When Harry returned to his common room later than night, he sat near the fire, thinking of what he could have possibly done wrong.
He acted like he really liked It, Harry thought. Harry suddenly yelled at himself.
"And since when did I say I loved him?!" Harry suddenly yelled out loud. Thankfully, there were only two people in the common room. Two first years who ran up to their dorms immediately, looking very scared.
Harry knew it was true. He had somehow known it all along. Although he denied it, it was all to no avail.
He had feelings for Draco, his worst enemy.
The next morning, after having several dreams about Draco hating him, Harry sat in the common room and waited for Ron and Hermione to wake up. He had no idea how to tell them.
"Maybe I should wait...I can't tell them yet...I don't know how those two will take something like this." Harry said out loud, again not realizing what he did until he did it. Thankfully, he didn't say anything too revealing.
"Tell us what?" It was Ron, who was standing next a just as confused looking Hermione.
"Ummm it's nothing!" Harry lied quickly, blushing red to rival Ron's hair.
"Don't tell me it's nothing! You looked very disturbed about something just now before I talked...now spill it, or I will take action! Don't think I won't lock you in a closet with Malfoy!" Ron yelled at him.
Harry smiled.
"What in the world is the matter with you?" Ron said, scared by the ear-to-ear smile on Harry's face.
"Nothing! Come on, let's go down for breakfast." Harry said, dragging Hermione and Ron out of the common room.
When they got there, however, Harry wanted to go right back up.
The Gryffindor table was buzzing with excited gossip.
"Harry! Sit now! QUICK!" Dean Thomas yelled.
Dean pulled Harry down beside him quickly and motioned for Seamus and Neville to come over there as well.
"Harry! What is all this? These two first years have been telling everyone in Gryffindor that you like someone. And they would have sworn you said 'he' too!" Seamus whispered.
"That's right! Remember what you said in that dream you wouldn't talk about! You said 'I love you' to someone! If it was a guy...maybe that's why you didn't want to talk about it!" Ron said.
Harry was utterly embarrassed. His secret had gotten out and he had barely known it for a day yet.
Hermione, however, thought the idea was totally idiotic.
"Come one you guys! Would you please stop naming names of people? Harry does not like a guy! Do you Harry?" Hermione asked him.
"N...no!" Harry said.
Well, Harry thought, it's the truth: I don't like a guy! I love him!
"Maybe it's you, Ron!" Seamus said, pointing at Ron and laughing.
"It is not!" Ron yelled. "It could just as easily be you!"
Both boys were now very red in the face.
"Maybe it's Justin!" Dean yelled.
Harry had become better friends with Justin in the past couple of years. But he was only a friend.
Naming of possible guys went on for almost the entire meal, and, to Harry's great relief, the name Draco never came up.
Harry had to go and talk to Sirius again. He knew that at least he wouldn't laugh at his feelings, and hopefully know what to do to help him.
That is, if Harry got through Care of magical creatures alive on Monday. He would be seeing Draco again, and also for the first time since the previous night.
When Harry walked near the paddock they would be working in today, he saw that Malfoy was already there, but, to the trio's huge surprise, he was standing as far as possible from Crabbe and Goyle.
He looked at Harry and smirked. Harry noticed the knife on a silver chain, dangling from one of his belt loops. Harry smiled. Draco did really like it.
As Draco walked toward them, the knife glittered in the sunlight. His pulse quickened.
"So, decided to get here a little early." Draco drawled.
"What's with you and Crabbe and Goyle?" Ron asked snobbishly.
"They aren't too happy with me right now...but I don't need them! They're idiots!"
Draco followed Harry's eyes as they went down to the knife again, and he smiled again.
"Like it, Potter?" He asked.
Of course, Draco knew it was from Harry, Harry knew that he gave it to Draco, but Ron and Hermione were clueless. Harry thought it'd be fun to play along.
"Yeah, actually I do! Where'd you get it?" Harry said quite normally, to Ron and Hermione's great surprise.
"Birthday present from someone VERY special!"
"Who?" Harry asked.
"When was your birthday?" Hermione asked.
"Friday was my birthday! Is that a problem with you, Mudblood?" Malfoy said.
"No! And why were you acting all friendly with Harry just now? Don't you hate us all?"
"I was not being friendly. I was just rubbing it in your faces that I got such a wonderful gift. I still hate you, don't worry!"
"Why do you hate Harry, anyway?" Ron broke in, asking the question he'd been dying to ask for years now.
"He didn't do anything to you!"
"I...I..." Draco stuttered. By the look of it, Harry had the feeling Draco might feel similar to what he felt, but Ron didn't know this.
"I know what it is!" Hermione said.
"It's because you got rejected by him! On the train! Harry didn't want to be friends with you and you were hurt. The only way you could get back at him is to be mean and live up to your Slytherin name!"
They all looked shocked at this, all except for Draco. He actually looked hurt. Harry wanted to comfort him more than anything.
But just then, Hagrid came booming next to them.
"Al righ' Harry?" Hagrid asked.
"Fine, Hagrid. Thanks." Harry said. And they went about their lesson quietly.
At the end of the lesson, Draco came up next to Harry. Harry was alone due to the fact that Ron and Hermione were both in the hospital wing, nursing some huge stings that Hagrid's creatures had given them.
"Meet me!" Draco said quietly to Harry as they walked.
"What?" Harry said, stopping.
Draco brought his face close to Harry's and put his mouth to his ear so that only he could hear him.
"Meet me in the corridor by my common room. You know where that is."
Draco's hot breath on Harry's neck and ear made Harry shiver.
Draco walked away.
Later, instead of eating lunch, Harry went to Sirius again.
He had to tell Sirius this...and just hoped he wouldn't laugh or anything.
He sheepishly knocked on the door, and when his godfather opened the door, Harry shook. He was scared of telling Sirius.
"S-sirius..." Harry began.
"Can I tell you something?"
"Of course, Harry!" Sirius said, patting Harry's shoulder.
"I'm kind of nervous...to talk about this..."
"It's ok Harry! I'm like your father! You can tell me!" Sirius said.
"Well, I'm in love with someone!" Harry said.
"Ok! Who is it? Cho...no I know that already...Parvati, Lavender, maybe Hermione!" Sirius ticked names off on his fingers.
"Sirius...you're way off! And I mean WAY off!"
"Do you mean to say...?" Sirius said, seeming to come to a realization.
Harry nodded.
"Who is it? Ron?"
Harry just shook his head.
"Seamus? Dean?"
He shook his head again.
"Who is it?"
"Please don't laugh!" Harry pleaded.
"Of course I won't! Now tell me!" Sirius said, giving Harry a comforting smile.
"It's Draco! Ok! Draco Malfoy!" He yelled.
A couple of second year Ravenclaws paused and laughed, and then ran away.
Harry hoped that didn't have a clue what he was talking about.
"Ok, that's the last person I would think you would...love!" Sirius said.
"Yeah, me too! I just realized it, but somehow I've know it all along..." Harry said.
Harry explained all about the birthday party and then the care of Magical Creatures class.
"Then he asked me to meet him in the corridor leading to his common room. Should I go?"
"Go! Who knows? Anything could happen!"
Harry left.
The biggest factor of it all would be getting rid of everyone, and if he said he was going off, people would think he was going off with his boyfriend.
Harry headed toward his Divination lesson, deciding he would go, but not knowing what was in store for him.
He acted like he really liked It, Harry thought. Harry suddenly yelled at himself.
"And since when did I say I loved him?!" Harry suddenly yelled out loud. Thankfully, there were only two people in the common room. Two first years who ran up to their dorms immediately, looking very scared.
Harry knew it was true. He had somehow known it all along. Although he denied it, it was all to no avail.
He had feelings for Draco, his worst enemy.
The next morning, after having several dreams about Draco hating him, Harry sat in the common room and waited for Ron and Hermione to wake up. He had no idea how to tell them.
"Maybe I should wait...I can't tell them yet...I don't know how those two will take something like this." Harry said out loud, again not realizing what he did until he did it. Thankfully, he didn't say anything too revealing.
"Tell us what?" It was Ron, who was standing next a just as confused looking Hermione.
"Ummm it's nothing!" Harry lied quickly, blushing red to rival Ron's hair.
"Don't tell me it's nothing! You looked very disturbed about something just now before I talked...now spill it, or I will take action! Don't think I won't lock you in a closet with Malfoy!" Ron yelled at him.
Harry smiled.
"What in the world is the matter with you?" Ron said, scared by the ear-to-ear smile on Harry's face.
"Nothing! Come on, let's go down for breakfast." Harry said, dragging Hermione and Ron out of the common room.
When they got there, however, Harry wanted to go right back up.
The Gryffindor table was buzzing with excited gossip.
"Harry! Sit now! QUICK!" Dean Thomas yelled.
Dean pulled Harry down beside him quickly and motioned for Seamus and Neville to come over there as well.
"Harry! What is all this? These two first years have been telling everyone in Gryffindor that you like someone. And they would have sworn you said 'he' too!" Seamus whispered.
"That's right! Remember what you said in that dream you wouldn't talk about! You said 'I love you' to someone! If it was a guy...maybe that's why you didn't want to talk about it!" Ron said.
Harry was utterly embarrassed. His secret had gotten out and he had barely known it for a day yet.
Hermione, however, thought the idea was totally idiotic.
"Come one you guys! Would you please stop naming names of people? Harry does not like a guy! Do you Harry?" Hermione asked him.
"N...no!" Harry said.
Well, Harry thought, it's the truth: I don't like a guy! I love him!
"Maybe it's you, Ron!" Seamus said, pointing at Ron and laughing.
"It is not!" Ron yelled. "It could just as easily be you!"
Both boys were now very red in the face.
"Maybe it's Justin!" Dean yelled.
Harry had become better friends with Justin in the past couple of years. But he was only a friend.
Naming of possible guys went on for almost the entire meal, and, to Harry's great relief, the name Draco never came up.
Harry had to go and talk to Sirius again. He knew that at least he wouldn't laugh at his feelings, and hopefully know what to do to help him.
That is, if Harry got through Care of magical creatures alive on Monday. He would be seeing Draco again, and also for the first time since the previous night.
When Harry walked near the paddock they would be working in today, he saw that Malfoy was already there, but, to the trio's huge surprise, he was standing as far as possible from Crabbe and Goyle.
He looked at Harry and smirked. Harry noticed the knife on a silver chain, dangling from one of his belt loops. Harry smiled. Draco did really like it.
As Draco walked toward them, the knife glittered in the sunlight. His pulse quickened.
"So, decided to get here a little early." Draco drawled.
"What's with you and Crabbe and Goyle?" Ron asked snobbishly.
"They aren't too happy with me right now...but I don't need them! They're idiots!"
Draco followed Harry's eyes as they went down to the knife again, and he smiled again.
"Like it, Potter?" He asked.
Of course, Draco knew it was from Harry, Harry knew that he gave it to Draco, but Ron and Hermione were clueless. Harry thought it'd be fun to play along.
"Yeah, actually I do! Where'd you get it?" Harry said quite normally, to Ron and Hermione's great surprise.
"Birthday present from someone VERY special!"
"Who?" Harry asked.
"When was your birthday?" Hermione asked.
"Friday was my birthday! Is that a problem with you, Mudblood?" Malfoy said.
"No! And why were you acting all friendly with Harry just now? Don't you hate us all?"
"I was not being friendly. I was just rubbing it in your faces that I got such a wonderful gift. I still hate you, don't worry!"
"Why do you hate Harry, anyway?" Ron broke in, asking the question he'd been dying to ask for years now.
"He didn't do anything to you!"
"I...I..." Draco stuttered. By the look of it, Harry had the feeling Draco might feel similar to what he felt, but Ron didn't know this.
"I know what it is!" Hermione said.
"It's because you got rejected by him! On the train! Harry didn't want to be friends with you and you were hurt. The only way you could get back at him is to be mean and live up to your Slytherin name!"
They all looked shocked at this, all except for Draco. He actually looked hurt. Harry wanted to comfort him more than anything.
But just then, Hagrid came booming next to them.
"Al righ' Harry?" Hagrid asked.
"Fine, Hagrid. Thanks." Harry said. And they went about their lesson quietly.
At the end of the lesson, Draco came up next to Harry. Harry was alone due to the fact that Ron and Hermione were both in the hospital wing, nursing some huge stings that Hagrid's creatures had given them.
"Meet me!" Draco said quietly to Harry as they walked.
"What?" Harry said, stopping.
Draco brought his face close to Harry's and put his mouth to his ear so that only he could hear him.
"Meet me in the corridor by my common room. You know where that is."
Draco's hot breath on Harry's neck and ear made Harry shiver.
Draco walked away.
Later, instead of eating lunch, Harry went to Sirius again.
He had to tell Sirius this...and just hoped he wouldn't laugh or anything.
He sheepishly knocked on the door, and when his godfather opened the door, Harry shook. He was scared of telling Sirius.
"S-sirius..." Harry began.
"Can I tell you something?"
"Of course, Harry!" Sirius said, patting Harry's shoulder.
"I'm kind of nervous...to talk about this..."
"It's ok Harry! I'm like your father! You can tell me!" Sirius said.
"Well, I'm in love with someone!" Harry said.
"Ok! Who is it? Cho...no I know that already...Parvati, Lavender, maybe Hermione!" Sirius ticked names off on his fingers.
"Sirius...you're way off! And I mean WAY off!"
"Do you mean to say...?" Sirius said, seeming to come to a realization.
Harry nodded.
"Who is it? Ron?"
Harry just shook his head.
"Seamus? Dean?"
He shook his head again.
"Who is it?"
"Please don't laugh!" Harry pleaded.
"Of course I won't! Now tell me!" Sirius said, giving Harry a comforting smile.
"It's Draco! Ok! Draco Malfoy!" He yelled.
A couple of second year Ravenclaws paused and laughed, and then ran away.
Harry hoped that didn't have a clue what he was talking about.
"Ok, that's the last person I would think you would...love!" Sirius said.
"Yeah, me too! I just realized it, but somehow I've know it all along..." Harry said.
Harry explained all about the birthday party and then the care of Magical Creatures class.
"Then he asked me to meet him in the corridor leading to his common room. Should I go?"
"Go! Who knows? Anything could happen!"
Harry left.
The biggest factor of it all would be getting rid of everyone, and if he said he was going off, people would think he was going off with his boyfriend.
Harry headed toward his Divination lesson, deciding he would go, but not knowing what was in store for him.