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"I...I thought maybe a bath would make me feel better," Harry stammered quickly, looking at the floor.
"You know you're not supposed to leave this room! You had me worried, I was about to call the teachers to go look for you."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you... I just couldn't sleep."
"Alright then, go back to bed, there's still a few hours left for you to sleep."
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"She was going to call the teachers to look for you? That certainly would have been awkward," Draco commented as they stood in the bathroom, getting ready to go down to breakfast.
"Can you imagine how bad it would have been if Snape or McGonagall had walked in on us?"
Draco smirked, "No, I'm too busy picturing how funny it would have looked."
They both laughed at the thought before sounds out in the hallway signaled that the school was beginning to wake up. They looked at each other.
"Ready to put on the act, scarhead?"
"As ready as I'll ever be, ferret boy."
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"Feeling better today, Harry?" Hermione asked as they sat down to breakfast.
"I'm feeling great today," he replied in a dreamy voice, as a lazy grin spread across his face.
Ron sat down at that moment and looked at his best friend, "What's that on your neck?"
"It's uh erm... uhh... rash. I'm allergic to bananas."
"Then why are you eating one?"
"I never said I didn't like them! I LOVE BANANAS!" Harry cried defensively.
His sudden outburst caused people to stare. Draco looked up from his food and his eyes met Harry's. But once Hermione and Ron had turned to see what Harry was staring at, Draco's smile turned into a glare. On their way out, Draco made sure to run hard into Harry's right side.
"Watch it Potter," he growled before quickly dissapearing into the crowd.
"He seems nastier than usual today," Hermione paused, "Guess I'll see you guys at lunch, then.
Harry and Ron began the long journey up to the Divination room, but once they turned into an empty hallway Ron stopped and pulled his friend back. "I know what's going on between you and Malfoy, Harry."
Harry gasped, "But... how?"
"It's pretty obvious. You two have seemed to come into more contact with each other than usual. Plus, there is that suck mark on your neck."
"I told you, that was a rash," Harry replied weakly.
Ron shook his head, "Need I remind you that I have five older brothers? I know what a hickey looks like. I just hope you know what you're getting into, shagging Malfoy's girlfriend and all."
Harry's head shot up immediately, "You think I'm with Pansy?"
"You mean you're not?" Ron looked crestfallen.
Harry shook his head.
"Then... who?"
"I don't think I'm ready to tell you that just yet."
"But we always tell each other these kind of things!"
"It's different this time."
"She must be pretty special for you to not tell your bet friend," Ron said angrily, starting to walk again, "You just better hope Hermione doesn't find out, being as she likes you and all."
Harry was getting angry fast now, "First of all, it's none of your business who I'm shagging, and second, HERMIONE DOESN'T LIKE ME, SHE LIKES YOU!" With that he spun on his heels and went in the opposite direction, leaving Ron to stand with his mouth hanging open.
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Harry marched furiously forward, not really knowing where he was going. As is usually the case when one blindly turns corners at lightening speed, he ran into someone.
"Couldn't wait until after class to see me, Potter?"
Harry looked at the blond haired boy beneath him. He quickly sat back and leaned against the wall, glaring at the ground.
"What's wrong?"
"Ron's a bloody git, that's what's wrong."
Draco smirked, "Well, I already knew that. What did he do?"
"He insists on me telling him everything about my sex life."
Draco let out a gasp, "You... you didn't tell him..."
Harry shook his head, "No, I didn't, that's why we were arguing," he shook his head suddenly, "I hate having to hide this, Draco. It's only the first day and already I'm feeling stressed out, and it's only going to get worse. I mean sneaking around, lieing, it'll get tiring after awhile. Do you really want to do this the rest of your life?" His eyes were now shining with tears that had yet to fall.
"We'll tell them, eventually," Draco replied soothingly, placing an arm around Harry's waist, "just not right now. I have a feeling it's going to take a long time before they'll ever accept us together. It'll get better, I promise. As long as we have each other."
Harry smiled, "I guess you're right."
"Of course I'm right, I'm Draco Malfoy."
Harry grinned, and then kissed him, savoring the taste of Draco, and thoroughly reveling in this moment. Suddenly Draco pulled back and placed a finger on Harry's lips, silencing him. He cocked his head to the side, as if listening for something, and then all too quickly they heard footsteps coming down the hall.
"Come on," Draco whispered, pulling Harry up by his shirt collar and dragging him to a nearby closet.
"But our wa-"
"Shhh!"
After the footsteps had come and gone Draco tried to open the door, only to find that it was locked. He then reached for his wand, and upon not finding it, proceeded to curse loudly.
"I was going to say, Draco, that we left our wands out in the hall," Harry replied, shaking his head and sighing.
Draco glared at him, "Now what are we going to do?"
"Wait until someone walks by and start pounding madly on the door?"
"And what, exactly, are we going to tell them when they ask us how we got here?"
"Well, I'll say you tried to rape me." Harry replied solemnly.
Draco blinked."...Excuse me?"
"I'm just kidding," Harry laughed, "We'll just say we happened to be walking past each other when we heard someone coming. Naturally, we wouldn't want to be caught skipping, so we hid in here."
Draco looked impressed, "You're getting better at this whole lieing thing, Potter."
Harry didn't have time to respond because at that moment they heard someone coming and threw themselves against the door, banging and pounding. The door was opened rather quickly and they came tumbling out in a tangled mass of limbs and muffled cries.
"Harry! What are you doing?"
"Why aren't you in your arithmancy class, Hermione?"
"I was on my way to the bathroom and... hang on, what were you doing in a closet with Malfoy?"
Harry blushed a deep red, hoping against all human possibility that Hermione wouldn't notice.
"I uhh... had a fight with Ron and left."
She looked at him expectantly.
"And then uhhh... so I was walking down this hall, and we happened to pass each other an were about to.... fight! But we heard someone coming and didn't want to get in trouble, so we hid in here."
"Oh."
They looked at Draco, who was still standing next to Harry. He paused to glare at them before walking away.
"You know," Harry started, as he walked her back to class, "Ron thinks you like me."
Startled, she looked up, "But that's absurd! I don't like you, I like..." she stopped short, a horrified expression on her face.
Harry laughed, "It's okay, I know you like him. I'm pretty sure everyone except him knows."
She sighed, "I just wish he wasn't so dense."
"He'll figure it out...err... eventually. Maybe," Harry began tentatively, "you should just tell him, and get it overwith."
Hermione looked frightened, "No, I couldn't possibly..."
"Why not? he likes you too, you know. You guys should just talk and get it overwith."
"You really think Ron likes me?"
He nodded.
"Well.... I'd still be nervous, and I wouldn't want it to ruin our friendship."
Harry sighed, "Fine, you two can just keep pretending, and making excuses, I don't really care anymore, just don't drag me into it."
Hermione glared at him, "Well if you're going to be like that... I've got to go."
She stormed into the classroom to leave Harry standing in the hall, fuming. He was about to turn and leave when he heard someone call his name, "Potter!"
He whirled to find Snape standing not 5 feet away from him, firmly grasping Draco's arm and occasionally glaring down at him.
"I need to see you both in my office. Now," He replied menacingly, putting fear into Harry's heart.
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"I...I thought maybe a bath would make me feel better," Harry stammered quickly, looking at the floor.
"You know you're not supposed to leave this room! You had me worried, I was about to call the teachers to go look for you."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you... I just couldn't sleep."
"Alright then, go back to bed, there's still a few hours left for you to sleep."
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"She was going to call the teachers to look for you? That certainly would have been awkward," Draco commented as they stood in the bathroom, getting ready to go down to breakfast.
"Can you imagine how bad it would have been if Snape or McGonagall had walked in on us?"
Draco smirked, "No, I'm too busy picturing how funny it would have looked."
They both laughed at the thought before sounds out in the hallway signaled that the school was beginning to wake up. They looked at each other.
"Ready to put on the act, scarhead?"
"As ready as I'll ever be, ferret boy."
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"Feeling better today, Harry?" Hermione asked as they sat down to breakfast.
"I'm feeling great today," he replied in a dreamy voice, as a lazy grin spread across his face.
Ron sat down at that moment and looked at his best friend, "What's that on your neck?"
"It's uh erm... uhh... rash. I'm allergic to bananas."
"Then why are you eating one?"
"I never said I didn't like them! I LOVE BANANAS!" Harry cried defensively.
His sudden outburst caused people to stare. Draco looked up from his food and his eyes met Harry's. But once Hermione and Ron had turned to see what Harry was staring at, Draco's smile turned into a glare. On their way out, Draco made sure to run hard into Harry's right side.
"Watch it Potter," he growled before quickly dissapearing into the crowd.
"He seems nastier than usual today," Hermione paused, "Guess I'll see you guys at lunch, then.
Harry and Ron began the long journey up to the Divination room, but once they turned into an empty hallway Ron stopped and pulled his friend back. "I know what's going on between you and Malfoy, Harry."
Harry gasped, "But... how?"
"It's pretty obvious. You two have seemed to come into more contact with each other than usual. Plus, there is that suck mark on your neck."
"I told you, that was a rash," Harry replied weakly.
Ron shook his head, "Need I remind you that I have five older brothers? I know what a hickey looks like. I just hope you know what you're getting into, shagging Malfoy's girlfriend and all."
Harry's head shot up immediately, "You think I'm with Pansy?"
"You mean you're not?" Ron looked crestfallen.
Harry shook his head.
"Then... who?"
"I don't think I'm ready to tell you that just yet."
"But we always tell each other these kind of things!"
"It's different this time."
"She must be pretty special for you to not tell your bet friend," Ron said angrily, starting to walk again, "You just better hope Hermione doesn't find out, being as she likes you and all."
Harry was getting angry fast now, "First of all, it's none of your business who I'm shagging, and second, HERMIONE DOESN'T LIKE ME, SHE LIKES YOU!" With that he spun on his heels and went in the opposite direction, leaving Ron to stand with his mouth hanging open.
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Harry marched furiously forward, not really knowing where he was going. As is usually the case when one blindly turns corners at lightening speed, he ran into someone.
"Couldn't wait until after class to see me, Potter?"
Harry looked at the blond haired boy beneath him. He quickly sat back and leaned against the wall, glaring at the ground.
"What's wrong?"
"Ron's a bloody git, that's what's wrong."
Draco smirked, "Well, I already knew that. What did he do?"
"He insists on me telling him everything about my sex life."
Draco let out a gasp, "You... you didn't tell him..."
Harry shook his head, "No, I didn't, that's why we were arguing," he shook his head suddenly, "I hate having to hide this, Draco. It's only the first day and already I'm feeling stressed out, and it's only going to get worse. I mean sneaking around, lieing, it'll get tiring after awhile. Do you really want to do this the rest of your life?" His eyes were now shining with tears that had yet to fall.
"We'll tell them, eventually," Draco replied soothingly, placing an arm around Harry's waist, "just not right now. I have a feeling it's going to take a long time before they'll ever accept us together. It'll get better, I promise. As long as we have each other."
Harry smiled, "I guess you're right."
"Of course I'm right, I'm Draco Malfoy."
Harry grinned, and then kissed him, savoring the taste of Draco, and thoroughly reveling in this moment. Suddenly Draco pulled back and placed a finger on Harry's lips, silencing him. He cocked his head to the side, as if listening for something, and then all too quickly they heard footsteps coming down the hall.
"Come on," Draco whispered, pulling Harry up by his shirt collar and dragging him to a nearby closet.
"But our wa-"
"Shhh!"
After the footsteps had come and gone Draco tried to open the door, only to find that it was locked. He then reached for his wand, and upon not finding it, proceeded to curse loudly.
"I was going to say, Draco, that we left our wands out in the hall," Harry replied, shaking his head and sighing.
Draco glared at him, "Now what are we going to do?"
"Wait until someone walks by and start pounding madly on the door?"
"And what, exactly, are we going to tell them when they ask us how we got here?"
"Well, I'll say you tried to rape me." Harry replied solemnly.
Draco blinked."...Excuse me?"
"I'm just kidding," Harry laughed, "We'll just say we happened to be walking past each other when we heard someone coming. Naturally, we wouldn't want to be caught skipping, so we hid in here."
Draco looked impressed, "You're getting better at this whole lieing thing, Potter."
Harry didn't have time to respond because at that moment they heard someone coming and threw themselves against the door, banging and pounding. The door was opened rather quickly and they came tumbling out in a tangled mass of limbs and muffled cries.
"Harry! What are you doing?"
"Why aren't you in your arithmancy class, Hermione?"
"I was on my way to the bathroom and... hang on, what were you doing in a closet with Malfoy?"
Harry blushed a deep red, hoping against all human possibility that Hermione wouldn't notice.
"I uhh... had a fight with Ron and left."
She looked at him expectantly.
"And then uhhh... so I was walking down this hall, and we happened to pass each other an were about to.... fight! But we heard someone coming and didn't want to get in trouble, so we hid in here."
"Oh."
They looked at Draco, who was still standing next to Harry. He paused to glare at them before walking away.
"You know," Harry started, as he walked her back to class, "Ron thinks you like me."
Startled, she looked up, "But that's absurd! I don't like you, I like..." she stopped short, a horrified expression on her face.
Harry laughed, "It's okay, I know you like him. I'm pretty sure everyone except him knows."
She sighed, "I just wish he wasn't so dense."
"He'll figure it out...err... eventually. Maybe," Harry began tentatively, "you should just tell him, and get it overwith."
Hermione looked frightened, "No, I couldn't possibly..."
"Why not? he likes you too, you know. You guys should just talk and get it overwith."
"You really think Ron likes me?"
He nodded.
"Well.... I'd still be nervous, and I wouldn't want it to ruin our friendship."
Harry sighed, "Fine, you two can just keep pretending, and making excuses, I don't really care anymore, just don't drag me into it."
Hermione glared at him, "Well if you're going to be like that... I've got to go."
She stormed into the classroom to leave Harry standing in the hall, fuming. He was about to turn and leave when he heard someone call his name, "Potter!"
He whirled to find Snape standing not 5 feet away from him, firmly grasping Draco's arm and occasionally glaring down at him.
"I need to see you both in my office. Now," He replied menacingly, putting fear into Harry's heart.
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