I'M SORRY ITS SO LATE. But, so here we are. Another chapter!! W00t. I'm rather proud. I finally finished. On top of that on May 17th I graduated from College!! OMG, so now I'm in the real world. But yes. On with the story. The songs are in order: 'You and I Both' by Jason Mraz, 'Save Room' by John Legend, and 'How Far We've Come' by Matchbox 20.
I don't own any of them so you shouldn't sue me. This is, as most of my other chapters un-betaed. I hope you don't have a problem with that, so I'd really appreciate it if suggestions of grammar be sent to cough unless of you're going to be nice about it. Anyway, you can stop reading this now.
Tuesday January 3rd
"Here we are outside the home of Westport residents and International music stars Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Just last week it was released that the son of the late James and Lily Potter identified the leader of his own brutal gang rape of the middle of last month. Shockingly the attacker was identified as the high profile socialite son of Tom Malvolo Riddle Sr. The trial—" The new announcer was cut off as the screen went black.
Sirius sighed as he let the remote slide out of his hand on to the plush couch as his hand followed. He looked over at his partner who seemingly asleep, snuggled in closer to him. He tried to move his arm from around Remus' shoulder with out disturbing him and failed miserably. Sighing again he leaned in closer to Remus' ear and said, "Remy. Remy. Time to get up. We have to play the media circus to get groceries."
Remus groaned and nestled his head further into Sirius' shoulder. "You go. You're better at it. Besides," he yawned, "someone has to stay home with Harry."
"Yah, I know. I'll go get them." He stretched, finally able to remove his arm and got up off the couch and moved through the arch that leads into their hallway and into the kitchen. Remus sat silently for a moment before "What do we need again Remy?" was yelled from the kitchen.
Smiling softly Remus got up off the giant couch and re-fluffed the pillows, checked the fire, and moved the 'floating' TV back against the wall. The light blue soft tweed couch itself seemed to swallow the whole room leaving only an opening to get in and out of. The rest of the room was a darker blue with wood panels with huge French style windows looking out at both the sound and their yard. Picking up several glasses that sat on the table in the middle Remus made his way into the kitchen saying, "Why don't you look to see?"
When he got into the kitchen Remus couldn't help but laugh. His lover was going through every single cabinet in their pantry. "Oh Siri stop." He said laughing, but only started to laugh more when he saw the glare that Sirius was giving him. Calming down a little he lead Sirius out of the pantry and over to the granite toped island that sat in the middle of the kitchen. Pulling out one of the drawers he grabbed a pad and a pen and began to write things down as he said them out loud. "Alright, we need four chicken breasts please only get the free-range, we need cereal Sirius don't get that stupid sugary stuff please, we need more oatmeal that Irish stone cut is really good, 4 bottles of cranberry juice, fruit I'll leave what kind to you, mil…"
He was cut off from making the list when a loud pounding was heard and felt coming from the front door. Remus and Sirius gave each other confused looks. "Shall we go see? The reporters know better than that. It must be someone else…"
They made their way out over to the front door and opened it. Shocked at who they found.
"MR. BLACK! MR. LUPIN! CAN YOU TELL US WHY MR. MALFOY IS HERE?"
"MR. LUPIN HOW IS YOUNG HARRY DOING?"
"MR. MALFOY HOW DO YOU KNOW MR. BLACK AND MR. LUPIN?"
"MR. BLACK! ALL WE'VE BEEN HEARING SO FAR IS NO COMMENT. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT?"
Sirius and Remus smiled and waved and pulled Draco inside. "Draco! What in all of the seven hells did you think you were doing?! Coming up here like this." Sirius started berating him as soon as the door was soundly shut and locked.
But Draco wasn't listening. He was looking up the front stairs where Harry sat looking down at the whole circus.
Remus put a hand on Sirius' arm and gave him a look that told him to shut up and go back into the kitchen. Harry watched the two go away before he turned his eyes back on Draco.
"Harry. Why…?" Draco croaked. He coughed to clear his voice. "Why wouldn't you answer my calls? My e-mails? Anything?" He spoke softly but loud enough so that Harry could hear him at the top of the stairs.
Harry simply put his hands on the top stair and pushed himself up and walked off to the right his head bowed and turned away from Draco. "Harry!?" He yelled and started to run up the stairs only to have Remus grab his shirt and pull him back down. "Please. Mr. Lupin. Please let me see him!"
"Draco, I would if I thought it would be good for either of you. But right now, you need to calm down and he needs to adjust to seeing you here. You have to understand Draco; it took Harry almost a year of counseling to be able to speak to anyone but myself, Sirius, and his therapist. That Harry was able to say anything at all to point out his attacker is a huge step forward for him, but he still needs a long time before he's healed. Let him be for now. He'll come down for dinner and you can see him then. For now, you'll come and talk to me while Sirius goes to get the groceries. Do you want anything? I rather expect you'll be here for awhile." Remus spoke softly as he led Draco into the kitchen area and sat him down in on of the chairs that lined the island. "We were going to have one of Harry's favorites tonight. It's a lemon chicken with sticky rice. Will that be okay?"
Draco blinked up at the man. "I… Yes thank you. That would be lovely." He bowed his head. "I feel I owe you an apology Sir. If I had only…"
"No. We won't talk like that. You know perfectly well that it isn't your fault." Remus said seriously.
Draco opened his mouth once more to finish only to be halted by Sirius going "NOPE" before kissing Remus on the cheek, grabbing the shopping list and keys before going out the door to the garage.
"Now, why don't we start with why you're here?" Remus asked kindly.
"Well, since he wasn't answering any of my calls, I was going to come up here any way to see what was wrong. But then I heard on the news what happened so I raced over as soon as I could. I wanted to make sure that he was okay. I wanted to be there for him. But he wouldn't answer any of my calls, and I wouldn't even have thought about anything being seriously wrong until Mr. Black said that on the phone that one day." Draco dropped his head into his hands, "I'm just… so sorry I didn't come earlier…"
Remus pulled Draco's head up to look at him. "Draco, please. Calm down. It's fine. You couldn't have known."
Raising his head, Draco looked straight into Remus' eyes. "But that's just the thing. I should have. It started at Thanksgiving, that asshole was talking about all these things he'd done and I just dismissed it. I should have known th… Hey!"
Startled by the outburst Remus looked around and couldn't help but chuckle. Snuffles, their ridiculously huge black Great Pyrenees was nuzzling Draco's leg and their slinky Egyptian Mau, Inanna, was trying to curl up on the blondes lap. "Sorry about that Draco. But these lovely beasts have a sort of sixth sense when it comes to people being in distress. I'm actually really surprised that Inanna has come down. She usually spends most of her time in Harry's room."
Blinking the young blonde began to absently stroking the cat who began to purr melodically at the gentle touches. "Does she really?"
"She does." Remus nodded, "Snuffles too. That great hulking dog has been with Sirius and I since for about 10 years now. Really, he's Snuffles Jr. as Pyrenees don't have the long life spans that other breeds do, though Snuffles is a mix, which is why he got the dark black fur color, and he doesn't shed nearly as much as full blooded ones do."
Draco looked interestedly in the dog that had moved over to Remus' lap and was happily wagging his tail and licking at his master's hand. "I… Thank you Mr. Lupin. For letting me come in."
Remus smiled brightly. "Of course Draco. Of course. Now I imagine you have some things in your car?"
With that simple statement Draco was pulled out of his reverie and his shock at being snubbed so harshly by the man that he was quite possibly falling in love with. "Yes, I do." He started to get up but Remus pushed him back down in the chair.
"Don't worry about it. Give me your keys and I'll go get them. Inanna doesn't respond well when disposed." Remus laughed and gestured to the way that the smoky Mau was gripping on his pants with her claws.
"Ah." Shuffling through his pocket Draco pulled out his keys and handed them to the older man. "All of my stuff is in the back seat. Thank you Sir."
Chuckling, Remus shook his head and took the keys. "Don't call me 'sir' Draco." He patted the younger mans shoulder and went to the door to grab the things out of his car with Snuffles following him close behind.
Draco took a large breath and looked around the kitchen. It really was a gorgeous room, the cabinets were a light brown wood with glass panels in the fame showing off the china. It was clear that there were two sets being shown, one for everyday and one for special occasions. The subzero fridge was all silver and shine and the stove was a classic gas stove with a hood, but when he looked closer, he could tell that it wasn't really gas, but electric. Gently prying the cat's claws out of his jeans he rearranged her so that he could carry her as he walked around the rest of the house. Wandering into the sitting room he smiled and took in the beautiful view of the harbor and yard. Still stroking Inanna he went back into the kitchen as he heard the front door shut and close out the yells and questions from the reporters.
"Draco, I'm going to put your stuff up in the guest room, I'll be right back down." Remus yelled from the front hall.
"Thank you Mr. Lupin." He yelled back, startling Inanna and causing her to jump down from his arms and run away into the front hall. Following her to the front stairs Draco found Remus walking back down. "I actually need to get something out of my bag."
"Oh, that's no problem. I'll show you the room now." Remus said smiling. Turning around he led the way back up the stairs.
As Draco looked up at top, he saw a small bathroom and to his right an open door and then further back another door, only this one was closed. He saw Remus go into the open room and wondered if he would be in a room next to Harry.
"Well, here's the guest room." Remus said as Draco walked in. "Its actually one of my favorite rooms because I got to decorate it."
Draco could well believe it as he looked about. The room was a light tan with a desk on the right and several bookcases stocked of books. The white framed queen bed was not quite pushed up against the wall closest to the window and next to it stood a short off white dresser with a lamp on top. "Thank you Mr. Lupin. I really appreciate you being so nice about me coming over like this. No invitation and all." He went over to the bed where his bag was and began to search for a folder.
"No problem Draco. And it is honestly our pleasure. I know that Harry is probably really happy to see you, even if he doesn't say anything." Remus smiled again. "I'll let you get settled in. As you saw, the bathroom is right outside; there is another one down the hall if that one is being used. When you're ready come back down and we'll wait for Sirius to come back so we can start cooking. Come on Snuffles." He patted his leg and the large dog followed him out of the room.
Still holding the folder, Draco watched Remus walk away with a small smirk on his face. Harry was really lucky to have family like that. His own mother was excellent of course, but his father… well his father was another issue. He looked down at the folder and took a deep breath letting it out slowly he walked out of the room towards the closed door. On the front it had a sign that said, "Friends welcome, relatives by appointment" he chuckled and shook his head. Typical Harry.
Kneeling Draco put the folder on the floor and gently pushed it under the door and then knocked on it. "Harry, I know that you're in there, and I know that you probably won't talk to me right now. But I wrote this for you. And I would love to hear you sing it one day." Pressing his forehead on the door Draco continued, "God Harry, I've been so worried about you. I've missed you so much these past weeks. I don't know that it's possible to miss some one as much as I've missed you. I just… I want you to have the song. I'm not fantastic at writing music, but I wanted to try anyway. I hope…" his voice broke, "I hope that you like it." He stayed there for a moment wanting to hear Harry move towards the door to take the music, but heard nothing. Sighing he pushed himself away from the door and went back to unpack his clothes and go down stairs.
Harry waited until he heard the noises stop from the other room and the steps down the stairs before he got off his bed to get the folder. Picking his way through the books and clothes piled on the floor he made his way to the door. He stood there for several minutes just looking at the dark green folder before he bent down and gingerly picked it up. Making his way over to Jewel he grabbed her and sat back down on his dark blue bed cover and nestled himself up against the ornately carved headboard that was covered in pillows. He slowly opened the folder and pulled out the hand written sheets of music. He stared at them for several moments before he began to softly strum the chords and began to softly sing the words.
Was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
Oh things are gonna happen naturally
Oh taking your advice I'm looking on the bright side
And balancing the whole thing
But often times those words get tangled up in lines
And the bright lights turn to night
Until the dawn it brings
Another day to sing about the magic that was you and me
Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
And others just read of
Others only read of the love, the love that I love.
See I'm all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
More words then I had ever heard and I feel so alive
You and I, you and I
Not so little you and I anymore
And with this silence brings a moral story
More importantly evolving is the glory of a boy
Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
And others just dream of
And if you could see me now
Well I'm almost finally out of
I'm finally out of
Finally deedeedeedee
Well I'm almost finally, finally
Well I'm free, oh, I'm free
And it's okay if you have go away
Oh just remember the telephone works both ways
And if I never ever hear them ring
If nothing else I'll think the bells inside
Have finally found you someone else and that's okay
Cause I'll remember everything you sang
Cause you and I both loved what you and I spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see now
well I'm almost finally out of.
I'm finally out of, finally, deedeeededede
well I'm almost finally, finally, finally out of words
Finished singing the song, Harry wiped the tears off his face that had begun to stream sometime in the middle of the song, but they just wouldn't stop.
"Oh Draco… I'm so sorry… I'm just not good enough for you…" he whispered to no one.
Draco sat dejectedly at the island, his head in the crook of his folded arms. Remus looked on with sympathy, wanting to say something, but not knowing what to say. Finally, Remus had enough of the silence and Draco's moping. "Draco. Come up stairs with me. I have something I want to show you."
Lifting his head, Draco cocked one eyebrow. "Upstairs? I've been."
"Oh no you haven't. Not to the music room." Remus said smiling.
"Music room?"
"Yes. Well, really it's a mini recoding studio, but it sounds more fun when you say music room." Remus laughed. He put his hand on Draco's shoulder and gently led him away from the granite island and over through the kitchen and into a hallway that had a set of stairs that lead up to a single room. They walked up the stairs and Remus motioned for Draco to open the door. "
Go ahead. It's more fun to watch the reactions when other people open it."
Draco hesitantly opened the white wood door and practically dropped his jaw. The room from the outside looked as though it would simply be another room but no. This room was a mini recording studio just as Remus had said. It looked as if there were three separate parts to the room, a bathroom right next to the door on the right and then there was a sound room and beyond that there was a set up of a piano, guitar stands, and drums as well as microphones. The room was amazing.
"Mr. Lupin, this room is amazing. How did you do this?" Draco said awed.
"Well, being famous does have its perks. The studio part is all sound proofed, no noise gets out of it. Not even down stairs. We don't need our neighbors complaining." Remus paused for a moment. "Not that they would ever considering alienating the most famous people on the block for fear of losing their social status, but that's hardly the point now is it." The older man winked at the young blonde who stood at the same height.
Draco chuckled. "Yes, I can understand that."
Remus patted Draco's back, "I'm sure you can. You can play piano I'm sure?"
Blinking at the abrupt subject change, Draco nodded. "Yeah, I'm minoring in piano. Why?"
"Well, I'd like you to help me out with this one song I'm working on. I'm not the best at piano. I can pluck out notes, but honestly, if I tried to actually play something, no one would know what it was." He laughed.
Joining in Draco smiled. "Sure, I'll help. What kind of song is it?"
"It's a ballad-y kind of song. It's a surprise for Sirius and the band." Remus said as he walked through the sound room and into the set up motioning for Draco to join him in the room. Remus handed Draco several sheets of music and began to set up himself up with a bass that was sitting in the room as the younger blonde settled himself at the piano bench. Going over to Draco, Remus bent over and began to point things out to the junior. "You see how this works here? These chords will change and speed up rather abruptly. Since this is just the piano part there are subtle differences in how the piano blends with the group."
Draco nodded. "Yah, so here," he pointed out several sections, "I'll do this," he played the notes in the verse, "right?" He asked as he continued to look over the sheet music.
"Perfect. Let's try it out. I'll sing." Remus said and at three, began to play.
Knocking on your door just a little
So cold outside tonight
Let's get the fire burning
I know, I keep it burning right
If you stay, won't you stay - stay
Save room for my love
Save room for a moment to be with me
Save room for my love save a little
Save a little for me
Won't you save a little
Save a little for me - ohh
This just might hurt a little
Love hurts sometimes when you do it right
Don't be afraid of a little bit of pain
Pleasure is just on the other side
Let down your guard just a little
I keep you safe in these arms of mine
Hold on to me - pretty baby
You will see I can be all you need
If you stay, won't you stay - stay
Save room for my love
Save room for a moment to be with me
Save room for my love save a little
Save a little for me
Won't you save a little
Save a little for me - ohh
pa-ya-pa-pa - pa-ya-pa-pa - pa-ya-pa-pa - da-da-da
Ohhh come on
Make time to live a little
Don't let this moment slip by tonight
You never know what you are missing until you try
I keep you satisfied
If you stay, won't you stay - stay
Save roo…
They were cut off by a buzzing sound reverberating through the room. Remus groaned and went over to a phone that was hooked up in the room on the wall. "Yes?... Oh yeah, we're up in the sound room… I'm sure you figured that out, why didn't you come… oh fine. Just come up already." Sighing and shaking his head, "I'm sorry about that Draco, it seems that Sirius is back and he brought friends."
Draco smiled. "Oh, it's no problem. Are the friends the rest of your band members?"
Nodding, Remus began to go about finding the pick that he dropped in his shock of the phone ringing. "Yah, they are. Do you mind?"
"Not at all. I'm very interested in actually meeting them. After the concert, I'm afraid Harry and I weren't all that social so I didn't get to really meet them." Draco said as he stood up from the piano and looked up towards the sound room to see four older men walking into the room followed by a bounding Snuffles.
"Hey Remy." Sirius said as he went over to kiss Remus lightly on the corner of his mouth. "Draco, nice to see you're not moping." He chuckled laughing at his own little joke. "I don't think you go the chance to meet the rest of the band at the concert." Draco shook his head. "Well, this is Richard Phillips our vocalist," he said pointing to the tall light brown haired man.
He stuck out his hand, "Hi there Draco. You were with the little one at the concert weren't you?"
Clasping the older mans hand, Draco shook it. "It's nice to meet you Mr. Phillips, and yah, I was. He was pretty exhausted and drained after that song Mr. Black sprung on him."
Richard chuckled, as Sirius continued the introductions, "This," he gestured to a bohemian looking man with long brown dreads in a pony tail, "is Max Brennan our drummer. We graduated from Bishop with him."
Shaking Max's hand, "It's a pleasure Mr. Brennan."
"Like wise." Max said.
"And this little twerp here," Sirius said pointing to the shorter man wearing a light suit and his dark blonde hair slicked back, "Is Adrien Dermont, who is our piano player."
Adrian quickly walked over to Sirius and smacked him hard on the arm. "You deserved that." Before turning back to Draco, "It's great to meet you, Harry couldn't say enough over Thanksgiving." Shaking Draco's proffered hand.
"I appreciate that Mr. Dermont." Draco said sincerely.
"Oh, Remy I hope you don't mind, but Ella the girls and these guys are coming over tonight to join us for dinner. I got extra chicken and everything." Sirius said pouting and attempting to look cute.
Rolling his eyes, Remus smiled. "Of course I don't mind. Harry will probably be glad to see them all."
"OH good. We've started the ladies cooking down stairs. But Adrien wanted to try out the new song. The uh," Sirius looked at the shorter man.
Scoffing Adrien said, "The How Far We've Come song that we were working on last time. That cool with everyone?"
The group nodded and looked at Draco. Sirius smiled, "Hey, Draco, you can work the sound room right?"
"Yes, I had to take a class last semester for it. Would you like me to set it down for you?" The blonde asked moving towards the sound room and motioning for Snuffles to join him.
"Thanks Draco!!" Sirius said loudly.
Going into the sound room Draco set himself up at the DAW and noted the positions of the sliders before hitting the microphone button, "Are these the levels you want them at?" Remus nodded and gave him the thumbs up that they were ready to start when he was. Finding the record button he pushed the mic button again and said, "Alright, on three!" Holding up his fingers he counted up and at three he pushed the record button and sat back to listen to one of the most well known bands in the country rehearse a new song.
I'm waking up at the start of the end of the world,
but its feeling just like every other morning before,
Now I wonder what my life is going to mean if it's gone,
The cars are moving like a half a mile an hour if that,
and started staring at the passengers who're waving goodbye
can you tell me what was ever really special about me all this time?
But I believe the world is burning to the ground
oh well I guess we're gonna find out
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe, it all, is coming to an end
oh well, I guess, we're gonna pretend,
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
I think it turned ten o'clock but I don't really know
then I can't remember caring for an hour or so
started crying and I couldn't stop myself
I started running but there's no where to run to
I sat down on the street, took a look at myself
said where you going man you know the world is headed for hell
say all goodbyes if you've got someone you can say goodbye to
I believe the world is burning to the ground
oh well I guess we're gonna find out
let's see how far we've come (right now)
let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe, it all, is coming to an end
oh well, I guess, we're gonna pretend,
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
Its gone gone baby its all gone
there is no one on the corner and there's no one at home
well it was cool cool, it was just all cool
now it's over for me and it's over for you
well its gone gone baby its all gone
there's no one on the corner and there's no one at home
well it was cool cool, it was just all cool
now it's over for me and it's over for you
I believe the world is burning to the ground
oh well I guess we're gonna find out
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe, it all, is coming to an end
oh well, i guess, we're gonna pretend,
let's see how far we've come, again
let's see how far we go
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we go
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we go
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we go
let's see how far we've come
When the band finished, Draco let the tape roll for several seconds after before pushing it again to stop the recording and walked back into the room.
"Wow that was really fantastic guys." Draco said honestly amazed.
"Thanks Draco." Adrien said smiling. "I wrote it, so I have a definite pride in it."
"Well, it's unbelievable."
Smiling brightly the rest of the band smiled happily and the comfortable momentary silence was broken by a loud growling of someone's stomach. Everyone looked over at Sirius who smiled. "What, I'm hungry!"
Laughing the band and Draco made their way out of the recording studio and made their way into the kitchen where the band member's girlfriends were chatting and cooking up a storm. What made the scene perfect for Draco was that a very familiar head of black hair was in the middle of it all. "Harry…" he said so softly he was sure no one heard him.
"Careful Draco. Let him come to you first." A voice whispered in his ear. The blonde turned quickly to see who had said it, but found that he was the last person in the hallway. Sirius was bounding in to the kitchen gasping and ooh-ing over the food that was laid out to be enjoyed.
"My lovely ladies!! You all have out done yourself!" Sirius exclaimed happily. "Oh! Draco, I think you may know these wonderful women who have made us food this evening. They were all at the concert you came to."
Draco smiled, "Yes of course. Ella, it's a pleasure to see you again." She smiled brightly as Richard went over to hug her from behind.
"It's lovely to see you again as well Draco." She said looking meaningfully at Harry's head who was turned toward the pantry door. "I don't know if you've met the rest of the girls. I think last time you were trying to get our little one to calm down after he sang." Ella said brightly.
Shocked that she would say that Draco blinked several times before he shook his head. "No, I don't believe I did get the opportunity to meet them."
A beautiful modelesque woman with long Italian brown hair smiled and held out her hand, "Hello, my name is Antonia. I'm Max's wife." She spoke with a light Italian accent.
"E bello incontrarvi. Spero che abbiano la possibilità di parlare più tardi." 'It is lovely to meet you. I hope we have the opportunity to speak more later.' Draco said politely and he shook her hand, as she looked thrilled to have someone speak her native tongue to her. Wondering to himself how that pair had met.
As if sensing his curiosity Antonia said, "Max e ho incontrato in un partito dopo, quando la banda ha iniziato prima. E stato amore a prima vista." 'Max and I met at an after party when the band first started. It was love at first sight.' It was then that Draco noticed the rather large rock on her hand and the subsequent wedding bands on both her and Max.
"È meraviglioso racconto. Io…" 'That's a wonderful story. I…' He broke off looking at Harry's head. "Ebbene, io sono sicuro che conosci." 'Well, I'm sure you know.'
Antonia nodded and was about to open her mouth when Sirius jumped in saying "Hey! We'll only have one language here! You will speak English or nothing at all!"
Laughing, Draco and Antonia smiled nodding. "Yes Sirius. Of course. Now, Draco, you have yet to meet the last member of our little group, this is Maria, she's married to the short tyrant." Antonia said laughter sparkling in her eyes.
Adrien looked up from whatever he was reading in outrage. "Antonia! What have I told you about calling me that?"
"To not to. But honestly, when have ever listened?" She said inspecting her nails, "Regardless, this is Maria." She waved at a woman just Adrien's height with a bob of black hair framing her round face.
She lit up the room with her smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you Draco. I've heard a lot." She said with a pointed look at Harry who continued to look at the floor with increasing interest.
"Oh lord." Adrien said suddenly. "Remus, Sirius, look at this." He held out the section of the newspaper he was holding. The two grabbed at it eagerly.
"Holy shit." Sirius said as his eyes skimmed the page quickly.
Everyone was silent waiting for the two of them to reveal what was going on. The only noise in the kitchen came from the popping of the oil in the pan that sat empty on the stove.
"What is it Siri?" came the soft request from Harry, his green eyes gazing with soft curiosity at his guardian.
"Tom Riddle Sr, his son and Lucius Malfoy have been arrested for extortion, rape, a huge drug ring and at least a dozen other charges."
Draco felt as if he had been punched and immediately sought out his boyfriends gaze, the verdant eyes looked into storm cloud with mixtures of sorrow, regret, and confusion. All around them the kitchen erupted into chaos but green and grey eyes stayed locked.
And thats that. I know right? What an ending. Or rather, one with out a song!! I've done that alot recently, and I thought I'd end that streak. So here we are! What did you all think? I rather like this chapter. Its kinda half filler/half important stuff. But I suppose mostly filler. So Please Review!! Push the little button!! Its not all that hard!!