Life is Beautiful

Author's Note: Don't be mad this took so long. Its like, I totally don't have a life. At all. And then all of the sudden there is this week that crashes down that is just non-stop stuff going on. School projects. ASB elections. Issues with friends. YEARBOOK THEME PACKETS Etc. soooo I just haven't had the time and I feel horrible about it. Anyway I want to thank you all for your reviews! Yay!

I did get a review that asked: Why is Draco's house so much bigger and better than Harry's if they're neighbors? Aren't the houses all supposed to be the same? And this is why it was written to make it seem like that. All the layouts of houses are the same; Draco's isn't any larger or smaller than Harry's. BUT because the Malfoy's have money I would imagine they would do some remodeling before living in the house (hence the marble kitchen) and to Harry, who probably doesn't even see half of his house, it just seems very large. I also imagine the Dursley's having chairs and stuff everywhere, where the Malfoy's house would be elegant and cold with minimal furniture. So its not that his house is bigger or anything, just nicer so to Harry it was like that. So yeah. That was a really long note… . and props to me beta, dress up romance! Any errors are my fault, not hers, i changed a few things around after she sent it back, and i didnt want to have to wait again. lol.

BETA'S NOTE: It's so late because this beta got lazy…hehe, sorry! I just did not get it back to her…sorry to all those excited for more!!!

Summary: AU muggle! Harry lives in small suburbia. Draco, a big city boy, moves in next door. Draco is obsessive about filming everything and never goes anywhere without his camera. What happens when he takes an interest in Harry? SLASH DMHP. Not your typical Muggle High School Story.

Warnings: language! Secrets are reveled! Ahh! And sorry to disappoint, but if you though the game was to get Harry into bed, you're wrong, but you aren't alone )

Disclaimer: I hate this part. I do not own Harry Potter, or any piece of any franchise related to it. I am just a fan writing a FANfiction. No copyright infringement was intended. No money is being made. Characters, however, are being warped by my mind and stuck in a situation that I own. Please don't plagiarize. If you like an idea, drop me a review and ask to borrow something.


Chapter 3: Play My Game

Let's play ball we don't need a court
Just you and me baby full contact sport
And there's no ref to tell us to stop
So we can play until we drop

-The Donnas-


Friday September 23, 10:43 pm. Draco's room.

"Draco… What. Kind. Of. Game?"

"Oh, chill out. Just a game of Questions." Draco replied, rolling his eyes like Harry was retarded

"Questions?"

"Yeah, it's just like 'Truth or Dare', only without the dare option."

"Oh."

"Yeah. What? Scared? Thought I was going to try to lure you into my bed?" Draco smirked as he noticed a small blush creep up on Harry's cheeks. "Well, we can sit on the floor if you're afraid of my bed."

"Yeah… yeah, floor sounds good." Harry was trying to get the image of Draco's bed out of his mind, but he could see it out of the corner of his eye which made things very difficult.

"Wow, relax, it was a joke." Harry was visibly tense, sitting up right with an odd look on his face. "Besides, what kind of gentleman would I be if I hadn't even taken you out on a proper date before I show you how soft my sheets are?"

Harry fidgeted and Draco broke out into laughter. "Oh, Harry, the look on your face right now! Hahahahaha! Oh man." Harry was glaring at the other boy now and so Draco felt it was about time to shut his mouth.

"So, who's first in your little game?"

"It doesn't really matter; we can play 'rock, paper, scissors' if you want?"

"Okay." They fisted up their hands and went through the process.

Round 1: both had scissors

Round 2: both had paper

Round 3: both had paper again

Round 4: both had scissors

"Really Harry, if you want to win, you should stop copying me."

"Me? No, you are the one copying me!"

"Okay, one last round. And we'll see."

"Rock… paper… scissors!" Harry had his hand out flat for paper. Draco's hand remained fisted for rock.

"HA! I win!" Harry did a cute little mini happy dance while seated and Draco didn't look so happy.

"Okay, well, ask me something."

"Anything?"

"Yeah."

"Hmm… What's your favorite animal?"

"What are we? In like second grade?"

"Well, you are, so I thought I would ask a question that you would be able to answer." Harry smiled at the put-out Malfoy. "But you have to answer no matter how stupid you think it is."

"I know, I know. You're a meanie, did you know that? Well, I do think kittens are cute."

"Aww, how sweet!" Harry began to laugh and laugh and laugh until no noise was coming out of his mouth; he was laughing so hard and breathing soon became very difficult. Draco started to freak out. Unsure what to do in this situation; he just started patting Harry on the back.

"Are you Ok?" Harry stopped his laughter and took in big gulps of air to replenish his lungs.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I just got the cutest image of a little white kitten on your head and you being angry 'cause it messed up your hair."

"Hmph. My turn." Harry paled a bit at the way Draco said it. He wasn't sure he wanted to play anymore, not knowing what the blonde was going to ask. "What's one sexual thing you want to do before you die?" Harry's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

"What?! You must be out of your mind; I'm not going to tell you anything that personal!"

"You have to."

"And what if I refuse?"

"Then you lose the right to ask me anymore questions and you can't refuse to answer anymore."

"And if I just quit the game?"

"Well, that's no fun now is it?"

"Cheater."

"I never specified any questions that couldn't be asked, and you can ask me anything too. So just answer."

"Why do you want to know?"

Draco shrugged "Curious."

"What do you sit around and wonder what my fantasies are?"

"I think you are misinterpreting what we are doing. Harry, it's a game that is used to get to know each other. Questions just pop into my head and then I ask them. It's not that big of a deal. Just answer and you can then ask me anything you want and I have to answer. By the end of the night I'm sure we will know stuff about each other we really didn't want to know. So calm down and answer the damn question!"

"Fine! I want… to be a member of the Mile High Club(1)." Harry crossed his arms and looked away, embarrassed.

"That's cool. I have a jet you know." Harry snapped his head to look at Draco, unsure of what the hell to say. But when he saw a playful look cross his eyes, he knew Draco was just messing with him.

"Okay. ANYway… let's see. What to ask? What to ask? So Mr. Suave, are you a virgin?"

Draco got a fish out of water look, his eyes bulging a bit and flipped from his back to his stomach. "Harry! I was so not expecting you to ask that question."

"You know you can't get upset whenever I don't want to answer questions and expect it to be okay to make comments about the ones I ask you. So just answer the fucking question or we should find a different game to play!"

"Easy, easy. Just calm down. It's just that it's a complicated answer."

"No, actually it's a yes or no question, so your answer should only be one word."

"Well, no, I'm not."

"…Oh."

"Did you want me to tell you about it or anything?" Draco seemed to feel a little uncomfortable, and Harry wasn't so sure he wanted to delve into this particular subject for a while.

"No, that's okay, maybe some other time."

"O... kay"

"It's your turn." Harry nudged the blonde along.

"Right… Why don't you live with your mom and dad?"

"Because when I was a little baby they were killed." Harry stated unflinchingly

"Oh." Draco cast his eyes down

"Yeah, it's not something I like to think about too often. So, why did you move here?"

"My dad didn't like how I was in New York. He didn't like my friends. Was afraid I was going to go crazy or something. I don't know. He just up and moved us one day, claiming if I lived in a quieter place I would change. Before we moved, he even put me in a mental institution. It was so stupid. The nurses and doctors kept trying to tell him I wasn't insane, that there was nothing wrong with me, mentally at least, and when they tried to discharge me, he would give them money to keep me there. When eventually the hospital stopped accepting the money, and basically threw me out, we moved here."

"Well, why would he think you were crazy?"

"Ah! Ah! Ah, Harry, one question at a time! So, what is your favorite movie?"

"Well, I've only ever seen a few movies, but I really love Forest Gump and The Princess Bride"

"Someone's a closet romantic."

"Shut up! So, why does your dad think you were crazy?"

"'Cause he found out I became I high profile thief, and he didn't understand why I stole when we had more money than God." Draco said nonchalantly like it was no big deal.

Seeing the look on Harry's face, he decided that the game was over and he had a lot of explaining to do. Better sooner than later he supposed.

"Well, first off I should start by saying in never stole from someone who didn't deserve it. Also, it wasn't ever about the money or the jewels, it was about the thrill and accomplishing something so intricate. Planning the heist was fun. Especially with my friends. We would get blueprints and hack into security systems. Here…" He got up and grabbed a group picture off the wall, "this one here, is Blaise, he was our decoy. Since he was so handsome, he made a good distraction for most people, except for straight guys, but he could charm them in other ways.
"This one is Pansy, she was the weapons expert. Knew where to get the right equipment and tie proper knots and stuff, you know make sure everything was working. These two thug looking ones were mostly look-out and getaway car drivers. They did side stuff like that you know?
"And then this one, Samantha, well, she hates that name so we call her Sam. She is our resident tech geek and ultimate hacker. Her room has five computers in it. She is insane, she can hack into anything. It only took her two days to crack the SIN code. Yeah, I don't know what that is either, but it's apparently a huge accomplishment.
"So anyway, we would stake out places and study blueprints, until we knew everything. Layouts, routines, everything! Then I would get my equipment on, and go steal the precious stuff. It was always amazing after it was done. We would all sit around and laugh at how stupid they were, or discuss the close calls. It was amazing, and my father thought I wanted money or was attention starved. If only he knew.
"But now, I've lost all that, and I don't miss it either, I miss them, but we all agreed to stop when I found out where my dad was sending me. And then I moved, and everything fell to pieces. They said they would visit, but it's not that easy considering my father forbids it, and if he forbids something, it makes is damn near impossible to accomplish. So that was my life before I moved here."

"Wow."

"Yep."

"So, what kind of music do you listen to…?"

They continued a much lighter version of the game until they fell asleep on the floor, only to be woken up by an extremely angry Lucius.


1. The Mile High Club for those of you who are confused and innocent is a "club" of people who have had sex in an airplane (not a bunch of ppl together, just two would do, lol, nothing crazy!), you know a mile (well, usually more) high in the sky. And that is where the "I have a jet" line comes in, suggesting that he and harry can join the club together by way of his jet

Ok, this took soooo long to get to you, and I apologize profusely considering it was also not the best chapter in the world. I'm at this point just trying to get the story moving, because I know you are all dying for the slashyness, and I have so many wrenches to throw in, it just all happens so much later, so I have to get to the later, but at the same time I cant just have a massive time skip and, er, yeah. I'm sorry it took so long, I was lazy, then I sent it to my beta, who is also lazy (and apparently has a very fat owl that likes to take a lot of breaks when delivering her mail to me) and it was just a bunch of lazyness and I really hope the rest of the chapters do not take this much time to get through. So Im really sorry. I hope you liked this chapter, laughed at least once.

Review for me? Even though I don't deserve it for taking so effing long?