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Chapter Ten

Last Year, Bantering and You

Harry sat there staring down at Draco into mysterious silver eyes. The blond didn't know what was going through the other's head but he went to move. Draco sighed as he sat up to allow Harry to stand. Harry offered his hand to him and Draco slowly reached out taking it.

Harry led him into the bedroom and closed the door softly behind them. He waved his hand at the door sound proofing it, along with the rest of the room. He walked over to his bed and sat down. He crawled up into the pillows, leaning back against them and the headboard. He patted the spot beside him and Draco sighed dropping his bag on the floor and crawled up beside Harry. He sighed, leaning his head on the other's shoulder and just relaxed in his embrace.

"So you wanted to talk about last year?" Harry asked quietly. Draco nodded slowly before sitting up slightly to look up into Harry's eyes. He gave a tiny smile before laying his head back down.

"Yeah, I guess we really need to talk about it." Draco replied quietly. Harry smiled giving him a slight squeeze to Draco's arm before thinking back.

Flashback to End of Fourth Year

After the interview with the Diggorys', Harry was supposed to return to Gryffindor Tower but there was no way he could sit there with everyone's questioning looks quite yet. He wandered the empty corridors of the castle. At the time, he hadn't realized it but the strange room he walked into was perfect. The small room had a large fireplace with a roaring fire and a couch. He moved over to sit on the couch; he curled up as far as he could into the corner of the couch, trying to hide away from the rest of the world around him.

Harry didn't know how long he sat there crying but he knew the thoughts that swirled around his mind were anything but nice. He relived over and over again Cedric's death and the look on the Diggorys' face only a few hours ago. He mourned Cedric and he mourned seeing his parents again. He hated himself for living and Cedric dying. He hated himself for living and his parents being dead because they wanted to save him. He wished he had died instead of Cedric so that he would never have heard Mrs. Diggory's sobs and see the look on her face after her son had died.

The thought struck him like a ton of bricks. Maybe it would be better if he was dead. The thought seemed to make him slightly happier. If he was dead then he wouldn't have to live day in and day out being the boy-who-lived and worrying about Voldemort. He didn't have to go home back to the abuse of Dudley and Uncle Vernon. He wouldn't have to watch Aunt Petunia being hit across the face when she did something wrong. He wouldn't have to be there and he could be free from his life.

Something inside him, made him take out his wand and stare at it longingly. He contemplated using the killing curse so that he may perhaps finally die and not worry about life anymore. It sounded so good and he longed for it. A sound disturbed his thoughts but he didn't turn to even look at the person who entered the room. He hoped whoever it was would do the honours for him, make all the pain and the hurt go away for good. He growled as his wand flew out of his hand and finally turned to see the strangest mixture of emotions swirling around in the person's eyes. Fear was the most prominent, sadness and overlying everything was understanding emotions that swirled in those liquid silver pools. Before he could realize who exactly was standing there, through the emotions spinning inside him and the tears that streamed down his cheeks, the person crossed the room instantly being by his side.

The warmth of the blond's body was inviting and the tears continued to fall before the person wrapped him up in his arms. Harry didn't know why but he began to cry harder onto Draco's shoulder. The hug was similar to the one Mrs. Weasley had given him the other day, but this one was different, almost perfect and pure and almost loving in origin. If he didn't know who held him, he might have wanted to stay there forever in the arms of his enemy.

Harry didn't know how long he stayed there wrapped up in Draco's arms crying but the soothing rub on his back and the soft words muttered from those lips, seemed to ease some of the pain and hurt away. He knew he had stopped crying for a while when a finger lifted his chin to look at him. His bloodshot emerald eyes stared into silver ones and he gave a slightly confused look. Draco went to move but stopped to look at Harry.

"I have to go, but Harry, we will speak of this to no one, okay?" Draco asked and Harry nodded slowly. He offered Harry a tiny smile before standing and he leaned over placing a soft kiss to Harry's forehead. "Remember, nothing is so bad that you should take your own life. I'll see you at the Leaving Feast I suppose. Have a good summer, at least try to have a good summer. Goodbye Harry." Draco sighed handing Harry back his wand then placed his hand on Harry's shoulder before leaving him alone in the room again.

End Flashback

Harry shook his head from the memory of last year and after Cedric's death. His resolve now was to make sure no one else he knew died and if it meant him going after Voldemort, in someway he would have to. Draco sighed, bringing him slightly out of his thoughts.

"Why did you even stay when you saw me in that room?" Harry asked quietly leaning his head against the pillows. Draco curled closer for warmth before trying to answer the question.

"Something led me there and when I saw you crying, I couldn't leave you like that, no matter how much I was supposed to hate you. No one should have to suffer alone when they are sad, plus you would have eventually tried to kill yourself if I hadn't shown up. I couldn't let you do that, I knew that look because I've done the same before. I couldn't go through with it and you know why? It was because of you. I always thought Harry Potter wouldn't take the cowards' way out; he's going to go out in a blazing glory. I still think you will, you'll only go down with the fight of a lifetime even then you'll stand back up." Draco said with a shrug. Harry gave a smile before looking over at the clock beside his bed.

"Thank you, Draco for everything. For now, though we've have to get going or we are going to be late for breakfast." Harry said about to move when Draco leaned more heavily on him.

"Do we have to go; can't we just lie here all day?" Draco pouted, giving Harry puppy dog eyes. Harry smiled before sitting up to climb out of bed.

"Well we could always do that Sunday if you wanted to but we have classes today. We have Hagrid's class first; we can't miss a fun new creature, can we?" Harry replied before helping Draco up.

The Hall was packed as it always was, by the time they had gotten down there after taking a wrong turn at one point. Blaise flagged them down and they walked over sitting beside each other. Hermione looked at them from behind the paper, out of the corner of her eye.

"What is your excuse for missing your classes yesterday? Harry, we have our OWLs this year." Hermione said sternly, folding up her paper purposefully. Harry sighed, turning to Draco.

"Do want to take this one, seeing as you're more of a diplomat then I am." Harry said before grabbing the toast. Draco growled quietly at him.

"I am an aristocrat not a diplomat, there's a difference." He said with a glare at Harry before turning to Hermione to answer her question. "We were settling a few differences and it's a good thing too, seeing as we are now under watchful eyes of lovely teachers. It's really too bad actually because now I can't shag Harry all over the room."

Harry spit out his pumpkin juice across the table, hitting Blaise who yelped as he was thrown into fits of laughter. Draco smirked, keeping his face as calm as possible as Harry coughed trying to regain his composer. Ron had started laughing with Blaise, the two of them almost falling out of the bench. Hermione's eyes were twice the normal size as she stared at Draco having not expected him to say something like that. Harry turned to him with a smile.

"Draco you know better than that, I'm not the one screaming for more all the time now, am I?" Harry replied quietly. Blaise smirked while trying to hold his laughter in without any help from Ron. Draco turned to Harry with a smirk.

"Yes well after all I have to have to bragging rights that I get to be fucked by Harry Potter." Draco stated matter-of-factly. Harry grinned at the blond before turning to Blaise.

"He's a real piece of work isn't he? He has this really hot arse but the problem is he doesn't want to wreck his beautifully manicured hand by helping a bloke out. Of course, he doesn't mind being on his knees every once in a while." Harry said making Blaise burst into even harder laughs holding his stomach in pain. Ron shook with laughter before bursting into laughter with Blaise. Hermione turned to them in disgust.

"Now really, you two are so immature. When will you grow up?" Hermione said trying to hide her own slight laughter at the two of them. Blaise shook his head as Pansy looked around Hermione to stare at Harry.

"You know Harry, Draco's not the only one with a fine arse. Haven't you ever turned around to check your own out? Along with that walk you do, that make your hips sway ever so slightly, could make a girl think you've been shagging the entire school population and still think she's the only one who hasn't had a chance to get a piece of the action." Pansy said teasingly. Draco looked at her confused before turning to Harry.

"Your hips sway?" Draco asked. Harry shook his head looking at Pansy confused. She smiled before shrugging.

"I walk the way I walk. There's nothing special about the way I walk." Harry replied ,shaking his head in disbelief. Draco pointed to the section between the two tables.

"Walk for me." Draco said in an almost commanding voice. Harry shook his head and continued eating. "Oh come on, Harry. You've obviously been watching me walk if you've noticed my arse, now I want to see yours. Off with the robes too." Harry sighed, putting down his fork before slipping off the robe and walking down to Pansy, he leaned over her shoulder for Hermione's newspaper to look at the front page.

"That wasn't far enough to actually see it. Go see Neville and ask him if he slept last night." Pansy said, motioning towards the opposite end of the table. Harry rolled his eyes but obeyed quietly. He found out Neville hadn't slept at all for fear that one of the Slytherins would kill him in the middle of the night. Harry reassured him before going back to his breakfast.

"Happy now?" Harry asked as he sat shrugging his robe back on. Draco smirked before nodding. Pansy laughed.

"Pansy was totally right. Your hips do sway and there was many girls watching your arse as well along with some interested boys. Too bad that I'm the only one who is in your bed though. None of them will ever get a piece of that hot arse." Draco said. Hermione shook her head before finishing her breakfast.

"Enough playing around, we have to go down to Care of Magical Creatures. Hagrid's not here so we'll have a substitute teacher for the time being until he comes back." Hermione said. Harry turned to her confused as he shoved a piece of toast in his mouth.

"Weeer miss hee amyway?" Harry asked around the piece of toast. Draco turned to him giving him a smack upside the head.

"We don't talk with our mouths full of food. God, if anything during this time I am so teaching you manners." Draco said with a suffering sigh. Hermione looked at Harry confused and Draco rolled his eyes. "I think he said where is he anyway?" Hermione shook her head while contemplating the question.

"I really don't know and obviously they won't tell us. We'll have to wait and find out when Hagrid returns." Hermione said before standing up. The rest followed suit and they walked out of the Great Hall.

The rest of the day's classes passed by uneventfully for the group as they learned about a new creature and a new charm. They were all returning from Herbology crossing the grass when Harry looked up at the sky unexpectedly. The clouds were growing darker, showing the promise of a storm when thunder crashed across the sky. A few drops started to fall and they all rushed towards the doors. They gasped as they were soaked by the time they were inside.

"Well, instead of going back to your dorms, you can come to our quarters. We have two bathroom stalls and a library if you want to check it out." Draco suggested to the dripping wet group. Hermione's eye lit up at the mention of library and started towards the rooms without waiting for anyone. Draco jogged ahead of them to open the door. Pansy gasped as she walked into the room marvelling at the beauty of it.

"Hey be careful of the rug." Draco drawled sarcastically. Harry chuckled and pointed Pansy and Hermione in the direction of the bathroom first.

"Dry clothes will be put out for you when you're done. I'll get Dobby to bring them for you all." Harry said and immediately Dobby showed up. "Dobby, can you get clothes for our guest and any chance tell Fred, George and Ginny where we are?" Dobby bowed before disappearing.

Harry waved at the fire, making it grow in size and three large blankets appeared out of no where. He passed one to Blaise and the other to Ron. He placed the other blanket on the couch and walked towards the bedroom.

"We're just going to get changed and we'll be back out." Harry said, letting Draco walk into the room ahead of him. Blaise grinned wickedly.

"No quickies while you're in there." Blaise called after them. Harry stuck his head back out.

"Of course, we'll have one right under your noses." Harry said going back inside the room to change.

Harry came out wrapping himself up in the blanket. Dobby returned handing Blaise and Ron a pair of clothing and disappeared with a smile at Harry. Blaise looked at the bedroom door with a raised eyebrow.

"Is he trying to fix his hair? It always gets bad when it gets rained on." Blaise said. Harry nodded, curling up more into the huge faux fur blanket. Draco came out with a frustrated growl, the brush in his hand shaking with suppressed rage. The brush went flying out of his hand and into Harry's who opened up the blanket invitingly. Draco sighed, walking over and sat with his back against Harry's chest before wrapping them both into the oversized blanket. He was suddenly surprised when the brush went gently through his hair as Harry started to brush his hair.

"I didn't know you knew how to use a brush, Harry, I thought you didn't even know what one was." Draco teased and gasped as Harry yanked on a knot in his hair.

"Unlike you, who was graced with great calm and tameable hair, I was not. I just refuse to even bother trying to calm it down because it will only turn out like it always does." Harry replied softly as Hermione and Pansy came out of the bathroom in fresh and dry clothes. Harry waved his hand again allowing the two blankets land on the girls covering them over. Blaise rose leaving his blanket beside the fire to dry off a little and Ron did the same as they entered the bathroom. Hermione took the blanket off her head before sitting down in the closest chair. Pansy wrapped up sitting in the other chair farther away from the boys on the couch.

"What on earth are you doing, Potter?" Pansy asked, staring at the two of them in confusion. Harry looked at Pansy, he was still unsure of her as he was still getting used to her being semi-nice to him. Draco rolled his eyes at her.

"Pansy, what does it look like he's doing? You know how my hair gets once it gets rained on. By the way, I would also like you to start treating the Gryffindors better, it's not fair to them to treat them awful just because you aren't allowed to like them. I believe you were taught to be civilized to everyone, which should appease your father." He stated before stopping Harry from brushing. "If you keep doing that I'll fall asleep." Harry nodded letting the brush fall to the floor. Draco sighed before snuggling up to Harry for more warmth.

"You know you two look perfect for each other." Pansy commented out of the blue. Draco's head shot up and he stared at Pansy in shock and horror. Harry chuckled forcing the blond to lie back again. He looked down at Draco with a small smile before pushing a strand of blond hair behind his ear.

"Well crazier things have happened in my life but I'm a walking death wish so most people don't want to get too close to me for fear that Voldemort will blow them up. One reason I don't want to get close to anyone either." Harry said quietly, leaning his head against the top of Draco's. The door opened and Snape looked at them with a slight glare.

"What are they doing here?" Severus asked as Ron and Blaise came walking out of the bathroom. Harry turned to him with a sigh. Draco put his hand up to stop the rest from talking.

"Sev, this is our room too. It's not fair to isolate us from our friends when we have a huge place like this for entertaining. Plus it's only a few today, it's not like we have the entire school in here. I know we have detention but we were all soaked from the rain so we ended up, back here." Draco said looking at Severus for an answer. Remus walked in with Snuffles behind him.

"Well, Dumbledore thinks you're getting along swimmingly so he's waved your detentions for the time being. You can entertain guests as long as you don't disturb us and make a lot of noise; we won't mind you having friends over. Also we will give your friends a detention should they try to play gags on us while in here. Does that sound fair?" Remus said as he walked around Severus with Snuffles leading the way, growling a bit at Severus as he passed. Harry smiled at him with thanks.

"Of course, Remus, we'll be good as gold. I can't speak for Fred and George, if they come but we'll give them fair warning ahead of time." Harry replied before turning to Severus. "We finished the questions but I guess we don't have to hand them in right? Or do you still want them anyway?" Draco turned around to Harry and shook his head.

"He has better things to do then mark work that doesn't mean anything. He already knows the answer to all of my questions and if he tried hard enough, he would know yours too." Draco stated turning to his godfather. Severus looked down at him as he stood behind the couch.

"So tell me Draco, who was Harry's crush?" Severus asked. Draco looked at him with a shake of his head.

"That one was too easy, it was Cho Chang but anyone knew that." He replied before looking back at Harry with an apologetic smile. Severus looked down his nose at Harry.

"What about Draco, Potter, who was his crush?" Severus asked with a slight glare. Harry looked at him and shrugged.

"He wouldn't tell me, said you would understand." Harry stated quietly. Severus shook his head before heading towards the other door which lead to the stairs. He walked through the door before sticking his head out to glare at the group before staring at Harry.

"I do understand why he wouldn't want to tell you but maybe it would be better for you to know. After all, the two of you look so cozy on that couch together and wasn't it yesterday I found you two asleep on that couch together. It makes some people wonder." Severus said before disappearing. Harry looked down at Draco whose face was a deep shade of red. Pansy looked at him with Blaise who sat on the arm of her chair.

"You mean, you haven't told him." Pansy said shocked. Blaise glared at her for even opening her mouth. Ron looked down at Hermione confused and she shrugged her shoulders in response.

"No, I haven't and I would like to keep it a secret, thank you very much." Draco grumbled with a glare at Pansy. Harry looked at Draco then turned to Pansy with a raised eyebrow.

"What haven't you told me, Draco?" Harry asked, turning Draco to look at him. Draco turned away, pink staining his pale cheeks once again. He shook his head slowly. "I would rather hear you say it, then me having to ask Pansy to tell me." Draco sighed and glanced up at Harry.

"Well you know how the question asked who your first crush was." Draco said and Harry nodded slowly waiting for the blond to continue. "Well you see my first crush was…you."

To Be Continued…

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