Chapter 15

Pansy sat on Draco's bed and watched as the male Slytherins packed up.

'This is gonna be so boring. I mean, the only cool Gryffindor that I know of, is Harry. And it's not like we can just start palling around with him, people would start to get suspicious.'

Draco nodded his head in agreement as he magically packed his trunk to take to the new sleeping quarters that had been arranged for all the Seventh years. Bitz sat on his bed, watching him while she was petted by Pansy.

'Yeah, but think of it this way. The day we get back from these new stupid living quarters, into good ole Slytherin, everyone will want to celebrate with a party.'

Pansy's eyes lit up and she jumped to her feet on his bed, 'Oh, Drakey, just…just…it'll be so much fun!'

As Pansy was screaming excitedly about getting to have a party back in Slytherin, Crabbe and Goyle came in to see what was taking so long.

'Draco, what are you doing in here?'

Jumping down from the bed, her tawny curls dancing behind her, Pansy grabbed Crabbe's hand and began to spin around, 'We're going to have a party. Partay!'

Laughing, Draco looked over to Goyle and they smirked, Draco started the song.

'You show us everything you've got
You keep on dancin' and the room gets hot
You drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy
You say you wanna go for a spin
The party's just begun, we'll let you in
You drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy
You keep on shoutin', you keep on shoutin'….'

Laughing, everybody in the room joined in for the chorus,

'…I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day…!'

Laughing, the foursome flopped onto Draco's bed and stared at the ceiling; Bitz had quickly gotten out of the way. 'So who's ready to go to the new dormitory?'

In answer to Draco's question no one raised their hand, leading to a barrage of giggles.

'All right, let me rephrase that, who's ready to go bug the snot out of some Gryffindors, while hanging out with Harry Potter?'

At this query, eight hands shot up and an excited hum greeted Draco.

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Harry looked up from his menial packing to notice that Ron was hurriedly magicking his clothes and possessions into his trunk. Harry also noticed that they were the last two in the room. About to open his mouth to say something Ron beat him to the punch.

'Look, in this new dormitory, I want you to know that I'm sleeping near Seamus, Dean, and Neville. Whether you sleep near us or not is your decision, but I warn you I will not have you insulting me by talking to Draco as if he's some friend.'

Harry glared angrily at Ron and said, 'If that's the case, I'm not so sure I would want to sleep near you anyway. After all, you do snore something horrible.'

Angry again, Ron turned and stormed from the room, his trunk in tow. Sighing, Harry picked up his own trunk and carried it to the new dormitory, having studied, and memorized, the directions there.

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'The painting of the angel child is the entrance, and the password is 'Unity'.'

Looking up to see if he'd gotten it right, Draco was happy to note that he hadn't screwed up and had actually gotten there without messing up the directions. Stepping through the portrait hole and into the room, Draco was almost startled into gasping. Instead of any of the house colors being present, everything was in three primary colors, blue, grey, and green.

Walking through the common area, Draco walked towards the boys' dormitory. Walking through he looked up, and Draco smirked his trademark Malfoy smirk. 'Well, well, it looks like the Slytherins are top dogs all the time.'

Up above the level he was on, Crabbe, Goyle, and Blaise were putting their trunks in front of several beds. Looking closer, Draco noticed that they had chosen to sleep next to Harry. Smiling, he made his own way up the spiraling staircase to the second level.

'Now, what do I have here?'

Smiling, the three Slytherins waved Draco over, and Harry's eyes caught and held Draco's.

'Can you hear me?'

Shocked Draco accidentally dropped his trunk on his toe. Instantly Crabbe had the trunk off the toe and in his massive hands. Passing it to Goyle, Crabbe slanted a questioning gaze at Draco.

Laughing, Draco said, 'You know how weak I am. Can't hold anything.'

Although Crabbe shook his head in his role, his eyes drilled into Draco until the platinum blonde looked away.

'I take it that you can then. I just wanted to see if it was simply the atmosphere in the class, or if it was something more.'

Draco slowly turned his head to look at Harry, only to see the brunette smiling back at him.

'So I take it you guys don't exactly hate me anymore then?'

Draco laughed and said, 'Well, you know, a Slytherin can't hate someone who was almost a Slytherin.'

Nodding his head Harry said, 'Sure, I know that.'

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Harry sat back down in the cool leather chair by the fire, sighing as it soothed the hot flesh on his backside. Draco sat on his right and Elizzabeth on his left.

'Alright, I did my dare, and although it hurt my 'already hot arse' as Pansy put it, I did it. Now, Draco, truth or dare.'

Draco smirked at the raven haired boy beside him, 'Dare.' He still had too many secrets that he didn't want Harry knowing quite yet.

Laughing, Harry said, 'Alright, Draco, I dare you, to kiss Pansy.'

Shrugging his shoulders Draco said, 'That's no big-'

Smiling Harry cut him off, 'Let me finish. You have to FRENCH kiss Pansy.'

Draco looked wide eyed at the Gryffindor and said, 'Gross.'

Pansy, on Draco's right, hit him.

'Wait, I meant it's gross because you're more like a sister than a lover.'

Laughing, Harry said, 'Do you take this dare Draco? Or do you want to go for the Truth?'

Sighing Draco turned to Pansy and quickly frenched her.

'There, happy?'

But before Harry could answer Draco, Ron had stepped from behind him and said in a cool voice, 'Harry. After my detention with Professor Snape, Professor Lupin wanted me to ask you if you'd had any trouble from Snape in your detention.'

Looking up at Ron, Harry said, 'Yeah? Thanks for letting me know, if you see him, would you tell him that I was fine. Nothing happened.'

Ron's eyes burned into Harry and he said, 'You can tell him your bloody self. I'm not your bloody messenger boy.'

Shocked Harry started, 'Ron, I didn't mean-'

'But that's the point isn't it Harry? You never meant anything you've ever done. I mean, you didn't mean to get put into the Triwizard Tournament, you just happened to be in it. You never meant for Cedric to die, he was killed by Voldemort. And you never meant for Sirius-'

But before Ron could finish his rant, the pajama clad Slytherins around Harry stood up. Crabbe and Goyle glared at him while Pansy let out a hiss of indignation. Draco sneered at the red head and Elizzabeth spoke.

'You know Ron, Hermione used to write me and tell me how great you were. That you stuck by your friends through anything, that you never had a bad word for anybody except those who deserved it. But since I've been here, all I've seen of you is this small, petty person who is continually trashing Slytherins for no reason, and is almost obsessed over his best friend. I mean, god, Harry isn't your personal property or anything, and I feel that if he wants to do something other than what you want, he should be able to do so without you blaming him for a bunch of ridiculous things he couldn't possibly have done.'

Harry smiled at the scene before him; here were several people who he could now call friends, simply because he had been nice to them instead of the usual cruelty. Ron, however, looked like he'd love to be anywhere but there at that moment. His mouth opened and closed silently like a fish.

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Harry sat on his bed and laughed with the Slytherins.

Goyle wiped at his eyes and managed to get out, 'I mean, the way his mouth just opened and closed, he was so shocked! It reminded me of Professor Snape earlier when you handed in that roll of parchment.'

Harry laughed and then turned to look at Crabbe as he put in his own two bits.

'Nah, the best part of Potions was when Harry told Snape that he'd already done the assignment, and to top it off, had done a foot more than what Snape requested!'

The five boys smiled and drifted back to that afternoon.

ooO FLASHBACK Ooo

Harry walked up to Snape's desk and placed a large roll of parchment on the chipped surface, 'Sir, here's the write up you wanted me to complete.'

Sneering at him, Snape said, 'Potter, if I read this to the class, would it merely be a load of drivel that consisted of your whininess over the pains you suffered as a result of your special Glory potion?'

Looking to him with a blank face Harry said in an equally blank voice, 'I don't know sir. What would you count as whining?'

Standing up, Snape rolled open the parchment, expecting to embarrass Harry and began to read,

'On the day of my consumption of my discolored Glory Potion I feel that nothing extraordinary happened. All I can report is that in Transfiguration, with Professor McGonagall I was somehow able to turn my toad into a deli toothpick upon my first try. And later in my next class, Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Lupin, I was able to deflect a curse with minimal effort…'

Snape looked up angrily and said to the class at large, 'I do believe the Mr. Potter here had missed the main point of his bit of homework. I do believe that two feet on all the magical side effects that could be attained through 'discolored' potions, and what exceeding amounts of which substances causes these results.'

Harry merely sat at his desk and said, 'Professor, if you look further down that roll of parchment you'll notice that I took the liberty of completing that assignment in advance, I just hope you don't mind that I did three feet instead of the two you requested.'

In front of him Snape's eyebrow twitched and he looked as if about to implode. From across the room Harry heard a feminine giggle that hadn't quite been muffled well enough.

'Is there anything else you would have me do sir? For I do so want to make up for my miscalculation in the Glory potion.'

Seeming to come back to himself Snape strode to his desk and said, 'That is all Potter, I will have no suck ups in my class. For I do not hold a place for a teachers pet.'

At this point Ron had been unable to keep from yelling out, 'But sir, everyone knows your soft on the Slytherins, especially Malfoy.'

Turning to look at Ron he said in a menacing voice, 'Weasley, that will be another night of detention with me, I'm afraid.'

ooO END FLASHBACK Ooo

Smiling Harry rolled over on his bed and pulled off his glasses, getting ready to go to sleep.

To his right, Draco was looking at him and said, 'Why do you wear those dratted things when you can correct the problem with a simple spell?'

Blaise turned from crawling into his bed, on Harry's left, and looked expectantly at Harry, eager to hear the answer. Crabbe and Goyle also turned from their own beds to listen.

'Well…I just haven't really thought about it. I mean, sure, maybe I'll get Madame Pomfrey to fix them or something. I just haven't had the time lately, what with detention, and homework, and all that crap.'

Draco smirked and said, 'I'd do it as quick as possible if I was you, I mean, glasses are a pain in the butt. Aren't they?'

When Harry nodded his head Draco continued on, 'Good, I noticed you changed your style, at least, from those old rags you were wearing, but your glasses would be a huge step forward as well.'

Smiling, Harry put his head on his new pillow and breathed in the scent of lemon, feeling all the tension of the day seep out of him he said, 'Sure Draco, and next your going to tell me I could be a teen heart throb that all the girls would clamor over.'

Laughing softly, Draco slid into his own bed and said, 'You're far off on your image of yourself…Potter.'

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