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Apologies and Grudges

The next day Draco came to visit me like he usually did. Yesterday had made me think about what I should do next. I did want to get Remus away from Dumbledore, but it wouldn´t be easy. He was an addict and an addict never wanted to part from his drug. I needed a plan and help, that was for certain. But first I needed to find out, why exactly Draco acted like a friend so suddenly and not like the snarky kid that always sneered at me whenever I had seen him in school. He really was becoming someone I could depend on and that scared me.

Maybe he just wanted to use me and was so nice just because of that. But that couldn´t be possibly true or could it?

"Why are you so nice to me?", I just asked bluntly after he sat down on his usual spot right next to my bed. Draco blushed and rubbed with hand over his neck with an embarrassed expression on his face.

"That is pretty hard to explain."

"Try it, please?" I didn´t want to demand answers from him. I didn´t trust him enough yet, that he wouldn´t hit me for being an insolent brat.

"I want to be your friend, because I like you and always wanted to be your friend. I know my behaviour in school wasn´t really showing that, but I was mad that you didn´t take my hand back in first year and pretty jealous of Weasly and Granger for being so close to you.

Also I had to act like this. You were Dumbledore´s golden boy and I needed to stay as far away from old Dumbles as possible. If I hadn´t behaved like I did at school, he would have manipulated me and made me his puppet like many other students.

It´s strange knowing that the Dark Lord isn´t as dark as everybody makes him and at the same time being aware of Dumbledore manipulating and directing everyone as he likes.

But back to your question. I want to be friends with you. It sounds simple, but I want to be there for you. I want you to tell me when something is making you sad and rely on me to help you with your problems.

That´s why I apologize for my past behaviour to you. It was childish and not very nice of me to act like that." Draco looked down onto his shoes, it was the first time that I heard him apologize ever and just that made is so much more unbelieveable. But what Draco had said made sense and I had nothing against becoming friends with him as it seemed that my own had just... left me behind.

The thought saddened me. I had always cherished my friends and to be betrayed by them like that really made me mad. Suddenly there was a hand on my squeezing it gently.

"Are you okay, Harry? You like pretty sad for a moment."

"I thought about my friends, but this isn´t about them. It´s about your friendship between you and me. I accept your apology and also want to apologize for my behaviour."

"No problem, Harry. I am just happy that we finally are friends." He smiled at me and still hadn´t let go of my hand.

"But you hold a pretty long grudge for just not accepting you friendship.", I commented and started to laugh. It seemed like the first time I laughed in years and it freed me from all the dark thought that were swimming around in my head. It even let me forget Vernon and what he did to me for a moment.

"Five years or so aren´t very long for a grudge.", Draco said seriously and started to laugh too.