Well here is a hapter for you all. I am so sorry for being away for so long, i thought the flu had gone, but it hadn't and returned with a vengence. Well I hope I will get another chapter up for you all soon. Enjoy your reading.

Time Paradox

Chapter Seven: The Real World

The mansion Simon had gotten for them was beautiful with a large grassy area surrounding the white building. They had both decided to build a large playground at the back of the building. There was just over thirty bedrooms, six large living rooms, a high number of bathrooms and a very large dining/ballroom. They had decided that the large reception room with the grand staircase was going to have pictures of all the children that would walk through the doors of the orphanage.

Nicholas, Mathew, Richard, Simon, Michelle and Leyna Hemming, who is Richard's long term girlfriend; the two had been going out since fifth year. They had all agreed to help Tom and Harry decorate the rooms. They had decided to do it the magical and the Muggle way. Harry had said that painting the Muggle way was fun at times. They had brought paint and wallpaper to do the former ballroom now dining room. Harry and Tom's bedroom was going to be painted the Muggle way. The reception and two of the living rooms were also to be painted the Muggle way.

It took nearly a whole week to decorate nearly every room, they had only one more room to do and that was Tom and Harry's bedroom, which was to be painted. They had begun to paint it in neutral colours. Slytherin green was out as Tom had, had enough of the colour over the last seven years. Richard had suggested Gryffindor red to them, Harry had said 'stuff that idea I'd rather have green'. They had both decided on a cream colour and white.

Tom looked over at Harry, who was painting the lower half of the room in a cream colour. "Well Harry what do you think," he asked about the colours that had been chosen for the room.

Harry walked over to him; Tom was painting the top half the roof white and said, as he smiled at Tom. "I like it, it will go well with the furniture that the others are getting for us."

"Harry." Tom smiled at him. "You have paint in you hair, aren't you supposed to get it on the walls and not in your hair." he laughed gently, as he pointed to the streak of cream paint in Harry's inky black hair.

Harry smirked at his lover and got his brush and dipped it into the cream paint. He quickly made a streak of paint in Tom's hair. "So have you now," he said, as he started laughing gently.

Tom sputtered, mouth and eyes wide open. "That's it Harry." Tom got his brush dipped it in the white paint and drew a line down Harry's face and top. Tom stepped back and admired his work. "That's a better look for you Harry," he said, fighting a smile and a laugh.

Harry stood there looking shocked at his fiancée. "I don't believe you just did that Tom," he sputtered out, his eyes narrowed and he jumped forward and painted a line down Tom.

Harry ran off to the other side of the room, Tom gave chase. Harry was soon caught and was pinned face down of the cloth covered floor. Tom was straddled over his lower back. Tom got his paintbrush and painted 'TOM'S' on the back of Harry's t-shirt. Harry was now squirming underneath him, trying to get free. Tom lent down and kissed the back of the exposed neck. He let Harry turn onto his back. He lent down once again and placed a loving kiss on Harry's soft lips. Hands roamed and caressed, and clothes began to disappear to other places in the room.

"Eep," came a high pitched voice from the doorway. Leyna's red face disappeared back around the partially open door. "I did not just see you two entwined and naked," she said, her voice laced with humour.

Tom and Harry looked at each other and laughed nervously as they saw the other go bright red. They quickly untangled themselves and grabbed their clothes. Shouting to the others outside the room that they will be out in a moment, they were soon dressed and out of the door. They were surrounded by their smirking friends.

"That was something that I could have lived without seeing," Leyna said, as she looked over the two embarrassed lovers. "Though you two together like that is gorgeous." She smiled.

"Leyna," Richard exclaimed, shocked at his girlfriend's words. "Well we needn't ask if you to have finished the room."

Mathew came up toward them and stood next to Richard and said, "Yeah, you have paint all over you instead of the walls, I'll bet."

"How much paint are you wearing underneath your clothes," Nicholas laughed, as everyone else started as well.

"Just the face," Tom told them, rolling his eyes at the laughing group. "Come Harry, let's clean up." Harry took out his wand and cast a spell to clean the paint up from their skin.

Richard stood there with his eyes lighting up in a teasing humour. "So what were you doing in there?" A conspicuous smile was sent to Leyna, which was returned.

Harry sighed in exasperation and nearly shouted out "Will you lot grow up. Yes we had SEX! We bloody well enjoyed it too so get lost!" The others started laughing even more.

"Too right we enjoyed ourselves," Tom mumbled from behind Harry. "Did you order what we needed," he then asked the group aloud.

They all started making their way to the kitchen for something to eat and drink "Yes all the furniture has been ordered and paid for. It will arrive here soon, within the day," Leyna told them both.

"Mom and dad are interviewing people to help you, Tom. He will have the list done up for you by tomorrow," Richard informed him, as they entered the kitchen.

"That's great; if the inspection goes alright then they will send about twenty to thirty kids to us. Their ages will range from three and up. All are magical. We have room for about a hundred kids in total," Tom said, as Harry started making the tea and he started on the sandwiches.

Harry put the water on to boil and began the wait. He turned towards Tom and said, "In total we should have about fifteen people working here to help you. I won't be able to, as my training will start next week."

The water started to boil and Harry took it off the heat and went about making tea for everyone. "Richard and I are going to start work in the ministry soon, the Department of Mysteries," Mathew said, as they all sat around the table that had already been brought in.

Nicholas sighed and said quietly, "I'll be working with my father in the family business on Monday." He had wanted to be an Auror like Harry, but as he was an only child he had no choice but to join his father.

Tom finished the sandwiches and brought them over to the table and placed them in the middle and sat down next to Leyna. "I've already started my medi-witch training. I'm only here now because it's my day off," Leyna told them, as Harry finished the tea and brought the cups and teapot over to the table.

They talked as they drank and ate their lunch, waiting for the furniture to arrive. It finally arrived over an hour later. Moving them and unshrinking them and using, 'wingardium leviosa' to get them all in place, night was upon them when they had finally finished. They decided to go out for a meal and then stay at the orphanage for the night.

The orphanage was finally ready, it had passed it's inspection by the Ministry of Magic, Tom and Harry had finally decided on a name, Hope's Home. So far they had decided on having only five employees as they were told that only twenty children were coming. One was the cook; another was a qualified medi-wizard, which would be a very good thing in case any of the children became ill or hurt.

The first of three children were to arrive today and Harry was there alongside Tom, his training didn't start until tomorrow. The three children were ages ten, seven and four, a boy and two girls, the boy being the eldest. They were brothers and sisters, their mother had just passed away, and their father was no where to be found. The Ministry car pulled up to the steps of the orphanage and the door opened and out came the three young children.

The Ministry official ushered the children up the steps to where Harry and Tom stood. Tom stepped forward, knelt down and said gently to them, "Welcome to Hope's Home, my name is Tom and this is Harry."

Harry then stepped forward and knelt down next to Tom and said softly, "Hello, and what are your names?"

"I'm Michael, that's Sandra, she's seven and that's Leila," Michael said, looking at them both, there was fear in his eyes, though he tried to hide it and be brave for his sisters.

Harry thanked the Ministry official and Tom took the children into the orphanage to introduce them to the others that worked there. They were shown to their rooms, Michael having his own room and the girls sharing. The Medi-Wizard, Steven, gave them all a check over to make sure they were well, they were. Tom then showed them all around the building, showing them the play room, the swimming pool, where they were only to go if someone was watching them. He also showed them the playground at the back.

Tessa, the cook, called them all into the dining room, where there were loads of small round tables for everyone to sit at. Dinner was ready for everyone and they all sat down at the same table to eat. Talk was light and funny, making the children more at ease with everyone. When it was bedtime Tom tucked the girls into bed and went to Michael to do the same, but he argued that he was too old for it. Tom smiled at him and let him have it his way.

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