Harry Potter, was one happy man. And by happy he really meant ecstatic. Over the moon. And the reason? Nadine Longbottom. Their big date was only one day away and he couldn't wait to have her in his arms as he swirled her about the ballroom. Not that the reality would go as great as it did in his mind. He did know that he was a terrible dancer. Instead of sweeping his girl off her feet he would most likely wind up stepping on them. Just how things would go.
Laying in his bed he couldn't help but just smile, thinking about her. Something that didn't go unnoticed by the other boys. "oi, Potter what are you so happy about you arse? Did Longbottom let you cop a feel?" Seamus asked to which a few of the other boys snickered. The number of antagonizers had gone down however. It was funny how quickly people lost the taste for blood in the water. Lavender Brown had become almost best friends with Nadine while Harry had turned to Dean for male friendship. But they also still had their key antagonizers. The Patil twins had it in for Nadine almost as much as Ginny did while Seamus and Ron seemed to want to destroy Harry's life.
"No, but I did get to snog a woman senseless, something you haven't been able to do in a while huh Seamus?" Asked Harry without even moving from his position. The room erupted in a chorus of "ohhs" and snickers while the Irishman just turned red and went back to his notebook, hoping to catch up on his potions homework and to ignore how his joke backfired.
Nadine was special in every sense and Harry couldn't quite place what had changed in her. To be sure he had always liked Nadine, at least as a friend. She was nice and friendly once you got past her shy exterior. But it seemed that that Nadine had disappeared completely, leaving a new Nadine that didn't take any trash from anybody. In fact, Harry had heard about how she had hexed Parkinson and blew Malfoy halfway across the dining hall. All on his behalf. He couldn't understand what made him so special to her that she would be so defensive and even possessive of him.
He had asked her earlier that night as well. They had agreed to meet at the astronomy tower, hoping to just hang out and go on a date as it were. Hogsmeade was still a week away and Harry had wanted to be alone with her before that. Strangely enough, for a boy his age at least, he hadn't had any carnal thoughts or desires concerning their hanging out. In fact he had just thought they would hold hands and talk. But as soon as Nadine entered the tower, Harry couldn't have gotten a word out if he tried due to the fact that Nadine had pressed herself against him and planted her lips squarely on his, her hands gently working under his robe to caress his chest through his white button up.
"Wait, wait Nadine" he says, finally grasping her by the waist and pushing her slightly back but keeping her within close distance. He tried to ignore the hurt look in her eye but he found it grated on him no matter what. The last thing he wanted was for her to think he didn't find her attractive as he knew that was what was flashing through her mind, so he gently leaned in and kissed her passionately, his arms going about her waist as he almost picked up the shorter girl. A few seconds pass before he finally releases her, a blushing and dazed Nadine smiling up at him. "Wow" is all she can get out before she smirks up at her boyfriend.
He smiles back, slightly dazed and confused as well. "Erm...hi" he says awkwardly, trying to fix his mind back on what he had been trying to say, his face deathly serious, but still holding a trace of a lilting smile to let Nadine know he wasn't oblivious. "Can I ask you a question Nadine?" He asks to which she responds with a gentle smile. "Anything you want as long as you keep your arms around me" she teases as she leans her cheek against Harry's chest. "What happened Nadine? It's just you're so….different" he says as he leans his chin on the top of her head, inhaling the scent of her hair. "Not that I don't absolutely love it, I guess I'm just curious" he says with a blush to which Nadine, once she realizes after looking up, just laughs, happy that she's still on the offensive when it comes to Harry Potter.
"I got tired of waiting in the shadows Harry" she admits honestly. "I wanted you, and I wasn't getting you by being little miss wallflower. So here I am" she teases, poking her tongue out at him to which he just rolls his eyes with a smirk. "You do realize I have no idea what to do with you right?" He says which prompts Nadine to lean up and gently peck his cheek, staying to whisper in his ear. "I have a few enjoyable ideas on what you can do lover" she teases before gently biting his earlobe. It's enough to send Harry over the edge as he grabs Nadine by her hips and seats her on the ledge, his hands eagerly going to her rear, kneading her bum through her skirt.
Nadine just lets out a squeal of enjoyment as her arms wrapped around his shoulders and she eagerly returned the kiss, the how's and the why's forgotten as quickly as they came on. Hours later both exit the tower, are wrapped around each other as they giggle, each trying to shush the other. They look a disheveled mess and would be in big trouble if they were discovered by Filch, as it was now after curfew and snogging was not an acceptable reason to be out after hours. "Harry, what about your invisibility cloak?" Nadine asked, already thinking ahead. "Left it back. Didn't realize just how distracted you can make me" he says shyly almost, being new to flirting and women. In fact everything they had just done he had done on instinct and was deathly afraid at every moment that he would do something to mess it up.
Nadine just smiled and rubbed his chest once more, showing her great appreciation for his attempts. "Well at least we're close by" she days with a smile before putting her finger to her lips and darting up the stairway. "last one there has to….well I'm undecided yet" she says with a teasing smirk before quietly rushing up the stairs. "This woman is more dangerous to me than Voldemort" Harry thinks as he watches his girlfriend disappear up into the dark steps of the stairwell. He wasn't going to lose though, and he was right off on her heels making his way carefully on the concrete steps. He couldn't even hear Nadine at this point. "One, how is she so fast, and two how is she so quiet?" he thinks to himself as he moves closer and closer to the fat lady portrait that hides the Gryffindor common room.
"Lollygagging" he whispers as he finally gets to the sleeping portrait who trembles awake at the disturbance. "Another one? At this….ohh I see" the portrait says with a smirk, taking in Harry's disheveled state. Harry just blushed and moved quickly inside the common room, the portrait closing behind him as he entered into the now empty common room. "Did I win?" He wondered to himself before concluding that most likely he didn't considering the fat lady's response. "Another one?" He thinks to himself before smiling. "Alright Nadine, you won. What do you want?" He asks almost unable to get his sentence off as two hands reach out and grasp his shoulder before his cheek is kissed, Nadine having to stand on her tippy toes to even come close to Harry's height. "Just you" she teases lovingly patting him on the shoulder and walking off towards the girls dorms. "Goodnight Harry" she says before turning her head over her shoulder. "I love you" she says before scurrying up the stairs and into the relative safety of her dorm.
Harry stands there, dumbfounded and confused, his hand going to his cheek and pressing against the spot Nadine had kissed him. "I love you too Nadine" he says to the now empty common room.
"So you and Harry were both out, don't hide that from me Nadine. What were you two doves up too?" Comes the curious and lightly teasing voice of Lavender Brown who was sitting in her pajamas right on Nadine's bed. "Lav, can I have some privacy to change?" She asked pleadingly to which the residential gossip just shakes her head. "Nuh uh. You come up here disheveled and smiling while Harry was also gone. Spill" she says.
"Probably out giving Potter what he's really after. He just wants an easy lay. Longbottom is just all to willing to provide it. Such a slag" comes the sneering voice of Padma Patil. Lavender just as quickly turns on her one time friend. "Screw of Patil. Nadine wouldn't do something like that so easily. Unlike you and the rumors of the broom closet involving the Weasley twins. Is that true you slag?"
The Indian girl shut up instantly, her hand going to her mouth as she had told that to Lavender in confidence. The other girls go wide eyed and some snicker or look in disgust at Padma. "Fuck you Brown. I'll make you regret that" she says as she draws her wand, hoping to get off an unexpected strike at the girl. However, before she can say anything her sheets wrap her up and tie her to her own bed, gagging her as well. Everyone looks around, seeking the source of something quite so….out there, only to see Nadine Longbottom holding her wand out. She smirks as she places it back in her robes, returning to getting herself ready for bed. "If you must know Patil, Harry and i did have a good time. But, we did not quite go that far and we won't. Not until we're married at least" she teases, herself uncertain of what she was saying but wanting to say anything to keep her ahead of Patil.
"After all, Harry and I are very close now. I don't see any other man being able to do better than him" she continues, stripping off her shirt and replacing it with her night robe, removing her bra and skirt from under it while giving her some privacy. "Least of all any of the boys" she says, enunciating the last word, "you happen to date. After all Harry is a man so I wouldn't expect you to see the real difference. Can't ask someone to tell me what roast beef is when they've only ever had bologna" she says with a sneer as she sits down next to Lavender. "Alright, what do you want to know?" She asks with a sigh, subjecting herself to the age old ritual while Padma struggles against her bonds.
The gossip goes into the night, numerous other girls slowly joining them and giggling and squealing as Lavender releases detail after detail about Harry. How he kisses, how his muscles feel, how he smells. Finally the girls nod off to sleep until Lavender and Nadine are the only ones left. "I'm glad you found someone Nadine. I'm not just saying this but….well….I have been taking divination and something tells me that you and Harry are….well" she says with a cough, not being one for spilling the beans. "I better be off to bed" she says with a smile, hugging her friend. Nadine hugs Lavender with all her might. "Lav? Thanks for being a friend" she says happily. "A friend? Longbottom I'm the best friend you could ever have" Lavender whispers back. "Well Harry is my best friend" she responds with teasingly. ""Friends don't grab other friends bums" Lavender says back teasingly to which Nadine just nods. "True, guess that means your my best friend Brown". "Thanks Longbottom, happy to occupy the office".