Chapter 5
(Monday)
Harry's classes went by fine, Draco was with him in most of them but when they had to, they would go to their separate classes. The Gryffindor soon, with the help of his Slytherin friends, made his way up into the top 5 in their year. Coming third in most classes, although he was still number one in DADA, Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Unfortunately the professor had gotten hurt from a stray spell that Monday and the staff had yet to find a new teacher for it. Not very many teachers were willing to take it as everyone said that the position was cursed, so Dumbledor had called in some… reinforcement in the form of Remus J. Lupin. When the students would come back that Wednesday, they would find their new experienced professor.
"So, who do you think our new DADA professor's going to be?" Draco asked Harry as they were eating dinner.
Harry shrugged, "Who knows? It could be anyone." He took a bite of his food and swallowed it before talking again. "Know what would be really cool?" The Slytherin's looked up from their plates at Harry. "If Professor Lupin came back."
Draco grinned and ruffled his hair. "That's because you like him."
He rolled his eyes, "We actually learned something when Moony was here."
"That's the werewolf, right?" Pansy asked, looking at Harry. He nodded and swallowed before answering.
"Yes and he is one of the best professors, even if he is a werewolf."
They continued eating their supper, before dessert appeared and their dinner dishes disappeared. Dinner was the usual food; while dessert was always something exotic that Dumbledor came up with. It was always fun to see what he would invent for the night. Finishing up their dessert, they sat once more for a while and talked with friends.
But unlike last time, Ron and Hermione didn't come over once they finished up. The two Gryffindor's made their way to Harry to talk to him, ask him whether or not he was coming up to the common room with them.
"Gryffindor's at 12 o'clock," Harry and Draco heard Blaise whisper to them and Harry's head had shot up from looking at and eating his yummy dessert.
"It's ok," started Harry. He smiled at Blaise as Draco slipped his left hand into Harry's right hand. The blond squeezed his hand and smiled at the lone Gryffindor sitting at the table. "They're ok, we made up this morning, which was quiet funny."
"Harry," Ron started off wearily of the Slytherins, "We're going back to the common room and wondering if you would be coming with us?" He eyed them closely as they ate their dessert. Hermione rolled her eyes at Ron and smiled at Harry, who smiled back.
"No, I'm gonna stay, finish my dessert and go with Draco for a bit, then I'll be up," said Harry, looking up at Ron. Draco leaned over and whispered something in his ears, making him giggle and shake his head. Harry shooed him away with a hand, "I'll be up later Ron, I promise."
"Come on, Harry said he'll be up later. He is in very good hands, now let's go." Hermione said, tugging on his arm and he was reluctant to go. She pulled Ron away and turned around to smile at Harry. Harry mouthed, 'Thank you' and smiled back to her.
"Good hands?" Pansy giggled, looking at the two Gryffindor's leaving the Great Hall. She and Blaise shared a glance and burst into laughter. Theodore looked at them like they were crazy before looking at Draco's hands and smiled, chuckling.
"What?" Harry looked up at them and they laughed even more, shaking their heads. He thought they were all crazy, anyways. Turning to Draco, he asked, "What's the matter with them?"
Draco smiled and shook his head, "A very stupid and perverted joke. Ignore them." He kissed Harry on the forehead.
They finished their dessert, leaving the dishes on the table for the house-elves and went to the Slytherin common room to relax. When they entered, the fire was going, bathing the room with warmth to ward off the coldness. The students that left earlier took up most of the furniture but the couch in front of the fire was cleared of students as soon as Draco stepped in. Draco Malfoy was still the Prince of Slytherin, as his father did have a lot of money and authority in the wizarding world.
The blond flopped down onto the couch, sighing as found the familiar-ness of the couch and pulled Harry down next to him. He squeaked and giggled, rolling his eyes at Draco.
"You're silly," he stated but curled up in Draco's arms. He breathed in deeply as the other Slytherin's, not including Draco, shared a knowing look and smiled, all thinking that this would be good for the blond.
Harry opened his eyes and looked around, "Anyone have a blood pop?"
Blaise nodded, "Some up in my room." He moved to get up from his seat.
"That's ok, I've learned to carry one on me Blaise, at all times." Draco said, rummaging through his pockets. He pulled out a lollipop and handed it to Harry, who grinned and all but tore off the paper to shove in his mouth.
Pansy and Theo giggled at Harry's face as he ate it. The raven-haired boy smiled and snuggled closer to Draco, closing his eyes and hoping he wouldn't fall asleep before he finished his sucker. The other Slytherin students kept talking on, every sound mixing together and soothing over Harry. He quickly finished off his lollipop, as he didn't want to fall asleep with the stick in his mouth and for it to do something bad.
Vince and Greg started a game of chess by the fire as Draco, Pansy, Blaise and Theo started a conversation. As theses things went on, Harry was lulled by the sounds and slowly fell asleep, lying next to Draco.
Up in the Gryffindor tower, it was almost curfew and Ron was going crazy.
"Hermione!" He complained loudly, plopping down on the couch next to her. "It's almost time for curfew! What if he isn't back by then?"
She looked up, glancing at her boyfriend, "It's ok, and he'll be fine if he doesn't make it up here. He's with Draco and anyone can see that Draco likes him, now get over it."
Hermione went back to reading her book as Ron got up and started pacing.
He stopped in front of her, "Can I at least go check on him?"
"Fine, I'll come with you." She sighed and put her bookmark in her place before setting it down on her bag.
They left the common room through the Fat Lady portrait, walking down the many stairs until hitting the main floor and went down into the dungeons. Quickly looking at the portraits on the wall, they determined the way to the Slytherin common rooms. Ron knocked on the portrait, quite franticly and loudly.
"What's the matter?" They heard someone yell from inside. There was a lot of shifting noises from inside, students talking and laughing.
Finally it swung open and Pansy appeared, "You guys shut up! You're all stupid!" She laughed and looked at them. "What do you want?"
"Is Harry here? It's almost time for curfew." He asked, trying to peek inside for said boy.
"Ron!" Hermione hissed, pulling him back before smiling at Pansy, "I'm sorry for him! I can't take him anywhere! Is Harry here?"
Pansy looked at the two before giggling, "Yeah, he's here. But he's asleep, sorry."
"With who?"
"Draco, who else? Geez, that's all he spends his time with nowadays." Pansy replied and motioning them into the room, "They're over by the fire."
"Right, thanks," the two walked into the room and toward the couch.
"Malfoy, where's Harry?" Ron questioned as they neared it.
"Sleeping, why?" A hand appeared from the other side, waving to them.
"It's almost curfew, that's why," said Ron; looking over the back of the couch and saw Harry curled up on top of Malfoy. The blonde's hands were on his back, rubbing it lightly.
Hermione smiled at the picture, "It looks like everything's fine. Ron, Harry can stay here. He looks so peaceful, I don't want to disturb him."
Ron's jaw dropped looking at the two then looked at Hermione, glaring.
"What? He looks fine! I didn't think that it would be a problem. Gosh, Ron, get over it." She rolled her eyes at him and moved around the couch, crouching down to kiss Harry on the forehead. "Sleep well. Take care of him…Draco." She stood up, moving out of the room, dragging Ron with her.
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After the two Gryffindor's left, Draco gathered up Harry in his arms and left, saying, "It's almost time, so I'm going to bed now. See ya in the morning."
The blond Slytherin said his password and slipped inside to his common room then to his room. After he entered his room, he set Harry on his bed and transfigured his school clothes into silk pajamas. Draco covered Harry with the comforter and left for the bathroom to do his nightly things before crawling into bed next to Harry.
The night went by fine. Harry didn't have any nightmares and slept through the night, curled up against Draco, a leg and arm thrown over him. And Draco had his arm around Harry's shoulders.
Tuesday morning dawned; Harry was snuggled close to Draco with the covers around their waists. It was too warm to even wear the sheets when you were snuggling up close to a person with a lot of body heat.
The raven-haired boy smiled as he woke, not yet opening his eyes and wanting to stay in bed all day rather then go to classes. But today they would have a free period in DADA as they still didn't have a teacher yet.
'Maybe I can talk with Ron and Hermione then, get caught up with them or something.' Harry grinned, wiggling beside the blond that was still sleeping.
But that said blond wasn't sleeping, he was listening to Harry's thoughts, unconsciously. 'Maybe Harry is my mate. I can hear his thoughts… Oh well, I won't know until next weekend, when my birthday is.'
Harry upon hearing the last thought, giggled. "You won't know what until your birthday?"
"What?" Draco opened his eyes and looked down at Harry in his arms. "No I didn't. I said that in my head."
"Really?" Harry asked and saw Draco nod. "Oh..."
'Shake your head if you can hear me,' Draco thought, still looking at Harry.
Harry shook his head, "Crystal clear." Then he suddenly giggled. "This is going to be fun!"
The blond smiled and shook his head. "What am I going to do with you?"
The boy in his arms smiled, "I don't know. But don't you think that it's time to get up?"
Draco looked at the clock by his bed and nodded. "You go shower and I'll find something for you to wear."
They climbed out of Draco's bed and Harry went to the bathroom to shower while Draco went to his closet to find Harry some clothes. He grinned just thinking about what he could dress Harry up in. Digging around, Draco found a pair of black trousers that were a size too small for him, but looked about Harry's size, and then went about finding a shirt. The shirt was a plain tight black t-shirt, which would look good on Harry's small form.
Harry quickly showered, not wanting to miss breakfast. He got out and wrapped the towel around his waist, before opening the door.
"Here you go, Harry. Put them on and I'll go shower," the blond smiled, shoving clothes into Harry's arms. He squeaked, grabbing the clothes with one hand and holding on to his towel with the other one. Draco ruffled the green-eyed boy's hair before going into the bathroom to take his shower.
Harry stared at the closed door for a while, before he snapped out of it and pulled them on. He giggled at Draco's choice for pants, but nonetheless put them on and the same with the shirt. Harry thought to himself, 'Drake is one silly kid,' he giggled.
'I heard that!' Draco's voice rang in his head, making Harry stop drying his hair and giggling again.
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Classes went by, then lunch, then more classes and then dinner. Harry, having a study period before dinner (when DADA was normally, but didn't have as they didn't have a teacher), had finished up most of his homework and was waiting for his blond friend to help him with potions. When Draco had finished all his homework he started working with Harry on his potions. They were sitting in the Slytherin common room; with the rest of the Slytherin's who were also doing they're homework.
"Hey! I should've had an answer by Moony now! Don't you think?" Harry said, looking up from his place at Draco's feet and work on the table.
"Hmm," the said blond looked up from his book. "Yes, I think so, unless something has happened to him. Let's wait until tomorrow and if we don't get a response then, we'll go to the headmaster, ok?" Draco leaned down and kissed him on the forehead.
Harry giggled and shook his head. "Okay. Will you help me with this?"
Most of the seventh years smiled at the small affection from Draco and watched them for a bit before going back to their own homework or whatever they were working on.