Harry drove the group of his friends to Doc Carter's office. By the time they got there it was just after ten. Harry was feeling the caffeine rush from the Monster and cigar. Harry and Neville went into one of the exam rooms for a quick check up first. During the visit Harry decided to see if he could get Doc Carter on the team.
"Doc Carter, you have a nice practice here. But have you ever wanted a bigger space? Maybe a bigger staff of doctors and nurses?" Harry asked yawning in the middle.
"Harry, get to the point before you hurt yourself tripping over your words. You did not have your Wheaties this morning did you?" Doc Carter asked with a smile.
"I did not. To tell you the truth I'm tired and I just started my day. I'm building a private magical security company. One of the things I want to add is an in-house hospital. A floor or two with a few doctors and their nursing staff to handle everything from everyday colds and check ups to battle wounds and things like that. You would be the head of the Medical department. Starting salary is $550,000 a year, an apartment in a magical building, a company car, and I'd say free health care but that's a given for you. You would be in charge of a team of how ever many doctors and staff you think you need. You would have control over the lay out of your department and you would only answer to me and the person I have to run everything." Harry said.
"$550,000? That's more then I make now and I have to pay New York city rent prices on this place. I also have staff costs." Doc Carter said kicking the idea around.
"That's the starting salary. If the company really booms and we get really big that number can go way up. I can see a day when that number could be double that. I'll tell you what, I'll chip in an extra $100,000 when you sign because we're going to have a bunch of soldiers that need all kinds of care before we really kick off the hiring. Besides, I like you. You're easy to get along with and good at your job. On top of that you've fixed a lot of problems for our family." Harry said.
"I'll talk it over with my wife and my staff and let you know." Doc Carter said.
"Please do, I'd like to keep your nerses. They've all spent time at the house over the last few days and they're all very nice." Harry said.
"I'll let you know when I drop by tonight. By the way I think tonight might be the night. Yesterday I saw good reading from Alice when I gave her the potion. I think tonight she might get up. I don't want to get your hopes up son but I'm excited by the results I'm seeing so far." Doc Carter said with a big smile.
"I hope so too. The waiting is killing me." Neville said with a grin.
They sat in the waiting room as the rest of the new group saw Doc Carter. Like before the kids went first and as soon as Dean was done Harry carted them over to the wand maker. By the time the adults made it to the wand maker the kids were headed to Geno's shop to get fitted for formal clothes as well as vests and bullet proof suits. They met the adults at Moretti's for lunch. During lunch Harry got a call from Abby.
"Harry, I got you a building." She said without preamble.
"Okay. Where and how much?" Harry asked.
"Broadway and Battery park. It's right across the street from Battery Park and in front of the Charging Bull of wall street. It used to be a 20 floor office building that belonged to a banking institution up until 2008. Now it's a half rebuilt 30 floor condemned office building about to go into foreclosure. The owner's of the property are in deep debt to the goblins so we can get this for a deal. We can get the building for about 75 million and the goblins can finish the renovations for about another 25 million. But for that price they can make the building exactly how you want it. Including shooting ranges, research labs, and everything else on your list the building also has a five floor underground parking garage that again is half built. At the moment it's just a big ass hole in the ground under the building. The project is going to need tons of concrete, steel, and glass to finish. But the goblins assure me that they can get it done in a month. You want to came down here and take a look at the place?" She asked.
"Yeah, we just got our food, we'll be there in half an hour." Harry said hanging up. Harry looked at his watch. Traffic was going to suck at this time.
"What's going on?" Hermione asked.
"Abby found us an office building. It's a half built 30 floor building overlooking Battery park and the charging bull of Wall Street. 75 million for the building and another 25 million for the goblins to fix it. They're waiting for us. I don't want to keep the goblins waiting too long. I think we need to get this to go and head down there now." Harry said looking apologetic. Every adult at the table shared a grin. Harry acted more grown up by the day.
"Let's go." Hermione said with an easy smile. She saw it too.
Twenty minutes later they were weaving in and out of traffic heading south in Harry's little black Ferrari. When they pulled up to the front of the building Harry saw a small parking lot that used to be the front walkway of the building. Harry pulled in next to Abby's Maserati and saw her standing in the front lobby with three short fat men who were obviously goblins in glamours.
"What do you think?" Abby said waving at the rundown half built building around them like a Price's Right model.
"My honest opinion? I think it's a total shit hole and I can't believe we're standing here in this half built rotted out corpse of a building. It looks like a good strong breeze will knock it over. With all that being said, I do like the view of the park. It's amazing." Harry said looking at the park across the street.
"It might not look like much now Mr. Steel, but in a few weeks you'll be shocked it's the same building." Said one of the short men.
"Harry this is the head of the New York bank branch Venum Drinker, and this is the head architect of the goblin nation Stone Layer, and his assistant and son Stone Cutter. They will be in charge of the project if you buy this building." Abby said as Harry and Hermione shook their hands.
"I like the location and the size of the building but isn't there a building that's already built that we can buy?" Harry asked looking around the old lobby. He walked up to the big hole in the middle of the lobby surrounded by caution tape. He looked down and saw a sixty foot drop into a cement lined hole full of metal beams and exposed rebar.
"The short answer is no. Any building on the market big enough to fit everything you want that's under 200 million will require a lot of renovations to fit your needs. Any building over 200 million that would fit most of your needs without having to do a major overhaul is occupied and it would take more than a year to put together a deal for that much money. This is your best bet unless you want to set up shop in New Jersey or one of the other boroughs. Your other option is Chicago or L.A. but again you would run into the same situation. Essentially I've gone over every building up for sale and this is it." Abby said.
"In that case, I'll take it. But see if you can get the price of this place down. Even if it's a few million dollars off the asking price it will make a big difference in the end." Harry said.
"Great. We'll head back to the bank and hammer out the details of the sale. We should have paperwork to sign in a few hours and the building should be in your name by next week." Abby said.
"And I will have a few different options and blueprints for you to look at." Stone Layer said.
"Very good guys. Now if you'll excuse us we're going to grab our lunch from the car and eat it in the park. We'll meet you back at the bank." Harry said shaking their hands again.
"Take your time. We have to talk out the numbers." Abby said as they walked away. Harry lead Hermione across the street to the park and over to a set of picnic tables. Harry set out the food trays and Hermione conjured the cutlery and glasses.
"What do you think about our new office?" Harry asked looking at the building across the street.
"For a second there I was wondering if you were going to ask my opinion." Hermione said with a smirk.
"I always want your opinion. But this was not much of a choice, it was either this or something more expensive and we'd still have to throw money at it. For the price it's hard to beat. What do you think?" Harry asked seeing that he had fucked up. But Hermione saw it too and she smiled at him reassuringly.
"I agree with everything you said plus I like the view. I bet from the top floor you can see all the way to the statue of liberty. I wonder who gets that corner office?" She asked pointing to the top floor corner office facing the park with a smile. Harry smiled too.
"Me, I get it. You get an office on your floor with your labs and things. We don't want to put that on the top floor. No, we'll stick you down on fifth floor. Maybe if you're nice to me we'll put you on the tenth floor." Harry said.
"You would put my office that far away from your office?" she said in mock hurt.
"Sure I would. How else am I going to carry on an office relationship with Abby. I don't want you around to cramp my style when I put the moves on her." Harry said trying really hard not to laugh.
"I'd like to see you try to flirt with Abby. She's way out of your league." Hermione said trying to keep the conversation going.
"How would you know?" Harry asked primly.
"Because I'm out of your league and she's way hotter than me. You're lucky I allow you to touch me Steel." Hermione said laughing half way through and ending the game.
"Well you got one thing right." Harry said.
"What, that I'm out of your league?" She asked.
"No, that Abby's way hotter than you." Harry said to which he got a napkin to the face. "See what I mean. Abby would never throw things at me." Harry said acting hurt.
"Did the paper napkin hurt your face?" She asked.
"It did woman. It hurt lots." Harry said.
"Do you want me to kiss it and make it better?" Hermione asked leaning over the table to kiss him.
"I always do." Harry said kissing her back.
Lunch took two hours and included a lot of kissing and a walk around the park. When they made it to the bank it was after four and half the staff was gone or leaving for the day. They were shown to a conference room where Abby and Venom Drinker sat across the table from a group of five men in expensive suits.
"Oh good, you're here. Agent Harry Steel, I'd like you to meet the lawyers of Holdbrook holdings the current owners of the property." Abby said digging into his title when she announced him. So he played along.
Harry shook each or their hands and introduced himself as 'Agent Harry Steel, ICW security council undersecretary'. By the end of the line they looked much more ready to deal. In fact they looked like they would sign anything to get out of the office and away from a ICW agent. He made a note to have Marcus look into these shifty business men at a later date. Harry was all too happy to play the part of an Agent that knew something they didn't want him to know. Every time they countered Abby's low ball offer Harry made sure to lean over and whisper something in her ear.
To add to the fear to the mix Harry locked eyes with Hermione, slipped into her mind and had a quick conversation with her. He pulled out of her head and blinked. No one noticed the conversation. Hermione slipped her phone out of her bag and called his phone. He looked at the phone, stood up abruptly, ended the call, put the phone up to his ear, and walked off to the corner of the conference room just in earshot of the shifty business men.
"Hello sir, no we're just hammering out the details now sir. Holdbrook holdings. No Holdbrook. Like hold not hole. No sir. I don't think we should pull their file Mr. Secretary. They seem like they're dealing no good fath. I should be back at the office soon sir. I'll see if I can speed this up. Yes sir." Harry said putting his phone away.
"Sorry, when the boss calls you have to answer. Where were we?" Harry asked taking his seat.
It took just twenty more minutes to settle on a price, 62.5 Million dollars and draw up the paperwork. That was just 2.5 million more than what they owed the goblins. In fact Harry cut two checks, one for the bank for 60 million dollars and one for the company. By the time they all signed the documents it was half past five. Harry invited Abby and Venom Drinker to dinner at a steakhouse down the street.
They gorged themselves on big expensive cuts of flame grilled cow and red wine. Harry drank just as much if not more than Abby and Hermione. He shared a cigar and a glass of 25 year old Highland Park scotch with Venom Drinker outside on the patio where they traded war stories of how they each battled the king of serpents.
Harry and Hermione portkeyed back to the Potter building just before eight. When they walked in they found a hive of activity as people put away their things from a trip to Macy's. Harry found Doc Carter talking to Neville in the hallway outside his parents bedroom.
"Hey guys, how's it going?" Harry asked.
"Good, I just administered their potions. We saw a huge spike in brain function in Alice. We're hoping she comes around some time tonight. If she does the nurse has orders to call me." Doc Carter said.
"Why don't I give you a portkey to the building. That way you don't have to drive over in a hurry." Harry said pulling out one of the spare portkeys to the portkey room in the lobby.
"Thank's Harry. I talked to my wife about the job. If you can guarantee at least five years of work at the pay you talked about earlier then I'm in." Doc Carter said.
"I can open an account at the bank and deposit the first five years of pay into it if you'd like?" Harry said without a hint of hesitation.
"No need. Just your word is good enough for me." Doc Carter said holding out his hand.
"Five years at least. No matter if the company folds you'll get paid. I'll add it to your contract." Harry said shaking his hand.
"In that case I'll be happy to sign up." Carter said with a smile.
"I'll have my lawyer draw up the paperwork and we'll bring it by your office along with keys to an apartment in the building. How many bedrooms do you need?" Harry asked.
"I have two teen girls that hate sharing a room so a three bedroom would really be a lifesaver." Doc Carter said.
"I'll see what we have at the moment." Harry said leading him out the door. When he came back he saw Neville standing in the hallway.
"You okay?" Harry asked.
"I'm nervous. My mum could get up any minute now." Neville said looking anxious.
"Then let's go sit in the room. Come on, I'll keep you company." Harry said.
"Yeah. Okay." Neville said.
"We should change into more comfortable clothing first. I'll meet you in there." Harry said patting him on the back as he headed to the master bedroom. He came back out a few minutes latter in a black tracksuit, white t-shirt, and the red smoking slippers he found in the closet that were super comfortable. He saw Hermione coming down the hall.
"There you are." She said.
"Neville's on edge because his mum could get up soon. We're going to sit in their room. Most likely all night." Harry said with a smile.
"Good thinking. Mind if I join you?" Hermione said.
"I think we should all sit in the room with him. Maybe play some cards. Keep the mood light. No drinking or anything like that, but keep it fun." Harry said as Neville came out of the room across the hall in black track pants and a tank top which showed off his big arms and his bear tattoo.
"Hey Nev, Mia wants to sit with us. I think it's a good idea. You want laughter and fun to be the first thing your mum hears when she get up right?" Harry said with a grin.
"I think that's a great idea." Neville said with a matching smile.
"Good. I'll go roundup so more friends and get comfortable. You two set up a card table and chairs in the corner of the room." Hermione said walking off towards the other side of the house.
"You want to grab one of the card tables from the game room and a few chairs?" Neville asked.
"No need. Come on." Harry said leading Neville into the outer sitting room where Maria was reading a magazine.
"Hey Maria, my friends are going to sit with me in my parent's room tonight until my mum wakes up. You don't mind do you?" Neville asked.
"Not at all. I think it's a good idea." Maria said with a kind smile.
"We'll try to keep it down." Harry said.
"Don't, maybe a bit of noise will wake them up faster. In some hospitals they leave a loud TV on in coma patients rooms to give their brain stimulus. I've heard stories of coma patients waking up demanding that they 'turn that TV down.' So be my guest. Go crazy. I took a nap earlier so I'm going to be up for the rest of the night." She said.
"You want to join us? We're going to play cards and eat junk food." Harry said like they were doing something naughty.
"Maybe later." She said laughing at the way he said it.
"Your loss. If you change your mind you know where to find us." Harry said grabbing a half dozen logs from the fire wood pile next to the fireplace. "Nev grab the rest of those logs." Harry said walking into the bedroom.
Harry shrank the two dressers and the dressing table and put them on a bookcase. He moved the two chairs in the room over to the now empty side of the room. He set the six logs on the ground, closed his eyes and waved his wand over the logs. The six logs formed together and became a 3x6 foot polished wood table with green felt top. Neville dropped the six logs on the floor and Harry turned them into six matching chairs.
"Wow, that's some advanced transfiguration Harry." Neville said taking a seat in one of the chair to see if it would hold his weight, which it did. The chair was rock solid and contoured to fit his butt making it oddly comfortable. He got up and pressed on the seat of the wooden chair and saw it had a cushioning charm on it.
"Harry, you transfigured a chair with a cushioning charm built in. That's supper advanced work. How the hell did you do it and can you teach me?" Neville asked.
"I'm not sure. I just did it. I am an arch mage after all." Harry said kicking himself for doing too well with his first bit of advanced transfiguration, and for lying to his brother.
"Oh, yeah that makes sense." Neville said nodding and Harry felt worse.
"Shit. I can't lie to you. I have a bunch of Voldemort's knowledge floating around in my head." Harry said.
"Bloody Hell!" Neville said looking shocked.
"Look Neville, when the rest of the group gets here we need to have a talk about it. It's not a bad thing. It's just spells and stuff, and it's not like I know it all. It's hard to explain. Like I said as soon as the rest of the group gets here. We'll talk about it." Harry said.
"Look Harry, you're my brother, if you say it's good, then it's good. I trust you. More than anyone else, I trust you. Just answer one question, does Mia know?" Neville asked.
"She does, she's been in my head and she has access to some of it too. Like I said it's a whole thing. I'll explain it to the whole group at once." Harry said sitting back in his chair.
"Okay. I'm not overreacting right?" Neville asked sitting across from him.
"No, if you told me you had a head full of the dark lords knowledge I'd react about the same. Although I probably would have stunned you, bound you to a chair, and then let you talk. The fact that I'm not means you're a better man than me." Harry said.
"Not really. You're more powerful than me, and you have your wand in hand which makes you more powerful. You're also armed, and you have your vest on. The fact that I'm not dead means you're not a threat. I did sit across from you, without the table between us, which blocks the door. I figure I can take you to the ground and hurt you enough to knock you out physically. I'm also hoping Doc Carter was right and that our combat magic don't work on us." Neville said with a smile.
"Is it wrong that I love and respect you more for saying that? Also there is no way in hell you're not working with me at SSI. You and me, with enough training, would be the most dangerous men in the world. A two man wrecking crew. Black ops work, spy stuff, investigating cases. Partners." Harry said with a grin.
"Is this before or after the war?" Neville asked with a smile.
"After but the war should be blissfully short. Violent and extremely one sided, but short. I figure by this time next year we'll be free and clear of the war and looking to take on our next big thing. Also we're not going to put children on the front lines. I'm not the old man. The only non military person fighting this war will be me and anyone who volunteers. And the only reason I'm going is because we need someone powerful enough to break wards and things. Like I said, with the knowledge floating around in my head I can do all that." Harry said.
Hermione and Susan walked in followed by Luna and Colin, Dennis and Katie, and Dean and Hannah. They were all wearing a combination of tracksuits, jogging suits, flannel PJs, and T-shirts. Hermione had a box floating next to her full of junk food and Susan had the wood case with the poker set from the game room. Hermione walked up to the table and saw a bit of tension hanging in the air.
"What going on boys?" She asked taking a seat next to Harry and setting down the box.
"I told Neville about tom's knowledge in my head. Because he's a smart man, he's a bit on edge. Kindly tell him it's fine and not to worry. I'll explain now that you guys are all here." Harry said.
"You have nothing to worry about. Harry's too muggle to use all the knowledge in his head. The day he got a gun and a car were the happiest days of his life. He's itching to get all the mundane information in my head." Hermione said handing out sodas and and candy bars.
"True, I'm more interested in your advanced muggle education and three and a half languages in your head then the dark magic in my head." Harry said laughing as the tention melted away.
"You can access Hermione's head?" Neville asked.
"Yeah, look let me see if I can get you all caught up. You all know I died to get out of all the shit I was under right?" Harry asked and they all nodded.
"Okay, well when I died Harry Potter died and that broke the prophecy between me and Voldemort." Harry said.
"What prophecy?" Susan asked.
"Right, this story is a lot bigger than I thought. I'm going to have to go back to the beginning…" Harry spent the next half hour going over all the facts of the link between him and Tom Riddle. How the severing of the connection left a library of the dark lords knowledge in his head, and how he figured out how it all worked.
"And after Mia read the book she knew mind magics and formed a mental defense. Essentially it's a maze or harsh environment to hide you real mind from intrusion. Because we got these tattoos and the ritual we did to seal off our minds it added a mind guardian on top of that. My mind is a cold snow covered dark forest with a log cabin tucked into the woods that houses my mind. My wolf Shadow is my primary guardian. I added a secondary guardian to my mind in the form of a big black dragon for when I bring Shadow out of my mind into Hermione's mind." Harry explained.
"And my mind is a vast library guarded by a sphinx named Cleopatra. My real mind is in a hidden room in the library. Once we got our minds structured and organized using occlumency from the book, we were able to pass information back and forth between ourselves. We were also able to take in new information faster. Just today I grabbed two books on advanced enchantments out of the library here in the apartment, and after paging through the book for a few minutes and going back over the book in my mind I knew these two books cover to cover. Now that we know it works we want to give you all this ability. In twenty minutes you can have an organized mind and access to every bit of information you ever heard, saw, or read in your life. With a few hours in our heads you can have some of the advanced knowledge we have access to. It's all up to you how little or how much of it you want." Hermione said.
"But aren't you the least bit worried it's knowledge from the dark lords head?" Susan asked.
"No. Then again I have the willpower to know something and not use it. I also have the willpower not to look at all the books he left me. The only reason I haven't purged the dark ritual books from my mind yet is because we might need that information one day to defeat him and I want to have it. But as Hermione can attest to, I have separated out the truly dark arts books and locked them in a chest. I effectively walled off that bit of my mind to hide it from anyone, including me." Harry said with a shrug.
"Okay. When do I get a shot at this?" Neville asked without a hint of fear or excitement. Just a set determination to get on with it.
"We can start now. I think having the tattoo helps you connect with your mind easier so we can get through you, Susan, and Luna tonight. We'll have to wait for you guys until we can get you to the tattoo shop tomorrow. Neville you'll work with me, Hermione you can work with Susan and I'll work with Luna after that. With her being a seer it might be a bit more dangerous to build her mental shields." Harry said.
"And while we work you guys can play cards." Hermione said taking Susan's hand to relax the still timid Puff.
In short order the two couples split up and moved off to the side to sit facing each other as the rest of the group played card. Harry pulled Neville into his mind and they were standing in the cold looking at the forest with Shadow looking at Neville with confusion. Shadow trotted out and stood next to Neville who looked cold standing in the snow in the same track pants and tank top he was wearing in the real world. Harry looked down at himself and saw jeans, boot, a red flannel shirt and leather jacket. Shadow sniffed Neville before looking to Harry confused. Harry walked over and patted Shadow on the head.
"It's fine boy, Neville is my brother. He has full access to my mind." Harry said. Instantly Neville was dressed like he was in jeans, flannel, boots, and leather jacket.
"Thanks, it was starting to get really cold. And those slippers are not snow proof. I love this though. This is nice. It's also very you in an odd way." Neville said waving at the rolling moon lit hills and dark forest.
"Thanks, I love it here. The cabin is over here." Harry said leading them to his cabin.
"Even cooler. We need a place like this in real life. Some place to go hunting and fishing." Neville said taking off his coat and hanging it up by the door like Harry.
Harry sat him in one of the chairs by the fire and handed him the two books on the mind arts. Neville opened the first book and grabbed his head.
"Fuck me." Neville said rubbing his head.
"It goes away. Page through the book then move onto the next one. When you're done we'll head over to your mind." Harry said opening the door to his mind but this time instead of a connecting door right to Hermione's white door there was a short five foot hallway with her white door to the right and two blank walls.
Harry left the door open and walked back into his cabin. He sat next to Neville as the boy paged through the first book. Shadow rested his big head in his lap and Harry gave him head scratches. Neville finished the book and set it down. He rolled his neck and flexed his jaw before picking up the second book. He opened the book and grunted as he blinked the pain out of his eyes. He paged through the smaller book and when he put the book down he looked at Harry.
"Open your mind to us and we'll head over there." Harry said pulling Neville out of the chair and waving at the open door.
As soon as Neville walked through the doorway a second door appeared on the left side wall. The door was made of heavy oak wood planks held together with heavy metal straps. It looked like a castle door and when Neville opened the door they found themselves standing in a flagstone castle entryway with suits of armor and paintings on the walls. There were red and gold carpet runners on the floor and everything was well light by the wall sconese and the big chandelier hanging from the ceiling. The castle had a warm and inviting feel to it. It reminded him of Hermione's library. Neville looked down at his clothes and they shifted to a comfortable well worn tweed suit with a soft cotton button down shirt and red sweater vest. He was even wearing brown smoking slippers. They heard a roar from down the hall that was so loud it shook everything that wasn't nailed down. They heard thumping and claws scraping across the flagstone.
"Harry?" Neville asked looking to his brother for help.
"It's your guardian. Three guesses what it is." Harry said pointing to his shoulder.
Just then a huge grizzly bear came bounding into the entryway. It stood four foot tall at the shoulders and about eight foot long from snout to butt. It had huge claws and a maw big enough to rip a man's head clean off. It looked at Harry and roared. Harry felt his bones rattle. Shadow stood his ground and barked back at the bear. Harry patted his wolf as Neville stepped up and looked the bear in the eye.
"Sit down! This is my brother, he has free access to my mind. You will treat him and his wolf that same as me." Neville said to the bear that was twice as big as he was. The bear let out a sad whimper, sat on his butt, and lowered his head like a scalded puppy.
"Sorry I yelled. But there is no need to roar like that around us." Neville said hugging the bear around his big neck. The bear perked up and grinned at his human and licked his face.
"You're big, what's your name buddy?" Neville asked. The bear sat up and put his arms out. He grunted something and Neville laughed.
"Your Geoffrey? Like the teddy bear I had as a kid?" Neville asked with a big grin. The bear nodded and Neville let out a laugh that was full of sweet innocence. Harry smiled and approached the bear.
"Hello Geoffrey." Harry said petting the big bear. The bear smiled and licked Harry much to Shadows consternation. Shadow got a lick for his trouble and that made the big dog even more indignant. Shadow turned his nose up and stayed away from the bear.
"Geoffrey, can you lead us to my mind?" Neville asked. The bear nodded and started walking.
They followed him across the hall, up the big main staircase, behind a red tapestry, and to a huge vault door. Neville walked up to the door and touched it. The locks clinked open and they were standing in the Gryffindor common room, but there was only one couch, three chairs, a few end tables, a long work table with four chairs, a bathroom, and a fireplace. Above the fireplace was a banner with the longbottom crest and name. Around the room were bookcases. There were so many that there was a tall ladder on a brass track to get to the top shelves. Harry walked to the window and saw they were on the ground level which was confusing.
"This isn't the hogwarts grounds. And come to think about it, this is not the furniture." Harry said.
"No, it's my room back at Longbottom manor. Gran made it like this for my dad when he was a boy and I got his room growing up. It's a copy of the common room. This blank wall is where the doorway to my bedroom is supposed…" He stopped talking as a door appeared. He opened it and they saw a bedroom with a big four poster bed, dressers, and a big wardrobe.
"Your bedroom?" Harry asked.
"Yes. This is so weird." Neville said.
"It's your mind. I didn't know I wanted a log cabin in the woods until I saw it. Hermione didn't know she wanted a Victorian manor house library until she saw it. Is this the place you're most comfortable?" Harry asked dropping into a broken in leather chair.
"It is. I love this room. It's home." Neville said dropping into the chair next to him.
"Good. The next time you come here you can come straight here. Now we have to head back to the real world." Harry said.
"Okay." Neville said and in a blink of the eye there were looking at each other back in Neville's parents room.
"That was fun." Harry said.
"I'll say. I have a bear." Neville said with a grin.
"I know. You should show Susan your mind at some point." Harry said looking at Hermione and Susan who were both sitting there motionless.
"You two done?" Luna asked.
"We are little sister. You want to try?" Harry asked.
"Okay." Luna said walking over as Neville got up and walked over to the table.
"You ready for this?" Harry asked.
"I am. Are you ready for this?" Luna asked sitting across from him.
"Only one way to find out." Harry said. In the blink of an eye they were standing at the edge of the wood in his mind. Shadow ran up and studied Luna.
"This is my sister. She has full access to my mind." Harry said. Again Luna's night clothes shifted to match his jeans, boots, flannel, and leather jacket.
"It's hauntingly beautiful." Luna said looking around.
"I like it. My mind's over here." Harry said leading her to his mind.
Soon Luna was sitting in the seat by the fireplace with two black books. She opened the first book and dropped it as she grabbed her head and screamed in pain. Harry held her as the pain subsided. She paged through the book and moved on to the second book. Again she was hit by the pain, but not as much. By the time she paged through the second book a light wood round topped door materialized in the hallway full of doors. Harry helped her out of the chair and she opened the door. They stepped out of the door that was inset into the trunk of a big white tree with vibrant green leaves. There were standing in a forest clearing. The sun peeked through the trees and bathed the clearing in little shafts of pure white sunlight that gave the forest a warm and ethereal feel to it. There were big white trunked trees all around them. Shadow barked suddenly as an arrow came whizzing by Harry's face and stuck in the tree behind him. Harry dove for cover and reached for his gun which wasn't there.
"Hold Your Fire!" Luna yelled out putting up her hands.
"Mistress?" Asked a light female voice that drifted through the trees to their ears.
"Yes, and this is my brother and his dog. You will treat him like you treat me. Now show yourself!" Luna said.
A rope dropped from the tree in front of them about fifty feet away and a tall thin woman slid down the rope. She was pale white with long white hair pulled back into a braid. She was dressed in brown and green leather boots, pants, armor corset, and bracers. She had a long recovered bow in her hand. On her back was a quiver of arrows. She had two long daggers on her belt. A she walked towards them Harry saw she had silver eyes like Luna but she also had long pointed ears and that made her an elf. She stopped a few feet away from them and bowed low.
"Sorry mistress." She said in a musical voice.
"It's okay, you're warning shot was a bit close but it's okay." Harry said pulling the razor sharp spear tipped arrow out of the tree and handed it back to her.
"It's not much of a warning if it's not close." She said with a flirtatious smile.
"I guess not. Harry Steel at your service My Lady." Harry said holding out his hand.
"Isil." She said taking her hand. Harry bowed low and brushed a kiss across her knuckles.
"Harry, are you flirting with my mind guardian?" Luna asked with a smirk.
"Shamelessly." Harry said.
"Right. Well stop it or I'll tell Hermione. And you, take us to my mind." Luna said with a smirk.
"Right away mistress." Isil said turning around and leading them to a tree.
She ran her finger down the trunk and a door appeared in the trunk. She opened the door and waved them inside the huge tree trunk. They found avery tall circular room with a spiral staircase leading up. Isil closed the door and it vanished. She lead them up the stairs and out into a gazebo built into the tree branches. They saw a rope bridge to a bigger tree house. The elf ranger lead them over the bridge and into the tree house. The house was a huge circular building with an open air two floor layout.
The first floor had a sitting room, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a stone fire pit in the center of the room. The second floor was a circular library full of bookshelves. The whole place looked like the two floors were held in place by the branches off the huge white tree. All of the furniture was made from the white wood and white soft silk fabric. As she looked around the tree house Luna's clothes turned into a thin white sundress and her boots became white leather sandals. Around her head a thin silver circlet formed. Harry looked at her and smiled. His sister looked like an elf queen.
"Harry, this is what heaven look like." Luna said softly as she walked to the balcony that surrounded the treehouse. She looked over the natural tree branch railing and saw the forest floor more than a hundred foot below them.
"This is your idea of comfort, safety, and serenity sister." Harry said hugging her to his side.
"Harry I don't want to leave. It's too nice here." She said with a serene smile.
"We have to go back little sister. We have to be there when Neville's mum wakes up. But you can come back here every night before you drift off to sleep. This will always be here. Isil will always be here. This will always be here when you need it." Harry said rubbing her back in a comforting way.
"He's right Mistress. This will always be here for you." Isil said.
"Okay. But I'll be back soon." Luna said hugging the tall thin elf.
"My Lady." Harry said with a bow right before they vanished. Harry blinked and they were sitting in the bedroom looking at each other. Luna sighed with a serene smile on her face.
"For the record, if I ever need a vacation I'm doing it in your mind." Harry said standing up and hugging Luna.
"That was the best." She said as they dragged their chairs back to the table. Harry set his chair in the spot next to Hermione that was left open for him.
"How was it?" Hermione asked.
"Her mind is an awe inspiring elven forest guarded by a beautiful elf ranger." Harry said.
"Really? I'd love to see it some time." Hermione said.
"It's pretty amazing. My mind is a open air treehouse weaved into the branches of the white elven trees." Luna said with a smile.
"Well my mind is a vacation spot too. It's a Caribbean island and my mind is in a shipwrecked pirate ship. And my guardian is a one eyed pirate named Jack. he's a fun guy, and the island is always a sunny 85 degrees with a light ocean breeze." Susan said.
"We'll visit each others heads at a later date. The thing that's good about having you all in control of your minds and having a copy of those two books in your heads is you each can teach a new member of the group all at once. That's five people. And the number goes up exponentially each time." Harry said.
"Can I teach my Aunty?" Susan asked.
"Sure, in fact it's a good idea. Hermione should show her mum and dad, Neville and I can teach the Tonks', and Luna can work with her dad. I want us all to have access to these skills. Look how fast we can devour information and understand it. It's a very valuable skill to have. I've also experienced really good refreshing sleep ever since I gained control over my mind. I think we have to set up a group tattoo trip for the rest of the group for tomorrow." Harry said.
"It's a great idea, now you in or what." Neville asked holding up the deck of cards.
"I'm in, we playing for real cash?" Harry asked with a smirk.
"We're playing with poker chips. Everyone starts out with $250. The game is five card draw." Neville said shuffling the cards like a Vegas dealer.
"You play a lot of cards growing up?" Dean asked.
"My gran was part of a group of older witches that got drunk and played cards three nights a week. I've been playing cards since I could read the numbers." Neville said dealing out five cards to everyone.
"Oh good." Dean said sarcastically which made them all laugh.
For the next hour and a half they played cards, joked around, and ate junk food. Right around eleven Harry stopped everyone by waving his hands. Everyone looked at him confused as they got quiet. Harry tipped his head sideways. Then they all heard it. A slight moan from the bed. In a flash both Harry and Neville were out of their seats and standing next to the bed. Alice was tossing back and forth as if she was having a bad dream.
"I think she's getting up." Harry said. Hermione shot out of her seat and ran into the other room to get Maria.
"YOu think I should try to wake her?" Neville asked.
"Why not?" Harry asked
"Mum?" Neville said shaking her shoulder. Her eyes shot open and she launched herself into a sitting position and latched onto Neville.
"NEVILLE!" She screamed in a voice cloudy with disuse. As her body was racked with sobs.
"I'm Here Mum." Neville said holding her. Miria took one look at Alice and pulled out here phone. A short five second conversation later and she hung up.
"Doc Carter is on his way." Maria said rushing to the bed and trying to cast spells at Alice.
"I'll go run down stairs and get him." Harry said jogging out of the room. He was standing in the lobby a half a minute later when Doc Carter came out of the portkey room Harry waved him over to the still open elevator as he waved to Mike the doorman. A half minute later they walked into the room and found Alice still holding a bewildered looking Neville.
"Alice, I'm Doctor Richard Carter. I've been your attending doctor for the last few days." Doc carter said walking over to the bed. By the time he got there Alice let up on her death grip a bit and Neville was able to stand up and move out of the way a bit so Doc Carter could get a look at his mum.
"Hello?" Alice said in a horse voice. Her face was a mess of tears and snot.
"Let's check you over." Doc carter said running a few scans on her.
"Guys, it might be a good idea to give them the room." Harry said to the group.
"Harry James Potter you better stay in this room." Alice said.
"Yes Ma'am." Harry said responding to his full name.
The group minus Harry, Neville Susan, and Hermione left the room. Doc carter spent a few minutes running tests and scans and writing things in his chart as the smaller group stood off to the side of the bed.
"How are you feeling? Any aches or pains?" Doc Carter asked looking up at Alice's brown eyes.
"My throat hurts and I feel a bit light headed. I also feel ravenously hungry." She said in a horse voice.
"The throat we can fix with a spell." Doc Carter said hitting her with a white spell. Alice cleared her throat and sighed.
"Much better." She said in a clear warm voice that made Neville half sob in Susan's arms.
"Good, as for the light headedness and the hunger. That goes along with the potion regiment I have you on. I plan to keep you on it for the next few weeks. You were very malnourished when you got here. You weighed 71 pounds. At the moment you're 116 pounds. Most of that is unworked dead muscle. I'm going to keep you in bed for a day until we can get you some real food in you. And you're going to eat. Trust me, it's normal. Eat as much as you can. Your bodily functions should start to come back to you the more you eat. I'm going to stop by tomorrow morning and check up on you and Frank. At that time, if I think you're up to it, I'll let you walk around with a walker. Do you have your wand?" Doc Carter asked looking to Neville.
"I do, but it's tracked by the UK Government. We need to get her a new untraceable wand. If you let me take her to the wand shop tomorrow we can get her fitted for a wand. We can get a wheelchair if you think we need one." Neville said.
"I might have you do that. I'll bring a chair with me in the morning. The faster we can get you using your magic the faster your core will grow and your magic will start healing your body faster. Think of it like a cycle. You use your magic, your magic gets stronger, which in turn uses the food you put into your body as fuel as building blocks to rebuild your body so you can use more magic. For next three to five days I want you to sit on your but, eat like animal, and cast simple spells until you think you're going to pass out. Once you get a wand I don't want you to get out of your seat to get anything. You want something, summon it. You want a glass of water conjure a glass and fill it with a spell. Guys, as bad as it sounds, don't cater to her too much. Let her do it with magic." Doc Carter said looking at everyone in the room with a smile.
"Understood doc. We'll take her to the wand shop in the morning and bring her right back here after. What do you think about getting a mental shield tattoo? Will that affect her magic?" Harry asked.
"No, in fact it might help protect her healing mind." Doc Carter said looking thoughtful.
"If we get her the tattoo I can work with her to control her mind using the mind arts. For the next few days you can sit in the library and ingest a steady flow of books." Harry said looking at his godmother.
"It's a good idea." Doc Carter said.
"I think it is. I want to get back on my feet as fast as I can. I've been locked in my body for fifteen years unable to raise my baby. Not anymore." Alice said losing her composure. Neville hugged his mum and they both cried.
Doc Carter backed away from the bed and wrote a few more things on his chart before talking to Maria. He came back to the bed a few minutes later when it looked like mother and son were both calm enough to talk.
"Alice, you said you've been locked in your body for fifteen years. How alert were you?" Carter asked.
"Very alert, for most of the time. I spent most of my days trying to get up, to hug my boy. To get better. But I soon figured out it took a lot out of me and on days when Neville would come to visit I would be unable to move at all. I figured out if I calmed myself, relaxed and didn't fight to move then when Neville would come for a visit I would be able to do more I could move around a bit. I could remember more of what he said. I could take it all in and save it. But after that I would be down for days. I spent all this time saving up my strength for the fifty or so visits I would get a year. The rest of the time I was locked in a darkness, or just barely awake." Alice explained as she held onto Neville for dear life.
"Mum, I'm so sorry." Neville said losing his composure again.
"Sorry for what baby?" She asked.
"I should have brought you and Dad here sooner." Neville said in a voice full of pain and Harry closed his eyes in guilt. He knew what Neville had to be going through and he wanted nothing more then to help his brother. Harry put his hand on Neville shoulder.
"Sweetie, you did what you could. You got us here as soon as you knew you could. You got us help quickly after that. But more importantly, you did something far more important for me and your father. You raised yourself. As much as loved Augusta I knew she was falling apart with every visit and I saw you pick up more and more responsibility as the years went on. You raised yourself. And you did a damn fine job of it. Look at you. I'm so proud of you." She said and Neville broke again. This time everyone in the room teared up too. Doc Carter grabbed his medical bag, handed Maria a few IV bags, and walked out of the room. Harry followed him out.
"Thank you again Doc." Harry said shaking his hand.
"Harry, it's not everyday you get to see a patient wake up from a coma. Today is a reminder of why I do my job. Earlier today I fixed your friend's father's eye and healed his brain damage. He can see again. Now I got to watch a 70 pound shell of a woman become a 120 pound person again. In a day or two I'll get to see how Frank turns out. I Love my job Harry. I get up every morning and I heal people. Today was very good day." Richard Carter said smiling from ear to ear as Harry lead him to the elevator.
"I will have the keys to an apartment in this building with three or more bedrooms when you walk in tomorrow. I will also have a contract ready for you to sign and your first check as well as your bonus waiting for you. You should bring your family if you can so they can get a look at the apartment. We have breakfast around eight every morning. You should join us if you can." Harry said in a voice heavy with gratitude. Doc Carter saw the look and nodded as they got off the elevator in the lobby.
"I'll see if I can get everyone here in the morning. First I have to get a cab. I should have brought my car with me." Richard said looking at his watch.
"Shit I should have gave you a second portkey. Follow me." Harry said leading him back on to the elevator. They got off at the garage and Harry walked him over to the back corner.
"Pick a car. Any car. The keys are in them." Harry said waving at the cars he had from his collection.
"You sure?" Doc Carter asked.
"Yeah. These are extra cars I found in the vault. You can borrow one for now, or keep it until I get you a company car. That should be happening in a week or two." Harry said as the doctor looked at the baby blue 1965 ford mustang convertible.
"I think I'll take this one home. I had one of these when I was younger." He said dropping into the driver's seat. He started up the old V8 and grinned.
"Have fun. See you tomorrow." Harry said waving him out of the garage. Richard drove away with a big smile. Harry took the elevator up to the lobby and got out.
"Hello Mr. Steel." Mike said.
"Hey Mike. I know I own the building, but would you happen to know who I have to call to get a few apartments. I know there are about a dozen vacant apartments in the building at the moment. How do I take them off the market?" Harry asked.
"You have to talk to Chuck Weller, he's the building manager. He lives down the hall in apartment 106. End of the hall." Mike said pointing to the staff door that lead to the west end of the building where half the staff apartments were located.
"Thanks Mike. Is he one of those early bird types?" Harry asked looking at his watch. It was half past eleven.
"Not really, he works from 10am-6pm six days a week in the office behind the front desk. Most night's he's up til one or two." Mike said.
"Thanks again Mike. Hopefully we'll be going out of town next week. There are two Dragons home games next week. I'll make sure you have the tickets and the portkey for at least one of those games to take your kid. Maybe round up a few other kids in the building like last time. I'll have Abby set it all up." Harry said walking towards the staff door.
"Thanks Mr. Steel!" Mike said.
"Someone has to sit in the booth and cheer on that damn team." Harry said laughing. He walked up to apartment 106 and true to Mike's words he heard the tv on. He knocked and a balding white man in his late fifties opened the door. He was dressed in Knicks sleeping pants and a white undershirt with a pizza stain up the front. He looked confused for a few seconds before recognition hit him and he stood up a little taller.
"What can I do for you Mr. Steel?" He asked grabbing a hoodie off the recliner and putting it on.
"Sorry about the late hour Mr. Weller, but I desperately need to take the empty apartments off the market. I also need to know how many we have and their sizes. Normally I would wait until the morning to do this, and I still can if you prefer to do it before eight am. But I figured you're up, I'm up, and neither of us wants to get up before we have to tomorrow morning." Harry said with a smirk.
"It's no trouble Sir. let me get some real pants on and I'll take you to my office to look at what we have." Chuck said turning off his tv.
"Thank you Chuck. I promised a few people apartments in the building and I would like to hand them out tomorrow morning." Harry said.
Harry waited a few minutes for Chuck to toss on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt before he followed him to the office behind the front desk. Harry dropped into one of the seats in the old fashioned, but nice looking office as Chuck sat behind the desk. He pulled a big leather bound book out of a locked cabinet and set it on the desk along with a brass ring of gold keys.
"Okay, let's see what we have. It looks like we have 14 apartments available at the moment. We have 6 two bedroom units, 4 three bedroom units, 3 four bedroom units, and a five bedroom apartment on the 24th floor. You want all of them?" Chuck asked.
"Yes. I'm starting a company and one of the perks is an apartment here in the building. I will gladly write you a check for all 14 units. What is this going to cost me?" Harry asked.
"I'm honestly not sure. Normally someone signs a lease agreement and we take the first two month's rent and the last month's rent up front. We also take a security deposit. The thing is we put all that cash into a bank account and once we pay for the taxes, the utilities, the staff costs, and top off the ten million dollar emergency fund the rest of the money goes right to you. So I don't think you need to pay anything. I just think you'll end up with less money going to you at the end of each year." Chuck said scratching his head.
"How much is the rent for each different kind of apartment?" Harry asked.
"It's $27,500 a month for a two bedroom, $30,000 a month for a three bedroom, $35,000 for a four bedroom, and $50,000 for a five bedroom. Altogether you're looking at $430,000 a month. But then again we weren't getting that with them off the market and we were doing fine." Chuck said.
"Good God!" Harry said looking shocked.
"That's Manhattan rent prices for you. If I was to list your penthouse with the nine bedrooms, eleven bathrooms, and roof guardan I could put it on the market for $350,000 a month easy. I could probably get $500,000 a month. And someone would pay that." Chuck said.
"Right. How about this, I'll drop off a check tomorrow for five million dollars. You deposit that into the building fund and we'll call it even. That way you have more money in the fund and what ever you don't need will come back to me at the end of the year?" Harry said.
"Good call. You want me to make a list of apartment numbers and the corresponding number of bedrooms and bathrooms for each unit?" Chuck asked.
"Could you?" Harry asked.
"Sure give me a minute." Chuck said grabbing a note pad off his desk and a pen.
"Also, the next time someone vacates an apartment, hold onto it. As of right now we're not taking any new tenets that don't work for me. At least until I fill all of the perks I promised." Harry said.
"Understood. As long as my salary gets paid I don't care how many people live in the building." Chuck said.
Ten minutes later Harry walked into the apartment with a key ring full of keys and a list of apartments. He walked into the bedroom and found Neville sitting next to his mother and the girls sitting in chairs around the bed.
"There you are. You vanished on me." Alice said.
"Sorry about that, I needed to take care of a few things for tomorrow. How are you feeling?" Harry asked.
"Better now that both of my boys are here. Come closer, I want to get a good look at you." Alice said and Harry walked over to the bed.
"I can't believe how much you look like James, but those eyes are pure Lily. I can see your mother's brains behind those eyes." Alice said.
"You were friends with my mum?" Harry asked.
"Me and Lily were thick as thieves. We were roommates in Gryffindor and we did everything together. Including fall for cocky gryffindor bad boys at about the same time. We got married a week after each other. We went on our honeymoons together. We got pregnant together, and we pretty much had you both on the same day. I took your mum to the hospital and my water broke. We delivered you both in the same hospital room and we held each other's hands the whole time. You came first Harry and Neville showed up soon after. We pledged to look after you both right then and there. It kills me to know I failed to raise either of you two. But at least you had Sirius. Where is the old dog?" Alice asked.
"Dead. He fell through the veil of death a about five weeks ago fighting His cousin Bellatrix Lestrange. And he didn't raise me, he was sent to azkaban for 12 years without a trial." Harry said.
"My god. How the hell did that happen? How did he get jail time without a trial? How is that hag Lestrange still alive? Who raised you?" Alice asked.
"Dumbledore is darker then the dark lord. He's been manipulating the UK for decades. He wanted to keep me beaten and weak so he jailed Sirius, and he put me with my aunt Petunia and her husband Vernon." Harry said.
"Oh No." Alice said looking sick to her stomach.
"It gets way worse, for both of us and a lot of other people, but that's over now. We're all living here in America. We have everything we can ever want, and I'm putting plans in motion to take care of our problems back in the UK." Harry said waving her off.
"Things aren't all good, there've been some bumps along the way. Gran didn't make it." Neville said.
"Oh." Alice said looking sad as she hugged Neville to her side. At this point the boy was half on the bed and half on the chair.
"We have her body in stassus on the roof garden. When Frank gets up and he can move around we'll set up a funeral." Harry said.
"You two boys have taken care of everything." Alice said smiling sadly at them.
"We had to grow up fast, but we're making up for it by goofing off as much as we can. You said before that you were hungry. Do have any requests? I'm sure we have it on hand and if not I'm sure we can get it." Harry asked trying to change the subject. Alice saw it and she smiled.
"I've been thinking about breakfast for years. Big fluffy pancakes, runny sunny side up eggs, crispy bacon, sausage links, toast, coffee, tea, orange juice." Alice said in a dreamy voice.
"Coming right up." Harry said walking out of the room.
"He's is so much like his parents it's shocking. He has James's leadership and his mother's need to comfort and protect everyone. I bet he's the leader of your friends group?" Alice said.
"He has been since first year." Hermione said with a soft smile.
"For the whole school. I'm a Puff and we all know Harry would have our back in a fight." Susan said with a matching smile.
"I would follow Harry into hell if he asked and I know he'd be the first one through the fiery gates and the last one out. I'm proud to call him my brother." Neville said.
"I'm happy you two boys are together. I'm happy to see this whole group." Alice said as Andy knocked on the bedroom door.
"You up for visitors?" Andy asked.
"I see they let snakes in the house." Alice said with a big grin.
"Spoken like a true lion." Andy said walking up to the bed and hugging Alice.
"You look good. How is Ted?" Alice asked.
"Asleep, we get up early around here." Andy said.
"Where is here by the way. I've been out of it for the last few days." Alice asked.
"We're staying in the Potter building in New York city. This is the penthouse apartment." Neville said.
"Ah. I haven't been here before. James never came back here after his parents were killed in our sixth year. I did see the Miami house. It's huge. It's the Potter summer home." Alice said.
"We're going there next week as soon as dad gets up and he can move around." Neville said.
"I can't wait. It's has a private beach, a big pool, and a hot tub." Alice said as Harry walked in with a huge serving platter full of food. He was floating cups behind him. He set the tray on the card table along with the big cup of coffee, the tea set, and a big glass of orange juice. He turned one of the chairs into a tray table and set in across Alice's lap before floating the tray and drinks over.
"As requested, three pancakes, three over easy eggs, three sausages, ten strips of bacon, three different kinds of toast, butter, three different kinds of jam, coffee, tea, and orange juice." Harry said pulling cutlery out of his pocket and conjuring a cloth dinner napkin with a flick of his wrist.
"My God Harry. How did you make all that so fast?" Alice asked.
"Magic. There is a kitchen downstairs that is staffed by elves." Harry said taking a strip of bacon off the tray. "My cut." Harry said chomping on the crispy bacon.
"This looks great." Alice said spering a sausage and taking a bite. "Umm." she hummed savoring her first meal in fifteen years.
"I'm glad you like it. Neville can vanish the dirty dishes. I made them. Aside from that have fun and if you need anything don't hesitate to ask. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm headed off to bed. I've been going all out since six this morning and time zone hopping with portkeys drains the life out of you." Harry said.
"Get some sleep. You should all get some sleep. You all look tired. I have my baby boy to keep me company. We have lots to talk about." Alice said.
"Yeah. That's a good idea. See you in the morning love." Andy said hugging Alice and kissing her on the cheeks. She hugged the kids and lead the procession of people out of the room. Harry was the last one to walk out. Alice hugged him and kissed his forehead.
"I'm happy you grew up a good boy even if I wasn't there to see it." she said to him before letting him go.
"Night Mum." Harry said tiredly as he walked out of the room.
Harry locked up the house, turned off all the lights, and headed to his room. He found Hermione stripping off her sweat pants. He wolf whistled and she smirked at him.
"Even half asleep you're still ready to go." She said.
"For you, I'm always ready. But you know your just as excited for this fire." Harry said jerking his hips erratically as he tossed off his t-shirt.
"Yes, oh please you sexy man stirp for me." She said in a flat sarcastic voice as she slipped into bed.
"You can joke all you want but you know I'm a sexy beast." Harry said tossing his vest, gun rig and track pants on the chair by his bed as he danced around in a very unsexy way.
"Okay. I'll admit that you're hot. But only if you stop trying to be sexy. I find you less attractive by the second." she said laughing.
"Fine. As long as you admit I'm your dream lover." Harry said sippint into bed.
"Oh dream lover, please ravage me with your sex body." She said trying not to laugh.
"Close enough." Harry said attacking her lips and making her moan.