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Relief Before a Broken Heart.

Ch 15

Remus stalked through the halls searching for the elusive Potion's Master while he ignored the fuss in the cage he carried. Once he neared the dungeons he caught up to Snape - finally! "Snape!" Remus shouted.

Snape turned and fixed Remus with an arched brow. "Lupin."

"Here." he handed over the cage before rummaging through his pockets as Snape stared into the cage and through his pockets as Snape stared into the cage and at the two ferrets. "And here's a copy of the contract."

"Care to explain?" he pocketed the contract quickly.

Shrugging his shoulders, Remus crossed his arms across his chest. "I overheard you talking to Sirius so I decided to help. I mentioned a few times how they 'betrayed' Harry and then they turned into those things."

"My, my, Lupin. I'm impressed."

"Thought you should know, Hermione helped Harry write his name. Apparently he was too drunk to do so."

"Good, that takes care of one problem. Draco should be relieved the Golden Boy is not bound by ink and paper."

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Draco waited patiently for the right moment. He had been waiting for the common room to be less crowded before he confronted his best friend Blaise. Walking to the overstuffed seat by the fire where his friend was reading a text book he whispered in his ear from behind. "Care to do me a favor?"

Blaise turned the page unaffected by the sudden whisper. "Depends on the favor. What do I get out of it?"

"A snog session with me." answered Draco.

Blaise closed the book and stood quickly. "What are we waiting for?"

With a smile Draco took Blaise by the hand and both proceeded to the portrait. "I'll explain on the way."

"Ooh, are we going to an orgy? Who's invited?" Blaise joked wrapping one arm around the white-blonde's waist.

"No." Once they were a fair amount away from the Slytherin Portrait Draco continued. "I need your help."

"Are we serious?"

"It's about Harry."

Sighing, Blaise gave a pout. "We'll never be together will we. And here I dreamt of little Malfoy-Zabini's running around terrorizing the world."

"The Mudblood and Weasel are responsible for Harry being the way he is."

"What did they do?"

"Let's just say it was so bad he had to revert to his Voldemort days."

Blaise pulled away and stared at his friend as if he were insane. "You can't be serious."

"There's a way to break through this phase he's in."

"And it involves us snoging?"

"Part of it." Draco sighed. "Illusion di Me freezes the emotions making them non existent. He doesn't dream and he doesn't eat because he simply doesn't care. Severus and I give him a month before it kills him."

"Because his magic is part of his emotions... how icy is he?"

Draco shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. I have the Marauders Map so I know where he's going, he's been going there every night for Merlin knows how long."

"So what happens after we snog?"

"I want you to go back to the Common Room. I have to be a complete insensitive bastard to break through the ice and I really don't want you to see that."

"You're going to cry aren't you."

"Shut up."

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Dumbledore sighed with relief. "Are you positive."

"Lupin wouldn't joke about something like this." Snape spoke as he poked the cage with his wand enjoying the way the ferrets huddled in the corner.

"Severus. That's enough."

"I have very little enjoyment in my life Albus. Give me this."

Dumbledore shook his head before placing it in his hands, giving up.

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Harry rounded the corner and stopped. His eyes widened and breath hitched in his chest. There before him was his boyfriend - no, ex boyfriend snoging the life out of another boy - his best friend to boot. Both were wrapped around one another, tongues in each others mouth, lower half's grinding together, hands groping and rubbing.

Before Harry could turn tail and run he watched as Draco pulled away, a string of saliva between the two, his tongue licking his lips before diving down to bite down on a column of tanned skin. A second later the Slytherins eyes landed on Harry's, both stared unblinking until Draco smirked. Lifting his head he kissed his way to the darker haired Slytherins ear and whispered loud enough for Harry to hear. "I love you."

The world was crumbling at his feet and Harry could feel the iciness envelope him in a firm unforgiving hold. A sob broke through his lips and it felt like something inside him was bending, bringing a sharp pain at his chest.

...TBC...

Authors Note: Is that a Cliffe? I really wanted this chapter to be longer but it didn't turn out like that. Hopefully there will be one more chapter then an epi - hopefully. I tried to do a funny with Snape and Dumbledore, how did I do? I;m not really loving the first part with Snape and Remus but I can't do much else, it's been sitting in my notepad for a week until my muse hit me over the head with whatever followed afterwords... how come Blaise is usualy Draco's best friend?

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