The Friday Boy

CHAPTER 24

Harry sat on Ginny’s beanbag flicking through the latest edition of ‘Cosmopolitan Witch’ magazine that she’d tossed at him when he’d come in. It was the first Quidditch Match of the season and Harry had been banned for the first two games as part punishment for having snuck out of the school. Ginny as the co conspirator in Harry’s failed excursion had been banned as well. Leaving the two of them sitting in the Third year girls dormitory listening to the chants, and screams of the excited crowd down on the Quidditch field.

”This is bullshit Ginny, why do you read such crap. ‘My life as a teenage dad – I didn’t know I was pregnant until I fell from my broom at school….” Harry scoffed unbelievingly and tossed the magazine back at Ginny in disgust. “Men can’t get pregnant it’s full of shit.” Harry laughed as he grabbed an old edition of Quidditch Monthly that Ginny had obviously stolen from Ron’s collection.

“Don’t tell me you never read the sex education booklet?” Ginny scolded as Harry snorted loudly and shook his head. At the time the booklet had been given out Harry was entrenched in the Tri-wizard tournament and hadn’t even had time to pick it up let alone read the bloody thing.

“Are you kidding me, I learnt more from the magazines I brought off Draco than I would have learnt from that one paged wonder.” Harry laughed as he continued to flick through his new magazine idly glancing at pictures and stories of interest. Ginny rolled her eyes and bent over the side of her bed, to sort through a few of her textbooks before finally coming up with the booklet Harry had just blown off.

“I’m serious Harry if you and Snape are having sex you need to be careful. Wizards can get pregnant Harry, it’s a rare condition but you don’t know you’ve got it until you get knocked up, so it’s best to use contraception all the time.” Harry was almost disgusted at the thought of a man being pregnant and screwed his nose up as he tossed the booklet back at Ginny and shook his head in refusal to read it.

“Fine, so it’s rare but I’ll be sure to wrap my cock in a condom if and when we finally do it.” Harry turned back to his magazine but was interrupted again by Ginny’s persistence.

“What’s a condom?” Ginny inquired and Harry looked over his shoulder to stare at the young red head in shock. Surely if she and Dean had been doing it for over a year now then they’d have to have been using one, maybe… but then again condom’s were a muggle invention…

“It’s a muggle thing.” Harry muttered as he turned back to his magazine suddenly feeling very uncomfortable having this conversation with someone who was practically his sister.

“Well what ever it is Snape’s not going to want to use it, he’ll be expecting you to know a contraceptive charm.” Harry groaned at Ginny and closed his magazine with an irritated slap as he turned around fully to face the freckled face Weasley.

“Okay I give up, just tell me what the charm is and I’ll write it down and be sure to pull it out at that all important moment…” Harry leaned over and grabbed a spare piece of parchment from Ginny’s homework pile and a quill from her bag that was spilled open all over the floor. Ginny was definitely the typical messy Weasley.

“I don’t know it.” Ginny put simply as she shrugged her shoulders at Harry who was patiently waiting to write the charm down. “Same couple sex charms are different from hetro ones, you’ll just have to research it or better yet go and ask Snape.” Ginny laughed as she picked up her Cosmo Witch and started to flick through it leaving Harry to glare at the young witch contemptibly.

“You take delight in fucking with me don’t you Weasley?” Harry laughed as he put the parchment and quill back and jumped up to lay beside Ginny on her bed. “You know I’m not going to rest until I know the charm and it was all part of your grand scheme to get me laid by forcing me to talk to Snape about it.” Ginny smiled innocently as Harry began to tickle her, the red head smarter than she looked.

After a short time of tickling on the bed Harry got up and straightened his uniform, deciding it was a good time to go before he got caught in the girls dormitory. He was in enough trouble as it was, and with Dumbledore watching his and Snape’s every move he wasn’t about to blow what he’d worked so hard to achieve.

“Alright I’m going, I’ll see you in the common room later.” Harry picked up his bag from where he’d dropped it by Ginny’s trunk as he moved over to the door.

“I’m serious Harry, ask Snape about contraception it’s important and it might get you a little closer to your goal if you show a bit of initiative.” Harry rolled his eyes at Ginny but nodded as he waved goodbye and disappeared out of the dormitory. Heading down the common room Harry made the decision to go and see Snape. Apart from the fact he was bored Harry also knew that he wouldn’t see the elder wizard tonight like usual because of a scheduled faculty meeting so he would take the opportunity now to go and see him. Snape hated Quidditch and as a rule avoided attending matches by pretending to be working in his potions lab, so that was where Harry headed first in search of the potions professor.

Harry smiled as he knocked on the door to Snape’s classroom and pushed it slightly open to see inside. Sure enough the creature of habit was bent over a cauldron intently stirring the bubbling liquid as he scrawled something down in his meticulous notebooks.

“Come.” At Snape’s curt permission Harry stepped into the classroom and having dumped his school bag on the first desk he continued on down to the front desk where Snape was busily brewing away. Harry saw Snape glance up at him to confirm the identity of his visitor, as Harry jumped up onto the desktop beside where Snape was working and glanced into the cauldron. The inky black substance inside the cauldron smelt like tar and looked thick and gooey and Harry wondered what it was, although knew better than to ask. “To what do I owe this dubious visit? Merlin forbid you should be bored and have simply come to irritate me.” Snape stepped back from his cauldron and wandered over to his ingredients cupboard where he collected a few more vials and returned to the bench.

“Just thought I’d come and spend some quality time with you because I know tonight you’re going to a staff meeting.” Harry smiled as he watched Snape roll his eyes contemptibly, the potions professor really did hate the meaningless meetings Dumbledore called each week in order to chat and share gossip with his professors.

“A meeting I would rather forgo in favor of your company as you well know Potter.” Snape grumbled irritably as he made a few more notes in his book as Harry began rearranging the ingredients bottles in alphabetical order as he always did when he helped Snape in the lab.

“Sounds like Slytherin’s are winning the match.” Harry sighed as he remembered the uproarious shout that had come from the Slytherin stands as Harry had passed through the courtyard on the way down to the dungeons.

“No doubt I will have a play by play account of the match this evening at the meeting Potter so spare me the whinging about my house beating yours.” Snape snapped as he added another ingredient to the inky black substance, which turned brilliant red letting off a foul smelling white gas. “Now are you going to tell me why you came down here or do I have to find you a job to keep you out of my way?” Snape stopped stirring the potion and looked pointedly across at Harry who sighed and shrugged his shoulders casually.

“Ginny just told me this crap about wizards being able to become pregnant.” Harry laughed off his statement with a wave of his hand but was surprised as Snape continued to stare at him seriously.

“Yes, they can.” Severus put very matter of factly, as he turned back to his potion and began stirring it again. Harry had honestly thought Ginny was just messing around but having heard the truth from Snape’s mouth there was little disputing it.

“Oh…” Harry didn’t know what to say and instead stared at his hands in his lap that were twisting nervously.

“It’s rare but it does exist. It’s virtually impossible to tell but a few select healers believe a partner can tell if his mate is able by the subtle change in magical signature during sex.” Snape leaned over his cauldron and with a cupped hand wafted a little of the steam towards him and sniffed it to asses his potion. Harry screwed his nose up, wondering how on earth Snape managed not to be sick with some of his more horrid smelling potions.

“Great I’ll be sure to keep a look out.” Harry chuckled dryly a little nervous with discussing this with Snape. Since the incident at the Christmas dinner table Harry hadn’t taken the initiative in any of the small intimate moments, relying solely on Snape to guide him. “So can you do anything about it to stop, well you know…” Harry trailed off still staring at his hands that were twisting awkwardly in his lap.

“If you’re referring to contraception Potter, there’s no need for you to concern yourself with it, I’m quite capable of looking after the both of us.” Harry nodded silently, quietly wondering if Snape was going to do everything for him. Snape again bent over the bench and scribbled in his notebook before extinguishing the flame beneath the cauldron and draping it with a damp clean cloth. “And if by some freak occurrence where by you come to be having sex with me while I’m unconscious there is only a 2% chance of you actually being able to conceive so I think you can relax.” Snape flicked his wand at the potion ingredients on the bench and Harry watched as each vial and bottle replaced itself in the cupboards around the classroom. “Now if we’ve done discussing my ability to use contraception, perhaps you can explain to me this tripe you call a potions essay.” Harry groaned as Snape moved over to his teaching desk and having rifled through a few piles threw Harry’s latest essay at him with a look of disgust. Sighing heavily Harry prepared himself for the forthcoming lecture, perhaps it hadn’t been such a good idea to come and see Snape after all and despite Ginny’s urging he was still no closer to his goal.

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