"How did I get so lucky?" Harry murmured so only Penny could hear him.
"Who knows, but you might've used up all of your luck for life." Penny smiled at him with mirth. "But what're you going to write back to Fleur?"
"What should I say?" Harry asked as he reread the letter. "Fleur is a wonderful girl and any man would be lucky to have her affections. But I have you and Tonks; I don't want to cheapen that."
"Oh, when did our Harry get so wise?" Penny grinned fondly at him. "You don't have to worry about 'cheapening' our relationship, Harry. Tonks, Fleur, and I have been in contact for a bit about this already. Tonks is happy to welcome Fleur into our relationship."
"Are you though?" Harry asked her softly. His eyes met hers and Penny felt her heart thump in her chest at the care and affection directed at her by Harry's gaze.
"I've already agreed, too." Penny squeezed his hand as she smiled beautifully at him. "Fleur and I get along very well. Not to mention she is very pretty."
"Penny?!" Harry choked as Penny winked at him. He grabbed his goblet and drank to clear his throat. He wasn't thinking about Penny, Tonks, and Fleur being together like 'that'! He wasn't! "Tonks has most definitely corrupted you!"
"Are you really complaining?" Penny practically purred lowly to him.
"Absolutely not." Harry admitted instantly.
"I didn't think you were." Penny smirked at him. The couple only let go of each other's hand when breakfast ended and they were forced to separate.
-Hidden Workshop ~ After Classes-
"Why doesn't the 'Control Sequence' work?" Harry murmured to himself. He was working on his 'Mana Bane' chains this afternoon. Whenever he got stuck on one project he'd simply set it aside and work on a different project. Right now though he was running up against another wall. The 'Control Sequence' for the 'Mana Bane' Array wasn't working. Without it the user of the chains couldn't use their own magic through the chains to manipulate them. They'd just have to swing the chains around and hope to wrap up their target. "Damn it." Harry pinched the bridge of his nose. This was the pain of the inventor and craftsman, having ideas and having to try over and over again to bring them to reality.
It wasn't like he couldn't take a break from this project for a while though. He did still need to write back to Fleur and accept her offer to try dating along with Tonks and Penny. Wasn't that absolutely mind boggling in and of itself? Three beautiful older girls were interested in him. Definitely not how Harry had ever thought his romantic life would end up. The few times he had actually thought about it, that is. But he was very interested in all three of them, they were all intelligent, which Harry found attractive. Their differing personalities and interests were fun and interesting. They were also undeniably beautiful. Penny was a natural beauty. Tonks could be whatever she wanted and had made more than enough innuendo about what she could do in the bedroom. Fleur was a Veela and they were known for their beauty and their Magical Allure. What they saw in him was a bit of a mystery to the Artificer. He was younger than them; he'd had to play catch up from being isolated from the Magical World for almost a decade. Maybe he could ask them? That would be the simplest route, right?
"I guess I'll write Fleur back first. I can ask her while I'm accepting her feelings." Harry figured as he moved the notes on the 'Mana Bane' to the side and pulled a fresh sheet of parchment towards himself. "Afterwards I can read more of the Broom Crafting book. I'm pretty sure I know enough to start planning a prototype Array and Item." Harry set himself to put quill to parchment and began to write to Fleur. He poured his own feelings into his response, letting her know he was happy and willing to accept her feelings. He expressed how amazing he found her and how intelligent she was. He worked his questions about how they'd make the long distance relationship work and what she liked about him into his writing. The teen spent almost an hour on the letter. Mostly stopping to worry about how to best say what he felt in writing, but that was to be expected, or at least Harry thought so.
Harry sent the letter off to his French paramour just before dinner that night.
-Sunday-
"You sure you want to do this?" Harry asked the Dueling Club members. Quite a few of them had approached Harry and Penny about practice. Penny had agreed and helped with the Dueling Club when she wasn't studying, doing Head Girl duties, or spending time with Harry. The only reason Harry was here was because Penny couldn't make it to the club meeting. She was attending some kind of meeting with the Staff and Head Boy Percy Weasley.
"Of course." Adrian Pucey nodded, the older Slytherin, along with quite a few others from his House, all looking eager. Members from the other three Houses had formed their own groups and were waiting their turn. Harry didn't know why Penny agreed to help out but he'd give it his best.
"So, do you want to do this traditionally and do a series of one on one duels? Or are you wanting a more realistic 'battle'?" Harry questioned the older teen.
"Do you really think you can take on ten of us at once?" Adrian questioned; a look between shock and a sneer on his face. Many of the Slytherins had a similar look on their faces too. Especially Malfoy, who was standing just behind Pucey.
"I should be able to." Harry informed the Slytherin 'Team'.
"Don't regret your choice, Potter." Adrian stated stiffly. The nine other Slytherins all stood in line next to him, shoulder to shoulder.
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