In the end I ended up sleeping next to Bridget, the feeling of sleeping next to someone you like is really good, or in this case I'm sure that my feeling is already turning into love and true love.
I like Ginny, but we're further from love than Bridget and I are.
Gemma and Millicent are friends and I don't know if that will ever change.
When you are a Dual Cultivator you need to know that not every girl you sleep with will become important in your life. This is a thought that dominates common Dual Cultivators, but as my technique revolves around relationships I'm a little different. Casual sex can happen, but only important people will receive anything beyond that from me and that includes friends, lovers and wives.
Friends have someone else as the most important person in their life. I only tend to have sexual relationships with girls who have another woman as the most important person in their lives.
Lovers is a somewhat controversial category, they are women who have fallen in love with me in some way, but don't want or can't spend the rest of their lives with me. These are rare cases, but they happen. I have had wives who become lovers in the end, they end up deciding to stay in their own worlds for the rest of their lives.
Wives is kind of explanatory, they are women who chose to share their lives with me.
When I woke up I needed a few seconds to get my bearings, I realized that the afternoon had already arrived, so our chance to have lunch had passed.
I took a deep breath thinking about what to do.
In a matter of time we were still in the winter break and one of the advantages of being an adult is that holidays and weekends are free. And when I say that, we can leave the castle.
I spend most of my time inside the castle because I have nothing to do outside of it, the girls are here and I need to study and do Dans.
I gently woke Bridget next to me.
"Bri, are you hungry?" – I asked her in a calm voice.
I knew the question was stupid, she had used up more than half of her magic reserve, it was clear she would be hungry.
"Hunger." – she murmured, waking up.
I caressed her face trying to speed up her waking up.
"Why did you wake me up?" – she asked, pouting.
I smiled at her and kissed her forehead.
"We missed lunch, we need to decide whether to wait for dinner or go to Hogsmeade." – I said to her.
She got up from the bed until she was sitting up.
"This is very counterproductive, we can only make one or two batches of Dans a day like this." – she complained.
I agreed with her.
"But at the same time there are potions that need to be cooked for days that we can make in a single day like that. It is also our attractive point for customers." – I explained to her.
She snorted indignantly, but knowing I was telling the truth.
We got out of bed and straightened our clothes and went towards the entrance of the property, there we could hire a carriage to go to Hogsmeade, this was one of the ways to raise money, although not very effective.
The carriage was pulled by Thestrals, which neither Bridget nor I were able to see.
Going to Hogsmeade had another advantage, we could wait for the train to arrive at the station.
Being winter, with the duration of the trip the train would arrive around 5pm, the sky would already be dark.
It was already mid-afternoon when we arrived, we went straight to looking for a place to eat and at Bridget's insistence we ended up at Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop frequented by couples.
I would have preferred a place with a little less delicate food, but I went with the flow.
Non-spiritual teas are something I'm not a big fan of, but magical teas are relatively passé, otherwise I prefer coffee.
With a cup of tea in hand I started to eat the small canapés that were served along with the tea.
Bridget was in front of me laughing at me.
Apparently I was big enough to look out of place when frequenting this establishment.
Apparently they haven't updated since Hogwarts started teaching adults. All the furniture was slightly smaller than normal.
Children start dating around 14 or 15 years old, which is not very different from our ages, but in some cases they have not yet developed well enough, some people grow up to 18, others 21 and in some rare cases until 24.
We spent the rest of the afternoon in this place and when the train arrived, we headed towards the station.
There were some familiar faces at the station like Hagrid who was in charge of the carriages to the castle, those were free.
Bridget and I sat on a bench waiting for the train.
We were both nervous about what happened and the only positive response was the one we saw in the Daily Prophet in the morning, but it was accompanied by a scandal.
"Do you think the three of them will come back?" – Bridget asked, giving in to nervousness.
"I have no doubt, the three will return." – I replied in a firm tone, but trying to convince myself at the same time.
"Families have much more influence in the Wizarding World than in the Muggle world. Maybe Ginny will come back and break up with you. I don't know how I would feel if that happened." – she commented, half thinking out loud.
"She's too thick-headed to give in, she probably fought with her family until they gave up." – I replied.
Ginny had the warrior spirit that most people I've met so far lacked. She was the one who was going to decide her future and nothing was going to stop her and I would like to be part of it.
When the train arrived, a bunch of people disembarked at the first possible moment. Many familiar faces, when the flow of students finally seemed like it was going to end, three figures appeared.
I could recognize Gemma and Ginny, but the third person was unrecognizable.
Clearly it was Millicent who had completed her transformation cycle.
She and Gemma were holding hands, there was no way it could be anyone else.
Bridget who was next to me ran towards Ginny and hugged her, she was more worried than me lately.
The two hugged while Gemma and Millicent came towards me.
"How were things on holiday?" – I asked them.
"Apart from this morning's article in Prophet Diario, everything went well." – replied Millicent.
"Leave the house so you don't come back, you'll have to give me a key to yours when the exams are over." – Gemma replied in a playful tone.
I wish they could have their own freedom, but having them in my house wasn't a bad thing, or at least Gemma was.
I nodded to them, symbolizing that I was going to make my promise fulfilled.
Bridget and Ginny approached and Ginny sped over to give me a hug.
"I missed you." – she murmured in my arms.
"Me too." – I whispered back.
I hugged her tightly and kissed her forehead.
"We rented a carriage at the castle, you'd better accompany us on the way back so we can catch up and plan what's coming to welcome you there." – I proposed.
The girls found no reason to refuse and the five of us embarked on the return journey.
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