Call Me 2.
Disclaimer. Same as the first chapter. I don't own this. JKR does.
2
The pair woke to the ringing of an alarm clock. Harry sat up quickly trying to find the source of the noise. He blearily made out the form of Lisa's mum standing in the doorway holding the ringing clock.
He pulled the duvet up to cover himself and off Lisa.
"Ok, there's too much naked flesh in this room for me. I'm off to work in half an hour. I want you two in the kitchen before I leave preferably dressed. Lisa I can cope with, Harry I insist." With that Lisa's mum exited the bedroom and closed the door behind her.
"Shit. I guess my mum knows." Lisa muttered she rolled out of bed and started looking in draws for clean underwear.
Harry looked over at Lisa. "You don't regret it, last night do you?" Harry asked curling in slightly on himself.
Lisa stepped over to Harry in just a pair of knickers her bra pulled on but not yet fastened. She tenderly ran a hand down his face. "What we did? No, I'd just liked to have talked to my mum first rather than be found out. If you're worried, she's not angry but it's going to get a little embarrassing."
"No I worked out she's not angry. She came in during the night and woke me. She just let us sleep till the morning."
"Well since she's being so reasonable you need to get dressed. She will want to talk. Just one thing, never lie to her, if she asks a blunt question give her a blunt answer. Or tell her you refuse to answer."
Harry nodded and started to gather his clothes from where they lay scattered around the room.
With a more than a little trepidation the pair headed down stairs hand in hand. They slid along the benches that sat in front of the kitchen table to find coffee and Lisa's mum waiting for them.
"Right let's deal with the elephant in the room. You had sex last night, I feel some responsibility for that, I guess if I hadn't made the condom joke I wouldn't have put the idea in your heads. Now since you have made the adult decision to have sex you have to deal with the adult consequences. Contraception, buy your own. Research it and find the best method. I know Lisa is a clever girl and I don't need to say any more on the issue. I also assume you have alternatives from the magical world I don't know about." She looked up and met the stares of the two teens. "Good we got through that without any giggles or embarrassment. Now Harry, did you let your parents know you were staying here last night?"
Harry shot Lisa a glance. "You didn't tell her?"
"If there's one thing I know, you hate your reputation and everything that goes with it. All my mum knows about you is your name." Lisa explained.
"Alright what did I say wrong?" Lisa's mum asked.
"My parents are dead, they died when I was a baby." Harry started to explain."
"Murdered actually." Lisa interjected.
"I live with my aunt and uncle the Dursley's but I guess you are right I should let them know I'm safe, not that they'll care." He muttered the last darkly.
He got up and went to use the phone, it was a much more complex model than he was used to with a fax machine built in. "I don't know how to use this."
Lisa came over to help and scrolled through the phones memory to calls received and entered the Dursley's number.
As Harry took the phone off her, he hit the conference call button and couldn't work out how to turn it off. Soon Petunia's voice filled the hall.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Aunt Petunia it's me."
Her tone changed instantly from posh and polite to cold and harsh. "Oh you're alive then? Because of you going missing I had to cook breakfast this morning. Are you going to be back in time to do the washing up, or am I expected to do that too? Worst of all those freaks called around this morning wanting to know where you had gone. "
Lisa's mum stepped forward and took the phone from Harry and turned off the conference call. "Hello, Mrs Dursley. Harry's staying with us for a couple of days."
Harry stepped in close and whispered in her ear."Don't tell her your name." She looked at them both and mouthed the word. "Who?"
Lisa stepped forward and took a note pad, writing quickly she handed it to her name.
"Well Mrs Dursley my Tony sulked for ages until I allowed his friend from school to stay. I know it was short notice but we mothers will do anything for their children won't we. If it's alright with you Harry can stay her until the weekend at least. Yes I see." Harry could tell the conversation was coming to a close and he reached for the phone again.
"Aunt Petunia, could you let Hedwig my owl out tonight?"
"Why would I do that?" she asked.
Harry sighed. "Because that way you won't have to listen to her hooting all night. Just open the window and the cage and she will find me. Otherwise, the room will start to smell. "
His aunt grudgingly agreed and hung up the phone.
"What a bloody awful woman." Lisa's mum said. "Alright back to the kitchen. Harry, she just said you can stay here all summer as far as she is concerned. While I'm sure you and Lisa have no problems with that idea I'll need to speak with Lisa's dad. While I'm sure he won't mind you staying here, he is more conservative than me, so I don't think he will be so relaxed about you too sleeping together. Still we can cross that bridge tomorrow night. He's away till then. "
"Thank you Mrs Turpin. I'll keep to any rules you set and I can pay my way."
"Right first off don't call me Mr's Turpin. My name is Susan, if you can't cope with being that informal think of something else. I'll let you know if you I think it's too impolite. As for rules, what if I said no shagging my daughter?"
"I would respect those rules while you let me live here."Harry muttered.
"Then once you went back to that school of yours you wouldn't. That's why I'm too pragmatic to make such a daft rule. Any way I best get off to work. I shall see you both this evening. Remember what I said about contraception, buy your own. Don't spend the whole day in bed either. Lisa, at some point we'll talk about that tattoo. Bye."
With that Susan picked up her coat and bag and headed out the door. As the door slammed shut Lisa launched herself at Harry. Kissing him enthusiastically.
"Did you hear that? You can stay here all summer."
The pair kissed again, before Harry's stomach rumbled.
"I think breakfast time is needed." Lisa laughed. They had a simple and healthy breakfast of muesli, washed down with orange juice.
"OK Harry spill, why didn't you want your aunt to know where you are?"
"I don't mind her knowing apart from if she knew I was at a girl's house she would insult you. It's the ones who were asking about me. "
"Freaks, she said."
"Yeah that's her name for magic users. The headmaster keeps a watch on me over the summer, some years he stopped Ron and Hermione writing. He won't let me move elsewhere even when other options are open. All the while he never tells me stuff I need to know until it's too late. If I'd stayed there I'd have been a prisoner in that house. So when you invited me to visit I took the chance." He leaned forward and kissed her. "Thank you. For once I can have a life."
After they kissed some more Lisa leaned back to look at him. "Well since your here a while and all you've got are the clothes your standing up in I guess we need to do some shopping. But first a shower. Lisa headed out of the kitchen stood in the doorway and took off her t-shirt.
"Join me?"
Much later, they headed out to the city centre again. Harry had dressed in the only clothes he had. Although he was thankful that Lisa had bought a pack of underpants and not just the one. Lisa was wearing a different pair of boots that came to just below her knee over a pair of ripped black jeans. Some of the holes reached quite high up her legs and gave Harry tantalising flashes of flesh. She wore a rather sloppy black t-shirt with a logo for The Mission on it.
The visited Boots the Chemists first for condoms. Harry tried to stay calm while looking at the range of products on offer. When one shop assistant gave them a condescending look, Lisa picked up a pack and read in a voice that filled the shop.
"Ribbed for her pleasure. We are so buying some of these."
The pair managed to pay for their goods before Harry went crimson and Lisa fell about in giggles.
"Alright Harry, that's the essentials out of the way, now we need clothes for you. I've seen you in robes and I've seen you in hand me downs. Your wearing stuff I picked for you based on cheapness. What do you want to wear? I'm a bit goth with some punk thrown in. I could dress you in clothes that I'd like to see you in yknow, so you'd match me. It would be the cheapest way too. Charity shops and surplus stores with the odd thing from the markets. What do you want?"
Harry sat on the park bench and thought. "I don't know, I've never had to make this choice before. At school we wear what we are told, with the Dursley's I wear what Dudley had outgrown or he thinks has become unfashionable."
Lisa sighed," Right then we do it the hard way we browse. One thing you need to do. Get a back bone. I'll try and push you in a certain direction, feel free to say no."
Harry looked at her startled. "Am I that easy to push around?"
"It depends , you never buckled under Umbitch, but I think if someone comes at you sideways rather than head one you agree really easy."
Harry leaned over and kissed Lisa. "Can we put this off?" Don't take this the wrong way but the reason I came yesterday was to get away from being someone's pawn. I don't regret finding you or last night,I'm a touch amazed that what started as a day trip has now changed my life for the better but I need to be certain the choices I make are really mine. Does that make sense?"
"It makes lots of sense. My parents have allowed me freedom all my life to make choices as I've got older they allowed me more and more freedom. So now I dress how I want, listen to what I want and you could see my mum respected me when it came to you. If you've been controlled all your life then you need to be certain what you do is what you want to do. I hope I'm in that list."
Harry leaned forward and kissed her. "Once I commit to something it takes a lot to stop me. I made the biggest commitment possible last night."
They shared an embrace. Lisa's voice was very quiet and Harry had to strain to hear her. "Me too, last night wasn't planned, I hoped to met you and get to know you. I hoped that we would become a couple. Last night was a big thing for me. It was my first time as well Harry. I dress daringly and I'm blunt and flirty but I wouldn't do that with just anyone. "
They held each other for a time, Harry just enjoyed the smell and the feel of the girl he was holding. Letting himself be tender.
"Right then another set of clothes." Lisa finally said. "same again?"
"I'd like to but new clothes if that's ok? Something no one else has worn. "
"Alright then, Tesco Value range it is. Until we know what you really want we'll buy some stuff that will make do."
They made it back to Lisa's house and had a late lunch. Settling back on the sofa Lisa went through her video tape collection. Shop bought and recorded off the telly.
"Now this is one of my favourites. Asa good boyfriend you have to sit down and not complain. You don't have to like it but you do have to be quiet."
Harry was transfixed by the film.
Later he was in the bathroom playing with his hair and humming a song from the film. Lisa stuck her head round the door and smiled. Harry heard People are Strange start up from Lisa's bedroom.
She came back into the bathroom. "The version in the film is a cover version, I prefer The Doors to the Bunnymen. If you are trying to get your hair stand up use some gel not just water. "
"Do you think an overcoat would suit me?" He asked. While he continued to play with his hair.
"Found a fashion inspiration then? I'd recommend you don't bleach you hair though."
"Really? You would advise against changing my hair colour."
"I know it sounds like hypocrisy but I'm a natural blond and this is just a colour wash. It'll be back to normal in a week . If you go blond you will need to bleach it. That will be permanent change. You'll need to grow it out. I'm not going to advise against body mods if that's what you want but don't do it on a whim."
"Ok I see your point. I'll give it a week to think about. The thing is I want to make some permanent changes. I know some of this is me being childish just doing stuff cause I can, the other part of me sees it as symbolic, becoming my own person. Can I ask you something? What would you do I asked you to stay that colour? The girl I'm committed to has pink hair, the girl I think I'm falling in love with has pink hair. I like pink hair."
Lisa flushed pink to match her hair. "Isn't it a bit early to be talking of love?"
"I don't know, it seems appropriate since I was thinking of going back to bed and making love. I think I'd be too embarrassed once your mum is back in the house."
Later the couple had dressed and were sitting down stairs. "Yknow we were talking about body mods earlier? I was planning to get my nose pierced this holiday, would you be ok with that?"
Harry considered the question. "If I said no would you actually not do it?"
"Depends, I'd argue with you first but if you were dead set against it and if you made good reasons then I might."
Harry leaned forward and kissed her. "Thank you, when you say stuff like that I know you are not trying to control me. So what sort of piercing are we talking about? I think a big ring through the nose would be too much for me."
"No nothing that extreme, I was thinking about a small stud on one side, something that sparkled."
"I think that would look pretty, but then so are you. How about me? Could I pull off an ear ring?"
"You still going for that Kieffer Sutherland look?"
"Possibly, at least for this summer. Apart from the tattoos, I won't do anything too permanent. Shall we get some food cooking for when your mum comes back?"
They headed off to the kitchen were Lisa pointed out where they kept everything and Harry started cooking. By the time Susan had come in from work Harry had a simple but filling meal of lamb chops and vegetables ready to serve.
"Ok, that settles it you're staying for the summer. That was all your work Harry, Lisa can burn water." Susan said in satisfaction as she finished the plate. "Just one thing, you don't need to do that every night. We all do chores in this house. Lisa doesn't cook but the washing up falls to her. So if I asked what did you too get up to today would I regret the answer?"
"We did some shopping, the only issue is Harry has absolutely no idea what he wants to wear. While the idea of taking him and playing dress up is tempting, he has to wear it, so it would help if he liked what he wore. So we watched some films in the hope I could help him find some style." Lisa explained. "And we spent some time in bed too, since you asked. " She added the last bit with a laugh.
Harry and her mum both looked away uncomfortable at that last fact.
"Alright then I can help with the inspiration idea. My house, I get to pick the TV. You get to stay and watch."
They headed to the lounge and after going through some tapes that were recorded from the telly she loaded one up and hit play.
"Mum really, Doctor Who? Are we kids?" Lisa protested.
"Hush and watch."
Harry and Lisa snuggled up on a chair together and Harry just enjoyed the closeness and acceptance. "I don't think a cravat is me. "He murmured to Lisa.
"Yeah, but you'd rock a waist coat."
"Hush." Susan told them.
After the programme ended she turned to the two teens. "Alright serious and slightly embarrassing time. Sleeping arrangements, tonight I'm okay with the two of you sharing a bed but tomorrow your dads home. Lisa, if you want to ask him if you can carry on sleeping with Harry you can but I won't do it for you. I would suggest that tomorrow you get a camp bed set up in his office. It's going to come as a bit of a shock that Harry is here and he's your boyfriend. Give him some time to adjust to the idea first you know your dad. He's pretty rationally provided you don't surprise him. Also Harry, go buy some pyjamas tomorrow. We can't have you sleeping naked all the time." with that she left the teens in the living room. Harry could feel himself started to go red again, when he heard a shout from the kitchen and a cup shattering.
They ran into the kitchen to find Susan looking in shock at Hedwig sitting casually on the windowsill. Harry left Lisa to check her mum was ok and opened the door and went to see how Hedwig was.
"Hello girl, I'm sorry about that. I had only planned to go out for the day. There was a change of plans. He brought the owl into the house. "This is Lisa, and her mum. We'll be staying here a while. You ok with that? Sorry girl I've got no food at the moment, if you want to hunt tonight I'll get some bacon ready for breakfast."
Hedwig took flight after a nip of his fingers. He looked up to meet the bemused stares of the two women in the kitchen.
"What?"
"I've seen the school owls drop off book lists but.."
"No one I've ever seen has a rapport like that..."
The two women talked simultaneously, then stopped. Lisa nodded to her mum.
"Does she really understand you?"
"Yes, I can give her quite detailed instructions. In fact I'll probably write Hermione tomorrow before she worries herself to much. Hedwig will have quite a complex list of instructions then. "
"Who is Hermione?" Susan asked.
"Harry's best friend mum and no I'm not in the slightest worried or jealous." Lisa answered. "They are pretty inseparable and unless I'm very much mistaken there is not even a hint of attraction between them."
Harry just shook his head at that idea. "Uh no, that would be too strange."
"Let's all sit down and talk. " Susan told them. "Guess I should do the responsible parent thing. Yesterday Harry, you turned up out of the blue and this evening I find myself strangely ok with the idea you are sleeping with my daughter. Now this is mostly because I trust Lisa. Underneath that stupid pink hair is a good brain. So I trust that you are a good man. I jump to conclusions about people. Something tells me she is right but I'd like to know a bit more. So if it's not too clichéd what are your intentions towards my daughter?"
Harry paused to think about the question. "I'm committed to her now. I intend to stay with her until she sees through me and lets me go. Until that time I intend to treat her like I'd hope someone treats Hermione my best friend."
"Good answer, can I ask about your prospects?"
"Mum, just let me get something." Lisa left the room and headed upstairs.
Harry answered, "Honestly I don't know, I'm thinking about going into the Aurors, the wizard police. I know some and they think I have the right attitude. "
Lisa came back into the room and dropped some magazines on the table. They were mostly teen witch weekly.
Harry sighed. "I don't understand how otherwise sensible people can read that thing."
"Nobody buys these things for the articles. However, the makeup, hair care and grooming spells are an essential. I have to shave my legs here, thanks to these magazines I know the right spells when we are back in school. However since I own them they do make a bit of a point to my mum." Lisa turned back to her mum. "Harry is famous. I mean really famous. About Prince William level." Lisa dropped a couple of magazines which had Harry on the front cover. One had an image of him and the Horntail from last year. "He has never been less than number five on the top ten bachelor list, the last month's issue he was moved back to number one. Partially that's because he is almost old enough to legally marry and also because other parts of the press have gone back to calling him a hero not a madman.
So Harry's prospects are whatever he wants them to be. This will be the down side of me dating Harry. I will be hated, I'm a filthy mudblood getting her claws into the wizards hero. I will have death threats, some from kids who hate me for snatching up number one on the list. Some will be from people who will truly want to kill me. "
Susan picked her way through the magazines in shock at this revelation. Harry however had gone white.
"You're right I'm sorry. I hadn't thought of that. I'd best be going." he stood up to leave.
Lisa stood up and looked him in the face. "If you ever say anything so bloody stupid again I will ensure you can't leave by putting you on the floor. You may not have thought about this, I did. It doesn't change my decision. You said you would treat me like Hermione. Have you ever insisted she stay behind because she is a muggleborn girl?"
Harry sat back down. "No sorry of course not, she's saved my life too many times."
"Well I intend to stay for the whole thing too. I guess before this over I will have saved your life a couple of times too."
Lisa sat back down too and they both watched as her mum picked through the magazines. Susan kept returning to the one of Harry and the Horntail. She looked up and stared at Harrytalking in his full appearance Her eyes looking him over in detail for the first time.
"Is that scar on your arm from the dragon?"
"No I got that one second year."
Lisa reached out and touched his arm. Looking carefully at it. "Shit, it's top and bottom. Something went straight through."
Susan paled at that. "What caused that and how are you able to still use the arm?"
"I don't really like talking about it. A basilisk bit me I should of died except for the headmasters phoenix managing to heal it."
Susan just shook her head. "That answer is too far out of my experience to even understand. I'm off to bed soon, I have an early shift in the morning. If I don't see you for breakfast remember to get the camp bed set up tomorrow." Taking some of the magazines she headed out to bed.
The next morning they awoke and uncurled themselves from each other. Harry kissed Lisa tenderly. She pulled away and made a face.
"Morning breath. I think we'll need to add a tooth brush to the shopping list."
Harry made breakfast for them both and as promised cooked up some bacon just for Hedwig. As they ate they talked. "So more shopping today, essentials first, p.j.'s underwear, socks, then you will need to see how you are doing for cash. "
"I've got just under fifty pounds at the moment. I have another five galleons in gold we could exchange. If I could go to my vault I could get more but by now I guess the headmaster will be getting worried and will be watching things like that. "
"Harry you've mentioned him a couple of times now what is going on?"
So Harry explained to Lisa all that he could about the situation. He explained how he felt he only got information too late and was watched for his own protection but it felt more like being a prisoner.
"Sounds like he thinks you a fun guy Harry. He keeps you in the dark and feeds you shit." They both laughed at Lisa's joke. "I have to ask and this is a really serious question. Who do you trust? Who is loyal to you and wouldn't go straight to the headmaster?"
"Ron I'd trust but I don't trust his mum not to read my mail. Hermione would do what she thinks is best, if we were talking face to face I might convince her, in a letter I never could. Luna, I could trust. Neville, again he would do what he believes is right. Most of the other people I know are part of the headmasters group. Tonks and Professor Lupin." Harry paused." The twins. The twins would absolutely agree to meet me without telling anyone else. They could get my vault key their mum had it last."
"Ok so today we go to town. Exchange some more gold. Find out how much gold he will buy off you and for how much. We do an essential shop. Do you still want to write Hermione?"
"Yeah, just because she trusts the headmaster more than me doesn't mean I want her to worry more than she has done."
"Alright let's draft that letter now. Do you mind me seeing it? She's your friend."
"Thanks for asking but I can't see me putting anything In I don't mind you seeing."
Lisa didn't change much in Harry's letter but she added one line. Since I don't feel safe in the magical world I'm JUST spending time with some muggle friends.
"If she does share the letter they will all head on over to Justin Finch-Fletchly house to search for you."
Harry looked at her quizzically.
"It's just a little prank. The boy keeps asking me to Hogsmeade weekends and won't take, stop asking me for an answer."
When Harry finished the letter Hedwig appeared on the windowsill. "Ok girl, this is for Hermione. No one but her. If she is with her parents that's ok. If she is at the Weasley's then it's ok if she is with Ron or Ginny. Molly must not know. This will be the hard part. If someone sees you and puts a tracking spell on you, then it will be best if you live with Ginny for the holiday's. She will look after you. Do you understand?" Hedwig gave Harry a contemptuous look at that question then nipped him affectionately before she took flight.
"That owl is amazing. Right Harry let's get the camp bed sorted. Before my dad comes home."
"What's he like? Your mum is the most non-judgemental person I've ever met. But she keeps saying to get things done before he comes home."
"He's not some ogre that we hide things from. He will have some issues about us sleeping together I guess. Especially since he doesn't know I have a boyfriend, that the boyfriend in question is now living at his house till September. If we added the fact that we are sleeping together as well that would probably be too many steps in one go. I mean look at me and how I dress. Do you really that some angry controlling guy would let me get away with this?"
"No I guess."
The pair returned from town after a successful shopping. Harry had changed some more money and bought what he needed plus some jeans with a better cut than the previous value range he had bought. He also added some t-shirts to his growing clothes collection. These were plain black and fitted quite tight. Lisa noticed that whenever he had a choice in the matter Harry always picked black. The man at the shop they had changed their money in had also agreed in principal to buy more, up to a thousand pounds worth. While he thought it too much Lisa convinced him, as it wasn't actually spending money just changing it.
When they got back to the house there was a black Mondeo in the drive. Harry went to let go of Lisa's hand but her grip increased not allowing him to let go.
"Don't worry it'll be fine. Lisa told him leading him in.
A.N.
Rather a weak ending point for a chapter but there you are.
Updates. Just because there are two chapters put out a week apart don't expect it. Chapters will be published on a irregular basis.