Secrets Withheld

Chapter seven

The voices from downstairs travelled up into Harry's room where he and Draco sat listening unsure of what to make of what they were saying.

They couldn't believe what they were hearing, Harry couldn't believe that his parents had the nerve to come here and demand that he come home. He was horrified at the idea and angered that James and Lily would even consider that he wanted to. If he went back nothing would have changed, no matter what they promised.

Draco on the other hand was just as furious. He had had to save Harry from them once; he couldn't always be there to make sure he was alright. He didn't want Harry to go back to them, because with them he wasn't safe from harm, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't be hurt again.

"Harry, promise me you'll never go back." Draco said in little more than a whisper.

"I don't want to go back but I may not have a choice in the matter, I'm still under age."

"I wish I could offer you a place at Malfoy Manor, you'd be safe there."

"Your father already has."

"As a servant though, Harry, no, I want you to live with me as my boyfriend not as my servant."

"Alright, that will be our last option, I need to go to college, and I can't do that if I work for you."

"We'll find another way, now I'm seventeen I could buy a flat, I have enough money."

"I can't live off your money Draco; I'd want to pay my way. Draco, if I go back, then we can still see each other during the day, as long as we can be together nothing else matters to me."

"And what happens if your raped next, what happens then?"

"Draco, please don't, I hate them, I don't want to go back but they are my parents, I can't help the family I was born into any more than you can, but I can put up with it, I'll be alright, and besides, maybe things will get better now." Even though he said it he didn't believe it himself.

"You know that it won't, nothing would have changed, you're just going to end up get hurt again."

"I know, but they're my parents."

After a few moments of silence Draco got off of the bed. "It's late, I have to go." He said in a tone of voice that Harry couldn't decipher.

"Please don't be angry at me Draco."

"I'm not, I can't say I'm happy though, I just...I don't want you to hurt, I'm scared that if you do I'll never see you again, I don't know whether I could stand that."

"Thank you for caring Draco, it means a lot to me. I promise to go my best to stay here and away from my parents."

"Why does that sound like an empty promise?"

"Please Draco; I'm trying, for you." Harry pleaded getting off the bed and going over to his boyfriend and going to hug him.

"If you get hurt I'd never forgive myself for letting you go back."

"I'll be fine, any way Sirius and Remus bought me something for my birthday that will become very useful." Harry turned around and began to rummage in one of the bags and brought out a mobile phone. "I f I get in to trouble I'll phone you."

Draco smiled and brought Harry closer to him so they could share a long passionate kiss. Harry dropped the phone as he was pushed back onto the bed with Draco on top of him. Not that Harry minded this, the phone wasn't broken and he had Draco on top of him, not to mention he had Draco's tongue in his mouth. Hands began to wander to exclusive places of the body that couldn't be explored in public.

Downstairs a full argument had broken out after Sirius had become sick of Lily crying just so their situation and her would be pitied. He was just as keen as Draco to keep Harry where he was, he knew that his godson hated it with them.

"Harry walked out for a reason Lily, he wasn't happy with you." Sirius yelled Remus stood behind him; he was remaining neutral on the battle field though secretly he agreed with his lover.

"How can you say that?" James said outraged. "We are his parents; we raised him from when he was born."

"No you didn't, if you had he wouldn't have turned out the way he did, he's a good kid, and he doesn't want to go back to you."

"We only want our baby boy back." Lilly said as calmly as she could manage at this point she may have been a whore but she knew that shouting and arguing wasn't going to get them to bring Harry back.

"We've been though this; he doesn't want to go back, he's happy here."

"Why because you buy him things, is that why he's happy here?"

"No, it's because we're more of a family to him that you have ever been, trying to force him into prostitution, look at were that got Will, he's dead because of it, at least Harry has a respectable job, which is more than I can say for you in your entire lifetime."

Harry and Draco were still in the bedroom and were too distracted with each other to notice that someone was coming up the stairs. However when the door was flung open they broke apart at once. Lily was stood in the doorway grinning.

"Come on Harry, we're going home and I hope you were getting paid for that."

"I am home Lily." Harry said remaining on the bed with Draco next to him. "And I'm not Draco's whore, I'm his boyfriend."

"Same thing"

"No it's not, Draco doesn't pay me, I don't want him to either, have you ever just done something with someone and not got paid?"

Lily thought about that for a second. "Actually no, I haven't, now come on we're leaving."

"I'm not going anywhere with you." Harry said standing up; Draco stood next to him and took hold of his hand. "I won't let you."

"You don't have a choice. I am your mother."

"Some mother you are. Draco, does your mother try and force you to sleep with people for money?"

"No, she doesn't, she cares for me and respects my decisions."

"You stay out of this." Lily said threateningly pointing a finger at Draco. Sirius, Remus and James came up stairs at that point to stop any fighting that may and most likely would occur.

"Lily, please leave. Harry obviously does not want to go any where with you tonight."

"I'm not leaving until Harry agrees to come with us."

"Then I guess you'll never be leaving." Harry said maliciously.

"Harry." Sirius said with a tone of warning in his voice.

"Your coming home Harry and that's the final word on the matter." James said in his harsh voice that usually had people doing whatever he wanted in an instant.

"Oh well, now you've said it, ok then." Harry said with heavy sarcasm. "I said no to Lily but for you I'll do anything, just give me a second to pack."

"Don't take that tone with me." James roared in anger.

"You don't get it do you, I hate you, there is nothing that would make me want to go back with you, Will's dead and if I go back the same thing's going to happen to me."

Draco who had remained silent the entire time looked over to the door where Remus and Sirius were standing; James and Lily had entered the room but were now almost up against the wall.

"I think we all need to calm down a little bit." Draco said softly giving Harry's hand a squeeze. "No one is getting anywhere here."

"Will you stay out of arguments that do not concern you!" James snapped.

Harry saw red at this; no one spoke to his Draco like that and got away with it "How dare you speak to Draco like that, and besides he's right." Harry looked up at Draco and said softly so no one else could hear. "You go home, I'll see you another time, you have my number right."

Draco nodded and kissed Harry's lips in a soft but loving kiss. "Are you sure you'll be alright?"

"Yes, I'll be fine. Call me."

Harry walked past his parents and godparents with Draco right behind him, they were still holding hands. Every one else followed back downstairs and into the living room as Harry showed Draco out.

"Oh, do you want your jacket back?" Harry said just remembering.

"I said you could keep it remember."

"Thank you, good night."

"Night"

They shared one more brief kiss before the blonde disappeared into the night. Harry sighed and returned to the living room where everyone was silent and waiting for him.

"Right, I want you to listen very carefully." Harry said in a tone of voice that meant he wasn't going to stand anyone interrupting him. "I'm not going anywhere tonight, I will go to Will's funeral and I am making no promises to ever coming back but I realise that you want me there, and now I want you to leave."

Lily and James looked as if they were about to complain about what Harry had just said but Remus stepped in before they could say a word.

"Harry is right; it is late, too late to be moving Harry anywhere. Sirius and I will attend William's funeral with Harry and decisions can be made then and only then, now let me show you out."

That night Harry fell into a restless sleep. He didn't think that he could cope with this anymore, let alone the pressure of college when he started in a few days time. He remembered feeling that his life couldn't get any better only hours ago, obviously he had spoken to soon on that account.

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