Flying in through the common room entrance, Felicity barely made it into the room before slamming to her knees with a loud thump that spoke of just how badly bruised her poor knees would be. She didn’t even register the pain, however, as she curled in on herself, bending her back so that her face was nearly touching her thighs. Her blond locks pooled around her shaking form as she sobbed, wailing loud enough that she was sure someone would hear her. Most of her house would probably be sleeping, a lot not even being light enough sleepers to be woken, but she hoped that someone would be kind enough to check on her. To save her.

Everything hurt. Her heart and her body and her mind. She couldn’t breathe and she got the hiccups from the way she was crying. The strength of the sobs combined with the hiccups started causing her to heave, and that just made her cry even more. She was an utter mess, and she didn’t know how to fix it. She felt like she’d just been violated in so many ways, yet it started out pleasant. She’d enjoyed the boy’s touch, the way he’d made her feel wanted and pretty. And then…

She felt an ache in her abdomen and slipped a hand between her legs where she still felt as if her core was torn open and blazing. When she pulled her hand away, her fingers were shaking and coated with a layer of blood. She did heave this time, managing to get up only bile on the common room floor. The girl couldn’t even manage to scourgify the sick as she was shaking and sobbing and hiccupping so badly. Finally, she simply looked up into the common room, locking eyes with another person. She knew his name. She knew exactly who he was. So why wasn’t her brain working enough to tell her the details?

All Felicity could do was blink at him, shuddering, and keep crying, the hiccups wracking her body as badly as the sobs. ”Help me?” she squeaked between her tears. Her eyes begged him to make it all better somehow. She didn’t know if that was even possible, but she desperately needed someone to make it so. She was just so hurt, and so desperate. ”Please.”

Tobias was sitting on the end of his bed, fighting with a muggle crossword puzzle. His head phones were covering his ears, as the sound of his dorm mates snoring had been driving him crazy and made surviving his sleepless and worrisome night impossible. He started writing a word in an empty space, only to realize halfway through that it was too long and have to erase it with his wand. That done, he decided he was thirsty and got up, removing his headphones so that he could hear anything going on as he made his way to the water pitcher.

The first thing he heard, which made him immediately forget about water, was some sort of terrible sobbing noise coming from the common room. He dropped the headphones to the bed and pulled on a plain white shirt so that he wasn’t only in a pair of pale yellow pajama pants, then sliding his feet into flip flops he hurried to figure out who was making the noise and how he could help them.

The last thing he expected to see was Felicity Taylor, balled up on the floor and holding up bloody fingers that seemed to have just come out of her skirt. What in the world had happened to cause the shy but proud and generally untroublesome girl to end up on the floor in a mess like this one?

He made his way carefully over to her, picking her up in his arms so that he could gently carry her to the bathroom. Once she was cleaned up he would be able to better tell what was wrong and how to go about fixing it. He figured the physical damage would be the easy part, and the emotional could be dealt with after. “Shh, it’s going to be okay,” he whispered in her ear as he carried her. “We’re going to get you a nice bath to make you feel better and then you can tell me what happened.”

When they reached the bathroom, he set her down gently and filled the tub with hot water. Then he waves his wand, causing her clothes to gently leave her without causing any more damage. Then he carefully lifted her up and set her in the water. When that was done he sat on the edge of the tub, looking away from the blonde so that he wouldn’t feel embarrassed. He waved his wand again, causing a soft sponge to carefully clean her so she didn’t have to do it herself. “You wanna talk about what happened tonight?” he asked gently.

The strong, gentle arms lifted her without a problem and Felicity easily leaned into his chest and let his comforting words wash over her. He didn’t say anything bad about the bile she’d spilled on the floor, nor did he look affronted when she was sure her fingers caused a smear of blood to mark his white shirt. He was simply radiating kindness, and it was making her feel safe despite what she’d been through. The hiccups were still making her shake a bit and squeak rather pathetically, but her sobbing had settled to a constant stream of tears flowing down her cheeks.

She nodded furiously as he carried her to the bathroom and drew up a bath, not even feeling any shame when she was undressed and lifted in her nude form. She trusted him for some reason, and she wanted what he said to be true. She wanted it to be okay. Perhaps this boy could fix her broken perspective of what males were and what they did to people, especially naïve girls like her.

A hiss slipped from her lips as the hot water lapped at her abused body, but she quickly relaxed against the tub and closed her eyes. The sponge was gentle and soothing as it massaged her sore body, taking care to be extra gentle with her sorest spots. She leaned her head sideway and let her eyes flutter opened slightly to look at the kind-hearted boy who’d come to her rescue, and even now was trying to save her modesty. It made her heart flutter to see someone care so much for her. She smiled softly, the hiccups finally calming and her tears slowing to a light trickle.

”You can turn around, Tobias. I trust you,” she murmured, sighing at the comfort she felt. It seemed odd that she could go from so very hurt to so calmly comforted so quickly, but such was the way of a true Hufflepuff, and that was what she and Tobias were. Caring and naturally calming individuals. It made the calm much easier to attain.

Felicity sunk a bit further beneath the water and let out another sigh, then decided she might as well get it all out while it was still fresh. ”I was an idiot and I trusted someone who told me I was pretty. Apparently I was a tease and there is good reason for my single status. I really don’t know. I was confused and he was touching me and it felt so good. I didn’t want it to stop. But then he… he undid his belt and I got a little scared and he kept going and… And… It hurt.”

Her eyes were stinging again as fresh tears caught on her long lashes. ”I guess I just didn’t realize what I was getting into, and then it was all happening so fast. I just… I wasn’t ready for that. It still hurts, Tobias. C-can you make it not hurt?”

When Tobias turned, there was a soft, friendly smile on his face. Not many people would trust him in such a vulnerable situation, given his reputation. This became especially true as she actually told him what had happened to leave her on the common room floor in a ball of physical and emotional pain. Tobias was the last person most of the castle would go to for this kind of thing, but that just meant that most of the castle didn’t see the caring and nurturing person below the cocky exterior.

“Felly, listen to me,” he said softly. “How long have we known each other now? Since we were both terrified firsties that didn’t know how to find the Charms classroom. I’ve probably known you longer than anyone else in this castle.” It was true. They might not be close like they had started out anymore, but they went back through their entire time in the castle, and Tobias had always made sure he was there to pick up the blonde if she really needed it.

“So listen to me, not to some idiot guy you just met.” Tobias sounded a little bit angry, which was odd for him, but it was late, and he hadn’t slept, and Laurie was in over his head, and now someone was hurting one of his Hufflepuffs. “There is no way that you were being a tease, Felly. How could you? Did you even know what he was doing to you?” Tobias was fairly confident that he would know if the blonde had suddenly figured out what sex was and how it worked, which meant whoever this mystery guy was, he had caught her entirely unaware.

“He did get one thing right, Felly,” Tobias continued softly. “You’re very pretty, whether you realize it or not. You need to be careful to stay away from the wrong kind of boys. Ones that only want to use you and hurt you because you’re pretty.”

He waved his wand, carefully sending a cooling jet of air into her where the damage had to be. “Honestly, charms are my thing, and a potion is going to do you a lot more good. I think you should go see Madam Pomfrey in the morning once you’ve rested and she’ll be able to make the rest of the pain go away. Or we can go later in the day if you want me to go with you. Whichever makes it easier for you.” He would offer to take her now, but waking the mediwitch up in the middle of the night would only make things harder on the blonde, and he really had to deal with the Laurie thing first thing in the morning. Once that was done he would have all the time in the world to put the girl in the tub back together if she still needed him.

The boy was very soothing with his calm words as he brought up their past memories together and told her he knew what she was and wasn’t. It seemed tease was clearly something she wasn’t, and that was reassuring. She hadn’t thought the other boy had been right, but it was hard for her to tell with things like this. As Tobias said, she hadn’t even known what that guy was doing to her. She’d simply felt things and reacted honestly to them. How could that be held against her?

”I guess you are right. I mean, I didn’t k now what was happening. I…” she blushed as she squeaked out her words. ”I even thought I peed myself.” Her blush only grew when the Head Boy called her pretty, and she fought to keep herself together. She just wasn’t used to this kind of stuff!

The Hufflepuff felt better with the charm Tobias used, but his words made her blanch a bit. She didn’t want to go to the school nurse! ”Isn’t there any way I could just… let it heal up on its own? I mean… I don’t want to go see Madam Pomfrey, Tobias! She’ll ask questions and I don’t want to answer them. I… I didn’t say ‘no’ until he’d already… done… stuff. And she’ll want to see.” She was blushing again and felt rather like a little girl. Merlin, this was embarrassing.

It was hard to stop herself from feeling awkward as she rested in the bath, peering at the boy who had been her friend for so many years. She was seeing him in a new light, and the simple fact that he had just told her she really was pretty was definitely getting to her. ”Tobias… are you just saying that? I mean, I’m just… me. I’m nothing special, really. I should have known something was wrong as soon as he called me beautiful…”

Tobias tried to hide his grin at the idea that she thought that her arousal was urine, but failed spectacularly. He wanted to wonder how she had made it to their current age without every getting herself worked up, even accidentally, but that was definitely not the kind of question that you actually asked someone, even for Tobias. Plus, that would only make the current situation worse than it already was.

The thought of how bad the situation currently was wiped the smile right off the brunette’s face, causing him to look down at his friend seriously again. “Tell you what, Felly. I’ll swing by and get the potion for you tomorrow. I can take the heat from Pomfrey, and she shouldn’t ask too many questions, since I’m Head Boy and all. And if she does get nosy, I’ll just tell her I tried a position her old body could never handle and that it didn’t work right, he thought to himself his a grim form of his usual cheery smile.

He got deadly serious yet again, when she didn’t tale his warning seriously, accusing him of trying to be nice to her or something. “Felly, you’ve got it wrong. He called you beautiful because, well,” he glanced at her body, or the parts of it not hidden by soap and water at least, “you really are beautiful.”

The girl seemed a special kind of incredulous, so he figured he needed to do better if he wanted to convince her. “The right kind of boys aren’t noticing because, I think all the muggle habits and medicine books and obsession with fixing everything is probably kind of scary.” The blonde had the brains and drive of a Ravenclaw, and with a subject that was more than a little out there. If you thought about it, she must have an incredibly kind heart and loyal nature to end up in the den of badgers instead of the raven’s mighty nest.

“The wrong kind of boys are always gonna notice, especially if you don’t know you’re pretty and don’t protect yourself from them. I should have talked to you about this sooner. I should have made sure you know how pretty you are and what it meant. It never should have been possible for the wrong kind of boy to hurt you so bad, but I’ve been neglecting our friendship for my own cares. I’m sorry.” Felicity didn’t need to know that Tobias was one of the wrong kind of boys. Surely that didn’t matter. He was her friend and would only ever be that anyway.

”That would be great. Thanks, Tobias,” she said, smiling. He was so sweet, to take the awkward questions and such from the overbearing nurse. She’d have to repay him somehow. She wasn’t sure how just yet, but she knew she’d do something special for her friend. He was really going above and beyond right now, especially considering how long it had been since the two of them had just spent some quality time together.

She listened to him and her smile just grew. Apparently he realized that he had to back up his claims, because he was telling her exactly why people were and weren’t noticing her. His eyes on her body made her blush, but it was in a happy way. She liked that Tobias was noticing her. She looked at him seriously and started to speak softly. ”But you noticed me, so I guess it’s not too off putting, right? I mean… am I supposed to not be so interested in medicine and helping people? Because I don’t really think I can do that.”

Felicity tilted her head at the boy with doubt in her eyes. She didn’t think she wanted to do that. Why would she change herself for some unknown guy to notice her? ”It’s not your fault I’m naïve, Tobias. I should have known better. I shouldn’t have skipped the sex chapters in my books.” The Hufflepuff felt like she’d really failed herself. No one else had done anything to fail her. It wasn’t Tobias’s responsibility to keep her from being a stupid girl. She should have known better and been able to keep herself safe.

”Please don’t apologize. You didn’t do anything wrong. You’re helping me now, and that’s more than I can even rightly ask for. I was an idiot, Tobias. It’s not your fault. Hell, it’s probably not even Leyton’s fault… I did kind of lead him on. And I didn’t say ‘no’ until he was already doing things, so… He was probably confused, honestly. And I don’t think he realized that I didn’t really know what was going on.” She realized rather late that she’d said Leyton’s name. Felicity gasped and looked at the Head Boy. ”Oh, please don’t say anything to him, Tobias. Please.”

Tobias listened carefully, trying to figure out the right way to say the things that needed to be said. Felly was a fragile girl at best, especially with things that she didn’t understand, and if he said things in a way that she didn’t understand, it would do her less good than if he didn’t say anything at all.

Then she let slip the name of the boy who had caused the position that Tobias had found the blonde in, and his body went rigid with anger. Leyton wasn’t exactly a very common name, it had to be the more poisonous of the two Lestrange twins in their year. Part of Tobias wondered why his friend hadn’t recognized the dangerous boy. The other part of him was already trying to figure out how he could get the boy one on one for a little chat without risking Felly finding out about it.

Still letting the back of his mind work through that, he relaxed his face and spoke to his friend. “You have this all kinds of wrong,” he began a little sadly. “He probably only picked you because he could tell that you didn’t know what you were doing. I’m guessing he thought you would be too scared and hurt and confused to tell him to stop at all, or to even known that anything was wrong once he finished.” Tobias grimaced a little, but did his best to hide it. Getting angry was only going to make his friend more adamant that she should shoulder most of the blame.

“And you are doing just fine,” he said, finally managing an honest smile again. “The wrong kind of boys will notice you no matter what, but so will the right ones. And if a boy ignores you because you really like medicine, or because you think muggles have valuable ideas, well then they aren’t the right kind of boy for you.”

He reached out, gently stroking her hair with a light hand. “The right boy is going to care about everything you do, and he’s going to tell you what he’s doing to you if it’s something you’ve never felt before.” He looked at her earnestly. “The right boy is going to want all of the touching he does to feel better for you than it does for him. You deserve a boy like that, Felly.”

Tobias was just so kind. It was hard for Felicity not to think she didn’t deserve his kindness, but she fought back those feelings. She couldn’t let him see her doubting his advice. It was her flawed sense of self that was causing it, nothing he was saying or not saying. He was truly wonderful, and he was definitely helping her feel like more of a worthwhile girl. A worthwhile companion. She sighed, loving that he was able to see what she liked for its good parts and no just its flaws. It was the same way he saw her, and it warmed her heart.

”Thank you, Tobias. You seem to have all the right words in there, just waiting to bubble out of your kind, kissable mouth.” She squeaked and blushed when she realized what she’d just said. Maybe it was all the kind words he was saying or the way he looked at her when he told her she really was a beauty, but she was feeling rather… turned on? Was that the term for it? Tobias made her feel safe and comfortable and loved. Wasn’t that what the ‘right guy’ was supposed to do?

His hand on her hair made her sigh again, and she looked at him with a new glow to her eyes. ”You say the ‘right guy’ like you don’t know who he is, but Tobias… I think you do. I think we both know him rather well.” She leaned her head slightly so she could kiss his wrist while his hand was still in her hair. ”Well, you know him well. I used to know him better than I do now. I really want to fix that.”

Felicity shifted in the tub, feeling like her hands were probably rather pruned and her insides were well-soothed. There was really no need to keep soaking. ”Would you help me out of here, Tobias? I’ve been rather clumsy lately, and I already bruised my knees pretty bad in the common room.” She blushed at her own clumsiness, but not at the idea of him touching her nude body again. That had her excited.

The feelings of arousal were becoming less foreign to the blonde, and she recognized the flutter in her lower abdomen. Tobias was making her feel desirable and beautiful, and he was taking away the fear and doubt. Plus, he was very handsome, especially when he smiled, but even more so when he went into protective mode. Recalling the fierceness in his eyes when he figured out what had happened to her made her bite her lip now, letting a little whimper pass her lips.

”Tobias, I want to be touched like that. Like you described. To be told what it’s going to feel like and for you to make it feel so good.” She gasped when she realized she’d just said ‘you’ rather than ‘him,’ and the deep blush was back in an instant. Oh, she didn’t know what she was getting herself into. But the mess with Leyton hadn’t been what she’d expected, and she wanted desperately to fix her own perception of what sexual encounters could be. She wanted Tobias to fix her perception. She wanted him to love her, and she hoped he was willing.

Tobias grinned at the idea that he had all the right words, and it was probably closer to the devil grin that most witches got than anything that Felly had seen before. Still, the grin seemed appropriate, since she was obviously flirting with him, without him even prompting it, and so soon after a traumatic experience. He was torn between incredibly worried that this was some kind of trauma reaction and incredibly flattered at the attention from such a normally shy witch. Plus, she really was beautiful.

Still, the way she was talking about made him nervous in a way that he didn’t remember feeling in years. The brunette assumed that the entire castle knew his reputation and how many witches were in his life, but what if his naïve friend didn’t. He couldn’t do anything that would hurt her again, so he needed to be careful. It was kind of crazy how easy it was to slip back into protecting her, even if he didn’t really need the same protection back anymore.

“Of course I’ll help you,” he said, reaching down and trying to figure out how best to handle this as he did so. In the end he placed his hands on his ribcage, so that he could lift her up and out of the tub without touching anywhere that would be ungentlemanly. Once she was clear of the tub, he set her gently on her feet in front of him and tried to figure out how to go about things the right way here. It was kind of funny that she was convinced he had all the right words just lying in wait, because he had absolutely no idea what to do here.

“I’m not sure if you really want me to touch you, especially tonight,” he said, trying to continue sounding upbeat and positive. “Your body needs time to recover. So does your mind for that matter.” His shoulders sagged a little bit. He simply couldn’t believe that he was having this conversation with his Felly, who he had known since the night they were sorted, within a few people of each other. They had eaten their first meal in the castle together. Now they were discussing sex in a completely intimate and private way.

“If you still want me to be your first, I would consider it the highest honor,” he said, his grin returning, if only for a moment. “But there’s some things that you should know before you make that call. For one thing, I have sex with a lot of witches, and not all of them are that special to me, so if that would bother you, I’m a bad choice. You would be incredibly special of course, but that doesn’t change numbers. Also, I don’t know if you hear when people whisper, but I’m in love. Laurie and me aren’t exclusive, though, and I would still treat you as a goddess if you wanted me to. I just want to make sure you know exactly what’s going on.” Belatedly he realized that he had actually told the blonde who he was in love with, but figured that it didn’t matter. She wouldn’t blab his secret to anyone.

”I… I know it might sound crazy, but I don’t want to feel this ache and think of that… encounter while I’m lying in bed tonight. I don’t want those harsh blue eyes to haunt my dreams, Tobias. And I want you to be the one to take those nightmares and bad thoughts away.” Her eyes were large and pleading even as she stood there naked in front of him. She was both excited and embarrassed standing there, having him look at her body. The way he said she was special was rather flattering, really.

His words, though, were also confusing. ”You are a charming boy, Tobias. Of course you have many guests who grace your sheets. It doesn’t really bother me, because I can see how special I am to you in your eyes. And you’re special to me too.” Felicity smiled warmly at her oldest friend in the castle, trying to wrap her head around everything he’d said. She knew she was special to him, even without the sex thing. Thus she understood that she would rank above the meaningless girls he had relations with. The thing she didn’t understand was his being in love, yet still wanting to have a sexual encounter with her.

How could someone be in a ‘non-exclusive’ relationship? Felicity didn’t know if she could ever share someone she truly loved. ”Tobias, how can you have… special sex with me when you are in love with the Head Girl?” She tilted her head at the boy, truly confused. She really did want him to make her feel loved, but how could he do that if he loved LeBeau? Or Laurie as he called her.

”I… I really want you to show me how it’s supposed to be and feel and… and what it’s supposed to mean. I just. I don’t really understand how you can do that without it hurting you or her. I don’t want to hurt anybody else. No more hearts should be in pain.”

Her eyes were a bit watery when she looked at him, practically begging him to help her understand. She just wanted to know how his relationships worked so she could figure out where she fit in. She sincerely hoped it was somewhere between his sheets and his heart.

A soft smile curled back over the Head Boy’s lips as his friend described what she wanted from him. Maybe he would be able to take care of her tonight after all, and just be extra gentle. That was cemented when she talked with sweet words about his promiscuity, instead of judging him for it like most people would.

He paused, giving the rest of what she said serious thought. It should be illegal to have to think this much with a naked girl standing in front of you and asking you to have sex with her. Hell, it should be illegal to have to think at all with a naked girl standing in front of you and asking you to have sex with her.

Still, the thought and the girl deserved an honest answer and he wanted to make sure that he got it right. “Nothing I do with anyone else is going to hurt Laurie’s heart or any other part of her,” he said, his smile slowly returning to replace the thoughtful expression. “We realized that the kind of love we have isn’t affected by what anyone else thinks and does, and it isn’t affected by anything we do when we’re with anyone else. I could have sex of whatever kind I want with anyone I want, and as long as I still love Laurie the same way after, our relationship will be just fine.”

There was sort of a second part to the question, which she had both asked and not asked. How could he love Felicity enough to treat her the way she deserved when his heart belonged to Laurie? He wasn’t entirely sure how it worked, just that it did.

“I’m not saying that I want to marry you or anything, Felly. But I do care about you a lot, and I want to make sure that your first time doesn’t suck, because you deserve for your first time to be magic, so you know how good sex can be.” He hoped that made sense, but he wasn’t sure.

Still, Tobias reached out, pulling Felicity’s head towards him gently and kissing her softly on the lips. “You really do deserve it.”

His explanation of his relationship with his ‘Laurie’ was confusing to say the least, but Felicity tried to understand as best she could. She supposed it made at least a little bit of sense at least. After all, as long as he put his girlfriend first and they weren’t strictly monogamous, why wouldn’t it all be okay, right? Right. Then he told her that he wanted her first time to be special and that was all she needed to hear. Her friend wanted to make her feel loved and good.

”Tobias, I would love for you to be my first and to show me how magical it can be. I just… I want to be more than just another girl to you, which I think I really would be. I guess I just don’t want to step on any toes.” Her voice was small, yet excited about the chance at having sex with this boy who she’d harbored a sort of crush on since first year. It wasn’t as strong now- more of a respect and attraction that she could control much better, but it was still there enough to make a flame light in her chest.

Felicity wanted to make sure that things wouldn’t be awkward between them. She also wanted to be sure that the Head Girl wouldn’t be out for her blood. But perhaps the most important thing… ”Um, Tobias, would you um… well, I just…” she took a deep calming breath and focused her thoughts. ”I don’t want this to be a one-time thing. At least, I don’t think I do. And I don’t want your girlfriend to hate me for that. So, do you think it would go over alright with her? And um… do you think you would want to continue seeing me? I mean, I know not as a girlfriend, obviously. I don’t want to hurt your Laurie. I… I just really care about you and stuff.”

She tried to hide her blush by looking at the ground, awkwardly crossing her arm over her chest to hold the top of her other arm. ”I’m sorry. I’m probably being a complete idiot here. W-will you still show me how good it can feel?” She looked up with wide, hopeful eyes, silently begging him not to leave her there feeling embarrassed and alone.

The remainder of Felly’s concerns seemed to boil down to one thing. Well, kind of two things, but he doubted he would actually be able to fully convince her that Laurie wasn’t going to kill her, no matter what he said or did. If that really grew to be a problem they would deal with it later.

The main concern, he could deal with far more easily. “Felly, there is a kind of relationship called friends with benefits.” He wondered how much detail he would need to go into for her to understand what he was saying. “The most important word in that phrase is friends, as in we are friends first and nothing about how we care about each other and take care of each other changes. The second most important word is benefits, which basically means we have sex whenever it is agreeable to both of us, but it’s not really the important part of the relationship unless we decide it is.” He paused for half a beat, and then grinned cheekily. “And the least important word is with, obviously, because it’s a really stupid word.”

While he gave a moment for his mood lightening joke to set in, he considered how exactly they should go about this. Her first time should absolutely not be on the floor of the house washroom. His bed would be the obvious choice, because it was already well outfitted for this kind of thing, but with Felly the most important thing was her comfort, especially considering the night that she was having. That meant she should be given an option.

“Stop looking down and blushing like you’re doing something wrong,” the Head Boy said pleasantly. “You are asking questions and learning things, instead of staying confused and risking doing something wrong. I’m really proud of the way you’re handling this whole situation.”

Okay, so that was probably the least sexy lead in to sex in the history of humankind. He could fix that when they actually got to the sexy part. “Felly, would you be more comfortable in my bed or your own for your first time?”

Felicity couldn’t keep a straight face with Tobias. He just had to crack some sort of joke to make her grin every time she was feeling down, and he didn’t fail this time either. She had to admit, however, this ‘friends with benefits’ thing sounded rather appealing. Maybe it wouldn’t be something she could depend on for the long haul, but for right now? She could discover herself, her sexuality and her self-esteem, all while deepening her friendship with Tobias. It seemed like a terrific option, really.

She grinned at him, feeling so happy for his words. ”Really? You’re proud of me? You mean it? Oh, Tobias! You are just so sweet and know just what to say to cheer me up.” Perhaps this would be strange to other girls, but it just made her feel more desire for the boy before her. He appreciated her desire for knowledge, loved that she wanted to understand everything the world threw at her. And he had never, not once, made fun of her for her love of muggle medicine.

The blonde threw her arms around his neck and gave him a huge kiss on the lips, smiling and giggling a bit as she clung to him. She didn’t care that she was pressing her nude chest against him or that she was most likely getting him all wet from her bath water. No, all she could focus on was the fact that she was hugging her best friend, and that he was going to help her experience something amazing.

”Hmm, okay,” she murmured near his ear. ”I think I’d like to go to your bed, if that’s alright with you.” Felicity imagined being surrounded by his scent as he worshipped her body, and a chill danced over her body. She was imagining things like her hands touching his bare chest, his lips on her chest, her nipples, oh Merlin…

With a groan, Felicity wrapped a leg around his waist and whispered huskily in his ear. ”Tobias, I’m getting these strange tingly feelings… I really would like you to touch me.”

Tobias automatically kissed Felicity back and that made everything easier and better. She might not actually know how to use her body and what to do with it yet, but she was accidentally putting herself into some nice positions. By Christmas break the Head Boy would have her putting herself in the same situations and better whenever she wanted to.

She gave the answer that he was hoping for, and Tobias smiled against his friend’s neck. She groaned like he was already touching her and the smile shifted into a grin. The legs around his waist and the husky voice in his ear were other wonderful signs. He was certain that Felly had never sounded like that before. This was going to be enough fun to take his mind away from everything that was going for a little bit.

He carried her out of the bathroom, leaving her clothes on the floor. The house elves would deal with them and he was sure that he could find something for her to wear for the short walk from his room to hers after. Luckily, there was still no one up as he walked purposefully through the Hufflepuff area. His clothes were getting quite soaked as the blonde air dried, but they wouldn’t be on much longer anyway, so it didn’t really matter.

“I’m going to make those tingly feelings normal and help you realize how many wonderful things come after,” he whispered back as they entered the seventh year boys’ dorm. He deposited her gently on the bed so she could relax against his pillows and tugged his soaked shirt off, sliding out of his flip flops at the same time. Then he carefully crawled into his bed, next to Felicity but not yet touching her. His pants were still on and he intended for them to stay that way until after she left. That was the easiest way to ensure that he chased away his friend’s bad memories rather than added to them.

“I’m going to start by kissing down your beautiful neck to your wonderfully full breasts, finishing by sucking gently on your nipple. This is going to give you butterflies and hopefully stronger pulls in your belly, and it’s going to make you feel really good all over. Are you ready for me to start?” When the blonde gave what seemed to be an excited nod, Tobias began, kissing her jawline, down her neck and throat, her collarbone, and the top of her breast. When he reached the nipple, he took it in his mouth, licking around the edge and then sucking lightly. Merlin, she felt good. How was it possible to feel this good and not know anything at all about sex?

She smiled easily when he promised to make the tingles normal and show her even more lovely feelings. Soon he was lying beside her without a shirt and she was so very impressed. Felicity couldn’t help but reach out and run her slender fingers over his chest, smiling at the boy who’d been her friend since the first train ride in.

When he explained what he would do to her, Felicity felt moisture pool between her legs, but she knew now that this was a normal reaction to… sexual stimulation. It seemed odd to her that he could make her get like this without even touching her, but he did, and she bit her lip and nodded. It seemed almost immediate that his lips were on her jaw, then her neck and her collar, leaving little tingling spots in their wake. She felt her back arch and her head fell back as his lips touched the topmost flesh of her breast. Oh, Merlin.

His mouth closed over her hardened nipple and she let out a throaty gasp, moving a hand to his head and running her fingers through his wavy hair. ”Oh, Tobias…” she moaned, pulling him by the hair to lead his mouth to her other nipple and groaning at the attention. Her belly was full of butterflies just as he said it would be, and she was so taken aback by just how good he was making her feel, and how slow he was moving for her. It was like he really wanted her to know all that he was doing and to understand why he was doing it.

”I need more, Tobias,” she mewled. Her hips moved without her consent and she could feel a bit of a damp patch growing on his sheets beneath her core. Oh, my. She blushed, feeling embarrassed but knowing that he didn’t want her to. Tobias seemed to think that everything she felt was okay and natural, and that she should embrace it. Thus she knew he would not be happy with her freaking out over what her body was doing in response to his touches. Instead, she moved her hips a bit more obviously, letting out a low moan of desire. ”Please. I’m so… wet…”

Her chest and cheeks were tinted pink, but Felicity felt good with her words. She got a feeling that she’d just managed to actually talk a bit… dirty. And it was nice! She felt powerful and sexual and it was very, very good. Felicity only hoped Tobias would keep making her tummy do those lovely flips and her insides clench like they were right then. Merlin. She had never felt so amazing, and he was only getting started!

He hadn’t really expected Felly to be able to initiate anything, even if she figured out what it was that she wanted to happen. Thus, it was the greatest surprise when she began tugging insistently on his hair. Still, he kissed across her chest to the other breast obediently, giving that nipple the same treatment as he had the first one.

She was beginning to take control of her situation already a little bit through a lovely combination of instincts and repeating what felt good. Every part of his body was screaming for him to give her what she wanted, more and harder and now, but he knew that she wouldn’t actually be able to handle too much or too fast, no matter what her arousal was telling her in the heat of the moment.

If she kept actually managing to talk dirty to him like that, she was going to get what she clearly wanted, making him lose control and actually fully take her. For now he was able to stick to the plan that he had developed in his head, even if it was only just barely.

“I’m going to kiss down the rest of your body, to your legs and then over, and maybe we’ll see just how wet you are before I decide how to take care of it,” he breathed up at her with a promising grin. That was so not how that was supposed to come out. Still, it wasn’t worth ruining the building move over, so Tobias decided to keep going and get things back under control as he went.

He followed through on his promise, trailing kisses down the bottom half of her breast, his ribs, and her stomach. “Mmm, you feel good Felly,” he commented as his lips moved down to one of her legs, and then over to trail gentle kisses across the inside of her thigh. It was reaching the moment of truth and the time when he needed to put his plan into place and show the greatest restraint.

Before he quite got into her, Tobias could tell just how wet his friend was. If she was this worked up, her first orgasm wouldn’t take long at all. Maybe he could get her through two without going against his plan and send her off to bed before taking care of himself. “Are you ready for the really fun kisses, Felly?”

Oh wow. Tobias was doing things with his lips and hands that made her feel so tingly and good. Just having him touch her in any way, not even necessarily sexual, was making her feel like she was on fire. When he described what he was going to do to her, Felicity felt butterflies fluttering in her lower belly so strongly she could hardly believe she was capable of such feelings, and then his lips touched her body and she gasped, goosebumps sprouting up all over her flesh.

”No, that feels good, Tobias,” she whimpered as his lips trailed up her inner thigh. In the back of her mind, she wondered if she should be feeling more… awkward in this situation with the boy who was quite probably her best friend. The truth was, however, that Felicity trusted Tobias with absolutely everything, especially this. She knew he would take care of her and make her feel loved and cherished, even if he did have the Head Girl in his life as well.

Tobias was something very special and that meant that she could share something as special as her first time feeling such bliss with him without any sort of shame or fear. She loved and trusted him. What more did she need than that?

Her hands wandered down to his hair, fingers massaging his scalp as he muttered about good kisses against the part of her body that tingled the most. She wasn’t sure what that meant, of course, but if he was going to make the butterflies flap even harder, Felicity thought she might just explode inside herself, and that sounded oddly good, even though explosions were usually rather bad things.

She let out a breathy moan and rubbed his scalp with her fingertips. ”You can make this feel even better?” she whimpered, absently moving her hips in a light circle. ”I want you to kiss me everywhere, Tobias. Please?” she mewled, moving her hips more insistently. She wasn’t sure exactly what she was doing, but Felicity wanted him to touch her more and make those butterflies sing, and it seemed the key to such things was found somewhere between her legs where the tingling seemed to grow from.

The feel of her underneath him really was magical. He wondered how he had never noticed what a gift his close friend was before, and promised himself that he would cherish her anytime she let him, and get her ready to be cherished by someone better suited to an amazing type person like her. He was still the wrong kind of boy as far as things like that, after all.

But he could still make her experience everything she wanted. He was the perfect kind of boy for that, and then when the right boy finally noticed her, she would know what she liked and be able to get it without turning into a blushing confused mess. He could be that, and he could be the best friend she needed again, and that was a really perfect place for him.

“Mmm, I can always make this feel better, Felly,” he said silkily as her hands moved to massage his scalp. More even than that feeling kind of nice, he could tell in the way she moved just how much she was getting into this, and that felt incredible. She was moaning and mewling, and even trying to throw her hips at him in a sexy fashion. This could be the best kind of dangerous if he let it go that direction, though he was still determined not to let it, for tonight at least. His equipment, or even fingers probably, could hurt her in her still sore state.

“Kisses everywhere, coming right up,” he breathed, speaking right into her core, so that the words would tickle to her very center. With that, he wrapped his lips around her clit, licking the bundle of nerves lightly and then sucking gently with his lips. He knew that she was incredibly close to an orgasm that might be her first ever, and he intended to give it to her before his tongue made it all the way inside, then give her a second one once he actually orally penetrated her. He wonders if she would actually be steady enough to make the walk across the common room to her bed after. He rather hoped so, because he was pretty sure he didn’t want her to see him taking care of himself after he finished taking care of her.

His kisses were so amazing, she had no idea how amazing they could get as he breathed over her sensitive center. Oh, she’d never had anyone so close to her in such an intimate way, and it was making her gush with what she now recognized as desire. He had her every nerve on fire, and Felicity was shocked at how very good that could feel. His lips soon covered a sensitive nub she’d never even realized she’d had before this night of discovery, both positive and negative, and she let out a great moan of appreciation and want.

The licking and sucking had the butterflies in her stomach going wild with flight, and she closed her eyes as the feeling overwhelmed her body. Oh, yes! It felt almost like she was being tickled from the inside, and Felicity couldn’t help but let out a little giggle. ”Oh, it’s so… so good and tickly! Oh, something’s happening Tobias! I… I… my legs are sh-shaking and… oooooh!” She felt her insides shudder as the butterflies seemed to explode, her entire body shivering with the intense feeling of pleasure that his mouth was bringing. It was nearly too much, and she wrapped her fingers in his hair, tugging a bit in an attempt to pull him away as she shuddered, mewling and thrashing a bit as wave over wave of pleasure coursed through her body.

”I don’t know if I can… h-handle anymore… Tobias…” she panted as she came back down from the high that was her orgasm, not that she really understood that to be what it was. Exploding butterflies were simply wonderful, she had decided, and she wanted to experience them often. It seemed completely natural to make those butterflies happy, to have them soar and dance until they burst into thrilling feelings of pleasure and contentment. She just didn’t really know how many times they could explode before she lost herself to the mind-numbing pleasure.

Her breathing finally settled a bit and she let her fingers loosen in his soft locks, allowing him access to her core once again. ”Are kisses like that always so amazing, Tobias? Mmm, I think the butterflies are coming back. Merlin, how many times can they explode in one day anyway? It seems like one would experience sensory overload if they did it too many times…” Her words trailed off as she felt his tongue prodding at her again, the butterflies definitely beginning to flutter away. Felicity wasn’t sure how she was going to stagger back to her own bed once he was finished showing her such wonderful feelings, but that didn’t matter. All that mattered was the way her body felt on fire and full of tingly desire, and the way she wanted him to keep doing wonderful things to her and never, ever stop.

Even his friend’s orgasms were kind of hilarious if you paid too much attention to them. Tobias was torn between blocking them out so that he could focus more fully on what he was doing and tuning completely into them so that he could answer any questions as she had them. Of course, he needed to do the latter, and it wasn’t like he was actually in danger of forgetting what he was doing. Not with her thrashing around in what was obviously an incredibly intense orgasm.

“You can handle more, I promise,” he said softly, pulling back to grin up at her. Her questions about butterflies and admission that she was in fact getting ready to go again already only made the grin grow even more. He dipped his head to dart his tongue out briefly, just to illustrate his point, even though it probably didn’t need explaining anymore. Then he pulled back again. He had promised to explain and teach after all.

“The butterflies are usually called arousal, though I guess that doesn’t matter so much. When they explode is called an orgasm, and it’s the goal of sex. Any guy who says different is an idiot or taking advantage of you. Girls can handle a ton of them really, but it’s different for everyone. Guys are usually good for two or three, because our equipment is different. And that one was especially intense; I very seriously doubt they will all be that big for you.”

With that he dipped back down, lining himself up with her core. “And I think you’ve recovered enough to have another one, with my tongue actually in you this time.” With that as the only official warning he plunged his tongue into her core, licking at her sweet flavor and tasting every part of her. He wouldn’t stop until she had another orgasm. Part of him hoped that this one was even calmer and proved his point. Another part of him hoped it was even more intense, and she actually screamed his name to the night this time, even if it might give her really high expectations going forward. Felly did deserve the best, after all.

This was amazing! Why had Felicity never discovered what magical feelings could be produced just from touches in the places that people generally said not to touch? She suddenly had more of an appreciation for the full strength of the human tongue, as her long-time friend lapped at her center after explaining just what she’d experienced. Oh yes. That particular muscle was definitely a gift from whoever created them.

His tongue delved inside of her and Felicity let out a whimpered sort of scream of pleasure. The arousal butterflies were flittering all about again, and she was sure that explosion Tobias had called an ‘orgasm’ was soon to come once more. She supposed the idea that they might not always be so intense would explain how girls might be able to experience many without exploding themselves, but so far it didn’t feel like anything was any sort of ‘less’. Felicity let out muttered ‘ooo’s as the butterflies seemed to flutter more wildly and his tongue just kept proving how skilled the boy was at this sexual act.

”Oh, Tobias! Oh, oh, yessss!” her voice was a hiss as her hips moved of their own will against his mouth. Felicity’s back arched as she screamed out her second orgasm, only slightly weaker than the first. She soon fell back against the bed in post-orgasmic bliss, a sigh slipping easily from her lips as she let her eyes flutter, peering at Tobias with a happy smile on her lips.

The Hufflepuff female no longer even remembered the pain she’d felt earlier that evening. No, the whole situation with Leyton and his confusing compliments was completely in the past for her now, as Felicity simply enjoyed the scent of Tobias that surrounded her as she lay in his bed. ”That was amazing, Tobias. Truly wonderful…” she trailed, eyes closing softly before opening with a concerned glow to them.

”Tobias… what you just did… that didn’t take care of you at all, did it? I mean… isn’t there something I could do to give you those wonderful feelings you just gave me?”

The screaming started almost immediately, even if it wasn’t his name at first. Either she wasn’t actually all that recovered from the first orgasm yet or he had forgotten how much effect his tongue could have on an inexperienced girl. Either way, the noises were a reminder of why he had started having so much casual sex, especially with girls who just wanted to learn how to do it. Or at least it was a reminder of the thing that he told himself was why he had started that.
 
His overthinking things died out as she actually did scream is name when she hit her second orgasm. She fell back on the bed and grinned at him, clearly in post orgasm bliss. It looked like he had perfectly managed teaching her and making her feel while driving all the bad parts of this night away. So, mission accomplished on that front for sure.
 
Unfortunately, as much as he wanted to lie there forever, looking up at her afterglow, which meant it was time to go back to thinking about his own problems. His throbbing erection was likely to be the most minor of those, too, even if right this second it seemed like the most important problem in the world.
 
It was also the problem that she was actually talking about now, which struck the Head Boy dumb a little bit. After gaping at her for a few moments, he slowly spoke. “No, none of it took care of me, you’re right,” he said. The concern in her eyes was amazing. “Tonight wasn’t really supposed to be about me. It was supposed to be about making sure that you knew that guys exist who treat girls right.”
 
He swung around so that he was sitting on the bed with his feet on the floor and looked at her, trying to ignore his throbbing erection, even as they talked about it. It helped that she looked completely caring and it was just the sweetest thing in the world. “I can really take care of myself, you don’t have to worry about me.” He was fairly certain that wouldn’t be enough to make the caring look go away or send his friend off to bed, though. “If you insist, though…” He pulled down his pajama pants, exposing his member. “You could use your mouth like I did, or your hand. I might have used my hand on you but it would probably have hurt. No such problems for me.” He trailed off, unsure of what else to say. Part of him hoped she would trot off to bed, because she probably needed the rest. Most of him really wanted to see where she would go with a little bit of encouragement.

Tobias’s silence confused Felicity for a moment, making her fear that she might have been too forward or something, and she was about to try to take back whatever stupid thing she’d said when he looked at her with a sort of awe in his eyes. Almost instantly she felt more confident about herself and her upcoming actions. Of course, he said she didn’t have to help him and she almost felt like she should get up and leave, but then he pulled down his pants and she knew he didn’t really want her to leave his bed and let him take care of things himself.

She stared at his arousal and tilted her head curiously, reaching out a hand and touching him ever so softly. The way he twitched made her pull away slightly, but soon she slid her fingers back to the engorged end of his member. Felicity let her hand circle the bulbous head, tightening her grasp and gasping when she felt it pulse beneath her hand. This whole sensation was new to her, but it was oddly empowering, feeling his body react so naturally to her touch.

”Like this, Tobias?” she asked shyly, running the hand along his full length and looking surprised when she noticed the pearl of pre-cum on the tip of his member. Felicity thought about using her mouth, as he said she could, but didn’t quite feel ready for that and instead moved her thumb up to slide through the sticky yet smooth substance, coating the bulb with it and massaging him while the rest of her hand squeezed.

The blonde girl wasn’t sure exactly how to do this, so she wasn’t sure if she was doing it right, but it seemed like she must be, since he was responding so well. The way his arousal twitched and his hips seemed to move toward her… It made her feel good. Strong. She felt like she could bring him happiness, and that made her feel a sort of self-worth.

Felicity looked at him through long lashes as she continued manipulating his swollen member. ”Does it feel good, Tobias? A-am I doing it r-right?”