A/N: Hey guys
A/N: Hey everybody!! There will be only one more chapter. I'm not sure yet how everything will end, but I hope I'll be done pretty soon. I can't promise when but I'll try to post as soon as possible. Hope you enjoy. Please review.
I'm sorry for any misspelled words. English is not my mother language so there might be mistakes.
Warnings: please ignore HBP and DH
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. The characters and all the places belong to J. K. Rowling expect (of course) a cute little girl named Selena.
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Chapter 14
The soft murmur of voices woke him. Where was he? The pillows and blanket were soft and felt familiar. Strange. Now the voices got louder, obviously had a conversation just turned into an argument. Harry tried to open his eyes, he wanted to know where he was, but it didn't work. Again he concentrated but nothing happened. Ok, he told himself, don't panic. The next thing he tried was moving his arms and fingers. Nothing. He tried harder, but absolutely no part of his body wanted to obey him. Panic hit him. What was wrong with his body? Was he dead but what about the voices? Focusing his concentration back on the angry voices he heard his name. Now that was interesting but didn't solve his problem.
"And I told you it was a bad idea. He should have stayed at Hogwarts in the hospital wing, in my care. I'm a nurse for god's sake. It did no good for him that he stayed here. His condition didn't improve one bit."
"Madam Pomfrey, Harry is in the best hands here. Draco is taking excellent care of him and I administer the strengthening potions myself. Nothing is going wrong there. He just needs time to heel, especially his magic. It's best for him to be in a familiar environment if he awakes." a voice cold and cutting like steel answered.
"The hospital wing is also familiar environment. He stayed there more often than any other student. Also his friends want to see him. But you and Mr. Malfoy are against it. I ask you, what would it hurt? They were always there for him." Madam Pomfrey hissed back.
"Harry needs the quiet. His friends would only get hysterical. And may I remind you, that Harry stayed in the hospital wing for three weeks, before we brought him home, and you weren't able to change his condition? Nobody can help him. His magic has to rebuild itself. You know how much damage there was. The only thing we can do is take good care of him until he is strong enough to wake up." Severus cut in.
"But…"
The words faded and Harry drifted back to sleep, forgotten his panic. He was too tired to ponder the weird argument or his condition.
The next time Harry woke, he heard nothing around him. Remembering the last time he was awake, if you could call it that, Harry was wary about opening his eyes. What if he couldn't do it? When he finally tried, bright sunlight hit his eyes. With a groan he closed them again. So that worked well. Obviously he was still able to see and not dead as a matter of fact. A quiet voice interrupted his musings.
"Harry?" A groan was the answer. He was in no mood to give a better one then that. "You're awake. Oh, my… You're finally awake. Thank Merlin. Hold on. I close the curtains, ok. Just leave your eyes closed." Draco's excited and relieved voice drifted away from the bed while he spoke and then it was dark.
Opening his eyes carefully, Harry sighed. The dark was much better. He turned his head to the side where he had heard Draco, and there he stood. He had dark circles under his eyes and his face looked tired and drawn. But there was also a smile there. A smile that let Harry's heart beat a little faster.
"It was time that you woke up. I couldn't have taken it much longer, Selena is devastated and Severus is getting on everybody's nerves because of your condition." he almost sneered but there was also an underlying hurt and desperation there. And with that said, Draco fell on the bed beside Harry. Embracing the surprised Gryffindor and pulling him tight against his chest, the blond started sobbing. His body was shaking and his tears were freely running down his cheeks.
A long moment later he started speaking.
"I thought I had lost you. I wouldn't have known what to do." Draco hiccupped. His distress was still visible. He had just stopped crying a few minutes ago.
"I'm so sorry, Draco. I'll be here now, I'll never leave you, I promise." Harry answered with sincerity.
"What about your friends? They want to see you. You are there hero, you know. I don't want to loose you because of them. But you need your friends and they won't like me." the Slytherin wasn't calmed down in the least.
Harry was quiet. And just then the reality of killing Voldemort hit him. "I really did it, didn't I?" he whispered.
Draco looked at him in stunned silence "You just figured that out?" Harry was still quiet. "Harry, you really killed him. After you did this wonderful little bit of magic, I mean the connection of your wands. He didn't have a chance against you. And then right afterwards you fell to the floor unconscious. I was so afraid for you. Severus was seriously injured, but he had a portkey to Hogwarts, so he went there and got us help. Aurors freed us. They questioned everybody but let us go after they were sure we didn't mean harm and were any stray Death Eaters."
Harry was out of bed in a flash. But Draco was just as fast. Before the dizzy wave that had hit Harry right away could let him hit the floor, Draco caught him and laid him back down in bed.
"Don't… get up! I mean it. You slept for so long and you are still not fully recovered. Did you really think you could stay upright?" Draco almost screamed. "For what did you get up in the first place?"
"They questioned you, after everything you went through to help Selena. I'd trust you with my life. And they thought you were a Death Eater. I want to go and see those Aurors to give them a bit of my mind." Harry hissed right back.
"Harry, I lived with you the last few weeks. You know me, but they don't. My name is still Malfoy and for them I am a Malfoy and nothing will change that. Everybody will always see my father in some part of me. But because they questioned me with Veritaserum, I'm cleared now and nobody can say anything against it."
"But…"
"No but…! I'm happy the way everything turned out. I'm declared clear, Voldemort is dead, Selena is safe, Severus is alright and you finally recovered what else would I want?" Draco said calmly.
"I think I can think of something else." A smirk graced Harry's face, a smirk worthy of a Slytherin.
Slowly Harry leaned towards Draco. When their lips touched, everything around them melted away. They were alone in their little universe. The kiss was sweet and shy. It left them both breathless. When they broke apart there faces were flushed. It only took them a moment to dive right back into there activities from only a moment ago. But this time the kisses were no longer shy. They were still sweet, but there was also passion and desire in them. A knock on the door let them jump apart.