(hey! It may be really really late, but at least it's up! Thank you Senior Skip Day for giving me time to write this.)

Scene Three

It was another day before Draco was feeling well enough to get up, but the two lovers found plenty of things to amuse themselves with (no! you hentai!). In fact, Draco had a very mysterious subscription to some muggle catalogues that Harry found very amusing.

"Can you imagine people actually wear this stuff?" Draco asked at one point.

"Hey! I have that jumper, thank you very much!" Harry replied.

"Ugh. What a complete lack of taste…"

The next day, Harry and Draco decided to take a small trip around Hogsmead to see George, Fred and Kat, all of whom had almost died laughing when Ron had confronted them about Harry's relationship. Ron was very angry when he discovered they had known about it all along, compliments of Kat, the sneak, and hadn't deemed it important enough to tell Ron about. He still wasn't speaking to them, although it might have been because they also placed some new jokes into his luggage and hotel room…They were laughing about it again when Draco and Harry walked in the next day.

"Ah! Fair Juliet has arisen!" Fred mocked when he spotted Harry and Draco.

"Yes, and much the better for a few nights' rest…" Draco replied. Fred and George made an identical face and Kat wiggled her eyebrows.

"Ooooh! No love for Harry since his bf's all sick, eh?"

Harry blushed. "Um…"

"Don't worry, Harry. We can make up for lost time soon," Draco assured him. Harry blushed again. "Sheesh. You turn any redder and you'll look like an apple!"

"Hey! Then you can be the apple of his eye!" Kat offered.

"You're insane."

"Yeah, I know."

They talked about random things for a while, before Kat looked at the time and realized she needed to get back to school for a test in DADA. Harry and Draco offered to take her up to the school so they could stop in and see Dumbledore, and she accepted the offer. They all trounced, rather slowly for Draco's sake, up to the school, and parted ways at the gargoyle. It was a few moments before they both realized they didn't know the password.

"Damn it," Harry said. "Why does it seem like every time we try to see Dumbledore, we don't know the password?"

"Maybe because the author likes to see us squirm?"

"Good point. Well, I guess we'd better start guessing."

They ran through all the names of candy they could think of twice before Professor Snape walked down the corridor. Draco, who spotted him first, immediately called to him, asking for help to get into Dumbledore's office.

"The password is, sadly enough, 'Romeo and Juliet,'" Snape said with mild disgust.

"Really?"

"Yes, really. He was very impressed with your performance. He's forced us to all get tickets to see the next showing we can. And I think he's going at least four more times."

Snape had a look of such suffering on his face that Harry had to laugh.

"It's not funny, Potter. I can see you haven't matured since leaving school."

"Yes, yes, I love you too, Professor."

Snape made a face like he was going to puke (or ralph, whichever you prefer) and Harry just smiled.

"Are you three just going to stand down there all day, or what?" called Dumbledore from the top of the stairs, and all three of them hurried up said stairs. Dumbledore was smiling and sitting very contentedly at his desk when they arrived. "Tea?" he offered. "Lemon drop?" When all three shook their heads he sighed, then spoke again. "Alright then, I'm sure you're wondering why I called you here."

"Not really," Snape said. Dubledore ignored him.

"Yes, well, now with Voldemort gone, the Ministry has asked me to tell you three some things. I must admit, however, that it is very convenient for you three to all be here at the same time. Saves me some repetitions. Anywho, for your services in defeating Voldemort, and for risking your life in espionage, the Ministry has awarded you, Professor Snape, with 5,000 Galleons as a reward. Mr. Potter, for your services in defeating Voldemort, you receive 10,000 Galleons. And, Mr. Malfoy, the Ministry has decided to return to you, your family manor and other possessions. They feel that they are no longer a threat to anyone."

Dumbledore's voice clearly stated how he felt on this matter, but then, he had never really believed Draco to be a threat in the first place. Harry, on the other hand, looked at Draco with a slightly bewildered sort of expression and made a mental note to talk about this later. Draco sighed and knew that there would be an extensive discussion about this incident…he had never felt it necessary to inform Harry of his financial life, nor of the real reason why he wasn't living in Malfoy Manor, conveniently finding some way to change the subject when it came up. Well, the cat was very much out of the bag now. Today was going to be a long day.

Dumbledore finished up the meeting with a few more sentences about how pleased the Ministry was that Voldemort was gone, and how thankful the wizarding community was, but Draco really didn't hear much. He was dreading the conversation he knew was coming. Finally, they were released, and all three of them walked down the stairs and into the hall.

"Well, Draco, I guess I'll see you tomorrow or whenever the theatre decides to-" Snape was cut off by a loud squeal.

"SNAPEY-POO!" Cried George as he ran up the steps. "SNAPEY! HERE I AM, DARLING! SNAPEYYYY!"

Snape whimpered, a very disturbing sound coming from him, and hid behind Draco. George ran right up to them, and glared at Draco.

"I KNEW IT! I KNEW YOU WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIM, SNAPEY! DO I MEAN THAT LITTLE TO YOU! DRACO! I HATE YOU! WHAT WOULD HERMIONE AND RON THINK IF THEY COULD SEE YOU, HURTING HARRY BY HAVING THIS AFFAIR WITH MY SNAPEY! SNAPEEEEEEEEY! WHY DO YOU HATE ME SO?!"

Snape was still hiding behind Draco, ducking around whenever George made a grab at him.

"Draco, I'm sorry, but…" Snape shoved Draco right at George, who barely managed to catch him and not fall over, and made a run for it. He sprinted up several steps, jumped behind a statue, and disappeared from view. George let go of Draco, who would have fallen to the floor if not for Harry catching him, and sprinted down the stairs, still screaming for Snape. Draco and Harry looked at each other for only a moment before bursting into laughter.

"Oh, Draco! How could you be cheating on me with that slimy git?" Harry asked in a high-pitched voice.

"But Harry, I only did it because I knew you were cheating on me with George!" Draco responded, smiling. Harry shuttered.

"Now that's disgusting," Harry said, voice returning to normal. "Come on, babe. You look like crap on a stick. Let's get you home."

They managed to escape the school without running into Snape or George again, and got back to Draco's apartment without much in the way of problems. In fact, it wasn't until Draco had had a small nap that the ax fell. Draco had been sleeping soundly, only to be awakened by a knock on the front door, and some muffled conversation between Harry and some unknown. When he heard the door close and footsteps approaching, Draco sat up in bed, awaiting the entrance of his beloved. Harry smiled at the sight of Draco sitting up and awake, before telling him who had been at the door.

"That was someone from the theatre. We have a rehearsal tomorrow, followed by a performance at 8 tomorrow night. They want an extra rehearsal to refresh our memories as to what we're supposed to be doing during the play, but they can't find time to get it in. There are, after all, only so many hours in the day. Think you'll be up to it?"

"Yes," Draco replied. He knew it didn't really matter whether he thought he was or not, he'd have to do it anyways. Harry sat down on the foot of Draco's bed and looked at him.

"We need to talk," Harry said, and Draco knew the inevitable had arrived.

"About what?" he asked innocently, but Harry wasn't fooled.

"Draco, why didn't you tell me the Ministry had confiscated your home and assets and all that crap?"

"I didn't think it was relevant to our relationship."

"Draco…"

"No, Harry, I'm serious. What would you have done if I had told you? Gone straight to the Ministry and demanded they stop prejudicing against slimy Slytherin gits who change alliances at the drop of a hat? That would have worked real well, wouldn't it? Or better yet! Would you have made me a personal charity case? That would really have helped our relationship. You know that kind of shit doesn't work. I didn't and still don't want to live off of you for the rest of my life. I am my own man, and, while I choose to share a great part of that with you, as you do with me, I sincerely doubt either one of us is willing to submit to being completely dependent upon the other. Relationships work off of co-dependence, and nothing less. You know us both, and you know it wouldn't have worked that way, Harry. And I bet you agree with what I did because you would have done the same thing."

Harry thought for a moment. Although he had originally been hurt because Draco hadn't told him about his problems and asked for help, Harry could definitely understand why he had done what he had done. So he settled for arguing something less.

"You aren't a slimy Slytherin git who changes his alliances at the drop of a hat," Harry said, slightly upset. Draco, however, could see right through it.

"Yeah, you may think so, but they wouldn't have agreed. I played double agent for the dark side, they would have wondered if I would do it for the light side as well as soon as the dark side offered me something worth my time and energy."

Harry sighed and nodded.

"I guess I can see your reasoning," Harry admitted.

"Good. It's about time you realized I am always right," Draco said with a smile, which Harry echoed.

"You just think you are, Mr. Malfoy."

"I am, quite a bit more often than you think I am, Mr. Potter."

"I love you, my little ferret."

"I love you too, potty. I love you too."

FIN

YAY! That's the end of the scenes! That does not mean that this is the end, however! I have one more chapter left to put up. Sorry it was so long coming, but I have been going through hell for the past….month or something. ^_^ One more chapter! Sad. ;-; You'll just have to look for some of my other stuff to keep you satisfied. PLEASE R&R! I really don't have any idea who reviewed recently, but I do love you and you all get something special…like…*thinks*…*rummages through desk drawer*…*rummages under bed* AHA! You all get patches! Cute slytherin and gryffindor patches to wear with pride! HEHEHEHE! Oh, and if you review, next time you will get something even cooler than patches and cake and icecream and stuff, but you have to review to get it! HA!

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~Vividian