Authors Note: Okay so here is the newest chapter. It would have been up sooner, but I've been rather busy the past couple of days. I wanted to add more, but decided to stop where I did. I will continue working on the next chapter today and may even post it :). Thank you for those of you who reviewed and begged me not to hold this chapter hostage! I hope you will all read and review, it'll help me post the next chapter faster ;)

Ch. 7

Harry awoke early in the morning. The sun was barely peeking over the horizon. For a minute he had no idea where he was. He looked frantically around and realized he was lying on Draco's bed. He relaxed and let out the breath he was holding. Draco was resting his head on his chest with one arm over Harry's stomach and one leg draped over one of his own. Harry smiled for a moment and glanced down at the sleeping man in his arms. He thought about the events of the night before, remembering each and every detail. The taste of Draco's lips on his own, the feel of his muscles beneath his hands, and the wonderful sounds that he made.

Harry suddenly felt embarrassed. Was last night a mistake? Did I rush into this? Was it the butterbeer that made us do it? Harry was beginning to get upset. He slowly slid out from underneath Draco and stood up looking for his shirt and glasses. Draco didn't move. He was just like his son when it came to sleeping. Harry put his shirt and glasses on quickly and reached for his shoes. He didn't even bother slipping them on. He tip toed to the bedroom door and slipped out chancing a glance back at Draco's sleeping form. He felt so embarrassed for what happened. It didn't make sense. We talked about our feelings so why do I feel this way? He likes me just as much as I like him. Harry wanted to turn around and go back into his arms, but couldn't bring himself to. He ran to the fireplace and flooed to Grimmauld without looking back.

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Draco stirred shortly after Harry left. He opened his eyes and looked to where Harry had been just minutes before. He could smell Harry on his bedding and it brought everything back to him from the night before. He relived every moment, smiling the entire time. That was wonderful. He sat up looking around. He didn't hear Harry in the bathroom and as he glanced around he noticed that his glasses, shirt, and shoes were missing. He jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to see if he was in the kitchen. He wasn't. Where the hell did he go? Oh no, what if he hated what we did last night and just left? What if I wasn't good enough? Draco sank onto the couch and stared into the fireplace.

"Did I misread his signals last night?" Draco wondered aloud. He stood up and slowly made his way into the kitchen for breakfast.

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Harry spent most of the morning kicking himself for leaving Draco. There was no reason to leave or to be embarrassed. Kreacher was at Hogwarts so he wasn't there to listen to Harry berating himself for his decision.

After a few hours Harry decided he needed to talk to someone about what happened last night and so he floo called Hermione's house. Aries answered.

"Uncle Harry!" He cried.

"Hey, bud. Is your mum busy at the moment?" Harry greeted.

"Nope, do you want to come in?" Aries asked.

"Yes, thank you. See you in a minute." He replied. Harry stood up and stepped into the fireplace. A minute later he stepped out of the fireplace and into Hermione's sitting room to Aries outstretched arms. Harry scooped him up in a big hug.

"Mummy! Uncle Harry is here!" He called as Harry set him back down again. Hermione came quickly from the kitchen and stopped in the doorway and looked Harry over.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Hermione cried rushing over to him. She threw her arms around him. Aries looked up at her with a confused expression and Harry winked at him. Aries started to giggle.

"Mione, can't a guy just come and see his best friend on a day that he should be in his office?" Harry asked jokingly. Hermione swatted his arm and motioned for him to sit down on the sofa. She shooed Aries to go pick-up his room. Reluctantly he left, but only after giving Harry another big hug.

"What is it Harry?" Hermione asked again.

Harry sighed. She always got right to the point. "I, uh, slept with someone last night. Not like we had sex or anything, but we slept together after a serious snogging session and I'm not sure what to do about it."

Hermione's eyes widened and a big smile erupted on her face. "Oh my gosh Harry! Who was it? What happened? What aren't you sure about?"

He stood up and stood looking out the window. "We had a town meeting last night about the incident and afterwards we had a few butterbeers together and went back to his place. It was wonderful Mione. I haven't felt so alive and relaxed in years. I have no idea why I left him there, I just got embarrassed or overwhelmed or something."

"Harry, that's perfectly, wait a minute, his place, him?" She gasped. "You did all this with a guy? Who was it?" Her eyes were even wider than before. She stood up and walked over to Harry turning him around to look at her. He was blushing deeply.

"Yes it was a guy and you're really not going to believe who it was," Harry replied looking down at his feet.

"Tell me who it was Harry," She demanded. Then before he could reply her hand shot to her mouth as she gasped loudly shaking her head.

"You've already guessed, but I will say it aloud anyway, Draco Malfoy," Harry whispered. Hermione gasped even louder and sunk into the sofa. Harry looked down at his feet again. He walked over at sunk into the sofa as well and closed his eyes.

"Harry, I, I can't believe this. I mean, really with Malfoy?" Hermione asked.

"Yes and it was wonderful and I've never felt so strongly about anyone, not even Ginny. It just felt so natural and so good to be doing it and then I left him without a note. Oh gods he's probably so mad at me," Harry cried burying his face in his hands. Hermione sat up and patted his leg.

"Harry, why did you leave if you had all these good feelings going through you?" Hermione asked regaining her composure. Harry took a few minutes to respond.

"I don't know. I just got embarrassed all of a sudden and my only thought was to get out of there. It doesn't make any sense to me. It was just so great and then I screwed it up," Harry cried once again.

"Are you scared about your feelings or the fact that it's Malfoy that is affecting you in this way?" Hermione asked.

Harry thought for a minute. He didn't like admitting his fears, but knew it would help. "Yes on both I think. But this isn't the first time I've had feelings for Draco." He glanced down at his hands blushing. Hermione looked up at him surprised.

"When was this?" She asked sitting straighter and even more interested than before.

"Off and on back in school, but I thought they had gone away since I didn't see him for ten years and then things happen and we are thrown into each other's lives again and here I am feeling the same things and then some over again. I just don't know what to do," Harry explained.

"Wow, I had no idea. Well, does he feel the same way about you?" Hermione asked. Harry nodded. "Then what the hell are you still doing here? Go and apologize for leaving so abruptly. It's okay to be scared. Odds are he's just as scared. Harry, if it makes you happy then that's what you deserve. Don't let your fears get in the way. When have you ever let your fear of something get in the way of what you want to do, good or bad?" She exclaimed hands on her hips.

Harry looked at her in shock. Hermione had just cursed at him and yelled. He stood up quickly feeling more confident and walked over to the floo. "Thanks Hermione. Tell Aries I said good bye." He left a smug Hermione in her sitting room and flooed back to Grimmauld so he could apparate to Hogsmeade.

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Draco sat at the desk in his office attempting to work on lesson plans for the starting school year, but it was hard when his thoughts kept drifting off to Harry and all that transpired the night before and the abrupt departure of said boy. He sighed and went back to his lesson planning. He wanted to make sure that he had something prepared for parents to look at that night. He wondered if Harry will still be going. Damnit Draco, stop thinking about him. Everything can't relate to him. He slammed his fists onto his desk and stood up. He looked out the window and sighed. There was a knock on his door. Who could that be? I'm not expecting anyone.

Draco walked out of his office and down the hall to the front door. He peeked out the window pausing for a moment. At his door was the man who had been invading his thoughts all morning. He reluctantly opened the door with a deep breath and looked at Harry.

"Hi," was all Harry managed to say.

"What do you want Potter?" Draco asked with a biting tone. Harry recoiled a bit at his manner, but then regained his composure.

"I deserved that," He replied.

Draco wasn't expecting him to admit to this so quickly and nearly softened his look, but caught himself. He wasn't ready to give in quite yet. "You're damn right you deserved that. What do you want?" He asked again.

"I wanted to come by and explain to you why I left this morning," Harry replied. He took a tentative step forward. Draco didn't move at all to gain him entrance, but Harry didn't step back.

"I don't want to hear your excuses."

"Draco, please listen to me. I'm a git for leaving you like I did without even an explanation so please could you just listen for five minutes and then I'll be out of your hair," Harry pleaded. Draco stared at him expectantly. Harry took that as his cue that he would at least give him five minutes. "I left this morning because I was embarrassed and I got scared. I haven't felt this strongly about anyone ever in my life, not even Ginny. I was overwhelmed with emotions this morning and I just couldn't stay next to you. I needed to sort through it and figure out what I was feeling so I left. I barely made it to your bedroom door before I wanted to turn around again, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I'm sorry that I left. I really am," He continued searching Draco's eyes for any emotion at his words. He could see flickers here and there, but he also noticed how hard Draco was trying to keep a mask on his face.

"Why couldn't you just tell me this morning?" Draco asked after several minutes of staring at each other.

"You looked so peaceful lying there and I didn't want to ruin that which I still ended up doing, but I just couldn't bring myself to admit that I was scared to you of all people."

Draco scoffed. "Please Potter, you need to put that shit in the past. We can't make us work if you still hold old childhood fears of admitting to me your vulnerable feelings. It won't work."

Harry stared at him a moment. "Well, I'm sorry if I can't quite get past admitting feelings such as those, but that's who I am. I don't like to admit to anyone when I'm scared or worried. I don't like to put that burden on people. I talked to Hermione today about it and even then it was a bit hard to admit that I was scared and we've been friends for 16 years."

"You talked to Hermione about your feelings about me and you couldn't even talk to me about them?" Draco asked through gritted teeth.

"Yes, but you know that's different." Harry replied.

"No, it's not. You could have told me how you were feeling and I would have told you that I feel the same way, but no you showed me that you can't talk to me about those feelings and like I said I don't think it can work if you can't talk to me!" Draco yelled.

Harry took a couple of steps back hurt setting into his face. "Draco, don't say that. I want to be able to tell you those things, but I was just too overwhelmed this morning to talk about it. I didn't go straight to Hermione and talk to her about it. I sat at home and beat myself up about it before I went to her. Please don't be mad at me about this."

Draco stared at him a moment trying so hard to not grab Harry and pull him inside to snog him senseless. "Is that all?"

Harry looked at him tears brimming his eyes. He nodded and turned and walked away. Draco slammed the door and rested his head against it breathing deeply. I'm such a bastard! He screamed in his head. He threw open the door to go after Harry, but he had already apparated away.

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Both Harry and Draco spent the rest of the afternoon berating themselves for their behavior. Harry was so upset about the way things quickly changed between him and Draco that he laid in bed the rest of the afternoon wallowing in self pity.

Draco on the other hand conjured a muggle punching bag and continuously punched it to the point that it was nearly ripping at the seams. He was very angry with himself for how he reacted to Harry. He had the strength to apologize and explain why he left and Draco just pushed it aside and slammed the door on him. His reaction was so Slytherin and he hated it. He sat down at his desk and quickly came up with some ideas for the parent night. He jumped in the shower and quickly got ready and flooed to his office at Hogwarts.

Harry eventually got out of bed after much coaxing from Kreacher, who had returned hours before as if sensing his master needed him. Harry quickly took a shower and had some tea that contained a bit of pepper-up potion to help relax him and perk him up a bit. Andromeda and Teddy flooed over and all three apparated to Hogsmeade to walk up to Hogwarts.

"Harry, are you feeling alright?" Andromeda asked.

"Yeah, just a bit stressed about the situation in Hogsmeade," Harry replied.

"Well, I know you'll figure it out. Did you work on it at all today?" She asked.

Harry looked away nervously. "Well, I didn't go into the office to work on it, but my teams are working on it and I will probably go in tonight and do some work on it."

She nodded. Harry could tell that she was nervous about the situation since Teddy was going to be spending more time at the school. As they walked with a lot of parents and kids up to the castle a little blond haired boy was dragging his mother behind him. He stopped in front of Harry.

"Hello Harry! What are you doing here?" Scorpius asked letting go of his mother's hand. He looked at Teddy for a moment and then at Andromeda. He looked closely at her with a confused look.

"Hi Scorpius, Pansy. Well, I'm here because I was invited. Teddy here is my godson and apparently they wanted me here as well," Harry replied. Teddy had moved closer to his grandmother and Andromeda was looking down at Scorpius with a smile on her face.

"Oh okay, cool. You look like my grandma, only with dark hair," Scorpius said moving his gaze from Harry to Andromeda.

"Your grandma is my sister, Scorpius," she replied. He looked at her and smiled.

"Well, why haven't I ever met you?"

"Your grandma and I are still working on rebuilding our relationship so we haven't really spent much time together around others in the family."

Scorpius nodded in acceptance of her answer. "You're Teddy Lupin right? I have seen you around school, but we've never been in a class together. I guess this year we will though. I didn't know Harry was your godfather. You are so lucky!" Scorpius exclaimed. Harry blushed and Teddy smiled brightly.

"I am very lucky. So are you looking forward to the new school year?" Teddy asked. With that Scorpius and Teddy started walking away and talking animatedly becoming fast friends. Andromeda smiled and followed behind them to keep an eye on them both. Pansy and Harry looked after them or a minute and then turned towards each other.

"Potter, keep my son safe," She said. She looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Of course I will. I want this figured out as much as anyone," He replied.

"Keep Draco safe as well," she said nodding with a twinkle in her eye. She smiled and walked away with a man and a little girl that Harry assumed was her new husband and daughter. Does everyone, but me pick up on my feelings for Draco? Harry shook his head and continued walking.

Eventually he caught up with Andromeda and Teddy and sat down in the great hall. Harry looked up at the empty staff table assuming that they would be making an entrance soon enough. As if reading his mind a booming voice resonated off the walls in the Great Hall.

"Good evening Hogwarts parents and students! Welcome to our first ever parent night! I hope that you will all find this evening enjoyable and helpful. Before we eat I will introduce the staff of Hogwarts! First up our returning teachers are, of course Professor Binns of History of Magic! (a ghost floated into the room bringing a slight feeling of boredom on Harry). Our Care of Magical Creatures professor Rubeus Hagrid! (in walked a large giant of a man with curly black hair and a jolly face. Harry smiled up at him). Next our Astronomy professor Aurora Sinistra (a slim woman walked in with dark red hair and a beautiful green robe) and our Charms professor Filius Flitwick (a short little man with glasses and thinning brown hair). Welcome back long time staff! Next I will introduce to all our new teachers this year! For Transfiguration we have Rosie Avasta (a short, petite woman walked in with long curly blonde hair and bright brown eyes), for Defense Against the Dark Arts we have Kurt Carikove (a tall, sharp featured man walked in who Harry instantly recognized as the man from the town meeting, he narrowed his gaze at the man), for Divination we have Parvati Patil-Thomas (an obviously pregnant long dark haired woman walked in making Harry smile as well, of course she would take up divination) and last, but not least, our Herbology professor, Neville Longbottom (Harry's eyes widened. He had no idea that he was going to be a professor. He clapped extra loud for Neville as did every one of his friends who were there). Thank you, new teachers."

The voice stopped for a moment. Draco still had not gone up nor had he seen Professor McGonagall whom Harry could tell was the booming voice in the room. He looked down at Ron and Luna who were looking expectantly up at the staff table along with Seamus and Lavender and Bill and Fleur.

"Ron, Seamus, watch those two new teachers closely," Harry whispered. They nodded. Harry watched them closely as they talked amongst each other and glanced around the Great Hall. Professor Carikove from the meeting was looking exceptionally hard at every face in the audience finally landing on Harry. He sneered at him and Harry felt the hairs on the back of his neck raise, but did not break eye contact. Again the voice began breaking both their gazes.

"I would like to announce a new appointment amongst the Hogwarts staff as well as myself. I am your Headmistress Minerva McGonagall (she stepped up to the table from the hallway and smiled at everyone). The new deputy Headmaster is none other than our potion's master, Draco Malfoy!" She announced. The room burst into applause as Draco walked up to the staff table. Harry stared at him and felt his stomach flip flop. Draco looked ecstatic at the news which Harry guessed was because he was just informed before the announcement. He was beaming and looking at everyone his eyes eventually finding Harry. They looked at each other for a moment and Harry began clapping a bit louder and whooping, but Draco only nodded a bit and looked away. Harry stopped and set his hands in his laps looking away from the staff table and turning towards the table the sadness kicking in from earlier in the day.

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