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Relationships are Complicated
Chapter 20
The next day Harry woke up, stretched and got out of bed. Ron was snoring so loudly he couldn't believe the others boys were still sleeping peacefully.
He took a shower and decided to go to his parents' because he didn't want to have breakfast alone and at this time on a Sunday the Great Hall was probably empty.
"Morning mum." he said going to his mother and giving her a kiss in the cheek.
"Morning, how are you?" she asked without looking from a book she was reading.
"I'm fine, thanks." said Harry a little confused by his mother's behavior. She is weird like that sometimes he thought shrugging.
"You were supposed to walk Draco to the entrance hall and come back here. I made myself clear, did I not?" she asked while pouring Harry a cup of tea.
"Oh...yeah, I kind of forgot about that, I'm sorry. " he said sincerely.
"Where were you?" she asked offering him a plate with biscuits.
"I walked Draco there, but he changed his mind about going because he didn't want to go without me, so we decided to go to his room to talk and stuff.� he said while putting jam on his biscuit and taking a bite.
"Were you in his dormitory or the Slytherin common room?" Harry thought this was getting annoying but he was already grounded so he didn't want to anger his mother anymore.
"We were in the Slytherin common room." he replied honestly but decided to leave out the part about it being completely deserted while they were there.
"Okay. What are you up to today?� she asked closing the book and finally looking at him.
"Morning, love." said James coming out of their bedroom and kissing her on the lips.
"Nice that you like each other but eww... not in front of me," said Harry scrunching his nose in dislike.
"Morning to you too, my little one." he said smirking and messing up Harry's hair.
James sat down and they had been talking and eating for a few minutes when Jeremy came in.
"Hey Harry have you seen Oliver? He was supposed to meet me for breakfast but he didn't show up." he said coming over and greeting his parents before looking at Harry expectantly.
"Nope, but when I left all of Gryffindor tower was asleep. Don't worry I'm sure he didn't mean to ditch you." said Harry sarcastically.
Jeremy was about to throttle his little brother when he noticed something on his neck and smiled evilly.
"What's that Harry?" he asked pointing at Harry's throat, making their parents look on interested.
"Umm...nothing. Look, Oliver was doing homework until really late last night I saw him in the common room, he fell behind because of the practice he had to extend on Thursday, which was totally my fault for being late and I'm so sorry and I'll never do it again." said Harry really fast in one breath, trying really hard to get his parents attention elsewhere.
"What is that?" asked Lily trying to get a closer look but finding it impossible with Harry's hands covering it.
James took his hands off and lowered Harry's shirt a bit showing a series of fresh, red love bites.
"Did Draco do this to you?" asked James pushing Harry's shirt and seeing more bruises.
"Errr...," was the only thing that Harry managed to say while struggling to keep the collar of his shirt up.
"Did you let him do this to you?" asked James in a louder voice, letting go of the collar only to lift the bottom and expose Harry’s chest.
Harry's face was on fire. His chest was covered in love bites, he had seen it after he took a shower, but didn't think anyone else would see them. Should have worn a turtleneck he thought.
"Umm...err....I...," he tried to say something but he didn't know exactly what his parents wanted him to say.
"Harry," Lily lifted his chin and looked into his eyes.
"Mum, I'm sorry. What do you want me to say?" he said in a low, ashamed voice.
"Nothing I guess." she said before standing up and heading into the kitchen.
"Harry did something happen last night?" asked Jeremy seriously after James had followed Lily into the kitchen.
"No." said Harry after hesitating for a second.
"Look I'm not going to tell mum and dad, okay?" Jeremy looked genuinely concerned.
"Nothing happened, but Draco sort of wanted to take things further up a bit." said Harry waiting for his brother's reaction.
"He didn't try to push you into anything, right?" his big brother mode kicked in.
"No, he was great about it, but I just...," Harry trailed off looking very red.
"You're not ready?" suggested Jeremy.
"He knows I'm not ready for that but he said he just wanted to see me and...I don't know," finished Harry frustrated.
"He wants to try other stuff?" asked Jeremy trying to get Harry to confirm his many suspicions.
"Yes and I did feel like doing...other stuff, but I'm scared," said Harry feeling dumb.
"What are you scared of?" asked Jeremy carefully.
"Hey boys, we're going to visit Hagrid, wanna come?" asked James cheerfully with a silent Lily at his side.
"No dad, but thanks, you go ahead and say hi to Hagrid for us." said Jeremy for the both of them because Harry was just looking at his lap embarrassed.
"Okay, no fighting." warned James before leaving.
"Promise," said Jeremy waving them off.
"So, what are you scared off?" asked Jeremy after remembering where they were before being interrupted.
"I don't want Draco to see me naked or anyone for that matter...I look weird…naked." said Harry stupidly.
"Harry it is okay to feel a little awkward about it, and you don't look weird." said Jeremy laughing.
"Yes I do. I don't like the way I look." he said in a barely audible voice.
"Harry, have you seen the way people here look at you? You have students drooling all over you." said Jeremy trying to make his little brother feel more confident.
"But what if Draco doesn't like me?" asked Harry feeling so stupid for even saying that out loud.
"He will, he is crazy about you. So he'll like it, but I don't want you doing anything you don't feel completely sure of, okay?" Harry nodded.
"I've never said this because it sounds really weird and kind of creepy coming from me, but...Harry you're really beautiful." he placed a kiss on the top of Harry's head and hugged him before walking towards the portrait.
"Where are you going?" asked Harry who was enjoying the chat.
"I'm going to go and look for my boyfriend...and punish him." he finished with a playful smile.
"Okay, good luck." said Harry.
Jeremy was just outside when the portrait opened up again and Harry came out and threw his arms around his neck.
"Thank you big brother," He whispered before running off, leaving Jeremy shaking his head smiling.
Harry walked to the Great Hall hoping to catch Draco there. He looked at the Slytherin table and it was almost empty.
He saw his friends sitting at the Gryffindor table and made his way over.
"Hey, guys," he said sitting down next to Ron.
"Hi Harry," said Seamus very eager, making Ron choke on the food in his mouth.
"You okay?" asked Harry while patting his back a bit.
"Oh yes…I'm fine, so where were you this early? Not with Malfoy I hope." said Ron with a grimace when he said 'Malfoy'
"No, I went to my parents for breakfast because I knew you lazy sods would be sleeping in." this earned him a roll on the head thrown by Ron, everyone laughed.
Harry threw it back and they were about to start a food fight when Harry felt arms go around his middle, lifting him up.
"Morning Draco, how are you?" Harry said in a dreamy voice that had everyone in the Gryffindor table snickering.
"Hi." was the only thing Draco managed before kissing Harry passionately.
"I'm very well, thanks. How are you?" Harry just made a few noises.
"Are you okay love?" Draco tried to sound concerned, but failed miserably because of the smirk on his face.
"I'm...I'm fine." said Harry in a slightly squeaky voice.
"Good morning Draco." said Hermione who thought the couple was adorable.
Draco just gave her an incredulous stare that Harry started to feel very uncomfortable with.
"That's really rude of you." whispered Harry.
"Morning Granger." he said after he saw his boyfriend glaring.
Hermione nodded and went back to her breakfast. Harry was really glad that she had made a step towards accepting Draco and felt horrible when his boyfriend responded exactly like the jerk his friends said he was.
"Well, why don't you go to your table? Breakfast is almost done." said Harry sitting next to Hermione, giving his back to Draco.
"I'm really sorry about that Hermione, but it means so much to me that you tried." said Harry softly.
"He is a stupid wanker, she shouldn't have bothered." said Ron angrily.
"Look I wasn't expecting him to react like my best friend, in fact, I thought he was going to insult me...I think he just needs time." said Hermione frowning at Ron.
"I was expecting better, I mean he wasn't anything like this in front of my mum. He acted normal in front of her and you know how weird she is." said Harry making everyone smile.
"Well of course he would, he has to respect your mother if he wants to be with you, and plus we have all seen your dad dueling. Malfoy doesn't want to be in the end of that...especially after the last DADA lesson." finished Seamus smiling at the memory.
"I don't know...maybe." said Harry feeling strange. He liked Draco...A LOT but it felt so wrong to do so after he looked at Hermione like that.
"Wanna play quidditch?" said Ron after Harry had been quiet for a few minutes.
"Sure," said Harry smiling. some time with my friends and away from him might be good. thought Harry.
Draco was angry at Harry, but he couldn't help but feel a little bad about not saying hello to the mud--to Granger, it wasn't that hard. He is turning me into a Gryffindor he thought horrified.
Harry and his friends played for a long time even Oliver and Jeremy joined them after a while.
It was lunch time and they were tired and hungry from the hours of quidditch. They made their way to the Gryffindor table, Jeremy said hello to his house mates when he passed the Ravenclaw table, but decided to sit with his boyfriend.
"Harry, can I talk to you?" Draco asked before he sat down.
"I'm hungry can we talk later?" said Harry who didn't seem angry but didn't look eager to spend time with him.
"We can have lunch together?" suggested Draco.
"I'm not eating at the Slytherin table." said Harry firmly while crossing his arms.
"I may be rubbing off on you." said Draco almost smiling.
"What is that supposed to mean?" asked Harry frowning.
“Mmm…nothing, it’s just ironic that you accuse me of being judgmental about muggleborns, and you as a Gryffindor do the same towards Slytherins, so tell me, who’s the hypocrite?�
Harry felt he was right so he said yes to the lunch and went to the Slytherin table.
"Harry I'm sorry about before, I didn't mean to be rude to your friends." he said in a sincere voice.
"Yes you did, you just didn't want to make me angry." said Harry without looking at him.
"Well yes, Harry, the Gryffindors and I have never been on friendly terms." said Draco reasonably.
"When did it start...when you humiliated Colin Creevey?" Draco cringed at that.
"They told you that?" he asked uncomfortably.
"Roger told me," when Draco heard that he grabbed Harry's hand stopping him from getting the fork to his mouth.
"What were you doing with Davies?" asked Draco through gritted teeth.
"We talked; I told you…well Jeremy did. But anyway, he told me then, and no I haven't seen him since." he said in a bored voice before he resumed eating.
"Harry I'm sorry...I'm probably not going to like your friends just like you might not like mine, but I'll be polite to them as long as they extend the same courtesy, okay?" Harry thought about it for a minute before nodding reluctantly.
"Thanks for doing this." said Harry after thinking how difficult it must be for Draco to be nice to the Gryffindors.
"I'm not promising anything." he said after a second.
Harry smiled before his boyfriend attacked his mouth.
"Draco, not here." said Harry embarrassed because most of the hall was staring at them.
"Okay," said Draco grabbing Harry's hand and pulling him out of the hall.
"What are you doing?" asked Harry startled.
"You said not here," he said smirking, and pushed him into an empty classroom.
They started to kiss and Draco pushed him into one of the desks, and when Harry was trembling with the want for more he started opening his shirt and kissing every part of skin he uncovered.
"What the hell is--, I did this?" he said in a self-disgusted voice.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt." said Harry worried about his boyfriend's look.
"Harry why didn't you stop me, why aren't you mad at me?" asked Draco a little confused.
"Because I enjoyed last night...very much." said Harry without hesitation.
Draco felt something inside him change, but he didn't want to think about it right now he just wanted to snog Harry senseless.
This time Draco was the one to stop and he didn't even try to touch Harry's trousers, he understood he wasn't ready.
They were in the room of requirement having tea and sandwiches.
"So, are you going home for the holidays?" asked Harry.
"No, I always stay here." replied Draco.
"Are you?" asked Draco. Harry looked at him strangely.
"Hogwarts is my home, my parents live here." said Harry.
"I know that, but you are sure you aren't going anywhere else?" he asked afraid of Harry's answer, he wanted to spend as much time as he could with him.
"Not with Voldemort and his death eaters on the loose." said Harry bitterly.
"Sorry," said Draco softly.
Harry looked at him confused before understanding dawned on him.
"I'm sorry Draco I didn't mean to--," Draco stopped him with a kiss. "I know." he said before kissing him again.
"So, you want to spend Christmas together?" asked Draco casually.
"My parents always make a big deal of Christmas. We always have this big dinner with my godparents and then we sit by the fire and drink hot chocolate and open presents...I always complain about my family, but this is one of those things I love about them." finished Harry with a small smile.
"Oh...that's great, well I hope you enjoy it." said Draco, who was trying to put up a happy face to hide the disappointment and jealousy he was feeling, disappointment at not being able to spend Christmas with Harry, and jealousy because his family was nothing like Harry’s. Even though it sounded lame he wished sometimes his family was as close as the Potters were.
"So, are you up for the madness...?" asked Harry when Draco had been silent for a while.
"Your family won't mind? I mean it sounds kind of private...," he said a little uncomfortable.
"Nope, they want me to spend time with them and I want to spend time with you, it's perfect!" said Harry happily.
"I'll go if you ask your parents, and I don't want to intrude." he said, and Harry nodded and then hugged him tight.
It was Monday and Harry had slept late. He had to run for his first class.
When he got there he was out of breath and gained a disapproving look from his head of house.
"Sorry I'm late, Professor." he said in between pants.
"Are you alright?" she concerned because he was out of breath and flushed.
"Yes, Professor, I'm fine." she nodded and he sat down.
"Five points will be taken for your tardiness Mr. Potter and I suggest you pay attention if you want to gain them back." she said sternly.
"Yes, Professor," answered Harry lowering his head from the angry looks the Gryffindors were giving him.
He was having a bad day; his roommates didn't wake him up. They were mad because he had sat at the Slytherin table after Draco had been rude to Hermione, plus he lost five points and didn't win them back because he was finishing some Charms homework he had forgotten. He was so behind in this class because of his skipping and quidditch practice.
Dinner was finally here and he was happy because it meant the end of this dreadful day was coming soon.
"Hey guys," said Harry sitting down next to Seamus.
"Are you okay?" asked Hermione after looking at Harry closely.
"I'm fine I just can't wait for the day to end." said Harry stabbing a potato with his fork.
"So, I'm guessing you're going with Malfoy?" said Seamus suddenly.
"Going where?" asked Harry confused.
"The Christmas ball." said Ron.
"Ron! It’s not a Christmas ball." said Hermione.
"Not officially, but everyone knows it is. I mean almost everyone in here celebrates Christmas." said Ron rolling his eyes.
"It's wrong to call it that because of the people that don’t.� replied Hermione.
"When is this ball and how come I wasn't aware of it?" said Harry a little annoyed at being completely clueless.
"Relax, they announced it like ten minutes before you got here." said Seamus.
"Oh...sorry." said Harry blushing. "Are you going with Dean?" asked Harry after getting his red face under control.
This caused Dean to choke on his food and Seamus to blush, Seamus, who was like one the biggest flirts in the school.
"Err...I don't know who I'm going with yet I mean we just found out." Harry was enjoying this too much.
"You two are going together, right?" Harry pointed between Ron and Hermione who both flushed bright red before glaring at Harry who was smiling innocently.
"Are you going to ask Draco, or wait for him to ask you? Or will you just assume you'd go because you're a couple?" Hermione was trying to get the attention off of her and Ron.
"He asked me to the Halloween dance...I don't know if he'll ask me or just expect me to go with him, how should I know? I've never had boyfriend before." he said confused.
"Just ask him, than you'll be sure." said Hermione calmly.
"Okay, I'll just ask him...how do I that?" he asked after a second.
"Well it depends I think. You should go with a casual approach since you're already dating." said Hermione thoughtfully.
"How do you know this stuff?" asked Ron who always felt lost when it came to relationship 'stuff' but Hermione always seemed to know what was going on.
"I'm a girl." she said as if that explained everything. Both boys looked at each other and then shrugged.
Harry saw Draco leaving the hall and excused himself and went after him.
"Wait up!" he shouted.
"Hi, what's up?" he asked when Harry caught up to him.
"Did you hear about the dance?" asked Harry playing with the buttons of Draco's robe.
"Yes, the one on Christmas Eve.� he replied.
Harry gave him a strange look.
"Yes, that's the one; anyway I was thinking maybe we could go together...?" Harry felt a little dumb asking his own boyfriend to the dance but it seemed wrong to just assume.
"I'm sorry, I kind of told Montague I'd go with him, I thought you wouldn't mind." said Draco apologetically.
"Oh...that's okay I just thought I'd--," Draco burst out laughing. "Harry I was messing with you, of course we're going together or not at all." he said watching Harry's sad face turn to happiness then slowly to anger.
"You stupid prat!" he said swatting him on the head. Draco just laughed at him.
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Relationships are Complicated
Chapter 20
The next day Harry woke up, stretched and got out of bed. Ron was snoring so loudly he couldn't believe the others boys were still sleeping peacefully.
He took a shower and decided to go to his parents' because he didn't want to have breakfast alone and at this time on a Sunday the Great Hall was probably empty.
"Morning mum." he said going to his mother and giving her a kiss in the cheek.
"Morning, how are you?" she asked without looking from a book she was reading.
"I'm fine, thanks." said Harry a little confused by his mother's behavior. She is weird like that sometimes he thought shrugging.
"You were supposed to walk Draco to the entrance hall and come back here. I made myself clear, did I not?" she asked while pouring Harry a cup of tea.
"Oh...yeah, I kind of forgot about that, I'm sorry. " he said sincerely.
"Where were you?" she asked offering him a plate with biscuits.
"I walked Draco there, but he changed his mind about going because he didn't want to go without me, so we decided to go to his room to talk and stuff.� he said while putting jam on his biscuit and taking a bite.
"Were you in his dormitory or the Slytherin common room?" Harry thought this was getting annoying but he was already grounded so he didn't want to anger his mother anymore.
"We were in the Slytherin common room." he replied honestly but decided to leave out the part about it being completely deserted while they were there.
"Okay. What are you up to today?� she asked closing the book and finally looking at him.
"Morning, love." said James coming out of their bedroom and kissing her on the lips.
"Nice that you like each other but eww... not in front of me," said Harry scrunching his nose in dislike.
"Morning to you too, my little one." he said smirking and messing up Harry's hair.
James sat down and they had been talking and eating for a few minutes when Jeremy came in.
"Hey Harry have you seen Oliver? He was supposed to meet me for breakfast but he didn't show up." he said coming over and greeting his parents before looking at Harry expectantly.
"Nope, but when I left all of Gryffindor tower was asleep. Don't worry I'm sure he didn't mean to ditch you." said Harry sarcastically.
Jeremy was about to throttle his little brother when he noticed something on his neck and smiled evilly.
"What's that Harry?" he asked pointing at Harry's throat, making their parents look on interested.
"Umm...nothing. Look, Oliver was doing homework until really late last night I saw him in the common room, he fell behind because of the practice he had to extend on Thursday, which was totally my fault for being late and I'm so sorry and I'll never do it again." said Harry really fast in one breath, trying really hard to get his parents attention elsewhere.
"What is that?" asked Lily trying to get a closer look but finding it impossible with Harry's hands covering it.
James took his hands off and lowered Harry's shirt a bit showing a series of fresh, red love bites.
"Did Draco do this to you?" asked James pushing Harry's shirt and seeing more bruises.
"Errr...," was the only thing that Harry managed to say while struggling to keep the collar of his shirt up.
"Did you let him do this to you?" asked James in a louder voice, letting go of the collar only to lift the bottom and expose Harry’s chest.
Harry's face was on fire. His chest was covered in love bites, he had seen it after he took a shower, but didn't think anyone else would see them. Should have worn a turtleneck he thought.
"Umm...err....I...," he tried to say something but he didn't know exactly what his parents wanted him to say.
"Harry," Lily lifted his chin and looked into his eyes.
"Mum, I'm sorry. What do you want me to say?" he said in a low, ashamed voice.
"Nothing I guess." she said before standing up and heading into the kitchen.
"Harry did something happen last night?" asked Jeremy seriously after James had followed Lily into the kitchen.
"No." said Harry after hesitating for a second.
"Look I'm not going to tell mum and dad, okay?" Jeremy looked genuinely concerned.
"Nothing happened, but Draco sort of wanted to take things further up a bit." said Harry waiting for his brother's reaction.
"He didn't try to push you into anything, right?" his big brother mode kicked in.
"No, he was great about it, but I just...," Harry trailed off looking very red.
"You're not ready?" suggested Jeremy.
"He knows I'm not ready for that but he said he just wanted to see me and...I don't know," finished Harry frustrated.
"He wants to try other stuff?" asked Jeremy trying to get Harry to confirm his many suspicions.
"Yes and I did feel like doing...other stuff, but I'm scared," said Harry feeling dumb.
"What are you scared of?" asked Jeremy carefully.
"Hey boys, we're going to visit Hagrid, wanna come?" asked James cheerfully with a silent Lily at his side.
"No dad, but thanks, you go ahead and say hi to Hagrid for us." said Jeremy for the both of them because Harry was just looking at his lap embarrassed.
"Okay, no fighting." warned James before leaving.
"Promise," said Jeremy waving them off.
"So, what are you scared off?" asked Jeremy after remembering where they were before being interrupted.
"I don't want Draco to see me naked or anyone for that matter...I look weird…naked." said Harry stupidly.
"Harry it is okay to feel a little awkward about it, and you don't look weird." said Jeremy laughing.
"Yes I do. I don't like the way I look." he said in a barely audible voice.
"Harry, have you seen the way people here look at you? You have students drooling all over you." said Jeremy trying to make his little brother feel more confident.
"But what if Draco doesn't like me?" asked Harry feeling so stupid for even saying that out loud.
"He will, he is crazy about you. So he'll like it, but I don't want you doing anything you don't feel completely sure of, okay?" Harry nodded.
"I've never said this because it sounds really weird and kind of creepy coming from me, but...Harry you're really beautiful." he placed a kiss on the top of Harry's head and hugged him before walking towards the portrait.
"Where are you going?" asked Harry who was enjoying the chat.
"I'm going to go and look for my boyfriend...and punish him." he finished with a playful smile.
"Okay, good luck." said Harry.
Jeremy was just outside when the portrait opened up again and Harry came out and threw his arms around his neck.
"Thank you big brother," He whispered before running off, leaving Jeremy shaking his head smiling.
Harry walked to the Great Hall hoping to catch Draco there. He looked at the Slytherin table and it was almost empty.
He saw his friends sitting at the Gryffindor table and made his way over.
"Hey, guys," he said sitting down next to Ron.
"Hi Harry," said Seamus very eager, making Ron choke on the food in his mouth.
"You okay?" asked Harry while patting his back a bit.
"Oh yes…I'm fine, so where were you this early? Not with Malfoy I hope." said Ron with a grimace when he said 'Malfoy'
"No, I went to my parents for breakfast because I knew you lazy sods would be sleeping in." this earned him a roll on the head thrown by Ron, everyone laughed.
Harry threw it back and they were about to start a food fight when Harry felt arms go around his middle, lifting him up.
"Morning Draco, how are you?" Harry said in a dreamy voice that had everyone in the Gryffindor table snickering.
"Hi." was the only thing Draco managed before kissing Harry passionately.
"I'm very well, thanks. How are you?" Harry just made a few noises.
"Are you okay love?" Draco tried to sound concerned, but failed miserably because of the smirk on his face.
"I'm...I'm fine." said Harry in a slightly squeaky voice.
"Good morning Draco." said Hermione who thought the couple was adorable.
Draco just gave her an incredulous stare that Harry started to feel very uncomfortable with.
"That's really rude of you." whispered Harry.
"Morning Granger." he said after he saw his boyfriend glaring.
Hermione nodded and went back to her breakfast. Harry was really glad that she had made a step towards accepting Draco and felt horrible when his boyfriend responded exactly like the jerk his friends said he was.
"Well, why don't you go to your table? Breakfast is almost done." said Harry sitting next to Hermione, giving his back to Draco.
"I'm really sorry about that Hermione, but it means so much to me that you tried." said Harry softly.
"He is a stupid wanker, she shouldn't have bothered." said Ron angrily.
"Look I wasn't expecting him to react like my best friend, in fact, I thought he was going to insult me...I think he just needs time." said Hermione frowning at Ron.
"I was expecting better, I mean he wasn't anything like this in front of my mum. He acted normal in front of her and you know how weird she is." said Harry making everyone smile.
"Well of course he would, he has to respect your mother if he wants to be with you, and plus we have all seen your dad dueling. Malfoy doesn't want to be in the end of that...especially after the last DADA lesson." finished Seamus smiling at the memory.
"I don't know...maybe." said Harry feeling strange. He liked Draco...A LOT but it felt so wrong to do so after he looked at Hermione like that.
"Wanna play quidditch?" said Ron after Harry had been quiet for a few minutes.
"Sure," said Harry smiling. some time with my friends and away from him might be good. thought Harry.
Draco was angry at Harry, but he couldn't help but feel a little bad about not saying hello to the mud--to Granger, it wasn't that hard. He is turning me into a Gryffindor he thought horrified.
Harry and his friends played for a long time even Oliver and Jeremy joined them after a while.
It was lunch time and they were tired and hungry from the hours of quidditch. They made their way to the Gryffindor table, Jeremy said hello to his house mates when he passed the Ravenclaw table, but decided to sit with his boyfriend.
"Harry, can I talk to you?" Draco asked before he sat down.
"I'm hungry can we talk later?" said Harry who didn't seem angry but didn't look eager to spend time with him.
"We can have lunch together?" suggested Draco.
"I'm not eating at the Slytherin table." said Harry firmly while crossing his arms.
"I may be rubbing off on you." said Draco almost smiling.
"What is that supposed to mean?" asked Harry frowning.
“Mmm…nothing, it’s just ironic that you accuse me of being judgmental about muggleborns, and you as a Gryffindor do the same towards Slytherins, so tell me, who’s the hypocrite?�
Harry felt he was right so he said yes to the lunch and went to the Slytherin table.
"Harry I'm sorry about before, I didn't mean to be rude to your friends." he said in a sincere voice.
"Yes you did, you just didn't want to make me angry." said Harry without looking at him.
"Well yes, Harry, the Gryffindors and I have never been on friendly terms." said Draco reasonably.
"When did it start...when you humiliated Colin Creevey?" Draco cringed at that.
"They told you that?" he asked uncomfortably.
"Roger told me," when Draco heard that he grabbed Harry's hand stopping him from getting the fork to his mouth.
"What were you doing with Davies?" asked Draco through gritted teeth.
"We talked; I told you…well Jeremy did. But anyway, he told me then, and no I haven't seen him since." he said in a bored voice before he resumed eating.
"Harry I'm sorry...I'm probably not going to like your friends just like you might not like mine, but I'll be polite to them as long as they extend the same courtesy, okay?" Harry thought about it for a minute before nodding reluctantly.
"Thanks for doing this." said Harry after thinking how difficult it must be for Draco to be nice to the Gryffindors.
"I'm not promising anything." he said after a second.
Harry smiled before his boyfriend attacked his mouth.
"Draco, not here." said Harry embarrassed because most of the hall was staring at them.
"Okay," said Draco grabbing Harry's hand and pulling him out of the hall.
"What are you doing?" asked Harry startled.
"You said not here," he said smirking, and pushed him into an empty classroom.
They started to kiss and Draco pushed him into one of the desks, and when Harry was trembling with the want for more he started opening his shirt and kissing every part of skin he uncovered.
"What the hell is--, I did this?" he said in a self-disgusted voice.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt." said Harry worried about his boyfriend's look.
"Harry why didn't you stop me, why aren't you mad at me?" asked Draco a little confused.
"Because I enjoyed last night...very much." said Harry without hesitation.
Draco felt something inside him change, but he didn't want to think about it right now he just wanted to snog Harry senseless.
This time Draco was the one to stop and he didn't even try to touch Harry's trousers, he understood he wasn't ready.
They were in the room of requirement having tea and sandwiches.
"So, are you going home for the holidays?" asked Harry.
"No, I always stay here." replied Draco.
"Are you?" asked Draco. Harry looked at him strangely.
"Hogwarts is my home, my parents live here." said Harry.
"I know that, but you are sure you aren't going anywhere else?" he asked afraid of Harry's answer, he wanted to spend as much time as he could with him.
"Not with Voldemort and his death eaters on the loose." said Harry bitterly.
"Sorry," said Draco softly.
Harry looked at him confused before understanding dawned on him.
"I'm sorry Draco I didn't mean to--," Draco stopped him with a kiss. "I know." he said before kissing him again.
"So, you want to spend Christmas together?" asked Draco casually.
"My parents always make a big deal of Christmas. We always have this big dinner with my godparents and then we sit by the fire and drink hot chocolate and open presents...I always complain about my family, but this is one of those things I love about them." finished Harry with a small smile.
"Oh...that's great, well I hope you enjoy it." said Draco, who was trying to put up a happy face to hide the disappointment and jealousy he was feeling, disappointment at not being able to spend Christmas with Harry, and jealousy because his family was nothing like Harry’s. Even though it sounded lame he wished sometimes his family was as close as the Potters were.
"So, are you up for the madness...?" asked Harry when Draco had been silent for a while.
"Your family won't mind? I mean it sounds kind of private...," he said a little uncomfortable.
"Nope, they want me to spend time with them and I want to spend time with you, it's perfect!" said Harry happily.
"I'll go if you ask your parents, and I don't want to intrude." he said, and Harry nodded and then hugged him tight.
It was Monday and Harry had slept late. He had to run for his first class.
When he got there he was out of breath and gained a disapproving look from his head of house.
"Sorry I'm late, Professor." he said in between pants.
"Are you alright?" she concerned because he was out of breath and flushed.
"Yes, Professor, I'm fine." she nodded and he sat down.
"Five points will be taken for your tardiness Mr. Potter and I suggest you pay attention if you want to gain them back." she said sternly.
"Yes, Professor," answered Harry lowering his head from the angry looks the Gryffindors were giving him.
He was having a bad day; his roommates didn't wake him up. They were mad because he had sat at the Slytherin table after Draco had been rude to Hermione, plus he lost five points and didn't win them back because he was finishing some Charms homework he had forgotten. He was so behind in this class because of his skipping and quidditch practice.
Dinner was finally here and he was happy because it meant the end of this dreadful day was coming soon.
"Hey guys," said Harry sitting down next to Seamus.
"Are you okay?" asked Hermione after looking at Harry closely.
"I'm fine I just can't wait for the day to end." said Harry stabbing a potato with his fork.
"So, I'm guessing you're going with Malfoy?" said Seamus suddenly.
"Going where?" asked Harry confused.
"The Christmas ball." said Ron.
"Ron! It’s not a Christmas ball." said Hermione.
"Not officially, but everyone knows it is. I mean almost everyone in here celebrates Christmas." said Ron rolling his eyes.
"It's wrong to call it that because of the people that don’t.� replied Hermione.
"When is this ball and how come I wasn't aware of it?" said Harry a little annoyed at being completely clueless.
"Relax, they announced it like ten minutes before you got here." said Seamus.
"Oh...sorry." said Harry blushing. "Are you going with Dean?" asked Harry after getting his red face under control.
This caused Dean to choke on his food and Seamus to blush, Seamus, who was like one the biggest flirts in the school.
"Err...I don't know who I'm going with yet I mean we just found out." Harry was enjoying this too much.
"You two are going together, right?" Harry pointed between Ron and Hermione who both flushed bright red before glaring at Harry who was smiling innocently.
"Are you going to ask Draco, or wait for him to ask you? Or will you just assume you'd go because you're a couple?" Hermione was trying to get the attention off of her and Ron.
"He asked me to the Halloween dance...I don't know if he'll ask me or just expect me to go with him, how should I know? I've never had boyfriend before." he said confused.
"Just ask him, than you'll be sure." said Hermione calmly.
"Okay, I'll just ask him...how do I that?" he asked after a second.
"Well it depends I think. You should go with a casual approach since you're already dating." said Hermione thoughtfully.
"How do you know this stuff?" asked Ron who always felt lost when it came to relationship 'stuff' but Hermione always seemed to know what was going on.
"I'm a girl." she said as if that explained everything. Both boys looked at each other and then shrugged.
Harry saw Draco leaving the hall and excused himself and went after him.
"Wait up!" he shouted.
"Hi, what's up?" he asked when Harry caught up to him.
"Did you hear about the dance?" asked Harry playing with the buttons of Draco's robe.
"Yes, the one on Christmas Eve.� he replied.
Harry gave him a strange look.
"Yes, that's the one; anyway I was thinking maybe we could go together...?" Harry felt a little dumb asking his own boyfriend to the dance but it seemed wrong to just assume.
"I'm sorry, I kind of told Montague I'd go with him, I thought you wouldn't mind." said Draco apologetically.
"Oh...that's okay I just thought I'd--," Draco burst out laughing. "Harry I was messing with you, of course we're going together or not at all." he said watching Harry's sad face turn to happiness then slowly to anger.
"You stupid prat!" he said swatting him on the head. Draco just laughed at him.
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