The Deal

Okay I've had a bad few days so I'm posting a brand new chapter as I'm hoping the reviews will cheer me up! Thank you to the four that reviewed the last chapter, I really enjoying reading them. I eagerly anticipate the reviews to this chapter, can' wait to see what you think, especially what happens to a certain character! Please enjoy and review!

Chapter Seven

The press, in particular Rita Skeeter were all still swarming around Hogsmead waiting to hear the official story and find out what went on. Harry gave Draco strict instructions of what to do because he didn't want to get into it with them.

He was the one they wanted to hear the story from and he wasn't willing to give them the blow by blow account that they wanted and Harry wasn't willing to force Draco to go through that either.

Harry told him to keep his head down keep hold of his hand and just keep walking. If he did that and didn't engage in conversation or anything else then they would be fine. He didn't want to take the easy way out and use the invisibility cloak, he didn't want to have to hide his whole life.

He did put the invisibility cloak in his bag just in case. He didn't want to hide but just in case they needed to disappear in a hurry he had it with him.

Rita Skeeter was the first one to spot them of course and that triggered the camera flashes. It was almost blinding. Draco was squeezing Harry's hand so tightly that it hurt but he persevered and pushed his way through the crowd. Both the teens kept their heads down but the camera men and women were relentless.

"Talk to us Harry!" They were shouting at them. It was when they started to follow them from Hogwarts gate that Harry became fed up. He didn't want them following them around their entire date. It would ruin their time together that was for sure.

Harry turned around to face them looking furious. Draco hid behind his boyfriend looking frightened, he had seen Harry's temper erupt before and he didn't want to be in the firing line this time.

"I'll talk to you, I'll talk to you and tell you to leave us alone!" Harry roared at them, the camera flashes still going off in their faces.

"We just want your account of what happened!" Rita Skeeter purred delightfully, she really was a hideous woman.

"You're never going to get it." Harry said, his voice stern and very certain. "I don't ever want to go over that ever again, I want to move forward with my life. Please show some respect to me and to all of those people who lost their lives. They were good witches and wizards, they were my friends. You're story means nothing compared to what we all went through. If you really wanted your story then you should have fought alongside the rest of us." He raged, his blood practically boiling.

Draco saw what was happening and wasn't sure what to do to calm him down. There was a reason that Harry hadn't wanted to go over the final battle, the memory of it was painful and hard to relive. Harry still blamed himself for so many of the lives lost. The fact that these people who stood before him had hidden and cowered instead of fought really infuriated Harry, especially now they were standing before him as bold as brass, enjoying freedom that they didn't earn.

"Harry, calm down." Draco whispered taking hold of his hand and squeezing lightly. He didn't want to see Harry's immense amount of power be unleashed on these people. They may have deserved it but I didn't think that anyone would look kindly on him for it.

"If you won't comment on the battle then can you comment on the rumours about you and Malfoy junior?" Rita Skeeter asked still as sickly sweet as ever. Her quick quotes quill poised and ready to scribble, mutilating whatever he said.

"Leave Draco out of this." Harry said becoming angrier still at the fact they were now bringing him into this.

"Can we take that as confirmation?" Skeeter asked and that was the last straw for Harry. Each of the cameras exploded simultaneously causing several of the reporters to scream in shock and panic. The next thing that happened was Rita was thrown into the air but she never came back down, she remained hovering in the air, her face terrified.

Draco was panicking now, really not sure how to handle this new scary Harry, he just watched, taking in what was going on. He watched as Skeeter slowly and painfully transformed into a bug that Draco recognised as her Animagus form. It was then that she dropped to the floor and Draco realised a perfect way to distract his boyfriend. The rest of the press had scarpered by this point, Draco couldn't see hide nor hair of them anymore.

Draco moved himself in front of Harry, the Gryffindor's eyes were glazed over and weren't really seeing and Draco knew that the magic was over powering his body. Bravely attempting to snap him out of it Draco wrapped his arms around Harry and kissed him.

It took mere moments before Harry was kissing Draco back. Immediately the magic left the air, it had become so thick and so tense that Draco was happy that the air was clear finally. He felt as if he could breathe again.

The beetle that was once Rita Skeeter however remained as a beetle. Even though Harry's control over her had gone she remained in front of them in her Animagus form.

"Wow" Harry said breathless, "That had to be the best kiss ever!"

"And that must have been the most terrified I've ever been." Draco replied, "What to tell me what happened there?" He asked.

Harry looked a little sheepish when Draco asked this, "My emotions sometimes get the better of me, when I care about something and that something is threatened then I tend to get a little bit angry. I'm ashamed to admit I can't always control my magic."

"Harry, that wasn't just losing control, you were almost someone else. You didn't even see me when I went to kiss you."

"It's never been that bad before, I'm fine now." Harry said waving off Draco's concern. The Slytherin didn't seem convinced but he sighed and nodded accepting that he wasn't going to get anything more from Harry on that subject.

"What did you do to Skeeter?" Draco asked.

"I'm not sure but I am pretty sure she can't turn back to her horrible self anymore." Harry said and the look on his face told Draco that he knew exactly what he had done and he was sure that she couldn't turn back to her human form.

"You mean she's stuck like that?"

"Yep" Harry said kneeling down in front of the bug, "She can live out the rest of her life in beetle form and I'm sure no one is going to know the difference."

Draco wanted to laugh because he knew that the horrible excuse for a woman deserved everything she got but he still wasn't sure that it was the right thing to do but he wasn't about to argue with Harry, not after what he had just seen.

"Shall we go and enjoy our day?" Harry asked, "I'd understand if you didn't want to after all of that."

"We didn't go through all of that not to have a nice afternoon out. Where were you planning on taking me anyway, you never said if we had a plan or not."

"We have a plan, I want to take you somewhere."

Harry took hold of Draco's hand and led him through Hogsmead. There wasn't an awful lot of choice of places to go in Hogsmead, he wanted it to be really special but the only place he could think of that was remotely romantic was Madame Puddifoots. However that didn't seem like Draco at all.

Harry had only really told Draco that they were going to Hogsmead to mask the real surprise that he had planned. He had a few tricks up his sleeve after all. If tomorrow they were to start work on repairing Hogwarts then today was going to be extra special and Harry couldn't achieve that in this small wizarding village.

"Hold on to me." Harry said as they reached the edge of the village.

"Why, where are you taking me?" Draco asked nervously, Harry was so unpredictable that he never knew what to think when they were together.

"Do you trust me?" Harry asked with a mischievous smile on his face. Nervously Draco nodded and the smile on Harry's face widened. "Then hold on to me."

Draco wove his arms around Harry's waist and held on for dear life as Harry disapparated from Hogsmead and into muggle London.

"Where are we?" Draco asked looking around confused. He had never set foot into the depths of muggle London. His father had always preferred them to stay within the confines of the wizarding world.

"We're at the London eye, I have a special surprise for you. I've hired out one of the pods just for the two of us." Harry said taking hold of Draco's hand and leading him through the crowd.

"How did you manage to do that, when have you had the time."

"That'll be my little secret, I have to have some secrets otherwise I'll never be able to pull off these surprises for you." Harry said, Draco wasn't convinced by this but he accepted it nonetheless. He would have loved to know a few more of Harry's secrets.

"Afternoon Harry, Hermione told me you'd be coming. Right this way and I'll sneak you on." A young woman said as they approached the gigantic Ferris wheel. Draco just soaked in the whole atmosphere. The young woman who had spoken to Harry handed the Gryffindor a bottle of chilled champagne and two glasses. She winked in Draco's direction and Draco blushed nervously.

"Thanks Claire, Hermione says hi by the way, she'll come and see you soon, she promises." Harry said before they climbed aboard.

Once they were inside the pod Harry popped the bottle of champagne open and poured two glasses, handing one to Draco.

"What is this thing?" Draco asked absolutely bemused by what was going on.

"It's called the London eye. I've never been on here personally but apparently the views are meant to be stunning. Plus I thought it would be nice to be here, just the two of us."

"It's amazing, I can't believe you arranged this." Draco said as they climbed slowly but steadily higher. He stood looking out over London in awe. Really he couldn't believe that muggles had built this without any magic to help them. He really didn't give muggles very much credit.

"I'm glad you like it." Harry said coming up behind Draco, resting his head on his boyfriends shoulder and wrapping his arms around his waist. "I'd do anything for you Draco." Harry said quietly, Draco didn't respond. He just pretended not to have heard. It was an amazing thing to be told but Draco wasn't sure how to respond to that. After all this was only their second day as a couple.

Draco didn't think about it too carefully, he just enjoyed himself. It was nice to know that Harry felt that way about him, it wasn't an admittance of love but Draco was sure that he would never get one of those from Harry, after all he was Harry Potter, hero of the wizarding world. Their month would be beyond perfect but he was sure that that would be all it was, a perfect month together.

Harry couldn't have thought more differently. He wanted it to last forever, he was just so scared of saying anything to the blonde and scaring him away. Harry craved more, wanted to hold him, touch him, kiss him all over, feel his skin next to his. But his feelings weren't just physical, he wanted to love and protect the Slytherin until the day he died his final death.

Harry however didn't think that it would ever happen either because he had coerced Draco into this relationship with the promise that he would be free of his life debt. Why wouldn't he, given the chance, leave him for a life free of Harry Potter. Sometimes he wished he could do just that. However this month was going to be the most amazing month even if that was all it ever was.