Dinner in the Great Hall was an awkward occasion. Harry told his friends about his new living arrangements, and they were instantly in an uproar. Hermione insisted he try to talk some sense into Dumbledore, and Ron even offered to 'take care' of Malfoy with a few curses. Harry was pretty sure neither of these ideas would work, so he busied himself playing with his food until he was one of the only people left in the Great Hall. Malfoy had been watching him, but after Ron and Hermione shot him some particularly vicious glares, he resumed eating, and eventually left.

Now it was close to curfew and Flitwick was ushering all the students back to their dorms. Harry sighed and headed towards Gryffindor Tower to collect his things.

Draco was up in his rooms looking around thoughtfully. Snape had transfigured a bed for Harry out of the couch. It wasn't the same as his large green and silver four poster, much smaller in fact, but it still looked nice. He went out into the hallway, and soon saw Harry coming with his small trunk. He stopped to eye the entrance to the common room that Draco had left open. A large portrait of Salazar Slytherin was glaring at him with contempt, and Harry was giving it a similar look. They entered the common room without a word.

It was under the Black Lake, which gave everything a slight greenish tinge. There were black couches and chairs set around a small fire place that wasn't lit. There were no portraits on the wall either, just a couple Slytherin tapestries. Harry thought it was pretty shabby compared to Gryffindor Tower. The common rooms were actually well hidden, so this was the first time he was seeing it. The other Slytherins were giving him looks as he walked by.

They climbed one of the two staircases that separated the dorms. Draco's rooms were at the top, so they had a rather long and awkward climb. After Draco had opened the door, Harry entered and took in the Slytherin decorations and roaring fireplace, then put his trunk by the smaller bed without a word. He went to sit on the window sill, and stared down at the Quiddich Pitch wishing for all the world he was there instead of here.

Draco was mesmerized by the picture Harry made. He was sitting on the silver window sill with one foot on the floor and the other tucked to his chest. His arms were crossed over his knee and he was looking down onto the grounds. The last bits of sunlight steaming through the window made Harry's profile glow. It caught his black hair and his eyes and made them even more bright than usual. Harry glanced over and saw Draco watching him. Draco quickly turned away. He sat on his bed and tried to finish his potions essay, but he couldn't concentrate because he kept glancing at Harry. After a while he gave up and tried to go to sleep. He didn't fall asleep until he heard Harry crawl into bed and his breathing become steady.

Draco woke up to an empty room. When he got to the Great Hall, Harry was nowhere to be seen. Weasel and the Mudblood were there though, shooting him contemptuous looks. Draco figured Harry was out on the grounds somewhere and decided to leave him alone. It would probably be best for Harry if he had some time alone, and it gave Draco a chance to finish his homework. He did that, then milled around the library. Harry was not at lunch or dinner either. He would have to be back in the room soon though. He decided to stop by the kitchens and get Harry some food, it seemed like he hadn't eaten all day. But when he entered the kitchens, who was he confronted with? The Fates must be playing some sick game with him, because standing before him, looking as mad as ever, was Dobby.

"Draco Malfoy hurt Harry Potter!" he squeaked, brandishing a rolling pin. The other house elves looked up to see what the commotion was.

"Dobby-"

"Headmaster said you is making Harry Potter hurt! Dobby will not be seeing this! No, no, no!" he was holding the rolling pin higher now.

"Dobby!" he yelled, starting to get a little afraid. "I didn't mean to hurt Harry. I'm even making him better now. I came down here to get him some food. Will you do that?"

The house elf eyed him warily before turning and fixing a plate of food. Draco shrunk it, then left to go to his rooms. When he got there Harry was sitting on the window sill in the same position as before. Draco sat the food down beside him.

"You need to eat or you'll get sick."

Harry glared at him and ignored the food. Draco could see tearstains on his face and his eyes were red and swollen. He sat down across from him and looked onto the field for a few minutes. Harry still wasn't eating.

"Is this about Sirius Black?" he asked after a few more minutes.

Harry glared at him but said nothing.

"You know, I was related to him. Only distantly though. He was my mothers cousin."

Harry stared at him. "I didn't. Did you ever meet him?"

He shook his head. "My mother wasn't very fond of him." He looked at Harry warily before adding, "She said he was a disgrace to the family."

He was surprised when Harry smiled. "I guess he would be, by the Black's standards. He was the only person in his family for centuries to be put in Gryffindor instead of Slytherin."

"You were fond of him, weren't you?"

"Yes."

"But… I thought he…"

Harry gave him a sad smirk. "You thought he betrayed my parents?"

Draco nodded.

"He didn't."

"What happened?"

Harry paused. Why was Malfoy showing such an interest? Well, it couldn't really hurt to tell him.

"It's kind of a long story. Do you want to hear it?

Malfoy nodded again.

"Well, when my father was at Hogwarts he had a group of friends. Sirius, Remus Lupin-

"Our old Defense professor from third year? The werewolf?"

"Yeah, him. And Peter Pettigrew. When my parents had to go into hiding they wanted to make Sirius secret keeper, but he didn't trust himself not to accidentally give away information. He convinced them to change to Pettigrew at the last minute, and Pettigrew betrayed them to Voldemort."

"And that whole thing where all the Muggles were killed, that was really Pettigrew too. He made it look like Sirius did it, and while Sirius was carted away to Azkaban for twelve years, Pettigrew hid out in his Animagus form."

Malfoy was looking at him with wide eyes.

"What was his Animagus?"

"A rat."

Malfoy snorted. "Figures."

"I know. Remember Ron's rat, Scabbers?"

If it was possible, Malfoy's eyes got wider. "You're joking."

Harry shook his head.

"I didn't know anything about this either, until third year. Sirius managed to lure me down to the Shrieking Shack. I almost killed him, but Remus showed up and stopped me. They told me the truth, and we captured Pettigrew. When we got back to Hogwarts, it was the full moon, Remus had forgotten to take his Wolfsbane, and in the confusion Pettigrew got away."

"How did you get away?"

"Sirius went into his Animagus form, a big dog, and attacked him."

Malfoy stared at him for a long time, then slowly let out a breath.

"You certainly have your fair share of danger, don't you?"

"That's not even the half of it."

They sat together, staring out the window for a long time, and Harry finished the food. After a while Harry started talking again.

"You know what the last thing I said to him was?"

"What?"

"He wanted to come meet me on our next Hogsmeade day, but I told him no, that he was an idiot, that he would get caught. He got mad and said that he needed to get out of Grimmauld, and that I didn't care that he was cooped up all the time. But you know what? If he had come to Hogsmeade, he wouldn't have been there when the Death Eaters breached the Fideleus."

There were tears streaming down Harry's face now, and his voice had become choked. He closed his eyes and tried to will himself to stop crying. Why had he just told Malfoy all of that? It was just more information that he could taunt him with.

He started to get up, then all at once he felt arms rap around him and pull him close. He rested his head on Malfoy's shoulder. Neither of them said anything and they stayed like that for a long time. Eventually Harry got up and climbed into bed. Draco watched him sleep before going to bed himself.

A/N: Sorry about the typos in the previous chapters. I'm going to try to harder to correct those. I hope you like it so far! Reviews are always welcome!