Free women

Valerie woke Sev up by kissing his head and caressing him. They were in the same position in which they had fallen asleep and were still bonded. "Good morning, sweetheart, how did you sleep?"

"Very good, Valerie. Was I dreaming?"

"Yes, you were flying on a broomstick, with me."

"Wow… how cool. What a pity not to remember."

"As soon as we do the cave ritual, I'll show you in detail," she said.

"Sure…"

"Didn't you wake up in the middle of the night? Haven't you had nightmares?"

"No, Valerie. Have you slept well?"

"Like a log, I don't remember anything, I haven't slept so well in a long time. How good it feels to cry it all before bed."

"Yes, I feel great too."

"That's good, something else we have in common, we know how to cry and laugh together and both things suit us," she said.

"What time is it?"

"I don't know, because I didn't ask you for your watch last night, and since you're wearing it on your left I didn't want to wake you up before is time, but I calculate that a quarter to eight, by the time I woke up."

Sev stuck out his left arm to look at his watch. "On target, Valerie, a quarter to eight o'clock."

"I haven't let you sleep a little more in case you had to shower, wash your hair and stuff."

"Do you think I need to wash my hair today?"

"I'm not going to answer that, Prince, you'll know," laughing.

"You're kissing my head, do I have it greasy?"

They laughed.

"A little, but it doesn't matter."

"I have disgusting hair, Valerie, even with a good Muggle shampoo it will last me three days clean."

"What a nuisance. Ignore it, you'll wash it tonight or tomorrow, we don't care at all."

"Well, yes, because I prefer to take advantage of this time to pamper each other. Are you in a hurry to go back to your bedroom?"

"None, Prince, I'm going to wear the same uniform as yesterday, it's enough with changing my underwear."

"And do you mind if Anthony and Jack see us get out of here?"

"Not at all. Since yesterday I am a free woman."

"How glad I am, Valerie. Let's change positions, come on, I also want to kiss you."

They changed, they laid face to face.

"Okay, but not your ones, we'll both get horny, we're left with the desire, and two days in a row in the Great Hall would be too much for McGonagall, it would give her a fit."

They laughed.

"You are very funny, Valerie, I adore you. Kiss me, come on."

They kissed tenderly on the mouth, with lips and tongues, but neither deepened nor accelerated, also caressing each other's faces.

"I do adore you, my love, you are wonderful," she said. "You have given me back my joy, the desire to live, since last Sunday I am another."

"Ugh… and I made you wait a week."

"A week is nothing, my life, so I have been preparing myself for the radical change of yesterday. Know that I'm crazy about you since the day I met you, there in the Forest."

"Oh…"

"Actually since before, since Jack told us your story at Easter," Valerie continued. "The holidays and school days that passed until we could finally meet seemed very long."

"Ugh… and I barely paid attention to you."

"You paid me the attention that you should do to me, sweetheart. What a stress you've had since then, and we're starting to find out now. We should have been interested in everything you were doing long before, already knowing everything we knew. Andrew and I already suspected you were oclumants, knowing you were going to have to deal with the old man."

"Sure…"

"By now the whole House knows it, we are not stupid," she added.

"Sure…"

"And the Raves must also imagine it, they are not either."

"Of course... Well, you should know that you also gave me one of the greatest joys of my life when I got the message from Jack that you had accepted me without knowing me at Easter," Sev said.

"How not to accept you, my love, with such a story, we don't doubt it for a second. Andrew was dying to meet you too, he admires you so much."

"Thanks to you we changed the whole uncovering strategy, because we knew that you were going to attract the majority of warriors from home and also the Raves."

"Of course, and you already saw that we did it immediately," said Valerie. "Very proud to be able to contribute like this. You read us, right? Before Easter."

"Yes, Jack did."

"You must not have liked what we thought of you very much."

"He didn't give me any details about that," he said.

"I'm glad, because we were wrong from beginning to end. We already spend all holidays thinking about how to attract others."

"Thank you very much, Valerie."

"Nothing to be thankful for, sweetheart, we are a team, look at everything we have achieved in less than a month. Create the Army, put the old man on our side behind the Ministry's back, the necessary means to save as many lives as possible, cleanse Hogwarts of malefics, and all thanks to you. Merlin, how you kiss, just like that you're already making me horny. This thing about being able to talk while you kiss is an invention, but you make me lose concentration."

"Well, don't talk anymore, just kiss me."

They kissed until five past eight, Sev asked Valerie for her hair tie to shower without getting his hair wet, while he did she got dressed. When he came out he put on only his underwear, while she went back into the bathroom to fix her hair, and took the rest of his clothes, which she had picked up and folded, in his hand.

When they were ready they went out, she in uniform. But without her underwear, she carries it in her pocket, how itturns me on.

Anthony was already dressing, Jack must be in the bathroom.

"Don't make noise, Valerie, don't let him find out, he doesn't know that the hidden space exists."

"Okay, okay."

They tiptoed across the bedroom, stealthily. Anthony did not see them pass behind him. When they were out of sight of him, Valerie said to him, "I had to hold back my laughter, what funny underwear Anthony wears."

"True. Give me a kiss, come on, see you in five minutes."

They kissed on the lips.

"Today I plan to eat you with kisses for breakfast, let McGonagall be annoyed," she told him.

"Okay, but first let me tell Lily and explain it to her. Yesterday she smelled what happened at breakfast, at lunch we didn't talk and she must have missed me at dinner. I want to explain everything to her calmly before she sees us cuddling, she sees us from her place."

"Sure, Prince, of course, I'll wait for your permission."

"See you in five minutes, Valerie."

Sev dressed in a clean uniform, went downstairs and left the dirty one in the laundry in the Common Room. His family was waiting for him, they left the house and arrived at the Great Hall on time, they entered at the same time as the fifth-year Gryffs. He projected to Lily, at the entrance, while they looked at each other and smiled excitedly and those who accompanied them passed by.

"We have coincided! What a miracle!" he exclaimed projecting to her.

"Yeah... it has happened to us very few times in all these years."

"We are finally coordinating, honey. The day will come when we'll meet here at the door to come in and sit together."

"Of course, and also the day we'll come together to the Hall from our own home inside the castle, thanks to you," said Lily.

"We'll continue talking when we sit down, okay? Otherwise, James and the rat are going to smell something."

"Of course honey."

They entered and each one went to their place, Cecile had waited for Lily and Deborah for Sev. He spoke to her bonded, "Thanks, Deborah, good dissimulation."

"Yes, Cecile has caught it too, we didn't need to talk."

"Wonderful. Neither James nor the rat have turned to look, they are very dumb, both of them, they don't realize anything. Either way, Lily will read them now."

"Brilliant. How about Valerie?" Deborah asked.

"Great, we did everything, she told me a lot of girly secrets, we Bonded, cried for half an hour… It's better that she tell you in class, now at breakfast I want to talk privately with Lily. By the way, thank you very much for dinner, do you have something urgent to tell me?"

"The results of the orders you gave me yesterday, but it's not urgent, we can talk about it at lunch."

"Okay, if I have time to spare let me know, I'll also bond with you like yesterday if Lily has urgent news from the Gryffs."

"Great, Prince, we are coordinating."

They sat in their places, Sev unbonded from Deborah. Lily also was sitting down, he projected to her, "Good morning again, honey."

"How happy you are today, Sev."

"Yes, I have been waking up wonderfully for two days. Do you have something urgent to tell me?"

"That yesterday Remus took Sirius for a walk as you asked," she replied.

"Is the result urgent?"

"It isn't, Sev. I can tell you about it another time."

"Okay, then I'll tell you something. You may be wondering why I didn't come for dinner."

"I can smell it, Sev, I'm not dumb. You did it with Valerie."

"That is."

"You were left with the desire after what happened in the morning."

"That is."

"You don't need to give me any explanations or details, Sev, I already told you that a long time ago. It is enough for me to know that you are happy, and I already see that you are."

"And you are, my love?"

"If you are happy, I am too, Sev."

"I don't like that answer at all."

"Ugh, Sev... And what do you want me to tell you? That I miss you so much and make you suffer?"

"Of course, Lily, I want you to tell me the truth."

"Your joy has already passed. You should forget about me, you don't need me at all, just to complicate your life."

"Ugh, Lily… don't tell me that. That really makes me suffer, I'm doing it awfully with you."

"You don't, Sev. The one who is making it awfully is me. You have around you and within your reach people much more apt than me to help you in your task, and who love you as much or more than I do. You are wasting your time with me."

"We have to meet without fail, Lily, you're miserable, you've forgotten everything I feel for you in a week. Lily! I've loved you for seven years, you saved me from being a Death Eater, how many times do you need me to tell you?"

They stared at each other, both had stopped eating breakfast.

"I'm a disaster, Sev, I don't know how to do it. The other day I reproached you for being dependent and the dependent is me, I don't know how to live without you."

"I understand you, honey, that has happened to me for years and years, you were the only hope I had in life. You have to look for other people who make you happy. Do you spend time with Alice?"

"Yeah. Whenever she doesn't have Occlumency class with Albus she goes up to our bedroom with Cecile and me until she goes to bed and we continue practicing, she Occlumency and us Legilimency. Yesterday she was doing it with Cecile."

"Without a Pensieve?" he asked, amazed.

"Of course, she has been willing, she doesn't care that we know her secrets. She prefers to do it that way and learn faster. In addition, she already occludes well, until now I read her, because I know what to look for."

"Sure... Thank her for me."

"Tonight she has class with Albus, she is going to go with Frank and propose that he try reading her without Pensieve," Lily continued. "If he gives her the go-ahead, her class is left to Frank."

"Great, you are doing great, sorry for me not having interested before. You say you don't know how to help me and you're doing it perfectly, without needing to ask me anything."

"We try to help as much as we can, Sev. And we all know that you are very busy, we are trying to relieve you of work."

"Thank you very much honey. Come on, keep eating breakfast."

They continued eating breakfast.

"Does it feel good to be with Alice?" he asked.

"Yes, Sev, great, she is wonderful. Courageous and devoted, willing to give her life for us."

"Well, despite she already occludes well, continue to be with her, spend as much time together as you can and dedicate it to something other than obligations. If she already occludes well, Bond as a Clanship with her and share experiences, it can be done between more than two people at a time. Get to know each other, win another friend forever. Yesterday I Bonded with Valerie and I was telling her hardships from my childhood. It did me a lot of good, we cried for about half an hour and we fell asleep exhausted. I have slept like a blessed."

"I'm very happy, Sev."

"I can think of more things. Do you write to your family?

"Yes, Sev, every week, you know that."

"To your sister too?"

"Yes, Sev, too."

"Do you write separately or in the same letter as your parents?"

"In the same letter."

"And how does she respond to you?" he asked.

"Separately."

"Ugh, Lily… then write to her separately. Build trust with your sister, become her friend too. She's trying, do your part."

"You're right, Sev, but I don't want to exhaust Puck."

"Send the two letters wrapped in parchment or use castle owls like I do, write to your family more than once a week. You already saw how well you spent the Christmas holidays writing to me every day, you barely missed me, the letters suit you very well. Cultivate the relationship with your family as much as you can, and prepare them for the summer, we are going to have to tell them everything, surely neither of us will be able to take the Express."

"Yeah, I already thought about it, Alice told me."

"The old man should have already told us about it so that we could notify our families, but he doesn't want to worry us so near to the exams," he continued. "Don't scare them yet, I'll write to them tactfully when there are a fortnight or so left, so they don't worry too long but also have time to prepare. If we wait until the last moment, it will be a lot at once."

"Sure, Sev."

"Meanwhile, write to them more and make them see you fine, and by sending Puck twice a week you won't exhaust him either."

"But if I send them more owls, the food I left for them won't be enough."

Sev laughed. "Lily, don't worry about the food for the owls. The owls seek their lives if you let them take a few flights, they already hunt."

"Sure…"

"Are you more animated? Do you feel your life fuller now?"

"Yes, Sev. It's going to give me a lot of relief to be able to tell my parents the whole truth and stop pretending. I think that they will understand perfectly and that they will not deny me to attend school, they will understand that it is the safest place for me if you and your Mum explain it to them well."

"So can Alice, for example, and Remus and Cecile. We will have a meeting at your house, they will love to meet more witch friends, you saw how happy they were with my Mum."

"Sure."

"Now you are calmer? Do you feel better?" he asked. "With more energy to face what lies ahead?"

"Yes, Sev, much better."

"Can I give Valerie permission to give me kisses? Is it not going to make you feel bad? Know that I would prefer that you give them to me."

"Sure, Sev, give her permission, it suits you great and you need much more support than me."

"I have finally found my family, Lily. A real family, created by affinity, and not the one that is ours by birth."

"Of course, Sev, you don't know how happy I am."

"As soon as we can come to light they will also be yours. They all love you very much even though they haven't dealt with you because they know our history."

"Sure, Sev."

"I'm going to give Valerie permission, she can't wait, she doesn't stop looking at me, she's a cuddly. And aside from that, she wants to scandalize McGonagall so that she gets used to free love at school."

They both laughed. He spoke out loud, "Valerie, now you can give me all the kisses you want."

"Snogging too?" she asked.

Everyone around them laughed.

"Yes, Valerie, snogging too."

They laughed again.

"Okay, but without speeding up, otherwise we're going to scare McGonagall to death," she said.

They laughed again, some Raves from the next table were already turning to look.

"Come on! Hop up! Be that free woman!" he exclaimed.

They had a good snog, the others laughed, they bonded.

"How you kiss, Prince, you have already made me horny. With you there is no way."

"As soon as you're recovered, you'll find out what's good."

"I'm looking forward to it, I think that when I go with you to the Infirmary I'm going to ask Poppy to heal me too."

"Of course, Valerie, don't be suffering."

"Of course not, I am no longer ashamed at all, I have broken free. Besides, this afternoon I want to fly with you and if it stings I don't feel comfortable riding a broom."

"Then let's go after lunch, to heal both of our battle wounds."

"Of course. Let's leave it now, I'm already wet again, and so it's going to sting me all morning," she said.

She broke away from him, both laughing.

"Dry yourself when you go home for your backpack, we'll leave earlier the Hall if necessary," he said.

"Okay, my love, we'll leave a little earlier."

Ariel tugged at the sleeve of his robe. "Sev, Sev, don't you love Lily anymore?" asked the boy, sad.

Ugh… what a problem… Sev turned to him with a laugh, and spoke loud enough for those closest to him to hear. "What makes you think that, honey?"

"That you gave Valerie a kiss."

"Because I love her too."

"But you can't love more than one girl," said the younger one.

"Yes, it can be done, there are people who can do it. I'm not like you, you only love Shelley. I love several girls, I love Deborah too."

"Deborah?" whispering, so she wouldn't hear him. "But if she is unfriendly."

"Not anymore, honey," said Sev. "Since I love her, she's very nice, haven't you seen how she laughed at us?"

"Yes, it's true, she was laughing."

"Love changes people, that's why it's good to love all the people that your heart is capable of. Don't you love all your friends?"

"Yes of course," Ariel replied.

"And you don't have just one friend, do you?"

"No, I have a lot."

"Well, I have a lot of friends and also several girlfriends, and some of my girlfriends have several boyfriends who are my friends," Sev tried to explain.

What a mess. He laughed, as well as Deborah, Paul and Valerie, who were the closest and were listening to him.

"You're right, Deborah has laughed again," the boy said softly. "Is the one who sits with her also her boyfriend?"

"Not at the moment, they're just friends, like Shelley and you, but with time they will be. His name is Paul."

"Sure, like Shelley and me. How many boyfriends Deborah have, right? You, Anthony and Paul."

They all laughed again, Ariel too.

"We all love each other, we are a big family. Do you understand?"

"I think so, Sev. And is Lily okay with it?"

"Of course honey. Otherwise I wouldn't, you know Lily is first for me. Look at her, she's watching us talk, she's seen it all and she doesn't care. Lean out and greet her with your hand."

The boy did, leaned out and they both waved to Lily with their hand, who also waved at them with a smile.

"Oh... you hadn't told me that you saw Lily from the table," Ariel complained.

"Yeah… forgive me. Now you know we see her, you can greet her whenever you want. Are you more relaxed already?"

"Yes, Sev, if Lily is okay with it, I have nothing to say."

"Thank you, honey, for understanding. Come on, keep eating breakfast."

They continued eating breakfast. Sev bonded with Deborah and Valerie at one time and told them, "I'm bonded with both. Can you hear me? Speak in order, Deborah first."

"Yes, Prince," she replied.

"Yes, my love," Valerie amswered.

"How have I done it?"

"Unbeatable," Deborah responded.

"Perfect, my love, you will never cease to amaze me," Valerie replied, and she kissed him on his cheek.

"Deborah, have you observed McGonagall's reaction?" he asked.

The three of them laughed, Deborah answered, "Of course I have, Prince."

"And how did she take it today?"

"A smile from ear to ear, she loved the 'free woman' thing."

"Take that! I earned her!" he exclaimed.

"I'm not learning anything, Prince," Valerie told him, sad.

"Of course, the three of us have to Bond together as a Clanship. If we have time, we'll also do it after lunch."

"Okay, honey," answered Valerie. "Come on, tell me."

"McGonagall has loved the 'free woman', a smile from ear to ear."

Valerie exclaimed, out loud, rising to her feet and raising her clenched fist, "Long live to Minerva! That free woman!"

The entire Great Hall fell silent, everyone watching the Deputy Headmistress. Valerie continued, still raising her fist, "Minerva! The world belongs to free women like you! It was stolen from us centuries ago but we are going to get it back! With the help of men who are worth it!"

A look of deep understanding and satisfaction on the Deputy Headmistress' face, and slowly, a smile, she was looking directly at Valerie.

Someone started to bang on the Sly table, Sev immediately turned to there. To the left of him, in front, about ten spaces away, was Audrey, he smiled at her and she at him. The blows immediately spread to the entire Great Hall. Sev did it too, and the Slys and Raves, who because they were in the Guard, and the Gryffs, who because they were hiding or not being present at breakfast, couldn't do it that historic May 15th. They were pleased, until their palms ached. We have revolutions every week, it's wonderful.