A Harry Potter Fan fiction

I don't own Harry Potter or Chicago.

-Male Chests–

"What are you reading?" I ask Draco.

"A book." I roll my eyes at him before continuing.

"Okay…what kind of book?"

"A book called The Princess Bride."

"That's a girl book." I say trying not to snort.

"Well I found it on the mp3."

"Hence girl book." That still doesn't explain why he's reading it.

"You're a girl? You could have fooled me. Now leave me alone, I'm trying to read."

"But Draaaaaaaaaco! I'm bored. I want to do something. AMUSE ME DAMN IT!"

"So I'm here for amusement?" He asks closing the book with a snap, and looks up at me. Now that I had his full attention, I had forgotten what I was going to originally ask him. That's great but what I said was technically true even though I was joking about it. But it did get his attention didn't it?

"Come on. You know I'm kidding, I'm just so bored being cooped up like this. I want to do something. Let's do something."

"Like what?"

"I don't know. How about doing something like…like attend the meeting with Harry, Ron, Mione, and Griphook? You're better now, so we can tell them about me being Lady Dumbledore-Black and crush Griphook's dream of getting the sword." I say excitedly clapping my hands. I didn't like Griphook much. He rubbed me the wrong way, and looked at me weirdly. I didn't like that look one bit.

"I don't think they'd want me there. Potter and Weasley hasn't changed one bit, but Hermione has been really nice to me. It makes me feel like a jerk for all those things I've said to her over the years. But we can't change the past can we?"

"It doesn't hurt to you know…apologize. I know it's hard because you're you, but once they get to know you like everyone has, you can grow to like each other. I'm sure of it because if I like you then they'll like you too."

"I don't know." He says not convinced. "I've been enemies with them for a long time. It'll be harder than you think and you like anyone so my chances aren't that very high."

"That is so not true. I don't see why you think it's so hard to be friends with them. You got along with Neville and you bullied him. Now that Neville had the chance to get to know you he likes you like I do." I point out. "Harry and Ron shouldn't be that hard. Like Ron acts rash at times but he's a really good friend where it counts. He thinks he's not as good as everyone else but he has a good heart. Harry pushes away the people he needs because that's his way of saying…he cares. He has a hero-complex and people who haven't met him tend to think he's arrogant because of his fame but he doesn't like to be the center of attention. He can be very hurtful but he'll always be there for you in the end."

"What about me? What would you tell them about me?" Draco asks curiously, as if he wanted to know what I really thought of him.

"I'd say that they shouldn't judge you by what you did in the past, that it's the present that counts and that you can really shock people when you want to. Your enemies better beware because you will annoy them to death but deep down you're a good person. And you look pretty good without a shirt on." He faintly blushes. "I made you blush again? Stop the presses, we must inform everyone." I get up and run to Griphooks room. "GUESS WHAT?" I shout throwing the door open.

"What?" Mione asks.

"I made Draco Malfoy blush again. We must inform the nation." I say grinning madly like a crazed maniac.

"How'd you manage to do that and when was the first time you did it?" Ron asks in disbelief.

"I said he-" the rest was muffled when a hand covers my mouth from behind.

"It was nothing." Draco says. I pull his hand off of my mouth and duck into the room behind Mione. "Don't do it. Don't tell them."

"I said he looked pretty good without a shirt on." I say quickly, grinning at Draco who goes faintly red again. "And-"

"Wait" Harry says interrupting me. "How would you know how he looks without his shirt on?" Harry asks.

"That's the when, because I have seen him without one on right out of the shower. It was a weird yet rewarding moment between us."

"Noel don't tell them about that. It's private." Draco says. "Or I'll tell them about the time where I caught you in the bathroom in nothing but your underwear bushing your hair and singing The Cell Block Tango from Chicago." I smack my forehead. I had forgotten about that.

"HE SAW YOU IN YOUR UNDERWEAR!" Harry and Ron shouts together, standing up quickly, whipping out the wands they stole and points them at Draco, who does nothing to defend himself.

"At least I was wearing underwear. If he came in minutes earlier I would have been naked because I just got out of the shower. Now that would have been even weirder but in some areas it's not. But then again, I'm not from those areas."

"It was an accident. She forgot to lock the door."

"I tend to do that sometimes but it wasn't my fault that he just stood there staring at me opening and closing his mouth like a fish." I snigger imitating him.

"You are evil." He states.

"I know." I say when Mione tugs at my sleeve. "Yeah?"

"Hey what did he look like?" Mone asks.

"HERMIONE!" Ron and Harry shouts whirling at her.

"What?" She asks. "Can't a girl be a little curious sometimes?"

"As I said he had just run out of the shower, wrapped in a towel, glistening."

"Noel stop that." Draco says trying to come at me, but Harry and Ron were still blocking his path. "This is so not cool."

"It's only not cool because you keep interrupting me." I say. "Now before I get interrupted again, he was so pale and ripped. I haven't seen that many bare chests but his definitely makes the top five." Not a good way to be speaking about someone whose related to me, but it was hilarious watching him turn even redder and Ron's ears turning pink, while there was a spark of fire in Harry's eyes for some reason.

"Wow…how many male chests have you seen?" She asks with a dazed look on her face.

"Not including Richie, Drew, Jake, David, and Dereks chests or the one I've seen in movies? I'd say about 367…give or take a few." The four of them turn to me and give weird looks. "What? Hello? You're looking at a musician here. People at concerts tend to like to rip off their shirts for you to sign their chests for them. It's not my fault. I was also including Harry in that count when he dived into the pond practically naked. So back to Draco's chest, it was flat and sculpted and still had drops of water on it."

"Really?"

"Although between Fred and Malfoy, I think Fred takes the cake as the best eye candy to me. His chest is manlier than Draco's chest. I like Fred's best."

"Of course because I'm family and that would be weird if you liked mine best." Draco mutters.

"I don't want to seem odd for asking but who are your top five?" Mione asks.

"Why are you so interested in chests Hermione?" Draco asks suddenly, and reaches for the top button of his shirt and undoes it. "Want to take a peak? Have you seen a male chest before?" He undoes another two buttons with a gleam in his eye. "Would you like to?" Mione looks away flustered. The teenage mind, it reels.

"MALFOY GET OUT!" Ron and Harry shouts pointing to the door.

"I'll leave if Noel comes with me." Draco says.

"She stays and you go." They say.

"I don't want her talking about me while I'm gone." Draco says pointing at me.

"I wasn't planning on it but thanks for the idea." I grin at him.

"You know we were in an important meeting before you barged in." Griphook says interrupting us.

"Well that meeting isn't important anymore." I say.

"Not important? What do you mean not important?" Griphook asks in disbelief.

"You are looking at Lady Dumbledore-Black." I say grabbing the rings from my chain around my neck to show them. "I can go into her vault anytime and retrieve my compensation without her knowing. She doesn't even know that I'm the head of the Black family now, meaning that we will not be needing Griphook's services." I say.

"But you can't just walk into Diagon Alley. They know you're with us now. You might be caught. I don't think it's a good idea." Harry says.

"It's the best idea and it's safer than the one you were planning. If Noel gets whatever our Aunt is hiding then she won't be stuck in Gringotts for breaking in like you will be if you go through with your plan." Draco says.

"Exactly. You took the words right out of my mouth Draco." I say.

"Noel…we aren't going to risk you getting caught by a Death Eater if you go by yourself because we can't all fit under the invisibility cloak to protect you." Harry says.

"I don't need protecting Harry. I know I can take care of myself. I'm a big girl." I say.

"That's not the point." Harry says. "I don't want you to go there by yourself."

"She won't be going by herself because I'm going with her." Draco says.

"I don't think that's the best choice since you are now marked for joining us." Harry says. That was a good sign since it sounds like he's admitting that Draco was part of the innermost circle now, things were moving slowly but they were moving. "It would be the same result if either Ron or I went with her."

"I could distort his features using magic." Mione suggests. "Or Ron, or yours Harry but it's really up to Noel who she wants to come with her to Gringotts."

"Then it's settled. Draco will come for me and we'll go to Gringotts together and meet you back here or somewhere else in case we are followed."

"No. We're coming to Diagon Alley together. I want to be there." Harry says.

"Why? It would be safer for you to stay away and I'll be fine with Draco. He'll take care of me." I say.

"If something goes down I want to be there just in case."

"If something did go down, I wouldn't want you to be there with the possibility of you getting caught up in the mess."

"I agree with Harry, I'd feel safer if we closer." Mione says.

"I'd feel safer if I knew you guys were safe." I say, folding my arms across my chest.

"I won't let you go through with this if we aren't nearby." Harry says stubbornly.

"Noel, you might as well let them come." Draco says. "They feel bad enough for what happened before, and nothing will happen okay so what's the point in making them stay behind. You didn't like it so why do the same to them in return?"

"But Draco-"

"No buts, now you wanted me to amuse you right? Let's go outside and I'll find someway to amuse you."

"Fine." I say reluctantly and follow him out of the room. "I hope your version of amusement is fun, because I will be very put out if it isn't."

"It will be."

"It better be."

"It will be." He assures me.

It wasn't as amusing as he said it would be. Why? His version of amusing was going outside on the lawn to duel with me and Luna, turning out to dueling with just him and Luna while I watched because I grew bored with their game. Luna had gotten a new wand from Olivander who was leaving for Ron's Aunt Muriel's place, where all the Weasley's we staying now minus Ron. So Luna and Draco were breaking in her wand. When it started to rain we came back inside, and Draco started to read again.

"Draco you are so boring and I am very put out. I am so disappointed." I say leaving the room to go help Fleur and Harry with dinner. "Rain, I don't like it." I say marching into the kitchen. "It's so rainy."

"You are always joking around. I theenk zat's so funny." Fleur smiles at me.

"I live to laugh." I shrug.

"And to embarrass herself and others." Draco says entering the kitchen.

"What? Were you bored with reading or were you missing my presence? I wasn't even gone that long." I say as Dean, Luna, Mione, and Ron enters the kitchen. A little while later Bill and Mr. Ollivander leaves to Aunt Muriels. Before we had finished the first course Bill returns.

"Mr. Ollivander has settled in. Everyone says hello." Bill says.

"What about Fred? Did he say anything?" I ask, hoping out of my seat looking hopefully at Bill. "He knows I'm here right?"

"Oh he knows…he told me to tell you don't do anything I wouldn't do. Whatever that means."

"Huh that's weird? Why would he say that?"

"I don't know. That's what Fred said to tell me and that he misses your neck. Who knows what he means by that?"

"Okay then." I sit back down blushing furiously.

"I wonder why he would be missing your neck." Draco whispering, almost as if he was reading my thoughts. During dinner I couldn't stop blushing when there is a bang on the door.

"Who is it?" Bill calls.

"It is I Remus John Lupin." A voice calls. "I am a werewolf, married to Nymphadora Tonks, and you, the Secret-Keeper of Shell Cottage, told me the address and bade me com in an emergency!" Emergency? What was wrong now? Bill gets the door and lets him in. "It's a boy! We've named him Ted, after Dora's father." Huh? Boy? Did that mean?

"Tonks gave birth!" I say excitedly. Remus nods and hugs every one of us before stopping at Draco. "I never thought I'd see you here Mr. Malfoy."

"Noel had shown me the error of my ways and gave me a chance." Draco says. "Congratulations on your baby boy Professor."

"Please. Call me Remus."

"Remus." Draco says shaking Remus's hand.

"You make a girl proud." I tell him as Remus moves on to hug Harry.

"You will be Godfather wont you?" Remus asks.

"M-me?" Harry stammers.

"Of course!"

"Tonks and I also would like you to be Godmother to the baby Noel." Remus says turning to me.

"Me? Why me?"

"You've gotten really close to Tonks and I over the summers and we thought it would be great to have both of my best friend's kids as his godparents."

"Okay. I would love to be Ted's Godmother. Wow…wait if Sirius and Tonk's were cousins does that make Tonk's my aunt? Does that mean Ted is also mine and Draco's cousin?"

"Draco is your cousin?" Ron asks.

"Yeah. We have similar blood." I say slinging my arm around his shoulders casually. Harry stands up and exits from the room.

"What's his problem?" Dean asks watching Harry.

"He doesn't like Noel being so casual with me I guess." Draco says pushing my arm off of him looking annoyed.

"That's not it." Mione says. "He's probably just tired."

"Maybe I should go talk to him." I offer.

"He'll be fine." Mione says.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah." I shrug and start to stare off into space. Maybe Mione was right. And maybe Draco was right too. What if Harry was both tired and didn't like me and Draco being close to each other? Draco is was his enemy for the longest time I'll give him that, but Draco is my friend now and he was just going to have to live with who I keep in my life. It wasn't any of his business at all who I was close with and he shouldn't get mad just because I am casual with Draco. It's not like Draco likes it. I just do it to annoy Draco and show to show affection, but I do that with everyone…except Harry now. "I'm going to bed. It was nice seeing you Remus."

"It was nice seeing you too Noel."

"Do you want me to come with you?" Draco asks.

"I'm just going to bed Draco. Goodnight."

"Goodnight." He says . I go upstairs to the room I was sharing with Luna, and Hermione to find Harry sitting on my cot staring out the window. "Harry what are you doing on my bed?"

"Oh I just…" He says getting up startled. "I didn't know it was yours."

"Right and I draped my clothes on the end of it for kicks. What's up?"

"Nothing. What's up with you?"

"I was going to bed. You?"

"Nothing. I'll be going now." He says getting up.

"Wait there was something I wanted to tell you."

"What is it?"

"I know you don't like Draco, and me and Draco being friends. I'm sorry but that's how it is."

"I get it. Draco was there when I decided to be a jerk to you and push you away. It's only natural that you'd find another best friend."

"I didn't find another best friend Harry."

"I know you hate me. I'm dead to you. What else is there left to say to make me feel guilty about leaving you behind? What else are you going to do to make sure that I never forget about hurting you all those times? I never meant to. It just happened and I'm really sorry about it. I really am. I just thought what I was doing was right and I convinced myself in some warped way that hurting you was the only way to keep you safe. I'm sorry. How many times do you want me to apologize for it until you forgive me?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"You want nothing to do with me and I know it's my fault. I'm always hurting you."

"You are."

"It's just that I have very few good things left in my life, you're one of them and I guess I just wanted you as far away from me as possible because anyone who has been ever close to me died."

"That's why you broke up with Ginny and pushed Remus away. I get that but I could have taken care of myself Harry. I don't need you protecting me. You should have realized in doing what the consequences were going to be."

"I did but at the time I thought it was worth it and I pushed Remus away because he had a kid coming along and Ginny, well I broke up with her for a different reason." He looks down at his shoes.

"So what now?" I ask. "What do you want?"

"I want us again. I want to be able to be your friend again. I want to be close to you again. I want to laugh with you again. I want us to be friends in the future."

"You're asking a lot of me."

"I know I am but I can't give you what you want because what you want isn't enough for me. I'm sorry but I'm going to bother you and harass you and show you that I can still be that guy that you first met in fifth year until you accept me as your friend again. I'm going to fight for you."

"Really?" I ask shocked. Is he really saying what I wanted him to tell me months ago? He's really fighting for me now?

"Yeah so don't give up on me yet."

"I don't know what to say."

"Just say yes."

"Yes what?"

"Yes to not giving up on me." Did I really want to say that? I was finally happy. I had Fred, Draco, and all the members of the DA supporting me, but Harry…no matter how much I tried to fight it, he has this hold on my heart.

"I…"

Dun dun dun. Tee Hee

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