"My parents were only worried about what Fleur's debt would have on my relationship with you. They're now happy it has had minimal effect," she replied. "As for Stori, she wants to meet Fleur, but won't come up unless she gets an invitation to do so."
"Then invite her," said Harry. "She's family; no matter how much of such an oddball family we're turning out to be."
"I will," she smiled.
"Now that I have all that off my chest - and thank you for listening and accepting - I guess we should make a start on the rest of today's assignments."
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Later, after Harry had gone to bed, Fleur grabbed Hermione and dragged her into Daphne's room.
"What's going on?" asked the Slytherin.
"We need to talk," said Fleur, 'And I do not want to involve 'Arry in this. As far as 'e's concerned, it is 'girl talk'. Something it is clear 'Arry does not want to know about."
"Alright," said Daphne, sitting on the edge of her bed. "What is so important it could not wait until tomorrow?"
Fleur turned to Hermione and said, "'Arry was right about 'im not being informed prior to the bonding ceremony what it would mean. I 'ad thought either or both of you would 'ave explained it to 'im, first. Please, do not put me in that position, ever again."
"We won't," said Hermione and Daphne agreed. "He was right. It was wrong of us to do so."
Fleur gave a nod of acceptance and said, "From recent discussions it is also apparent you have both chosen to soon engage in sexual intercourse with 'Arry. Are you aware of certain potions that can make that first night easier for you?"
Hermione frowned in confusion and annoyance that she didn't know something, but Daphne appeared to know.
Noticing their expressions Fleur said to Daphne, "Which one's 'ave you been told about?"
Though a little uncomfortable, Daphne replied, "Maiden's Relief, Prima Nocte and... Witch's Pleasure. Oh... and, of course, Ne Gravidam."
Hermione said, "I'm on Ne Gravidam, already. Madam Pomfrey recommended all post-menses witches be on it, just in case. Healer Robinson is of the same opinion. I don't know what those others are."
Fleur nodded and said, "Ne Gravidam is, of course, the anti-pregnancy potion. Maiden's Relief is for that time of the month, to alleviate cramp―"
"Wait, what?" asked Hermione. "There's a potion that gets rid of the cramps?"
"Yes," replied Fleur. "See the school 'ealer about it. If your cramps are that bad you should be on the potion."
Hermione frowned and muttered under her breath about old biddy Heads of Houses keeping secrets.
"Prima Nocte is the one I wanted to talk to you two about," Fleur continued. "It is useful for reducing the amount of pain you may suffer as a result of... your first time. I recommend it to the both of you if you are soon to give your virginities and, especially, if you still have your... maidenheads.
"And, then there's the remaining one Daphne mentioned. I do not recommend you take it for your first time, or even at all, if you can get away with it. It is to enhance and promote... la petite mort... the little death... what you call an orgasm."
"Oh!" said Daphne. "Mother said I should consider it if... and I think her exact words were... 'If you found Lord Potter wanting'. I did not know until now and you explained it, what she meant by that."
Hermione said, "I don't think Harry is going to be the sort of wizard to hop-on-shag-and-hop-off. He's been reading... let's just say, a certain kind of book. One which talks about not just receiving pleasure, but also providing."
"You've made sure of this?" asked Fleur.
She nodded and replied, "His godfather, Lord Black, recently gave him the book to read. It's laughingly called a book on how to 'woo' your witch." Then she firmly nodded and said, "Oh, yes. And let's just say, I told him that if he finishes the book I'll be giving him a practical examination on what he read."
"In that case," said Fleur, grinning. "Don't even think of taking WP. If you do you might not end the night conscious, or un'ospitalised."
That had all three laughing.
Finally, Fleur said, "Tomorrow. After classes. Us three shall take a short excursion to the Infirmary to discuss matters with 'ealer Robinson.
"If 'e asks where we're going we'll just have to tell 'Arry the three of us need to see the 'ealer dealing with latent witches' 'ealth issues. It will be true and 'e should not press for details."
"He won't," said a confident Hermione. "Harry finds it very difficult to speak plainly about issues dealing with sex in general, other than the clinical biology of the act. If you try and press him, he's likely to run for the hills.
"When it comes your time, you're going to need to be careful with how you interact with him in the... lead up. He is very insecure about the subject and dealing with it in an intimate manner. And it's taken me months to get him to this point with me."
Both other girls nodded back and took the advice on-board.
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With Fleur now settled into the Potter household at the school, the rest of the week, to Harry, appeared to get slower and slower... and slower.
By the time Friday came around, he was so distracted in Potions he'd nearly made a terrible mistake with a brew that would have had severe consequences. The Professor, Potions Mistress Grimsfield, yelled at him for a good two minutes about inattention, before throwing him from the room 'with a T for the day' a good twenty minutes before class should have finished.
The mark didn't bother him, as it was irrelevant to his OWLs. He was just thankful neither Daphne, who was working with him, nor Hermione and Neville, who were working at the station in front of them, were injured due to him causing a potion to explode due to inattention.
It was actually having Hermione sitting in front of him, knowing what either that night or the next would bring, that had him so badly distracted.
At lunch and as the Potions lesson was a combined Gryffindor/Slytherin one, only the two 'Puffs and Fleur, the latter of whom had been attending various Seventh Year lessons for the last three days, were unaware of Harry's distracted state in Potions.
However, it seemed Fleur already knew from her abilities as a Veela, as she just smiled at him in an expression that reflected understanding. Neville also knew Harry was distracted, but would not ask. He knew he'd be told why in due course, if Harry felt he should know.
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