You say everything when you say nothing

Chapter three

Harry was late getting up the next morning, it wasn't until after breakfast so Hermione took the chance to talk to their houseguest while pouring out some coffee for the two of them.

"Please don't hurt him Draco." She said simply.

"Excuse me, what do you mean?"

"I mean, I saw you yesterday, Harry isn't that strong a person and he gets hurt very easily, your company that you work for is predictable, there are rules and number one is never get involved with your client isn't it."

"Is there a point to this?"

"How are you going to tell Harry that you can't be together in the way he wants? Yesterday he opened his heart to you, if your just going to leave after a few days then tell him and end it before it goes to far but if your willing to give up your job then by all means stay, you might actually be what he needs."

Draco looked at her dumbfounded but knew she was right. As always Hermione was right. He didn't want to hurt the fragile man, that was the last thing he wanted but he wouldn't be able to help him if he was forced to leave.

He became more and more confused and upset the more he thought of it and just decided to deal with it when it came to it rather than getting himself all worked up over it.

At around lunchtime Harry came down stairs in jodhpurs and a jumper, he handed Draco a matching pair and made crude hand movements indicating for him to change. The blonde looked at him confused but did as he was being told to do.

Hermione had figured out what Harry was planning for the two of them to do and couldn't help but laugh as she realised that the blonde had no idea and was indeed living up to the stereotype.

Half an hour later found Draco helping Harry tack up two horses. He wasn't very happy, he had never ridden a horse before and wasn't looking forward to the new experience in the slightest.

Before they had started the younger wizard had pointed at a name carved into the door, Draco was to be ridding Blackjack.

Harry helped the Slytherin on to his horse and then mounted himself. The look on the older mans face was priceless.

Harry had named his horse Hedwig after his owl when she had died, the horses were well trained so the raven haired man had no worries that anything would happen to either of them but Draco hadn't been reassured of this and when Blackjack began to walk, following Hedwig Harry could hear Draco calling at him t o make I stop.

By the end of the afternoon Draco had vowed never to ride a horse again. The other man had taken them trotting through the forest on the other side of his estate and then had to canter back because they were late for dinner.

Hermione was laughing again by the time they turned up and ordered them to take showers before they even considered sitting down and eating in her clean kitchen.

When desert was over Hermione told the room at large that she had plans and was going out into town to meet an old friend. Harry nodded and smiled which told her that he and Draco would be fine alone.

She departed soon after leaving Harry and Draco doing the dishes together, the younger man washing and the other drying.

"You know I think I've figured out why you can't speak." He said to the silence. "A number of reasons actually, that I am going to help you face."

Harry looked at him in exasperation but nodded, meaning he could continue.

"You're afraid, you cast so many spells and curses the day of the battle, you saw how dangerous simple words could be."

Harry considered this for a brief moment before nodding. Draco smiled triumphantly at his discovery.

"But what I don't understand is why you still do magic, unless you find that performing magic in your mind is more easily controlled and less powerful."

Once again Harry nodded in agreement. It was amazing how accurate the Slytherin was being.

"I think you have lost confidence in the magical world, which is why you never leave the house, you have Hermione to look after you, she is safe and predictable, she possess no threat to you. You don't have that in the real world; it's full of people you don't know, capable of things that you have no idea about, you've lost all the confidence that came with being the boy-that-lived."

For the third time that evening Harry nodded his head. He even managed a little smile in Draco's direction.

"So I'm going to help you rebuild your confidence."

Harry cocked his had to one side and gave him a quizzical look that clearly asked how?

Draco placed a soft gentle kiss on Harry's cheek. The Gryffindor was slightly taken aback by this but raised his hand and cupped the blonde's cheek. He leaned upwards (as Draco was a little taller than he was) and pressed his lips to the Slytherins before withdrawing quickly.

I'm so evil aren't I? Any way please review, I got so bored today and just started writing so I hope you enjoyed this. I have like three other chapters typed up so five reviews gets the next one posted SS xxxxxxxxxxxx