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Chapter Eleven

A night at the Burrow

After Harry and Draco's date they both went home. Harry got a kiss goodbye on the cheek, but started to wonder that night where this was all going to go. He would be lying if he said he wasn't falling for Draco, it was those deep grey eyes as he's pointed out to himself so many times before. But what did he want next? Should he ask Draco if he would go on another date? Does he invite him out for lunch on Monday? How do people go about these situations? Harry thought back to the night he was at Draco's office, He reminded himself he needed to tell Robards where Sebastian was. If there was one thing Harry didn't want to do, was let work get in the way of what Draco and himself had, or the other way round and having Draco get in the way of work because his minds constantly on him. But also he thought back to the conversation he was listening in on at the very beginning. 'You've been sulking for 2 days' Sebastian had said before 'You need to let her go who ever she is, she obviously doesn't care enough to contact you'. Harry thought about it the best he could, he didn't want to jump to conclusions but it sounded as if Draco had been quite upset he didn't contact him straight after the night in the park. Harry had felt somewhat the same way, so maybe this was a sign Draco was already emotionally attached?

Harry was taking a nap on his Sofa on Sunday afternoon when an owl pecked at the window frame. He took the letter from his friend's owl and read it.

Harry,

Big family tea tonight at The Burrow around 5. See you there.

Ron.

P.S. Hermione says it will be a good time to speak to Ginny when you're alone.

He found it amusing how his friends just presumed he didn't have any plans, and that he would be round there whenever they said for him to be. Of course they were right, but today he didn't really feel like doing the whole Ginny thing. He would have to though with Hermione on his back. He wrote a quick reply telling him he would be there, and then went to take a shower.

5 O'clock came around fast and before he knew it he was knocking on the Weasley's door. "Oh Harry my dear, good to see you, come on in" Molly smiled and pulled him through the door. "Andromeda and Teddy are here too" She took his jacket off of him. "We're having a roast and it will be ready in around 15 minutes. Ginny's upstairs, so feel free to go on up" Harry felt Mrs Weasley really wanted them to end up together and that's why she would always greet him with where Ginny was or how Ginny was doing. His insides felt funny when he realised if he upset Ginny he would upset a lot more other people he cared for so much. This was just going to be a great bundle of fun.

"UNCLE HARRY!" Screamed Teddy from behind a big blue toy box.

"Hey little man"

"I living with you" He smiled and flapped his arms.

"Huh?" Harry was confused and he looked to Andromeda.

"No Teddy, I said I would ask him" She said. "Sorry my dear, I hoped I could ask you without Teddy's input first"

"You're asking for him to live with me?" He questioned.

"No, I was just going to ask if you would have him for a few days? Just while I get some rest, would that be ok?" He looked at Andromeda in pain as she tried to stand up, and then looked to Teddy as his smiled dropped and he waited for his uncles answer. Harry thought about work, he had Sebastian and the four murder cases to deal with, then he thought to Draco, he wanted to spend some time with him to get to know the real him like he had asked. He was going to be busy enough as it was, but then he looked back to his godson. Tonks and Lupin had trusted he would be the right man, there for the youngster when no one else could be.

"Of course"

Andromeda wrapped him up in a hug and Teddy started cheering. "It means a lot, it really does"

"It's fine, when do you want me to take him?"

"Friday?"

"Sure, I'll have to take some time off of work next week"

Hermione came in with a hot mug of something in her hand. "I'll happily take him for a few hours if you still want to go in for a while" She smiled sitting next to George who was writing a list of something… maybe it was to do with the shop.

"Thanks Mione"

"Yay!" Teddy banged a toy hippogriff on the floor in excitement.

"Ginny's upstairs Harry" Ron said coming down the stairs. He gave the dark haired man a look that said go up there now and sort things out before you break her heart and I break your jaw.

"Ok" He climbed the stairs up to the red haired girl's room and knocked on the door gently.

"Come in" He did exactly that and saw her on her bed with her feet crossed reading a book. "Harry" She placed the book on the side and sat up, gesturing him to sit on the bed with her. "Haven't spoken to you in a while, though Ron said you had been busy at work"

"Yeah sorry"

"I'm sorry to hear about Olivier"

"It's fine" He gave her a gentle smile that told her he's ok.

"I have a tryout for the Holyhead Harpies on Wednesday"

"Wow, Ginny, well done" He was genuinely please for her, she had wanted this for so long.

"I hope I make it on the team, it would be a dream come true if I did"

"I bet you will" He smiled. Ginny then reached over and grabbed Harry's hands in hers, and then she leant over and placed her head on his shoulder. Harry couldn't help but think how awkward it would be to tell her now that there was nothing between them, but he had to. "Ginny"

"Yeah?"

"I…" He started but then Percy walked in. "Mum said to come and get you, tea's all set on the table.

"Ok" Ginny hopped up from the bed and held out her hand for Harry to take. In that moment he was nervous to refuse or carry on what he was saying so he stupidly took it and they both walked down the stairs together, Percy leading the way. When they got to the kitchen he noticed Hermione glance at their hands and then hold in what looked like anger. Great. He was going to get it later.

"Oh common you two, seat yourselves down and dig in" Molly said joyfully.

"You alright Ginny?" Ron asked.

"Of course, why wouldn't I be?" She smiled at her brother and tucked into her food.

"Just wondering" He answered making sure he kicked Harry under the table from opposite.

"Ow" Harry jumped and let out a cry of pain. Ron had kicked him right in the knee cap.

"Harry?" Arthur asked concerned "something wrong?"

"Uh no, nothing's wrong"

"Uncle Harry hurt" Teddy laughed, chewing on something Harry wasn't quite sure was edible, but Andromeda was already working on taking it off of him.

"I'm fine, sorry" He looked over at Ron and glared at him, and Ron glared back his race bright red. Oh please don't start a fight here and tell Ginny this way. He thought. He looked over to Hermione and she wasn't looking at him and was more concerned with her roast. Half way through the meal Harry asked for her to pass something to him and she pushed it along with her hand but still didn't look up at him. Great, just great.

Once the meal had finished Ginny went out to the shed with her dad, asking Harry if he wanted to come along but Ron interrupted. "Sorry, I need to speak with Harry about work"

"Ok sure, see you in a few minutes" She followed her dad out the door and then Ron grabbed Harry's arm and took him upstairs, Hermione not far behind them. Once they were in Ron and Hermione's room and Hermione cast a Muffliato charm so no one downstairs could hear they started on Harry.

"You haven't spoken to Ginny yet have you?" Hermione asked annoyed.

"No, I haven't had the chance"

"Harry you promised" She moaned making a crease in between her eyebrows.

"I know, but I couldn't tell her I didn't want to be with her when she was holding my hand and leaning on me could I? Plus she just got good news about the Quidditch tryout's I couldn't put her in a crappy mood"

"I don't like the person you're turning into" Ron joined in.

"What?"

"Don't what us young man" Hermione sounded like Mrs Weasley on a bad day. "Whoever this mystery girl is, she's put a bad side on you"

"Don't blame this on who I'm seeing"

"So you are seeing someone!" Ron raised his voice.

"You're breaking Ginny's heart Harry! How dare you stand there and be so cruel. Even if you don't want Ginny, she deserves an explanation and the truth, she's as good as family to you, we all are, so snap out of this phase and treat us with respect." Wow. Was this how she really felt? Had Harry really changed for the worst? He hoped not, he hated the idea of it and was devastated he had let people down so much, Ginny and his two closest friends.

"I -"

Hermione cut him off "No, you listen to me" She pointed her finger at him like he was a little boy being told off. "You need to be the Gryffindor you are and grow some balls"

"Hermione" Ron said shocked at her chosen words.

"I care about Ginny even if you don't"

"I do care about her, but - " Harry tried to defend himself before he got cut off again.

"Tell her then before you lead her on any further"

"I'm not sure if who I'm seeing is anything anyway"

"You bastard" Ron basically roared. His ginger lion hair didn't help the matter. "If things don't work out with your new girlfriend you're going to run back to Ginny? She's second choice to you? Only there if you can't find better?"

"No Ron" Harry lifted his arms to protect himself; it looked as though Ron was going to throw his fist at him any moment. "It's not like that"

"That's what you just said!"

"I didn't mean it like that, I promise. I just meant I'm not cheating on her, I'm technically single."

"Get out!" Ron shouted. With that Ginny opened the door.

"Ron!" She gasped in shock. Harry felt like bursting into tears, this night was going too horribly. He hoped his friends would be a bit more on his side than so against him, but then again we were talking about Ron's sister, the sister he was so protective over. "What's going on in here?"

"Harry's cheating on you" Hermione was even shocked as they all looked at Ron in horror at what he had just said. "I'm not going to sit around and watch my little sister get hurt, she needs to know and if you won't tell her I will!"

"Ron stop it" Hermione begged with a few tears forming in her eyes.

"Harry?" Ginny asked looking at him looking like she had just seen Fred's ghost.

"Ginny I…" He stopped himself there… what was he really going to say?

"Maybe we should leave" Hermione said, the tears finally falling. "We've caused enough damage, I'm sorry" She grabbed Ron by the arm and led him out.

"Who are you with?" Ginny asked calmly.

"I'm not with anyone"

"Why did Ron say that then?"

"Ginny" He took a breath and took her hands in his. "Please can you just listen to me for a minute before you start speaking?"

"Ok" She looked like she was about to cry but she kept it in. He always admired her for being so strong.

"Ginny, we're not together, haven't been since before the war, not properly" He closed his eyes before he said the next thing. "It's true I'm kind of seeing someone but I don't know if it is anything yet."

"Is it somewhat serious?" She couldn't hold in much longer, it was something she wanted to know.

"I don't know"

"Do you want it to be?"

"I… I guess" He wasn't going to lie anymore… well apart from the fact it was Draco Malfoy… that he thought he could lie about for a bit longer until he was ready and knew it was defiantly something.

"Alright then" She tried a smile but it didn't look right with her sad eyes and droopy shoulders. She didn't stand confident, she didn't sound confident, but she was trying to be in front of him. "I guess I've missed my chance, I shouldn't have sat around and waited for things to happen on their own, I should have got there first and I didn't, I'm sorry I thought it was different between us, I shouldn't have assumed you still loved me." And there were the tears.

"Ginny I'm so sorry" He pulled her into a hug. "I thought there was something at one point, I really did. I just hope we can still be friends."

She laughed behind the tears. "Harry you're still family with or without me, of course we can still be friends" He knew she wasn't ok but he also knew she needed a bit of alone time to think or whatever.

"I really do care about you Ginny, you're special to me and I love you as a friend. I didn't mean to hurt you and I am truly so sorry. I've been stupid I know, but I hope we can build from here" He remembered what Draco said about building a new wall and smiled inside his head.

"You don't have to worry, I'm going to be honest I had a feeling this wasn't going to go anywhere, I could just tell something wasn't right" She whipped at her tears and smiled. "Let's just move on from this and forget it, I'm sure she's a lovely girl who ever she is. I'm happy for you." WHY? Why did he feel like he wanted to tell Ginny that it wasn't a girl? He thought it would be his friends first but in that moment he really wanted to tell her. He looked down at the ground thinking how he was going to put it into words. "Harry? What's wrong?"

"Ginny"

The door opened and Mrs Weasley walked in. "Is it true?" fucking great.

Ginny explained that everything was ok and they were just going to be friends and that Harry wasn't the bad person in this, no-one was, it was just a misunderstanding. Mrs Weasley didn't raise her voice or have a go at Harry like the others but she asked Harry to leave and give Ginny some alone time, Harry did what he was told and Mrs Weasley killed the whole 'alone time' by staying in the room and shutting the door on him. He thought she was probably being a mother and comforting Ginny. He could understand that so he made his way downstairs.

He looked around and only saw Hermione and Ron sat in the living room. "Where is everyone?"

"George is in his room, Percy went home to Audrey cause she just got back from work, dad's out in the shed and Andromeda and Teddy went home straight after tea" Ron sulked. "I'm sorry mate, that probably wasn't a wise decision but it needed to be said and in that moment I was confident on being the one to say it if you wouldn't"

"It's fine" Harry sat down opposite them.

"Did she get angry at you?"

"No"

"Upset?"

"Kind of but she was alright about it mostly" He shrugged.

"Harry I'm so sorry, we just didn't feel you were doing the right thing by keeping it from her" Hermione whispered while she still cried.

"You're right, I wasn't, I'm glad you guys showed me that, even if it did kind of hurt"

"I didn't want Ginny to get hurt" Ron said.

"I know, I'm really sorry. I couldn't think straight, I was too busy thinking about work and - "

"And you're new girlfriend" Ron shook his head. Right, this was it; he was going to tell them that it was a guy. He felt like he needed to get it out and couldn't keep it held in much longer, He wanted to be honest and needed to be honest. He was ready and feeling confident, not much else could go wrong tonight.

"It's not a - "

"Harry we know it's something serious, don't lie anymore, we don't like it" Hermione interrupted. Well… that didn't go as planned. Harry nodded and put his head in his hands. Why had everything got to be so dramatic? Oh yeah, that's right… his life was based around drama.

"I'm really tired; I think I'm going to go home." He yawned.

"Ok, I'm tired too, is it ok to stay here tonight again?" Hermione asked Ron.

"Of course, you basically live here now Hermione, its fine" she leant into him and smiled, Harry was jealous, would he have that kind of relationship with Draco one day? He really hoped so. He got back to his empty dark flat and saw a piece of parchment rolled up with a piece of black ribbon around it. He smiled and rushed to it like a little girl with a crush. He unfolded it and read the writing scribbled upon it.

Harry,

I'm really starting to like you, so how about we go for those drinks tomorrow night after work? I know it's a Monday but we don't have to get wrecked to have a good time, just a few drinks and each other's company how does that sound?

Thinking about you,

Draco.

Harry wondered how long ago this arrived, he wondered why it didn't come to the burrow then realised it wouldn't have been good timing anyways. Maybe even Draco's owl hated the Weasley's. He read the note over again and again. 'Thinking about you' Harry's heart was beating so fast and so loud in that moment. He quickly picked up a quill and a piece of spare parchment and wrote a reply.

Draco,

Sounds good after the night I've had tonight, meet around 7 at the three broomsticks?

Missed you,

Harry.

He stopped before he wrote the missed you, trying to decide if it was an alright thing to put, but he ended up scribbling it down and hoping for the best. He ended getting dressed for bed and owling the other man for most of the night.

Harry,

You're not having much luck lately are you? I'm sorry to hear its all going wrong for you, hopefully I can cheer you up?

No not the three broomsticks, it's too busy there, and as much as I want to show you off, I'm not ready for all the questions and the stares. Maybe we could go somewhere muggle? I'm sorry to be a pain.

I've missed you too,

Draco x

First things first… did Draco Malfoy just put a kiss at the end of his letter? Holy crap! He's a changed man and Harry loved the new him. That little kiss made the whole letter, it made Harry smile and go weak at the knees. He completely understood where Draco was coming from about the questions and the stares, He wasn't ready for that either, but he did wonder when he would be. One thing is for certain, he wouldn't have his friends finding out via the Daily Prophet if they got caught in a pub together by the media.

Draco,

No I'm not, things just keep going wrong. The only thing going right is you.

I understand, let's meet up at the park and we can decide where to go from there.

Harry x

Harry's eyes started to close. But he read Draco's final letter before drifting off into sleep.

Harry,

That sounds good, let's meet at 7 then. I'm off to bed now, the owl keeps making noises while it waits for me to write a reply, and if my father hears I will be a goner and won't be able to turn up tomorrow.

Sweet dreams, I'll see you tomorrow.

Draco x

Yes… Harry was defiantly in love.