"Erm, Y/N?" Harry said, rubbing the back of his neck as he approached me, wearing a face of pure awkwardness.

"Hey, what's wrong?" I asked, and he blushed slightly.

"Howdoyouknowthatyoulikeagirl?" He blurted out.

"Come again?"

"How do you...know that you like a girl?" He said slowly, and the blush in his face grew.

I paused for a moment, letting the information sink in, before rushing to my feet and jumping up and down. "You finally like Ginny! Oh god I've been waiting years for this!" I squealed with joy, but Harry had turned beet red.

"Erm...no." He said quietly, before forcing a smile as I stopped jumping up and down.

"No? Who do you like? Oh god! Did I not interpret your words right and you actually like a boy?" I asked hurriedly, but Harry burst out laughing.

"No! Well, yes...sort of. I think I might be bisexual, but it's more to do with the fact I think I might fancy Cho." He said, looking up at me as he rubbed the back of his neck again in anticipation of my reaction.

"Cho? Cho as in Cho-Ravenclaw-Seeker-Drop-Dead-Gorgeous-Chang?" I said, completely and utterly bewildered by the news.

"Yeah she really is gorgeous." Harry breathed out a sigh of relieved at my reaction, and smiled. I led him to sit down at one of the sofas, and Hermione and Ron decided it would be the perfect tune to barge in.

"Does Y/N know now?" Ron said quickly, rushing to join us at the sofa.

"Ronald! You idiot! Now if she doesn't, she'll be asking Harry until he does, and he really doesn't need that extra stress at the moment!" Hermione hissed at him, before smacking Ron with her Herbology book.

"She knows, don't worry. But thanks for the words of kindness 'Mione." Harry said sarcastically, before all three turned to face me.

"So? What you think of it?" Harry asked, an eager smile on his face.

"Of what?" I said, confused by his question.

"Harry kissing one of your best friends!" Ron said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Oh, well it really isn't any of my business is it? As long as Cho is happy then I am too! Wait? Kissing?" I spun to face Harry, who had once again gone beet red.

"Well done Ronald." Hermione muttered, before pulling him along with her and quickly leaving me and Harry alone again.

"When did you kiss her Harry?" I said slowly, and I saw a flash of fear in his eyes.

"It was only yesterday don't worry! It was under the mistletoe after our last DA session." He quickly explained, and I slightly relaxed.

"Oh, sorry for acting so protective. It's just she hasn't fully healed from Cedric's...from Cedric's...death." I forced it out, before wiping away the few tears that had began to run down my face. "You better not hurt her Harry, because Umbridge is breathing down her neck for being friends with me, and she has enough trauma and stress to last a lifetime, and you and I both know how that goes. I wouldn't be able to see her being hurt again." I whispered, and Harry nodded in understanding.

"I'd never hurt Cho." He reassured me, and I smiled.

"Better welcome her to the family then." I grinned at him, but Harry looked confused.

"Family?" He asked, completely baffled.

"You're family Harry! And now it's time we introduce Cho into it properly too." I grinned at him as his eyes twinkled with joy and a smile spread across his face.

"I'm your family." He breathed out in wonder.

"Well you better be, or I've been telling Slytherins and Ravenclaws to back off someone else called 'my brother Harry Potter'." I smiled at him, and we both burst out laughing.

Harry had become part of my family. He was like the brother I never had, and reminded dad so much of James. I'd hoped he'd be able to live with me and Sirius in the future, and we'd be our own functional dysfunctional family, probably creating chaos wherever we went. But it would be the three of us, one family.

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A/N - yes this is a super short chapter and kind of a filler, but also I wanted to show more of the relationship between Y/N and Harry, and show we do have relationships outside of just Fred.

The brother and sister bond Harry and Y/N have is going to be super important soon, and yeah that's all I'm saying because soon we will not be following the canon plot, and it's gonna go off the rails whoop whoop :)

Also I'm going to update tomorrow too with a longer chapter, and yeah sir try for the two week break, I've been struggling with relapses and just not having any motivation but I'm backkkkkk

Plus my birthday is in a week and a bit and I'm so excited so might even do a little teaser of an upcoming chapter on March 6th , because I love it so much and have already written most of chapter 38 for you guys because I love it so much!

Look after yourselves :)

slytherinserpentine xxx