A/n:

2nd chapter for today! Aren't you just so proud? I'm so bored!! Hey, when you review...recommend some good stories to me coz I'm bored out of my mind and I need some good stories to read! Oh... and that little bit in last chapter where Alex was like, how could you even like him after he did all that! My boyfriend said that to me once, so I thought it would be a good line to use. Except I knew what the other guy had done, Harry doesn't yet! Anyway, you all don't care about my screwed up love life so I'm just gonna get on with the story! I'm gonna make this chapter nice and long, so enjoy!

"Heavens in the backseat of my Cadillac, let me take you there, yeah yeah!"

Chapter 23- 23 is my favourite number!

Draco woke up the next morning to the exclamations of Madam Pomfrey finding them in the same bed and her hysterical floo-call to Professor Dumbledore to get him down there immediately.

He yawned and ignored the commotion before rolling over and going back to sleep.

Harry woke up 5 minutes later when Professor Dumbledore walked into the medical wing and tried to calm the medi-witch down. He lay there quietly and listened to what Dumbledore had to say.

"Now, now, Poppy, calm down! Draco and Harry are now good friends; it seems that the punishment I inflicted on the boys worked in just the way I wanted it to. Well maybe not exactly how I wanted it to, but I think that they're well on the way to establishing the relationship they were destined to have. As long as they don't let small things like Alex and Draco's father and Voldemort to get in the way." He chuckled, leaving Harry very confused.

"Yes, well I still do not condone two students sleeping in the same bed! Especially those two, after healing all the injuries that they've inflicted on one another it seems so wrong to see them snuggled up together like that. Although it is kind of comforting that they aren't fighting anymore." She sighed, "what are you going to do about the boy that did this to them Albus? Alex Corgan is it? The new Ravenclaw boy?"

Dumbledore smiled sadly, "Hopefully now Alex wont come between these two in the forming of their relationship, but I will discuss with the boys about the repercussions they see fit, seeing as Alex is Harry's boyfriend." He said.

"Well I'll just wake them and get them some breakfast, and you can talk with them then. They will be fit to go to classes this morning. They seemed to have healed well." Said Madam Pomfrey as she made her way to the bed the two boys were sharing.

She stood at the foot of the bed they were sharing, and shook it vigorously. "Time to get up gentlemen!" she called screechily. Harry opened his eyes and yawned, elbowing Draco in his side.

"Ow! What was that for?" mumbled Draco as he squinted at the morning sun streaming in his window.

"Get up!" laughed Harry sleepily, rubbing his eyes and looking around for his glasses on the bedside table.

"Good morning boys. I trust you slept well?" She asked, casting a half-serious disapproving tone over them.

Harry and Draco looked at each other and blushed, realizing that they had been so comfortable in each other's arms they didn't think that it might not be allowed.

"Sorry, Madam Pomfrey, I got cold in the night." Said Harry, coming up with the first excuse in his mind.

Draco looked indignant and elbowed him, "Don't lie to her, Harry!" he turned to Madam Pomfrey and Dumbledore "He can't sleep at night unless I'm there," he explained "We're so used to sleeping together that he started to have nightmares when he tried to sleep without me." He put a comforting arm around Harry who was looking at him like he was crazy, "Isn't he just the cutest?" he cooed, and Harry pushed him away laughing.

"Shut up Draco!" he said and he climbed out of the bed and tried to stand up as soon as his feet hit the ground he felt dizzy and fell back into Draco's arms.

"Maybe I'll stay in bed for breakfast," he laughed as Madame Pomfrey bustled her way over juggling two breakfast trays.

They sat up in the bed and shared a plate of French toast and drank Pumpkin Juice (a/n: Doesn't that sound so disgusting? s/n: Yes it does!) while they gave Dumbledore details of the day before. Harry telling him exactly what happened, even though he blushed the whole time.

"I knew you wanted me, Harry!" smirked Draco as Harry finished telling his story.

Harry just rolled his eyes and then realised what Draco had said when he explained what had happened to him.

"You were trying to stop Alex from seeing me?" he asked, looking angrily at Draco.

Draco looked shameful, "Look Harry, I just didn't want to have to see you guys together and all over each other." He blushed slightly and mumbled "I get jealous."

Harry looked stunned for a second and then very confused, "I must have heard you wrong, you didn't just say that you get jealous? Why would you get jealous?" Inside Harry's mind things were starting to click together, but he refused to believe it.

"You can't be that thick can you, Harry? I hate to think how you're going to save the whole world if you can't even work this out! I like you Harry, everything we do together is fun and you've changed me into a better person. You broke my heart that day when Alex arrived but I decided I wouldn't let you go without a fight. That's why I tried to stop Alex seeing you, why I made him think you were making up excuses to get out of seeing him, I was fighting for you." Admitted Draco, holding back tears as he confessed his love for Harry.

"Don't you remember on Sunday in the shower?" at this, both Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey looked shocked and alarmed. "I need to be with you Harry, I know you have more fun with me then you do with Alex. You moaned my name instead of his for Merlins sake!" pleaded Draco.

Harry blushed. "That was just a mistake, and Alex knows I didn't mean it, he loves me! He just got made because he's really protective." He said quietly. He loved Draco so much, but for some reason he didn't want to let Alex go.

Draco looked shocked, "Harry! Shut up! How can you be so naïve!? This isn't like you at all! He slapped you across the face! He only wanted to be with you because of your fame! Don't be stupid!" Draco got out of the bed, and looked at Dumbledore. "Talk some sense into him, I can't deal with this right now! I'm going back to our room to have a shower and get changed." He said, and Dumbledore nodded solemnly.

Draco shook his head in confusion at Harry who was sitting in tears in the bed, and then walked out the door, slamming it behind him.

"That boy is very temperamental!" said one of the portraits on the wall.

"He doesn't mean it," sobbed Harry and Dumbledore looked at him very gravely.

"I think he does Harry. Draco really cares about you and I can see that you care about him too. You do realise that you're now in an abusive relationship? Alex hit you Harry, don't you see that he doesn't respect you if he thinks he can do that to you?" said Dumbledore, sounding more like Oprah than himself.

"He didn't mean it!" Harry sobbed, "Alex loves me, Draco doesn't. He isn't even gay!"

Dumbledore shook his head, "I think you need to talk to Draco; that is your task for today. You have to discuss with him why you're too scared to believe in the love he has for you, but first you must go and get ready for class. I believe you have Transfiguration with the Slytherin's first. don't you? Give Draco some space and maybe sit with Hermione and Ron; see what they've been up to. I think they miss you Harry." He patted Harry on the shoulder and got up, "Follow your heart Harry, always follow your heart," he said as he walked out.

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Draco wandered through the halls, kicking at various walls on his way. The school was deserted because everyone was still at breakfast and he needed to vent his anger. How could Harry reject him like that? After he'd just confessed his love for him? The boy was crazy! Alex didn't love him for anything else but his fame.

He had to correct himself when he found his feet carrying him towards the Ravenclaw Tower, he didn't think that starting shit with Alex was going to be the right way around getting Harry.

'But Harry doesn't want you.' Sneered a voice in his head.

"Deep down I know he does." he said firmly aloud.

He wandered slowly back to their wing and had a long shower, letting the hot water pound down over his aching face. He would get Alex back for punching him, but he would do it through Harry. He would get Harry! He laughed to himself, Harry had already helped him get Alex back by moaning his name. (s/n: Is that an overly healthy reason? :)

'He obviously cares about me if he moaned my name when he was with Alex, no matter what he says. I know that means something.' He thought to himself.

He got out of the shower and was in his room getting dressed for classes when he heard Harry come into the wing. He was audibly sniffing and upset and he walked into the bathroom and turned the shower on.

Draco shuddered involuntarily, thinking that Harry was naked in the very next room.

"Get a grip, Draco," he said to himself and he continued to get dressed and tried to keep Harry off his mind.

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Draco was already sitting on the Slytherin side of the classroom when Harry walked in; his hair was still wet and clinging slightly to his face at the sides. He had obviously spent too long in the shower and thrown his clothes on in a hurry because his robes were hanging off his shoulders and he could see that his shirt was undone halfway and his tie was hanging very loosely around his neck.

Draco took a deep breath and looked back down at the notes he'd been taking from the board while Harry gave McGonagall his excuse for being late.

He went and sat down on the end of the row nearest Draco, next to Hermione and Ron.

"Morning." whispered Harry, looking at his friends with pleading eyes hoping that they weren't mad at him.

"Morning, Harry," whispered Hermione as she smiled at her dark haired friend. However her smile faded a little just like Draco's had when she saw the slight pink tinge of a handprint still on his cheek.

"Who slapped you?" she whispered, looking very worried, even Ron, who was trying hard not to involve himself in the conversation looked worried.

"Alex," said Harry quietly. "It's no big deal, I'll tell you about it later." He added as he saw McGonagall look their way with a stern look in her eyes.

The class set about writing the instructions of how to transfigure ladybugs into butterflies and Harry tried hard not to look over at Draco.

Every time he glanced over to the Slytherin side of the room at the blonde boy he felt a shiver down his spine. All the things that Draco had said that morning couldn't be true, could they? He tried to concentrate on his notes but all he could think about was the hurt look in Draco's eyes as he walked out of the hospital wing that morning.

He shook his head and tried to clear his thoughts, causing Hermione to look at him rather oddly.

"Are you alright Harry?" she whispered, to him. He looked at her dazedly for a second before shaking his head again and replying.

"Yeah, I'm fine! We'll talk later okay?" in a confused tone.

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When class finished Draco packed up his things in a hurry and tried to get out of the classroom so he could clear his thoughts. Being in that classroom so close to Harry had confused him a little and he needed to get some air.

Harry had seen Draco rush out of the classroom so he too packed up his things quickly and followed the blonde boy out before Hermione could stop him and talk to him.

"Draco! Draco, wait up!" called Harry as they walked out of the classroom, he ran a bit to catch up with the blonde who'd stopped and was looking at him questioningly.

"Yes?" he said in a slightly cold tone that made Harry shiver and want to break down and cry.

"Can we talk?" Harry asked quietly, taking Draco by the hand and leading him into a nearby empty classroom.

"What is it?" said Draco in the same cold tone as they stood in the empty room.

"Draco, I want to ask you something and I want you to answer me honestly. A lot is going to ride on how you answer this question, just remember that." Said Harry calmly, he took a deep breath and tried to bring up the courage to ask Draco what he wanted to ask.

"Yes?" said Draco again, but this time his tone was less cold and more intrigued.

"Are you gay?" asked Harry, looking into Draco's steely eyes to make sure that the answer he got was the truth.

Draco looked deep into Harry's vivid green eyes and sighed, Harry was everything he wished he were, and everything he wished he could have.

"I think so," he said quietly, looking away from Harry and down at the floor.

Harry was shocked for a second and then took a step towards Draco "And do you think you could love me and treat me better than Alex does?" he asked tentatively.

Draco looked up and again met with Harry's eyes, he looked almost pleading and scared, "I think so..." he answered.

Harry smiled and then sighed, "Well I've got to get to class, can we talk in our room later? There's a lot I don't understand!" he turned around and walked out of the classroom, leaving Draco alone and confused, without another word.

A/n:

Okay, well this chapter was going to be really long, but then by the end it was just BAD! So I decided I would cut out what I had at the end and re-write it tomorrow in another chapter when I'm not so tired! So yeah, this chapter is shorter than I originally intended, but I hope it's still long enough! Please review, I love y'all xoxoxoxoxo