Seamus, Dean and Derek waltzed drunkenly across the floor and fell against Harry and Sirius who were swaying in a non-committal way from side to side, their arms round each other and their lips locked.
"Hey, Harry. Harry! HARRY!" Seamus shouted. Harry finally realised somebody was speaking to him and paused from kissing Sirius for a second.
"Yes?" he asked, annoyed at the interruption.
"Great party, I feel a little bit smashed!"
"Cool, what are you up to?"
"Chillin', yo!" Sirius and Harry snorted with laughter as Derek grabbed him round the waist and Dean grabbed his arse from behind. They began to stagger across the floor again, giggling. Harry and Sirius stared at them for a second before bursting into fits of laughter as Seamus was hoisted onto a table and began dancing. He was, apparently trying to me sexy, but the level of alcohol that was in his body was preventing him from looking all that irresistible.
"Don't you think that this party was a fabulous idea? I expect we had better go and say hi to Ron and Hermione and that lot. Oh hey it's Draco. Hey Draco, over here!" Sirius waved franticly and Draco walked over to them, grinning and looking calm and composed, a glass of giliwater in his hand.
"Hi Harry." They kissed cheeks and then Harry stepped back so that Draco could greet Sirius. "Hello, Mr Black, I have heard so much about you."
"Oh god, call me Sirius, please. If it weren't for you this party could not have happened."
"Rubbish. Most of these people know that you didn't do it anyway. Catching Pettigrew was not as hard as could be imagined. Remember, I had the dark mark, and that seemed to prove to him that I was on his side for a very long time."
"I am still incredibly grateful to you. I owe you my freedom."
"Don't mention it. He was a total slug and you never deserved to be imprisoned anyway. Great party by the way guys." Harry was staring at Draco. He had not forgotten the whisper in his ear exactly a year before. The year had been good to Draco. He had grown and seemed to have an air of slight confidence. His hair and skin were as perfect as they always had been. He was wearing an open neck black shirt that showed the pecks he had not had when Harry had dated him. His white jeans showed of his legs and his sexuality. Harry thought he looked amazingly sexy. "Have either of you seen Ron by the way? I haven't seen him since Hogwarts."
"No actually we were just going to go find him."
Alright, let's go see what dark corner he's lurking in." Harry smiled and the three of them set off around the club in search of Ron. They found Hermione on the way, arm in arm with Victor Krum.
"Oh Harry! I got engaged! I couldn't wait to tell you! Victor is coming to live with me in England-isn't it fabulous?" Harry and Draco both squealed with excitement. Sirius just grinned and rolled his eyes at Krum over their heads.
"Yeah that's great! Congratulations both of you!" said Harry. Hermione gave a last squeal and kissed both Harry and Draco on the cheek.
"Bye!" They continued around the club and eventually found Ron at the bar with his girlfriend, Ali, and a very large beer bottle.
"Hey Ron." Ron turned.
"Oh hey guys." He held out his hand but Draco and Harry both leaned in to kiss his cheek. He blushed.
"Hiya Ali, how's it going?" asked Harry. He did not like Ali at all. She was a tall girl with stunning long dark brown shiny hair and large brown eyes. She was wearing a pair of tiny shorts that did not quite cover her bum and a revealing blue top with white handprints across her breasts. She wore thigh length white leather boots and a white gangster hat. She was gorgeous.
"Oh Hiya Harry." She pressed close to him as she kissed his cheek. He shuddered. "Happy birthday. This is my twin, Cathy." Cathy was identical to Ali and was wearing exactly the same clothes. 'How totally tacky,' thought all three men at once as they greeted her.
"Hey Ron, can I have a word?" This was Malfoy. Ron got up heavily, snogged Ali as though his mouth was a limpet and followed Malfoy out of the bar.
"Whoa," muttered Sirius, "he is in a bad way." The two of them turned around to see Seamus pull of his boxers and begin to dance naked on the table. Harry and Sirius stared in amazement before joining the throng of gay men and a few girls who clearly did not know Seamus's sexuality in dancing around the table, cheering and laughing.
It was one in the morning. Sirius had gone home, telling Harry to stay the party out until he was ready to come home. Seamus and his gang were still dancing, now on the bar, a transaction that had been made when the table had broke, and Harry was sitting in a corner with Draco. The two of them were talking about jobs.
"Well, I'm in Auror training," said Harry, "And that's a five year thing so I've got another four. How about you?"
"You know I work with Ron? Oh well we work together. I'm a healer too." They both looked over at the far corner. Ron was pissed, leaning up against the wall. Ali and Cathy were on either side of him, running their hands over him and whispering in his ears. Malfoy rolled his eyes. "He does this all the time. He drowns his sorrows and then goes and shags these two, who he isn't even attracted to. He's so stupid." Harry heard a tender note in Draco's voice, but it was gone. Harry looked over again at Ron but he wasn't there. He had obviously managed to apparate to his apartment with the other two. "I miss you, Harry." Harry turned around to see Draco's face very close to his own. His shoulder as very painful where the mark was as he felt the tiny creature inside him that was attraction to Malfoy well up inside him once again. This was usually crushed by his immeasurable love for Sirius and Harry was surprised that it had even survived. Draco leaned forward to kiss him. As their lips touched, a white hot pain exploded in Harry's body. He screamed and Draco jumped back, alarmed. Harry felt sick. He couldn't think. How could he have let this happen? Silently, he pulled up the sleeve f his shirt to reveal the mark of him and Sirius. It was glowing in an odd green way and the searing pain was still in it.
"When did you make that vow?" asked Draco, staring in fascination at the mark.
"Right after we…when I…the day your dad got arrested." The mark seared again as Draco smiled, reminiscently.
"I remember that day," he said quietly. "It was one of the best ones I've even had. It was like the last seven months hadn't even happened. Harry thought back. He had been very happy with Draco for a long time. It almost broke his heart remembering the shocked, despairing look on Malfoy's face… But his heart did not break. Maybe it had been he vow that had held it together. "Yes. I remember that too," said Draco, sadly. "That was before my life shattered into a million pieces." It was too much. Harry stood up unsteadily.
"I have to go home now Draco. Have a good one." Draco did not reply, merely looked at Harry. They kissed cheeks in silence and Harry walked sadly away. Poor Draco.
He arrived home to find Sirius sitting on the couch. He looked up, apparently surprised as Harry walked towards him.
"Hi."
"Hi. Why do you look so surprised to see me?"
"I… I dunno really. I'm pleased you are here though."
"What did you think I'd do, sleep at the club?" Sirius looked at him, steadily.
"No. I was thinking more of Draco Malfoy's flat."
"How can you think I would do that to you?" H e felt the guilt rising up in his throat but managed to keep it out of his voice. "After all the times I've proved to you that I loved you, said I loved you, even made the un-fucking-breakable vow!"
"You just always seem to have a think together. Whenever I see you guys together it's like…like your soul mates or something. I don't know. I always feel guilty that I'm keeping you apart." Sirius's voice cracked and Harry leaned forward to put his arms round him.
"No, Sirius, you are my soul mate. I f there is such a thing, you are defiantly it." Sirius looked up at Harry through tears eyes and held out his arms. As Harry climbed into them he knew that he was home, and that home was the best place to be.
Party-time-I promise Harry will from now on only have feelings for Draco in my Harry/Draco story. That was their last goodbye-but they do meet again and something rather unexpected happens! What about Hermione's wedding? What do you think? Reviews please and thanks to all my reviewers for this story and the others. Love you all!