The Deal
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Chapter Ten
It was six am in the morning that Harry knew he had taken another life and that Lucius was dead because it was at this time that Narcissa woke up.
She knew, she had always known that either Lucius must die or the divorce papers finalised before she awoke, if she ever woke up at all. Waking up in the hospital wing she knew that it was the former rather than the latter that had awoken her from her enchanted sleep.
Their eyes met and Narcissa knew that it had been Harry who had freed her from her bindings to Lucius. He had killed her husband so that she and Draco could be free of him. In her mind there was no doubt that Harry Potter was the saviour of their family and she also knew that he obviously cared about Draco deeply to commit murder for him.
"Thank you Harry." She said and Harry, now sitting up, having not slept and instead keeping watch over his boyfriend and Narcissa, nodded and smiled at her. Draco began to stir at that moment and his eyes flickered open. The expression on his face upon seeing his mother awake was priceless to Harry who valued his happiness greatly.
"Mum?" He asked still half asleep, when his brain finally connected he sat bolt upright staring at her in shock. "You're okay, I can't believe this, how, I mean why?"
Narcissa looked to Harry and he shook his head, he didn't want Draco to know what he had done just yet, he didn't want to spoil the happiness. He wasn't sure how Draco would react to the knowledge that his boyfriend had murdered his father in a rather brutal manor.
While Draco and Narcissa hugged Harry jumped off the bed and went to wake Poppy so that she could give her another check over just to make sure she was okay. At least this way the medi-witch might actually get a good night's sleep with no patients to speak of.
Once Poppy was awake and over with Narcissa Harry decided to leave them all to it. Draco needed some time with his mum now that she was going to be okay.
Draco couldn't have been happier, he had been so scared that he was going to lose his mum. If she would have died then he would have killed his father himself.
"I don't understand, what happened?" Draco asked confused as to the miraculously recovery he had just witnessed.
"I don't know Dragon," Narcissa lied smoothly, Poppy seemed to know that she was lying but said nothing to her about it.
"I think that I'm going to keep you here for one more night but all going well I'll discharge you tomorrow morning." Narcissa nodded in confirmation, even though she felt fine she didn't mind being kept in for one extra day just in case. In her heart however she knew that she wouldn't relapse, not if Harry truly had killed Lucius and she believed that he had.
"How was your day with Harry my dragon?"
"Wonderful, he took me into muggle London, it was amazing mum. I don't think that he's doing this because he feels like it, I think he actually likes me. He's the most amazing person and I want to give him more in return. I just don't know how to say how much I appreciate everything without freaking him out."
Narcissa gave a small chuckle, "Oh Dragon, you are a funny one. I'm sure Harry doesn't need anything in return, I'm sure that he knows. Though if you are determined you could always make him dinner, you cook fantastically, he'll fall for you in an instant once he tastes your lemon cheesecake."
"You think?" Draco asked thinking about how he would manage to cook a meal without the kitchen at Malfoy Manor. Besides that he had never cooked for anyone other than his mother, cooking for Harry was a daunting prospect.
"I think it's the best way to win him over. You are a fantastic chef my Dragon, if I could change one thing about the way I raised you it would be to nurture that talent of yours."
"Then I'll do it, I'll do it tonight. Will you be okay if I go and start getting ready mum?"
Narcissa smiled at her son, she really did love him so much. "Of course my Dragon, I'll be fine, I promise, I'm in capable hands." She said, Draco placed a kiss on her cheek and disappeared out of the hospital wing, a buzz of excitement surrounding him. This left Narcissa very much alone in the hospital wing with Poppy who had a hard look on her face, one that looked disapproving.
"I'm sure you are aware that your recovery was not a miracle." Poppy said.
"I'm aware, I know what Harry did to save me but he didn't do it for me, he did it for Draco. I'm sure that even though those two don't know it yet they are in love with one another. I know it will be in your nature to report Harry for what he did but I beg of you not to."
"I would never report Harry, he saved us all when he killed Voldemort, your husband was a horrible man and deserved everything that he got. However Harry did it I'm sure Lucius got what was coming to him. I just wanted to make sure you knew what Harry just did for you and your son. He saved your life Mrs Malfoy."
"I am no longer a Malfoy, I wish to reform to my maiden name if you don't mind."
Poppy nodded and noted it down on the chart at the foot of her bed. She replaced the name Malfoy with Black. Narcissa was finally completely rid of Lucius.
Harry left a note in Draco's chambers that he was going to go and see Ron, Hermione and Ginny at the burrow. He knew he was meant to be starting work on Hogwarts but he was sure that they wouldn't miss him for a few hours.
Besides after what he had just done it would be nice to see his friends for a while. Harry used the floo network to get to the burrow. He hadn't called ahead to let them know that he was coming but Molly was in the kitchen when he fell out of the fire place.
"Oh hello Harry dear, we weren't expecting you. What brings you here?" She asked.
"Just came to see Ron, Hermione and Ginny." He said, looking around the kitchen. "This place is looking amazing."
"Ginny is here but Ron and Hermione have gone shopping, looking for baby things I expect."
"Oh, how is Hermione doing?" Harry asked, he really was concerned about her.
"Brilliantly, they had a scan yesterday, they're having a girl."
"Aw that's brilliant. How are all the repairs going here?"
"Almost done, what about Hogwarts?" Molly asked
"Starting today, we're hoping for everything to be ready by September first."
"Harry!" Ginny said from the doorway before Molly could answer.
"Hey Gin!" Harry said as she ran at him and hugged him, "I missed you!"
"Missed you too! How's Draco?"
"Draco? Why would you have anything to do with him Harry?" Molly asked.
"They're dating mum, honestly, I thought you knew." Ginny said laughing off her mothers disapproving look.
"He's really well, his mother had a funny turn but she's better now. We're gearing up for doing all the repairing at the castle."
"Come on, I want all the gossip, let's go for a walk." Ginny said seeing her mother's disapproving look and wanting to defuse the situation before Molly said anything she'd later regret. She didn't want Harry to fall out with her mother over the fact that he was homosexual. Molly too thought Harry and Ginny would end up together, she was shocked to think otherwise.
The two of them left the burrow very quickly before Molly could say anything to them. It was bad enough that Ron wasn't exactly accepting of Harry and Draco, Ginny didn't want her mother to be against them as well.
"So how are things going with the two of you?" Ginny asked as they walked along.
"Beyond perfect. I really like him Gin, he's amazing. I'm just so scared that it's going to end at any moment, I don't want him to leave me!" Harry said with a pathetic sigh of exasperation.
"Well it's only the third day you've been together Harry, you have the rest of the month to convince him otherwise. You need to amaze him to the highest extent. Are you sleeping together yet?" Ginny asked.
"No, we're not, Draco's never ... you know. I don't want to push him on that. I fantasize about it though, I can't imagine anything more amazing."
"Going slightly off topic, have you slept at all since the war ended?"
At this Harry hesitated, not wanting to answer, he shook his head, "No, I haven't. I've tried but it just never seems to happen. I've given up even trying now, I feel fine though, wide awake."
"It can't be good for you though Harry, have you been to talk to Poppy yet? She'll give you a sleeping draft to help you, she wouldn't deny that to you."
"I don't want artificial sleep though Gin, plus I'm scared of what I'll see when I do sleep."
"You've seen terrible things Harry and those aren't going to go away but you can't avoid them forever by not sleeping."
"Speaking of terrible things" Harry said switching the subject again, "I killed Lucius Malfoy last night." He admitted to her. Harry and Ginny had been close for a long time now and they confided in each other frequently. Harry was now closer to Ginny that Ron and Hermione as the latter two had each other.
"What?" Ginny asked shocked.
"He was trying to divorce Narcissa and disown Draco, something in their wedding agreement said that if divorce was ever seriously mentioned then she would go into a deep sleep and not wake until the divorce was finalised or the other party was dead. It was upsetting Draco seeing his mum like that. I'm very protective of him Ginny."
"So you killed his dad, does he know?"
"No he doesn't but Narcissa is back to full health and I think she knows but I'm sure she figured it out when she miraculously recovered."
"Oh Harry, I can't believe you did that."
"I know but I'm sure no one will miss him. I questioned him under Veritaserum and he proudly told me that he was a Voldemort supporter through and through and he wasn't going to give that up." Harry said, "He was a loose end, either way he needed to die."
"Still doesn't exactly make it right though, you could have turned him into the Ministry."
"No, it doesn't but it made Draco happy that his mother got better that's good enough for me. Besides the Ministry isn't back to full strenght yet and it would have taken them too long. By the time they acted Narcissa would have been dead, enough good people have died already."
"You know I won't judge you, I'm glad that he's gone, I just think you should come clean to Draco about it, he'll find out eventually."
"I'll think about it, how's Ron doing, is he coming around about me and Draco yet?" Harry asked hoping for the best.
"He doesn't really talk about you, everyone just obsesses about Hermione right now. I'm sorry Harry, I know that isn't what you wanted to hear. I'm sure Ron will come around eventually, he just has a lot on his plate right now."
"I know, I just hoped that he would take it better than this."
"He doesn't hate you, he's still your friend, he's just distrusting of Draco. If you'd chosen to come out of the closet with anyone else he would have been fine with it."
"I get that but I think I love Draco and I don't want Ron to hate him, not if I'm going to be with him for a long time."
"Aw, Harry, that's so sweet, you love him?"
"I don't know, I think I do, I haven't even told him, I'm not sure I'm going to."
"Why not?" Ginny asked in shock.
"We've not even been dating four days, I can't tell him that I love him."
"Do you think he feels the same?"
"I don't know, after all he probably wouldn't have agreed to date me at all if it hadn't been for the deal I made him."
"You made him a deal?" Ginny asked looking unsure.
"Yeah, to erase the life debt he owed me I wanted to date him for a month and he agreed."
"So after a month he might just walk away?"
"Yeah and that scares me."
"Then you really have to impress him, you have to make him want to stay with you!" Ginny said, "I'll help you win him over, if Draco is the one person who is going to make you happy then we're going to make it happen for you. You deserve to be happy after everything that's happened! Not even Ron should get in the way of that no matter how he feels about Draco."
"Thank you Gin, I should head back though, say hi to Ron and Hermione for me, tell them they're welcome at Hogwarts whenever, just as you are."
"I'll let them know" Ginny said as the two of them hugged goodbye. "Say hi to Draco for me, you two really make a cute couple you know."
"Thank you so much Gin, I'll write to you and keep you updated with everything that is going on."
Then in a blink of an eye Harry was gone and Ginny was alone. She loved Harry so much but she wanted him to be happy more than she wanted to be with him. It clearly wasn't meant to be with him and she had come to terms with that. She was now content with just being friends and helping him to win the man of his dreams. She was determined to kick her brother into touch on this one, they had been friends since their first day at school, she didn't want them to lose that over something as stupid as Harry dating Draco.