Title: I shall believe
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters they all belong to J.K. Rowling
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Harry has been acting strange and his friends are not just going to stand by they are going to find out why. And why is Malfoy involved?
Notes: This is a slash! If you don't like m/m relationships then leave! If you are a homophobe please exit this fic now. *-* means that they are thinking this is Draco and Harry please read and enjoy!
Chapter 1: Come to me now
"I said Move out of my way Weasley." Draco Malfoy snarled his pearly white teeth showing clenched together. Ron just stood there and folded his arms in a calm and cool way.
"No Malfoy. I will move when I see fit. And right now I want to know what is going on with you and Harry." Ron stepped forward and leaned so his face was closer to Draco's, as though to tell him that he was not scared of him. "Well?" The Red haired Weasley asked in an impatient tone.
Draco opened his mouth to say something instead; he stepped over to the left side of Ron and pushed his way through. "I don't talk to people that are below me and frankly Weasley you are not fit to lick my shoe." Draco turned around and looked Ron straight in the eye, smirked and turned only to walk away slowly and confidently as though he had a secret triumph.
Ron stood at the end of the dark and cold corridor trembling with anger. *Who does that asshole think he is? Merlin?* Ron ran a hand through his soft red hair and started to head in the opposite direction that Draco had walked just moments earlier. As Ron walked towards the Gryffindor common room he fumed over why his best friend was suddenly so secretive and why he had seen Draco and Harry walking around outside together in the middle of the night. Ron finally approached the portrait of the fat lady as Ron was about to say the password the portrait swung open and revealed Hermione walking out her head in a book as always.
"Hermione?" Ron asked trying to catch a glimpse of her behind her large book.
"Ron? Oh there you are." Hermione smiled at Ron and closed her book quietly. "Where have you been? Harry has been worried about you. Of course I told him not to worry I mean what is there to worry about it's not as if the dark lord is after—" Ron felt his head start to spin.
"Hermione! Slow down. I will go talk to Harry. Where are you headed?" Ron mentally kicked himself after he asked the question. *Where else would she be going?*
"The library," *of course* Ron shook his head and smiled at his friend. "Care to join me? We could study for that Transfiguration test that McGonagall warned us about last week." Ron shook his head and moaned.
"Hermione the last thing I want to do is study." Ron watched as Hermione opened her book and shrugged as though to say 'suit yourself' and walk off nearly running into a second year Ravenclaw.
Ron chuckled to himself and walked into the common room. He looked around for any sign of Harry but saw no trace of him. *Where is he?* Ron wondered as he headed up to his and Harry's dorm. Ron opened the door and stepped in seeing only clothes strewn about but no sign of Harry. Ron sighed and walked over to his bed while passing Harry's he saw a note on the floor. He bent down, picked it up and read over it. Ron frowned. Growling in an angry way he threw it in the trash and stormed out of the room to look for Harry Potter.
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Harry walked towards the owlery and smiled to himself. For the past 6 months, he has felt he was in love. He could not explain how or why it happened, but it did. It hit him so fast and so unexpectedly that even now he did not believe it had happened, and he often found himself wondering if it was all a dream.
Harry passed the gardens and headed up the tower. Once he reached the top, he saw Hedwig swoop down and sit on his shoulder. She nudged on his cheek and looked at the letter in his hand.
"Sorry love, I can't use you today" Harry saw he had offended his owl, he smiled at her feeble attempt to be angry with him as he stroked her feather affectionately "Here I did bring you something though." Harry reached into his robes and pulled out a small piece of his toast from his breakfast. Hedwig took it from him and flew over to her spot near a very attractive brown owl. Harry watched as she put the toast between them and they both ate.
Harry walked past her and her new friend and headed towards a small grey owl. The owl didn't seem to want to make the delivery but Harry assured it that it would not be a long trip. Soon the owl held out its foot so Harry could tie the note on it. "I want you to take this to Draco Malfoy." The owl nodded at Harry and flew out the window. Harry watched it fly towards the Slytherin side of the castle.
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Draco began to pace his room for the fourth time since he had left Ron in the corridor to ponder his latest defeat. Draco only stopped when he heard Crabbe and Goyle walk in.
"Hey Draco. Pansy is looking for you." Draco shuddered at the sound of his fellow Slytherin's name.
"And why do I get the honor of speaking to her?" Draco watched as Crabbe scratched his head and tried to figure out what Draco had asked. "Why does she want to speak to me you idiot?" Draco shook his head and looked at Goyle.
"She said she needed to speak to her love…which we are thinking that is you because she needs to discuss some important matters." Goyle said with a grin on his face. "You are so lucky to have a girlfriend Draco." He added with a sad smile on his face.
"She is not my girlfriend Goyle. She only wishes." Draco retorted with a disgusted look on his face. Draco waved his hand in the air as though to dismiss them but they both stood there looking at him. "Is there anything else?" Draco asked in an impatient voice.
"Well we ran into Potter he seemed to be in some sort of trance. Crabbe and I wiped the smile off his face pretty fast." Draco watched as Crabbe and Goyle high fived each other.
"You IDIOTS! Did you hurt him?" Draco asked his voice obviously filled with concern and anger. Crabbe and Goyle frowned and shook there heads.
"We just messed with him Drake and why do you care?" Draco pushed his cloak back and stormed over to Crabbe. Even though Draco was a good foot and a half shorter then he was he grabbed his cloak and pulled him down so they could see eye to eye. "Now see here Vincent nobody touches Potter but me." Crabbe nodded and Draco let his cloak go slowly.
"Did you here me Gregory? If Potter gives you any trouble you let me handle him." Draco walked towards Goyle and shoved him out of the way, as he headed out of the room.
"Wonder what got into him?" Goyle said to Crabbe. Then they both stood there scratching their heads.
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Hermione hummed to herself as she checked out a book of complicated potions and spells for some extra reading at the library. The Librarian smiled at her and handed her book back. "Here you go." She said.
"Thank you." Hermione said as she headed back towards her table now filled with essays, parchment, quills and ink by the bottle. Hermione opened her book up and began to read when she head the door open. In walked Draco Malfoy. Hermione frowned and buried her head further in the book than ever. After a while, she slowly lifted her head above the book to see where he went.
After looking all over the library, she frowned and decided to forget about him and just continue her book. A few minutes later she was interrupted but an owl flying by her and over to a dark corner in the back of the library. Hermione frowned and decided to check it out. She headed over to the bookshelves and peered through the books to the other side.
*Malfoy* she thought shaking her head. She watched as the owl stretched out its leg and waited for Draco to untie it. Draco took the note from the owl quickly. He opened it and read it silently after he had finished Hermione watched as he got out a quill and scrawled something on the back.
"Give this to Harry." He told the owl after tying the not back on his leg. Hermione watched the owl nod and fly out the library window. *Wonder what that was about.* Hermione thought as she headed back to her table.
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-Andrea
