AUTHORS NOTE: This is my first Harry and Draco slash, it is straight of the press so to speak, so its not beta read and might not be very good quality. But hey I like it.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry or Draco or anything else related to Harry Potter, they are property of JKR, Time Warner, Bloomsbury and anyone else I forgot to mention. But the plot is mine. No sticky fingers.
RATING: R for slashy thoughts and actions. (They will come honestly)
PAIRINGS: Harry/Draco Hermione/Ron
NOTE: Thanks for the reviews, especially to Blue Yeti, whose advice pointed out some problems with the chapter. As I said it is my first fic and it won't b perfect, I only hope that you will be able to enjoy it. Yes I know that Sirius is the brightest star in the sky, just under Orion's left foot. However, this fic is set late October so if you look at a North facing window Sirius is of to the west horizon, and normally obscured by the mountains of Scotland, which is where Hogwarts is situated. Why Scotland? Well its a five hour non-stop journey on the Hogwarts Express, that would make it either somewhere in the sea off Wales or Anglia, or Scotland. As to Draco resisting more to Hermione's administrations, read on.
Astronomical Emotions
Draco was sat on a cushion with Ron and Hermione. His arm had been mostly healed by some extra-curricular magic that Hermione had picked up from the library. The tension had eased slightly but Draco still sniffed back the odd tear. Hermione had her hand on Draco's knee trying to comfort him, and Ron was fidgeting madly trying his best not to say anything. He didn't like Malfoy, and the fact that Malfoy was interested in Harry made him fume; but the thought that Harry may have similar feelings for Malfoy was too hard to believe. And why the hell does 'Mione have her hand on his knee?
Ron was still pretty annoyed at having his midnight romp interrupted by a sobbing Malfoy, inconsiderate bastard. Still, he wouldn't say anything, otherwise he would get the silent treatment for the rest of the week. Still this was a weird situation, Malfoy being all weak and so-out-of-character. He thought that Malfoy would have rather jumped out of the window than let Hermione tend to his wounds. He better not fancy her too, else I'll whack him from wherever he crawled from.
"Granger?" Draco murmured slowly.
"Yes Malfoy?" Came a caring voice.
"Can I trust you to keep this incident between us?" He looked over to Ron who avoided his eye contact. "Him too."
Hermione nodded. "For the moment I think this is best kept quiet." She stood up as if to leave. "We should go now. Its getting too late."
"Wait!" Draco grabbed her sleeve. "Why do people trust you?" He asked as if his life depended on it. She shrugged at his question. "Why did you help me, when you could have walked away?"
"Malfoy," she said pulling her arm back. "Even inside you there is goodness. It just needs to be exercised more." She joined hands with Ron who was still fidgeting uncontrollably and dragged him out of the door.
Draco looked around the room and at the knife lodged in the floorboard. He felt sick. He wondered where the real Malfoy had got to. He had really let himself slip this last week. He wasn't going to fail this time. He was going to do what he wanted, after all a Malfoy always gets his way. He stood up and took a deep breath and raked his platinum hair out of his eyes.
Bed, he thought. He needed sleep. He could rest soundly tonight knowing that the one he loved will soon be wooed.
* * *
Harry was eating his breakfast as he sat at the Gryffindor table, it was a Saturday morning, so there was no need to hurry to any lessons. Harry looked tired, he had been having trouble sleeping for a while now. He kept on having a recurring dream that involved a fight and a big battle, Sirius was there and so was Hermione and Ron, but so was Draco. He never saw the connection but just assumed it was his mind wandering. He pushed another piece if sausage into his mouth.
"Harry, you look really awful, have you been sleeping well?" Hermione asked, always the observant one.
Harry blinked. "Yeah, well... no, been having this weird dream, its nothing really just can't seem to shake it." Harry ate more sausage. "Anyway I wanna know what you and Ron were doing out of bed last night."
Ron paused reaching for some bacon. "Umm, Harry, where exactly did you see us?" He never looked to see if Harry was asleep when he crept out. Damn, Harry was always known for his nightly wanderings.
"I was just going for a walk in the grounds, heading up the stairs. I lost you on the fifth floor until I realised where you went." Harry said knowingly.
"Where we went...?" Ron prompted, uncertainly.
"Come on, Ron, this is me here, Harry. You and Hermione were in the Astronomy Tower together, and there is no classes on on a Friday." Harry smiled.
Hermione looked worried. "Harry you didn't see anything you shouldn't have did you?" She hoped.
Harry laughed and assured her he didn't see anything. "No, I left you to it." He took a drink of his Orange Juice. "But why didn't you tell me that you two were together. I could have... loaned you the cloak."
Hermione hushed Harry. "Hush! Don't blab about the cloak."
Harry rubbed his sleepy eyes. Hermione was right he should have thought about it, but his eyes had made contact with something they shouldn't have. Across the room he saw Malfoy, he was nearly asleep in his bacon. His hair was still immaculately kept and its platinum-like colour seemed to fill the room. His robes looked like they had been magically ironed and his black shoes polished to a sparkle. He felt hate bubble up from his gut and his breath quickened. He licked his lips. Damn he hated that boy.
The shutters high in the rafters burst open and tons of owls began to fly in carrying various packages. Harry spotted Hedwig and a a few letters she had in her Talons. She dropped the letters on top of Harry's sausages much to his distaste. "Urgh, greasy letters!" Hermione grabbed his copy of the Daily Prophet as he opened the first letter.
It was from Snuffles, he would be in Hogsmeade on Sunday in the usual place. Well that certainly brightened up the weekend. He passed the letter to Ron, who whooped with pleasure. Harry opened the second letter, he didn't recognise the handwriting. He unfolded the parchment and read the words.
Potter,
Meet me in Room 503
on the sixth floor at Midnight tonight. Tell no one, bring a wand if you don't
trust me.
Draco Malfoy
Trust him? Is he joking, why would he think he might trust him? He'd take a Howitzer if he could get it in the school. He screwed up the parchment and tossed it to one side. He heard a scuffle of a chair from across the room. He turned in time to see Malfoy walking out the hall.
"What was that one Harry." Ron asked pointing to the screwed up letter.
"Uh, just junk mail."
"Whats junk mail?" Ron quizzed.
Hermione nudged Ron. "Its mail you never asked for!"
Harry got up from his chair, he suddenly didn't feel hungry any more.
* * *
Draco kicked the common room wall. It was not what he wanted. Not now. He threw the letter into the fireplace hoping that it would solve his problems. He could just pretend he didn't see it. But his father was coming to Hogwarts today. The letter said that his mother had gone missing and his father was coming to Hogwarts to collect Draco, in case he was abducted too. Draco know it was all a pile of rubbish, and it was some plan that needed Draco at home but he had more important things to do. He rubbed his wrist that still had a mark where Hermione hadn't been able to remove the whole incision. It also messed up the plans he had. He looked at the second note he held.
Malfoy
Meet me in Room 503 on the sixth floor at Midnight tonight.
Tell no one, bring a wand if you don't trust me.
Potter
Had Granger and Weasel blabbed? He would have to find a fitting curse if they had. In the meantime he had to tell Harry that he couldn't meet him. But then, there was no time like the present.
END of CHAPTER 2
A/N: There is a plot, and it will appear in the next chapter. Please R&R, I need to improve my standards of writing, and only you can do it by telling me where I am messing up. Also I need someone to beta for me. This is straight out of my head.