Chapter 5 - Shopping confessions

It was the next day and Draco woke up to his father screaming at the morning post, he hadn't been feeling his usual self, Ron and Flash were still avoiding him and his constant questions.

After cushioning his tootsies into a pair of fluffy white slippers he wandered over to the door, his white silk nightie flowing. He toddled downstairs to the kitchen and saw the source of his father's yelling.

The front page was covered with a large censored picture of the 'events' of the previous day.

It was labelled 'Male fornication on school campus'

He snatched the paper out of his father's hands, who then stared blankly into space.

The article read:

Male fornication on school campus

A school student, one Draco Malfoy who is head cheerleader of the Hog high squad, found two of the schools male employees in a compromising position. The accused were found making "crazy naked love" sex on the teacher's desk. The two employees, Professor Remus Lupin 37, and Sirius Black 38, the schools janitor were said to have been involved before the incident occurred. The embarrassing episode is said to have arisen on previous occasions before as well but has not been witnessed. The two teachers have lost their jobs after a certain

Narcissa Malfoy 34, ambushed the schools governors insisting on an immediate end to their career. Draco Malfoy is said to be deeply traumatised by this event and is having counselling, there is also rumours that he will be shipped off to an asylum by the end of the week.

Cont pg 26 column 2

Picture and story submitted by school newspaper editor Colin Creevey

"Oh my god, I'm gonna kill you Colin!" Draco muttered angrily to himself.

"COLIN CREEVEY! Get your short annoying camera snapping ass right here now!" Draco yelled as he stormed into the homeroom.

Colin immediately paled and tried to hide behind his camera… this was unsuccessful.

Draco wrapped his hands around Colin's neck and attempted to throttle him.

"You are a lying little worm, Creevey " Draco snarled. "I" BANG "AM" BANG " NOT " BANG "CRAZY" He said between banging Colin's head against a locker door.

Parvati screamed

"What the hell is wrong with you Malfoy!" Lavender yelled.

"FUCKING PISS OFF YOU LESBIAN BITCH" Draco yelled back. A/N please do not take any offence to this comment!

The cheerleading squad gasped.

Lavender's eyes bulged, "you swore" she whispered, "that is against the cheerleaders code of conduct, you could be kicked off the squad for that".

Draco started sniffling quietly, and slowly released Colin's neck.

Hermione walked up to Draco and put her arms round his back while he started sobbing into her shoulder earnestly.

"Ibeensoupset" snivel "itsjustsohard" snivel, Draco mumbled sadly.

"There there Draco" Hermione said as she patted him on the back. "It'll all be ok in the end"

"How do you know that?" Draco sobbed.

"Sometimes believing is all we have" Hermione consoled.

A/N Yes this quote is off Team America, we love that film it rocks! fcuk yeh!

"I don't fucking believe this" Lupin shouted, throwing the morning newspaper down on the table.

Sirius sat in silence; he was slightly frightened at this unusual behaviour on Lupins part.

"Why are you being so irrational baby? It's not the end of the world… we have each other" Sirius said softly.

"We were just shagging" Lupin shouted angrily.

"But you said you loved me" Sirius exclaimed, confused.

"No I didn't, the only thing we had in common was that we both like your penis, and now I don't even have that!" Lupin yelled.

"Well excuuuuuuse me! Mr I-cant-get-it-up-without-taking-a-Viagra-pill" Sirius said indifferently.

"Well fine then, were through! if you insult my manhood, you insult me you insensitive bastard!" Lupin said hotly, before turning on his heel and storming out the room.

Sirius felt tears pricking the corners of his eyes; he hadn't even meant those mean things he had said. But that was it… it was too late…

It was over.

It was now mid-afternoon, and Draco had finished his lessons for the day, so he decided to head back home for some recovery over his embarrassing debut. He had been lucky to not of been kicked off the squad, but they had decided not to hold it against him, as he had been so upset.

Draco was lying on his stomach in his bedroom on his bed, reading some magazine about a transvestite who was pregnant. He was bored out of his mind.

He sighed heavily before dropping the magazine on the floor and turning onto his back to look up at the ceiling.

He led there thinking for a bit about what could have happened at the party.

After 10 minutes he had become bored but he knew it had something to do with himself, Seamus and a wet tongue. (At this point he cringed inwardly at himself).

What does that have to do with anything? He thought to himself.

Lying there on his back he was about to drift off when he heard a loud knocking at the front door. Huffing angrily he got up from his comfy sleeping position and walked towards his bedroom door, but not without walking past the mirror, he caught a glimpse of himself and saw that he had major bed hair and unsuccessfully tried to smooth and neaten it down.

He walked downstairs and opened the front door, there stood Flash. He was standing very awkwardly on the front porch holding a bunch of yellow roses.

"I…um...heard you were really upset at school today, and I bought you these, I…er hope you are feeling better now. He said sheepishly, holding out the bunch of lovely flowers.

Draco blushed slightly and took them from his hands. He smelt them thoughtfully before replying.

"They're lovely. Thank you, it was very thoughtful of you" Draco replied quietly.

The two stood awkwardly before Flash brought his eyes to meet Draco's; they stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds before Draco looked away shyly to look at his feet instead. Flash swore he saw a small blush colouring his pale face.

He is so cute, thought Flash attentively.

Draco plucked up his courage before asking,

"So do you want to come in?" He asked calmly.

"Actually I wondered if you wanted to come out with me" Flash replied gently.

"What do you mean?" Draco asked, confusedly.

"I wondered if you wanted to go to the mall with me?" Flash replied.

"What you mean like a date?" Draco said excitedly.

Flash stood there blankly for a few moments, he wanted it to be like a date, but he didn't know whether Draco wanted the same.

Unknowingly to him Draco did.

"No just as friends" Flash lied.

Flash noticed a slight frown pass over Draco's sweet and innocent face.

"Oh…ok" Draco said unenthusiastically.

"Aw that is so cute! I just wanna snuggle up to it all day" Draco said lovingly, at the little brown teddy bear who was holding a bunch of red roses.

"Uh Draco? Who are you talking to?" Flash asked.

Draco turned round eagerly, holding up the teddy. "The bear! Isn't it the most adorable snugly little thing you've ever seen in your life?" He said ecstatically.

"Um…"

"I wanna get it, I wanna get it!" Draco exclaimed.

He reached into his handbag and pulled out a little silk purse, he looked inside.

"Oh shoot I don't have enough money," Draco said sulkily, and began to sob again, he was very emotional these days.

"I'll get it for you" Flash offered.

"Are you sure?" Draco said wetly.

"Of course" Flash said. I would do anything for you babe.

"Oh Flash, thank-you so much!" Draco said running up to Flash and hugging him tightly.

Flash went rigid…all over. A/N I think you know what we mean here!

They broke apart; while Flash was standing stiffly looking embarrassed and hoping that Draco hadn't noticed the bulge in his pants. Flash shifted uncomfortably trying to free his leather boxers.

"I'll just um…go and um…pay for this…" Flash said awkwardly, pointing to the teddy bear in Draco's arm.

"So um where did you go after you paid to for the teddy-bear? You ran off pretty urgently" Draco asked interested.

Flash wanted to tell him the truth. He had run off to the bathroom to get rid of his boner over Draco's little hug, but instead he decided that it would be best for both of them to lie. "Um…nowhere".

"Oh ok" Draco said casually, before pulling out the teddy bear, coddling it and talking in baby talk at it.

A bit later on

"So um what's your favourite colour Flash?" Draco said stirring his strawberry milkshake with his straw.

"Purple and gold, but don't you dare tell anyone, what's yours?" Flash replied.

"Pink and silver" Draco responded.

They sat in an awkward silence for a few minutes, until Draco broke the ice.

"Flash, I was thinking of naming my teddy-bear Harry after you" Draco said softly.

Oh dear god, Flash thought to himself "Oh um that's great, real nice of you, really worth 22 dollars" he said unconvincingly.

Draco smiled gently at Flash and went back to cradling his teddy bear.

Before Flash was about to do his head in, hearing Draco make affectionate baby talk to his teddy bear. Draco looked up remembering what he wanted to ask Flash.

"Flash, can you do something for me?" Draco asked.

"Sure" Flash replied.

"Okay good, but before I tell you, you have to take the cheerleaders oath of truth." Draco said.

"The who's what of huh?" Flash asked, confused.

"The cheerleader's oath of truth" Draco replied "Jeez Flash get with the program" Draco said jokily

"Oh" Flash said.

"Okay what you need to do is raise your right hand, like this". And Draco, raised his right hand in the air and showed him the hand gesture. "And then put your left hand on your heart like this" Draco then said putting his left hand over his left breast where his heart would be. Flash copied Draco's movements and was now poised ready for this what-cha-ma-call-it, cheerleading thing.

"And now repeat after me, I Flash" Draco said.

"I Flash" Flash imitated.

"Have decided to take the cheerleaders oath of truth," Draco said.

"Have decided to take the cheerleaders oath of truth" Flash duplicated.

"And I promise to follow it, and abide by the rules" Draco then said.

"And I promise to follow it, and abide by the rules...most of the time" Flash said cheekily, before putting his hands back on the table. Draco did the same.

"Good enough I suppose" Draco said friendlily.

"Good, Good" Flash said with a charming smile. Who was now thinking, the things I do for this guy, first the teddy bear and now this.

"So um what is the oath of truth?" Flash asked, interested.

Draco smiled at him warmly before clearing his throat and putting his hands in the previous gesture.

The cheerleaders have gathered to make an oath

We have two rules, you must follow both

To share, to care and never ever swear

To always try our very best and put our rivals to the test

With these rules you have our blessing

They will guide you and hold you with caressing

Now you must swear, with honour and with pride

To take our oath in your stride.

"I guess there's no going back then?" Flash asked questioningly.

"No way mister" Draco replied with a hint of seriousness.

"I guess you can now tell me what's on your mind?" Flash asked calmly.

"Yeah...Flash what happened at the party at my house?" Draco asked seriously, leaning slightly over the table, he was looking directly at Flash.

I guess there's no way out of this one Flash, Flash thought. Unless

"Well you know..."he hesitated, "Seamus tried to snog you, and you said no...and well he did other stuff... but it's not really that important". Flash finished. Flash didn't want to lie but he didn't want to see Draco upset and worried over a bastard like Seamus.

"Okay, but you would tell me if there was anything else though right?" Draco asked, uncertainly.

"Of course I would" Flash said, lying through his teeth. "I took the oath of truth didn't I" he said solemnly.

"Yeh I know, I just wanted to make sure" Draco said softly, before smiling.

"So your okay then? I mean you're not upset?" Flash asked, at this point he wanted nothing more than just to kiss Draco right here and now.

"No I'm fine, I know I'm safe with you looking after me". Draco said sweetly.

He is so sweet thought Flash considerately. I wonder what he'd do if I tried to kiss him.

He looked at Draco for some kind of sign, but obviously received none.

Oh well I won't know until I try.

Flash decided to take some action, and moved out of his seat and went to sit in one, right next to Draco. He took one of Draco's hands and gave it an affectionate squeeze and then looked up to Draco, who was looking at him expectantly. Flash leaned down towards Draco's pink full lips, while Draco turned to look right into Flash's eyes.

Flash leaned down a little bit more, their lips were almost touching, almost...

"Hey guys!" they heard the loud voice calling at them.

Flash immediately looked up at the unexpected visitor and let go of Draco's hand. Draco was a bit slower to react but when Flash let go of his hand he frowned slightly, and placed that hand and his other in his lap, and looked down at them sadly.

"Hey you guys! We sure didn't expect to see you here" the visitor or rather visitors said, they were Ron and a slightly flushed Pansy, taking seats on the opposite side to Draco and Flash.

At this point Flash was inwardly frowning heavily. Jeez I get this close and then it all gets ruined.

"So what have you guys been up to then?" Ron asked.

"Oh nothing really doing a bit of shopping, the usual" Flash replied. "What have you guys been up to?" Flash however didn't need to be a genius to know where the two young lovers had been, for a start Pansy was flushed, and secondly Ron's jumper was inside out. Sly guys real sly. Flash thought to himself.

"Bout the same" Ron replied hotly. Looking slightly embarrassed, Flash grinned at this before turning to Draco, he was still looking at his hands dejectedly. He hadn't even said hi to his friends yet. I guess he's a bit hurt, or thinks I'm too embarrassed or something. Flash thought to himself once again.

"Draco honey, how have you been, I heard you were upset at school today, are you okay now?" Pansy asked genuinely concerned.

"Yeh Pans I'm okay now, just a bit tired I think I'm gonna hit home in a minute, get some rest recover, you know the drill". Draco replied.

"Yeh its probably for the best mate, you should rest, then you'll be back to yourself again tomorrow". Ron said comfortingly.

"Yeh, I guess you're right Ron, I'll see you guys tomorrow then, Bye" Draco said almost sadly. It was obvious he didn't want to be around anyone at the moment.

"C ya Draco" chorused Ron and Pansy together.

"Bye Draco" Flash said forlornly, as he watched Draco go out the door. He sighed sadly, which earned him weird looks from Ron and Pansy, but they shrugged it off and started making out hotly. Flash wanted to chase after Draco and tell him that he really liked him and that he didn't mean to hurt his feelings. However he was afraid that Draco might tell him to piss off. He had never been refused before, and decided he probably wouldn't handle it great. He glanced back towards Ron and Pansy who were now in major lip-locking mode, he sighed greatly again.

What have I got to lose? Flash asked himself. He jumped up quickly and rushed towards the door.

"Mmm...Flash...mmphf...where you going?" Pansy asked loudly towards where Flash was running, still slightly kissing Ron's lips.

"Gotta go see a guy" Flash shouted back, not bothering to look around at the partially snogging pair.

Pansy looked at him and watched him go out the door; the door swung shut, shrugging she continued to lock lips with Ron.

Flash could see Draco not too far away in the distance, he was slightly slouched over and it looked like he had his arms wrapped round himself, as if he was trying to keep out the cold. Flash continued running towards him, and was finally nearing Draco.

"Hey Draco, wait up!" Flash called, finally catching up with his moving destination. "Do you want me to walk you home" he offered kindly.

Draco looked up at him slightly, but continued to walk. "Yeh, okay" he replied softly.

They walked in silence next to each other, until they were outside Draco's house, Flash knew this was his only chance.

"Draco about back at the milkshake place, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anything, I just didn't want them to see us doing that yet, that's all, and I do care for you a lot, and I thinkIfellinlovewithyouwhenIfirstsawyou but I didn't want to tell you cause I was afraid you didn't feel the same way but I do care about you a lot" Flash said hastily, he took a much needed breath, waiting to see Draco's response. Draco just stood there looking at him for a few moments. Flash was about to leave, but Draco spoke before he could.

"Do you really, I mean do you really love me?" Draco asked wetly. He had tears in his eyes and wore a sort of hopeful look on his face. He looked so cute.

"Of course I do, I just wanted you to know, otherwise I would of gone back home and beat myself up for not telling you" Flash replied.

"Oh, well I like you a lot too Flash" Draco said happily.

Flash couldn't believe his ears, he wanted to jump for joy, but contained himself and decided to just smile charmingly at Draco instead.

"That's...great, I mean really great...um so do you wanna go out with me then?" Flash asked, barely containing his excitement.

"Of course, I'd love to" Draco answered delightfully.

"YES, Woo hoo, this is gonna be great, we can hug and kiss and do all other kinds of stuff"...he looked at Draco who was looking at him confusedly with his hands on his slender hips, as if to say 'not until I'm ready mister', so he decided to change his course. "I mean um we can do that stuff when you know you're ready, which is cool, I can wait, I know you're new to all this". Flash said breathlessly, he looked at Draco who was looking at him smiling warmly.

"I know what you mean Flash, you don't need to explain it to me" Draco said softly. Flash smiled at him affectionately, he was about to say something but before he could he had an armful of Draco, he pulled him close, and put his head in the crook of his neck. He smelled lush, like vanilla and strawberries. They stayed like that for what seemed like hours, but which was only at tops three minutes. Flash gently pulled away, while Draco looked at Flash again before speaking.

"Flash, I love you too, and this is one of my happiest moments in my life...next to when I was made the head of cheerleading club...but still its one of my greatest" Draco said sweetly, before smiling at Flash angelically, which made Flash weak at the knees. He took one of Draco's small elegant hands in one of his larger ones, before he spoke.

"I know what you mean, I love you too, but I'm afraid I need to head home now", at this point he felt Draco's hand grip his tighter as if he'd never see him again. "But I'll see you tomorrow, I promise" Flash said determinedly.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then, love you" Draco said, he smiled at Flash as he opened the gate to his drive. He began to walk up it towards his front door.

"Love you" Flash replied as he watched Draco's small form disappear into the front door. Flash had a small happy smile on his face.

Flash started walking away and was about to turn round a corner away from Draco's house, when he heard light footsteps behind him. He twisted round quickly: It was Draco again.

"What are you-" he was about to finish, but he felt Draco's warm lips over his. It wasn't a fiery kiss, but was sweet and tender, but still deep and meaningful. It was over far too soon.

"For you're travels" Draco whispered next to Flash's face, before turning around to walk away once again. He looked over his shoulder to look at Flash one last time for the night, he had his bottom lip between his teeth, as if still debating if it was a good idea. He had a smile on his lips as well.

Flash didn't say anything just watched as Draco's retreating form became smaller and smaller once again. He continued on his way home.

His smile was bigger now.

Hey guys, sorry this chapter took so long to put on, but it is really long, And sorry if you think its too rushed but it fits in with the rest of the story.

C ya

Rog-Goog-Kate

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