into his hypnotic eyes. "Harry, what do you think of me?"

"Katie" he asked as he scratched his head in confusion.

"Please answer the question"

"Well, I like you" he tried answer her even though the question caught him off guard.

"In what way" she continued to push the question.

"Well, more than a friend" which Katie sighed in aggravation as she ran her fingers through her long, silky brown hair. "Katie, why are you asking me this?"

"Because I'm not sure about us"

"Us?" he asked as his brain tried to put everything together when it came to her body behaviour.

"Yes, us" her voice quickly took on a note of anger "Are we boyfriend and girlfriend, are we exclusive, are we together" she asked while her voice got higher and higher in pitch.

"Katie, slow down" trying to calm her further by placing a friendly hand to the shoulder "Now, why are you asking me this now?"

"Hermione..."

Great

Harry stepped in quickly as she reminded him of the tongue wagging she had received from his best friend. "I'm sorry for her behaviour, she's just very opinionated and defensive of me" he defended his true best friend. "She was my first real friend and I, hers. We look out for each other"

"No, I'm not talking about that" he raised an eyebrow "Of course I was pissed off at the time but that's water under the bridge"

"Then what is worrying you"

"Well, after the incident involving Hermione, I got to thinking about us" she swallowed as she lowered her gaze to the table. "The ferocity in which Hermione defended your honour was huge, ferocity I will never reach"

"But I've known Hermione for longer" he answered her.

"Yes, but it's more than that. She really likes you"

"Yes, like a friend" he corrected her out of habit.

"Keep telling yourself that, Harry" she replied which got a priceless expression from Harry as the cogs could be seen moving as he tried to figure out what she meant.

"No, Noooooooooo" he suddenly realised what Katie was suggesting. "Hermione does not see me in that light"

"Yeah, and my name's Ronald Weasley"

"I bloody hope not" he joked "Because that may put me in therapy for the rest of my life after some of the things I've done with you" he smiled, receiving a small giggle from Katie. Deciding to deal with that piece of information later, he continued to conversation, realising what Katie was trying to ask.

"You want to break up don't you" he let out a lung full of air as he saw he switched the subject so quickly, almost giving her whiplash as the conversation changed that quickly. He realised this was where the conversation was leading to just after she brought up Hermione but was once again caught off guard by the assumption of the relationship.

"N-N-N-N-No. I don't want to it's just..." she tried to valiantly back down until she realised that Harry voiced her thoughts. I hate it when he does that.

"...that I'm not good for you" he finished her sentence.

"Y...Y...Yeah, and..." she stuttered as she tried to take control of the conversation.

"...you don't know if I'm committed to the relationship"

"Yeah, and..."

"...your busy doing assignments"

"Yeah, and..."

"...I'm like a drug to you" he added for her after seeing the obvious affect he had on her, from the scratching of her skin to the way that she would always have a look in her eyes of lust when he was around.

"Yeah, and..."

"...I wear you out with all the sex we have with each other" deciding to lighten up the conversation as it became a little too serious for comfort.

"No...Yeah..." she blushed as she got her composure back "Argh, stop trying to help me break up with you"

"Whatever you want" he leant back in his chair.

Katie meanwhile looked at Harry as his gaze locked onto nothing into particular; his brain seemed to be working as his fingers drummed across the table timed to a perfect beat. Stretching her arm across the desk that separated them, she placed her hand on top of his in a gesture of friendship.

"Harry, I really do care for you"

"I know Katie. You've become a real friend to me. A friend that I'd defend to the death" he told her defiantly. She smiled in response as he returned the gesture by placing some force behind the grip in his hand. "Any guy would be special to be with you, and hopefully one of those guys will be me once again" he suggested with a hint of lust.

"Bloody hell Harry, you even flirt when your being broken up with"

"What can I say? I'm Harry Potter" she laughed with him as the pair remembered better memories. The pair may've been enjoying the laugher but his was put on slightly, from years of acting to be normal he had pretty much mastered the skill of acting. Even though he wouldn't admit it, he was hurt by the separation from Katie even though he knew that he couldn't offer her what she wanted at this time.

He knew that he could've kept the relationship going but didn't see the point as he really thought that Katie deserved better. He wanted to enjoy himself and no offence to Katie, but he couldn't' fully when she was around. Yes, he could flirt but that was as far as it went, he would never cheat on a girl he was seeing, that being a step he wasn't willing on breaching. Well, a single Harry Potter is a sexier Harry Potter.

Harry Potter, eligible Bachelor

Harry James Potter was now a free man, a man who could do anything or anyone right now. Watch out teaching staff, Harry Potter's about. This would be a time where he would dive head first into the world of booze, drugs and sex.

Harry Potter was heading down the Rabbits Hole...and he was excited.

Author's Notes:

What did you think? Before you say it, I know that the break up may've been a little iffy but I needed it to happen so Harry could explore himself. He couldn't really enjoy himself fully while Katie was on his arm; he's a flirt, not a cheat.

Please Read & Review (no, flames please) constructive criticism welcomed.

Next Chapter: Down the Rabbit Hole