Milk and Chocolate Chapter 7: Useless Ramblings, a harry potter fanfic

Milk and Chocolate

By ll4ever

Chapter 7:

Harry had been the first Gryffindor down to breakfast. Of course, it was only understandable, judging by the fact he had to finish 10 cups of sugar without making to many people suspicious. He knew from experience how hyper he got when on sugar, and how he tended to say things and have no recollection of them later. A little bit like Draco when he was drunk…………..

Harry grabbed the bowl of sugar in front of him, dumping its entire contents into his bowl, and watching as it refilled itself. He honestly hated eating all the sugar; the taste wouldn't leave his mouth for the entire day. But, he had made the bet, and had lost, though not fairly, but had lost it nonetheless.

By the time he was on his 9th cup, Ginny had joined him. She kept shooting him rather curious looks from underneath her hair, which had swung forward to cover her face, and Harry had a sinking suspicion that she was catching on to something. He honestly hated when that happened. But he didn't bother worrying too much. He had, of course, thrown Hermione off his tail, and he had lived with her for 7 days before boarding the Hogwarts Express.

He frowned.

Ginny was a Weasley, though, and Harry had found that the Weasley's were nearly impossible people to hide things from, especially the females in the household. Harry considered himself quite lucky, having avoided spending any time with them over the summer. He knew he had hurt Mrs. Weasley by declining each of their 11 invitations, but he was to glad that they hadn't found anything out to worry too much about it.

Harry looked up, startled, as Hedwig gave a particularly loud squawk. She had obviously been sitting there a long time, and was looking quite peeved at being ignored. He quickly grabbed a piece of bacon from the platter beside him, and handing it to her, which she snapped up rather gratefully, but with some annoyance, grabbed the parcels he had received.

"Lupin…………..keep out of trouble………………..don't dwell……………..Tonks…………"

Harry shook his head, grinning. Tonks was always present in Remus's letters. Harry had a small suspicion that there was something deeper than friendship between them, and that Remus was just being to daft to realize it. Harry honestly didn't think he even realized how much he talked about the young Auror.

Harry opened the next letter, and scanned its contents before tossing it carelessly to the side. Fan Mail. He honestly hated receiving the stuff; it just made him feel guiltier about not hurrying up with killing Voldemort.

Harry eyed the package curiously, before cautiously reading the label.

"I'll trust you'll find these useful……….

D and A

Live a little………"

Harry snorted. He honestly didn't know how they got things through to him, being out of the world and all. He suspected that Aree pulled some strings. Being engaged to the Death Prince had its usefulness, after all.

The black haired boy glanced quickly around, catching Ginny's eyes. She hastily diverted them, not wanting him to know she had been watching him. Harry frowned, and stuffed the package into his robe pocket. He didn't trust opening whatever it was here…….Ginny was watching him to carefully.

Mr. Potter grabbed the last paper from Hedwig, The Daily Prophet, while stuffing the last of the sugar into his mouth. He swallowed with difficulty, and opened the tightly wrapped package.

"DARK ANGEL'S SECRET LOVES"

"Recent information has come to the Daily Prophet concerning the Dark Angel's secret lives. Apparently, saving the world has it's downsides, one of which seems to include not being able to tell girls that you love them…….."

Harry's face tightened, his eyes growing cold and hard. He grabbed the paper off the table, thrusting himself backward, and stepping off the bench. Ignoring the frightened look Ginny sent his way, he clenched his fist, and marched over to the Slytherin table, where Draco sat warily.

"You………..bastard……"he ground out, grabbing the smaller boy by the back off his shirt, dragging him out of the room.

"Hey!" Draco protested loudly, once they had left the Great Hall.

"What happened to the secrecy?"

Harry spun around, sending Drak crashing into the wall on the other side of the unused classroom he had dragged them into.

"I'll give you secrecy." He snarled, slamming his fist out towards Draco's jaw.

The blonde boy ducked right in time, jumping back behind the desk.

"What the fuck is going on?" He snapped, ducking another angry punch.

Harry spat angrily on the floor.

"Read."

He spun the paper at Draco, who caught it with one hand and flipped it to the first page.

"Do you enjoy this? Revealing bits about us to the press? Damn it Draco! We were supposed to be relatively secret!"

Harry swung his hand furiously, crashing it into the walls, which protested loudly, leaving a huge dent in the wall.

"Fuck…….."

Draco scanned the contents of the paper, his frown turning to a scowl. Harry threw himself into a chair, exhaustion finally catching up with him. It was way to early in the morning for scandals.

"Wait……Harry………did you read the entire article???"

"No." Harry snarled. "I was a little busy dragging the asshole who got us into this mess out of the room."

Draco shook his head, a small grinning slowly forming on his lips.

"Savvy, they don't know ANYTHING!! Listen:

'Several reporters who were enjoying a stroll in Mayside Park yesterday evening reported that two members of the Dark Angel's were arguing at the edge of the park. When they got closer, one of the Dark Angel's pressed his lips against the others'. Is it possible that two of the Dark Angel's are gay? For more on Rita Skeeter's scoop, turn to page 6.'"

Harry stared at Drak, and muttered, "Rita??"

"Rita." Draco confirmed.

The two sixteen year olds burst out laughing.

"Gay????"

"Well one of us is!"

"Hey!"

"It's the honest truth."

"Ach, shut up."

Harry's face suddenly grew serious, and said rather awkwardly, "Hey, uh, sorry about that…you know…….dragging you out of the Great Hall and all………"

Draco shook his head and muttered, "No problem. I would have done the same thing."

The two boys stared off into opposite corners of the room, and for a few precious moments, the room was blessed with silence. Then, quite suddenly, the teenagers met eyes, and they both burst out laughing again.

"Gay???"

"Hey, Drak, let's take a break today."

"School?"

"Screw school. It's Saturday anyway."

"Good point."

"Where shall we go?"

"Not another bar. I don't know about you, but I don't want to get pissed any time soon."

"Hmm…….Mini-Golf?"

The boys laughed.

"As if……..Actually, that'd be pretty funny. Imagine if the press caught up with us there!"

Drak shook his head softly, the corners of his mouth twitching.

"Alright, shall we visit Grawp??"

"Hell no."

"I agree."

"Aree??"

"Emergencies only."

"Kill joy."

"Whatever. How about……….."

"This is boring."

"Shut up! I'm thinking."

"Quit thinking!"

"Fine, you want to play Quidditch?"

"Sounds great."

"Let's go."

Neither boy moved.

"Damn, this is boring."

"………"

"HARRY!!!!!!!!!!"

"I've…….got……..an……..idea……that………might………..just…………work!"

"Huh? What? Quit speaking so slowly, it screws up my brain!"

"Freak."

"Bastard."

"Son of a Bitch."

"Asshole."

"Shut up."

"You."

"This is boring."

"DRACO!!!!!!"

"Hell, whatever. I'll be upstairs."

"Fine………..Bastard."

"Hey, I resent that! My parents were married!"

"So were mine."

"Arg, whatever. See you around."

"Fine."

Draco threw his hands over his head.

"You're worthless!"

"So are you."

"Point taken."

"Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"No."

"It's 3 o'clock in the bloody afternoon!"

"You're kidding."

"Would I kid about something like that?"

"Maybe."

"Hey!"

"Hay is for horses."

"Oh MERLIN!!!!"

Harry snorted, sensing Draco's obvious exasperation.

"I'm leaving now!"

"Fine."

"I'm really leaving!"

"Sure."

"I am!"

"Uh huh.'

"No, really! Watch me!"

"I'm watching."

"Arg! You're distracting me."

"You distracted me."

"Do you ever shut up?"

"No. Do you?"

"No."

"Perfect. We're going to be stuck here forever."

"At least you are."

"Nuhuh."

"Bye!"

"Wait."

"Do you hear that?"

Harry and Draco pressed their ears up against the door.

"CAT FIGHT!!!!!"

Savvy pulled his ear back.

"What the hell?"

Drak pulled open the door, and the two of them quietly snuck over to where a crowd was circling two girls.

"Ginny?"

"HA, I'd like to see how the Queen of Slytherin is going to hold up against the lion."

The two boys quieted, listening to the exchange.

"You, bitch, will one day pay. Our lord will kill you."

Draco winced while Ginny raised her leg and slammed the heel of her boot down on Parkinson's foot, while slapping Pansy rather hard across the face.

Harry however grinned.

"Sucker."

Drak waved his hand, muttering a quick, "shut up lover boy." To Harry, and went back to listening to the exchange.

"No. He won't. And if he tries to I promise to use you as my personal body shield as he shoots curse after curse at me."

Harry grinned, nudging Draco in the ribs as Ginny pushed her way out of the crowds and walked off in the opposite direction.

"That," he murmured happily. "That is my girl."

Drak laughed as the two of them spun on their heels and walked back into the deserted classroom they had been at for most of the day.

"Harry," he said, grinning as he locked the door. "I'm sorry for bursting your bubble, but I highly doubt you will ever be able to domesticate that creature."

Savvy grinned; throwing himself back into the chair he had occupied earlier, and said happily, "I won't even try. I might get my fingers bitten off."

Well, there is chapter 7. I am thinking about possibly changing the rating on this story down to a PG13. I took a silent vote with myself, and I have decided there will be no sex scenes in this story. Actually, there will be, but I am not going to do the entire thing. Does that make sense? Just wondering if I should keep it R for language and the dark violence that is coming up…….. Give me your feedback on that. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!

Ciao,

Lily

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OH YEAH, very important news. Anyone interested in being a beta reader for me? I honestly need someone to tell me when one of my chapters utterly and completely sucks. Don't be shy; just give me a message! Sorry if you've been giving me hints and I haven't noticed. I can be a little thick headed…..