Harry was right to assume that Ron and Hermione wouldn't approve of the relationship with Draco. They immediately responded to his letter telling him he had just got out of one abusive relationship and was getting himself into another.

He didn't want to lose them as friends but he had been scared to love again after Severus and having Draco around and loving him helped a great deal. He would never admit it but he was beginning to fall in love again.

For the first week that Draco had stayed in Harry's dungeon home he had slept on the sofa on the main room, but after that they shared the double bed. It was awkward at first but Harry soon let Draco curl himself around him.

They had arranged a dinner party with Ron and Hermione that evening something Harry was looking forward to. Draco on the other hand was not.

"What's wrong with my friends?"

"They hate me."

"They won't do anything, I won't let them."

"Why can't my friends come as well?"

"Because most of them turned out to be deatheaters." Harry stated handing Draco some freshly conjured plates.

"Fine but I still don't see why I have to be here."

"Because...well...Severus he...never let me...see them, I want to prove to them that you're not anything like him."

"I'm sorry; I know you don't like talking about him."

"It's ok, sometimes it's better that I do."

An hour later when both were dressed and well presented Ron and Hermione arrived. They hugged Harry and handed him a bottle of Merlot, whereas they just ignored Draco completely. Harry seemed hurt at this but said nothing.

The conversation during the fabulous dinner that Dobby had prepared was mainly between Harry and Draco or Harry Ron and Hermione.

As they finished the wine at the end of the meal when the dessert plates had vanished back to the kitchen Harry asked them why they were ignoring his boyfriend.

"Because we don't want you to see him, he'll just mess you around like Snape did."

"This has nothing to do with Severus and you know it Mione, this is still about our rivalry when we were students here."

"Well partly yes, you can't trust him, no one ever could."

"Maybe not but I trust Severus, he told me in a dream that Draco wouldn't hurt me and I trusted him, can't you just be happy for me."

"We had this conversation when you had just started dating Snape Har and look how that ended up, you will bestow your heart upon any one." Ron added.

"How dare you, just because you don't approve of my relationship you have to insult me, I love you guy's I really do, you helped me through some of the toughest times of my life but I can't always please you in every thing I do."

"We realise that Harry but you'll only end up getting hurt again."

The evening did not end well. Ron and Hermione stormed out refusing to talk to either. Harry cried himself to sleep in Draco's arms. He was unsure how he's cope with out them in his life. He had never been through anything good or bad without them by his side.


Please R/R thanks SS. Does anyone know where I can post a RPS?