Heartless

Chapter eight - In your arms I remain.

Harry awoke in the arms of Draco Malfoy by the sounds of Elena; the blond was also stirring from her cries. Harry made to get up but Draco pulled him back down into him, cuddling up to him.

"Draco, we have to get up, Elena needs us, you stay here, I'll be right back ok." Harry said and Draco groaned in response but reluctantly let him go. As promised he soon returned but it was with the baby. The two of them settled on the bed, Elena in between them both.

"Harry…"

"Yes Dray."

"I think I may be falling in love with you."

Harry didn't say anything but he smiled. Then after a long moment he responded. "I don't think I've ever been loved before, except by my friends but they don't really count."

"You're admired by countless people, they claim they love you."

"For something that I can't remember doing, for being their beacon of hope when all I want is to be … well, normal, whatever that means."

"Who knows, but maybe one day you'll have normal, Merlin knows you deserve it."

"If I'm alive … you forget that I'm doomed to die, or so most people think when they look at the famous Harry Potter, the boy-who-lived."

"I don't want to think about you dying." Draco said burying his face in the blankets. "I want you to be with me for a good long time."

"I'll be there for you and Elena for as long as I can be and that's the best I can promise you." Harry said.

"If that means anything less than forever then I'm going to be very upset Harry James Potter." His tone made Harry laugh despite the fact he was being very serious Draco pouted causing Harry to laugh harder.

"You are one of the cutest people ever I swear."

The two were interrupted by a knock on their bedroom door, neither made any move to respond or to get up, Ron and Hermione couldn't get through the portrait and no Slytherin could either, that left only one possibility … Dumbledore.

"Harry, are you up?" The headmaster called through the door. Then without knocking again he strode right in. "Sorry to disturb." He said with an amused twinkle in his eyes when he set eyes upon the two boys curled up in bed together. "But I thought you might like to know that I have given the two of you the day off so you can take Elena into the village."

"Not that I'm not thrilled to be going Sir but what about Voldermort?" Harry asked sitting up, Draco didn't feel like being polite towards the old man who had just ruined their moment.

"I believe that the two of you combined will be enough to protect the three of you, plus I will have a member of the order following you at all times just to be safe. I however have no worries that Voldermort will attack you in Hogsmead."

"Alright, thank you professor." Harry said, he then watched as the headmaster left before turning to Draco and grinning he said. "This is going to be fun, come on lazy get up and get dressed."

Draco groaned and stuck his head under the pillow but he wasn't going to be able to stay there, Harry put Elena in her cot and pounced on Draco, straddling him and ticking him.

So the end to another chapter, hope you liked, no Voldermort in the next chapter but he will be in the next. Please review xxx