Chapter 5 - Crush
"So have you asked Seamus to go with you to the Auroras Ball yet?" Hermione asked Harry as he, Ron, and Hermione walked to the hospital wing so Harry could keep Draco's four-hour contact need in check.
"Well, no. I just haven't had the time what with taking care of Draco. It's only been a few days since-" "Draco?" Ron interrupted.
"Since when have you two established a first name basis with each other?" Harry looked at Ron in a perplexed sort of fashion. When had the two of them stopped calling each other by their last names?
"I don't know, I guess I haven't thought much of it." Harry said simply. "Its not like I'm in love with him Ron. I mean, it is Malfoy. Its going to be a long time ,if ever ,before I see him that way." I hope; I mean I like Seamus, right? Harry thought.
"What way?" Hermione said evilly. Harry blushed and she laughed. "Oh come on Harry we know you've had the hots for Seamus since forever." She said waving her hand in a Shakespearian motion. They stopped in front of the hospital wing door and Hermione took the opertunity to pull Harry aside telling Ron to stay so she and Harry could have a word.
"Harry I know you like Seamus and everything ,but in case you didn't know or forgot I just thought I should remind you that Elves, even half-elves, don't take rejection well." Harry looked at her wide eyed.
"So what is Dr-Malfoy going to kill me if I don't go to the Banquet with him or something?" He laughed. "No! Your his Life Partner Harry. He'd do anything for you; thats all I'm saying." He still didn't get her meaning but nodded anyway so they could get off the subject of he and Draco.
"Have fun." Ron said in a sing song vice to Harry as he pulled Hermione tword the direction of the Gryffindor dorms.
"How are you feeling?" Harry asked Draco when he came in.
"Better, its almost completely healed. I should be back in class tomorrow." And there it was again, the same look Draco had been giving Harry for the past few days. Only two people had ever been able to give Harry that sort of warmth and reassurance from a mere look, but they were dead now.
"Don't do that." Harry said without realizing what he was saying. "Do what?" Draco asked with a quizzical look.
"Nothing." There was an uncomfterible silence for a moment, but it passed. "Oh!" Harry exclaimed. "Professor McGonagall wanted me to give you this." Harry reached into his messenger book bag and pulled out some papers giving them to Draco. "She wrote these for you so you would be ready for the test tomorrow."
"What?!" Draco yelled in disbelief. "She want me to take a test on my first day back! I haven't been there for classes. I'm going to fail!" Harry rolled his eyes.
"She just gave us this today, your no less behind then anyone else. Here..." Harry said sitting on the side of the bed and leaning beside Draco so he could get a good look at the papers. "I don't have anything else to do tonight; so I'll stay here and help you study."
Draco nodded feeling his cheek brush against the other boys as he did so. "You don't have to." He said in a small voice. Being this close to his Heshnath was intoxicating.
"I'll stay. I need someone to study with or I'll fall asleep." Harry said smiling. It was getting late almost time for the students to be in their dorms to rest for the next day of study. "Besides, you're as good at Transfiguration as I am at Potions."
"I am not!" Draco protested. "Fine, but I still need to get you caught up with the rest of us."
"Let's see." Harry moved so he was sitting on Draco's left and holding the first of the many pages of notes McGonagall had made for Draco. The other papers were laid out across the bed they were sitting on. "I don't get any of this." Draco said looking at the other papers in disgust.
"Here, let me explain it." Harry said leaning so Draco could see the page he was holding. "It's all about transfiguring a small object into something of a greater mass. Let me show you." Harry looked around then got up grabbing a cup that was on the table beside Draco's bed. "Now watch me." Harry lifted his hand so it was above the cup. Then flicking his wrist in a round motion he said, "Totus modo!"
The cup was then changed into a large stuffed dragon with fathered wings and soft sky blue plush scales. "Cute." Draco said as Harry handed him the Dragon. He didn't say anything about Harry using wandless magic; it only proved his suspicions about the Gryffindor and he didn't feel like another night of explanations.
"Your turn." Harry said as he sat down and Draco stood grabbing a small wet cloth. "Totus modo!" The cloth turned into a king size blanket with pictures of kittens on it. Harry stared at it for a moment then burst with laughter. "Oh shut up!" Draco said throwing the blanket over Harry's head tackling him.
"Ahh! Get off me ferret!" Harry said still laughing. "Not a chance, no one laughs at a Malfoy!" He said tickling Harry through the blanket. "You'll pay!"
Harry got the cover off himself still laughing, but then it died away and all he say was onyx. Draco's eyes met him holding him in that moment. Harry felt something radiating from the other boys eyes. Before Harry knew what he was doing he felt his hand tangled in Draco's soft locks pulling his head closer never blinking or moving his gaze from the Slytherin...just enough to...
Then Draco turned his head and the spell was undone. "I'm sorry." He said moving himself off Harry. "I can't trick you into this." Harry snapped out of the daze he was in looking over at Draco.
"Trick me..?" Draco nodded. "Elves have the power to seduce anyone, especially their Partners; just by looking in their eyes." Draco sighed. "But I don't want to trick you Harry." He was blushing now. "I want you to want to kiss me, not just because of some Elvin powers I have."
"Thank you." Harry said. "Well, if its any conciliation," he took a deep breath. He was giving up a potential date with the Scottish crush of his dreams, but he'd always been horrible at asking people out so he thought he might as well go with someone he knew wanted to go with him. Even if they weren't his first choice. "I was wondering if you'd like to...go to the Auroras Ball with me?"
Draco turned to Harry his triad mark smirk plastered across his face. "I thought that was my line?" Harry blushed the shade of a tomato. "I well...I just thought..."
"Oh, don't get you're knickers in a twist Potter. I'll go with you. Now..." He looked at the disguarded Transfiguration notes that had fallen on the floor. "I think you still have to teach me how to do this whole little - big spell McGonagall's given me."
"Right." Harry said taking the paper. It was a while before the blush was gone, but Harry survived.
The two studied into the wee hours of the morning finally falling asleep heads resting on each others shoulders, stuffed dragon tucked under each cradling their sleeping forms.
"How do you think you did on the test?" Harry asked Draco as the two of them walked out of Transfiguration. "All right I suppose, I managed to turn a quill into a fully-grown pig didn't I? Of course, I was aiming more for a yard ornament then the real thing."
Harry laughed it had been interesting seeing McGonagall chasing the pig around the classroom. "Harry, wait up!" Ron said as he and Hermione ran up to the two former rivals. "Hey Harry." Ron and Hermione greeted in unison.
Harry always thought it was creepy the two of them had gotten so close they could do that sort of thing, but he didn't say anything. "Hey, what did you guys think of the test?" Harry asked.
Hermione was first to answer, "It was fair and I'm sure I did well on it. I asked Professor McGonagall and she said grades will be posted out side her class later today."
"Yeah, I think everyone did pretty good on it, except the Ferret Boy here." Ron said gesturing toward Draco.
"Really Weasel? I didn't know you could think." Draco retorted. "Oi, Malfoy clam down all right? I'm sure Ron was just joking around." Seamus said coming up behind the group.
"Mind you're own business you Scottish prat!" Seamus looked a little taken back by this then moved so he was in Draco's face.
"Listen just because Harry's your Heshnath doesn't mean it gives you the right to be an ass us Gryffindors, all right?"
"Well, pardon me, but incase you didn't notice I wasn't being an ass until Weasley here decided to be one!" Draco said jabbing his index finger into Seamus's chest.
"Draco stop; Ron was just making a joke. He didn't mean to offend you." Harry said stepping in front of Seamus.
"Why are you defending him? Your my-"Draco didn't move for a moment, but in stead sniffed the air in front of Harry.
"Oh, I get it now." Draco pushed passed Harry and started walking down the hall in the opposite direction at a rather fast pace. Harry looked at his friends then ran after Draco.
"It's not what you think." Harry said when he finally caught up with the Slytherin. "Oh, really. What do I think Potter!?"
"Please tell me what I think because what I thought was that you wanted to go to the ball with me, but apparently you have some deep-rooted feelings for that Scottish slut!" He said gesturing in the direction Seamus, Ron ,and Hermione had gone.
"I-" Harry couldn't deny it, but he could still defend Seamus. "Hes not a slut!" Draco raised one eyebrow.
"Oh really!? Because in case you didn't know, Potter, Finnigan is a straight Cho Chang pumping jerk! Oh, yes that's right. He doesn't care for the guys he likes your little ex-crush Chang!" Harry couldn't believe his ears, Seamus and...Cho?
"That's a lie!" Harry retorted. "Oh really? Remember that day Mis. Chang came back for a visit in the first week of school? Well, she wasn't just here to visit anyone, she was here to get some Irish Slut Loving!"
Draco was red in the face he was so mad a Harry, Gods! How could he use Draco like that just because he didn't have the courage to ask that Irish son of a bitch out! Not to mention Harry was his Heshnath!
"Fine! Whatever! I don't care! You can take your Slytherin Gossip and shove it!" Harry turned to leave then stopped. "And another thing! I can see why Cho wanted him; he's a better Life Partner then you'll ever be!" And with that Harry left leaving an extremely stunned Draco Malfoy standing there.
Better then me? Draco thought. I'll show you I'm better then Finnigan Harry, you'll see...
TBC...
A/N:
Question Corner:
Q. Are Soulith and Heshnath you're words or are they real Elfish words?
A. They're my words. I like coming up with my own stuff.
Q. This isn't going to be one of thoughs I hate you, I love you, I'm having your baby fics is it?
A. No way on earth! I'm only going to mention mpreg, but there will more then likely be no mpreg and if there is there's going to be a lot of trouble and angust before Harry and Draco even think about it.
No more questions? Good.
Any ways, all I wanted to say is that this fic is going to be really angusty from here on out. No more happy sunshine, okay maybe a little, but lets put it this way. Draco will wish he were dead by the end of this fic. (hint hint) Don't you guys hate me?
I'm actually shooting for a happy ending because I like sunshine, lol. Also I am so SORRY for not updating last weekend!
I was so sick and stuff, ahh! I just had the worst week and weekend last week. Now, I'm better and just to make it up to you guys I might even do another chapter this weekend if I get enough reviews. Reviews make me happy!