Disclaimer: Do I need to say this every time? Really? Ok. I do not own
any of the characters or places in this story. I also can't lay claims to
some of the ideas. They belong to J.K. Rowling. All hers. Not mine.
Warning: Slash. Do not get offended, coz I have warned you. If you are under 18, you probably shouldn't be reading this either, but if you have read this far, what's to stop you reading the rest?
Chapter 6.
As they made their way to Dumbledore's office, Harry could feel his heart beating rapidly with every step. What the hell was going on? Why was everything bad happening all of a sudden? Harry couldn't believe that he and Draco had been caught - how embarrassing! Of course Dumbledore knew of what was involved in their relationship, but Harry and Draco never tried to flaunt their sex life.
Glancing over at Draco, he was reminded of Ron by the look of shame in the man's eyes. Yes, Ron in their second year, after they had flown Mr. Weasley's car into the Womping Willow on the first day of term. Thinking of Ron brought the events of yesterday back into Harry's mind, and he felt anger surge up over his embarrassment. He made a vow to himself that if he wasn't fired from this incident, he would go and visit Ron and Hermione himself and make them understand why Harry and Draco wanted to be bound to each other.
Harry's thoughts were interrupted as he realised they were in Dumbledore's office.
"Sit down." Dumbledore waved his wand and created two chairs directly in front of his desk and one more off to the side. Harry and Draco sat silently down next to each other, their hearts sinking. Snape also sat down, with a look of complete joy on his face, as if all his birthdays had come at once.
"Please explain how this, incident, came to occur." Dumbledore's voice was tinged with disappointment. Harry opened his mouth to speak, but Draco beat him to it.
"It was my fault, um, sir. I seduced Harry. He had nothing to do with it."
"Indeed," Said Dumbledore. "I highly doubt that. From what we heard, both of you were intensely involved." Both men blushed; the thought of Dumbledore listening while they made love was enough to make anyone embarrassed. However, there seemed to be a note of. . . laughter (?) in Dumbledore's voice. Harry dared to look up from the floor to see that Dumbledore wasn't wearing the grave look he expected. Harry felt his heart lift a tiny little bit.
"I must impose upon both of you the seriousness of your actions. If a student had have heard, or indeed walked in on you two, I doubt either of you would escape public exposure. Harry, you would probably not keep your job." Harry felt his heart sink again. "Do you both understand?"
Draco and Harry nodded mutely, neither seeming to be able to find the correct words to say. Snape looked positively delirious with excitement, no doubt expecting some form of punishment or downgrading to now occur.
"Draco, as Minister of Magic, I personally could not see that you were. . . made aware. . . of the consequences of your actions as I could Harry. But please note that you would be held equally as responsible."
"Yes sir." Draco whispered.
"However, seeing as no student caught you, and you did not seem to. . . harm . . . the Room of Requirement in any way, I see no reason to hold this against either of you."
Harry and Draco's heads snapped upwards as their faces broke out in equal expressions of joy and relief. Snape, however, looked mutinous.
"Headmaster, I, surely there needs to be, do we not need to take more action to insure an incident such as this does not reoccur?"
"Severus, I trust that neither Draco nor Harry will indulge in such habits anywhere more public than Harry's rooms from now on. Am I right?" Both men nodded profusely. "I do think that they have learnt their lesson."
Snape shot a murderous look at Harry and made to stand up and leave.
"Before you go, Severus, I do wish to discuss an important matter with the three of you."
Snape slowly settled back down in his seat, and three pairs of eyes bored into Dumbledore's. The tone of his voice had made Draco think that this was not a simple matter of changing the password to the kitchen. As it turned out, Draco was right.
"As you all know, I am getting old. A wizard cannot live forever, and I have had more than my fair share of the gloriousness of life. This leaves me with the task of replacing myself as the headmaster of Hogwarts."
Snape, Harry and Draco sat straight up in their chairs, not saying a word, feeling the air in the room tingle with nervous energy.
"Severus, you have served as a fantastic Deputy Headmaster since Minerva retired. For this reason. . ."
Dumbledore paused and glanced around him, the whole room seemed tense, the air, the furniture and all the people in it.
"I wish for you to remain in that position. Harry I would like for you to accept my offer to become Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, beginning your appointment next year."
Harry could not believe his luck - he had gone from nearly being fired to becoming Headmaster in one day!
"Professor, I don't know what. . ."
"No, Dumble - I mean, Headmaster. Surely not Potter!" If Snape was angry before, it was nothing compared to now. "How can you, do you really - . Do you honestly believe Potter is a good role model to the students, given his - preference?" Snape's eyes flashed maliciously at Draco as he drew the last word out slowly.
Harry, Draco and Dumbledore jumped to their feet. "Severus, you are out of line. I expect you to curb your obvious dislike for Harry and Draco's relationship if you wish to continue working here. This school is, and always will be, a place of acceptance. I value you, and your amazing expertise, but if you refuse to work to support Harry, I will fire you before I end my term as headmaster."
"I, I apologise, professor. I just let my . . . shock cloud my mind. Do you truly believe Potter is the best man for the position?"
"Yes I do. Do you accept my offer, Harry?"
Harry shook himself, having forgotten that he hadn't yet given Dumbledore an answer. "Yes, Professor Dumbledore, sir. It would be an honour."
Harry and Draco turned to each other with elated grins on their faces and hugged as if they would never let go. Snape sneered and swept out of the room, crashing into things as he left.
"Oh dear." Said Dumbledore. "I do hope accepts the idea. I feel that he will, he just needs time. You must be very understanding, Harry. You must accept the way he feels about this, and realise that he will eventually see the wrong in his principals. Until then, do try not to cause any trouble."
"Yes Sir. And thank you!"
"It is my pleasure Harry. I would also like to add that your links with Draco, as Minister for Magic, have had no impact on my decision. You will be the best headmaster Hogwarts has ever seen."
"I doubt that sir, you have been fantastic, but I thank you so much for your confidence."
"You are welcome. You may leave now, if you wish, and I trust that you, Draco, will congratulate Mr. Potter in a place far more private than the Room of Requirement."
Both men grinned, and nodding to Dumbledore left the office. They virtually ran back to Harry's rooms, and fell on to the bed, kissing madly.
"I love you so much, congratulations!" Draco gibbered. "You are fantastic, Dumbledore was so right to choose you."
Harry smiled and pulled Draco into a kiss. Suddenly he remembered his vow to himself, and stopped what he was doing. Tomorrow, he decided, he would face Ron and Hermione. But for now, however, he had more important things to do. Turning his attention back to Draco he grinned wickedly.
"You better congratulate me a bit better that. You'll have to work harder from now one, Minister. I am the Headmaster." Harry's hand reached down and undid his belt buckle. Draco smiled, licked his lips and slowly made his way down . . .
A/N: Woohoo! Another chapter! I hope no one was offended by the huge amount of smut in the last chapter, I've been doing * research * in restrictedsection and I got some very naughty ideas. I am so grateful to everyone who has reviewed, you don't know how much it means to me that someone actually supports what I'm writing about. I've been thinking about poor Dumbledore and how he never seems to get any, but I can't really bring my self to write about someone that old having sex so unless anyone really wants me too, my Dumbledore won't be getting any. Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who has reviewed, hopefully I'll be able to update soon!
Warning: Slash. Do not get offended, coz I have warned you. If you are under 18, you probably shouldn't be reading this either, but if you have read this far, what's to stop you reading the rest?
Chapter 6.
As they made their way to Dumbledore's office, Harry could feel his heart beating rapidly with every step. What the hell was going on? Why was everything bad happening all of a sudden? Harry couldn't believe that he and Draco had been caught - how embarrassing! Of course Dumbledore knew of what was involved in their relationship, but Harry and Draco never tried to flaunt their sex life.
Glancing over at Draco, he was reminded of Ron by the look of shame in the man's eyes. Yes, Ron in their second year, after they had flown Mr. Weasley's car into the Womping Willow on the first day of term. Thinking of Ron brought the events of yesterday back into Harry's mind, and he felt anger surge up over his embarrassment. He made a vow to himself that if he wasn't fired from this incident, he would go and visit Ron and Hermione himself and make them understand why Harry and Draco wanted to be bound to each other.
Harry's thoughts were interrupted as he realised they were in Dumbledore's office.
"Sit down." Dumbledore waved his wand and created two chairs directly in front of his desk and one more off to the side. Harry and Draco sat silently down next to each other, their hearts sinking. Snape also sat down, with a look of complete joy on his face, as if all his birthdays had come at once.
"Please explain how this, incident, came to occur." Dumbledore's voice was tinged with disappointment. Harry opened his mouth to speak, but Draco beat him to it.
"It was my fault, um, sir. I seduced Harry. He had nothing to do with it."
"Indeed," Said Dumbledore. "I highly doubt that. From what we heard, both of you were intensely involved." Both men blushed; the thought of Dumbledore listening while they made love was enough to make anyone embarrassed. However, there seemed to be a note of. . . laughter (?) in Dumbledore's voice. Harry dared to look up from the floor to see that Dumbledore wasn't wearing the grave look he expected. Harry felt his heart lift a tiny little bit.
"I must impose upon both of you the seriousness of your actions. If a student had have heard, or indeed walked in on you two, I doubt either of you would escape public exposure. Harry, you would probably not keep your job." Harry felt his heart sink again. "Do you both understand?"
Draco and Harry nodded mutely, neither seeming to be able to find the correct words to say. Snape looked positively delirious with excitement, no doubt expecting some form of punishment or downgrading to now occur.
"Draco, as Minister of Magic, I personally could not see that you were. . . made aware. . . of the consequences of your actions as I could Harry. But please note that you would be held equally as responsible."
"Yes sir." Draco whispered.
"However, seeing as no student caught you, and you did not seem to. . . harm . . . the Room of Requirement in any way, I see no reason to hold this against either of you."
Harry and Draco's heads snapped upwards as their faces broke out in equal expressions of joy and relief. Snape, however, looked mutinous.
"Headmaster, I, surely there needs to be, do we not need to take more action to insure an incident such as this does not reoccur?"
"Severus, I trust that neither Draco nor Harry will indulge in such habits anywhere more public than Harry's rooms from now on. Am I right?" Both men nodded profusely. "I do think that they have learnt their lesson."
Snape shot a murderous look at Harry and made to stand up and leave.
"Before you go, Severus, I do wish to discuss an important matter with the three of you."
Snape slowly settled back down in his seat, and three pairs of eyes bored into Dumbledore's. The tone of his voice had made Draco think that this was not a simple matter of changing the password to the kitchen. As it turned out, Draco was right.
"As you all know, I am getting old. A wizard cannot live forever, and I have had more than my fair share of the gloriousness of life. This leaves me with the task of replacing myself as the headmaster of Hogwarts."
Snape, Harry and Draco sat straight up in their chairs, not saying a word, feeling the air in the room tingle with nervous energy.
"Severus, you have served as a fantastic Deputy Headmaster since Minerva retired. For this reason. . ."
Dumbledore paused and glanced around him, the whole room seemed tense, the air, the furniture and all the people in it.
"I wish for you to remain in that position. Harry I would like for you to accept my offer to become Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, beginning your appointment next year."
Harry could not believe his luck - he had gone from nearly being fired to becoming Headmaster in one day!
"Professor, I don't know what. . ."
"No, Dumble - I mean, Headmaster. Surely not Potter!" If Snape was angry before, it was nothing compared to now. "How can you, do you really - . Do you honestly believe Potter is a good role model to the students, given his - preference?" Snape's eyes flashed maliciously at Draco as he drew the last word out slowly.
Harry, Draco and Dumbledore jumped to their feet. "Severus, you are out of line. I expect you to curb your obvious dislike for Harry and Draco's relationship if you wish to continue working here. This school is, and always will be, a place of acceptance. I value you, and your amazing expertise, but if you refuse to work to support Harry, I will fire you before I end my term as headmaster."
"I, I apologise, professor. I just let my . . . shock cloud my mind. Do you truly believe Potter is the best man for the position?"
"Yes I do. Do you accept my offer, Harry?"
Harry shook himself, having forgotten that he hadn't yet given Dumbledore an answer. "Yes, Professor Dumbledore, sir. It would be an honour."
Harry and Draco turned to each other with elated grins on their faces and hugged as if they would never let go. Snape sneered and swept out of the room, crashing into things as he left.
"Oh dear." Said Dumbledore. "I do hope accepts the idea. I feel that he will, he just needs time. You must be very understanding, Harry. You must accept the way he feels about this, and realise that he will eventually see the wrong in his principals. Until then, do try not to cause any trouble."
"Yes Sir. And thank you!"
"It is my pleasure Harry. I would also like to add that your links with Draco, as Minister for Magic, have had no impact on my decision. You will be the best headmaster Hogwarts has ever seen."
"I doubt that sir, you have been fantastic, but I thank you so much for your confidence."
"You are welcome. You may leave now, if you wish, and I trust that you, Draco, will congratulate Mr. Potter in a place far more private than the Room of Requirement."
Both men grinned, and nodding to Dumbledore left the office. They virtually ran back to Harry's rooms, and fell on to the bed, kissing madly.
"I love you so much, congratulations!" Draco gibbered. "You are fantastic, Dumbledore was so right to choose you."
Harry smiled and pulled Draco into a kiss. Suddenly he remembered his vow to himself, and stopped what he was doing. Tomorrow, he decided, he would face Ron and Hermione. But for now, however, he had more important things to do. Turning his attention back to Draco he grinned wickedly.
"You better congratulate me a bit better that. You'll have to work harder from now one, Minister. I am the Headmaster." Harry's hand reached down and undid his belt buckle. Draco smiled, licked his lips and slowly made his way down . . .
A/N: Woohoo! Another chapter! I hope no one was offended by the huge amount of smut in the last chapter, I've been doing * research * in restrictedsection and I got some very naughty ideas. I am so grateful to everyone who has reviewed, you don't know how much it means to me that someone actually supports what I'm writing about. I've been thinking about poor Dumbledore and how he never seems to get any, but I can't really bring my self to write about someone that old having sex so unless anyone really wants me too, my Dumbledore won't be getting any. Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who has reviewed, hopefully I'll be able to update soon!