Author's note: Oh, my god, I'm very, very, very, very, very, very sorry!!!
I've been having lots of problems, family problems and school problems.man,
this year is the last in school!! I'm scared!!! And I have yet to receive
the results of my Proficiency English Exam.I'd be devastated if didn't pass
it.And I'm so worried about what I'm gonna do when OI leave school.I guess
that shows in the last part of this chapter!!! I don't know what I'm gonna
do.I don't like any career at university and I want to study in England!!!
The problem is that I don't know why and I can't give my parents a good
reason.but I want it so badly.I would love to go to Drama School, I've
always loved acting but my mom doesn't want me to do just that, and I
suppose she's right.I'm ashamed to say it, but any help is greatly
appreciated.
Well, now that my misery is out, I have to say that my Christmas was good, I spent it in new York. My birthday was great too, now I'm 18 years old, I'm an adult in my country now!!! I can drink, I can drive, I can do whatever I want.it's great.or it would be if I did those things. But as I'm enslaved by school this year it just doesn't seem possible.
Man, The Return of the King rocked!!!! I loved it!!! And I have a huge Orlando Bloom poster right now in my room that makes me swoon whenever I enter it. Waiting for the Johnny Depp one!!! Did you hear about his nomination? He kicks ass!!
Now, I have to say that I'm very tired of this fic.I'll finish it and move on. I have great projects ready to be written now that I've finished the character files and made a script.more serious projects. They'll still have humour, of course, just not only that. I have a marauders-fic, a pirates of the Caribbean-fic, a LotR-fic.I'm not very busy now, I've finished the second series of exams(there's another one coming, but not for a long time, thank god)so I should be able to post the last chapter of this fic soon.
Rhiannon, I know what you mean, this story seems a bit silly to me now, but well, gotta finish it.Hey! Dumbly and Hagrid aren't gay, too!! And be glad that I didn't bring Voldemort in some way to the gay-mix(*shudders*)!!Even if I like Tom, Voldemort would have been too much.I would love to have Tonks' powers, I'm obsessed with my hair(I'm thinking of getting it curly at the hairdressers).Here's some advice: don't put spoilers in reviews, at least not so early since the release of the book.
Niobe.it's "por favor"(grins)
Draco-lover...you're kidding, right? the song is mine.and I don't think it's that good,.I'm flattered. English is not my main language too!!!
Artemis-xhan, you're the best thing that's happened to me for a while.it would be FANTASTIC if someone could correct the stupid mistakes I make.and I could learn from them.
Silver Dragonrider.isn't he? I've always imagined Blaise like that.but it must be me, because my friend Faramara visualizes him as a blonde(that's very interesting-Jack Sparrow mood)
And avapouhi, don't worry, Draco hates.who knows what Draco hates? Malfoys are a mystery!!! Thank you all that have reviewed. I love you so much, guys!!! I would love to answer you all but that way I wouldn't have this story posted today(it's midnight here). Just know that I love you. Your support means a lot to me. When I got depressed I read reviews to see that, at least, I could do something right: write*wink*.
Thank you for your support with that plagiarism that someone did of this story. thank you for telling me, it was wonderful.
SLEEPING BLONDE BEAUTY
A boy for Pansy (a kiss, a ball...
When Harry and Draco got back to the castle they were feeling strangely calm, the state that one goes into when you have problems accepting something.
.and suddenly a shrilly cry of excitement hurt their ears, as a blonde and pink bundle jumped on them from the stairs.
Draco looked at Harry making a face and stepped forward and opened his arms to greet her.
.and she passed him running and threw herself on Harry.
"Harryyyyy!! This is fantastic!!! You have to tell me everything!" Harry laughed
"Yeah! Let's head for the kitchen, I'm hungry"
They walked away, forgetting the blonde completely. Said blonde fell on his back with his arms still opened and sweat-dropping heavily.
"Any problems, Malfoy?" said a mocking voice behind him "Anyone leaving the almighty Malfoy-ass behind?"
Draco recovered quickly and looked at the red-head scornfully "I'm afraid you've misinterpreted this situation. You see, a Malfoy never gets left behind. They choose to."
"Cut it out, fucking slytherin. You both are an insufferable lot. Malfoy, shut up. And don't gape, it makes you look stupid. Sutipider, I mean. Both of you enter the Great hall and get out of my sight." With that said, Hermione entered the great hall without looking back.
Draco looked at Ron, questioningly "Maybe we should follow." he said, weakly.
".yeah, no need to keep her waiting".
"Will you come? I hate men!!" came the voice from the Hall.
They both hurried inside but not before Ron muttered to Draco "It is THAT time of the month"****************************************************************
Pansy and Harry went to the kitchens and asked for hot chocolate(AN: mmmm!!!). they seated in front of the other and the girl looked at the boy. It had been long since she had discovered that potter was very good- looking, as well as very good-natured and sweet.
He was perfect for Draco. And Draco perfect for him.
"Start talking.what happened when Draco left the room?
"What?" asked the boy, confused.
"Well, after you met him" she said, impatiently "Where was it? When was it? What did he told you? How were you dressed?"
Harry blinked at the last question.
"Well..I spent the day at the quidditch field. When I came back to the school it was really late.but I saw the door of the Great Hall opened so I went inside. And he." he blushed "He was waiting for me."
Pansy giggled "You're soul- mates."
Harry rolled his eyes.
"And then.?"urged Pansy.
"Well.after he told me that he didn't love me I turned to leave."
"Well done!!" she said, approvingly "It was time that idiot realized that no one will wait for him!"
"Yeah! Well, it worked, since he told me he loved me" he finished with a smug smile.
"Oh, HOW ROMANTIC!!! And.what happened then?"
Harry blushed profusely "That's private"
Pansy looked at him oddly "Harry, 'PRIVATE' doesn't exist in Hogwarts"
"Of course not, with people such as you with no life of their own" said Harry.
She sighed and they kept silent for a moment.
"Did you and Draco ever.?" started Harry.
".sleep together?" she finished "No"
"No?" said Harry, truly surprised "Well, I know he's slept with other people."
"Yeah, but no one important to him. Except Blaise" she added "They had a weird friendship-with-benefits kind of relationship."
"Ugh, Zabini" said Harry "I'm sorry but I don't find him appealing at all."
"He's very handsome" said Pansy, surpridsed.
"Well, I don't know.for one, he's brunette.and has green eyes.look a bit creepy, if you ask me.what's the appealing in those kind of eyes, anyway?"
"Nevermind" she said, looking at her cup to keep from grinning amused.
They were silent for some time.
"You seemed to be very.close" Pansy lifted her gaze "The slytherins, I mean. I'd never have imagined that. You're all so cold."
Pansy sighed "We're not like that all the time. Sometimes, people forget we are normal teens"
"I know what that is" said Harry, very softly "Having to lift everyone's spirits all the time, having everyone look up to you as a saviour." both shuddered "And I also know that you're not like that." He said, connecting his gaze with hers "And I am glad. Very glad"
She blushed, felt cold and hot at the same time and realised who was the boy she was talking to. Desperately looking for something to change the topic, she fumbled with her pocket and took out something iridescent.
"Congratulations, Potter. You are now an official member of our gang. Thus I give over to you this symbol of our group, to keep it with you till the day of you death" she said dramatically, handing it over.
"Amen" said Harry, amused, taking it and looking at it. As soon as he realised what it was, he fell off his chair, laughing.
"This is a very serious ceremony" she said, pouting.
"Sure!!! Hahahahaha!!! This is priceless!!! Only you slytherins would be such over-the-top dramatic queens!!!"
The stayed silent, with the occasional giggle from Harry as he fiddled with the iridescent serpent's scale.
"So.how was Draco?" she asked, casually.
"PANSY!!" squeaked Harry "That's private!! Anyway, we should get going" he said, checking his watch "They're very stressed, poor things" he said, gesturing at the elves.
Pansy looked around as if seeing the kitchen for the first time "Why? They are usually very competent."
"Because of the feast, of course" answered Harry, getting up.
"WHAT FEAST?!" screamed Pansy, horrified that she didn't know everything that was going on at Hogwarts.
Harry looked oddly at her "The feast. The feast to greet the new professor of.where have you been all morning?" he asked, seeing the girl's horrified face.
"This morning?" she said "I was sticking the last quidditch stamps of this year's league on my album. I got them by post!" she said, enthusiastically.
Deciding not to comment on the disturbing thought of a slytherin with a collection of children's stamps, he offered his hand to help her stand up.
They reached the exit, with Harry fiddling with his scale and humming.
"Did you know that you're the first non-slytherin person to have one?" said Pansy, getting out of the way so he could open the picture "Soon, we'll have to give one of them to the Weaselette."
"Ginny?" said Harry, puzzled "Why?"
Pansy looked at him "You mean you don't know?" An evil idea began to form inside her head. Knowing Harry's protectiveness of Ginny, considering himself one of her 'old brothers', she said in a shrilly, apparently sweet voice:
"Oh, but you don't know? Blaise and her have been snogging all over the place for a week. I think they were going official today Who would have thought, don't you think?" and she went out of he kitchen, feeling immensely good about the coming storm she had caused. She was still a proper slytherin, then.
Harry felt his ears go numb "WHAAAAAT???????!!!!"************************************************
Draco Malfoy was leaning on a wall in the Great hall, surrounded by a bunch of teenagers having the time of their lives doing pranks a giggling. He, of course, was above that.
He had been looking scornfully at them all, but listening avidly for gossip and such. When the sorting hat was made they forgot to tell it that Slytherin was also very famous for the many sensationalist journalists that had come from there. After all, as was common knowledge, Salazar Slytherin himself had been the first one recorded. But not many people knew that Godric Gryffindor had been a gigoló, but some things are better left unknown.
Suddenly he felt very alone. Where were Harry and Pansy? Loneliness became ire. They should be with him at every moment!! And were was stupid Blaise?
Draco grumbled. It should be forbidden that people you miss so much existed.
He decided to go for a vodka with orange. At least that way he could get drunk.
He walked to the Free-of-charge Bar that was on one end of the room. It was supposed to be only for teachers and seventh years but judging by the way Hagrid was talking and moving his hands one could see that he would have served anything to a baby.
Suddenly he was pushed by a body far larger than his.
"Oooops!" said a male voice "Sorry about that"
"Don't worr."
"Malfoy?" said the incredulous voice.
"Wood?" Draco looked up and locked his gaze with the brown eyes of the ex- Gryffindor quidditch captain.
"Malfoy!! You've changed!! You're now a human being!! Damn it!! I'll have to pay Angelina."
Draco opened his mouth to ask but closed it again, deciding he really didn't want to know, and grumbled something along the lines of "I've always been very good-looking, thank you very much"
"Someone told me you were with Harry" said Wood, enthusiastically.
* Are the gryffindors ALWAYS happy?* wondered Draco, a bit irritated.
"Yeah"
"Congratulations!! I haven't seen Harry yet, I hope to see him soon so he can tell me about his quiddicth strategy as captain"
Draco blinked at the sudden change of topic.
"What are you doing here, Wood?" asked the slytherin finally "I thought you were in the Puddlemere United"
"Yeah.I was." said Wood with a slightly confused air "I always thought my dream was playing quidditch professionally, you know? But when I managed it I realised I was missing something: Hogwarts" he moved his hand pointing to the room, melancholically "This castle.its pitch.it was what started my love for quidditch.without it.I felt very.lost"
Draco could understand that "But that doesn't explain what are you doing here. Shouldn't you be looking for a new job?"
Wood looked at Draco, incredulously "Do you know why you're in this party, Malfoy?
"No" admitted the blonde shamelessly "Free drinks and an opportunity to scorn at my school mates' lack of intelligence."
"Well, it's to welcome the new flying teacher: me" said Wood, pointing at himself "It seems that Hooch had enough of children to last her a lifetime and she has retired. So I seized the opportunity and applied for the job.and now I'm here." he ended smiling "And I'm very anxious to see Harry playing again.he is a natural .it's a pleasure to see him fly"
"Yeah" said Draco, dreamily "Yeah"
"But of course, there are other compensations" said Wood "Look at the girls! When I attended this school they weren't so hot!! The other day, for example" said the captain, grinning "I met a girl in this very corridors.she was very beautiful, man!! And so sweet.she almost lost her balance, but I managed to catch her!! She blushed, of course."
"How romantic!!" said Draco, bored "What about Johnson? I always thought you'd get together"
"Angelina? No way! She's a brunette, I don't like brunettes!! I like blondes!!.but you see this girl I was talking about.she was blonde with curly hair, really cute.Oh! I think she was a slytherin, by the way! You could arrange a meeting for us."
But Draco wasn't listening to him.
Blonde.
.curly hair.
.cute.
.slytherin.
"Wood!" exclaimed Draco "Look at me" and he looked up, because Wood was really tall.
Wood looked oddly at him, with a pair of deep brown eyes with long eyelashes.
"Yahoo!!!" exclaimed Draco "I can take you to meet her and I won't be in her debt anymore!! Come, Wood!! Quickly!" And he grabbed the young man's arm and dragged him along.
Wood had an expression of "I-don't-get-it-but-oh" and everybody looked at them.
"Going to snog him when Potter's not around?" said someone mockingly.
Draoc froze. He turned around and gave a surprisingly satisfied smile. He turned around again and continued to drag Wood around.
Two tall and menacing figures appeared behind the stupid that had said that.
Some things never change.
"Come, Wood!" And if Wood was to Pansy's liking maybe he could borrow Harry for.twelve hours or so.***************************************************
When Pansy and a red-faced and very annoyed Harry returned, Draco greeted them with a huge smile.
"Just the people I was looking for!!"
"Hey, Dray" grumbled Harry, still angry over the fact that Ginny had a boyfriend.
Draco looked at Pansy, sweetly "Dear Pansy, I have a surprise for you" And he pushed Wood so she could see him. She blushed profusely, something very odd in her. The young man was even redder.
"Oli!!" greeted Harry, oblivious to their embarrassment "How are you doing? What's up?"
"Errrmm." Wood was speechless "I'm fine.Fotter.Totter.Copper." Harry looked at him worriedly.
Draco was having the time of his life "Pansy," he said, dramatically "this is Oliver Wood, ex-Gryffindor's quidditch captain and former quidditch player in the Puddlemere United" he lowered his voice "You're going to need all those titles, mate" he spoke up again "Wood.this is Pansy Parkinson,. My ex-girlfriend and resident of Slytherin house"
"Hi.hi" managed to say Wood.
"Hi" answered pansy, pink as bubble gum "what.ummm.what are you doing here?"
"Me?" said Wood. Draco rolled his eyes "I'm.I'm the new Flying Professor" it sounded really uncool all of a sudden.
The girl thought otherwise "That's awesome!! I mean.ahem.We. we can get to know each other better"
"Yeah" said Wood, twisting his fingers nervously "Would you.would you like to meet me in Hogsmeade next weekend? Of course, if you have other plans."
"I'd love to" she said, pink cheeks and beautiful smile.
"Really? Wow!" Wood grinned like an idiot "Would you like to dance?" he asked, more confident now.
Pansy smiled "What do you think?" she grabbed his arm and they walked away, ignoring Harry and Draco, who watched them go.
"What was that?" said a confused Harry. Draco smirked.
"Nothing, love" He realised what he had said and turned to look at Harry, who was looking at him completely horrified. Muttering something about Pansy being a bad influence to him, he took Harry by the arm and went to have a drink.******************************************************************
It was half past eleven in the night. The feast had been prolonged and Harry and Draco had have the time of their lives. They were now looking at the dancing couples, Harry on Draco's lap and very relaxed. Sometimes Draco tickled him with kisses on the neck. They HAD danced, they really had, it was just that everybody looked at them when they did so they preferred to be there, just looking.
Looking to the dance floor, Harry saw Ron and Hemione kissing. He smiled.
"Finally." groaned Draco "All that fighting and arguing.that was just a way to relieve sexual tension"
"Like us?" said Harry, amused.
"But of course" said Draco, very serious "All those fights we had.those ROLLING ON THE FLOOR fights." Harry blushed "I would ask you what you're thinking about now" said the slytherin, very amused "But I think I prefer to see you so very embarrassed." Harry groaned and hid his face in Draco's shoulder.
They kept quiet for a while but something caught Harry's eye.
"Argh!! Look there!!" said Harry, horrified.
Padma Patil and Lavender Brown were kissing passionately.
"She's a lesbian!! A lesbian!! And I had sex with her!!" he groaned "Oh, god"
Draco was laughing very hard now "Hahahaha!!! What,..haha.what did you.did you DO to her? Hahaha!!!"
"Oh, my god" said Harry, traumatized "I'm deeply disturbed now."
"Hehehehe!!"
"Well.I suppose if she's happy.I always liked Padma.she was so clever."
"And what am I? A retarded?" said Draco, pouting. Seeing Harry's look, he said "You know what? Don't answer that. It would be the first quarrel we'd have"
"Yeah. The first. The very first."
"As a couple, you idiot" said Draco, rolling his eyes.
Suddenly Blaise and Ginny appeared in front of them, both looking at the other very lovingly.
Harry turned to see Draco's face, and saw him frowning. He quickly covered his mouth to keep from laughing out loud at the encounter an hour and a half ago.
*FLASHBACK* FLASHBACK* FLASHBACK*
Harry and Draco were happily gossiping over something, walking among the people on the dance floor, when someone run into Harry, laughing.
"Oh! Sorry!"She turned, her blue eyes flashing with mirth "Harry!!" said Ginny surprised.
"Gin, you owed me, I.Draco!!" Blaise appeared behind her, taking her hand. He looked at them, waiting for them to act, green eyes alert and narrowed.
Draco looked at their joined hands, took a deep breath and shouted:
"WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?"
Harry wanted to shout as well, seeing that.that slytherin holding her sister's hand. But Zabini took a step to the front, defiantly, and said:
"Draco, this is Ginny. She's been my girlfriend for a week, now."
"WHAT?"said Draco, incredulous "No, you can't"
Blaise arched an eyebrow.
"You.YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!!YOU DIDN'T ASK MY OPINION AND NOW YOU COME HERE AND SAY."
"I told you yesterday, but you ignored me" interrupted Blaise, calmly. Draco ignored him again.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN DO THIS..WELL, YOU CAN'T!!YOU..I..YOU DON'T HAVE MY PERMISSION!!" He looked every bit the spoiled brat that his parents had made of him.
Blaised turned red from anger "EXCUSE ME???!!!YOU THINK I NEED YOUR PERMISSION FOR ANYTHING?" he was panting from anger "Gods, Draco, I'm your friend, not your house-elf!! You." he looked at Draco and saw something in his face that made him say "Ah."
" 'AH' WHAT?" said Draco, very angry.
"You're jealous." Whispered the black-haired slytherin "You're just jealous. What's the matter, Draco? Do you think I'll stop being your friend? Do you think I'll get soft? Do you think you'll lose me because you're not the only person in my life? Well, don't worry. You never were to begin with"
Draco didn't reply and Blaise sighed, exasperatedly.
"What is it, Draco? Now we can't go out with anyone but you?" he shook his head "And what about you, Draco? YOU are the one we should be worried about. You are the one in danger of getting soft. After all, you're going out with Hogwarts' Golden boy" he shook his head in Harry's direction and gave him a lopsided smile "Nothing against you, Potter" Harry found himself smiling back.
They stayed in silence for some time and then, Draco spoke:
"I.I suppose you're right" he said with a crackled voice "Just.just stay out of my sight till I get used to this".
Blaise shrugged "As you wish, Draco. But I want you to know" he said, standing in front of Draco and cupping his cheek with his hand "that no matter what, I'll always be your friend. It doesn't matter where you are or when you want me. You can always count on me. You always could."
Harry sniffed and Draco bit his lip to keep from crying. Ginny was past that phase.
"AHHH!!!" said someone beside them. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger were looking at them, the first one horrified and the second one resigned. Ron saw Ginny's hand entwined with Blaise's and fainted.
Hermione sighed and murmured something like " Even if he's cute, he can be such an idiot sometimes."
*END OF FLASHBACK* END OF FLASHBACK *
Ron had taken the news surprisingly well. But after Harry's choice of lover there was little that could scandalize him.
Knowing what was Harry thinking about , Draco said "I'll get used to it. It will be alright."
"You're really getting soft, Drakie" said Harry, teasingly.
"Well, maybe you prefer if I say that the Weaselette is a pathetic little girl and unfortunately for her and our eyes, a red-head. And that I'm going to cut Blaise into pieces and impale his sorry ass on the quidditch hoops."
"That's better" said Harry, kissing the blonde's nose "What's it with you, Malfoys, and red hair?" he asked, amused.
Draco paled "Bad memory. I don't want to talk about it"
"As you wish" said Harry, very amused.
Draco looked around to change the topic "Hey, look, Finnigann doesn't look so devastated"
Quite the opposite, in fact. Seamus was surrounded by boys and girls flirting with him shamelessly.
"Looks like it"
"Want to go for a walk?" asked Draco, suddenly. Harry looked into his silver eyes and smiled .
"Sure" they stood up and walked out, hand in hand. A pair of blue eyes behind half-moon glasses looked in their direction, amused.****************************************************************
When they exited the castle, it seemed they had entered a fairy-tale world. The moon shone directly overhead, giving the impression that the trees were made of silver or some kind of metal.
"Where do you want to go?" asked Draco.
"With you" answered Harry, distractedly.
Draco chuckled "I do too, Harry. But where?"
Harry shrugged "What about the lake? It must be really beautiful right now"
"You're such a soppy romantic, Potter"
But they headed in that direction anyway.
When they passed by the Whomping Willow they saw two passionate lovers snogging themselves silly. They paled and run away, toward the lake.
"OH-MY-GOD. This is too much for me. This is too much for anyone in just a day." Draco looked really mortified "First Pansy, then Blaise, then your father, and mine, and now I have to see my godfather snogging a werewolf and I'm supposed to remain SANE?!" he was shouting now.
"Draco.look" whispered Harry.
He was pointing at the lake, which was not far away. It looked like a gigantic mirror. Two adults contemplated it in comfortable silence, they hands joined. One of those figures had easily-spotting silver-blonde hair.
"Let's get out of here" whispered Harry.
Draco followed him in a daze. Unable to speak, unwilling to feel.*******************************************************************
They had entered the Forbidden forest. Draco didn't know why Harry had headed this direction but he didn't mind it. He didn't even care. He was too thoughtful to do so.
Suddenly, Draco spotted a group of trees ahead that looked kind of different from the ones they'd been seeing. Harry turned to him, feeling very childish, and said:
"Close your eyes"
Draco bit his tongue to keep from making a sarcastic comment, and did as told. Harry hesitated, then grabbed his hand and led him inside the clearing.
"Now.open them"
Draco opened them and gasped.
The clearing was beautiful, but it was not that which had caught his breath. There was a large pack of unicorns there, and Draco had to remind himself to breath. He had never seen an unicorn this close, much less a pack of them.
Draco realised suddenly that Harry had entered the clearing. Draco tried to forget the stories about ferociously defensive unicorns and looked at him. He went straight to the largest of the creatures and caressed it softly, talking soothingly to it. The creature made a beautiful and slightly melancholic sound and Harry lifted his gaze.
"You can come out now, Draco"
Draco stepped out of the shadows, trying not to appear very eager or afraid or hesitant. He failed immensely in everything.
"Go on" said Harry, encouragingly "You can touch them"
Draco slowly brought his hand up to the nearest creature and caressed it. It was the softest thing he could remember touching.
"I.I thought unicorns preferred feminine touch" wondered Draco "Oh!"
A golden little unicorn had just appeared out of some bushes. It jumped and sprinted toward them, clearly showing off.
Draco turned to Harry with a silly, relaxed grin. Harry chuckled.
"Yeah, unicorns have that effect on people. As if everything in the world was at peace and calm" he caressed the nearest creature "I used to come here a lot during the war" he said, thoughtful " It helped me to forget"
Draco swallowed and nodded.****************************************************************
"Hahahaha!!!!"
Heartfelt laughing could be heard throughout the clearing.
"And.and then my Aunt Maquiavela told Dad that if he had any sexual problems they were his own, that she was a married woman and therefore couldn't satisfy his forbidden fantasies" told Draco, crying from laughing so hard "imagine my father's face when he heard this. And now that we know he likes men!!!"
It was an hour or so since the unicorns had left. After a fantastic snog session, Harry had positioned himself against a tree trunk and had Draco's head on his lap and was playing with his hair. They had been talking about their friends and families, about their lives and childhoods.but they were still to talk about their future.
They fell silent after Draco's ridiculous tale about his Aunt Maquiavela. Harry continued to play with the blonde's hair, but his mind was far away, in the castle and its corridors.
"I'm going to miss this place a lot" he finally said, starting with the topic they had left unspoken "It's been my only home for 6 six years. I."
Draco stayed silent.
"I don't know what I'm going to do" tried Harry in another way "I think I'm going to play Quidditch, as it's obviously the only thing that I can do right, apart from defeating very evil , very ugly things" he ginned "Don't wanna see anything remotely threatening for fifty years or so"
More silence.
"What about you?" he finally asked, tact and patience forgot.
After a VERY long silence, Draco finally answered.
"I suppose I'll have to take care of my father's business and do.whatever it is he does"
"That doesn't sound so thrilling"
"Who said it had to be?" asked Draco, apparently careless. But Harry detected some trembling in his voice.
They stayed silent for some time and then Harry said:
"You know what? You should stop this 'Malfoy' attitude and do whatever you want-no, listen to me. It's not some kind of game or anything, this is your future, you idiot. You can't be what people want you to be, because you would be very unhappy that way. Only you can decide" his emerald green eyes sparkled and he said "Gods, Draco!! You can do so much and be so happy, you can't let that disappear because your father doesn't want you to do.whatever is it you want. Think of aurors, think of quidditch!! Hell, think even of teachers, and how wonderfully horrible you could make gryffindor students' lives!!! Think of something that's not what your father likes, for once!!"
Draco looked enraptured at the way Harry looked when he felt so passionate. Without realising what he said, he asked in a hoarse voice:
"Harry.will you marry me?"
Harry's eyes popped so out of his head that Draco thought one of them would fall and start to roll around.
"WHAT?" shouted Harry, thinking he had not heard correctly.
Draco hesitated for a few seconds, then made up his mind "Will you marry me?" he said, a bit on the defensive "Not now" he said quickly "After we leave Hogwarts.when we're old.not too old, mind you, but mature.just so you'll be my fiancée."
"And.the ring?" asked Harry, saying the first stupid thing that came to his mind.
Draco smiled "I can buy it tomorrow, if you want one. I hadn't planned this, it just suddenly came to my mind.that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you".
Harry looked away to hide his reaction and attempted to joke "You know, I'm starting to think it's you who's a bad influence for Pansy and not the other way around"
"Hey!" said Draco, offended. Harry smiled and turned to him.
"Kiss me"
They lips joined and this kiss was different from the others they had had. This was sweeter, deeper and softer. The world narrowed to the other and his mouth. Their tongues battled for dominance and their hand roamed the other's body, caressing, hesitantly.
When they ended their kiss, they were both flushed and panting for air. Draco looked very serious.
"You didn't answer my question"
Harry closed his eyes and opened them after a few seconds
"Yes" Draco's breath increased in speed at this "The answer is yes"
No other word in Draco's life had held more meaning.
A.N: well, this is NOT the end!!! still another chapter to go.I'm very annoyed with this fic, I can't wait to finish it and start with other things.well, hope you liked it.How was it? SillyHarry was gone in the last part, replaced by Hero-and-slightly-angsty-but-very-sweetHarry.And Draco finally made an effort in the relationship!! Hope you like the new pairings, I can't wait to hear what you think of them.for some reason, I can't get bold or italics, nor can I write three consecutive points.can anyone help me?
Well, now that my misery is out, I have to say that my Christmas was good, I spent it in new York. My birthday was great too, now I'm 18 years old, I'm an adult in my country now!!! I can drink, I can drive, I can do whatever I want.it's great.or it would be if I did those things. But as I'm enslaved by school this year it just doesn't seem possible.
Man, The Return of the King rocked!!!! I loved it!!! And I have a huge Orlando Bloom poster right now in my room that makes me swoon whenever I enter it. Waiting for the Johnny Depp one!!! Did you hear about his nomination? He kicks ass!!
Now, I have to say that I'm very tired of this fic.I'll finish it and move on. I have great projects ready to be written now that I've finished the character files and made a script.more serious projects. They'll still have humour, of course, just not only that. I have a marauders-fic, a pirates of the Caribbean-fic, a LotR-fic.I'm not very busy now, I've finished the second series of exams(there's another one coming, but not for a long time, thank god)so I should be able to post the last chapter of this fic soon.
Rhiannon, I know what you mean, this story seems a bit silly to me now, but well, gotta finish it.Hey! Dumbly and Hagrid aren't gay, too!! And be glad that I didn't bring Voldemort in some way to the gay-mix(*shudders*)!!Even if I like Tom, Voldemort would have been too much.I would love to have Tonks' powers, I'm obsessed with my hair(I'm thinking of getting it curly at the hairdressers).Here's some advice: don't put spoilers in reviews, at least not so early since the release of the book.
Niobe.it's "por favor"(grins)
Draco-lover...you're kidding, right? the song is mine.and I don't think it's that good,.I'm flattered. English is not my main language too!!!
Artemis-xhan, you're the best thing that's happened to me for a while.it would be FANTASTIC if someone could correct the stupid mistakes I make.and I could learn from them.
Silver Dragonrider.isn't he? I've always imagined Blaise like that.but it must be me, because my friend Faramara visualizes him as a blonde(that's very interesting-Jack Sparrow mood)
And avapouhi, don't worry, Draco hates.who knows what Draco hates? Malfoys are a mystery!!! Thank you all that have reviewed. I love you so much, guys!!! I would love to answer you all but that way I wouldn't have this story posted today(it's midnight here). Just know that I love you. Your support means a lot to me. When I got depressed I read reviews to see that, at least, I could do something right: write*wink*.
Thank you for your support with that plagiarism that someone did of this story. thank you for telling me, it was wonderful.
SLEEPING BLONDE BEAUTY
A boy for Pansy (a kiss, a ball...
When Harry and Draco got back to the castle they were feeling strangely calm, the state that one goes into when you have problems accepting something.
.and suddenly a shrilly cry of excitement hurt their ears, as a blonde and pink bundle jumped on them from the stairs.
Draco looked at Harry making a face and stepped forward and opened his arms to greet her.
.and she passed him running and threw herself on Harry.
"Harryyyyy!! This is fantastic!!! You have to tell me everything!" Harry laughed
"Yeah! Let's head for the kitchen, I'm hungry"
They walked away, forgetting the blonde completely. Said blonde fell on his back with his arms still opened and sweat-dropping heavily.
"Any problems, Malfoy?" said a mocking voice behind him "Anyone leaving the almighty Malfoy-ass behind?"
Draco recovered quickly and looked at the red-head scornfully "I'm afraid you've misinterpreted this situation. You see, a Malfoy never gets left behind. They choose to."
"Cut it out, fucking slytherin. You both are an insufferable lot. Malfoy, shut up. And don't gape, it makes you look stupid. Sutipider, I mean. Both of you enter the Great hall and get out of my sight." With that said, Hermione entered the great hall without looking back.
Draco looked at Ron, questioningly "Maybe we should follow." he said, weakly.
".yeah, no need to keep her waiting".
"Will you come? I hate men!!" came the voice from the Hall.
They both hurried inside but not before Ron muttered to Draco "It is THAT time of the month"****************************************************************
Pansy and Harry went to the kitchens and asked for hot chocolate(AN: mmmm!!!). they seated in front of the other and the girl looked at the boy. It had been long since she had discovered that potter was very good- looking, as well as very good-natured and sweet.
He was perfect for Draco. And Draco perfect for him.
"Start talking.what happened when Draco left the room?
"What?" asked the boy, confused.
"Well, after you met him" she said, impatiently "Where was it? When was it? What did he told you? How were you dressed?"
Harry blinked at the last question.
"Well..I spent the day at the quidditch field. When I came back to the school it was really late.but I saw the door of the Great Hall opened so I went inside. And he." he blushed "He was waiting for me."
Pansy giggled "You're soul- mates."
Harry rolled his eyes.
"And then.?"urged Pansy.
"Well.after he told me that he didn't love me I turned to leave."
"Well done!!" she said, approvingly "It was time that idiot realized that no one will wait for him!"
"Yeah! Well, it worked, since he told me he loved me" he finished with a smug smile.
"Oh, HOW ROMANTIC!!! And.what happened then?"
Harry blushed profusely "That's private"
Pansy looked at him oddly "Harry, 'PRIVATE' doesn't exist in Hogwarts"
"Of course not, with people such as you with no life of their own" said Harry.
She sighed and they kept silent for a moment.
"Did you and Draco ever.?" started Harry.
".sleep together?" she finished "No"
"No?" said Harry, truly surprised "Well, I know he's slept with other people."
"Yeah, but no one important to him. Except Blaise" she added "They had a weird friendship-with-benefits kind of relationship."
"Ugh, Zabini" said Harry "I'm sorry but I don't find him appealing at all."
"He's very handsome" said Pansy, surpridsed.
"Well, I don't know.for one, he's brunette.and has green eyes.look a bit creepy, if you ask me.what's the appealing in those kind of eyes, anyway?"
"Nevermind" she said, looking at her cup to keep from grinning amused.
They were silent for some time.
"You seemed to be very.close" Pansy lifted her gaze "The slytherins, I mean. I'd never have imagined that. You're all so cold."
Pansy sighed "We're not like that all the time. Sometimes, people forget we are normal teens"
"I know what that is" said Harry, very softly "Having to lift everyone's spirits all the time, having everyone look up to you as a saviour." both shuddered "And I also know that you're not like that." He said, connecting his gaze with hers "And I am glad. Very glad"
She blushed, felt cold and hot at the same time and realised who was the boy she was talking to. Desperately looking for something to change the topic, she fumbled with her pocket and took out something iridescent.
"Congratulations, Potter. You are now an official member of our gang. Thus I give over to you this symbol of our group, to keep it with you till the day of you death" she said dramatically, handing it over.
"Amen" said Harry, amused, taking it and looking at it. As soon as he realised what it was, he fell off his chair, laughing.
"This is a very serious ceremony" she said, pouting.
"Sure!!! Hahahahaha!!! This is priceless!!! Only you slytherins would be such over-the-top dramatic queens!!!"
The stayed silent, with the occasional giggle from Harry as he fiddled with the iridescent serpent's scale.
"So.how was Draco?" she asked, casually.
"PANSY!!" squeaked Harry "That's private!! Anyway, we should get going" he said, checking his watch "They're very stressed, poor things" he said, gesturing at the elves.
Pansy looked around as if seeing the kitchen for the first time "Why? They are usually very competent."
"Because of the feast, of course" answered Harry, getting up.
"WHAT FEAST?!" screamed Pansy, horrified that she didn't know everything that was going on at Hogwarts.
Harry looked oddly at her "The feast. The feast to greet the new professor of.where have you been all morning?" he asked, seeing the girl's horrified face.
"This morning?" she said "I was sticking the last quidditch stamps of this year's league on my album. I got them by post!" she said, enthusiastically.
Deciding not to comment on the disturbing thought of a slytherin with a collection of children's stamps, he offered his hand to help her stand up.
They reached the exit, with Harry fiddling with his scale and humming.
"Did you know that you're the first non-slytherin person to have one?" said Pansy, getting out of the way so he could open the picture "Soon, we'll have to give one of them to the Weaselette."
"Ginny?" said Harry, puzzled "Why?"
Pansy looked at him "You mean you don't know?" An evil idea began to form inside her head. Knowing Harry's protectiveness of Ginny, considering himself one of her 'old brothers', she said in a shrilly, apparently sweet voice:
"Oh, but you don't know? Blaise and her have been snogging all over the place for a week. I think they were going official today Who would have thought, don't you think?" and she went out of he kitchen, feeling immensely good about the coming storm she had caused. She was still a proper slytherin, then.
Harry felt his ears go numb "WHAAAAAT???????!!!!"************************************************
Draco Malfoy was leaning on a wall in the Great hall, surrounded by a bunch of teenagers having the time of their lives doing pranks a giggling. He, of course, was above that.
He had been looking scornfully at them all, but listening avidly for gossip and such. When the sorting hat was made they forgot to tell it that Slytherin was also very famous for the many sensationalist journalists that had come from there. After all, as was common knowledge, Salazar Slytherin himself had been the first one recorded. But not many people knew that Godric Gryffindor had been a gigoló, but some things are better left unknown.
Suddenly he felt very alone. Where were Harry and Pansy? Loneliness became ire. They should be with him at every moment!! And were was stupid Blaise?
Draco grumbled. It should be forbidden that people you miss so much existed.
He decided to go for a vodka with orange. At least that way he could get drunk.
He walked to the Free-of-charge Bar that was on one end of the room. It was supposed to be only for teachers and seventh years but judging by the way Hagrid was talking and moving his hands one could see that he would have served anything to a baby.
Suddenly he was pushed by a body far larger than his.
"Oooops!" said a male voice "Sorry about that"
"Don't worr."
"Malfoy?" said the incredulous voice.
"Wood?" Draco looked up and locked his gaze with the brown eyes of the ex- Gryffindor quidditch captain.
"Malfoy!! You've changed!! You're now a human being!! Damn it!! I'll have to pay Angelina."
Draco opened his mouth to ask but closed it again, deciding he really didn't want to know, and grumbled something along the lines of "I've always been very good-looking, thank you very much"
"Someone told me you were with Harry" said Wood, enthusiastically.
* Are the gryffindors ALWAYS happy?* wondered Draco, a bit irritated.
"Yeah"
"Congratulations!! I haven't seen Harry yet, I hope to see him soon so he can tell me about his quiddicth strategy as captain"
Draco blinked at the sudden change of topic.
"What are you doing here, Wood?" asked the slytherin finally "I thought you were in the Puddlemere United"
"Yeah.I was." said Wood with a slightly confused air "I always thought my dream was playing quidditch professionally, you know? But when I managed it I realised I was missing something: Hogwarts" he moved his hand pointing to the room, melancholically "This castle.its pitch.it was what started my love for quidditch.without it.I felt very.lost"
Draco could understand that "But that doesn't explain what are you doing here. Shouldn't you be looking for a new job?"
Wood looked at Draco, incredulously "Do you know why you're in this party, Malfoy?
"No" admitted the blonde shamelessly "Free drinks and an opportunity to scorn at my school mates' lack of intelligence."
"Well, it's to welcome the new flying teacher: me" said Wood, pointing at himself "It seems that Hooch had enough of children to last her a lifetime and she has retired. So I seized the opportunity and applied for the job.and now I'm here." he ended smiling "And I'm very anxious to see Harry playing again.he is a natural .it's a pleasure to see him fly"
"Yeah" said Draco, dreamily "Yeah"
"But of course, there are other compensations" said Wood "Look at the girls! When I attended this school they weren't so hot!! The other day, for example" said the captain, grinning "I met a girl in this very corridors.she was very beautiful, man!! And so sweet.she almost lost her balance, but I managed to catch her!! She blushed, of course."
"How romantic!!" said Draco, bored "What about Johnson? I always thought you'd get together"
"Angelina? No way! She's a brunette, I don't like brunettes!! I like blondes!!.but you see this girl I was talking about.she was blonde with curly hair, really cute.Oh! I think she was a slytherin, by the way! You could arrange a meeting for us."
But Draco wasn't listening to him.
Blonde.
.curly hair.
.cute.
.slytherin.
"Wood!" exclaimed Draco "Look at me" and he looked up, because Wood was really tall.
Wood looked oddly at him, with a pair of deep brown eyes with long eyelashes.
"Yahoo!!!" exclaimed Draco "I can take you to meet her and I won't be in her debt anymore!! Come, Wood!! Quickly!" And he grabbed the young man's arm and dragged him along.
Wood had an expression of "I-don't-get-it-but-oh" and everybody looked at them.
"Going to snog him when Potter's not around?" said someone mockingly.
Draoc froze. He turned around and gave a surprisingly satisfied smile. He turned around again and continued to drag Wood around.
Two tall and menacing figures appeared behind the stupid that had said that.
Some things never change.
"Come, Wood!" And if Wood was to Pansy's liking maybe he could borrow Harry for.twelve hours or so.***************************************************
When Pansy and a red-faced and very annoyed Harry returned, Draco greeted them with a huge smile.
"Just the people I was looking for!!"
"Hey, Dray" grumbled Harry, still angry over the fact that Ginny had a boyfriend.
Draco looked at Pansy, sweetly "Dear Pansy, I have a surprise for you" And he pushed Wood so she could see him. She blushed profusely, something very odd in her. The young man was even redder.
"Oli!!" greeted Harry, oblivious to their embarrassment "How are you doing? What's up?"
"Errrmm." Wood was speechless "I'm fine.Fotter.Totter.Copper." Harry looked at him worriedly.
Draco was having the time of his life "Pansy," he said, dramatically "this is Oliver Wood, ex-Gryffindor's quidditch captain and former quidditch player in the Puddlemere United" he lowered his voice "You're going to need all those titles, mate" he spoke up again "Wood.this is Pansy Parkinson,. My ex-girlfriend and resident of Slytherin house"
"Hi.hi" managed to say Wood.
"Hi" answered pansy, pink as bubble gum "what.ummm.what are you doing here?"
"Me?" said Wood. Draco rolled his eyes "I'm.I'm the new Flying Professor" it sounded really uncool all of a sudden.
The girl thought otherwise "That's awesome!! I mean.ahem.We. we can get to know each other better"
"Yeah" said Wood, twisting his fingers nervously "Would you.would you like to meet me in Hogsmeade next weekend? Of course, if you have other plans."
"I'd love to" she said, pink cheeks and beautiful smile.
"Really? Wow!" Wood grinned like an idiot "Would you like to dance?" he asked, more confident now.
Pansy smiled "What do you think?" she grabbed his arm and they walked away, ignoring Harry and Draco, who watched them go.
"What was that?" said a confused Harry. Draco smirked.
"Nothing, love" He realised what he had said and turned to look at Harry, who was looking at him completely horrified. Muttering something about Pansy being a bad influence to him, he took Harry by the arm and went to have a drink.******************************************************************
It was half past eleven in the night. The feast had been prolonged and Harry and Draco had have the time of their lives. They were now looking at the dancing couples, Harry on Draco's lap and very relaxed. Sometimes Draco tickled him with kisses on the neck. They HAD danced, they really had, it was just that everybody looked at them when they did so they preferred to be there, just looking.
Looking to the dance floor, Harry saw Ron and Hemione kissing. He smiled.
"Finally." groaned Draco "All that fighting and arguing.that was just a way to relieve sexual tension"
"Like us?" said Harry, amused.
"But of course" said Draco, very serious "All those fights we had.those ROLLING ON THE FLOOR fights." Harry blushed "I would ask you what you're thinking about now" said the slytherin, very amused "But I think I prefer to see you so very embarrassed." Harry groaned and hid his face in Draco's shoulder.
They kept quiet for a while but something caught Harry's eye.
"Argh!! Look there!!" said Harry, horrified.
Padma Patil and Lavender Brown were kissing passionately.
"She's a lesbian!! A lesbian!! And I had sex with her!!" he groaned "Oh, god"
Draco was laughing very hard now "Hahahaha!!! What,..haha.what did you.did you DO to her? Hahaha!!!"
"Oh, my god" said Harry, traumatized "I'm deeply disturbed now."
"Hehehehe!!"
"Well.I suppose if she's happy.I always liked Padma.she was so clever."
"And what am I? A retarded?" said Draco, pouting. Seeing Harry's look, he said "You know what? Don't answer that. It would be the first quarrel we'd have"
"Yeah. The first. The very first."
"As a couple, you idiot" said Draco, rolling his eyes.
Suddenly Blaise and Ginny appeared in front of them, both looking at the other very lovingly.
Harry turned to see Draco's face, and saw him frowning. He quickly covered his mouth to keep from laughing out loud at the encounter an hour and a half ago.
*FLASHBACK* FLASHBACK* FLASHBACK*
Harry and Draco were happily gossiping over something, walking among the people on the dance floor, when someone run into Harry, laughing.
"Oh! Sorry!"She turned, her blue eyes flashing with mirth "Harry!!" said Ginny surprised.
"Gin, you owed me, I.Draco!!" Blaise appeared behind her, taking her hand. He looked at them, waiting for them to act, green eyes alert and narrowed.
Draco looked at their joined hands, took a deep breath and shouted:
"WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?"
Harry wanted to shout as well, seeing that.that slytherin holding her sister's hand. But Zabini took a step to the front, defiantly, and said:
"Draco, this is Ginny. She's been my girlfriend for a week, now."
"WHAT?"said Draco, incredulous "No, you can't"
Blaise arched an eyebrow.
"You.YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!!YOU DIDN'T ASK MY OPINION AND NOW YOU COME HERE AND SAY."
"I told you yesterday, but you ignored me" interrupted Blaise, calmly. Draco ignored him again.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN DO THIS..WELL, YOU CAN'T!!YOU..I..YOU DON'T HAVE MY PERMISSION!!" He looked every bit the spoiled brat that his parents had made of him.
Blaised turned red from anger "EXCUSE ME???!!!YOU THINK I NEED YOUR PERMISSION FOR ANYTHING?" he was panting from anger "Gods, Draco, I'm your friend, not your house-elf!! You." he looked at Draco and saw something in his face that made him say "Ah."
" 'AH' WHAT?" said Draco, very angry.
"You're jealous." Whispered the black-haired slytherin "You're just jealous. What's the matter, Draco? Do you think I'll stop being your friend? Do you think I'll get soft? Do you think you'll lose me because you're not the only person in my life? Well, don't worry. You never were to begin with"
Draco didn't reply and Blaise sighed, exasperatedly.
"What is it, Draco? Now we can't go out with anyone but you?" he shook his head "And what about you, Draco? YOU are the one we should be worried about. You are the one in danger of getting soft. After all, you're going out with Hogwarts' Golden boy" he shook his head in Harry's direction and gave him a lopsided smile "Nothing against you, Potter" Harry found himself smiling back.
They stayed in silence for some time and then, Draco spoke:
"I.I suppose you're right" he said with a crackled voice "Just.just stay out of my sight till I get used to this".
Blaise shrugged "As you wish, Draco. But I want you to know" he said, standing in front of Draco and cupping his cheek with his hand "that no matter what, I'll always be your friend. It doesn't matter where you are or when you want me. You can always count on me. You always could."
Harry sniffed and Draco bit his lip to keep from crying. Ginny was past that phase.
"AHHH!!!" said someone beside them. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger were looking at them, the first one horrified and the second one resigned. Ron saw Ginny's hand entwined with Blaise's and fainted.
Hermione sighed and murmured something like " Even if he's cute, he can be such an idiot sometimes."
*END OF FLASHBACK* END OF FLASHBACK *
Ron had taken the news surprisingly well. But after Harry's choice of lover there was little that could scandalize him.
Knowing what was Harry thinking about , Draco said "I'll get used to it. It will be alright."
"You're really getting soft, Drakie" said Harry, teasingly.
"Well, maybe you prefer if I say that the Weaselette is a pathetic little girl and unfortunately for her and our eyes, a red-head. And that I'm going to cut Blaise into pieces and impale his sorry ass on the quidditch hoops."
"That's better" said Harry, kissing the blonde's nose "What's it with you, Malfoys, and red hair?" he asked, amused.
Draco paled "Bad memory. I don't want to talk about it"
"As you wish" said Harry, very amused.
Draco looked around to change the topic "Hey, look, Finnigann doesn't look so devastated"
Quite the opposite, in fact. Seamus was surrounded by boys and girls flirting with him shamelessly.
"Looks like it"
"Want to go for a walk?" asked Draco, suddenly. Harry looked into his silver eyes and smiled .
"Sure" they stood up and walked out, hand in hand. A pair of blue eyes behind half-moon glasses looked in their direction, amused.****************************************************************
When they exited the castle, it seemed they had entered a fairy-tale world. The moon shone directly overhead, giving the impression that the trees were made of silver or some kind of metal.
"Where do you want to go?" asked Draco.
"With you" answered Harry, distractedly.
Draco chuckled "I do too, Harry. But where?"
Harry shrugged "What about the lake? It must be really beautiful right now"
"You're such a soppy romantic, Potter"
But they headed in that direction anyway.
When they passed by the Whomping Willow they saw two passionate lovers snogging themselves silly. They paled and run away, toward the lake.
"OH-MY-GOD. This is too much for me. This is too much for anyone in just a day." Draco looked really mortified "First Pansy, then Blaise, then your father, and mine, and now I have to see my godfather snogging a werewolf and I'm supposed to remain SANE?!" he was shouting now.
"Draco.look" whispered Harry.
He was pointing at the lake, which was not far away. It looked like a gigantic mirror. Two adults contemplated it in comfortable silence, they hands joined. One of those figures had easily-spotting silver-blonde hair.
"Let's get out of here" whispered Harry.
Draco followed him in a daze. Unable to speak, unwilling to feel.*******************************************************************
They had entered the Forbidden forest. Draco didn't know why Harry had headed this direction but he didn't mind it. He didn't even care. He was too thoughtful to do so.
Suddenly, Draco spotted a group of trees ahead that looked kind of different from the ones they'd been seeing. Harry turned to him, feeling very childish, and said:
"Close your eyes"
Draco bit his tongue to keep from making a sarcastic comment, and did as told. Harry hesitated, then grabbed his hand and led him inside the clearing.
"Now.open them"
Draco opened them and gasped.
The clearing was beautiful, but it was not that which had caught his breath. There was a large pack of unicorns there, and Draco had to remind himself to breath. He had never seen an unicorn this close, much less a pack of them.
Draco realised suddenly that Harry had entered the clearing. Draco tried to forget the stories about ferociously defensive unicorns and looked at him. He went straight to the largest of the creatures and caressed it softly, talking soothingly to it. The creature made a beautiful and slightly melancholic sound and Harry lifted his gaze.
"You can come out now, Draco"
Draco stepped out of the shadows, trying not to appear very eager or afraid or hesitant. He failed immensely in everything.
"Go on" said Harry, encouragingly "You can touch them"
Draco slowly brought his hand up to the nearest creature and caressed it. It was the softest thing he could remember touching.
"I.I thought unicorns preferred feminine touch" wondered Draco "Oh!"
A golden little unicorn had just appeared out of some bushes. It jumped and sprinted toward them, clearly showing off.
Draco turned to Harry with a silly, relaxed grin. Harry chuckled.
"Yeah, unicorns have that effect on people. As if everything in the world was at peace and calm" he caressed the nearest creature "I used to come here a lot during the war" he said, thoughtful " It helped me to forget"
Draco swallowed and nodded.****************************************************************
"Hahahaha!!!!"
Heartfelt laughing could be heard throughout the clearing.
"And.and then my Aunt Maquiavela told Dad that if he had any sexual problems they were his own, that she was a married woman and therefore couldn't satisfy his forbidden fantasies" told Draco, crying from laughing so hard "imagine my father's face when he heard this. And now that we know he likes men!!!"
It was an hour or so since the unicorns had left. After a fantastic snog session, Harry had positioned himself against a tree trunk and had Draco's head on his lap and was playing with his hair. They had been talking about their friends and families, about their lives and childhoods.but they were still to talk about their future.
They fell silent after Draco's ridiculous tale about his Aunt Maquiavela. Harry continued to play with the blonde's hair, but his mind was far away, in the castle and its corridors.
"I'm going to miss this place a lot" he finally said, starting with the topic they had left unspoken "It's been my only home for 6 six years. I."
Draco stayed silent.
"I don't know what I'm going to do" tried Harry in another way "I think I'm going to play Quidditch, as it's obviously the only thing that I can do right, apart from defeating very evil , very ugly things" he ginned "Don't wanna see anything remotely threatening for fifty years or so"
More silence.
"What about you?" he finally asked, tact and patience forgot.
After a VERY long silence, Draco finally answered.
"I suppose I'll have to take care of my father's business and do.whatever it is he does"
"That doesn't sound so thrilling"
"Who said it had to be?" asked Draco, apparently careless. But Harry detected some trembling in his voice.
They stayed silent for some time and then Harry said:
"You know what? You should stop this 'Malfoy' attitude and do whatever you want-no, listen to me. It's not some kind of game or anything, this is your future, you idiot. You can't be what people want you to be, because you would be very unhappy that way. Only you can decide" his emerald green eyes sparkled and he said "Gods, Draco!! You can do so much and be so happy, you can't let that disappear because your father doesn't want you to do.whatever is it you want. Think of aurors, think of quidditch!! Hell, think even of teachers, and how wonderfully horrible you could make gryffindor students' lives!!! Think of something that's not what your father likes, for once!!"
Draco looked enraptured at the way Harry looked when he felt so passionate. Without realising what he said, he asked in a hoarse voice:
"Harry.will you marry me?"
Harry's eyes popped so out of his head that Draco thought one of them would fall and start to roll around.
"WHAT?" shouted Harry, thinking he had not heard correctly.
Draco hesitated for a few seconds, then made up his mind "Will you marry me?" he said, a bit on the defensive "Not now" he said quickly "After we leave Hogwarts.when we're old.not too old, mind you, but mature.just so you'll be my fiancée."
"And.the ring?" asked Harry, saying the first stupid thing that came to his mind.
Draco smiled "I can buy it tomorrow, if you want one. I hadn't planned this, it just suddenly came to my mind.that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you".
Harry looked away to hide his reaction and attempted to joke "You know, I'm starting to think it's you who's a bad influence for Pansy and not the other way around"
"Hey!" said Draco, offended. Harry smiled and turned to him.
"Kiss me"
They lips joined and this kiss was different from the others they had had. This was sweeter, deeper and softer. The world narrowed to the other and his mouth. Their tongues battled for dominance and their hand roamed the other's body, caressing, hesitantly.
When they ended their kiss, they were both flushed and panting for air. Draco looked very serious.
"You didn't answer my question"
Harry closed his eyes and opened them after a few seconds
"Yes" Draco's breath increased in speed at this "The answer is yes"
No other word in Draco's life had held more meaning.
A.N: well, this is NOT the end!!! still another chapter to go.I'm very annoyed with this fic, I can't wait to finish it and start with other things.well, hope you liked it.How was it? SillyHarry was gone in the last part, replaced by Hero-and-slightly-angsty-but-very-sweetHarry.And Draco finally made an effort in the relationship!! Hope you like the new pairings, I can't wait to hear what you think of them.for some reason, I can't get bold or italics, nor can I write three consecutive points.can anyone help me?