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Chapter 7.
Draco slowly turned around and looked his father straight in the eyes. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Draco shouted.
"Don't you think I should be asking you that question? What do you think you are doing with...with that Potter boy?!!" Lucius spat out Harry's name with an expression of distaste.
"Don't you dare bring Harry into this!!! This is just between you and me!!"
"Love him...do you?" Lucius asked with a hint of hatred.
"What's it to you?"
"Everything!! You ARE my son!!" Lucius was getting angry.
"Fuck you am I! You've NEVER been there for me when I needed you and you've never EVER loved me, so you have NO right what so ever to call yourself a father or my father for that matter!!" by now Draco was completely outraged, he just couldn't believe his father.
Without any warning Lucius swung and hit Draco square in the face. With the force of the punch Draco stumbled backwards and landed on the floor with a dull thud.
"How dare you speak to me like that?! You are a Malfoy and therefore you shouldn't lower your standards to a Potter!!" by now Lucius was fuming. Draco stood up and walked over to his father so their faces were just inches apart.
"Fuck you!! Get the hell out of my room and leave Harry and I alone! I don't want anything to do you, you're nothing to me!" Lucius raised his fist to hit Draco again but Draco managed to catch it before it made contact with his face again. Draco bought his face closer to his fathers and whispered into his ear, "You dare touch me again in any way and I'll have you done for assault," Draco then pulled away with a calculated look on his face, "Though that is the least of your worries because if the Ministry find out that you're still alive then you'll get what's coming to you." Lucius was non-pulsed by this threat and just looked at his son with an expression of indifference.
"What makes you so sure that the Ministry will get hold of me?" Lucius asked rather smugly.
"I'll make sure of it, don't you worry you're pretty little head," and with that Draco punched Lucius in the gut with his free hand, Lucius recoiled and fell to the ground out of breath. With all the repressed anger Draco had been harbouring over the years, he pounced on top of Lucius and repeatedly punched him in the head.
(Back in Harry's study.)
Harry was getting worried, as Draco had been too long. As if by sixth sense Harry could tell (not by his scare) that there was something very wrong. Harry and Draco's love for each other was so strong that over the years a bond had grown in which the two could sense what the other was thinking or feeling. Harry pushed aside the essays he was marking, stood up and made his way over to his bedroom.
Upon approaching his bedroom door Harry could hear the sound of a struggle. He rushed in thinking Draco was being attacked but the site that met his eyes was horrific. Harry stood in the door way in total shock not knowing what to do, he soon registered what was going on and pulled Draco off his father.
"What the hell do you think you're doing Potter? Can't you see that I'm trying to knock some sense into this excuse of a man or are you blind?!" snapped Draco. Harry looked hurt but pushed it aside and cast a full body bind on Lucius's limp body, Harry then turned to face Draco with a determined expression on his face.
"I don't want you to kill him Dray, if you do that then you'll be as bad as him," Harry then cupped Draco's face and looked straight into his eyes. Draco looked down at his hands that were covered in blood from hitting Lucius so hard and coursing him a nosebleed.
"I'm sorry Harry, I just didn't think. He was putting you down and I had to do something," at this point Draco clenched his teeth together and spat out, "he really makes my blood boil!" Harry smiled and wrapped his arms around Draco, who in turn returned the embrace.
"Get your filthy hands off my son!" Draco's head snapped up, he made a move towards Lucius but Harry stopped him. He turned to face Lucius, raised his wand and cast a spell to gag him. With a triumphant smile Harry turned to face Draco.
"There, that's better. Now...where were we?" and with that Harry captured Draco's lips with his own. Draco returned the kiss with as much passion as he could master. Before Draco could really get into the kiss Harry pulled away and a moan of protest escaped Draco's lips.
"What are we gonna do about your father?"
"Lets get one thing straight, shall we? First of all we are not gonna do anything. I want him to rot to hell! Secondly, he is most definitely not my father! Understood?"
"Yeah I understand, but we can't just leave him here. Maybe we should get the Ministry to come and get him, what do you say?"
"Ok, at least he'll get what's coming to him that ba...."
"There's no need for name calling Draco."
"Ok, ok I wont call him a ba..."
"Draco!!" Draco looked at his feet feeling rather ashamed of himself and whispered, "sorry."
"It's ok. Come here," Harry opened his arms and waited for Draco to enter them, as he did the two men embraced, "I'll tell you what, we'll take him to Dumbledore he'll know what to do."
"Are you sure...can't I just knock him out?" Draco asked this as if it was something you asked on a regular basis. Harry just raised an eyebrow and gave Draco a look that quite clearly said NO!
Harry then turned around to cast a levitation charm on Lucius and the three of them made their way to the headmaster's office. Once stood in front of the door there was no need to knock as they heard the voice of Dumbledore telling them to enter, and so they did.
"Ah, Mr. Potter, Mr. Malfoy. What may I do for you?" Dumbledore asked with his usual twinkle in his blue eyes.
"Sir, we found this lurking about the castle and was wondering if you could dispose of it for us?" Draco asked politely and rather innocently with calm words, though he was not feeling calm.
"And what may that be Mr. Malfoy?" both Harry and Draco moved aside to show the headmaster the floating body of Lucius Malfoy and he looked rather pissed off at his situation.
"Ah...I see," was all Dumbledore said. He stood up and walked around his desk and studied the situation in front of his eyes. He then slowly turned to face Harry and Draco then spoke softly.
"I think the best thing for us to do is to contact the Ministry and ask them to come and collect him. Once that's taken care of there maybe a trail...but then again with a track record like Lucius's he'll probably be sent straight to Azkaban, no questions asked."
Dumbledore stop there and looked Draco over, afraid that he might be hurt with this information but all he saw in the grey-blue eyes was relief so Dumbledore continued, "I take it Mr. Malfoy that you understand the situation?" Draco just nodded his head.
"Ok then. You can leave him here, I'll write to the Ministry and inform them of the situation and then I'll inform you, Mr. Malfoy of the goings on," with that the two men said their thanks and left the office. As they left the office Harry opened his mouth to say something but Draco cut him off.
"Don't say it."
"Don't say what?" asked Harry rather sweetly.
"Don't say I told you so."
"Ok I wont but I will say this, I was right!" replied Harry with a very big and triumphant grin on his face. Draco didn't say anything he just glared at Harry but couldn't keep the glare and ended up smile at his lover instead. Harry slowly lent in to kiss Draco but pulled away as soon as he saw Ron and Hermione running up to them in full pelt. The two stopped right in front of Harry and Draco breathing very hard and trying their best to talk at the same time.
"We...were...told that...you...were..." panted Ron.
"Slow down guys!" shouted Harry.
"Yeah, take your time and then start," Draco looked at Ron then at Hermione, there had to be something really wrong by the looks on their faces. Hermione regained her breath and started.
"We were told that you were attacked by Lucius. Is this true?" Hermione's eyes were darting over Harry and Draco to make sure that there were no cuts or bruises when she noticed Draco's blood stained hands.
"What happened to your hands?!" she shrieked.
"Oh that," was all Draco said and stuck his hands in his pockets.
"Well you see that thing is...." Harry began to tell Ron and Hermione exactly what happened and why Draco's hands were still covered in blood.
"So you mean to tell me that Lucius is in Dumbledore's office right now?" Ron asked.
"Yep and on his way to Azkaban," replied Draco with a very big smile on his face. He then turned to face Harry and suddenly remembered there was something he needed to do. He didn't even bother to make an excuse to leave he just took off running towards his bedroom.
"What the hell is up with him?" asked Ron.
"I...don't know," replied Harry slowly looking down the corridor Draco just ran down.
"Well...don't you think you should after him?" asked Hermione. Harry made a move to go after his lover but a small voice piped up and called out, "Professor Potter?" Harry turned around only to come face to face with one of his students.
"Yes?"
"Sir, I was wondering if you would be able to help me with the homework you set for us the other day?"
"Of course I can Zac. Come on, lets go to the library we'll need some of the books," with a smile Harry left his friends and made his way over to the library with Zac in pursuit. Talking to Draco would have to wait.
Meanwhile Draco was back in his room throwing things around frantically looking for something. He moved from one end of the room to the other, he stopped at his trunk and opened it remembering that he had left it in there. Draco slowly reached in and pulled out a parcel, it had only come in this morning at breakfast and he was very happy that he had received it so fast. The man who had made it told him it could take a couple of weeks before he got it but Draco was pleased that the guy had done it and given it to him. Draco slowly unwrapped the parcel and smiled when he saw how beautiful the object was, it was definitely good enough for what Draco wanted it for. He pocketed the parcel turned around to the bombsite that was his room and cast a simple spell to clean up the mess. Once that was done Draco left the room in search for Harry he had some explaining to do and he knew it.
Back in the library Harry was trying his best to keep him mind on the task at hand but found it very hard as his mind kept drifting back to Draco and why he just ran away like that. Oh boy did that boy have some explaining to do and when Harry got his hands on him...oh well, lets just say that there would be hell to pay.
Draco came wondering into the library slowly looking around to see if he could spot Harry. He noticed that Harry was sat with his back to the door and talking to a student, must be about homework or something. Well, here it goes. And with that Draco made his way over to the table Harry was sat.
"Professor Potter, when you're done may I have a word with you?" Harry looked up at the sound of Draco's voice and just gave him a nod. Draco decided to leave the two alone and made his way over to his office down in the dungeons. He still couldn't believe it, he was the potions professor!! He didn't have to wait for long as there came a knock at the door about half an hour later.
"Come in."
Harry opened the door, walked in and slowly closed it behind him. He didn't make a move to get closer to Draco; he wasn't in the best of moods with him after he ran off earlier.
"Why don't you sit down Harry?"
"No...I'd rather stand thanks," was the cold reply Draco received from Harry he involuntarily shuddered. "Ok then, if you wont come to me then I'll come to you."
"Oh now you want to be close to me. Funny that, since you didn't want to be near me earlier," with that Harry crossed his arms over his chest and just glared at Draco.
"Oh Harry please don't be like that," pleaded Draco.
"Don't be like what?" snapped Harry.
"I know I owe you an explanation..."
"Damn right you do."
"Well, come and sit down and I'll tell you everything right from the beginning."
Draco pushed Harry towards the chairs where the two of them sat down and Draco started to explain what it was that he had been up to these last couple of days.
"Well, you see the thing is it all started on the day of the carnival. You know I arrived late well it's not because my shower was cold or anything like that, it's because I had to go and see a guy about a ring. Don't say anything til I've finished Harry...ok I went to the jewellers to look for a ring for you but not just any ring an...engagement ring. I couldn't find the one I wanted so I asked the guy if he could make it for me, I told him what I wanted and he said he would see what he could do for me. Well, I got it this morning and I guess what I'm trying to say is..." Draco slowly got down on one knee and pulled the parcel out of his pocket to present a small box, which he opened and pulled out the ring and holding Harry's hand he continued.
"Harry...will you marry me?" Draco looked straight into Harry's eyes as he said this.
TBC.
Chapter 7.
Draco slowly turned around and looked his father straight in the eyes. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Draco shouted.
"Don't you think I should be asking you that question? What do you think you are doing with...with that Potter boy?!!" Lucius spat out Harry's name with an expression of distaste.
"Don't you dare bring Harry into this!!! This is just between you and me!!"
"Love him...do you?" Lucius asked with a hint of hatred.
"What's it to you?"
"Everything!! You ARE my son!!" Lucius was getting angry.
"Fuck you am I! You've NEVER been there for me when I needed you and you've never EVER loved me, so you have NO right what so ever to call yourself a father or my father for that matter!!" by now Draco was completely outraged, he just couldn't believe his father.
Without any warning Lucius swung and hit Draco square in the face. With the force of the punch Draco stumbled backwards and landed on the floor with a dull thud.
"How dare you speak to me like that?! You are a Malfoy and therefore you shouldn't lower your standards to a Potter!!" by now Lucius was fuming. Draco stood up and walked over to his father so their faces were just inches apart.
"Fuck you!! Get the hell out of my room and leave Harry and I alone! I don't want anything to do you, you're nothing to me!" Lucius raised his fist to hit Draco again but Draco managed to catch it before it made contact with his face again. Draco bought his face closer to his fathers and whispered into his ear, "You dare touch me again in any way and I'll have you done for assault," Draco then pulled away with a calculated look on his face, "Though that is the least of your worries because if the Ministry find out that you're still alive then you'll get what's coming to you." Lucius was non-pulsed by this threat and just looked at his son with an expression of indifference.
"What makes you so sure that the Ministry will get hold of me?" Lucius asked rather smugly.
"I'll make sure of it, don't you worry you're pretty little head," and with that Draco punched Lucius in the gut with his free hand, Lucius recoiled and fell to the ground out of breath. With all the repressed anger Draco had been harbouring over the years, he pounced on top of Lucius and repeatedly punched him in the head.
(Back in Harry's study.)
Harry was getting worried, as Draco had been too long. As if by sixth sense Harry could tell (not by his scare) that there was something very wrong. Harry and Draco's love for each other was so strong that over the years a bond had grown in which the two could sense what the other was thinking or feeling. Harry pushed aside the essays he was marking, stood up and made his way over to his bedroom.
Upon approaching his bedroom door Harry could hear the sound of a struggle. He rushed in thinking Draco was being attacked but the site that met his eyes was horrific. Harry stood in the door way in total shock not knowing what to do, he soon registered what was going on and pulled Draco off his father.
"What the hell do you think you're doing Potter? Can't you see that I'm trying to knock some sense into this excuse of a man or are you blind?!" snapped Draco. Harry looked hurt but pushed it aside and cast a full body bind on Lucius's limp body, Harry then turned to face Draco with a determined expression on his face.
"I don't want you to kill him Dray, if you do that then you'll be as bad as him," Harry then cupped Draco's face and looked straight into his eyes. Draco looked down at his hands that were covered in blood from hitting Lucius so hard and coursing him a nosebleed.
"I'm sorry Harry, I just didn't think. He was putting you down and I had to do something," at this point Draco clenched his teeth together and spat out, "he really makes my blood boil!" Harry smiled and wrapped his arms around Draco, who in turn returned the embrace.
"Get your filthy hands off my son!" Draco's head snapped up, he made a move towards Lucius but Harry stopped him. He turned to face Lucius, raised his wand and cast a spell to gag him. With a triumphant smile Harry turned to face Draco.
"There, that's better. Now...where were we?" and with that Harry captured Draco's lips with his own. Draco returned the kiss with as much passion as he could master. Before Draco could really get into the kiss Harry pulled away and a moan of protest escaped Draco's lips.
"What are we gonna do about your father?"
"Lets get one thing straight, shall we? First of all we are not gonna do anything. I want him to rot to hell! Secondly, he is most definitely not my father! Understood?"
"Yeah I understand, but we can't just leave him here. Maybe we should get the Ministry to come and get him, what do you say?"
"Ok, at least he'll get what's coming to him that ba...."
"There's no need for name calling Draco."
"Ok, ok I wont call him a ba..."
"Draco!!" Draco looked at his feet feeling rather ashamed of himself and whispered, "sorry."
"It's ok. Come here," Harry opened his arms and waited for Draco to enter them, as he did the two men embraced, "I'll tell you what, we'll take him to Dumbledore he'll know what to do."
"Are you sure...can't I just knock him out?" Draco asked this as if it was something you asked on a regular basis. Harry just raised an eyebrow and gave Draco a look that quite clearly said NO!
Harry then turned around to cast a levitation charm on Lucius and the three of them made their way to the headmaster's office. Once stood in front of the door there was no need to knock as they heard the voice of Dumbledore telling them to enter, and so they did.
"Ah, Mr. Potter, Mr. Malfoy. What may I do for you?" Dumbledore asked with his usual twinkle in his blue eyes.
"Sir, we found this lurking about the castle and was wondering if you could dispose of it for us?" Draco asked politely and rather innocently with calm words, though he was not feeling calm.
"And what may that be Mr. Malfoy?" both Harry and Draco moved aside to show the headmaster the floating body of Lucius Malfoy and he looked rather pissed off at his situation.
"Ah...I see," was all Dumbledore said. He stood up and walked around his desk and studied the situation in front of his eyes. He then slowly turned to face Harry and Draco then spoke softly.
"I think the best thing for us to do is to contact the Ministry and ask them to come and collect him. Once that's taken care of there maybe a trail...but then again with a track record like Lucius's he'll probably be sent straight to Azkaban, no questions asked."
Dumbledore stop there and looked Draco over, afraid that he might be hurt with this information but all he saw in the grey-blue eyes was relief so Dumbledore continued, "I take it Mr. Malfoy that you understand the situation?" Draco just nodded his head.
"Ok then. You can leave him here, I'll write to the Ministry and inform them of the situation and then I'll inform you, Mr. Malfoy of the goings on," with that the two men said their thanks and left the office. As they left the office Harry opened his mouth to say something but Draco cut him off.
"Don't say it."
"Don't say what?" asked Harry rather sweetly.
"Don't say I told you so."
"Ok I wont but I will say this, I was right!" replied Harry with a very big and triumphant grin on his face. Draco didn't say anything he just glared at Harry but couldn't keep the glare and ended up smile at his lover instead. Harry slowly lent in to kiss Draco but pulled away as soon as he saw Ron and Hermione running up to them in full pelt. The two stopped right in front of Harry and Draco breathing very hard and trying their best to talk at the same time.
"We...were...told that...you...were..." panted Ron.
"Slow down guys!" shouted Harry.
"Yeah, take your time and then start," Draco looked at Ron then at Hermione, there had to be something really wrong by the looks on their faces. Hermione regained her breath and started.
"We were told that you were attacked by Lucius. Is this true?" Hermione's eyes were darting over Harry and Draco to make sure that there were no cuts or bruises when she noticed Draco's blood stained hands.
"What happened to your hands?!" she shrieked.
"Oh that," was all Draco said and stuck his hands in his pockets.
"Well you see that thing is...." Harry began to tell Ron and Hermione exactly what happened and why Draco's hands were still covered in blood.
"So you mean to tell me that Lucius is in Dumbledore's office right now?" Ron asked.
"Yep and on his way to Azkaban," replied Draco with a very big smile on his face. He then turned to face Harry and suddenly remembered there was something he needed to do. He didn't even bother to make an excuse to leave he just took off running towards his bedroom.
"What the hell is up with him?" asked Ron.
"I...don't know," replied Harry slowly looking down the corridor Draco just ran down.
"Well...don't you think you should after him?" asked Hermione. Harry made a move to go after his lover but a small voice piped up and called out, "Professor Potter?" Harry turned around only to come face to face with one of his students.
"Yes?"
"Sir, I was wondering if you would be able to help me with the homework you set for us the other day?"
"Of course I can Zac. Come on, lets go to the library we'll need some of the books," with a smile Harry left his friends and made his way over to the library with Zac in pursuit. Talking to Draco would have to wait.
Meanwhile Draco was back in his room throwing things around frantically looking for something. He moved from one end of the room to the other, he stopped at his trunk and opened it remembering that he had left it in there. Draco slowly reached in and pulled out a parcel, it had only come in this morning at breakfast and he was very happy that he had received it so fast. The man who had made it told him it could take a couple of weeks before he got it but Draco was pleased that the guy had done it and given it to him. Draco slowly unwrapped the parcel and smiled when he saw how beautiful the object was, it was definitely good enough for what Draco wanted it for. He pocketed the parcel turned around to the bombsite that was his room and cast a simple spell to clean up the mess. Once that was done Draco left the room in search for Harry he had some explaining to do and he knew it.
Back in the library Harry was trying his best to keep him mind on the task at hand but found it very hard as his mind kept drifting back to Draco and why he just ran away like that. Oh boy did that boy have some explaining to do and when Harry got his hands on him...oh well, lets just say that there would be hell to pay.
Draco came wondering into the library slowly looking around to see if he could spot Harry. He noticed that Harry was sat with his back to the door and talking to a student, must be about homework or something. Well, here it goes. And with that Draco made his way over to the table Harry was sat.
"Professor Potter, when you're done may I have a word with you?" Harry looked up at the sound of Draco's voice and just gave him a nod. Draco decided to leave the two alone and made his way over to his office down in the dungeons. He still couldn't believe it, he was the potions professor!! He didn't have to wait for long as there came a knock at the door about half an hour later.
"Come in."
Harry opened the door, walked in and slowly closed it behind him. He didn't make a move to get closer to Draco; he wasn't in the best of moods with him after he ran off earlier.
"Why don't you sit down Harry?"
"No...I'd rather stand thanks," was the cold reply Draco received from Harry he involuntarily shuddered. "Ok then, if you wont come to me then I'll come to you."
"Oh now you want to be close to me. Funny that, since you didn't want to be near me earlier," with that Harry crossed his arms over his chest and just glared at Draco.
"Oh Harry please don't be like that," pleaded Draco.
"Don't be like what?" snapped Harry.
"I know I owe you an explanation..."
"Damn right you do."
"Well, come and sit down and I'll tell you everything right from the beginning."
Draco pushed Harry towards the chairs where the two of them sat down and Draco started to explain what it was that he had been up to these last couple of days.
"Well, you see the thing is it all started on the day of the carnival. You know I arrived late well it's not because my shower was cold or anything like that, it's because I had to go and see a guy about a ring. Don't say anything til I've finished Harry...ok I went to the jewellers to look for a ring for you but not just any ring an...engagement ring. I couldn't find the one I wanted so I asked the guy if he could make it for me, I told him what I wanted and he said he would see what he could do for me. Well, I got it this morning and I guess what I'm trying to say is..." Draco slowly got down on one knee and pulled the parcel out of his pocket to present a small box, which he opened and pulled out the ring and holding Harry's hand he continued.
"Harry...will you marry me?" Draco looked straight into Harry's eyes as he said this.
TBC.