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Chapter 29 - Shopping and Dancing

Summer had finally come around once again and Harry and the girls had all gotten out for the summer and were back at Amelia's house.

Amelia and Narcissa had decided to go into business together and invest into a company that would make various muggle products using magic.

They had asked Harry, having grown up in the muggle world to teach them about various muggle products and which he thought would be the best to be produced.

They had other sources and people to ask of course, but they were trying to get as many opinions as possible.

Meanwhile the girls were currently lounging around near or in the pool in their bikinis.

"I'm really kind of mad Harry wasn't here to put sunscreen on me." Susan admitted.

"He always has such a cute expression on his face when I ask him to." Pansy said as she couldn't help from giggling.

"I should ask him to pull down my bikini bottom and get my bum and see how he reacts." Tonks suggested.

"No, we already promised him we weren't going to push him into anything." Su reminded.

"I wouldn't be forcing him to, just going to give him the opportunity." Tonks countered.

"I think that might be a bit much," Susan admitted. "Although I am kind of eager to see if he wants to go lingerie and clothes shopping with us. We have to go anyway to get dresses for the wedding."

"More like you just want to show off how big your breasts have gotten to him." Gabrielle guessed.

Susan blushed, and replied: "All right so maybe I do, but I'd guess the reason you knew that was because you were planning to do the exact same thing."

It was now Gabrielle's turn to blush and said shamelessly. "I might as well benefit from them."

"I don't understand how you've both grown so fast," Pansy commented. "Mine already stopped growing months ago. I might be a small C but that's about it."

"I'm totally flat chested and you don't hear me complaining," Su remarked. "Besides you've got an incredibly beautiful body Pansy, you have nothing to complain about."

At that moment, Harry came out to the pool.

"Hey girls what did I miss?" He asked.

"We were just wondering if you wanted to go clothes shopping with us?" Tonks asked.

He seemed a bit nervous, probably remembering last year when they had gone clothes shopping, but this time he asked, "Would you all like me to go?"

"Absolutely Harry," Fleur said, "we all want to show off, and let you decide what would look best on us. That way you get to see us wearing them the rest of the year."

"I suppose I would like to come for that," he answered truthfully.

"I could have told you he couldn't help himself," Gabrielle said, grinning.

"You can look away if you feel uncomfortable," recommended Susan gently to him.

He cheekily said, "what makes you think I would ever want to look away from any of you?"

This caused Tonks to start laughing.

"I'm glad that you said that, because we're making sure you get some new clothes too," Susan reminded him.

"Now that is something I'm definitely looking forward to," Fleur admitted.

DUELDUELDE

At the clothing store, Madame Malkins asked what they would like.

"We'd like to pick out clothes and then get our measurements," Susan announced.

"Very well," Madame Malkins agreed.

As Harry went with the girls to go pick out clothes, Susan looked through bras and picked out a light blue one.

"What do you think Harry?" She asked.

As Harry looked at it, he wasn't entirely all that savvy when it came to those things but it looked awfully small so he said, "Um I don't think it would fit you Susan."

"Don't worry Harry, in the magical world most clothes can be magically modified so that the size matches you perfectly. I'd bet as a guy you probably don't have that big of a problem, but for women we tend to have a few more curves that we are trying either to show off or hide, etc."

He only nodded before admitting:

"Then I like the color."

After helping the girls pick out bras and matching panties, Madame Malkins went with each of the girls into the changing room to get them fitted and magically tailored.

As Susan was first, she then came out in her light blue bra and matching panties, causing him to gulp.

He had of course seen Susan wearing her bikini quite often which was one reason why he had finally decided it wasn't that big a deal with going shopping with them, but it still caused certain thoughts to run through him.

He had the unfortunate or fortunate problem depending on how you looked at it in being betrothed to 5 very sexy girls and they each were becoming more and more happy to show off their bodies to him.

"What size is it?" Amelia asked as Susan shamelessly modeled for them.

"It's a 32 E cup," she answered, "it seems to fit quite nicely too, my old ones were getting a bit snug."

"I wouldn't be surprised if you ended up passing me up," Amelia answered.

"I hope so actually, I rather like them big," Susan said, lifting them up and winking over at him.

He gulped. She knew that he couldn't help but stare at them, and was quite happy that he was.

Having already had this explained to him, an E cup was evidently not ridiculously huge, but they still seemed plenty big to him, and the way Susan was acting, it was easy to get distracted.

Next up was Fleur who was placed at a 30F, just as big as Susan's as far as he could tell. She also took the opportunity to make sure he paid special attention to her as well.

Pansy ended up being a 28C, Su a 26A, and Gabrielle a 26DD each more than happy to show off their assets to him.

Author's Note: Yes I got the sizes believable and not too out there.

After that they started picking out other clothes, in particular the bridesmaid dresses for the upcoming wedding.

Needless to say it was an exhausting affair, as the girls modeled for him in far more outfits than they would ever need.

Personally he couldn't see why they needed to try on 100 outfits to buy only a couple of them. Couldn't they have narrowed it down more?

For example if Pansy really thought she looked fat in a certain dress, why take the time to come out of the dressing room and ask him? She should have just taken the dress off even though she still looked great in it.

He replied by saying: "If you look fat in that dress, then you look really good fat."

She grinned and needless to say she got the dress.

Once the dresses had been picked out, the girls very excitedly helped him pick out clothes for himself, and he was soon deluged with different outfits they wanted him to try on.

At first he simply went along with it, but after trying on what seemed to be the one thousandth pair of pants, he insisted that they were done.

The girls however had by that point narrowed it down and he bought several new outfits along with the dress robes that they selected for him to wear at the wedding.

After buying all their new clothes they went and got a few more things such as decorations for Malfoy Manor where the wedding would be held.

By the time they got home, Harry was so exhausted he fell asleep immediately, having had no idea that shopping could be so tiring.

DUELDUELDE

The next day Harry had been currently talking with Fleur and Gabrielle about the wedding of their aunt back in France when Narcissa interrupted them.

"Harry I was wondering if maybe I could speak with you in private for a moment," she said.

"Sure," he agreed, following her into another room.

"I already had this conversation with Susan but I felt that it would be important to have it with you," she stated.

"Okay," he replied.

"I know that things might be a little awkward between us, what with me marrying Sirius along with Amelia, and in addition to everything else I put you through," she stated.

"It's all right, I understand," he tried to say.

"I don't want to interfere with anything you already have with Amelia, as I would guess that you value her highly," she said.

"That would be correct," he answered, "in truth she's like the mother I never had."

"Then I wouldn't want to change that," Narcissa told him, "I've gained a lot of respect for her and I want you to know that I would never jeopardize that relationship that you have."

As if in direct answer to his thoughts she said, "of course I didn't always realize that. It was never my intention to take you away from a loving family. I had only heard about what happened living with your muggle relatives. I couldn't be sure just where you were at the time, but I figured I could definitely be a better parent than your muggle relatives ever were."

He really wasn't sure what to say, as he realized that if Amelia hadn't taken custody of him when she did, he likely would be with Narcissa right now, and he might well regard her as a mother figure and be happy with her. From what he knew about her, she seemed at least way better than the Dursleys had been.

"From what I had heard of you, I saw in you everything that I wish my real son was, strong, brave, hardworking, yet also loving and kind. I guess I figured that if I adopted you that you would sort of rub off on Draco," Narcissa told him.

Harry sighed and said, "Doubtful but I can't blame you for wanting to try."

Well it appears to be working at least somewhat, he's gotten a bit better from what I've noticed even if all he still does is mope around in his bedroom," Narcissa said.

"I think there just might still be hope for him yet," Harry answered, not sure if this was actually possible but also wanting to support Narcissa in her efforts.

"I hope so too, although I have definitely promised that I'll rectify the mistakes that I've made with my next child," Narcissa confessed.

She put her hand on her now large belly, which they had already found out would be a girl.

"Would you like to feel her?" She asked.

He nodded and he gently put a hand on her belly.

"Can you feel her kick?" She then asked.

He nodded, as he could feel the movement that her baby was making.

"I already love my baby," she announced proudly, "she's going to be such a good little girl, I know it."

"I'm sure that you and Sirius will be wonderful parents," he observed.

"Thank you, Harry, that means a lot coming from you," she said before adding, "I'd also like to get to know you and have you get to know our daughter better as well if you would allow it."

"Of course," he agreed.

"Me and Sirius have also decided to have you be her godfather," she admitted.

"Me?" He asked in shock.

She laughed and said, "since Sirius was your godfather, we figured that it would be best if you were our daughter's."

"I don't see why not," he answered.

"Thanks Harry," she said before asking, "can I give you a hug?"

He reached around her very pregnant belly and gave her one.

"One last thing," she asked, "do you already know how to dance? I figured that with you and all the girls that it might be a good thing to know before the wedding."

"I don't, but I guess I could ask either Susan or Pansy to teach me," He replied.

"Well then at the wedding be sure and save a dance for me," she asked.

"I will," he promised.

DUELDUELDE

Later on, Harry opened up Susan and Pansy's door.

He found both girls currently in a state of partial undress as they were only clad in their new underwear.

"Oops, sorry," he tried to apologize.

"It's perfectly all right Harry, nothing you haven't seen before," Susan reminded him as she rolled over on her bed so that she was now facing him, "What's up?"

He also couldn't help but stare at her bra encased chest once again, something that she was quite aware of and seemed perfectly content to have him do.

She seemed to almost direct him there with her eyes.

"Narcissa recommended that I get dance lessons from one or both of you before the wedding," he answered.

Both girls grinned.

"We would absolutely love to teach you how to dance," Susan replied happily.

"Uh could you at least get some clothes on before we do," he nervously asked.

Susan frowned but quickly put on a shirt and some pants.

"Before we begin do you have any dance experience Harry?" Susan asked.

He shook his head and said, "the Dursleys sure didn't teach me, although I did watch my aunt try to teach Dudley once so that he'd know for smart parties."

"Then let's see if you remember anything she tried to teach you first," recommended Susan.

He somehow still remembered where he was supposed to put his hands on her body, and while there was no music, she gave him leave to start.

This left him feeling rather awkward as he really didn't remember anything past this point, and he was about to say so when suddenly something inside him seemed to take over.

He placed his left foot directly to his left and in response so did she and then he continued to move around, moving his body in a way he knew his aunt nor anyone else he had ever seen for that matter dance.

Yet it seemed so natural, so perfect that he didn't stop.

Everything he did was perfectly mirrored by Susan, who looked just as surprised as he did as they danced.

Even when he did something elaborate, she seemed to be there waiting for it, including spinning her around, lifting her up, even passing her underneath his legs for him to immediately pick up after wards.

Although there was no music, it sounded almost like there was, only it was no song that he had never heard before and it didn't seem to be audible, just resonated from inside. It was beautiful and caring, yet strong and passionate, and penetrated deeply within him.

As they danced, Harry began to feel... emotion, passion, power?

None of those seemed to really describe what he was feeling but whatever it was it felt good.

All he knew was that it was beautiful and it was good and it was all him and Susan at that moment.

It was more than a dance at that moment, he realized, it was perfect symmetry between two people that loved each other.

Finally Susan ended it as she pulled away from him, leaving her gasping for air at the physical exertion.

Pansy seemed in total awe and exclaimed:

"Wow, that was absolutely amazing! I thought you said you didn't know how to dance Harry?"

"I don't," he confided, "something just seemed to take over.

Susan could only stare at him with something akin to absolute wonderment, as if he was the only thing in the universe, and seemed to want more of whatever had happened.

"That was so intense," she finally admitted, "I've never danced or even felt like that, it's like you understood my very soul and matched it entirely through dance. It felt like a song was playing, a song that seemed perfect for me."

"I'd like to see just what you are talking about," Pansy said, offering her arm to Harry.

He took it and led off by doing the same thing, letting something deep inside him take over.

The direction he took with Pansy was softer, more gentle, less spins and less frantic movement but it was still just as beautiful.

He had already felt tired after his dance with Susan but now he suddenly felt full of energy again.

Pansy was just as in awe as Susan had been and he realized that with her, it was like this was Pansy's song, this was her soul. It was gentle and loving yet somehow also conveyed intelligence and just so Pansy.

As with Susan it felt just so right, yet Pansy ended it more quickly.

As he stared at her, she had the same expression that Susan's had had, only he now recognized what emotion she really had most of all: need.

She kissed him back as if her life depended on it, as she pushed into him. From what he could tell, she was apparently more turned on than he had ever seen her before.

She slipped one hand underneath his shirt, while the other went right onto his butt.

His hand had been currently sitting at her waist, but she pulled it down directly onto her bum.

He tried to pull it off, but she kept her hand directly over his, forcing it to stay there.

"Mmm, just keep it there Harry," she said breathlessly.

Deciding that they were going a bit too far, he gently pushed her away and said:

"Um this is a bit much, it might be better if we get some space."

He left the room, leaving the two girls behind but didn't stray far, just on the other side of the door, where he still overheard the conversation that they both had.

"It looked like you were about to have sex with him right then and there!" Susan claimed.

"I know," Pansy admitted sounding slightly guilty, "I don't even know what came over me, it was just so romantic, like we were listening to my favorite song and dancing the way I'd always wanted to dance, and best of all it was with him."

"It's not like I can really blame you, it took me until you two had already started dancing before I realized I wanted exactly the same thing, otherwise I probably would have," Susan replied.

"I've never felt like that, never connected with anyone so well, it's like I didn't just want him, I needed him at that moment," Pansy said.

"Whatever it was, I'm a little worried about if I'll be able to stop myself the next time we dance," Susan answered.

"Do you think that some spell or something could be involved?" Pansy wondered.

"I don't see how else Harry could suddenly be the most incredible dancer on earth and also make us feel like that," Susan responded.

"I think we had better go find your aunt and ask her," Pansy said.

The two girls went outside the room to find Harry still there and then they went to go find Amelia who was with Sirius and explained everything that had just transpired.

"So Harry you've never learned to dance before?" Amelia asked.

"No, never," he admitted.

"I can't seem to think of any spell that would cause a person to suddenly pick up dancing skills," Amelia commented.

Pansy said: "It wasn't just good dancing, it's like we were dancing to the rhythm of my very soul, like the dance matched perfectly with my very self. It was just so beautiful that I totally got caught up in the moment, I think if Harry hadn't backed off, I would have easily given into him."

"I'm sorry if I did anything wrong Amelia," Harry answered, not wanting her to feel like he had broken her trust.

Through all of this, Sirius had been totally silent but then said: "I do believe that I can shed a little light on this mystery. I do believe that Harry just might be a soul dancer, someone who is able to connect with a person that he or she loves' and who loves them back and emulate that love in a dance that is perfectly in sync with that person. Like what a person really is is exemplified in a dance and a song with each person being different.

It's a gift that Harry's father James had as well, and after Lily and he danced for the first time it was like sparks were flying. That was also their first time having sex too."

"What if that happens again when we dance?" Susan asked, "I mean I'm sure it wouldn't be too terrible of a thing to happen but I'd still like to be able to control it, it was totally romantic and all-consuming."

"It is still just a dance, and you still have control even though I'm told it is incredibly romantic. You could break it at any time, and you should be able to resist anything afterwards although it will be more difficult. Just cut back on dancing too much and you should be fine."

"What would happen if Harry did that with a girl he didn't already love romantically?" Amelia asked.

"He would be able to dance with them, but they just wouldn't have any connection so Harry could anticipate their movements and follow them, but he could never lead and have them be able to follow if that makes any sense," Sirius explained.

As if to demonstrate or find out for herself, Amelia took Harry's hands and tried to dance with him.

When he did so he first tried leading off but found he suddenly had no idea just what to do, and it became a complete mess with him stepping on her toes more than once.

"Like I said," Sirius proved.

Then Amelia decided to lead and he found that he could respond, not in the same way that he could with the girls but it was still beautiful and he could still hear a song playing that was strong yet loving.

Amelia ended it quickly however.

"I couldn't hear any song or feel anything, but he did respond rather well to where I wanted him to go," Amelia said.

"He can anticipate your movements but since you don't romantically love him and have that connection with him, you weren't able to react to it," Sirius explained.

"This has to be a rather weird gift to have, but I really like it," Susan confessed as she looked over at him lovingly.

"So do I," he admitted as he put his hand into hers while doing the same with Pansy on the other side of him.

"I'm adding that to my list of positives for my future husband," Pansy said, "dancer."

DUELDUELDE

Preparing for the wedding was a nightmare, despite the large amount of help they received from professionals that they hired, but they finally got it all done, with all the guests visibly impressed.

As best man, Harry stood close to Sirius waiting for the two brides to come out.

Amelia and Narcissa came out at the same time, with Sirius waiting at the altar along with the one conducting the marriage, which was actually Scrimgeour.

Since Scrimgeour had the most level headed voice he had ever heard, Harry supposed that this was a good choice.

Scrimgeour began with:

"Family and Friends, wizards and non-wizards alike, we are gathered here to celebrate the union between Sirius Black and these two lovely ladies, Amelia Bones and Narcissa Black."

Scrimgeour yammered on and on about love and stuff that Harry really wasn't listening to as he was more focused on Sirius, Amelia, and Narcissa's expressions, who looked totally in love.

Finally Scrimgeour got to the part that everyone had been waiting for.

"Sirius do you take these two women to be your lawfully wedded wives?" Scrimgeour asked.

"Yes," Sirius said as he looked upon the two women he loved.

"Do you Amelia agree to take Sirius as your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I do," Amelia answered back even as she remained focused on Sirius.

"Do you Narcissa agree to take Sirius as your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I do," Narcissa said, wearing a matching expression of love for her husband to be.

"Then with the power vested in me by the ministry of magic, I now pronounce you man and wives. You may kiss the brides."

Sirius leaned in and kissed Amelia, followed by Narcissa.

Immediately following the wedding they had a reception, with everyone wishing congratulations to the newlyweds.

Harry was only just going to go back and get some more food when someone stopped him.

"Mr. Potter we meet at last," the man said.

Before he could say anything back, Pansy came over.

"Harry this is my father, Mr. Parkinson," Pansy introduced.

"I'm pleased to meet you finally," Harry replied to be polite even if he wasn't actually pleased to meet him.

Pansy had already filled him in on his character and he already had a rather bad opinion formed of him.

"Likewise," Mr. Parkinson said, shaking his hand, "so you are the boy that will be taking my daughter off my hands. I trust that she is behaving as a good pureblood girl should."

The way that he referred to her like his property made Harry's rather low opinion of him drop another notch.

"She has been better than I could have ever dreamed, I really couldn't ask for better," he replied.

"If she really is that good perhaps I should have asked for a better deal," Parkinson joked.

"What are you talking about?" He asked.

"Well surely you didn't think you were getting for free, I worked out a deal with Dumbledore, and he said that he had told you," Parkinson claimed.

Harry was about to reply but Pansy butted in and said, "Of course he does, and it's still perfectly acceptable to him, he just didn't quite get your joke in time."

Parkinson nodded satisfied and said, "well then again it was nice to meet you and I hope that we will be able to do more business in the future."

After he had left, he asked Pansy, "Why did you tell him that?"

"It's just the way of marriage contracts, whenever a new one is formed, certain conditions are set, usually some agreed upon price for the girl or some business deal. I'd imagine that Dumbledore took care of it when you first won me in the duel."

Mad that Dumbledore hadn't told him, he still asked, "what would happen if I hadn't agreed to pay, and why didn't you ever tell me?"

"I suppose it never came up as I always just assumed that you knew, but didn't want to talk about it," Pansy admitted, "As for your first question if you hadn't agreed to at least match what was already agreed upon in the original contract then my father would have had grounds to challenge or possibly break it. However since Dumbledore apparently agreed upon the price in your stead than my father would have been obligated to keep it."

"So that would mean that Dumbledore apparently wanted me to be betrothed to you," he answered.

"Correct, but he just assured me that it was because he could tell I was much happier with you, and I wasn't in the mood to question my good fortune," Pansy replied.

"I still feel like there is more to it than that," Harry said.

"Harry do you love me?" Pansy asked.

"Of course I do," He answered truthfully.

"What price would you be willing to pay for me?" She asked.

"I'd give anything for you," he responded.

"Then as long as that remains the case, I'm not worried about what Dumbledore agreed to have you pay for me, but you can ask Narcissa for a copy as your new guardian later," Pansy told him, "but now let's dance."

"What about what happened last time?" He asked.

"Then we'll dance only a little bit and you can either dance with the other girls or go get some more food," she suggested.

Reluctantly he when out with her onto the dance floor.

Currently there was some other music playing by some professional band that Narcissa had hired but as soon as he started dancing with Pansy, that music seemed to fade and be replaced by the one that resonated from within as Pansy's internal song began to play.

Their bodies moving in perfect sync, he became caught up in it and he could tell so was she.

After a few minutes however she stopped and said, "All right, I think that's enough. You're almost like a drug when we dance like this, I can't get enough of it and I find myself wanting you more."

As he looked around he noticed that many people were watching them, also impressed by their dancing skills.

Pansy then left but was quickly replaced by Gabrielle who had seen them dancing.

Gabrielle of course had heard about his dancing ability but he hadn't actually danced with her before and as they began, it became something totally different, the song and the dance became more slow before suddenly speeding up again, and then going from sad to happy.

Registering the same shock as both Susan and Pansy, she allowed him to dance with her, responding to his every movement.

Fleur had to remind Gabrielle to stop as caught up as she was, and took her place.

He danced with all the girls then, each for only a period of a few minutes before being replaced by another.

They then rotated back with him dancing with each of them 3 times before he finally chose to end it and go sit down.

"Sirius told me about your dancing ability but it was another thing entirely to watch. I've never seen anyone dance like that," Narcissa admitted as she came up to him.

Remembering that he had promised to dance with her, he asked her if she would like to.

As she took his hand back onto the dance floor she reminded him, "just try to be much more gentle with me, I am 8 months pregnant after all."

Seeing as this was a concern when he danced with her it was little more than very slight movements, perhaps a gentle rocking back and forth, which is what he judged her to be capable of handling.

Since he had never really properly learned to dance, even his lack of knowledge was more than enough to handle it.

"Be careful not to break me," she joked.

"Sorry I just didn't want to do too much," he responded.

"You're fine," she told him.

After the song ended, she thanked him for the dance and then went to go sit back down, while he went to go dance with Amelia.

By the time he finally finished his dance with her, however, he was totally exhausted and sat down at the same table the girls were all sitting at.

"Well you certainly can dance Harry," Fleur admitted.

"Thanks," he answered, "so nobody want to jump me and get me in bed?"

"As tempting as that is, I'm going to pass on that," Tonks answered.

Tonks had been the only one that his dancing skill had not worked with, forcing her to be the one to lead and him following along.

She was still impressed but it hadn't had the same impact that it had had on the other girls.

"I'd still be willing to do that but I'm sure I can manage to resist," Fleur said, only half jokingly.

"Well it looks like they are going to go cut the cake," Susan announced, licking her lips.

DUELDUELDE

A few weeks later while Harry and the girls were doing pre auror training they were informed by Amelia that Narcissa had gone into labor.

When Harry and the girls all got to the hospital with Amelia about half an hour later, Harry had been expecting to wait a few hours outside in the waiting room while Narcissa went through the pains of labor, but evidently this wasn't the case.

"I'd imagine she's already had the baby by now," Amelia remarked as she found out from the woman at the front desk in what room Narcissa was in.

"That fast?" Harry asked.

"Magical pregnancies I'm told are a lot faster. We use a pain killing spell and another spell to make the baby come out faster. That's why I waited for a little while. It really doesn't take long."

As they all entered the room, they found Amelia was correct as they saw Narcissa already holding a brand new baby girl."

"Awe!" The girls all collectively said at the same time.

"She's so little," remarked Susan as she stared at the tiny new infant.

"6 pounds 11 ounces," Sirius said proudly.

As everyone eyed the new baby, Harry couldn't help but notice just how proud both Sirius and Narcissa were at being new parents.

"Did you finally decide what to name her?" Pansy asked.

"Cassiopeia or Cassie for short," Narcissa said happily.

Eventually Narcissa allowed each of the girls to hold her as they stayed in the hospital throughout the day but when it came time for his turn he was rather nervous that he might somehow drop her or something worse.

Taking baby Cassiopeia gently, he held her as Narcissa instructed him to and watched her as she currently had her eyes open staring at him.

"Hi, I'm your godfather Harry," he said quietly to her.

She closed her eyes then and fell asleep.

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