Chapter 6
Yeah I got a couple reviews. I swear to god that the only reason I'm making all these chapters so, action free, is because there's gonna be a lot of action happening later…especially when Leah, Harry and Draco go up against the Death Eaters! Well…in the last story, baby got killed. In this chapter…just wait and see…
Snape sat with the grandparents in a little circle. In the middle lay the sleeping baby. Her chest rising and falling with each breath.
"When?" Snape asked.
"Soon…very soon." Grandma said.
"I'm actually gonna miss her." Snape said. The grandparents laughed. "At least, if all goes well, she'll barely have to deal with Voldemort."
"If all goes well." Grandpa said. "Leah's made up with Ron. But she has to make up with Harry for so many things to happen." As one all three sighed.
Draco was awoken from his sleep by music suddenly invading his head. He grumbled and rolled onto his side and opened his eyes just as Leah let the towel drop from her body.
"You know…this view is enough to forget the rude awakening." Draco said. Leah shot a casual glance at him as she walked across her room to her dresser, adding a little wiggle as she did for Draco's benefit. "Keep that up and those clothes won't stay on you long."
"I can't believe that after all we did last night you're ready for more already." Leah said, pulling on a light blue, halter top bikini and pulling a silver sundress over her body. It was Draco's favourite one because it hugged all her curves and didn't have straps which gave him complete, unobstructed access to the whole of her neck and shoulders when he felt the urge to be kissing her in her weak points.
"Want help?" Draco asked, referring to the zipper in the back of the dress. He sat up, careful to make sure the blanket hid everything from waist down because Ron was visiting that day and he didn't know when he'd be there but he didn't want to be sitting fully naked in Leah's room and have Ron show up and see. They had actually gotten near friendly with each other.
"Yeah sure." Leah said, walking over to the bed and kneeling next to it with her back to him. Draco shuffled over, reached down and pulled the zipper up. "You should get dressed too you know. All the Weasleys are coming."
"All of them?" Draco asked. One or two he could handle…but all of them?
"Well…not Percy." Leah said. "At least I'm pretty sure he's not. He occasionally sees his family but I haven't seen him since he became the minister."
"Don't all of them still hate me?" Draco asked, standing up as Leah stood up. He walked over to his dresser and started looking through it.
"No." Leah said.
"Umm…it's kinda hard to get the parentals on my side seeing as how badly my dad treated them." Draco said, pulling on some boxers.
"He treated my parents worse. And they like you." Leah said. Once Draco pulled a pair of black jeans on, Leah walked over, wrapped her arms around him from behind and, standing on her tip toes, rested her chin on his shoulder. "Just be the you that I fell in love with."
"Umm…yeah…that's gonna be a little hard, and not to mention would involve years of therapy afterwards." Draco said, smirking.
"Ok look." Leah said. She slid under Draco's arm to stand in front of him with her arms still around him and her back to the dresser. "You have my parents, Harry's parents, Remus, Hermione, Ron and Ginny on your side. Ok…partially Ron. Least you two are total enemies now."
"I thought you said it was a little get together!" Draco said, suddenly looking panicked.
"Well it's Remus and Tonks' like…engagement party type thingy." Leah said. "So...pretty much the whole order is gonna be here. Backyard party. Oh…by the way…you get to help me with the barbeque."
"That thing you made those hamburger things on?" Draco asked. Leah nodded. "Umm…how?"
"Just…remind me to keep my mind on not burning them…and, you know, when I say so, put the patties on the buns and then onto a plate and onto the…oh shit!" Leah said.
"What?" Draco asked.
"Haven't set up the tables yet!" Leah said.
"Oh…Dobby did it." Draco said.
"How do you know?" Leah asked.
"I can see him still adding the finishing touches." Draco said, looking out the window. Leah looked and laughed when she saw Dobby standing on one of four tables and setting different things on it. "Much as I like being this close to you…you gotta let go now so I can get a shirt on."
"Oh…right. Sorry." Leah said. Draco pulled on a blue button up shirt and did up all but the top two buttons. "Don't cover it up." She put her hand on his arm, over the dark mark. "It's too hot to wear anything long sleeved."
"Ok." Draco said. "But…"
"I've accepted all of you." Leah said. "And Mione and Gin have as well. If everybody else doesn't want to then screw them!" Draco smirked and pulled her right up against him before kissing her. Leah smiled into the kiss then jumped when there was a knock on the door.
"I'm coming in!" Ron called.
"Ok then." Draco said. Ron walked into the room. Draco stepped away from Leah. "How ya doing Weasley?"
"Good." Ron said. "You?"
"Perfectly fine." Draco said. Leah shook her head.
"Don't wanna know." Ron said. He looked at Leah. "Just letting you know…Harry's here."
"Ok." Leah said. "Oh well. Everyone bring swimsuits?"
"Everyone who's gonna swim." Ron said. Leah nodded and the three of them went downstairs.
"You've been engaged for how long and you're only having the party now?" Draco asked Remus, raising an eyebrow.
"Hasn't been time has there." Remus said. Draco shook his head.
"Hey Moody, mate!" Sirius said, walking over and throwing an arm over his friend's shoulders. "You joining the ranks of the married man."
"You know…we have a lot to teach ya about it." James said, coming up on Remus' other side.
"Away from our own wives." Sirius said, looking over at Sabrina and Lily who were talking with Tonks. "Speaking of wives…looks like Leah's looking for ya Draco."
"When isn't she?" Draco asked. All four of them laughed before Draco walked over to where Leah was sitting at one of the tables with Hermione next to her and Ginny on Hermione's other side, talking to Moody who was sitting on a chair in front of them. Draco slid in next to Leah and put an arm over her shoulders. She looked at him with a big smile before kissing him. "Looks like you're having fun."
"Yep." Leah said. "Moody was telling us some crazy stories of his youth."
"We've done more dangerous things though." Hermione said. Leah's smile grew and leaned against Draco.
"Hey…Leah." George said, walking over, dripping wet. "Harry wants to know when the food…"
"Oh shit!" Leah said, jumping up and running over to the barbeque. Everyone watched her. "The food is ok!" Everyone laughed.
"He still not talking to her?" Draco asked, looking from Hermione and Ginny to George.
"Doesn't feel comfortable, according to him." George said, sitting down next to Ginny. "Not after all she told him last time."
"Draco, come get these plates!" Leah called.
"Just a sec." Draco said.
"No, now. They're getting full." Leah said. Draco stood up and went over to her. George made a whipping sound and next second was back in the pool and Draco was hiding his wand back in his pocket.
(((Evil little bugger. Lol)))
"Here." Leah said, handing over two plates with a pyramid of hamburgers on each. "Balance."
"I got it." Draco said. Leah smiled and kissed him again before Draco carried the plates to one of the tables. Hermione and Ginny went to help with the other ones.
"Ok, everyone out of the pool and get something to eat!" Leah yelled. Fred, George, Charlie, Gabrielle (Fleur's sister) and Harry all climbed out of the pool. Leah had no clue how many people were there but she knew that she had enough food…considering she had bought enough for about thirty people and Molly brought things over and Sabrina and Lily brought a whole shit load of stuff for dessert. They would definitely have left overs because Leah knew no one there could eat THAT much food…not even Ron.
"How much food do you bloody well have?" Bill asked.
"Enough to have stuff left over for the next two weeks I think." Leah said.
"Bill come sit." Fleur said. Leah laughed as Bill obeyed his wife.
"And George says I'm whipped." Draco said. Leah laughed again and they sat down next to Hermione. Ron was next to Hermione and across from them were Harry, Ginny, Fred and George. Leah gave Draco a suspicious look because he had placed her directly in front of Harry. He didn't catch it because he was busy talking to Ginny because she had asked if the mark had burned at all today.
"It's not a very good one." Fred said. "Our fake ones are better."
"You have fake ones?" Leah asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
"For ministry use." George said. "We sold a few to Percy so that he could sneak a few auroras into meetings. Thanks to Lily's information on where they're being held."
"And we're involving the ministry in this because…." Leah said.
"Because they could come in handy in that final battle." Fred said.
"Always good to have a few more people you know." George said. Leah shook her head. Draco picked up on a difference in the way she sat.
"You ok?" He asked. Leah, who was staring at the plate of food in the middle of the tables, raised her hand to stop Draco from saying anything else.
Traitorous…own flesh and blood…
Leah had pretty much forgotten about her strange connection to Bellatrix. Now she heard her as loudly as if she was right next to her.
He's with her…them. He has no loyalties to us…they are all to her.
They knew…the Death Eaters knew about Draco!
Your son is a traitorous fool, sister…he will have to die…HE WILL!
Leah looked at Draco with big, round eyes with nothing but fear in them.
The Dark Lord will not allow another one to live…he killed Snape, what makes you think he won't do the same to Draco!
"Leah!" The whole table pretty much yelled, making Leah jump. Draco had his hands on her upper arms.
"They know." Leah said. "Oh god…they know."
"Know what?" Harry asked.
"That Draco's betrayed them." Leah said.
"How did you…" Harry started but stopped. "I thought you couldn't do that anymore."
"It's a blood to blood bond, Harry." Leah said. "It won't stop until one of us…"
"It won't bloody well be you." Draco said. Leah looked at him before looking around, seeing everyone's attention on them. She looked at Draco again.
"Don't make promises you can't keep." Leah said, getting up and going inside.
"Don't." Harry said as Draco began to go after her. Draco looked at him then sat down. Harry got up and went inside. "Bloody hell…Ron was right. This place is huge." He went up the stairs. "Leah." A door flew open and Harry jumped.
"What?" Leah said, crossing her arms.
"Can we talk?" Harry asked.
"Oh…now you wanna talk." Leah said, turning around and heading into her room. Harry followed slowly. Leah sat at her desk and looked at him. "So talk."
"Ok…saying sorry isn't gonna help much here." Harry said.
"Nooo…really?" Leah said, sarcastically.
"Hey I'm trying here!" Harry said. "I haven't talked to you in almost two years now."
"And whose fault is that?" Leah asked. They didn't speak for a while. "Why is everything so hard for us?"
"You're asking the wrong person." Harry said, sitting on the bed. "Everything's hard. Do you know why our parents are back?"
"No." Leah said. "But I know that it wasn't by any of our doing so if you're thinking you somehow did it…"
"I used to." Harry said. "But then reality bitch slapped me." Leah smiled slightly. "I'm sorry…about your baby."
"It's ok." Leah said. She looked at Harry. "Why did you follow them?"
"I wanted to help." Harry said. "I know I'm an asshole and I know I shouldn't be forgiven but…"
"You're sorry for the way you acted?" Leah asked. Harry nodded. "Everyone else seems fine with Draco. You really are the only one who has any real problem with him anymore. I know he was a jack ass for the first five years of school. But he's different now."
"How do you know?" Harry asked.
"Because Bella still doesn't know about this connection between me and her." Leah said. "And our parents have watched. They know he's on our side. I trust him…Dumbledore trusts him…Mione and Gin trust him…Ron is actually sorta liking him, surprisingly enough."
"Yeah…that was weird when I heard that." Harry said. Leah smiled. "So…we good yet?"
"Almost." Leah said. "Just one thing."
"What?" Harry asked.
"You and Draco have to apologize to each other." Leah said. "You and he have worked together before. And he and Ron can make nice…so why can't you two?"
"I can't promise I'll try." Harry said.
"But you'll try to try." Leah said. "I gave you that line before." Harry just smiled and nodded. "Ok…well…let's join the brainstorming on what we're gonna do to keep my boyfriend's ass safe." Harry laughed as they stood up and went downstairs and out back to everyone else…only to find that Moody, Lily, Bill, Charlie, Molly, Arthur and Kingsley were all gone. "Where'd everybody go?"
"Well Lily went to the meeting." James said.
"Why is Malfoy unconscious?" Harry asked. Leah suddenly saw that Draco was unconscious and next to Hermione who was checking the scrape on his head.
"Oh…umm…we had to do something to keep him from going." Sirius said. "Don't give me that look." Leah rolled her eyes and walked over to her boyfriend and best friend. "We couldn't think of anything else on like, right away bases. Besides…Lily was the one that did it."
"Ok…I'll be mad at her when she gets back." Leah said, gingerly touching the scrape on Draco's forehead. He winced. "Can someone at least heal this?"
"Oh…right." Sabrina said. She walked forward, waved her wand and Draco's forehead healed. He slowly came to.
"What hit me?" Draco asked.
"Lily." Sabrina said.
"You ok?" George asked. Draco nodded. Suddenly he yelped and grabbed his arm because Leah had punched him and was now standing.
"What was that for?" Draco asked.
"What were you thinking?" Leah said. "Going to a meeting right after I told you that they knew about us and you betraying them."
"Uh…keeping you safe maybe?" Draco said.
"You are such an ass!" Leah said.
"Yeah…and you're a bitch!" Draco said. Everyone went quiet. "I've known you long enough to know that you really don't care about what happens to you but as long as everyone else is safe…you could be dead and you wouldn't care if it meant everyone staying alive."
"No shit, Sherlock." Leah said.
"Yeah and you know…other people are allowed to feel that way about you!" Draco said.
"He…does have a point." Harry said.
"Ok…I said apologize…not side with him on arguments." Leah said, looking at him.
"But you do have a knack of pushing people away so they don't get hurt." Harry said. "Ginny told us what happened at the ministry in fifth year. How you tried getting the attention on yourself so the rest of us could get away."
"Blabber." Leah said.
"You never said I couldn't tell them." Ginny said.
"It's not my fault I'm like this you know." Leah said.
"Yeah it is." Draco said.
"No it isn't." Sabrina said. She looked at Sirius. "Is it sweetie?"
"Uh…no." Sirius said. "It's sort of a genetic thing I guess. That's exactly how I was."
"Yeah…and you have no idea how long it took me to break that down." Sabrina said.
"I'm still trying." James said.
"It's a father-daughter thing." Sabrina said. "Because Sirius was pretty much a fend-for-yourself guy, he did everything for himself. Even after he ran away from home and started living with me."
"I spent my whole life doing it." Sirius said. "You can't expect me to drop that in a single action."
"Oh great…more weird genetics." Leah said.
"Guys…can you all leave us to talk?" Sabrina asked, looking at everyone. They all noisily headed into the house leaving the daughter and parents outside to talk. "Sweetie you don't have to be afraid to let people in. Break down the barrier and just…be happy."
"News flash mom…no barrier breaking until Voldemort is stopped." Leah said.
"Then how do you expect to get your baby back?" Sirius asked. "You have to let Draco in for that to happen."
"I…I can't." Leah said.
"You're afraid that Voldemort is gonna possess him and use him to hurt you." Sabrina said.
"Ok that psychic mom thing is really creepy." Leah said.
"We're not saying it won't happen." Sirius said. "And now that he knows, the chances are greater…"
"But you gotta remember something." Sabrina said. Leah tilted her head. "Draco loves you, more then anyone thought possibly. I mean…he beat up Harry because of the way he acted towards you. That's gotta mean something."
"That he really hated Harry?" Leah asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well…yeah." Sirius said. "But he didn't want anyone to bad mouth you. He loves you Leah, you love him. It may be hard but let him get in. He's been in everywhere else."
"Ok that just sounds wrong." Leah said. "Especially coming from you of all people."
"Yeah I know." Sirius said. "It sounded better in my head." Suddenly Dumbledore was noise inside. "That doesn't sound good." They ran inside to see everything was chaotic. Something was going on and it sounded like Dobby was screaming. Leah looked around but couldn't figure out what she was going on.
"Leah!" Harry said, running over with Draco, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Gabrielle. "We have to get out of here."
"What? Why?" Leah said.
"They're coming." Sirius said.
"What? They…they can't come." Leah said.
"You have to get out of here." Draco said.
"Wait…what about you?" Leah asked. "You said 'you have to get out of here.' You did say 'we'."
"No time. Just go!" Draco said.
"Leah!" Hermione said. Leah looked at her. "I'm sorry to do this but…protect us!" Leah groaned and the bunch of teens (minus Draco) glowed for a second.
"If Voldemort doesn't kill you…I will." Leah said, hugging and kissing Draco before following her friends away from her own house.
Ok cliffhanger-ish. You know that Draco isn't gonna die. I'm gonna write a bit from the fighting in the next chapter. I need a few ideas between now and the time when they finally go up against Voldemort for the last time, winner take all, someone has to die.