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Chapter Twelve: I Love You

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Everyone in the Great Hall silenced as they watched both trios walk in.

"He's back," they all whispered to each other.

Draco and Harry let go of each others hands as they separated for their own house tables, both missing the others touch.

Harry sat down in his usual seat, everyones eyes on him.

"How are you?" Seamus asked at once.

"Good," he smiled which only caused more whispers from everywhere. He looked over at Neville; he looked up at him and leaned over to whisper.

"You know about the puzzle?" he asked, Harry nodded, "we all have to face you-know-who together."

"But how did you-"

"Later, not here," he leaned back and smiled, "nice to see you back Harry." All who could hear murmured in agreement.
Everyone set their things in History of Magic and got ready for their naps. Hermione half glared at them all but knew she'd find herself falling asleep as well.

Their ghost of a teacher, Professor Binns, was already there, ready to start the class.

As the class went on Harrys' mind wandered off. He looked down at his desk and remembered the day Hermione caught him cutting. Now that he thought about it, he was glad she did.

He looked at his two friends, Ron was already dozing off and Hermione was trying her best to stay awake again. It wasn't easy since the whole class was silent and all you could hear was Binns's flat droning voice.

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The class was empty, few traces of paper flew around as they were blown by nonexistent breezes.

Harry stood up and looked around, a bit surprised that no one was around. He made to walk to the door but felt a warm hand touch his shoulder making him turn around.

Draco smiled at him; it somehow seemed to brighten the room, it made Harry smile too.

The blond Slytherin gently caressed the Gryffindors cheek, trailing it towards his lips before leaning closer, making the space between them smaller and smaller.

"I love you," he whispered before gently lying his lips on the Gryffindors'.

The touch was so light and innocent, like a soft feather. Both wanted more, deepening the kiss, Harry parted his lips, snaking his tongue out, licking the other boys' lip for entrance and receiving it.

Draco held Harry closer, his hands sliding down to Harrys' waste-

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Someone tapped him on the shoulder, the raven haired Gryffindor grudgingly woke up and looked at the criminal who stole his sleep and dream.

"Class his over," Ron laughed a little at his friends' disappointed look.

Harry looked around and saw everyone leaving; he sighed and packed his things.
Draco sighed and hit his head on his desk when Pansy had woken him up at Transfiguration class.

"Why?" he whispered looking at Pansy with a tortured face, "why?"

"Uh.........class is over and you're acting very............odd........." she said raising an eyebrow at her friend.

"Oh," he stood up and packed his bag, "no, I just had a dream."

"OH!" Pansy realized what he meant but suddenly wasn't so sure, "what was it?"

Draco blushed. "Nosey."

"Do we have to go through this all over again?"

"Ok fine," he sighed as they walked to their next class, "it was about Harry-"

"HA! I was right! Yeah! I am smart!"

Draco looked at her oddly, "what the hell is wrong with you?"

"Sorry, I got hyper for a second."

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"Harry."

Said boy turned and found Neville right next to him.

"Come on," he motioned themselves towards an empty classroom. "I have to explain you that thing."

Harry raised his eyebrows but followed the other Gryffindor into the classroom.

"Ok," Neville closed the door, "you already know about the puzzle right?"

Harry nodded, still a little confused. "How did you get the weapon?"

"My parents found it before I was born; they put it in me when I was born so that you-know-who wouldn't find it."

"But then," he frowned when he remembered the prophecy, "shouldn't you be going against him instead of me?"

"No. The weapon was never supposed to be in me, but my parents were running out of time."

"Running out of time?"

"They were being hunted down by Lestrange."

"Oh........................but what's the weapon?"

"Some kind of tool or something, it carries courage and I think something else, I don't know much."

"And the puzzle?"

"You are the puzzle, Hermione, Ron, Malfoy and now me, are your pieces. We have to fight against you-know-who together."

Harry nodded then stopped mid-way. "Wait. No, I don't want you guys to come fight with me, some-"

"The prophecy said that you will have a power that You-know-who doesn't have. You-know-who has no friends or lovers for that matter, besides the weapon, something like that is just as powerful."

"How will the weapon be taken out of you?"

"I don't know, Mrs. Malfoy didn't tell me that part yet."

Harry thought back at the sentence in the prophecy, wondering how all of this was going to work.

"We help you defeat you-know-who, we are your power."

He looked at Neville, for some reason he looked wiser than before. "I don't want you all hurt."

"We won't be, we'll be there to help you as you'll be there to help us."

Harry sighed. Things seemed to be turning darker. He truly didn't want anyone to get hurt, especially Draco. How were they going to go through this?
The sky was turning dark, promising rain. Draco sighed and looked back at his lunch. So much homework had been landed on him on the morning classes, and he was trying to get them done early by getting through a few of them.

Blaise took a bite out of his sandwich and glanced at his friend. "You work too much Draco."

"So?"

"Something wrong?"

"No."

"I woke him up from a wet dream," said Pansy, joining them, "he took it really hard."

"Did not," he said, not looking at her.

"But you seemed to have really enjoyed the dream, I mean it had Harry so it had to have been quite exciting."

"Oy stop! I'm getting visions!" Blaise dropped his sandwich and covered his eyes.

"I'm getting delightful ones," grinned Pansy.

"You two the biggest perverts I've ever met," frowned Draco, still not looking up at them but blushing lightly.

"We're just joking."

"You're definitely hyper today."

"Sort of..................have you kissed him yet?"

"Pansy!" he looked up at her, cheeks flaming.

"What? Just wondering," she shrugged, "I mean, the first thing you usually do when you get in a relationship, or to just fuck you'd kiss her- or him-but you haven't kissed him yet."

Draco sighed and looked back down at his paper, "this feels deeper than any other relationship I've had."

"How deep?"

"I don't know. I want to understand Harry more, like this shouldn't depend on just snogging and sex."

His two friends looked at him surprised.

"This coming from the person who told us snogging and sex was the only thing that meant in a relationship," Blaise said blankly.
"Harry eat something you're starting to scare me again," said Hermione a little nervously when she noticed her friend sit and stare off into space at his empty plate.

He shook his head.

"Harry?" Ron looked at him uneasily, "don't start this again."

"I'm not hungry," he said looking at him, "just a little tired."

"Oh, well ok then..............."

Harry looked back down at his plate and fell into thought again. "I don't want you guys to get hurt."

"In wha-oh," Hermione spoke, realizing what he meant, "Harry we want to help you, we're a part of your puzzle."

"I don't want the same thing to happen to you that to Sirius," he said quietly.

"And don't want it to happen to you," Ron said, lying a comforting hand on his shoulder, "we're here to help you."

Harry sighed. He felt an old urge return to him, the urge to cut again. He tried to ignore it as best as he could, hoping it would go away.

Draco watched him, frowning slightly to see his upset face. 'What's wrong?'

"Want an apple?" Pansy asked as she reached one for herself.

"I'm not hungry."
Heavy raindrops hit the windows like bullets, making loud beating noises through the quiet school.

Everyone was in their dormitories, sleeping soundly as their ears only listened to the sounds in their dreams.

Draco lay awake; staring at the ceiling of his four poster bed, wishing sleep would sweep him away like so many other nights.

After ten minutes he decided he was having an insomnia night and got out of his dormitory, it was going to be morning soon.

When he reached the common room he didn't see Pansy or Blaise or anyone there. Sighing he decided to just sit and watch the fire that he was starting to nickname 'Cold Fire'.

= = The astrology tower seemed colder than usual, the windows were wide open, sending in biting cold air with icy raindrops close to the size of golf balls. The piece of glass was dragged across the wrist, making blood leak out and trail down the arm. = =

Draco gasped and felt his whole body go cold in fear. Either that was a memory, or it was a vision.

He stood up from the couch and hurried out of the Slytherin dungeons, not caring if he was caught and hoping that what he saw wasn't real.
He didn't mean to do it; he even wished he hadn't done it. But the craving got the better of him and he found himself taking a broken piece of vile and dragging across his wrist.

As he stared at his wrist, seeing the blood run down his arm, he felt the crave come again.

Trying to ignore it as best as he could, he threw the glass across the room just as the door flew open.

For some reason he had expected Dumbledore to come towering over him and tell him that he had to go back to St. Mungo's. He let out a sigh when it was Draco.

"I'm sorry," he found himself say, "I couldn't help it."

"It's ok," Draco said, taking out his wand. He muttered a spell that he kept hearing Madam Pomfrey say when she healed cuts.

Both watched as the cut got smaller to nothing, leaving only the blood.

"How did you know I was here?"

"I couldn't sleep, I think I had a vision or something of you here," he lightly ran a finger against the spot where the wound was at.

"I tried to ignore it," he said quietly.

"I know. Why were you here anyway?"

"I couldn't sleep either."

The rain started slow down a little, becoming quieter.

Draco looked into Harry's eyes. There seemed to be something hidden deep within them, like they were begging to tell him something.

"What's wrong?" he nearly whispered.

Worry filled the emerald eyes. "I don't want you to get hurt in this war."

"I won't, not if I'm not with you," he smiled when the Gryffindor blushed lightly, "I said I'd be by your side, and I'll keep it that way."

The rain began to slowly go away as the suns first rays started to color the clouds with a dim purple.

Harry's eyes began to fill up with something that Draco couldn't really understand, mostly because the approaching dawn was glistening against the other boys' frames.

He gently took Harrys' glasses off, seeing the full blast of his brilliant emerald eyes like they were actual jewels.

The purple rays were brightening and reddening as the sun got higher.

The morning light touched Harry's face, coloring his face beautifully, making him glow like a really good painting.

"You look like an angel," Draco blushed lightly at what he said and how gentle and soft his voice sounded. Harry blushed harder.

"It's just the sun," he said a bit shyly.

"It's not just the sun. Without your glasses, your eyes seem like open doors to your emotions," he nearly understood what he just said but he ignored it as he watched the Gryffindor blush a little more.

Harry raised his hand to Draco's cheek and felt the soft warm touch brush against his palm.

An emotion swept the Slytherin, he wanted more than just holding hands or touching the others cheek. He leaned closer, seeing the same emotion reflect in the emerald eyes.

Their lips touched like feathers against skin, brushing against the other innocently.

He parted his lips and licked Harry's bottom lip for entrance and getting it a little hesitantly.

Heat spread through their bodies, bringing them closer, their arms wrapped around each other, trailing them up and down slowly as they explored each others mouths, tasting the others taste, going from innocent to desperate.

'I love you,' they both thought at the same time and hearing it.
Why do I think this chapter came out corny!? (cries and sobs) review please!? I have GOT to start making sense in these chappys!