Okidoki! Here's another chapter finally! Took some time eh? Sorry about
that but my beta has been sick. But this delay is not only her fault... You
see there have been these things called parties with this very tasty thing
called beer. Anyone who knows what a beer orgasm is? It's that absolutely
amazingly sound that comes when you open a beer. Me and my two friends came
up with it a late Tuesday night, our teacher wasn't that pleased at us the
day after when we came to school smelling like a, well not good and with
bags under our eyes... But hey, you only live once!
For those who don't know, I'm Swedish so have some understanding if my grammar isn't perfect. I do have a beta and I absolutely adore her BUT I have changed a few things that she hasn't seen.
And another thing for those who don't, I do not own Harry Potter. If I did would I be posting slash fan fiction here and fixing my pants with a black permanent marker? I think not.
One last thing: Thank you so very, very, very, very much for the reviews!!!! Without them this story would probably have been abandoned ages ago... So if you want to keep reading, keep reviewing!
~*~ Chapter 6
Draco had spent most of the afternoon in getting ready for tonight's dinner at the Weasley's. Most of the time he had spent on his hair and with the help of his wand he had cut it a few inches so that is was about the same length as Harry's.
"Couldn't you at least try to comb your hair at least?" Draco had said, exasperated whilst looking at Harry's hair.
"Hey! It's not my fault my hair has a mind for its own!" Harry had only said.
It was soon time for them to leave and Draco had spent the last five minutes fidgeting with the arms on his robes It was driving Harry absolutely crazy.
"Would you please stop doing that?" Harry finally said.
"What?"
"Stop fidgeting! You're going to ruin that robe otherwise."
"I'm not fidgeting!"
"Of course, how could I even think such a thing?" Harry said sarcastically. "Come on, it's time to go. We don't want to be late now want we?" Silently the two boys took a pinch of floo powder and then Harry tossed into the fire, saying "The Burrow!" out loud. Seconds after that he landed in front of the Weasley's fire place.
"Oh Harry there you are!" Mrs Weasley exclaimed as she ran up to him and gave him a warm, but gentle, motherly hug. "I haven't told anyone, not even Arthur. It's your decision to make." She whispered softly in his ear so that he was the only one to hear her.
"Thank you." He whispered back.
"Harry!" Ron said loudly as he discovered the arrival of his good friend. "Where's Malfoy? Isn't he coming?"
"He's probably fidgeting with his robes trying not to chicken out."
"He doesn't want to come?"
"Nah, I think he's just nervous. He hasn't treated you guys that nice in the past and now he is coming as a dinner guest here." As he had said this he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see that the hand belonged to Arthur Weasley.
"Nice seeing you again Harry!" He greeted him as he gave him a small welcoming hug. Just as Harry was about to respond the flames in the fireplace went green and out stepped Draco Malfoy. Mrs Weasley was the first one there to greet him. She steeped forward to him and she looked a bit hesitant to if she should hug him but Draco turned on his charm and took her hand and then he bent forward to kiss it.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mr Malfoy." She said amused as the blonde did this.
"The pleasure is all mine, believe me. Harry has told me much about you."
"Well I hope it was all good then. Now I must say you look most handsome in that short hair of yours. You don't look as much like your father now." She then responded.
"That was the meaning of it." He said as he gave her an honest and nice smile.
Behind Mrs Weasley stood her husband. Arthur stretched his hand forward and Draco happily took it and shook it firmly.
"Your father and I didn't exactly get along but you don't seem to be much like your father." Mr Weasley said as he looked Draco in his eyes.
"The only thing I have in common with Lucius is the colour of my hair." He saw the surprise that showed on Mr Weasley's face when he had said "Lucius" instead of "father". "In my eyes I haven't had a father for several years. For me he was dead long before he actually died." He said to clarify. "I would like to apologise to all the things I've said about you and your family. There is no excuse for what I've done in my past. The only thing I can say is that I deeply regret it, but I can't undo what I have done in the past.." When he had said the last sentence he looked out to the rest of the Weasley family, who had gathered out in the hall, to make sure they all knew that he had meant it. "And please call me Draco. Mr Malfoy is my father." He then finished.
"Apology accepted Draco." As Arthur said this, Ginny Weasley went outside and slammed the door after her. Harry now stood next to Draco.
"Well, that went well." He whispered to Harry.
"Do you understand why she did that?" Harry asked.
"I think I have a pretty good idea."
"Then explain to her." Harry nodded at Mrs Weasley who was about to go out and look for Ginny. Draco put a hand upon her arm to stop her and she turned around and looked questioning at Draco.
"It's me who has to talk to her ma'am. I need to explain to her." Recognition dawned upon her face as Draco said this. Slowly she nodded and stepped aside so that he could go after her.
He made his way outside, closed the door behind him and leaned against the wall. A few meters away stood Ginny Weasley. Everything was silent except for a bird that sat somewhere and twittered.
"I didn't know anything about the Chamber of Secrets. That was all Lucius's work. He didn't tell me anything about it until the summer break when everything was over."
"How do I know you speak the truth?" She answered angrily after awhile.
"You don't." He said shortly.
"Then why should I trust you?" Ginny asked.
"You should trust me when you feel like I've earned it, when you believe that I'm not like Lucius."
Everything was silent again. This time it was Ginny's turn to break the silence.
"I still have nightmares about what happened."
"I'm sorry." Draco said but Ginny seemed to ignore this.
"I won't forgive you just like that. I understand that you aren't like your father, and I know that because Harry and Dumbledore trust you, and in some strange way it seems that my brother trusts you too." Ginny stopped speaking and slowly she turned around and looked Draco in his eyes. "But as I said, I won't forgive you just like that because I don't trust you yet, so you'll just have to wait."
"Then I will wait."
After a few seconds they heard someone open the door and they turned around to see who it was. It was Harry.
"Your brothers are getting hungry in there Ginny." He said as he made his way outside.
"And that is supposed to be something new?"
"Suppose you're right." Harry said as he gave a short snort.
"Why don't we go inside and eat something then!" Ginny said with some over enthusiasm. She walked inside and Harry and Draco followed closely but before they stepped over the threshold Harry slipped his hand inside Draco's and gave it a squeeze, Draco squeezed it back and flashed him a smile.
The kitchen was full of life and Mrs Weasley tried to get everyone to sit down. The only two who had managed to find their seats was Fred and George who, as usual, sat at the end. Draco walked up to the table and pulled out the green chair next to where Fred was sitting but he was stopped by Bill.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Bill said and chuckled.
"Do what?" Draco asked questioning.
"Sit next to one of them."
"Hey! We've made some good money on our business!" Fred exclaimed
"Yeah, and you're still living at home." Bill answered.
"We like it here, don't we Fred?" George said as he looked at his twin brother who nodded enthusiastic.
"Oh, yes we do!"
"EVERYONE SIT DOWN!" Molly Weasley's voice sounded over the whole kitchen.
"Yeah, yeah." and "Sure Mom." was heard and everyone found a seat. Harry had switched seats with Draco so that he sat next to Fred instead. The noise level was very high at the dinner table when everyone started to eat. Draco looked fascinated at how much they all ate. He leaned over to Harry and whispered in his ear.
"Now I know where all their money went." By saying this he got a swat on his arm from Harry.
"Ow!" Draco said dramatically.
"Prick!" Harry said and laughed. Ginny, who sat across Harry and next to George and Ron, had watched them the entire time and she would continue in watching them both the entire evening, she was determined in getting the correct picture of Draco Malfoy.
"Draco, could you hand me the gravy boat?" George asked innocently.
"No, Draco dear don't do that. Why don't you get it Fred?" Molly Weasley said with a clear voice.
"Oh, but he is closer to it." Fred then responded with as much clarity.
"Oh, but you're so much closer to George." Molly said and smiled at the two twins and they both knew they had been caught in their prank attempt.
"You know what, this fish tastes a lot better without gravy, so I think I've just changed my mind." George said trying to save the situation but it was in vain.
"Then why won't you put the gravy boat away?" Their mother said while she continued to smile. Fred pulled out his wand and was about to use it when it flew out of his hands and into his mothers.
"Use your hands." She said and the smile had left her face.
"I think it's quite good where it is. It looks beautiful to me, really yellow and beautiful."
Everyone around the table watched the scene with interest.
"Remove it. NOW." She said in a very stern voice and Fred gave a weak smile as he carefully reached forward to take away the gravy boat. As he picked it up it began to move in his hands and spurt gravy all over him. After a few seconds when it was empty Fred was cover with yellow gravy and everybody around the table was dying of laughing, everybody except Mrs Weasley.
"George. Wand. Now." She said in a very stern voice that told them that she wasn't kidding.
"But Mom..."
"I said now!"
"We are grown up wizards!" There was another spurt of laughter from everyone around the table.
"As long as you are living under this roof you are playing under my rules young man, so hand over your wand or I will take it with force."
Sourly he did as he was told and she tucked it away with Fred's wand in her pocket. The twin's mood didn't fall just because of this they continued in talking and joking with Harry. Draco became more and more uncomfortable and after a few minutes after the twin's prank attempt he got up and mumbled an "Excuse me." And he went outside. Molly looked angrily at Fred and George who looked guilty at Harry.
"He didn't get mad did he?" George asked carefully.
"Cause we only meant to joke..." Fred continued.
"No. No, I don't think that's it." Harry said looking puzzled at the door. "I better go and check on him." He rose and went outside without looking back.
He found Draco sitting a bit away from the house, curled up with his knees under his chin. Slowly Harry walked up to where Draco was sitting and sat down next to him.
"If this is about Fred and George..." But Harry didn't get to finish his sentence.
"No. It isn't." Draco said with an unstable voice.
"I didn't think it was." Harry's soft voice sounded as he put an arm around the blonde Slytherins back.
"I, it's just, I..." But Draco couldn't hold the sobs in any longer. The tears began to flow freely down his face and he leaned into Harry's embrace and clutched to him like his very life depended on it. Harry tried to calm the crying Slytherin in his arms by whispering soothing words in his ear and planting soft kisses in his hair. At the same time Molly Weasley decided to go out and check on them. Ron tried to stop her, thinking that the two boys might need some time alone. But she only said that "I invited them here and if Draco is upset about something (she looked at Fred and George whilst saying this) I intent to find out what that is!" Then she carefully opened the door and silently went outside hoping not to disturb the boys to much.
When she saw Draco crying and clinging to Harry and Harry trying to sooth him, she decided to stay in the background. It felt like she was spying, and in a way she was. But she was a mother and she was a very concerned woman, so in a way it was her right to spy on them, well sort of anyway.
Draco had manage to calm down a little and slowly started to speak.
"When I sat in there with them, I, it's-" Draco stuttered not finding the words. Harry kept quiet knowing that he just needed some time. "It was almost like you could feel the love in there. It completely terrified me." Draco became silent and took a few deep breaths. "Dinners at the manor were so cold and strained that you'd rather..." he paused searching his mind. "Hell, you'd rather do anything than have dinner with both Lucius and Mother. Luckily it didn't happen a lot. Business was, after all, more important then their only son."
Molly Weasley was now fuming in the shadows. Sure, the Malfoy's hadn't exactly been good folk but Draco's voice showed absolutely no recognition of love, or even liking what so ever, towards his parents. But they had been his parents, they must have loved him somewhat, wouldn't they?
"Ron Weasley, or any other member in that family for that matter, has now idea how lucky they are." At this Molly was going to make herself known, but she was stopped by a sudden movement as Draco snuggled closer into Harry's chest.
"Don't leave me Harry. Please don't." He whispered into Harry's shirt.
The messy haired Gryffindor responded in hugging him tighter and saying, "I'm not going anywhere love. I'm not going anywhere."
Mrs Weasley wanted to gather the two boys in a bone crushing hug and hold them like that forever. She was once again going to make herself heard but was stopped by Harry this time.
"Are..." he paused for a few seconds choosing his words. "Are you, have you..." "Oh spit it out Potter. Stuttering like that doesn't suit you." Harry gave him a small smile but it left his lips as he began to talk again. "Have you considered speaking to your mother?"
"No. Considering that she has disowned me from the Malfoy family, no I'm not considering speaking to Narcissa again."
When Molly Weasley heard this she decided that she had heard enough. She had also come to a decision concluding the two boys. With her right hand she opened and closed the door quite loudly so that they should think that she just walked out. She cleared her voice with a cough.
"Are you out here boys?" She said with false confident in her voice. With amusement she saw how they jumped apart from each other, afraid to get caught. She couldn't help but to let go of a snort at this.
"I have raised seven children, and I can honestly say that Fred and George were like four, so I'm not blind."
"I don't know what you're talking about Mrs Weasley." Harry said
"Oh for Merlin's sake Harry! How many times should I have to tell you its Molly and not Mrs Weasley? It makes me sound old."
"Sorry Molly." Harry responded emphasizing her name.
"Now, I can tell when two people are in love and, judging by the colour of your face right now Harry, I'm not that far from the truth now am I?" She said and let out a small laugh in an attempt of easing the mood.
"No ma'am." Draco responded deciding to be honest and polite.
"Oh please, call me Molly, Draco dear." When Draco heard her calling him 'dear' for the second time now his heart almost melted. No one had ever called him something affectionate before, well except Harry who used to call him 'love'.
"Now are you coming in soon boys? I don't think I can leave Fred and George unsupervised any longer. They may not have their wands but Merlin knows what trouble they can get themselves and others into. And does my husband hinder them? On no! It's me who has to do all the yelling."
"We'll come in, in a few seconds." Harry said with an amused voice. "You go ahead and yell at them."
Molly gave them a weak smile and then she walked inside again.
"Is it always like this?" Draco asked Harry.
"Pretty much, yeah. Well not really. Only when Fred and George are here and they are quite busy with their shops."
"It's going pretty well for them isn't it?"
"Yeah, they try to slip their parents some money all of the time, but they just wont except it."
~*~
When Molly stepped inside she looked suspiciously at her two twin boys.
"What?" Fred said.
"We haven't done anything!" George filled in.
"Right dad?" Fred said, and they both looked at their father.
"Actually they haven't done anything." Arthur said as he looked his wife in the eye.
George then turned his attention towards his mother again. "He wasn't upset by what we did was he?"
"'Cause we only meant it as a joke..." Fred continued as usual.
"I know you did dears, and no he was not upset with you. He just needed some breathing space, and I ask you to not questioning him about it." She walked up to her chair and pulled it out, but before she sat down she looked up at the twins and gave them an almost desperate look that almost made the rest of the Weasley family laugh. "Now, could you two please try to behave?"
"Oh, we always behave mom, don't we Fred?" George asked as he looked sincerely at his brother.
"Oh yes!" Fred answered and smiled at him mother. Molly could not but to smile in return at her two troublesome sons. She had heard Draco's words about how lucky they were in the Weasley family. It may be that they didn't have that much money, but they had love and someone could live very long with that.
As she had sat down, Harry and Draco returned and dinner continued in a normal Weasley manner.
~*~
After Fred and George's gravy boat issue, the evening went by quite uneventfully and it became time for Harry and Draco to leave the Burrow.
"Harry, Draco, could I talk to you for a few seconds?" Molly Weasley said as she looked at the both of them.
"Sure." Harry replied as he rose from his seat.
"Why don't you come here so that we can talk undisturbed?" She said as she turned around and walked into a connecting room, not waiting for their answers. They obediently followed her and Harry closed the door after them knowing what was coming.
"So boys, what have you planned for the rest of the summer?"
"Nothing special." Harry replied.
"Good! Then maybe you would like to spend some time here with us before school starts. I highly doubt I will be seeing much of you when Hogwarts is over Harry." she said, looking accusingly at Harry who only gave her a smile, but the smile faded quickly as he realized that staying at the Burrow would mean leaving Draco and that was something he did not want to do. Molly saw that he hesitated.
"Of course that invitation is for you as well Draco!" She added quickly and Harry's face lit up immediately. He looked over at his blonde companion with a hopeful smile on his face. Before anyone of them had any time to answer Molly continued to speak.
"I have already cleared this with Headmaster Dumbledore, and I have put up two extra beds in Ron's room and talked to him so everything is taken care of."
"Well then, it doesn't seem like we have much of a choice then Mrs-" Molly gave Draco a glare as he said this. "Molly. We would be glad to stay for a few days."
"Good. Why won't you go home for a few minutes and pack some clothes and other stuff that you might need."
"Yeah, we'll do that." Harry said as they stepped back into the living room and walked towards the fireplace. Before they flooed over to Draco's apartment Harry turned around and said a quick "Bye, see you soon!"
"They sure left in a hurry." Arthur said as he looked at the now empty fire place.
"Yeah, we didn't even get to say goodbye."
"Oh, they were not leaving!" Molly said merrily. "They are staying for a couple of days!"
"More test subjects!" Fred said with a grin and got a smack on the head from his mother for it.
"You would not dare." She said and then she looked over at her husband. He stood leaning against the doorway and he suddenly looked a little troubled and uncomfortable over something. Molly wrinkled her eyebrows at him and he gave her a forced smile.
~*~ End chapter 6
Now, I have written parts of chapter seven but it's only parts and it may take some time for me to update... sorry... But I'm working on it...
Now I'm going to fix me some dinner... It will probably be some microwave dinner... Alone... On Valentines Day... My, my, I need to get a love life...
But hey? Who needs love when there are beer orgasms?
For those who don't know, I'm Swedish so have some understanding if my grammar isn't perfect. I do have a beta and I absolutely adore her BUT I have changed a few things that she hasn't seen.
And another thing for those who don't, I do not own Harry Potter. If I did would I be posting slash fan fiction here and fixing my pants with a black permanent marker? I think not.
One last thing: Thank you so very, very, very, very much for the reviews!!!! Without them this story would probably have been abandoned ages ago... So if you want to keep reading, keep reviewing!
~*~ Chapter 6
Draco had spent most of the afternoon in getting ready for tonight's dinner at the Weasley's. Most of the time he had spent on his hair and with the help of his wand he had cut it a few inches so that is was about the same length as Harry's.
"Couldn't you at least try to comb your hair at least?" Draco had said, exasperated whilst looking at Harry's hair.
"Hey! It's not my fault my hair has a mind for its own!" Harry had only said.
It was soon time for them to leave and Draco had spent the last five minutes fidgeting with the arms on his robes It was driving Harry absolutely crazy.
"Would you please stop doing that?" Harry finally said.
"What?"
"Stop fidgeting! You're going to ruin that robe otherwise."
"I'm not fidgeting!"
"Of course, how could I even think such a thing?" Harry said sarcastically. "Come on, it's time to go. We don't want to be late now want we?" Silently the two boys took a pinch of floo powder and then Harry tossed into the fire, saying "The Burrow!" out loud. Seconds after that he landed in front of the Weasley's fire place.
"Oh Harry there you are!" Mrs Weasley exclaimed as she ran up to him and gave him a warm, but gentle, motherly hug. "I haven't told anyone, not even Arthur. It's your decision to make." She whispered softly in his ear so that he was the only one to hear her.
"Thank you." He whispered back.
"Harry!" Ron said loudly as he discovered the arrival of his good friend. "Where's Malfoy? Isn't he coming?"
"He's probably fidgeting with his robes trying not to chicken out."
"He doesn't want to come?"
"Nah, I think he's just nervous. He hasn't treated you guys that nice in the past and now he is coming as a dinner guest here." As he had said this he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see that the hand belonged to Arthur Weasley.
"Nice seeing you again Harry!" He greeted him as he gave him a small welcoming hug. Just as Harry was about to respond the flames in the fireplace went green and out stepped Draco Malfoy. Mrs Weasley was the first one there to greet him. She steeped forward to him and she looked a bit hesitant to if she should hug him but Draco turned on his charm and took her hand and then he bent forward to kiss it.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mr Malfoy." She said amused as the blonde did this.
"The pleasure is all mine, believe me. Harry has told me much about you."
"Well I hope it was all good then. Now I must say you look most handsome in that short hair of yours. You don't look as much like your father now." She then responded.
"That was the meaning of it." He said as he gave her an honest and nice smile.
Behind Mrs Weasley stood her husband. Arthur stretched his hand forward and Draco happily took it and shook it firmly.
"Your father and I didn't exactly get along but you don't seem to be much like your father." Mr Weasley said as he looked Draco in his eyes.
"The only thing I have in common with Lucius is the colour of my hair." He saw the surprise that showed on Mr Weasley's face when he had said "Lucius" instead of "father". "In my eyes I haven't had a father for several years. For me he was dead long before he actually died." He said to clarify. "I would like to apologise to all the things I've said about you and your family. There is no excuse for what I've done in my past. The only thing I can say is that I deeply regret it, but I can't undo what I have done in the past.." When he had said the last sentence he looked out to the rest of the Weasley family, who had gathered out in the hall, to make sure they all knew that he had meant it. "And please call me Draco. Mr Malfoy is my father." He then finished.
"Apology accepted Draco." As Arthur said this, Ginny Weasley went outside and slammed the door after her. Harry now stood next to Draco.
"Well, that went well." He whispered to Harry.
"Do you understand why she did that?" Harry asked.
"I think I have a pretty good idea."
"Then explain to her." Harry nodded at Mrs Weasley who was about to go out and look for Ginny. Draco put a hand upon her arm to stop her and she turned around and looked questioning at Draco.
"It's me who has to talk to her ma'am. I need to explain to her." Recognition dawned upon her face as Draco said this. Slowly she nodded and stepped aside so that he could go after her.
He made his way outside, closed the door behind him and leaned against the wall. A few meters away stood Ginny Weasley. Everything was silent except for a bird that sat somewhere and twittered.
"I didn't know anything about the Chamber of Secrets. That was all Lucius's work. He didn't tell me anything about it until the summer break when everything was over."
"How do I know you speak the truth?" She answered angrily after awhile.
"You don't." He said shortly.
"Then why should I trust you?" Ginny asked.
"You should trust me when you feel like I've earned it, when you believe that I'm not like Lucius."
Everything was silent again. This time it was Ginny's turn to break the silence.
"I still have nightmares about what happened."
"I'm sorry." Draco said but Ginny seemed to ignore this.
"I won't forgive you just like that. I understand that you aren't like your father, and I know that because Harry and Dumbledore trust you, and in some strange way it seems that my brother trusts you too." Ginny stopped speaking and slowly she turned around and looked Draco in his eyes. "But as I said, I won't forgive you just like that because I don't trust you yet, so you'll just have to wait."
"Then I will wait."
After a few seconds they heard someone open the door and they turned around to see who it was. It was Harry.
"Your brothers are getting hungry in there Ginny." He said as he made his way outside.
"And that is supposed to be something new?"
"Suppose you're right." Harry said as he gave a short snort.
"Why don't we go inside and eat something then!" Ginny said with some over enthusiasm. She walked inside and Harry and Draco followed closely but before they stepped over the threshold Harry slipped his hand inside Draco's and gave it a squeeze, Draco squeezed it back and flashed him a smile.
The kitchen was full of life and Mrs Weasley tried to get everyone to sit down. The only two who had managed to find their seats was Fred and George who, as usual, sat at the end. Draco walked up to the table and pulled out the green chair next to where Fred was sitting but he was stopped by Bill.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Bill said and chuckled.
"Do what?" Draco asked questioning.
"Sit next to one of them."
"Hey! We've made some good money on our business!" Fred exclaimed
"Yeah, and you're still living at home." Bill answered.
"We like it here, don't we Fred?" George said as he looked at his twin brother who nodded enthusiastic.
"Oh, yes we do!"
"EVERYONE SIT DOWN!" Molly Weasley's voice sounded over the whole kitchen.
"Yeah, yeah." and "Sure Mom." was heard and everyone found a seat. Harry had switched seats with Draco so that he sat next to Fred instead. The noise level was very high at the dinner table when everyone started to eat. Draco looked fascinated at how much they all ate. He leaned over to Harry and whispered in his ear.
"Now I know where all their money went." By saying this he got a swat on his arm from Harry.
"Ow!" Draco said dramatically.
"Prick!" Harry said and laughed. Ginny, who sat across Harry and next to George and Ron, had watched them the entire time and she would continue in watching them both the entire evening, she was determined in getting the correct picture of Draco Malfoy.
"Draco, could you hand me the gravy boat?" George asked innocently.
"No, Draco dear don't do that. Why don't you get it Fred?" Molly Weasley said with a clear voice.
"Oh, but he is closer to it." Fred then responded with as much clarity.
"Oh, but you're so much closer to George." Molly said and smiled at the two twins and they both knew they had been caught in their prank attempt.
"You know what, this fish tastes a lot better without gravy, so I think I've just changed my mind." George said trying to save the situation but it was in vain.
"Then why won't you put the gravy boat away?" Their mother said while she continued to smile. Fred pulled out his wand and was about to use it when it flew out of his hands and into his mothers.
"Use your hands." She said and the smile had left her face.
"I think it's quite good where it is. It looks beautiful to me, really yellow and beautiful."
Everyone around the table watched the scene with interest.
"Remove it. NOW." She said in a very stern voice and Fred gave a weak smile as he carefully reached forward to take away the gravy boat. As he picked it up it began to move in his hands and spurt gravy all over him. After a few seconds when it was empty Fred was cover with yellow gravy and everybody around the table was dying of laughing, everybody except Mrs Weasley.
"George. Wand. Now." She said in a very stern voice that told them that she wasn't kidding.
"But Mom..."
"I said now!"
"We are grown up wizards!" There was another spurt of laughter from everyone around the table.
"As long as you are living under this roof you are playing under my rules young man, so hand over your wand or I will take it with force."
Sourly he did as he was told and she tucked it away with Fred's wand in her pocket. The twin's mood didn't fall just because of this they continued in talking and joking with Harry. Draco became more and more uncomfortable and after a few minutes after the twin's prank attempt he got up and mumbled an "Excuse me." And he went outside. Molly looked angrily at Fred and George who looked guilty at Harry.
"He didn't get mad did he?" George asked carefully.
"Cause we only meant to joke..." Fred continued.
"No. No, I don't think that's it." Harry said looking puzzled at the door. "I better go and check on him." He rose and went outside without looking back.
He found Draco sitting a bit away from the house, curled up with his knees under his chin. Slowly Harry walked up to where Draco was sitting and sat down next to him.
"If this is about Fred and George..." But Harry didn't get to finish his sentence.
"No. It isn't." Draco said with an unstable voice.
"I didn't think it was." Harry's soft voice sounded as he put an arm around the blonde Slytherins back.
"I, it's just, I..." But Draco couldn't hold the sobs in any longer. The tears began to flow freely down his face and he leaned into Harry's embrace and clutched to him like his very life depended on it. Harry tried to calm the crying Slytherin in his arms by whispering soothing words in his ear and planting soft kisses in his hair. At the same time Molly Weasley decided to go out and check on them. Ron tried to stop her, thinking that the two boys might need some time alone. But she only said that "I invited them here and if Draco is upset about something (she looked at Fred and George whilst saying this) I intent to find out what that is!" Then she carefully opened the door and silently went outside hoping not to disturb the boys to much.
When she saw Draco crying and clinging to Harry and Harry trying to sooth him, she decided to stay in the background. It felt like she was spying, and in a way she was. But she was a mother and she was a very concerned woman, so in a way it was her right to spy on them, well sort of anyway.
Draco had manage to calm down a little and slowly started to speak.
"When I sat in there with them, I, it's-" Draco stuttered not finding the words. Harry kept quiet knowing that he just needed some time. "It was almost like you could feel the love in there. It completely terrified me." Draco became silent and took a few deep breaths. "Dinners at the manor were so cold and strained that you'd rather..." he paused searching his mind. "Hell, you'd rather do anything than have dinner with both Lucius and Mother. Luckily it didn't happen a lot. Business was, after all, more important then their only son."
Molly Weasley was now fuming in the shadows. Sure, the Malfoy's hadn't exactly been good folk but Draco's voice showed absolutely no recognition of love, or even liking what so ever, towards his parents. But they had been his parents, they must have loved him somewhat, wouldn't they?
"Ron Weasley, or any other member in that family for that matter, has now idea how lucky they are." At this Molly was going to make herself known, but she was stopped by a sudden movement as Draco snuggled closer into Harry's chest.
"Don't leave me Harry. Please don't." He whispered into Harry's shirt.
The messy haired Gryffindor responded in hugging him tighter and saying, "I'm not going anywhere love. I'm not going anywhere."
Mrs Weasley wanted to gather the two boys in a bone crushing hug and hold them like that forever. She was once again going to make herself heard but was stopped by Harry this time.
"Are..." he paused for a few seconds choosing his words. "Are you, have you..." "Oh spit it out Potter. Stuttering like that doesn't suit you." Harry gave him a small smile but it left his lips as he began to talk again. "Have you considered speaking to your mother?"
"No. Considering that she has disowned me from the Malfoy family, no I'm not considering speaking to Narcissa again."
When Molly Weasley heard this she decided that she had heard enough. She had also come to a decision concluding the two boys. With her right hand she opened and closed the door quite loudly so that they should think that she just walked out. She cleared her voice with a cough.
"Are you out here boys?" She said with false confident in her voice. With amusement she saw how they jumped apart from each other, afraid to get caught. She couldn't help but to let go of a snort at this.
"I have raised seven children, and I can honestly say that Fred and George were like four, so I'm not blind."
"I don't know what you're talking about Mrs Weasley." Harry said
"Oh for Merlin's sake Harry! How many times should I have to tell you its Molly and not Mrs Weasley? It makes me sound old."
"Sorry Molly." Harry responded emphasizing her name.
"Now, I can tell when two people are in love and, judging by the colour of your face right now Harry, I'm not that far from the truth now am I?" She said and let out a small laugh in an attempt of easing the mood.
"No ma'am." Draco responded deciding to be honest and polite.
"Oh please, call me Molly, Draco dear." When Draco heard her calling him 'dear' for the second time now his heart almost melted. No one had ever called him something affectionate before, well except Harry who used to call him 'love'.
"Now are you coming in soon boys? I don't think I can leave Fred and George unsupervised any longer. They may not have their wands but Merlin knows what trouble they can get themselves and others into. And does my husband hinder them? On no! It's me who has to do all the yelling."
"We'll come in, in a few seconds." Harry said with an amused voice. "You go ahead and yell at them."
Molly gave them a weak smile and then she walked inside again.
"Is it always like this?" Draco asked Harry.
"Pretty much, yeah. Well not really. Only when Fred and George are here and they are quite busy with their shops."
"It's going pretty well for them isn't it?"
"Yeah, they try to slip their parents some money all of the time, but they just wont except it."
~*~
When Molly stepped inside she looked suspiciously at her two twin boys.
"What?" Fred said.
"We haven't done anything!" George filled in.
"Right dad?" Fred said, and they both looked at their father.
"Actually they haven't done anything." Arthur said as he looked his wife in the eye.
George then turned his attention towards his mother again. "He wasn't upset by what we did was he?"
"'Cause we only meant it as a joke..." Fred continued as usual.
"I know you did dears, and no he was not upset with you. He just needed some breathing space, and I ask you to not questioning him about it." She walked up to her chair and pulled it out, but before she sat down she looked up at the twins and gave them an almost desperate look that almost made the rest of the Weasley family laugh. "Now, could you two please try to behave?"
"Oh, we always behave mom, don't we Fred?" George asked as he looked sincerely at his brother.
"Oh yes!" Fred answered and smiled at him mother. Molly could not but to smile in return at her two troublesome sons. She had heard Draco's words about how lucky they were in the Weasley family. It may be that they didn't have that much money, but they had love and someone could live very long with that.
As she had sat down, Harry and Draco returned and dinner continued in a normal Weasley manner.
~*~
After Fred and George's gravy boat issue, the evening went by quite uneventfully and it became time for Harry and Draco to leave the Burrow.
"Harry, Draco, could I talk to you for a few seconds?" Molly Weasley said as she looked at the both of them.
"Sure." Harry replied as he rose from his seat.
"Why don't you come here so that we can talk undisturbed?" She said as she turned around and walked into a connecting room, not waiting for their answers. They obediently followed her and Harry closed the door after them knowing what was coming.
"So boys, what have you planned for the rest of the summer?"
"Nothing special." Harry replied.
"Good! Then maybe you would like to spend some time here with us before school starts. I highly doubt I will be seeing much of you when Hogwarts is over Harry." she said, looking accusingly at Harry who only gave her a smile, but the smile faded quickly as he realized that staying at the Burrow would mean leaving Draco and that was something he did not want to do. Molly saw that he hesitated.
"Of course that invitation is for you as well Draco!" She added quickly and Harry's face lit up immediately. He looked over at his blonde companion with a hopeful smile on his face. Before anyone of them had any time to answer Molly continued to speak.
"I have already cleared this with Headmaster Dumbledore, and I have put up two extra beds in Ron's room and talked to him so everything is taken care of."
"Well then, it doesn't seem like we have much of a choice then Mrs-" Molly gave Draco a glare as he said this. "Molly. We would be glad to stay for a few days."
"Good. Why won't you go home for a few minutes and pack some clothes and other stuff that you might need."
"Yeah, we'll do that." Harry said as they stepped back into the living room and walked towards the fireplace. Before they flooed over to Draco's apartment Harry turned around and said a quick "Bye, see you soon!"
"They sure left in a hurry." Arthur said as he looked at the now empty fire place.
"Yeah, we didn't even get to say goodbye."
"Oh, they were not leaving!" Molly said merrily. "They are staying for a couple of days!"
"More test subjects!" Fred said with a grin and got a smack on the head from his mother for it.
"You would not dare." She said and then she looked over at her husband. He stood leaning against the doorway and he suddenly looked a little troubled and uncomfortable over something. Molly wrinkled her eyebrows at him and he gave her a forced smile.
~*~ End chapter 6
Now, I have written parts of chapter seven but it's only parts and it may take some time for me to update... sorry... But I'm working on it...
Now I'm going to fix me some dinner... It will probably be some microwave dinner... Alone... On Valentines Day... My, my, I need to get a love life...
But hey? Who needs love when there are beer orgasms?