Chapter 5:

What Sirius didn't know was that Draco was wide awake. He had closed his eyes when he heard the footsteps coming up the stairs, not really wanting to talk to Sirius right then. When he heard the fighting he stayed as still as he could, not wanting to alert the men that he was listening. He was shocked when he heard Sirius defending him and basically loosing the other man because of him. He didn't know how to feel about that, he wasn't worth someone loosing the person they loved for.

The next morning he went down to the kitchen, following the smell of bacon and pancakes wafting around the house. When he opened the kitchen door he tried not to laugh. Sirius had just turned around and his whole face was covered in flour, with a spot of batter on his nose. Sirius cocked his head at the sound.

"Something amusing?" Sirius asked as he placed a plate of pancakes onto the table.

"You have something on your face." Draco said pointing towards Sirius. The older man started rubbing his face all over and got the flour off, but the batter was still on his nose. Draco laughed, covering his mouth with his hand.

"Well did I get it." Sirius asked as he sat next to Draco.

"Hold on. Let me get it." Draco grabbed his napkin, leaned over the table towards Sirius and began to wipe the batter off of his nose. As he was doing this, his eyes locked on to Sirius' and he seemed to freeze, hand still on the mans nose. When he thought he saw Sirius begin to move closer to him and a hand brush over his side, Draco quickly sat back into his chair.

"There it's gone." He replied as he shoved a fork full of pancakes into his mouth.

"Uh, yeah thanks." Sirius said as he too shoved food into his mouth. The awkward moment didn't seem to pass as they sat in silence eating.

"So Severus said tomorrow is your birthday. The big Seventeen." Sirius said in between mouthfuls.

"Yeah." Draco said as he looked down at his food.

"Well are you excited to come into the rest of you magic? I know I couldn't sit still for the whole week before hand. James and Remus had to practically sit on me the whole time." Sirius laughed as he remembered.

"Yeah well, I don't have anyone to be excited with. It's not that big a deal, just another year older and get magic I don't really want."

"why wouldn't you want it. It shows you are an adult and can handle the responsibility that comes with it." Sirius said in awe that someone wouldn't want that.

"It just doesn't matter to me. Thanks for the food. I think I'm going to go back to bed for a bit." Draco left before Sirius could tell him to move to a different room, but he didn't really care as long as the boy stayed here.

Sirius moved around the kitchen, picking up the mess and magically cleaning the dishes. He looked around the house for a moment, soaking in the quiet. Ever since he came back there was never really a peaceful moment in the house until Draco showed up. People always popping in when ever they pleased, not caring if he wanted them there or not.

He was somewhat grateful with Draco's presence, unknowingly warding off everyone. He felt bad for Draco and the way he was feeling. The things he must have had to go through and see must have pushed him where he didn't want anything to do with being an adult. He felt guilty for having such strange feelings when around him. In the kitchen he was about to kiss Draco and he had no idea why he would have wanted to do that.

He knew Draco was his cousin, and he knew it wasn't at all taboo in this world for family to have relations with one another. He just didn't want to be in that percentage that did that. He didn't want to have these feelings for Draco and he was going to do everything in his power to curb these feelings as soon as possible.

He jumped out of his thoughts as he heard Draco walking back down the stairs. He looked up and watched as the young man came into the living room and sat down across from the fire. He rested his head in his hands and breathed in deeply. Sirius was about to say something when a knock came on the door, making him jump up to answer it.

When he opened the door he was happy to see Harry there, until he noticed the look in his God-Sons eyes. He knew he was going to get a lecture for what he did to Remus the night before, but he wasn't going to change his mind. It was over between the two of them and he realized right after Remus walked out the door, that it shouldn't have even started back up in the first place.

"Yes Harry?" Sirius asked, opening the door to let him in. Harry walked past and into the living room, stopping short in the doorway. Sirius knew he had just spotted Draco sitting in there and quickly walked over to stop him from starting in.

"Malfoy, so glad to see your awake. I guess that means you can leave now?" Sirius got to him just when Draco lifted his head and turned to look at Harry.

"Harry. This is my house not yours. Go to the kitchen and I'll be right there to speak with you." He dismissed Harry without a thought and walked over to Draco.

"Stay here, I'll get him to leave as soon as I can. I'm sorry for his behavior." Sirius smiled down at Draco and got a nod in response.

"What the hell do you want Harry?" Sirius asked as he walked into the kitchen and saw Harry standing at the back door. Harry spun around and glared at him.

"What the hell do you think you are doing breaking Remus' heart like you did?" Harry spat out.

"He broke mine years ago and I thought it had healed but having him distrust what I am doing here just breaks it all over again. I can't be with someone who can come into my home and disrespect me the way he has done. I never should have let him back in my heart after everything that has happened in the past." Sirius stated, not caring what Harry thought about any of this.

"He loves you Sirius and you are just throwing him away for what? Malfoy? You don't even know him and yet you let him stay here. You're pushing everyone out of you life and you act as though you don't even care." He could tell Harry was really upset about this but he wasn't going to change his mind.

"I will tell you what I told you before. If you can't except what I am doing then get out of my house. I love you Harry, I said that before, but If you keep acting the way you are acting you will be the one pushing me away. Now leave and tell everyone I don't want anyone else coming here if this is what I am going to hear." Sirius pointed towards the front door and watched as Harry walked past and glared towards Draco before leaving.

Sirius sat down in the living room, letting out an aggravated breath.

"You didn't have to do that you know." He heard Draco speak after a couple of quiet moments.

"Do what?" Sirius asked

"Any of this. Let me in, let me stay, take care of me when I was hurt. Loose your friends. I'm not worth it." Sirius looked into Draco's eyes and was trying to understand how this gorgeous person could think of himself as unworthy.

"I don't know what happened to you before, I'm not going to pry into it. If you want to tell me sometime I will be here to listen. But listen to me now, you are worth it. You are family and that is more important to me than those friends. Harry is my God-Son and if he loved me he would understand that. He will come around eventually, but until then he can stay away." Sirius smiled at Draco as he listened to his words and he saw an unknown emotion cross the boys eyes.

"Now, your Birthday is tomorrow. So I think you should go to sleep now before your magical inheritance takes everything out of you." He watched as Draco nodded towards him and took off up the stairs.

Sirius sat back and decided to read a book to pass some of the time he had on his hands. With no one to talk to or anything to really do, he knew this would at least help him go to sleep. Once he started to really get into the book his Floo activated and Severus stepped through.

"Where is Draco?" The man asked looking worried.

"Sleeping. Why?" Sirius stood up and waited for Severus to respond, but he just walked passed him and right up the stairs. Sirius followed him all the way into his room and stopped when he saw Draco glowing blue, the same color that went over his hand when he touched the boy.

"What is happening to him?" Sirius asked, knowing this was not normal for a magical inheritance.

"He is coming into his inheritance what do you think?" Severus snapped as he rushed around the room, grabbing things from his bag and running his wand over Draco.

"This is not normal. Tell me what is going on." He demanded.

"He is elf. That is what is going on." Severus snapped as he tilted Draco's head back and poured potions down his mouth. Sirius watched as the boy on the bed suddenly laid still and the glow began to fade.

"Elf? How is that possible. Lucius is definitely not elf and there is no elf in the Black line." Severus just threw a look over towards him, making his breath catch in his throat.

"He is either not a Black or a Malfoy, which one." He asked.

"He is not a black. Narcissa is not his mother. Happy now Black?" Severus snapped as he continued to work over Draco.

"Does Draco know about this?" Wondering if this was the reason the boy seemed to not want his inheritance.

"No. Lucius never told him. He thinks Narcissa is his mother. He didn't want anyone to know that his line was now tainted." Severus replied with disgust in his voice.

"Then who is his mother?" He watched as Severus took a breath and closed his eyes for a moment.

"He has no mother. He has two fathers. Lucius forbade his other father to ever let him know, but still let him have contact with him. Lucius didn't know that the other father was elf until….until Draco was born."

"Well who is it. If they are still alive and have been in Draco's life, he deserves to know." Sirius really wanted someone else there that could help Draco with this, explain things to him that he didn't know.

"I can't tell you that. I'm sorry. Here take these and give them to him when he wakes. I'm sorry, I have to go." Severus swiftly left, leaving Sirius holding a couple of potions and staring down at an unconscious Draco.