Of Secrets and Deceptions
Chapter Ten: Group happenings
Harry entered the room and dropped ungracefully onto his bed. It wasn't true, they would have told him if they were unable to obtain custody. Wouldn't they? He sat up as someone entered, he lay back down as he saw it was Remus. He followed his honorary godfather with his eyes as he sat on the end of the bed beside him.
"Is it true that you can't get custody of me?" He asked needing him to say it wasn't. Remus closed his eyes lying back on the bed beside him and looking over.
"We couldn't over the summer, Sirius thinks someone was blocking us, were not going to give up. Dumbledore has arranged for you to have a room in our quarters and you can stay there over Christmas and we'll keep trying. Hopefully we can sort it out before the summer." He said softly and Harry nodded.
"Why can't I be in yours or Siri's group? I'm pretty much alone, Neville's to scared to talk and now so is Seamus" Harry whined and Remus laughed.
"We'll be breaking for lunch soon then we have the group games. Just play nice and it'll work out fine." Harry nodded and they stood to leave. As they walked out Remus met his partner's eyes and smiled, their cub would be fine.
As Harry walked off and Lucius went to speak to Narcissa, Draco moved to next to Severus and held his hand, Cissa smiled at their brother to show him that they understood, he wasn't trying to hurt their son, it was just the way he coped with being hurt. Their son would understand... they hoped.
Harry rejoined the group just a few minutes after Narcissa sat with them. She smiled as he sat down between Neville and Seamus and he shyly smiled back before quickly looking away. He missed the grin on Draco's face when he saw that. "Were going out for some group games in a few minutes. The elves are bringing lunch up for us and then were moving to the pitch." She told the group smiling.
The Slytherins smiled openly at the Malfoy matriarch but the Gryffindors were more subdued. Neville was as always terrified of the Potions professor and Seamus had been glared into submission within the first hour in the man's presence. They both glanced at Harry who was just staring at the carpet. Narcissa saw that they looked to her son before responding and filed it away for further speculation at a later time.
The elves popped in and the other groups stood and began to interact with the others. Harry and the Gryffindors stood and joined the others. For a few minutes Harry remained with the group but it wasn't long before Harry had joined his godfathers. Half an hour later Narcissa walked to the door and clapped her hands twice, "OK students, we are now going to move to the field for some team games, it you could gather in your groups and we'll head down."