Lampshade
Chapter Three
"Watch it Potter!"
That was the third time Malfoy had 'accidentally' bumped into him that day. He knew they had to keep up appearances but this was perhaps to overdo it slightly. Harry scowled at him as they entered the Potions class room. Professor Shephard was already there pouring a yellowish liquid into a cauldron. Harry felt the fumes going to his head and gulped a little feeling sick. He glanced at the table in front of him were Malfoy sat. He frowned as if to ask Harry what was wrong but Harry just shrugged.
"Are you okay Harry?" Ron cut in. Harry hadn't realised that it looked odd to other people that he was silently speaking to Malfoy. Harry looked up and saw that he had turned away. He looked at Ron and shook his head.
He almost fell asleep during potions. He would take Snape over Shephard any time, thinking back on his late potions master. Shephard was just too dull. He was worse than Binns, even Hermione had a hard time paying attention.
Harry had just turned a corner when he saw a sight that he would never forget. Theodore Nott had Malfoy pressed against the wall, with his hands in his hair and Malfoys hands at his waist. They were kissing passionately and it made Harry's stomach turn as it had in potions class. He strode past them elbowing Nott in the side, making him break the kiss.
"Oh sorry!" Harry exclaimed and kept on walking but Malfoy was at his side quickly.
"What the hell was that for?" Malfoy asked spinning Harry around to face him.
"What? Oh for breaking up that disgusting make out session?" Malfoy opened his mouth to speak but Harry cut him off.
"Why the hell didn't you tell me? You obviously don't care that people see you kissing another bloke, so you are definitely not hiding it. So why couldn't you tell me? Oh I know... You were trying to see if you could score Harry Potter, weren't you!" Malfoy pushed Harry against the wall making his head hit the stone hard.
"I'm gay, happy now? The reason why I didn't tell you was because I knew you would be acting this way. For such a great wizard you can really be prejudicing sometimes Harry." Malfoy said and walked away from him with a hurt look on his face. Harry wasn't able to move. His limbs would not let him.
He called me Harry
Don't let him walk away
"Malfoy wait up, I'm sorry, okay?" Harry grabbed his shirt and Malfoy stopped.
"I'm sorry." He tried again.
"It's okay. It's not everyday you see a Malfoy kissing some random bloke is it." Malfoy tried with a sad smile. "Though your reaction was actually okay, compared to my father's when he found out. The worst of it all was that it was the day he went to prison. I decided to tell him and he flipped. Luckily I only have to see him once every two months, or whenever mother let's me."
"When did you- err- when did-"
"When did I discover that I was gay?" Malfoy helped him.
"Yeah." Harry said and bowed his head with an embarrassed smile.
"Two years ago, I guess. I pounced on Blaise, you should have seen his face." Malfoy said and laughed. Harry laughed with him.
"Yeah I would have loved that." Malfoys laughed died out and reached his hand out.
"So, still friends?" Harry nodded and they shook.
"So do you get along with your mother?"
"Yeah I do, actually better now that father is not around anymore. She is trying to cope at least." Malfoy said and Harry glanced at him.
"She's an amazing woman-" Malfoy looked at him weirdly "-your mother. She saved me, you know." Malfoy seemingly didn't know what happened that night Voldemort tried to kill him.
"She was the one Voldemort asked to check if I was dead after he tried to kill me." Malfoy looked taken aback by this. Harry continued "She checked my heart beat and I knew she could feel it. She bent down over me so Voldemort couldn't see and asked me if you were alive, I told her you were. She saved me from another killing curse that night."
"I never knew." Malfoy said.
"I am really sorry for jumping at you before with Nott. It is just that ever since I found out that Ginny kissed someone else I just-"
"Hey-" Malfoy said reassuringly stopping Harry. "It was just a kiss-"
"A kiss is never just a kiss. You need to broaden your mind Malfoy and today she is meeting with Dean. He is going to help her with her Herbology test. Shit." Harry said and punched the wall. Malfoy grabbed him around the waist to keep Harry from hurting himself further.
"Stop getting so worked up about it." Malfoy said Harry edged towards him with a dangerous glare.
"Why doesn't Ginny simply tell me who she kissed? Right now it could be any guy." Malfoy walked a head of him.
"I don't know. Perhaps even Ginny forgot who the guy was." He turned around as he noticed that Harry had stopped walking again.
"But this kiss... was not just a kiss." He said a little louder. Malfoy put a hand cautiously to Harry's shoulder and tilted his head a little.
"Look, if this kiss meant more to Ginny she wouldn't be so distraught about it. She still wants to be with you. Just forget it and try to move forward."
Harry squeezed his upper arm and gestured for them to walk. Draco had no idea what made him stand up for Ginny and actually encouraging Harry to stay with her. He knew that Harry was as straight as a board and would never like him the same way Draco liked Harry. He just had to settle for friendship and that was good enough for Draco.
They had not walked for long until they ran into a fellow Gryffindor of Harry's.
"Hey Neville." Harry said and he looked at Malfoy remembering their scheme. Malfoy growled and pushed Harry making him stumble a little.
"Get lost Potter." Malfoy scowled and turned to go. Neville was shifting from one foot to the other.
"Something you wanted to tell me Neville?" Harry asked and Neville swallowed deeply and cleared his voice. Harry raised an eye brow at him.
"I better get back to the common room, Ron and Hermione are probably waiting."
Neville gestured for Harry to follow him inside an empty class room. He looked over his shoulder in case Malfoy decided to barge in. He looked back at Harry with a stern stare. Harry stepped back in astonishment that Neville even had it in him to look at someone like that.
"I know who kissed Ginny, Harry. I saw him." Harry widened his eyes and stepped closer again his body trembling.
"Who was it Neville." Neville once again did something Harry had never seen him do before.
He smirked.
"It was Malfoy."
A/N: Sorry for the really short chapter but I needed a cliffie ^_^ Don't kill me, review instead!
