“It does have that certain, want to kill yourself feeling about,” Brian added. “Makes me glad we came.” Before anything else could be said, a trio of excited voices was heard.

“Harry, you’re finally here.”

“Harry, I’m so glad you finally got here.”

“Harry, mate, it’s about time you showed up,” Hermione, Ginny and Ron exclaimed, surrounding their friend with Ron slapping him on the back as Ginny and Hermione alternately gave him hugs. They didn’t seem to notice Brian and Justin standing nearby.

“I bet you’re glad to finally be back, huh mate?” Ron stated, as the teens finally separated to give Harry some much needed air. “Was it that bad over there? We overheard Mum and Dad saying that that guy that Dumbledore sent you to was a poofter and that he lived with some guy. I can’t believe that he sent you there.”

“But you’re back now,” Hermione interrupted Ron, “so things can go back to normal and you can forget whatever happened over there.” None of Harry’s friends seemed to notice his expression at it darkened at their comments. Where as once he might have let their comments slip, the time he had spent in the company of Brian and Justin, as well as their friends, made him angry on his new friends’ behalf. He moved closer to Brian and Justin, both of whom moved nearer as if to protect him. This was when the teens finally noticed the other two newcomers and realized they had heard everything that had been said, if the expressions on their faces meant anything.

“Suddenly I’m in the mood to go back to the Pitts, Sunshine,” Brian drawled, wrapping his arm around his lover’s waist while resting his free hand on Harry’s shoulder. “What about you?”

“I say book the first flight home,” Justin agreed. “Harry? Care to join us?”

“Of course he isn’t,” Ginny answered for him, reaching for the teen in question’s arm. “Harry’s back where he belongs. This is his home. Why would he want to go anywhere with you?” Brian smirked at the tiny girl’s outburst, recognizing her as a Weasley just from her hair and temper. ‘Looks like Bill got his little sister after all,’ he thought.

“Wouldn’t that be his decision?” Justin asked. “After all, it is his life, right? He should have a choice about how he lives it, and where.”

“There’s no need for all this fuss,” a voice said, coming from a side door. Everyone turned to see a group of adults enter the room. Upon seeing two of the people coming in, Brian and Justin saw Harry give his first real smile since entering the home.

“Sirius, you’re here,” Harry said, going over to the man and giving him a big hug, then doing the same to the man next to him. “Moony. I didn’t know you two were here. I thought you were out of the country.”

“We were, Harry,” Sirius said, releasing his godson. “We just got back earlier this week, only to find out that you had gone on a little trip of your own. I will admit that I wasn’t too happy with Albus for sending you to Pittsburgh all on your own.” Harry blushed at the concern Sirius was showing him. It was something he was still getting used to. “How was it?”

“Actually it was really great,” Harry told him, excitement showing in his voice. “I had a lot of fun. Brian and Justin took me to the beach, an amusement park and New Hope. That’s a wizarding and Muggle community. Oh,” Harry stopped and went back over to the couple that he had spent the past two months with. “Sirius, Remus, this is Brian Kinney and his partner, Justin Taylor. Brian, Justin, this is my godfather, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.”

“Hi,” Justin greeted the two men. “Justin has told us a lot about you two. It’s a pleasure to finally meet you both.”

“The same here,” Remus said, as Sirius went quiet next to him, watching the two men that had caused so much uproar in his home. “I want to thank you for taking such good care of Harry while he was with you.”

“It was no problem,” Justin assured him, ignoring the snort his lover gave.

“Justin liked having someone his almost his own age to play with,” Brian drawled. “Isn’t that right, Sunshine?”

“Bite me.”

“Not right now but I’ll be sure to remember later,” Brian quickly replied, causing more than a few disgusted looks from the other teens in the room and a surprised laugh to come from Sirius and causing heads to turn in his direction.

“I have a feeling I may get to like you, Mr. Kinney,” the escaped convict said. “And not just because you took such good care of my godson here.”

“Mr. Kinney is my father,” Brian replied, a sneer on his face. “Call me Brian.”

“Brian is that really you,” a soft female voice called from the side. Everyone turned to face whoever had entered the, already over-crowded, entryway. There stood a couple and Justin knew instantly, both because of their red hair and the way Brian tensed up that they were the Weasleys. “We couldn’t believe it when Albus told us he had sent Harry for you.” Mrs. Weasley moved towards the brunet and wrapped her arms around him, ignoring the way he held himself stiff in her arms.

“It’s good to see you again, son,” Mr. Weasley said, joining his wife in her hug of Brian. After another few seconds, Brian was finally able to free himself from the stranglehold the two Weasleys had on him and moved back towards Justin, his face showing no emotion.

“Mr. and Mrs. Weasley,” Brian nodded towards them, “let me introduce you to my partner, Justin Taylor. Justin, these are the people I told you about. You know, the ones who treated me as a son and then dumped me without so much as a word as to the reason why.” The two Weasley adults blanched at the introduction, having never realized how much they must have hurt the young boy they had once treated as a son.

“Brian,” Mrs. Weasley started, “you know how much we loved you. You were like another son to us. You and Bill were inseparable. It broke our hearts not being able to contact you.”

“And yet you still manage to move on with your lives and forget all about me,” Brian spat. “Am I just supposed to forgive and forget, because that is just not happening?”

“Now Brian, really, there’s no need to be so angry.”

“And now the gang’s all here,” Brian drawled facing the last newcomer. “Justin meet our esteemed Headmaster. Albus Dumbledore.”