By the way, I blame the doctors looks on all the yaoi manga i just read (I love DMP...). I been downplaying looks of characters, so far, but I don't think I took it to far.
So... any dir en grey fans? Anyone see them in feb. or are planning on seeing them this summer. just curious
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"... young boy, Tim Hammond, disappeared today. Description: 6 years old, blue eyes, brown hair, around 4ft tall, and weighing approximately 46 pounds. Last seen with-"
"Harry, it's time to go!" Sirius yelled while putting on a his jacket; it was still a bit chilly. He just hoped Harry wouldn't put up to much of a fight... The boy had stopped talking to him almost immediately after announcing that he wanted Harry to get help. "Harry?" Sirius said again; Harry hadn't moved from his place in front of the television. His eyes seemed to be glued to the screen.
Sirius called for Harry again, but still there was no reply. Harry didn't hear him. Sirius looked at the screen and realized what had taken his attention. This wasn't the first time, so Sirius knew what to do; just turn off the tv.
Instantly, Harry angry gaze turned on him. However, it wasn't Sirius he was truly upset with, at least not now. He just hated it when...
"You can't do anything about it Harry, you know that right?" Sirius' sad eyes stared into his. Harry said nothing, instead, he got up to go to the car.
/Harry... It's things like this-/
Harry turned. "I'll be fine, but let's just get this over with." Still said as seriously as anything else. On the other hand, Harry was moving up to almost 10-20 words a sentence. Much better then when Sirius had first met Harry.
But he could still remember what had caused him to want Harry to do this.
Sirius had gotten up to get a drink... just a drink, when he happened to pass Harry's room. Sirius had heard Harry screaming in his dreams, before; what he heard wasn't that. It wall simply crying, a sound that was hard to mistake for anything else.
At first, Sirius had wondered if something had happened to Harry that day, as Harry never did tell him what he did all day. Harry always just came home, did his work, and that was the end of it. And it wasn't entirely out of the norm for a teenage to not want to talk about it, so...
However, upon peaking into the room, Sirius saw that Harry was still sleep. Harry was also talking in his sleep and it was the words that terrified him.
Harry had been abused by someone, heavily. There was no way around it now; he could no longer ignore it.
/If only I had gotten hear sooner... If I hadn't been so god damned-/ Sirius cut himself off, immediately. His self-hate wouldn't help Harry.
Sirius had hoped, although 'hope' might not be the best word, that Harry's... problems... were just from James and Lily dying, maybe an adoption or two didn't go entirely well, but this was more than that. And Sirius didn't really think he could help Harry with this.
And then there were things like today.
So, although Harry was angry with him now, Sirius hoped it would work out. After all, it did for him.
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Doctor Christopher Atrum's office, as it said on the door, was plain, at least in Harry's opinion. White walls and Berber carpet, a book shelf and a desk with a computer. Of course, his degree was on the wall, as well. However, none of it told Harry what the many was like, only that he was late.
Harry and Sirius had been ushered into the office right away, the secretary telling him that he would be there in a minute. Sirius tried to strike up a conversation, but it fell on deaf ears. Truth being, Harry was more than a little worried, not that he would admit it. He had nothing to worry about, right? Harry would just tell the man what he wanted to know, show him that he was as sane as every one else, even if his own godfather didn't think he was...
Yes, Harry had nothing to worry about. Yeah right.
"Hello sirs." Harry was knocked out of his thoughts when a surprisingly young doctor came into the room. /he can't be more than 25.../ Harry thought, skeptically. Doctor Christopher Atrum was a tall thin man with light green eyes and brown hair, with a slight smile. But still, how much could the man know, he was probably fresh out of school.
Harry disliked the man on sight.
"Dr. Atrum." Sirius greeted, shaking his hand. The doctor's hand moved towards Harry, who took it after seeing Sirius' pleading look out the corner of his eye.
"I'm glad to meet you both," Dr. Atrum started, then turned to Harry. "As you know, your guardian has set up appointments for you, once a week?"
Harry nodded. 'Guardian'? So he knew that Sirius wasn't his father.
"Well, Harry, may I call you that?" He turn his smile on Harry.
"I would rather you didn't." The words were out of Harry's mouth before he could stop them, but it he decided it didn't matter.
The man only seemed surprised for a moment. "Very well, Mr. Potter it is. As I was saying, it will just be me an you after today. I thought it best to have Mr. Black here this time to help relax you. Today, we'll only be talking about the easy things, such as what you do at home, at school, that sort of thing, is that ok?" After getting the affirmative, Atrum continued. "First things first, you have lived with Sirius for about the past four months, starting in mid-January?"
Again Harry agreed.
"And how do you feel about that?"
Harry stare at him for a moment. Was he serious? But by the way that Atrum the waiting, it was obvious that he was.
Sirius cringed inwardly beside Harry, not at all sure how he would answer.
/I wish I were somewhere else/ both of them thought.
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Although somewhat trying of Harry's patience, that first meeting was 'easy' enough. Harry's answer wasn't as painful as Sirius feared. Harry didn't say that he hated living with him, at least.
Harry decided that maybe it wouldn't be as awful as he feared.
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As said, Sirius wasn't with him after that first meeting. They talked about Harry's school, next.
Who were his friends: didn't have any.
Girl-friend: didn't have one. Although.
Boy-friend?: silence. Harry had never thought about it.
What were his teacher's like: all the same.
What was the school like: boring.
Work: hard.
This conversation was short, just as the last. However, Atrum seemed satisfied with his answers, so Harry thankfully didn't feel as if he had to say more.
When Harry met Sirius outside, he was actually in a decent mood.
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Later that same day Harry and Sirius planned what to do with Harry's room. Sirius had promised Harry that he would have real home with him and he meant it.
Harry was actually talking to him, while talking about where to put things, and full sentences. Although Sirius was elated, he chose not to mention it to Harry.
He even caught that small smile of Harry's at some point.
Maybe things were working out.