Summary: Harry is suddenly acting very weird – in both universes. Yeah, you guessed it. This is a parallell universe-fic, and the two Potters are switched, causing a lot of confusion, especially for Harry Potter himself.
Genre: Romance/AU – Rating: PG
Warning: apart from the AU and slight OOC, nothing major. This is obviously slash, but nothing graphic I think.
Pairing: Harry/Draco (also Hermoine/Ron, Ginny/Neville, Sirius/Remus, Narcissa/Lucius)
Change of Reality
Part five – Never Want To Wake Up
"What. Did. You. Say?" Sirius said, a light growling quality to his tone of voice which revealed the dog in him, Harry remarked to himself, and suspected the wierd dream to take a sudden downturn and become a nightmare, like all of his dreams tended to do, and he fervently wished to wake up before it did.
"Ehm... eh?"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" his Godfather bellowed impatiently. Remus cast him a breif glare and Harry imagined he'd bit his tongue to prevent himself from snapping at Sirius for raising his voice, but then Harry noticed how suddenly the sunlight seemed to reflect particularly well in the werewolf's eyes and he realized they were covered in a layer of tears.
"S-sorry...?" Harry mumbled uncertainly, his mind whirling.
"Harry..." Sirius murmured warningly, narrowing his eyes at Harry as if trying to see his mind. Harry felt miserable all of the sudden because he had no idea what he'd done wrong and – then it hit him. Oh, he thought bitterly, how thick could you get... but he was violently brought back from his thoughts as Sirius banged his hand flat against the table top, and he jerked to attention, fixing his eyes on his Godfather again.
"I- This isn't a dream..." he murmured dazedly. Sirius frown had gone back to one of worry instead of anger, and his eyes were soft as he spoke, "Harry, I want you to answer my truthfully now... Is there something wrong?"
"No-"
"Harry..."
"No! I... I'm sorry, I thought I was... I was still dreaming I..." Harry turned towards Remus who now looked relieved and had a loving yet sad look in his eyes, but what affected Harry the most was the fact that he'd tried his best to hide the fact that a couple of tears had escaped and rolled down his cheeks, and it made Harry feel a pang of guilt and before he knew it he was on his feet, yelling almost desperately, "I'm so sorry!-"
He was horrified to hear his voice crack, and felt really embarassed all of the sudden for overreacting. But before he had time to bluch and cringe, Remus had gotten to his feet as well and killed the distance between them, and now he embraced Harry in a mother-like hug, hushing him gently. Only then did Harry realize that he'd been close to crying as well, and the realization alone made him want to cry harder than ever, and he quickly buried his face in Remus shoulder before it crumbled, noticing faintly how good it felt to be able to do that.
"Oh, Harry..." Remus sighed, "You're just exhausted, that must it... You have better get more sleep from now on... and eat lots of chocolate, and you'll feel much better"
Harry nodded pitifully and sniffed, then the embarassment caught up with him again and he pulled back, wiping his face quickly and looking at the floor. Sirius had straightened up and looked rather embarassed as well, he shuffled his feet and had his hands far down his pockets, which was a sure sign. If he'd been a dog at that moment, his tail would probably be hiding between his legs.
"I'm, eh... sorry for going off like that Harry... Remus is right, you haven't been sleeping well, I should have figured you're exhausted..."
"'S alright..." Harry muttered, "I know you guys worry... 'm fine, though..."
"Well" Remus said, "Harry, you have better get packed, it's already half past..."
"Yeah..." Harry said and turned to leave the kitchen. As he reached the doorway, however, he turned back to the other two wizards who had resumed their seats at the table, "D-dad?" he said tentatively. Both wizards looked up, but Remus replied, "Yes?"
Harry swallowed and flickerd his gaze over to Sirius, "Daddy?"
The left corner of Sirius mouth twitched, "Yes, Harry" he replied with amused patience. Harry looked between them both and swallowed again, then said carefully, "Just... wanted to say that... y'know... I love you guys..."
Remus smiled warmly at him and Sirius lopsided smirk turned soft as well.
"And we love you too, you silly boy..." Remus replied lovingly. Harry beamed and then spun around and ran out of the kitchen and up the stairs, the faint sound of chuckling reaching his ears. He raced up the staircase towards HIS room, to get packed.
"Hurry up!" Remus called after him, and Harry decided that although he weren't dreaming, things were wierd indeed, but even if he had been dreaming, he would never have wanted to wake up.
TBC