A/N: OMG, I am sooooooo sorry for the delay! I've just had so much other stuff that I needed to take care of. I can't believe how long it's been since I've updated! But thanks for all your wonderful, beautiful reviews. Part of the reason I don't want to post another story until I've finished this one is because I want to be able to respond to all my amazing reviewers! Review notes are, again, at the bottom. Anyway...I think y'all should know, you need to check my bio for news! My bio is my means of communicating to you, my readers, in between chapters. Look under New news, and you'll probably see something new from me. If you haven't already figured it out, I like to talk a lot. Obviously. Um...the teaser I put in my last chapter will not be appearing in this one. That teaser was a preview for what will happen in later chapters. But don't worry, (or do) there will still be an evil teaser at the end, just 'cause I'm nice like that. Hmm...since I can't think of anything more to say, onto the chapter! Wow, this is my shortest A/N yet. There might be some songs by Avril Lavigne in this, I dunno yet. I'm feeling very songy today. Yes, I know songy isn't a word, but I like it. I will include a Disclaimer in this chapter, and this chapter only, because I don't want to have to write one over and over again. I think one should be enough. Enjoy this next chapter that I give to you!

-CatJetRat

Disclaimer: Believe me, if they were mine, you'd know. They all belong to J.K. Rowling! Only Chris, Draco's neighbor, belongs to me, and he isn't even mentioned very much!

Dedication: This chapter is dedicated to PrincessPepper, for being my most faithful reviewer!

Chapter 4

Caught

Harry's POV

Harry froze with his lips still on Draco's, as Snape's icy voice cut through the warm night. Draco slowly and carefully pulled away from Harry and sat up.

"Hello professor," he said in a dignified voice. "What brings you out here on this fine evening?"

Harry choked. They were about to be expelled and Draco was making jokes? Harry also sat up, fully planning on strangling Draco, but be fore he could, Snape spoke again.

"Oh, nothing," he said in a silky yet dangerous voice. "I was just sleeping peacefully when I heard a loud crashing and banging from my private cupboard. When I went to open it a certain potion came whizzing out, and flew down to the Forbidden Forest. Well now, I couldn't have random potions taken from me and not investigate, could I? No, so I rounded up some teachers and we all went down to the forest to see what was up. Why, imagine my surprise when we came upon a camp that had several concealment spells drawn up around it, and, after we had taken down those spells, found the remains of a party, with students scattering in every direction, and some unconscious on the ground?"

"I can't imagine," said Draco lightly. "And what did you do then?"

"Well, after gathering from a very drunken student that the party was Draco Malfoy's, what do you think I did? I summoned his father from his mansion, where his father had been released to the previous day."

Draco went white, but he struggled to keep his voice calm as he continued his conversation with his potions teacher. "Oh? And after that?"

Harry could sense a climax coming, and wanted desperately to stop it, but could tell from the angry looks both Snape and Draco shot his way, that if he so much as breathed too loudly, that he would be massacred by the both of them. Harry pursed his lips and looked back at Snape, feeling dread growing in the pit of his stomach. Snape continued.

"We went off in search of his son, whom we had also found out from that student

had run off into the forest, hand in hand with Harry Potter. About fifteen minutes later, we heard the sounds of slight groaning coming from a bush. Thinking that it would be one student with a headache from drinking too much, I casually peered underneath. Again, imagine my surprise when I saw the very student I was looking for, Draco Malfoy, snogging with his archenemy, Harry Potter."

Draco swallowed. "Well, professor, I—"

"Oh shut up!" Snape snapped, grabbing both Harry and Draco by the scruffs of their robes and dragging them out of the bushes. He shoved them on the ground when they were both fully out of the bushes. He then crossed his arms and glared down his long nose at them.

"Well, do you two have anything to say for yourselves? Speak!" Snape barked.

Harry wanted to say something, but he seemed to have developed a bad case of lockjaw. Draco glanced at him, and, seeing that Harry was in no way capable of speech, swallowed, and spoke. "Professor, see, since it was right after the holidays, a bunch of students wanted to have a sort of, end of summer party, before we really had to get down and work. Not wanting to disturb the members of the castle, we decided to have the party in a clearing I stumbled upon in the Forbidden Forest."

Harry had no clue where all the bull that was coming out of Draco's mouth had come from, but if it got them out of being expelled, that was all that matter. He could already see Snape beginning to relax slightly and get less angry.

"...So, after I accidentally knocked myself out, Harry here," Draco motioned at Harry, "Decided to summon a potion trying to wake me up. I'm so sorry if I disturbed you while you were sleeping." Draco finished his story and gave his potions professor a winning smile.

Snape rolled his eyes, but gave a small smile to his favorite student. "Yeah, sure Draco. But what about him?" Snape gestured at Harry. "What's your story Potter? And how did you managed to get to the point where you were desperately kissing Mister Malfoy?"

Harry, like Draco, swallowed before speaking. Now was the time to come up with the same bullshit that Draco had been spewing out. Trying to keep his voice as light and casual as Draco's had been, he said, "Well, I just fancied a walk tonight, and walked into Draco. After the usual insult trading, we got to talking, and found that we had a lot in common, and liked each other quite a bit."

Snape snorted. "Right. It doesn't surprise me, really. I always knew you were a fag, just like your father."

Unfortunately for Severus Snape, Harry Potter didn't take very kindly to being insulted, not least while the person was insulting his father at the same time. Harry gracefully got to his feet, brushed his robes off, glared at Snape, and said, "You can kiss my ass, Snivellus," right before performing some very quick wand work, and turning Snape into a toad(A/N: Cliché, I know, but I couldn't resist. ;-).

The sound of clapping came from somewhere on Harry's left. Lucius Malfoy came into view, looking slightly amused, but his eyes were cold as they gazed upon Harry.

"Very good, Potter," he drawled, and Harry was chillingly reminded of when Mr. Malfoy had said that exact same thing to him before the summer, in the Department of Mysteries, before Sirius had died. Harry tightened his grip on his wand, raising it to be ready to defend himself. Lucius Malfoy laughed softly at his tense form.

"Relax, Potter, I have no quarrel with you. I am here to collect my son."

Harry almost instinctively moved in front of Draco to protect him. Looking annoyed, Draco pushed Harry out of the way. Lucius smiled coldly at his son, gesturing for Draco to follow him. Draco glanced back at Harry, briefly grabbing his hand and squeezing it. A small smile crossed his sad pink lips, before he released Harry's hand to follow the dragon into its lair.

"Until next time, Potter," said Lucius with a chilling laugh that sent shivers up Harry's spine. Draco and Lucius were quickly enveloped by the darkness of the forest. Harry stared at the space where Draco had been standing in a longing way, before turning his attention to a very irritated toad. Uh-oh.

Draco's POV

Draco followed his father into the forest, feeling extremely nervous. There were several things his father could be angry with him about. Draco slowly ticked them off in his head. First, Lucius could be angry with him for throwing a party in the Forbidden Forest with drinking and drugs. Second, Lucius could be angry with him for making out with Harry Potter. Was that it? No, Lucius could also be angry because of what he had done over the summer. Well, that was along the same lines as snogging Harry Potter. Harry would be worse, though, because Lucius could say that Draco was 'consorting with the enemy.' Draco thought about all of the possible reason Lucius could be angry with him, and came up with one conclusion: he was so, so dead. Best get it over with quickly.

"Father, I—" he began, but Lucius cut him off.

"Draco, don't worry," he said, smirking. "I do not care that you held a party out here. I don't even care that you drank so much you passed out. I also don't care that you are gay. I suppose I always knew, ever since that day you came out of your mother's powder room wearing her make-up."

"All little boys try on their mother's make-up," Draco protested.

"Yes," Lucius agreed smoothly. "But not all little boys manage to put it on perfectly without any practice. And your choice of clothes, the fact that you never showed any interest in girls...it was obvious. But I don't care. I understand that I am very strict with you, and don't allow you much freedom when you are around me. But one thing that I have never, and will never restrict you on, is who you love. That is not my concern, and as long as it doesn't affect your work, I do not care."

Draco stared at his father, eyebrows raised, taken aback but grateful for this sudden and rare kindness. "Thank you," he said, and although he was happy that he wouldn't have to sneak around behind his father's back with guys, there was also something that seemed wrong with his father's statement.

"Wait..." he said, frowning. "Why are you okay with this? Mother became very upset when she saw me kissing Chris, the boy next door."

Lucius bit his lip, trying to remember who Chris was; for he didn't spend nearly enough time at home to really know the neighbors. "Oh," he said, smiling. "Him. Your mother became angry because when growing up, she thought for a time that she was gay. She fell in love with a young girl; unfortunately, the girl was a muggle-born, and her parents refused to let Narcissa be with her. This upset Narcissa very much, and for some strange reason made her very bitter towards gay people, probably because she couldn't feel angry towards her parents. When she saw you kissing Chris, it probably brought up some very bad memories for her." Lucius sighed. "I don't think Narcissa ever really stopped loving her, even after Narcissa's girlfriend died. I've always pitied her that. I managed to forget my first love, even though it pained us both greatly. The odd thing was we were both gay, and both forced into a marriage we didn't want to be in. However, while I was able to turn that anger into making sure you never had to suffer like that, your mother didn't. Instead, as the years went by, she just kept convincing herself that it was her girlfriend's fault. But I will speak to Narcissa. Perhaps I can help her have a change of heart. I should have gotten her help when there was still time to help her wounds."

Draco gaped at his father, shocked by this sudden, and extremely unexpected, revelation. "Oh," was the only word his mouth and mind seemed capable of forming.

Lucius shook his head. "But old boyfriends and girlfriends is not what I need to speak with you about."

Draco stared up at his father, and later he would say that his eyes probably looked innocent, and sweet, like a kitty looking up at its new owner. What Lucius did next was the equivalent an owner slapping the kitty upside its little head.

"I need you to join the Dark Side, Draco."

And Draco knew he couldn't say no. If he said no, it would make his father very angry. But he knew if he said yes, he could never have Harry. But there was also something that felt wrong about saying yes. As though his whole life had been leading up to this one moment, and if he said yes, his life would end. He wouldn't die, but his life would end.

I cannot find a way to describe it

It's there, inside

All I do is hide.

I wish that it would just go away

What would you do?

You do if you knew

What would you do?

All the pain

I thought I knew

All the thoughts lead back to you

Back to what

Was never said

Back and forth

Inside my head.

I can't handle this confusion

I'm unable

Come and take me away

Draco slowly opened his eyes, unaware that he had ever closed them. There was only one thing he could say, and that was....

"Yes."

A/N: I am like, going at top speed here, trying to get this updated. So, quickie version of my usually long speeches. I went to homecoming, my boyfriend didn't go because he hurt himself, and I broke up with his a few days ago because he dissed gay people, which was not cool. Okay, on to reviewer responses! Remember, I love you all, and check my bio if you want to hear from me!

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Princesspepper- Yes, and I've updated again! Hope this chapter is as good as the last one. I made Harry mature because that's how I imagine him acting. I think that Draco would be the one to take advantage of the situation and I didn't want to confuse the two. But I agree. If it had been me, I would have totally taken advantage. Well, maybe not. Thanks for the congrats on my boyfriend, unfortunately I don't have one any more. I had a great time at homecoming, though, even w/o him. I had no idea that the title of my chapter was the title to one of their songs, but thanks for telling me. I really like them too, or at least, I like the songs that I hear on the radio by them. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and the cookies!

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A/N: Okay, ya'll, I'm out. Review and you'll get a response, promise! Oh yeah, the teaser. Here it is:

Teaser:

"She dumped me Harry," Ron said miserably.

Harry gasped, sitting up. "What? Why didn't you tell me?"

Ron shrugged. "I dunno. Guess I was still angry with Hermione and the one she left me for."

Harry stared at his friend. "Who did she leave you for?"

Ron spoke, "It was...."

A/N: I had way too much fun with that. Okay, gotta go. Hope you liked the chapter. Who did Hermione leave Ron for? Guess in a review! Bye!

-CatJetRat