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Neville smiled as he slid into his seat next to Draco who was frowning at the paper and spooning cheerios into his mouth, "You look almost adult." Neville said with a small grin and Draco looked at him in disgust, cheerios falling out of his mouth, Neville laughed and grabbed a piece of toast. "So what's new in the world?" Neville asked as he chewed his food.

"Must you speak with food in your mouth?" Draco asked, his lip curling and Lucius chuckled as Neville's cheeks flushed.

Neville swallowed his toast, "Sorree." He drawled, "So?"

"Same old, people dying, people fighting." Draco shrugged. "They want Dumbledore to tell them everything will be okay…" He rolled his eyes and folded the paper up before tapping Neville on the head with it before putting it on the table again. "Sorry I didn't wake you." Draco said, "I was up at like six so…"

"Well in that case I'm glad you left me." Neville laughed, taking another piece of toast.

"Want some coffee?" Lucius asked.

"Ooh please." Neville smiled.

Lucius smirked, "Well make a whole pot when you do, I'd rather like some too." He said and Draco gave a small chuckle as Neville pulled a face and stood up to make some coffee. "Does everyone want some?" He grumbled.

"Go on then." Draco smiled.

"Want some what?" Harry mumbled as he slid into a seat.

Neville yawned, "Coffee." He said when he'd finished and went back to making a pot.

"Urgh." Harry grunted and grabbed the paper off the table, flipping it open as Neville put the pot of coffee down along with some mugs. "Thought you like coffee?" Lucius frowned.

"I do, just not Nev's." Harry smirked.

Draco frowned, "What's wrong with it?" He asked cautiously, looking down at the mug he had just poured himself.

"Nothing's wrong with it!" Neville snapped and Draco gave him a trusting smile before sipping at the coffee and promptly spitting it out, "Oh merlin, what did you do to it?"

"Nothing! It's just coffee!" Neville said angrily.

Lucius took a sip of his own and managed not to grimace, "Perhaps I should make another pot." He murmured and Neville scowled. Draco smiled and wrapped an arm around his boyfriend, "It's just coffee babe, you can do loads of other stuff." He murmured gently.

"Hmm." Neville grunted but he was smiling.

"When did you make Harry coffee anyway?" Draco asked, slightly louder.

Harry chuckled, "We got well pissed after one of the quidditch games and our whole dorm went down to the kitchen where Nev insisted on making the coffee rather than letting the house elves do it. He even made one of the poor sods cry they were so upset at not being allowed to serve us."

Draco rolled his eyes, "So you're a nasty drunk?" He asked Neville teasingly.

"Stubborn, not nasty." Neville corrected with a laugh. Lucius rolled his eyes as he put another pot of coffee on the table and ignored the worried looks Harry and Neville shot at him when they noticed he was there.

"No-one else up yet?" Neville asked, changing the subject quickly.

"If they are then they haven't come down." Lucius replied, pouring out a mug of coffee, adding milk and leaving the room. He headed straight upstairs, going to his and Sev's room but paused outside the room when he saw Sirius coming down the corridor, "Morning."

"Hey, waking Sev up for the staff meeting at the school?" Sirius guessed, "Just had to force Rem to get his arse out of bed." He added with a chuckle.

"Sev's shattered after last night." Lucius murmured, "Anyone would think he'd been shagging all night."

Sirius laughed, "Bless him." They'd spent most of yesterday evening, and into the night, just talking and kissing, all four of them, slowly coming to terms with their new relationship.

"Come wake Sev up with me?" Lucius offered.

"Alright…" Sirius said cautiously, following Lucius into the bedroom and closing the door behind himself. Severus was lying on the bed fast asleep, his arms wrapped around one of the pillows. "Aww." Sirius giggled, sitting on the edge of the bed.

Lucius placed the mug of coffee on the bedside table and gently shook Severus' shoulder, "Sweetie?"

"Go 'way." Severus grumbled, pulling the pillow over his head.

"Sevvie, you have to wake up now babe. You need to be at Hogwarts in an hour." Lucius said.

"Yeah, come on Sev." Sirius said and Severus sat up, frowning at Sirius and then at Lucius before smiling.

"I could get used to waking up like this." He grinned, "Where's Remmie?"

Sirius smiled, "Shower." He explained as Lucius handed Sev the mug of coffee and kissed him gently, turning and smiling slightly as Sirius watched.

"Want one?" Severus smirked, leaning to plant a firm kiss on Sirius' lips and making the man squeak. Lucius gave a small smile, it was taking some getting used to this situation but he did feel quite comfortable already. "I should get up." Severus mumbled, sighing at the thought.

"Yes, yes you should." Lucius agreed, "Come on Sirius." He added, grabbing Sirius' arm, "If we hang around then Sev'll just stay in bed and talk. The only way to get him out of bed is to abandon him and then tempt him with pancakes."

Severus grinned, "Pancakes!"

"See?" Lucius laughed as he dragged Sirius from the room. They bumped into Remus and James on the landing, "You okay?" Lucius asked, noticing James' pained expression.

"Over did it on the wine last night." James mumbled,

Sirius laughed, "There should be a hangover potion in the kitchen cupboard." He said as they headed down the corridor, "And Luc promised pancakes, they always help with a hangover."

James gave a small smile before wincing as they heard loud laughter from the kitchen, "Boys are up I take it." He muttered as he walked into the kitchen, raising an eyebrow at the fact that most of the packet of frosties were on the floor.

"Oh… Hi." Harry said, giving the adults a sheepish grin.

Lucius rolled his eyes, "Any chance you three could clear this up?"

Neville pulled a face, "It was Harry's fault." He muttered and Draco looked at him in surprise.

"I'm sure we can help." He told his boyfriend before pulling his wand from his pocket, "And since Harry can't do magic without getting arrested by the ministry I suppose I can do it." He added with a small laugh, casting a quick charm and flying the cereal to the bin.

Harry's cheeks were flushed, "Sorry, I know it's a waste of money, I just tripped…"

"Hey, it's fine. Accidents happen." Lucius smiled as he got to work on the pancakes.

"I can pay you back the -"

"Harry, it's fine." Lucius assured the teenager, knowing that Harry was drawing on his experience at the Dursleys and was expecting to get yelled at.

Harry continued to look worried but he gave a small nod and smiled as Draco grabbed his arm, "You still want to meet my baby?" He asked.

"Yeah!" Harry grinned and they both turned and left the kitchen quickly.

"Pancakes will be ready soon!" Lucius yelled after them.

Neville scowled at the kitchen door and sat down on one of the chairs, "Who's Draco's baby?" Remus asked.

"Guitar." Neville muttered, still scowling.

James raised a slight eyebrow and was about to ask what was up when Draco's head appeared in the door again, "You coming or what?" He asked Neville who suddenly smiled and leapt up, following Draco up the stairs.

"Teenagers are so bloody confusing." James mumbled, sitting down at the table. "We were never that bad were we?"

"We were worse!" Sirius laughed.

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Draco strummed a few chords and Harry smiled, "It is a beautiful guitar." He admitted.

"She's my angel." Draco said, "And nothing or no-one will ever compare." He added in a baby voice, stroking his fingers over the strings and laughing as Neville gave him a disturbed head shake. "I'm kidding of course, well kind of. She is special."

"Why is she a she?" Neville asked as Draco placed the guitar back down.

"Dunno… Just sort of is… When I first bought it the man in the shop said 'She's a beauty' and it kind of stuck." Draco shrugged.

They all looked up as they heard Lucius yell, "Pancakes are done!"

"You coming?" Neville asked.

"Nah, not hungry…" Draco said, "Already ate loads of cereal."

"Snap." Harry nodded.

Neville gave a small nod and stayed where he was, Draco smiled, "You go, me and Harry'll just play guitar and see you later." He said gently.

"If you're sure…" Neville muttered, leaving the room.

Draco frowned slightly and Harry raised an eyebrow, "He's being all clingy." The Blonde shrugged, picking his guitar up again.

"Well you did have sex… And what with it being his first time… Maybe he's scared you wont respect him now."

Draco raised an eyebrow, "That's ridiculous." He said.

"Maybe but…" Harry trailed off and shrugged.

"I think he's scared of me cheating on him…" Draco said, wrinkling his nose as he strummed some more on his guitar, "I got too close to my ex and panicked so slept with Blaise… Nev thinks I'll do the same to him."

Harry frowned slightly, "Will you?" He asked.

"Nah, I don't think so." Draco said, sounding uncertain as he began to play his guitar properly.

"Is that greenday?" Harry asked in surprise, changing the subject, "How do you know greenday?"

Draco shrugged again, "We're not as cut off from the muggle world as you like to think, we just hide it well." He said, giving a small smile as Harry moved and sat next to him, "You know the words?" He asked Harry.

"Yes…" Harry said cautiously.

"Sing it for me."

Harry frowned and looked away, a look of confusion in his eyes, "Why?" He asked quietly.

"Because you have an amazing voice." Draco said bluntly, "And I want to hear it go with my music…"

Harry stared at Draco for a moment before nodding slowly and opening his mouth, waiting for Draco to restart the music. "Another turning point; a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the wrist; directs you where to go. So make the best of this test and don't ask why. It's not a question but a lesson learned in time. It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life..." He trailed off as Draco stopped playing and put down his guitar, "Why d'you stop?"

"I… You should go pro. Like proper contracts and stuff… Your voice is just, it's amazing."

Harry flushed, "Umm thanks, I think." He mumbled, looking at the floor before glancing up at Draco through his eyelashes. "I don't tend to… I don't really feel comfortable singing for people." He admitted

"So why did you sing for me?" Draco frowned.

Harry pulled a slight face, "Because you get it. You feel the same with your guitar. You were sharing that with me so…"

"Yes but the first day you came here you sang for me." Draco pointed out.

"I did? I don't remember… Oh wait, yeah I did… Umm… Dunno." Harry shrugged, "Guess I just decided to trust you."

Draco gave a small smile, "I'm glad you did." He murmured, moving his hand to brush Harry's hair from where it had fallen into his face.

"Thanks." Harry croaked and they stared at each other for a while.

"I think I might go get a pancake actually." Draco said suddenly, standing up and putting his guitar down on the bed. "Coming?"

"Umm yeah, In a min." Harry nodded, watching as Draco left quickly. Harry sighed and flopped backwards onto the bed, narrowly missing the guitar. He tried to figure out what had just happened between him and Draco but, drawing a blank, he stood up and headed downstairs too, figuring that pancakes could always help. Everyone was sat around the big table in the kitchen when Harry walked in and he slid into the spare seat next to Remus, mumbling a thanks as the man handed him a plate with a pancake on. "You okay?" Remus asked quietly.

"Yeah." Harry nodded before sighing, "I… I dunno, it's complicated like."

"Well you can talk to me later, only if you want to obviously."

Harry gave a small smile, "Thanks." He said, "So what time is the staff meeting?"

"Ten so I'll pop you the Weasley's at about ten to. You all set?" Remus asked.

Harry shrugged, "Umm I think so."

"Good." Remsu nodded as he took a gulp of tea, "'Cause it's already quarter too." He added, looking up at the clock, "I'll just go grab my papers." He stood up then and kissed Sirius quickly on the head before leaving. Harry gave a small smile as he looked around the room, watching as Lucius ducked away from the spoon of syrup Severus tried to shove in his face, watching James feed Lily pancakes whilst trying to maintain a conversation with Draco and Sirius. "Ready?" Remus asked from next to him, resting his hand on Harry's shoulder.

Harry nodded, "Yeah, yeah…"


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