Day Walker
Disclaimer: I own only Damien. JK Rowling, the genius herself, owns the rest of them and the scenery.
Summary: Shocks, howlers and more unpleasantness...
Warning: This story contains slash (male-male).
Author's Note: I'm so sorry this has taken so much longer than I said it would. Please bear over with me, this is an un-betaed chapter, but my beta'll come back soon, I've talked to him and he's okay! *Smiles*
~Chapter 15 ~
~Forgiving~
"What have I done?" Damien began to sob quietly. "What have I done?"
Harry sighed and placed a hand on the other boy's shoulder. "You didn't mean anything by it. I'm sure Blaise will understand that if you just explain it to him. You had a weak moment. Everyone can have those, and the atmosphere was very romantic. You don't have to tell him if you don't want to, but I think it would be a heavy thing to carry around afterwards."
"You're probably right, and I don't want to keep secrets from him." Damien straightened up and wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his robe. "But I don't want to lose him either."
"Damien...?" said Harry.
The half-blood nodded.
"If he really cares about you and wants to be with you, he'll forgive you for this. It was one kiss."
Damien nodded again. "Do you think it's wise to send an owl to him straight away?"
"I think it would be good to get it out right away." Harry sent Damien an encouraging smile. The vampire nodded and got to his feet. He walked up to his dormitory to write the letter for his boyfriend.
Harry sighed. 'I hope Blaise is as forgiving as I hope he is,' he thought before he began fixing the sketch of Damien.
Five minutes later Damien came back down from the dormitories with a small roll of parchment in his hand. His eyes were red and puffy, and Harry suspected that he had been crying while he wrote the letter to Blaise.
"I'll go up to the owlery to send this." He sniffled abit. "Then I'm gonna go for a walk and... Well.. Just be alone for a while."
"It's okay, Damien," said Harry in a comforting tone of voice. "I'll see you at dinner."
"Yeah." Damien pushed the portrait hole open and climbed through.
Harry decided to put the sketch away and go to find Draco. He found his boyfriend sitting on a bench under one of the big Christmas trees in the Great Hall. He was reading a book on Astrological myths.
Harry sat down next to him. "Hi D..." He was trying to decide wether he should tell Draco or not. 'Harry! You're an idiot!' a voice inside his head screamed at him. 'You can't tell Damien to tell Blaise because it was the right thing and do the complete oposite yourself! Tell hom now!' He sighed. 'You're right,' he thought back to the voice. He gathered all the courage he could find in himself and took a deep breath.
"Draco?"
"Yes." Draco closed his book.
"I've kissed Damien. Or we kissed each other. Ididn'tmeantokisshimitjusthappened - " He was cut off when Draco's index finger was put on his lips.
"Shhhh... It's okay." Draco stroked his boyfriend's hair. "I've put my jealousy behind me. I love you, and I know that you love me too. Don't worry about this. I trust you." The Slytherin smiled. "And I have eyes, you know. I know that Damien is attractive. Let's just call it a moment of weakness." Draco laughed.
"Thanks, D. I'm so glad you're okay with this." Harry leaned in and gave Draco a brief kiss."I just hope Blaise is as forgiving as you."
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It turned out he wasn't. At dinner that night Harry, Draco and Damien sat together at the end of the Gryffindor table. Suddenly a little tawny owl swooped in through the window. It circled a few times under the bewitched ceiling before it dived down and dropped its cargo infront of Damien. The three boys all gasped. It was a red envelope. They all recognised it as a Howler. It was adressed to 'The cheating-son-of-bitch Damien D. Ness'.
"You have to open it, you know," said Draco. "It explodes if you don't, and that's not pretty."
Damien nodded and broke the seal on the back of the envelope. The sobbing voice of a young boy errupted from it.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD DO A THING LIKE THIS TO ME!" Blaise's amplified voice filled their ears. He sounded angry and hurt. "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY LIFE! I DON'T WANT TO BE WITH YOU ANYMORE, YOU BACK-STABBING- BITCH! I ACTUALLY THOUGHT YOU CARED, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT!" Blaise yelled at Damien through the Howler for a full five minutes. He insulted him in every thinkable way like only a Slytherin could. He ended it all with a simple: "GOODBYE, DAMIEN!" The voice faded.
Damien's expression changed from shock to disbelief and back to shock again. His eyes filled up with tears as the Howler self-destructed in a cloud of smoke. "I... I... I thought he would understand. I thought he liked me enough to see past one mistake."
"So did we, Damien, so did we." Harry put a hand on Damien's should, and Draco put one of the other.
"We...? He knows?" Damien asked.
"Yes. I told him earlier today. He understands, and if Blaise had really liked you he would have too."
"Yeah. I know Blaise and I didn't think he was like this, but obviously he's just another Slytherin." Draco shrugged.
"I guess he is," said Damien and wiped his eyes. "I liked him... Still like him alot, but I don't love him. I could have, in time, but not yet..."
"I understand that." Harry sighed. "Do you want to leave this place?"
Damien nodded.
"Commonroom?" Harry got up.
"Yeah."
"I'll just stay here, and give you two some time to talk," said Draco and smiled.
"Thank you," Damien replied.
Harry leaned down and gave Draco a swift kiss before he and Damien left the Great Hall. When they got up to the Gryffindor commonroom they went to Harry's dormitory. It was only Harry who was there for the holidays.
"Sit on my bed, Damien. Feel free to lay down as well, if you need it." Harry summoned a house elf to bring them some hot chocolate.
"Thank you." The half-blood sat down. They sat in silence and drank their cups of chocolate. Damien laid down when he had emptied the mug with the Hogwart's mark on it. They still hadn't uttered a single word, but words were meaningless. Damien spooned Harry's lower back and butt and all Harry could do was to sit there and stroke the boy's hair until he fell asleep. Harry sent a note to Draco by Hedwig telling him that Damien had fallen asleep and that he didn't want to leave him there. She returned shortly with a note from Draco.
"It's okay. We'll talk more about it in the morning. Just let him sleep. You are free to sleep next to him if you think he'll feel safer then. He needs it now.
I love you!
Love, Draco"
'Thank you,' he thought, sending it Draco's way, and removed his robes and trousers, but the kept his t-shirt and boxers on, and slipped into bed behind Damien.
A/N: I know it sucks, but forgive me for the clichés and sappy stuff. I think I needed to get it out. *smiles* I appreciate reviews. ^-^
Disclaimer: I own only Damien. JK Rowling, the genius herself, owns the rest of them and the scenery.
Summary: Shocks, howlers and more unpleasantness...
Warning: This story contains slash (male-male).
Author's Note: I'm so sorry this has taken so much longer than I said it would. Please bear over with me, this is an un-betaed chapter, but my beta'll come back soon, I've talked to him and he's okay! *Smiles*
~Chapter 15 ~
~Forgiving~
"What have I done?" Damien began to sob quietly. "What have I done?"
Harry sighed and placed a hand on the other boy's shoulder. "You didn't mean anything by it. I'm sure Blaise will understand that if you just explain it to him. You had a weak moment. Everyone can have those, and the atmosphere was very romantic. You don't have to tell him if you don't want to, but I think it would be a heavy thing to carry around afterwards."
"You're probably right, and I don't want to keep secrets from him." Damien straightened up and wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his robe. "But I don't want to lose him either."
"Damien...?" said Harry.
The half-blood nodded.
"If he really cares about you and wants to be with you, he'll forgive you for this. It was one kiss."
Damien nodded again. "Do you think it's wise to send an owl to him straight away?"
"I think it would be good to get it out right away." Harry sent Damien an encouraging smile. The vampire nodded and got to his feet. He walked up to his dormitory to write the letter for his boyfriend.
Harry sighed. 'I hope Blaise is as forgiving as I hope he is,' he thought before he began fixing the sketch of Damien.
Five minutes later Damien came back down from the dormitories with a small roll of parchment in his hand. His eyes were red and puffy, and Harry suspected that he had been crying while he wrote the letter to Blaise.
"I'll go up to the owlery to send this." He sniffled abit. "Then I'm gonna go for a walk and... Well.. Just be alone for a while."
"It's okay, Damien," said Harry in a comforting tone of voice. "I'll see you at dinner."
"Yeah." Damien pushed the portrait hole open and climbed through.
Harry decided to put the sketch away and go to find Draco. He found his boyfriend sitting on a bench under one of the big Christmas trees in the Great Hall. He was reading a book on Astrological myths.
Harry sat down next to him. "Hi D..." He was trying to decide wether he should tell Draco or not. 'Harry! You're an idiot!' a voice inside his head screamed at him. 'You can't tell Damien to tell Blaise because it was the right thing and do the complete oposite yourself! Tell hom now!' He sighed. 'You're right,' he thought back to the voice. He gathered all the courage he could find in himself and took a deep breath.
"Draco?"
"Yes." Draco closed his book.
"I've kissed Damien. Or we kissed each other. Ididn'tmeantokisshimitjusthappened - " He was cut off when Draco's index finger was put on his lips.
"Shhhh... It's okay." Draco stroked his boyfriend's hair. "I've put my jealousy behind me. I love you, and I know that you love me too. Don't worry about this. I trust you." The Slytherin smiled. "And I have eyes, you know. I know that Damien is attractive. Let's just call it a moment of weakness." Draco laughed.
"Thanks, D. I'm so glad you're okay with this." Harry leaned in and gave Draco a brief kiss."I just hope Blaise is as forgiving as you."
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It turned out he wasn't. At dinner that night Harry, Draco and Damien sat together at the end of the Gryffindor table. Suddenly a little tawny owl swooped in through the window. It circled a few times under the bewitched ceiling before it dived down and dropped its cargo infront of Damien. The three boys all gasped. It was a red envelope. They all recognised it as a Howler. It was adressed to 'The cheating-son-of-bitch Damien D. Ness'.
"You have to open it, you know," said Draco. "It explodes if you don't, and that's not pretty."
Damien nodded and broke the seal on the back of the envelope. The sobbing voice of a young boy errupted from it.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD DO A THING LIKE THIS TO ME!" Blaise's amplified voice filled their ears. He sounded angry and hurt. "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY LIFE! I DON'T WANT TO BE WITH YOU ANYMORE, YOU BACK-STABBING- BITCH! I ACTUALLY THOUGHT YOU CARED, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT!" Blaise yelled at Damien through the Howler for a full five minutes. He insulted him in every thinkable way like only a Slytherin could. He ended it all with a simple: "GOODBYE, DAMIEN!" The voice faded.
Damien's expression changed from shock to disbelief and back to shock again. His eyes filled up with tears as the Howler self-destructed in a cloud of smoke. "I... I... I thought he would understand. I thought he liked me enough to see past one mistake."
"So did we, Damien, so did we." Harry put a hand on Damien's should, and Draco put one of the other.
"We...? He knows?" Damien asked.
"Yes. I told him earlier today. He understands, and if Blaise had really liked you he would have too."
"Yeah. I know Blaise and I didn't think he was like this, but obviously he's just another Slytherin." Draco shrugged.
"I guess he is," said Damien and wiped his eyes. "I liked him... Still like him alot, but I don't love him. I could have, in time, but not yet..."
"I understand that." Harry sighed. "Do you want to leave this place?"
Damien nodded.
"Commonroom?" Harry got up.
"Yeah."
"I'll just stay here, and give you two some time to talk," said Draco and smiled.
"Thank you," Damien replied.
Harry leaned down and gave Draco a swift kiss before he and Damien left the Great Hall. When they got up to the Gryffindor commonroom they went to Harry's dormitory. It was only Harry who was there for the holidays.
"Sit on my bed, Damien. Feel free to lay down as well, if you need it." Harry summoned a house elf to bring them some hot chocolate.
"Thank you." The half-blood sat down. They sat in silence and drank their cups of chocolate. Damien laid down when he had emptied the mug with the Hogwart's mark on it. They still hadn't uttered a single word, but words were meaningless. Damien spooned Harry's lower back and butt and all Harry could do was to sit there and stroke the boy's hair until he fell asleep. Harry sent a note to Draco by Hedwig telling him that Damien had fallen asleep and that he didn't want to leave him there. She returned shortly with a note from Draco.
"It's okay. We'll talk more about it in the morning. Just let him sleep. You are free to sleep next to him if you think he'll feel safer then. He needs it now.
I love you!
Love, Draco"
'Thank you,' he thought, sending it Draco's way, and removed his robes and trousers, but the kept his t-shirt and boxers on, and slipped into bed behind Damien.
A/N: I know it sucks, but forgive me for the clichés and sappy stuff. I think I needed to get it out. *smiles* I appreciate reviews. ^-^