Disclaimer- Once again, I don't own Harry Potter or the characters…

Disclaimer- Once again, I don't own Harry Potter or the characters…

A/N- Thank you all for your patients and reviews for me! I've enjoyed reading them and seeing everyone's POVs on the subject of a HD slash fic, and after some thought, and a winning vote, I will NOT be doing a slash fic. Sorry, but I think I agree with a lot of the reviews that said there aren't enough friendship stories out there. So, read on! LPI3

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Harry was temporarily paralyzed when he realized what was about to happen. Vernon was going to be in that room at any second, and he would find Harry, red handed, with the contract in his hands. There was no place to hide! Harry bit his lip he had to act quickly.

Harry turned as the study's door flew open. He spun around to find Vernon Draco, Petunia, and Dudley all crowded in the doorway, Vernon in the front. There was a moment's silence as the two parties stared from one to another.

"What the bloody hell are you doing in here, boy?" Vernon demanded, purple in the face and taking large steps towards Harry. The others behind him followed at a safe distance.

Harry gaped for a moment, his mouth opening and closing several times before he spit out, "n-nothing."

Vernon growled and grabbed Harry by the back of the neck and pushed him away from his desk, "don't lie to me! You know you aren't allowed in here!"

"It was a dare, I made him do it!" Draco piped in stepping in front of Petunia. He didn't really know what he was doing, or why, but he felt obligated to help Harry for some reason.

"Shut up!" Vernon yelled in Draco's direction, he turned back to Harry, "I know for a fact that you wouldn't have come in here unless you were after something…not after what happened last time." He looked quickly around the room, searching for something out of place or missing, his eyes widened like a mad man when he found the desk drawer slightly ajar.

Harry stood quietly against the wall where he had been pushed. He just stared down at his feet, hoping the other occupants of the room would forget about him and just leave. No such luck.

"Alright boy, where is it?" Vernon demanded turning back to Harry and advancing slightly on the boy. Draco shifted uneasily where he stood, readying himself incase of an attack.

Harry looked up nervously and shook his head, "where's what?" He pushed himself closer into the wall with each step Vernon took towards him.

"Turn out your pockets."

Harry's eyes widened at his Uncle, filled to the brim with fear. It only made Vernon that much more power hungry. He was only a few inches away now from the younger boy, and despite not that much height distance between the two he towered over Harry.

"I don't have anything, I swear!" Harry said quickly and quietly.

"Now!" Vernon screamed in the younger boy's face.

Harry jumped and quickly shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans and pulled out two handfuls of wrapped hard candy. The room was once more silent as everyone beheld the scene in front of them. Out of the corner of his eyes, Harry saw Draco's eyebrows rise in astonishment and confusion.

"What's this?" Vernon asked picking one of the sweets up and examining it.

"I got them from your desk." Harry's head bent again, "I remembered seeing you eating one the other day, and you know they're my favorites."

Vernon growled angrily once again and slapped the candy out of Harry's hands. The sweets fell the floor with little clicks. "Get out! Everyone get out of here now!…Not you Petunia!"

The three boys made a beeline for the door and fought for a moment at the opening for who would go first, Dudley won, but the others quickly followed him out of the room. They could hear Vernon's yelling from the living room where they were waiting.

Draco rounded on Harry, "Candy?" He demanded quietly. Dudley had already wobbled up the stairs to get away from the other two boys. "I trust you with my soul, and you come back with candy?"

"I didn't go for the candy, dimwit. I went for the contract, you know that!" Harry responded in his own whisper as well.

Draco threw his hands up, "then please tell me you got something else!"

Harry opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted as Vernon and Petunia entered the room. Vernon was straightening his tie, the purple leaving his face slowly. He cleared his throat when he saw the two boys and then said gruffly, "Petunia and I have decided that since you only tried to steal candy," He coughed again, "And nothing else, your punishment will only be minor. Now both of you get up to your room. And no coming out until we say so!" Harry and Draco turned and ran up the stairs without another word.

Once at the top of the stairs, the boys paused and listened to Vernon and Petunia talking quietly.

"Just keep an eye on them, Petunia, and if they even look at the study funny, call me straight away. If they find that…paper…that's it. Don't let them anywhere near it!" Vernon whispered. Petunia agreed and then the front door closed, Vernon was gone.

Draco glared over at Harry and then stormed into the tiny bedroom they shared, Harry right behind him. "I can't believe you didn't even get the contract." Draco said angrily, "I put my life on the line so you would have enough time to grab it, but no, you had to go after the candy instead!"

Harry closed the bedroom door and grabbed Draco's arm, spinning him around, "Listen to me, Draco. I wasn't after the candy! Of all people, I thought the master at cheating himself could figure out a lie when he sees one!"

Draco paused, "alright, so you were covering your tracks, that still doesn't help me. Did you at least find it?"

"Yeah, I found it." Harry nodded and sat down on his bed.

"And? Come on Potter, you're killing me with suspense! What did it look like? What did it say?" Draco demanded.

Harry shrugged, "Take a look for yourself." He reached behind him and pulled a folded up piece of parchment from his back pocket. He held it out to Draco, who merely stared at it, eyes wide before slowly grabbing it.

"But your aunt and uncle must have checked to see if it was still there." Draco said looking at the paper in his hands, "they didn't say anything about it."

"That's because they did find it. In the exact spot they left it too. Only that one is a little, er, less magical…" Harry winked at Draco when the other boy realized what he was saying.

Draco grinned, "a copy? I guess you're smarter than I gave you credit for, Potter!"

Harry shrugged, "It's exactly the same only without the power, Vernon and Petunia will never know the difference…at least not anytime soon."

Draco laughed and read through the contents of the contract; shaking his head and muttering swear words as he went. When he was finished he threw the offending paper onto Harry's bed and sat down on his own. "You have one messed up family." He said.

Harry laughed, "yeah, I realized that. Thanks."

"So, how do we get rid of a…spell binding contract?" Draco asked unable to use the word magic.

"Get rid of it? I was actually thinking about keeping it, maybe adding a few of my own demands on it." Harry snatched up the contract and looked at Draco's wide eyes. He couldn't help but laugh.

"That's not funny, Potter." Draco growled. Though his voice sounded relieved when he realized Harry was only joking.

"No, I was thinking we should just send it back to McGonagall, and explain. I bet she would tear into Vernon and Dursley quite a bit." Harry grinned.

Draco shrugged, "I guess. I just want this all to be over with." He laid back and covered his eyes with his arms.

"Two more weeks of vacation left. I'm sure McGonagall will find that there isn't really any need for a contract for such a little time." Harry shoved the contract under his mattress and laid back himself.

"Thanks, Potter." Draco mumbled awkwardly.

Harry smiled, knowing that Draco couldn't see him, "yeah, just remember this next time Snape is giving me a hard time in class."

Draco laughed, "no way."

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A/N- I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I'm thinking maybe one more…I don't know yet. Sorry about the long wait! Don't forget to review! Thank you all! LPI3