Title: Just like that?
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing.
A/N: at the end! I will explain why it took so terribly long! And I'm really sorry! It's not that I don't have the time to write, I already finished the next chapter! And I started a new story! Anyway, read my explanations at the end! Thanks!
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Chapter 19: It started...
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A week flew by. One day followed the other. Harry slept most of the time, while Draco went swimming and looking for coconuts. His skin was tanned because of the sun, his hair was nearly white. Sometimes at night Draco would hear Harry curs his invalid body, one night he even heard Harry whimper, but because Harry still had his pride he acted as if he didn't notice. Inside his body was screaming to comfort his boyfriend. Draco knew Harry was acting this way, because he had a nightmare in the beginning of the week. Just after Harry had told Draco about Narcissa. He woke up screaming loud, his body wouldn't stop shaking for over 10 minutes. Draco thought at the time Harry was having a nervous breakdown and that Harry was going mad, but after holding him a long time Harry seemed to be fine. He didn't want to tell Draco about his nightmare. Draco guessed it was about Voldemort raping him. He had been very flattered when Harry told him he wanted him to have his virginity. He regretted the fact that he couldn't give his to Harry.
From the night of the nightmare Harry didn't sleep at night anymore. Causing him to be exhausted during the day. He never went outside with Draco, but stayed inside often asking for Draco's company. Of course Draco would stay and sit next to him until he fell asleep. He wondered if Harry realised that he knew Harry wasn't sleeping at night and catching up his sleep during the day.
At the end of the week Draco couldn't take it anymore. Harry had lost even more weight, because he only ate breakfast and dinner. He looked pale, his usual flush on his cheeks was gone. Even if Draco said sweet things to him, that would have made him blush, the blood stayed away from his cheeks.
"Harry, come with me outside. It's nice and warm," Draco said. He asked Harry the same question the last few days and knew the answer would be 'no' once again. It was nine o' clock in the morning, which meant that Harry was about to go to sleep.
"No, I'm too tired," Harry groaned.
"Harry," Draco sighed, "it's not healthy to stay inside for so long."
"I'll go with you tomorrow," Harry promised, looking away from Draco.
"Damn it, Harry! You said the same yesterday and the day before yesterday and the day before that!" Draco exclaimed, totally losing it. "I know you don't sleep at night! It's like you're afraid of sleeping after that nightmare. I don't care if you are, but this is not the solution to your problem. I want to help you, Harry, but you're making it impossible!"
Harry didn't reply, he just tried to roll away from Draco.
Draco sighed and walked towards the bed. He sat on the edge and caressed Harry's bare back. "I wish I could transfer your troubles to me. I hate it to watch you suffer all the time. It's just not fair," he whispered, making a trail of soft kisses on Harry's back. He noticed it was going much better with Harry's wounds. He was healing fast. Of course the burns took much longer to heal. "I've got an idea. I'll take you outside with me and you'll sleep outside, with me,"
Harry nodded and slowly he turned around again. "I don't like it when you're angry with me,"
"I wasn't angry, only worried about my beautiful boyfriend," Draco smiled.
Although he couldn't see it, he knew that Harry was blushing right now.
"Ok, put your arms around my neck," Draco instructed, standing up and bending down. When Harry did what Draco had told him to do, he slipped one arm underneath Harry's knees and one arm around his torso. Slowly he lifted the clinging Harry from the bed, afraid of hurting him.
"Really Potty, I'm going to fatten you up. You're far too light. I want a boyfriend with some meat on his bones," Draco smiled, feeling a tickling sensation rush through his stomach. It confirmed the fact that he was really in love.
Very carefully he walked outside with Harry in his arms. He saw that Severus and his mother were sitting outside as well. Underneath a big palm. He didn't speak with his mother much that week. He had never talked to his mother much, but he saw she was doing better and to his relieve she smiled more often, thanks to Severus. He saw them kiss one time when they hadn't noticed him. It was disgusting to look at and confirmed the thought that they were together. At first he had been very angry and wanted to yell to his mother for cheating. Then he realised he wouldn't have survived everything his mother had gone through without someone to live for. It was still a weird idea that his own mother was and had been cheating on his father. He blamed his father for that, if he hadn't been such an arse it would never have happened. He wanted to ask how they got together, but saved the question for later.
"Do you want to sit in the sun or in the shadow?" Draco asked.
"Both. With my body in the sun and with my head in the shadow," Harry answered, pointing to a big palm while continuing, "There will be fine,"
"Yes mister demanding," Draco teased, walking towards the shadow of the big palm.
"I just want to lie in the warm sun, but prevent a headache," Harry said, sticking out his tongue.
"You're so clever!" Draco teased.
Harry just mock glared.
When Draco arrived at the spot, he out Harry down very carefully. Unfortunately he couldn't prevent Harry from wincing in pain, cursing silently. He laid down as well next to Harry. Harry wiggled and shifted a bit until he could put his head on Draco's belly. While Harry was admiring the island, Draco grabbed Harry's hand and squeezed it a little. The other hand found Harry's hair and was making curls in Harry's hair.
Harry was still looking to the breathtaking island. It was almost paradise. The only sounds you heard were the waves breaking on the sand and the wind moving the leaves of the trees and palms. The sea was greenish blue. The sand was, well you couldn't say white, but it came close enough. Everything seemed so peaceful.
"It's so beautiful," Harry breathed. "I wish we could stay here forever,"
"Me too," Draco smiled.
"Don't you feel bad? ... I mean we're here on this beautiful island and no one knows where we are. Maybe there's a war going on back home and we're not there. Maybe they think we're dead. Ron and Hermione must be so worried and Dumbledore!" Harry said, turning his head towards Draco with a very worried expression on his face. "They can't think I'm dead and give up hope!"
Draco sat up a bit to look at Harry. "Well... I do feel bad, but there's nothing we can do about it. We can't go off this island as long as you're not better. Severus explained to me that there's some sort of shield over this island. They can't track us unless we use magic. That's why you're still hurt like that. Severus was busy making the shield a couple of years ago, but he stopped for some reason. I don't know why," Draco explained.
"But how come you've brought me food? There can't be so much food on this island without magic," Harry asked confused, taking another look around him to see if he might have missed something.
"The food comes out of big pots. The pots fill themselves after you used them. You can't trace that kind of magic, it's far too small. The coconuts I gave you were from the trees. It's quite hard to open those things. First you have to get a coconut. If you're lucky it falls from the palm, if you're not, you'll have to go in and get it. After-"
"Wait a moment," Harry interrupted Draco. "You climbed into a tree for me?"
Draco nodded proudly.
"I wish I could see that!" Harry grinned.
Draco just glared and played with Harry's hand.
"I really wish we could stay here," Harry said suddenly after a few minutes of silence.
"If you really want to we will, but first I have some unfinished business with Voldemort," Draco said seriously with a dark look in his eyes.
"Me too," Harry whispered so soft that Draco didn't hear him.
"Dracy?" Harry asked.
"Mmm," Draco answered.
"When did you....How did you... uh," Harry stuttered,
Draco raised his eyebrows looking to the cute stuttering Harry. "What do you want to ask, Potty?" Draco asked, trying to encourage him a bit.
"Well, when-did-you-realise-you-were-gay-and-doesn't-it-bother-you?" Harry said as if it was one word.
Draco laughed, "Of course it doesn't bother me. At first I thought it were just my hormones making me crazy, but every time I was with you every feeling I had grew new. When I see you my stomach is like a big Jacuzzi where sticklebacks are holding a game. I never had that with girls before and I knew I was in love. So that makes me gay. When I disguised myself into that Rose, I didn't plan on kissing you at all! I planned on dumping you, but it just happened. At that point love between us seemed impossible,"
"But it's not! I love you," Harry smiled. He turned his head to kiss Draco's belly, but Draco's lips came in between before he could even reach it. The kiss deepened when Draco leaned even more into the kiss. He didn't care about the backache it was giving him.
When the kiss ended Harry closed his eyes and relaxed.
Draco smiled happily when a peaceful look appeared on Harry's face. He knew Harry had fallen asleep. He had to get Harry through the 'nightmare-thing'. He planned on asking Harry about it when Harry woke up again. He let himself fall backwards into the soft sand and closed his eyes. Because he didn't sleep very well for four nights now, he was very tired.
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Draco woke up again when someone was tapping on his shoulder. When he opened his eyes he saw that the sun had moved. Making them lie in the full sun. He felt something cover his body and saw it were sheets protecting him and Harry from the sun. He knew for sure his mother did this.
"Draco!" Severus' voice snapped him out of his thoughts. "An owl came!"
Draco sat up a bit immediately. "And owl?" he exclaimed, "How did an owl get here?"
"Well it tracked us of course!" Severus said, raising his voice a bit.
"But how could he find us if we have a shield?" Draco asked, "Are we in trouble?"
"I don't know. It's an owl from Albus. He might have some kind of a trick or... did you swim in the sea?" Severus asked.
"Yes," Draco nodded, frowning.
"Far?"
"Pretty far, yes. Why?" Draco asked, frowning even more.
"Because the shield ends in the sea and I think you might have crossed it. That way the owl was able to track us," Severus answered.
"And Voldemort could find us too!" Draco exclaimed, slapping himself mentally.
"Or he could have tracked the owl," Severus continued.
"Do you think he did? I mean professor Dumbledore could have known Voldemort could trace an owl in the middle of nowhere. Disappearing in the middle of nowhere, because of the shield," Draco said angrily.
"How could Albus know we're in the middle of nowhere? We could be in London. It's far too difficult to track and follow an owl there," Severus said protectively.
"What should we do?" Draco asked.
"Go into the rain-forest," Severus said, pointing towards the forest behind the beach. "We still have some time. Voldemort has to crack the shield first,"
"Go into that forest? In Harry's condition?" Draco exclaimed. "No way!"
"It's the only way! You have a choice, stay here with the chance that Voldemort finds you easily or go into the woods and give Voldemort a hard time finding you," Severus said, raising his voice as well.
"You're right," Draco said defeated. "What was in the letter?"
"That Voldemort's more active than usual and that Death Eaters are seen everywhere," Severus answered. "I hope Albus gets here before Voldemort..."
Draco frowned, "Is professor Dumbledore coming here?"
"Of course he is! I know for sure he put a tracking spell upon the owl. The only problem is that he can't get here. The shield only lets us through, so he'll have to apparate into the water," Severus said, "Now Hurry! Get Potter and go into the forest. I'll bring some supplies and send your mother. Go up that hill and don't come back unless I say so,"
Draco tapped softly on Harry's shoulder. Harry's eyes opened immediately.
"Harry... I," Draco began.
But Harry interrupted him. "I know, I heard it all. I'm sorry I'm such a pain in the arse. Maybe you should go alone,"
"You're not a pain in the arse!" Draco said firmly. "I'm not leaving you here, I love you and I'm not planning on losing you to that freak again. If anyone's a pain in the arse I am!"
Draco stood up, wrapped the sheets around Harry and lifted him up again very carefully. Almost running he made his way to the beginning of the forest. It was hard to walk quickly in the sand. He didn't want to triple, because that would cause Harry an immense amount of pain.
When he turned around he saw that his mother was following him, but he couldn't see Severus yet. Because Draco was much slower than his mother, Narcissa caught up with them before Draco and Harry reached the beginning of the forest.
"Hurry, Dear," Narcissa said when she was running in front of them. "Do you want me to carry Harry?"
"No," Draco shook his head. "I'm fine and you're still too weak,"
"We have to get deep into the forest," Narcissa panted. "We'll be more safe there,"
The words 'deep' and 'forest' made Draco shiver. He hated dark, unpredictable forests...
"Why?" Harry asked, looking up towards Narcissa. "Why will we be more safe?"
"When Severus made this un-plottable shield around the island he made sure it was everywhere. Do you understand what I mean? It's also in the air around us," Narcissa explained.
Harry nodded and let his head rest on Draco's chest again.
There were no trails in the forest and the forest was dark and thick. Draco began to walk sideways protecting Harry from the cutting branches on their way. The branches cut him instead, but he didn't show any expression of pain. He and Harry were still in their boxers.
It became very dark when they were about 100 feet into the forest. You couldn't see the beach anymore. An uncomfortable feeling crept through Draco's body. They could get terrible lost in this forest and he was sure they weren't allowed to use magic here either. It would give their location away and the whole trop into the forest would be a waste of time. He was getting cold now, goose bumps covered his body. He was glad he was the one carrying Harry, because Harry's body was warm.
It became harder to breath with every step they took.
"Dracy, I can't see the sky anymore," Harry said quietly.
Draco looked up and saw that the trees were so close to each other that the blue sky was gone. No wonder it was so dark in here. Another shiver ran through his body when he focussed on the ground again. He had stopped to look at the sky, because if you walked you had to be very careful. There was no road only roots and plants. If you didn't look where you were going you could triple for sure.
He felt Harry's grip around him tightened, now he could feel Harry's breath on the skin of his neck. It felt good, as if it was some king of reassurance that he wasn't alone in this creepy and dark forest.
He looked behind him to check on his mother and saw she kept looking backwards, causing her to triple very often.
"He'll come," He reassured his mother when she caught up with them again.
"I'm not so sure about that," Narcissa sighed. "He kept talking about getting his revenge by killing Voldemort,"
When Draco heard this he wished he had stayed behind as well. He wanted to get his revenge too.
Suddenly Harry sat up in his arms. "He can't take his revenge by killing Voldemort!"
"Why not?" Draco asked confused.
"Because Voldemort and I are bound to kill each other. Voldemort has to kill me or I have to kill him! There's no point in trying!" Harry exclaimed.
Quickly Harry told Narcissa and Draco what Dumbledore had told him at the end of his fifth year.
"I'm going back," Narcissa said in a way that there was no arguing about it.
"Me too," Draco and Harry said at the same time.
"No!" Narcissa and Draco exclaimed at the same time.
"You're not going anywhere Harry James Potter!" Draco said, looking into Harry's beautiful and innocent eyes. "I lost you once, I'm not going to lose you again,"
"You're staying here too, Draco," Narcissa spoke in a very motherly way, which made Draco feel like a small boy who stole a cookie and thought he was clever, but didn't notice the crumbs on his face and shirt. "You don't even have a wand,"
Draco looked down and muttered, "I've got Harry's,"
Harry's eyes widened, "You've got my wand? How did you get my wand?"
"I grabbed it after Lucius took you. I used it to cure myself a bit. I didn't take the time to grab my own wand. So I'm carrying yours with me. I'm sorry, I should have told you," Draco explained sighing. He bit his lip expecting Harry to explode, but it never happened. Instead Harry kissed him.
"I felt totally useless without my wand. Now I'm able to protect us from Voldemort and the Death Eaters," 'And kill Voldemort or be killed,' he thought.
Draco pulled out Harry's wand and gave it to his rightful owner. Now it was his turn to feel totally useless. He couldn't take revenge at all. The uncomfortable feeling that was haunting him got worse. Now he was the one who had to stay behind in this creepy rain-forest. Harry couldn't even walk properly. He was in no state to fight! Even Though he faced Voldemort loads of times, he couldn't fight him now. He was going to stay right were he was.
"We're forgetting that Voldemort might not even be here," Narcissa spoke, obviously sensing her Son's uncomfortable and worried feelings.
"Of course he is!" Draco spat, "He's not stupid!"
When he spoke those words they heard a loud 'Thump'. As if the thunder and lightening were having a fight right above them, but they couldn't see the lightening because of the trees.
"It started," Narcissa said, looking frightened. "Only Dumbledore or Voldemort is capable of performing a spell with such a sound. You two stay here and don't move,"
They watched Narcissa struggle her way back. After a short amount of time, they couldn't see her anymore.
"Dracy?" Harry whispered, "Are we going to stay here?"
"No!" Draco exclaimed.
Harry smiled and looked Draco deep in the eyes. "I love you,"
"I love you too," Draco answered.
Harry leaned towards Draco, signing Draco he wanted a kiss. When their lips met, another loud noise rushed through the air, but they didn't notice. They both knew that during the time that their tongues battled, a real battle was going on not far away. Neither of them was keen on going there. The kiss almost felt as a goodbye kiss to the both of them. They didn't want it to end. The velvet brushes of their tongues was addictive, just like each other's smell.
When they finally broke apart Harry whispered, " Please take me back. We need to kick some Death Eater's arse,"
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The beautiful beach of Mozambique inspired me at the beginning of the chapter. I decided to put some happenings of the fifth book in my story. I hope you don't mind. Thank you for the wonderful reviews I received for the last chapter. I knew it was a little bit short and unbeta-ed, but it's beta- ed now. I'm sorry about Harry's ooc-ness in the last chapter. I just wanted you to know that Harry was sensitive too, maybe I overreacted a bit.
I'm really sorry it took so long. I finished this chapter over two weeks ago. My beta's really busy and she can't find the time to beta my chapter. So this is once again a unbeta-ed version. My beta told me that I should find a new beta-reader, but well... The story's nearly finished. So If you feel like beta-ing two or three chapters for me, please review! I know! I'm such a pain!
IMPORTANT: Because I hate the name Cherish Chang(I don't like the way Cho Chang treated Harry in the fifth book at all! Grrrr The Bitch! And it sounds like I like H/C! WELL FORGET IT!!! UGH UGH UGH!) Anyway, I'm chancing it into Black Elf. I'll change it as soon as I updated Troubled Love. Hugs, Black Elf
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing.
A/N: at the end! I will explain why it took so terribly long! And I'm really sorry! It's not that I don't have the time to write, I already finished the next chapter! And I started a new story! Anyway, read my explanations at the end! Thanks!
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Chapter 19: It started...
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A week flew by. One day followed the other. Harry slept most of the time, while Draco went swimming and looking for coconuts. His skin was tanned because of the sun, his hair was nearly white. Sometimes at night Draco would hear Harry curs his invalid body, one night he even heard Harry whimper, but because Harry still had his pride he acted as if he didn't notice. Inside his body was screaming to comfort his boyfriend. Draco knew Harry was acting this way, because he had a nightmare in the beginning of the week. Just after Harry had told Draco about Narcissa. He woke up screaming loud, his body wouldn't stop shaking for over 10 minutes. Draco thought at the time Harry was having a nervous breakdown and that Harry was going mad, but after holding him a long time Harry seemed to be fine. He didn't want to tell Draco about his nightmare. Draco guessed it was about Voldemort raping him. He had been very flattered when Harry told him he wanted him to have his virginity. He regretted the fact that he couldn't give his to Harry.
From the night of the nightmare Harry didn't sleep at night anymore. Causing him to be exhausted during the day. He never went outside with Draco, but stayed inside often asking for Draco's company. Of course Draco would stay and sit next to him until he fell asleep. He wondered if Harry realised that he knew Harry wasn't sleeping at night and catching up his sleep during the day.
At the end of the week Draco couldn't take it anymore. Harry had lost even more weight, because he only ate breakfast and dinner. He looked pale, his usual flush on his cheeks was gone. Even if Draco said sweet things to him, that would have made him blush, the blood stayed away from his cheeks.
"Harry, come with me outside. It's nice and warm," Draco said. He asked Harry the same question the last few days and knew the answer would be 'no' once again. It was nine o' clock in the morning, which meant that Harry was about to go to sleep.
"No, I'm too tired," Harry groaned.
"Harry," Draco sighed, "it's not healthy to stay inside for so long."
"I'll go with you tomorrow," Harry promised, looking away from Draco.
"Damn it, Harry! You said the same yesterday and the day before yesterday and the day before that!" Draco exclaimed, totally losing it. "I know you don't sleep at night! It's like you're afraid of sleeping after that nightmare. I don't care if you are, but this is not the solution to your problem. I want to help you, Harry, but you're making it impossible!"
Harry didn't reply, he just tried to roll away from Draco.
Draco sighed and walked towards the bed. He sat on the edge and caressed Harry's bare back. "I wish I could transfer your troubles to me. I hate it to watch you suffer all the time. It's just not fair," he whispered, making a trail of soft kisses on Harry's back. He noticed it was going much better with Harry's wounds. He was healing fast. Of course the burns took much longer to heal. "I've got an idea. I'll take you outside with me and you'll sleep outside, with me,"
Harry nodded and slowly he turned around again. "I don't like it when you're angry with me,"
"I wasn't angry, only worried about my beautiful boyfriend," Draco smiled.
Although he couldn't see it, he knew that Harry was blushing right now.
"Ok, put your arms around my neck," Draco instructed, standing up and bending down. When Harry did what Draco had told him to do, he slipped one arm underneath Harry's knees and one arm around his torso. Slowly he lifted the clinging Harry from the bed, afraid of hurting him.
"Really Potty, I'm going to fatten you up. You're far too light. I want a boyfriend with some meat on his bones," Draco smiled, feeling a tickling sensation rush through his stomach. It confirmed the fact that he was really in love.
Very carefully he walked outside with Harry in his arms. He saw that Severus and his mother were sitting outside as well. Underneath a big palm. He didn't speak with his mother much that week. He had never talked to his mother much, but he saw she was doing better and to his relieve she smiled more often, thanks to Severus. He saw them kiss one time when they hadn't noticed him. It was disgusting to look at and confirmed the thought that they were together. At first he had been very angry and wanted to yell to his mother for cheating. Then he realised he wouldn't have survived everything his mother had gone through without someone to live for. It was still a weird idea that his own mother was and had been cheating on his father. He blamed his father for that, if he hadn't been such an arse it would never have happened. He wanted to ask how they got together, but saved the question for later.
"Do you want to sit in the sun or in the shadow?" Draco asked.
"Both. With my body in the sun and with my head in the shadow," Harry answered, pointing to a big palm while continuing, "There will be fine,"
"Yes mister demanding," Draco teased, walking towards the shadow of the big palm.
"I just want to lie in the warm sun, but prevent a headache," Harry said, sticking out his tongue.
"You're so clever!" Draco teased.
Harry just mock glared.
When Draco arrived at the spot, he out Harry down very carefully. Unfortunately he couldn't prevent Harry from wincing in pain, cursing silently. He laid down as well next to Harry. Harry wiggled and shifted a bit until he could put his head on Draco's belly. While Harry was admiring the island, Draco grabbed Harry's hand and squeezed it a little. The other hand found Harry's hair and was making curls in Harry's hair.
Harry was still looking to the breathtaking island. It was almost paradise. The only sounds you heard were the waves breaking on the sand and the wind moving the leaves of the trees and palms. The sea was greenish blue. The sand was, well you couldn't say white, but it came close enough. Everything seemed so peaceful.
"It's so beautiful," Harry breathed. "I wish we could stay here forever,"
"Me too," Draco smiled.
"Don't you feel bad? ... I mean we're here on this beautiful island and no one knows where we are. Maybe there's a war going on back home and we're not there. Maybe they think we're dead. Ron and Hermione must be so worried and Dumbledore!" Harry said, turning his head towards Draco with a very worried expression on his face. "They can't think I'm dead and give up hope!"
Draco sat up a bit to look at Harry. "Well... I do feel bad, but there's nothing we can do about it. We can't go off this island as long as you're not better. Severus explained to me that there's some sort of shield over this island. They can't track us unless we use magic. That's why you're still hurt like that. Severus was busy making the shield a couple of years ago, but he stopped for some reason. I don't know why," Draco explained.
"But how come you've brought me food? There can't be so much food on this island without magic," Harry asked confused, taking another look around him to see if he might have missed something.
"The food comes out of big pots. The pots fill themselves after you used them. You can't trace that kind of magic, it's far too small. The coconuts I gave you were from the trees. It's quite hard to open those things. First you have to get a coconut. If you're lucky it falls from the palm, if you're not, you'll have to go in and get it. After-"
"Wait a moment," Harry interrupted Draco. "You climbed into a tree for me?"
Draco nodded proudly.
"I wish I could see that!" Harry grinned.
Draco just glared and played with Harry's hand.
"I really wish we could stay here," Harry said suddenly after a few minutes of silence.
"If you really want to we will, but first I have some unfinished business with Voldemort," Draco said seriously with a dark look in his eyes.
"Me too," Harry whispered so soft that Draco didn't hear him.
"Dracy?" Harry asked.
"Mmm," Draco answered.
"When did you....How did you... uh," Harry stuttered,
Draco raised his eyebrows looking to the cute stuttering Harry. "What do you want to ask, Potty?" Draco asked, trying to encourage him a bit.
"Well, when-did-you-realise-you-were-gay-and-doesn't-it-bother-you?" Harry said as if it was one word.
Draco laughed, "Of course it doesn't bother me. At first I thought it were just my hormones making me crazy, but every time I was with you every feeling I had grew new. When I see you my stomach is like a big Jacuzzi where sticklebacks are holding a game. I never had that with girls before and I knew I was in love. So that makes me gay. When I disguised myself into that Rose, I didn't plan on kissing you at all! I planned on dumping you, but it just happened. At that point love between us seemed impossible,"
"But it's not! I love you," Harry smiled. He turned his head to kiss Draco's belly, but Draco's lips came in between before he could even reach it. The kiss deepened when Draco leaned even more into the kiss. He didn't care about the backache it was giving him.
When the kiss ended Harry closed his eyes and relaxed.
Draco smiled happily when a peaceful look appeared on Harry's face. He knew Harry had fallen asleep. He had to get Harry through the 'nightmare-thing'. He planned on asking Harry about it when Harry woke up again. He let himself fall backwards into the soft sand and closed his eyes. Because he didn't sleep very well for four nights now, he was very tired.
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Draco woke up again when someone was tapping on his shoulder. When he opened his eyes he saw that the sun had moved. Making them lie in the full sun. He felt something cover his body and saw it were sheets protecting him and Harry from the sun. He knew for sure his mother did this.
"Draco!" Severus' voice snapped him out of his thoughts. "An owl came!"
Draco sat up a bit immediately. "And owl?" he exclaimed, "How did an owl get here?"
"Well it tracked us of course!" Severus said, raising his voice a bit.
"But how could he find us if we have a shield?" Draco asked, "Are we in trouble?"
"I don't know. It's an owl from Albus. He might have some kind of a trick or... did you swim in the sea?" Severus asked.
"Yes," Draco nodded, frowning.
"Far?"
"Pretty far, yes. Why?" Draco asked, frowning even more.
"Because the shield ends in the sea and I think you might have crossed it. That way the owl was able to track us," Severus answered.
"And Voldemort could find us too!" Draco exclaimed, slapping himself mentally.
"Or he could have tracked the owl," Severus continued.
"Do you think he did? I mean professor Dumbledore could have known Voldemort could trace an owl in the middle of nowhere. Disappearing in the middle of nowhere, because of the shield," Draco said angrily.
"How could Albus know we're in the middle of nowhere? We could be in London. It's far too difficult to track and follow an owl there," Severus said protectively.
"What should we do?" Draco asked.
"Go into the rain-forest," Severus said, pointing towards the forest behind the beach. "We still have some time. Voldemort has to crack the shield first,"
"Go into that forest? In Harry's condition?" Draco exclaimed. "No way!"
"It's the only way! You have a choice, stay here with the chance that Voldemort finds you easily or go into the woods and give Voldemort a hard time finding you," Severus said, raising his voice as well.
"You're right," Draco said defeated. "What was in the letter?"
"That Voldemort's more active than usual and that Death Eaters are seen everywhere," Severus answered. "I hope Albus gets here before Voldemort..."
Draco frowned, "Is professor Dumbledore coming here?"
"Of course he is! I know for sure he put a tracking spell upon the owl. The only problem is that he can't get here. The shield only lets us through, so he'll have to apparate into the water," Severus said, "Now Hurry! Get Potter and go into the forest. I'll bring some supplies and send your mother. Go up that hill and don't come back unless I say so,"
Draco tapped softly on Harry's shoulder. Harry's eyes opened immediately.
"Harry... I," Draco began.
But Harry interrupted him. "I know, I heard it all. I'm sorry I'm such a pain in the arse. Maybe you should go alone,"
"You're not a pain in the arse!" Draco said firmly. "I'm not leaving you here, I love you and I'm not planning on losing you to that freak again. If anyone's a pain in the arse I am!"
Draco stood up, wrapped the sheets around Harry and lifted him up again very carefully. Almost running he made his way to the beginning of the forest. It was hard to walk quickly in the sand. He didn't want to triple, because that would cause Harry an immense amount of pain.
When he turned around he saw that his mother was following him, but he couldn't see Severus yet. Because Draco was much slower than his mother, Narcissa caught up with them before Draco and Harry reached the beginning of the forest.
"Hurry, Dear," Narcissa said when she was running in front of them. "Do you want me to carry Harry?"
"No," Draco shook his head. "I'm fine and you're still too weak,"
"We have to get deep into the forest," Narcissa panted. "We'll be more safe there,"
The words 'deep' and 'forest' made Draco shiver. He hated dark, unpredictable forests...
"Why?" Harry asked, looking up towards Narcissa. "Why will we be more safe?"
"When Severus made this un-plottable shield around the island he made sure it was everywhere. Do you understand what I mean? It's also in the air around us," Narcissa explained.
Harry nodded and let his head rest on Draco's chest again.
There were no trails in the forest and the forest was dark and thick. Draco began to walk sideways protecting Harry from the cutting branches on their way. The branches cut him instead, but he didn't show any expression of pain. He and Harry were still in their boxers.
It became very dark when they were about 100 feet into the forest. You couldn't see the beach anymore. An uncomfortable feeling crept through Draco's body. They could get terrible lost in this forest and he was sure they weren't allowed to use magic here either. It would give their location away and the whole trop into the forest would be a waste of time. He was getting cold now, goose bumps covered his body. He was glad he was the one carrying Harry, because Harry's body was warm.
It became harder to breath with every step they took.
"Dracy, I can't see the sky anymore," Harry said quietly.
Draco looked up and saw that the trees were so close to each other that the blue sky was gone. No wonder it was so dark in here. Another shiver ran through his body when he focussed on the ground again. He had stopped to look at the sky, because if you walked you had to be very careful. There was no road only roots and plants. If you didn't look where you were going you could triple for sure.
He felt Harry's grip around him tightened, now he could feel Harry's breath on the skin of his neck. It felt good, as if it was some king of reassurance that he wasn't alone in this creepy and dark forest.
He looked behind him to check on his mother and saw she kept looking backwards, causing her to triple very often.
"He'll come," He reassured his mother when she caught up with them again.
"I'm not so sure about that," Narcissa sighed. "He kept talking about getting his revenge by killing Voldemort,"
When Draco heard this he wished he had stayed behind as well. He wanted to get his revenge too.
Suddenly Harry sat up in his arms. "He can't take his revenge by killing Voldemort!"
"Why not?" Draco asked confused.
"Because Voldemort and I are bound to kill each other. Voldemort has to kill me or I have to kill him! There's no point in trying!" Harry exclaimed.
Quickly Harry told Narcissa and Draco what Dumbledore had told him at the end of his fifth year.
"I'm going back," Narcissa said in a way that there was no arguing about it.
"Me too," Draco and Harry said at the same time.
"No!" Narcissa and Draco exclaimed at the same time.
"You're not going anywhere Harry James Potter!" Draco said, looking into Harry's beautiful and innocent eyes. "I lost you once, I'm not going to lose you again,"
"You're staying here too, Draco," Narcissa spoke in a very motherly way, which made Draco feel like a small boy who stole a cookie and thought he was clever, but didn't notice the crumbs on his face and shirt. "You don't even have a wand,"
Draco looked down and muttered, "I've got Harry's,"
Harry's eyes widened, "You've got my wand? How did you get my wand?"
"I grabbed it after Lucius took you. I used it to cure myself a bit. I didn't take the time to grab my own wand. So I'm carrying yours with me. I'm sorry, I should have told you," Draco explained sighing. He bit his lip expecting Harry to explode, but it never happened. Instead Harry kissed him.
"I felt totally useless without my wand. Now I'm able to protect us from Voldemort and the Death Eaters," 'And kill Voldemort or be killed,' he thought.
Draco pulled out Harry's wand and gave it to his rightful owner. Now it was his turn to feel totally useless. He couldn't take revenge at all. The uncomfortable feeling that was haunting him got worse. Now he was the one who had to stay behind in this creepy rain-forest. Harry couldn't even walk properly. He was in no state to fight! Even Though he faced Voldemort loads of times, he couldn't fight him now. He was going to stay right were he was.
"We're forgetting that Voldemort might not even be here," Narcissa spoke, obviously sensing her Son's uncomfortable and worried feelings.
"Of course he is!" Draco spat, "He's not stupid!"
When he spoke those words they heard a loud 'Thump'. As if the thunder and lightening were having a fight right above them, but they couldn't see the lightening because of the trees.
"It started," Narcissa said, looking frightened. "Only Dumbledore or Voldemort is capable of performing a spell with such a sound. You two stay here and don't move,"
They watched Narcissa struggle her way back. After a short amount of time, they couldn't see her anymore.
"Dracy?" Harry whispered, "Are we going to stay here?"
"No!" Draco exclaimed.
Harry smiled and looked Draco deep in the eyes. "I love you,"
"I love you too," Draco answered.
Harry leaned towards Draco, signing Draco he wanted a kiss. When their lips met, another loud noise rushed through the air, but they didn't notice. They both knew that during the time that their tongues battled, a real battle was going on not far away. Neither of them was keen on going there. The kiss almost felt as a goodbye kiss to the both of them. They didn't want it to end. The velvet brushes of their tongues was addictive, just like each other's smell.
When they finally broke apart Harry whispered, " Please take me back. We need to kick some Death Eater's arse,"
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The beautiful beach of Mozambique inspired me at the beginning of the chapter. I decided to put some happenings of the fifth book in my story. I hope you don't mind. Thank you for the wonderful reviews I received for the last chapter. I knew it was a little bit short and unbeta-ed, but it's beta- ed now. I'm sorry about Harry's ooc-ness in the last chapter. I just wanted you to know that Harry was sensitive too, maybe I overreacted a bit.
I'm really sorry it took so long. I finished this chapter over two weeks ago. My beta's really busy and she can't find the time to beta my chapter. So this is once again a unbeta-ed version. My beta told me that I should find a new beta-reader, but well... The story's nearly finished. So If you feel like beta-ing two or three chapters for me, please review! I know! I'm such a pain!
IMPORTANT: Because I hate the name Cherish Chang(I don't like the way Cho Chang treated Harry in the fifth book at all! Grrrr The Bitch! And it sounds like I like H/C! WELL FORGET IT!!! UGH UGH UGH!) Anyway, I'm chancing it into Black Elf. I'll change it as soon as I updated Troubled Love. Hugs, Black Elf