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Some Kind Of Feeling
Chapter Seven.
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The car ride home was spent in silence with Lily worriedly looking back at her quiet son. She could guess that that was the man that James was complaining about before. She glanced back at her son through the rear-view mirror. He was sitting with his head bowed. He wasn't cry anymore, thank God. It hurt her to see her baby in pain. She had never been so angry in her entire life! How dare that man force himself on her baby boy! If she ever saw him again, she'd rip him a new one. When they made it home, Harry didn't even say anything. He gathered his bags and made his way into the house.
" Harry?" Harry jumped a little, having been startled out of his thoughts. He looked into the living room where, to his complete surprise, sat his Father chatting with Draco. They both looked concerned upon noticing the dried tearstains and rumpled appearance. Harry only sniffled and continued upstairs, just as Lily walked in the door and shut it behind her.
" What happened Mrs. Potter?" Draco asked, slightly resisting the urge to go up to Harry's room. Lily set the bags down and stared at them with an angry expression, one that only mothers could conjure, one that even gave Draco the chills.
" That . . .bastard harassed my son!" She shrieked angrily.
" What are you talking about?" James demanded.
" Remember that man you were complaining about before, a few months ago? The one who purposely ran into Harry?" She asked. James nodded. " I was going back to the car, figuring that Harry had went to wait for me there and found that man, forcing himself on him!" She exclaimed. Both men's expressions darkened considerably.
" What does he look like, Mrs. Potter." He said, fully intent on causing extreme bodily harm on this man.
" Around the same height as you, black, spiked hair and violet eyes, why?" Draco scowled, looking a lot like his father at the moment.
" He's the same freak who bumped into Harry at the Library in October and then at the Halloween dance." He hissed. " Don't tell me he's been following Harry around since then!" He exclaimed.
" Harry hasn't told anyone if that man has." James said worriedly.
" Do you mind if I go talk to him?" Draco asked.
" Go ahead." Lily said. Draco thanked her and walked up the steps. He knew which room was Harry's only because of the movement behind the closed door. He knocked.
" Can I come in Harry?" There was a short moment of silence before the door opened. Harry looked devastated. It was obvious that he was holding some emotion back but Draco had always noticed that he wasn't good at hiding emotions. They tended to leak out through his dazzling emerald eyes. Harry stepped aside and he walked into the room of blue and silver. He took a quick appreciative glance around the room before looking back at Harry who was now finishing the wrappings of a present.
" I suppose you want to know what happened." Harry said softly. Draco walked over to Harry's bed where he was sitting, on the foot of the bed, and sat next to the boy. He stopped Harry's hands from going to wrap the next present and held them in his own. Harry looked up at him with watery emerald eyes.
" I think it would help you if you told me." Draco replied. Harry nodded and took a breath before beginning.
~o00o~
Tom Riddle was pissed.
He sat in an empty parking lot, in his car, smoking a fag. He always got like this when he was really pissed. He spent a long time making that picture of his beautiful Harry. He had a whole lot more too. There were sketches, photo's, and paintings. He wanted Harry to be famous through his art but he also wanted the boy to love him and only him. Why couldn't he just accept him? Was he really that bad?
Harry should be happy that he has someone so devoted to him, Tom thought. He should be glad that there was someone out there that knew everything about him and was his perfect match in every way. Hell, they almost looked alike besides the height, age, eye, and hair-length differences.
Tom's violet eyes watched as a sleek looking black limo parked two spaces away. One of the tinted windows rolled down and he found himself looking into a pair of ice blue eyes not unlike that Malfoy brat who ruined his possible dance with Harry in October.
" Mr. Riddle." The man said cordially. Tom eyed him warily. The aristocratic man before him didn't strike him as warm in any way.
" Mr. Malfoy." He said slowly. " Can I help you with something?" He asked. Lucius' eye's glittered darkly.
" As a matter of fact, you can. Care for a walk?" Lucius asked, stepping out of the Limo. Tom knew that he had no other choice but to do as the man said. He sighed and stepped out of his car. He shut and locked it before flicking his cigarette to the ground and smashing it with his foot. A thin stream of smoke came from his barely parted lips as he looked up at the blonde man.
As they walked in silence, Tom took the time to observe the man. He looked exactly like his brat of a son, like he was higher than everyone else and with a cold, icy glint in his eyes. The man walked gracefully in his Black trench coat, dark blue silk dress shirt, perfectly pressed slacks and shined to perfection shoes. The man could probably fall down a flight of stairs and still look graceful doing it.
" What did you want, Mr. Malfoy?" Tom asked, breaking their silence as they walked through the snowy park. The park was in no way empty. There were children scattered everywhere, throwing snowballs and building snowmen.
" Some time ago, I became aware of your . . .infatuation." He said the word almost disgustedly. " With Harry Potter."
" And?"
" And I would like to offer my services to you." He said silkily. " I can help you get the boy." Tom eyed him strangely.
"I suppose you want some kind of payment?"
He laughed. " I don't need anymore money Mr. Riddle." He told the younger man. " I'll be happy knowing that young Mr. Potter is in your hands, preferably hidden from the outside world and away from my son." He ended icily. Tom raised an eyebrow.
" Really? Hm . . ." He said in thought. This man was giving him an offer he couldn't possibly pass up. They stopped in the middle of the path, Lucius looking expectantly at the dark haired man. " I assume you have some kind of plan to get me Harry?" Tom inquired. Lucius smiled a triumphant look in his eyes.
" Of course."
~o00o~
After Harry finished telling Draco all about Tom and what he had been doing, Harry curled up in Draco's lap, much to the older boy's surprise.
" Draco, he was in my room." Harry mumbled against the blonde's dark green button down shirt. " He was in here long enough to sketch a picture of me. How many times do you think he's been here? Watching me, probably touching me--"
" Harry, please stop." Draco pleaded. " Don't do this to yourself." He said.
" . . .Sorry." He said guiltily.
" Look, how about we forget about this until after Christmas?" Draco suggested. " We should be decorating trees and throwing snowballs at people. Not wallowing about this freak. I'll deal with him later. Right now, I just want to be with you." He said. Harry looked up at him with a contemplating look. Harry suddenly smiled and pulled Draco down for a kiss, surprising the teen whom hadn't expected that.
" I think I have to agree Mr. Malfoy." Harry said after a while. He sat up in Draco's arms and grinned. Draco's look of confusion swiftly turned into a look of surprise when Harry pushed him back against the bed and straddled him with an impish grin on his face. Draco scoot upwards on the bed so they weren't nearly hanging off it. It wasn't hard with Harry on him; the boy was almost dreadfully thin.
" Well, Mr. Potter, are you up for some major Snoggage?" He raised an elegant eyebrow. Harry mirrored him.
" Only if you are."
(A/n: I know, I know. Totally out of character Harry. Give him a break! He's trying to forget the freak known as Tom for the moment. You know you liked it!)
~o00o~
Hermione, oblivious of the things going on, was in London shopping. Her parents had decided to shop in London before heading out to see her Grandmother. Hermione had already gotten everything she needed for her friends and family and was heading back to the car to wait for her parents when she bumped into a familiar face.
" Oh! It's you!" She exclaimed, feeling her face heat up. " I er . . .never caught your name that time, did I?" She said shyly. The teen smiled.
" Viktor Krum." He said in a deep, baritone voice. He spoke with a heavy Bulgarian accent. " I never caught your name, either."
" Hermione Granger." She smiled.
" Vould you like to go for some hot chocolate?" He asked hesitantly. Hermione noticed a café across the street. She was sure her parents wouldn't mind if she went for a quick cup of chocolate.
" I'd love to, Viktor."
~o00o~
Jake came home about 40 minutes after Draco went to Harry's room (A/N: hehe.), with Sirius and Remus. They carried all kinds of presents and decorations in their hands as they walked into the living room.
" Hello!" Sirius greeted jovially. He was dressed in a comfy looking red sweater with a Santa's hat on his head and jeans. Remus was wearing a green sweater and khakis and Jake was dressed in a red hoodie and baggy jeans. Lily and James who were having a rather heated discussion about Tom stopped and put on strained smiles for their friends and son.
" Oh, hey guys!" James grinned.
" Can you help us bring in the tree? It's kind of big." Remus asked, placing the presents he was carrying on the couch.
" Sure."
After they got the tree all set up, in front of the windows, next to the T.V, they rested a bit. The presents were already under the tree and the box of Tree ornaments were out. James and Lily sat next to each other, Sirius next to Lily. Remus and Jake sat on the floor in front of them.
" Hey, where's Harry?" Sirius asked suddenly.
" He's upstairs." Lily told him. " With Draco." Sirius' grin turned mischievous and Lily smacked him. " Get your mind out of the gutter, Sirius Black!" She exclaimed. She couldn't help but smile though. Remus and James laughed a little. Jake, upon hearing this information scowled. James noticed and sighed heavily.
" Honestly, Jake will you get over this grudge you have with Draco?" He said angrily. " I mean, sure, at first I didn't like him because I thought he was just like his bloody prick of a father but I was talking with him today, about his feelings for Harry and his father and things like that. He's not as bad as you act like he is." James said.
" Tch. The boy's corrupting Harry, dad, and you don't care."
" He is not corrupting him!" James exclaimed. He never thought he'd ever take the side of a Malfoy over his own son but right now, Jake was being unreasonable.
" Okay you two, stop this instant." Lily said sternly. " Jake, from now on, hold your tongue until you can see that Draco isn't as bad as you make him out to be. James, control your temper. I won't have you two yelling at each other all Christmas." She told them.
" Wow. Looks like Draco's causing quite a bit of trouble." Sirius said with faint amusement.
" Exactly!" Jake exclaimed. Lily scowled and smacked Sirius upside the head.
" OW!" He rubbed his bruised head and pouted at her.
" Stop instigating!" She glared. No one noticed when Remus left the room, laughing all the while. He didn't want to accidentally get hit by Lily and decided to go and get Harry and his new boyfriend Draco. He was a little eager to see Harry after such a long time. He hadn't seen the boy since his birthday. He wouldn't mind meeting Draco either. Of the two opinions he got so far of the teen, he wasn't sure what the boy was to be like.
~o00o~
Harry and Draco, oblivious to the little argument downstairs were, as they said, were doing some major snoggage. Somewhere during all the furious kissing and groping, Harry ended up under Draco whose shirt was hanging off his toned body. Draco's one hand was under Harry's soft black sweater, trying to feel every part of Harry's upper body. The other was squeezing his little ass, something he'd wanted to do for a while now. They were so preoccupied with each other that they didn't notice when Remus walked in and froze.
There was little Harry Potter, the innocent boy who'd never been touched in any way besides a hug from family and friends and the occasional roughness of a bully, being thoroughly snogged by Malfoy's son.
" Ahem." He watched in amusement as they continued, ignoring him. He started to blush furiously when Draco's hands wandered somewhere a little lower and Harry let out a moan into the blonde's mouth. Draco seemed to like this reaction and continued. Remus felt as if he was going to get a nosebleed soon. " WELL, I feel like quite the voyeur." He said loudly. That broke them apart. Draco ended up toppling off of Harry and on to the floor. Harry stared at him, almost as red as he was, with his shirt on the verge of being pulled off and his pants unzipped.
" Um. . Ah . . .hi, Uncle Remus!" He laughed nervously. He pulled his sweater down and zipped his pants up just as Draco's head peaked over the bed. He grinned sheepishly.
" Er, Hi." He said nervously. By the sounds of it, he was straightening himself up. Remus walked into the room.
" I didn't know you were here." Harry blushed, giving his Uncle a hug after he was decent and had pulled his hair back into a ponytail.
" Er, yeah I could see that." Remus laughed. He blushed almost bright red again when he realized how kiss swollen Harry's lips were and how flushed his face was, not just from the embarrassment either. He smiled at the embarrassed Malfoy who was now presentable and standing next to Harry.
" I'm Draco Malfoy." He held out a hand. Draco had the decency to be at least a bit embarrassed, only a red tinge to his cheeks.
" Remus Lupin, Harry's Uncle." He said, shaking the outstretched hand. " Sorry about just walking in like that. I didn't expect to see that." He said. The two teens laughed nervously.
" So, is Sirius here?" Harry asked. Remus nodded.
" We were waiting for you two. We're ready to decorate the tree." He told them. Harry's eyes lit up. He always loved decorating the tree. It was one of the things that made Harry love Christmas so much. Of course, the presents made the holiday better. They made their way downstairs and Remus was relieved to hear that there wasn't anymore yelling going on.
The three walked into the living room. James was talking with Sirius and Lily and Jake were no where to be found. Sirius looked up and grinned.
" Hello boys." He snickered.
" Hi Siri." Draco looked a little confused at seeing his Art Teacher there. Harry plopped down on the couch next to Sirius, Draco next to him. Remus went into the kitchen, still faintly blushing.
" Let me guess." Sirius said. " Remus walked in on you two." Harry blushed and nodded. " Figures. That man has a knack for doing that. Why I believe he did that to your mum and dad once." He said thoughtfully.
" SIRIUS!" James and Harry yelled both blushing furiously.
" I do not need to hear about that." Harry said. Sirius laughed a little.
" Hey James you remember the time when Luce caught you with--"
" Shut up Sirius." James warned. He glanced at Harry and Draco who were in a conversation of their own.
" You never told me you were related to Mr. Black." Draco said. Harry shrugged.
" We aren't really related. He's my godfather but I usually just call him and his boyfriend Uncle." He said.
" Oh . . .so that's why Mr. Lupin wasn't too bothered by the situation upstairs." He said. At that moment Lily and Jake came out of the kitchen with Remus.
" Who's up for some decorating?" She suggested.
~o00o~
They had a good time decorating the tree that almost touched the ceiling. With all the ornaments and tinsel on the tree they were sure it would topple over. When Harry, with the help Draco, put the final ornament on the tree, an angel as the head ornament, they waited for it to fall but it didn't and it was beautiful.
" Just wait until we light it up." James grinned.
" I just hope you don't blow a fuse with all these lights!" Lily said worriedly. Along with the lights on the tree, James went ahead and hung lights in the window and the bushes on either side of the front door. He also had those lawn ornament reindeers made of white lights. He wanted to put more lights throughout the house for the Christmas party they were going to have (family only!) but Lily convinced him not too and he just stuck with hanging mistletoe everywhere and wreaths. Lily only shook her head at her husbanded and walked away. There was absolutely no hope for the man.
The day was coming to an end, a good end with only laughter and chatter between friends and family. Even Jake was being civil towards Draco, though he was only doing it because his mother practically threatened him in the kitchen. Suddenly the doorbell rang.
" I'll get it." Harry announced. As soon as he opened the door his smile dropped.
" Mr. Malfoy." He greeted slowly. He noticed that the man looked annoyed and a little bit angry. Probably because he knew his son was here in the Potter house.
" Get my son." He ordered. " Now." Harry glared at him and stood in the Living room doorway.
" Draco?" The blonde who was in a conversation with Sirius looked up and smiled. He walked over to the shorter teen and pulled him into a loose hug. He kissed him on the forehead and grinned down at the blushing boy who looked strangely nervous.
" What is it, love?" He was in a terribly good mood at the moment and refused to let anything ruin it. He watched as Harry blushed more from the wolf whistles Sirius was doing.
" Oh behave!" Lily said, chuckling.
" Draco--"
" Oh, look they're under the mistletoe." Sirius snickered. " Know what that means!" Draco grinned back at the man before turning back and promptly giving Harry a long passionate kiss that left the both of them breathless in the end. " Wow, he could almost pass our current record, Remy." Sirius said, nudging the sandy haired man. Harry, who was still blushing glanced at the door to see Lucius now in the house and looking about ready to blow. Draco followed his gaze and his expression darkened and became almost unreadable.
" Tried to tell you." Harry mumbled. Draco moved in front of Harry as if to protect him.
" Let's go, Draco. I don't have all day." Lucius snapped.
" What's going on out here?" Lily asked, walking into the hallway. When she saw Lucius she frowned slightly. " Lucius . . ." Malfoy Sr. stared at his old girlfriend with indifference.
" Lily." He said curtly. " I've come to collect my son." Just then James showed up in the lit hallway. He scowled at Lucius.
" What afraid he might become a better person than you?" He said scathingly. Harry wanted to stop his father from doing anything he might regret but he doubted he could stop them if there was a fight. Lucius sneered.
" That is not the case." Lucius said. " I just don't want him around you . . .people period. You've done enough damage in the past as it is." He hissed. " Let's go Draco."
" I think I'll stay a while, father. We were just getting ready for dinner." Draco said coldly. Lucius' eye twitched, sign of his growing impatience with Draco. There was a long heavy silence in which James and Draco glared at Lucius who glared back.
" Fine." Lucius growled. " I'll deal with you later." He said this to Draco but he was looking at Harry who was now standing beside Draco. This made Harry slightly nervous but was glad when the man was gone. After Lucius left, they indeed sat down to eat dinner. It seemed as though Lucius had never shown up. Everyone was talking and laughing and generally having a good time. But for some reason, Draco couldn't seem to get rid of the feeling that something was wrong. His father never gave up so easily. What was that man up too?
~o00o~
" When?" Tom asked impatiently from his spot by the windows. He had the perfect view of the Potters dining room. He could see Harry, Laughing and talking with that blonde bimbo. He wanted Harry away from him now.
" It'll be a while." Lucius said patiently. He was sitting in a deep green armchair in front of the fireplace. " We'll have to get him when he's alone. I'll have to occupy my son somehow. I have a feeling he'll try and stay next to Potter's youngest as much as possible." He drawled. " Let's give them a sense of security before doing anything." Tom ran a hand through his hair before turning around to lean against the window.
" Why are you doing this anyway? What do you have against the Potters?" Tom asked curiously.
" That's none of your business!" Lucius snapped.
" Calm down, you don't have to be so defensive." Tom muttered. There was a moment of silence before Lucius began to speak. Why he was speaking, not even he knew. He hadn't even told his wife this.
"A long time ago, I was friends with Lily Evans-Potter. Me and all her little male friends were best mates, you could say, then I started dating her." He began quietly. " She was and still is a beautiful woman, perfect in every way. We were perfect together and yet . . .I didn't love her." He paused and walked over to a cabinet. Once opened, it revealed shelves of fine wines and other various drinks. He took down an unmarked bottle and popped the cap. " She was more like a good friend, you could say." He took down a wineglass. " Though I didn't love her, I did, however, happen to fall for a friend of hers and mine." He poured a generous amount into it before slowly walked over to the window where Tom leaned against, intrigued by what Lucius was telling him. " I fell for James Potter."
" What?" Tom breathed. Lucius ignored him and took a sip from his glass. He looked past Tom to the Potter's dining room, watching them interact with each other as if they were zoo animals. Every time he saw his son whisper into Harry's ear, he'd resist the urge to throw his wineglass at the window.
" I did pretty much the same thing you're doing with Harry only James knew from the beginning, the bastard. He made me think he actually wanted me. He returned my looks and a few times we actually met in secret for a good snog." He sneered. " Then one day . . .I found him with Lily. I was so angry, I could have killed someone. I may have been going behind Lily's back but she had been doing the same thing for over four months. She claimed that I was drifting away from her and she thought that I was going behind her back. Not that she was wrong." He took another sip. " So she decided to get revenge and it seemed she had fallen for Potter and Potter had fallen for her. He never told her about us. I don't know what Potters game was. Why continue to see me when he was with my girlfriend? Then again, Potter was always an arrogant prat. He had to have everything." He said scathingly. " Our friendships with each other was over, even the other three. I wanted nothing to do with the lot of them. I assume they wanted nothing to do with me either." He paused for a moment.
" I want to take away their precious child. I want to ruin them and make them feel the pain they made me feel." He said. " No one, betrays a Malfoy and gets away with it." He glared at Tom who was shocked. " Are you happy?" Lucius stalked back over to his chair and remained quiet. Tom, knowing that Lucius wouldn't talk again, left. It wouldn't do them any good if Draco came home and saw him.
~o00o~ December 24 (midnight)
Draco ended up spending most of his time at the Potters over the last few days before Christmas. He found it to be the most relaxing time he had ever had during the holidays. Usually Christmas holidays were spent in boring business parties with snobby relatives and guests and snooty conversations. Of course there was going to be another one of those this year, like all the years before, but this time, he planned on sneaking away to Harry's house. He wanted to be together on their first Christmas as a couple.
" What're you thinking about?" Harry asked. The two of them were curled up in the family room, on the couch, watching all those Christmas movies that came out during the season. It was at least midnight by now, meaning that everyone else was asleep. That morning Harry practically begged his mother to let Draco spend the night. She agreed but made them promise not to sleep in the same bed. She didn't say anything about the couch though . . .
" Just Christmas." Draco said quietly. " I want our first Christmas together to be perfect, you know? No father, no Riddle, no Weasley . . .Just you and I and your family." He said. Harry smiled happily and placed a kiss on Draco's cheek.
" Despite your ever present sneer and glare when we're at school, you're really a big softy at heart." Harry grinned. Draco pouted.
" It's all your fault you know. You melted me." Draco said softly and pulled Harry closer into his side. Harry snuggled up to the blonde and wrapped his arms around Draco's middle.
" Good." Harry sighed. " I can't very well snuggle up to an ice block, can I?" Draco laughed softly.
" No, I guess not."
" How long do you think we'll be together?" Harry suddenly asked. He felt Draco shrug.
" Hopefully until we're old and wrinkly . . .Ew. I don't want to be wrinkly." Draco shuddered. Harry chuckled.
" Well, I doubt you'll be wrinkly. You've got that superstar complex. You never get wrinkles, don't seem to age and you'll never need dentures." Draco laughed.
" Whatever you say, love." Draco grinned, looking down at the boy. " But seriously, I think we'll be together for a long time. It's just this feeling I get." He said, starting to get sleepy.
" Hm . . .I know what you mean." Harry mumbled. Pretty soon the couple was sound asleep, curled up on the plush couch and dreaming.
~o00o~
December 24th went by slow, as it always did when you were waiting in anticipation for the next day. Unfortunately Draco had to go back to his house on request of his mother who adored the relationship her little Dragon was having with Harry, despite the disgust her husband expressed to her. Harry got the shock of a lifetime when Sirius greeted Narcissa Malfoy with a hug and a peck on the cheek. He was even more shocked to find out that Sirius and Narcissa were cousins. Harry was ever grateful that he wasn't related to Sirius at the moment, it would be a little awkward between him and Draco otherwise.
After Lily, with the help of Harry and Remus, finished getting the house all set up for the Christmas party, it was finally time to sleep. Sleep came hard for Harry every Christmas eve, even more so this year since it would be his first with Draco. As he lay in his warm, cozy bed, staring up at the ceiling, he couldn't help but smile. He could tell it would be a wonderful day.
' There better be pictures.' He thought before falling into a blissful sleep.
~o00o~
" HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!" Harry yelped and promptly fell out of his bed.
" Sirius!" He whined from his spot, tangled up in his blankets, on the floor. Sirius laughed madly and walked over to help his Godson.
" Sorry, kid, It was just too good to resist." He snickered. Harry glared, half-heartedly and threw his blankets back on the bed once he was up. " Well, everyone else is up so why don't you go get showered and dressed? Otherwise you can't open presents." Sirius was already dressed in khakis and a long sleeved red shirt. His shoulder length black hair was pulled back into a ponytail.
" Okay!" Harry ran from the room at top speed. Sirius smiled. Sometimes, Harry was still just a 4-year-old kid. Then again, they all were on Christmas.
Once Harry was showered he dressed in the same emerald green, silk dress shirt Draco had bought him only so long ago. He tucked the shirt into his black dress pants. His parents always insisted on being dressed up for these things, why, he didn't know. After all, it was only family. They could care less if he went around in his boxer shorts. His hair was already blow dried and tied back by a dark green leather strap. Harry decided to forego the glasses and stuck in his contacts before bouncing down the stairs and right into Draco.
" Draco!" He exclaimed. " You're here early." He said, surprised giving the boy a kiss on the lips. The blonde was dressed in a blood red, short sleeved dress shirt and black dress pants. His beautiful blonde hair was as it always was, falling partly in his magnificent eyes.
" Yeah, well. I decided to sneak away early. It's not like my father needs me there." Draco said, giving Harry a light hug.
" So it's not taking place at your house?" Harry asked as they walked into the living room.
" Nope. We bought the house next to yours because mother wanted to live in a regular upper-middle class neighborhood. (A/N: I don't even know if Britain has this type of system but I'm not changing what I wrote. It's the only way I can think to describe it.) So father agreed. We'll probably move back to the mansion for the summers though." He said with a frown, clearly not liking that idea. Harry felt a little disappointed at this information but didn't show it. He wouldn't' ruin Christmas.
" Hey, Happy Christmas!" Lily said cheerily. She wore a simple knee-length red dress with red high heels and her hair was pulled into a neat bun with a few curly strands of hair falling into her face.
" Happy Christmas mum." Harry greeted.
" Come on you guys! I wanna see what I got." Sirius whined.
" Stop acting like a child." Remus scolded. Sirius only pouted and glared at him.
Everyone sat around the Christmas tree; taking turns in opening their presents. Jake got a check with a hefty amount of money from his parents. He had finally told his parents about the divorce and they figured he'd want some help getting a new home. They loved their son dearly but they wouldn't allow him to live at home for the rest of his life. He got several CD's from his brother; more CD's from Sirius who was a music junky, some more money from Remus, and surprisingly, a Guitar from Draco.
" Let's just say it's a peace offering." Draco said once Jake opened it.
" Er. .Well, thank you." Jake said awkwardly. Music ran in the family, pretty much and Harry had hinted that Jake knew how to play the guitar. Obviously, Harry wanted the two to get along.
Lily got the lily necklace from Harry which she absolutely adored, New china-wear from Remus and Sirius, a lovely little gown of the same color as her eye's from James. It was strapless and simple but as James had told his wife, " On you if would be simply beautiful." She received an autographed picture of Vin Diesel from Jake. She squealed in delight and thanked him furiously, much to James' disgust. He didn't like his wife fawning over anyone but him. Draco gave two tickets to a well know Opera to Lily and James. (A/n: as you can tell, most of the gifts are fairly expensive but then again, their all rich people, especially Draco.).
" How did you get these?" Lily asked, impressed. Draco shrugged.
" It's not like I do anything with my money and Harry gave me little hints on what you and Mr. Potter might be interested in so when I heard that tickets were on sale I bought them." He explained. " Just don't expect gifts like this every year." He joked.
Harry got, to his complete surprise, a new keyboard, bigger and better than the smaller half-piano keyboard he has, from his parents. From Jake he got season tickets to all of his matches. Jake knew that Harry had wanted to see some of his matches, having only seen them on T.V and thought that this would be the perfect gift. From Sirius and Remus he got several advanced classical, piano books from which he could learn how to play some of the best music from some of the best pianists. Draco's present was small and square, wrapped in shiny green paper.
" You won't mind if I ask you to open it later, will you?" Draco asked before he could open it.
" Um . . No." Harry replied. He set it aside. " You'll have to open yours later too, though." He grinned. Draco nodded. For Remus and Sirius the whole family pitched in and decided to get the two a new stereo system. After the last presents were handed out (A/N: since I'm too tired to do any more of that.), Lily went back to cooking the holiday dinner. She had been up at 4:00 cooking all the food they'd need. Especially if her sister's son was coming over.
Harry and Draco brought all of Harry's presents upstairs to his room and Draco's few presents he received from Harry's family (a book on the mythology of astrological figures and some CD's).
" You can open your present now." Draco told the teen after they neatly put stuff away.
" Open yours first." Harry ordered, handing the blonde the rectangular gift, wrapped in shiny blue paper. Draco carefully unwrapped the gift and threw the paper in Harry's trash bin, by his desk. He opened the box the gift was in and gasped as he pulled out the beautiful dragon statue.
" Harry . . .this is beautiful." He breathed, gently looking the statue over. He had about a ton of dragon statues but none were white. Even with his Malfoy status he couldn't find a white dragon, perfect enough for his collection. Harry smiled happily; glad he pleased the blonde.
" You really like it?" Harry asked with a smile.
" Of course! You've never been in my room so you don't know just how much I love dragon statues. I couldn't find the right white dragon if my life depended on it and I was just about to give up." He gently put the dragon back in the box and set it safely on the bed. He grabbed Harry's face and gave him a sweet little kiss and a big smile afterwards. " You're an angel, love." Harry blushed. " Now, you have to open your present." He said. Harry ripped the paper off to reveal a square, leather box. He gave the grinning blonde a curious look before opening the box.
" Draco . . ." He gasped upon seeing what was inside. It was a pure silver ring with emeralds embedded in it, cut in the shape of lightning bolts all the way around the ring. " It's beautiful." Harry said, flashing a magnificent, loving smile at Draco. " But--" Draco shushed him and took the ring from the box. He gently took Harry's hand in one of his and slipped the ring onto the boy's ring finger.
" Now, I'm not asking you to marry me," ' as much as I want to.' He thought. " But this is a promise ring." He said.
" A promise of what?" Harry asked, feeling his heart beating incredibly fast.
" A promise to always love and protect you from anyone and anything." Draco whispered. He brought the ringed hand up and lightly kissed it before gently pulling Harry up against him and giving him the most passionate, tender-loving kiss the either had ever shared.
" Draco." Harry breathed after the two had parted.
" Hm?" Draco didn't feel like being articulate at the moment. He'd rather gaze into those Emerald eyes, the exact same shade as the emeralds on the ring.
" I . . .love you." Harry said softly, looking deep into the warm blue eyes of his love. Draco grinned like a fool in love, then again, he was a fool in love . . .only not a fool.
Just in love.
" Love you too."
A/N: No changes here. I liked this chapter way too much! I'd add another chapter today but my mom and me are going to go see Stomp today! WOOO!! Gotta love banging' on trash. Anyhoo, Seeyas and please review!!