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Chapter Seventeen

 Harry's 1st Birthday Party and An Apology 

I was lying in bed.  Just thinking of nothing short of the universe, Harry's deep breathing was soothing.  I had had a really weird feeling of impending doom the day before but Harry had said Ron and Hermione were coming over so I thought it was from that and for good reason.  Remus was to arrive that day too.

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"Come on, Draco!  Sirius!  They'll be here in a moment!" Harry said as he dragged both Sirius and me into the living room.

I was only there for a week and I knew where everything was and precisely what those two liked to eat.  I had been doing the cooking but the deal was I cooked and they cleaned.

It made me mad that he was more intent on meeting them at the fireplace than he was about me.  He waited until I found them playing Marco Polo in the pool. 

"Harry! Calm down!  You're running around like a five year old that's gonna piss himself!" Sirius snapped as he pulled a t-shirt over his head.  For being older than my father, he did have a nice body.

"So, they've never been here!" Harry said as he sat down on the squishy couch and folded his arms.  "Well Remus has been here." He gave Sirius a sly glance.  "I heard him."

Sirius opened his mouth to say something but appeared to think better of it for her closed it.  After a moment's hesitation, Harry burst into maniacal laughter and Sirius said, "Anyway," to change the subject.   

Just then, Hermione was standing in the fireplace and then Ron was there not two seconds later.  Harry stood up; I however just sat there because I could care less if they were there or not. 

"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed as she bounded out of the fireplace at my boyfriend.  She hugged him.

"Can't… breath," Harry gasped out. 

"Oh! Sorry!" She laughed.  Then she hugged Sirius.  "Hello Sirius."

"Hello Hermione," Sirius said as he returned the hug. 

This went on for a while as everyone hugged and was merry.  I remained on the couch.  Then they had to have la grande tour with Harry.  I finished the invitations to his party and sent them out while they oohed and ahhed over the house. 

I walked from the mini owlery that Harry and Sirius had in the attic to the living room.  You would think that I would have heard them, but no.

"Oh shit!" I said as I turned away from the sight that was on the couch.  Can't say it wasn't bad but still!

"Draco!" Remus said as he pushed Sirius off of himself onto the floor and stood up.  I heard the last part then I turned around. 

Remus looked considerably better than the last time I had saw him.  His robes looked new, though a little out of place, and he didn't look quite so tired.  He was still very pale, though he was a little flushed, and his hair still had flecks of grey in it.  His pale hazel eyes were sparkling, I could see that easily even from where I was standing.  All in all, pretty cute.  (Harry would probably die laughing if he knew I thought the two men he considered fathers were cute) 

Sirius on the other hand was a different story.  He had to pull his shirt down.  His dark hair was all messy. 

I then knew how dad must have felt but rather then blush I burst out laughing.  At that moment, Harry Ron and Hermione came up from behind me.

"What's so funny?" Harry asked me.  I couldn't answer so I pointed to Sirius and Remus, who looked quite guilty.  Put two and two together.  The three of them started laughing hysterically behind me.   

When the four of us were finished, Remus and Sirius were seated on the couch.  Remus was blushing and Sirius looked borderline gonna-kill-you-in-your-sleep.  But it was the most hilarious thing.  Really Harry and I shouldn't have been laughing but it was still very funny.

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"Sirius!" I grabbed him by the shirt and dragged him into the kitchen.  Naturally, Remus followed us in, but Harry Ron and Hermione had gone out to the pool. 

"Ow!  I like to live thanks!" Sirius said as he straightened his shirt then rubbed his neck.  I was shorter than him but I probably could do damage if I wanted to.

"Well, your godson needs a birthday cake!  So you have to get his ass out of this house for three hours!  Which one of you two are good at buying things for parties?" I said cheerily. 

"He is," Sirius pointed at Remus and then he smirked.  "Unless of course-."

"Your goal is to get Harry and his friends terribly drunk," Remus finished his sentence.  I laughed.

"No, wait until he's 18," I giggled.  "Remus, I need you to get party things."

"Such as?" Remus asked.

"I don't know.  A banner of some kind that says 'Happy 16th Birthday' some paper plates, cups, napkins, balloons… you know, party stuff," I said counting things off on my fingers.  Remus nodded.

"I shall return!" He stated determinedly and headed out toward the front door.  

"I'm going to make the cake and you," I said returning to Sirius, "I need you to get him out of the house for at least two hours, three would be better but whatever you can manage."

"Simple!  I could keep him out all night if you wanted," Sirius said gleefully. 

"No, three hours is good.  We don't need him hung over," I stated firmly.  Sirius looked a little down trodden but he left all the same.   

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I had baked Harry a chocolate cake.  It took me about an hour to make and one and a half to decorate it.  I had fun though.  That's the thing about being able to cook… you get to taste everything.  Though afterwards I was dead on my feet because that time I had to clean all of my dishes. 

"So, how was your day?" Harry asked as we lay in bed.

"It was relaxing… All I did was read," I said sleepily as I draped an arm across his chest and snuggled closer to him.

"Then why do you look like death on a stick?"

"Do I now?" I said in mock curiosity.

"Well, you look tired is all," Harry said defending himself. 

"I know.  I… er… took a run around the house," I smiled.   It was the best idea I could think of.

"Are you insane!  This house is huge!" He said amazed.

"I guess so," I sighed.  "Harry?"

"Hmm?"

"I'm tired.  Go to sleep."

*        *         *

"Happy Birthday!" Remus, Sirius, Ron, Hermione and I shouted at Harry as he walked into the kitchen in his pyjamas.  Harry's eyes went as big as saucers and he nearly burst into tears.

"Thanks!" He said happily coming over to the table and sitting down next to me. 

The table was piled high with presents.  It was amazing, just watching him.  That was the first time he had really got some substantial presents for his birthday.  Sirius and Remus went nuts, saying they had to 'make up for 16 years of missed birthdays'. 

"Oh my god!  You guys!" Harry laughed at the dirty birthday card Sirius and Remus had given him.

Then he began to open the gifts.  Candy, cards and pretty much everything under the sun.  Sirius bought him a 'skateboard' plus a million other things, I bought him a muggle CD player and some CDs, the Weird Sisters had their songs on a muggle thing which I thought was kind of weird (no pun intended), Hermione and Ron put together their money and bought him a lizard.

"Cool!  I'm gonna name him Sirius!!!" Harry said as he opened the cage that had the little lizard in it.

"No!  His name is Carlos," Hermione said as Harry let the lizard out and it ran across the table to her at the mention of its name.  Harry looked at Ron weird.

"I wanted to name him 'Stinky the Conqueror' but Hermione wouldn't let me.  She named him that because he was with us for a week and he had to have a name.  She insisted on Carlos, didn't you?" Ron said a little mad that he couldn't name the lizard 'Stinky the Conqueror'.  Hermione just smiled.

"Carlos it is," Harry laughed and the little thing bounded back at him. 

Though Remus got him the best thing of all.  A 1977 edition of the Marauders' yearbook.  It was packed with photos of Sirius, Remus, James, Lily and Peter all at the age of seventeen. 

"I would have given it to you sooner," Remus said quietly as Harry looked through it with tears in his eyes.  "But I just recently found it.  I know it's a little battered, but it's almost 20 years old."

"Thank you… so much."  Was all Harry could squeak out.

*        *         *

"Okay, everybody ready?" I asked as Sirius grabbed the keys to his car.  We said we were taking Harry to an Italian restaurant. 

So, we went out into the driveway and everyone piled in to the car.  It was made magically bigger on the inside, but we were still kind of cramped.  I was right in the middle and it was my job to announce I had forgotten something.

"WAIT!!" I shouted to Sirius as he revved the car. 

"What?" Everyone asked.

"I forgot my wallet!" I said and there was a collective groan.  I couldn't help but grin.  Annoying those guys was fun.  "What are you groaning for?  Come on get out!"

Everybody piled out of the car.  I scrambled into the house.  Everyone was there, boy were they fast. 

As soon as they had seen me, they ran around looking for places to hide.  A bunch of them crammed into the cloak closet.  Then I heard a muffled shout from it.

"Ah!!  Who's touching me?!!" Seamus shouted.

"We are!" Chorused the Weasley twins.  Then I heard something that was slightly unnerving.

"Oh!" Seamus said slightly more relaxed and he sounded almost happy about it.  "Okay then.  Let's get NAKED!"

There was some more shouting and the doors of the closet burst open, six people spilled out onto the floor.  The Weasley Twins were killing themselves laughing and, even in the dark, I could see Seamus smiling broadly.  I shook my head and smiled. 

"Harry?" I shouted from the window to the left of the door.  The lights were off and it was kind of dark so this worked.

"Yeah?"

"Have you seen my wallet?"

"I think it's in the wardrobe!" He shouted.

"I didn't see it!  Come in here!  Help me!"

"Why don't you just turn on the damn lights?" Harry mumbled as he walked toward the house.  Ron, Sirius, Remus and Hermione were following him, he stopped and turned around and they tried to look as inconspicuous as possible.  "You know, I don't need adult or peer supervision."

"What?" Sirius huffed.  "Who said we were supervising?"

"But you were- ughhh… never mind," Harry shook his head and walked into the house. 

"SURPRISE!!!!!" Everyone jumped out of where they were hiding and yelled.  Harry looked as if he was going to cry.  I ran to him and hugged him. 

"Happy Birthday," I whispered into his ear. 

Harry hugged me as if his life depended on it then he put his arm around my waist and held me to his side as everyone hugged him and said 'Happy Birthday'.  He was so happy.  He was grinning ear to ear and laughing.  I can only imagine what it was like for him, 15 years of birthdays and not a single party, 11 years and not even a present. 

"Oliver!" Harry called excitedly.  He let go of my waist and booked it at his former captain.

"Harry!" He called in his amazing Irish accent.  They collided and hugged laughing.  "How've you been?"
         

"I've been good.  How's Puddlemere?" Harry asked, as they pulled apart.

"Its no Gryffindor Lions but it works," Oliver laughed and Harry did too.

I could tell by the way their hands were on each other's hips, that they had had something more than a captain/player relationship long before I came along.  They were standing there just a little too long so I decided to break that up. 

"Draco! You know Oliver Wood," Harry said as I linked our arms. 

"How could I forget?" I said as I shook hands with Oliver, who smiled pleasantly.  I didn't like him.  I don't know why, he was nice enough and not bad looking but I guess it was the thing he had with Harry that made me hate him.

*        *         *

"Truth or Dare… Ron," Seamus said slyly.

"Dare," Ron replied after a moment's contemplation. 

I was feeling a little tipsy.  It turns out the punch was spiked but I didn't know that at the time.  Remus and Sirius had left to go somewhere, no doubt to get drunk themselves and left us to ourselves.  Which is either good or bad. 

"I dare you to kiss…" Seamus looked around the room and his eyes settled on me.  I shook my head and his smiled broadened.  "Draco, on the lips for thirty seconds."

"What?" Ron and I said in unison. 

"I dare you," he pointed at Ron, "to kiss him," he pointed at me. 

"No," I said firmly.  Ron nodded his assent. 

"Okay fine," Seamus shrugged then he grinned evilly.  "If you don't want to do it, you have to run across the street and dance around in the field starkers."

"Come here, Draco," Ron said standing up.

"Do I have to?" I asked no one in particular.

"YES!" Everyone answered.  Even Harry said yes.  I bet he thought it amusing to embarrass his best friend and his boyfriend all in one go. 

I sighed and stood up.  I walked to Ron.  He took me by the shoulders and pressed our lips together.  The rest of them were counting down the thirty seconds.  The second I heard 'one' I pulled away. 

Everyone laughed as we wiped our mouths off with the back of our sleeves. 

"Truth or Dare… Harry," Ron said, as it was his turn. 

"Dare," Harry replied. 

"I dare you to kiss… Draco," Ron said and Harry smiled.  He jumped me on the couch. Why was everyone daring everyone else to kiss me?  Because with every drink I had I got that much more drunk. 

*        *         *

I don't remember much after that.  I remember laughing.  Then I woke up in Harry's bed.  Thank Merlin it was no one else because I was naked.  My head was pounding.  Ugh, hangover, I thought as I rolled out of the bed to find my clothes. 

My pants were on the lamp, my boxers were on the windowsill, my socks were on the headboard of the bed and my shirt was hanging off the tabletop fan on the nightstand.  I picked them all up, put on a fresh pair of boxers and put on my pants.  Then I found a tank top and put that on.  Then I went downstairs.

Harry was sitting at the table with his back to me.  I kissed him on top of the head.

"Morning, love," I said as I went to get a bowl of cereal.  He just grumbled something and I turned around.  "What's wrong?"

"Funny question to ask considering last night," he said into his cereal.  His voice shook slightly and he sounded pissed. 

"Why?  What happened?" I asked as I felt the colour drain out of my face.

"Where would you like me to begin?" Oh that did not sound good… "Before you were making out with Seamus or after you made out with Justin?"

"I made out with Seamus and Justin?"

"And Hermione and Ron and Dean and Lavender and Parvati and Neville and-."

"Please stop," I said as I heard Neville's name.

"No, I wont.  Who else… Fred and George and Oliver and Hannah and Susan and basically everyone else," he said angrily as he counted the people off on his fingers. 

"I'm sorry.  I think-," I started.

"Sorry doesn't cut it," he retorted.

"Morning guys!" Remus said as he came into the kitchen.

"Hi," I said flatly. 

"Something wrong?" He asked me.

"Draco made out with everyone at the party," Harry answered the question for me.

"Really?" Remus asked slightly amused.  I was about to answer when a delighted laugh came from the living room.

"Whoa!  You guys this punch is like spiked!!!" Sirius shouted happily as he came in with the punch bowl.  He took big gulp and half of it sloshed onto the floor.

"Sirius!  Stand over the sink if you have to drink it from the bowl," Remus said pointedly.  Sirius shrugged his shoulders and walked over to the sink. 

"I was drunk!  That punch was spiked!  You can't be mad at me!  I think I was the only person who drank it too!  I didn't feel like Butterbeer!  You think I would do that to you on purpose?" I said triumphantly.

"He's right you know," Remus pointed out.

"I'm sorry," he mumbled.

"What I didn't hear that?" I said loudly.

"I'M SORRY!!" He shouted and I laughed.

"That's better."

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