A Dream

Harry and Draco were sitting in Gryffindor Common Room when Hermione and Ron came back from St. Mungo's. The couple was surprised to see the two vampires out of their chosen love nest so soon but chose not to say anything.

The raven haired boy looked up when they walked in and smiled when he saw them. All the other students were in class so they had the Common Room all to themselves. Which Harry was glad for when he saw the look on Ron's face. He looked like a virgin's bed sheet after her wedding night. He looked down on the blonde in his arms. He was fast asleep, exhausted after all the crying he had done since Harry and he had left the Hospital wing. He had been crying for almost two hours and then, just before Ron and Hermione entered the room, he had fallen asleep to Harry's great relief.

"What's up guy's?" he asked worriedly when his friends sat in two arm chairs across from him and Draco.

"We have just been at St. Mungo's." said Hermione gravely.

Harry didn't understand why the girl looked so sad or why Ron was so pale and quiet. This was very unlike his friends and he quickly understood that something was wrong.

"Why did you go to St. Mungo's?" he asked surprised.

"Oh, yeah. You don't know." Hermione said a little absent-mindedly.

"Know what?"

"Ron's stomach hurt, so he went to Madam Pomfrey. She said she thought it was a tumor but could not be sure. She arranged an appointment for him at St. Mungo's today and they basically said the same thing. But the Healer said that it could be life threatening if they tried to remove it. Ron's magic has made some sort of ward around it, to protect it from outside magic. So it's important for Ron's survival." Hermione said before she burst in to tears.

"What!" said Harry a little too loud.

The blonde in his arms stirred and opened his eyes. He must have sensed Harry's state of mind because he immediately started to kiss his neck and throat to calm him, while sobs started to rise in his own throat again.

/Are you mad, Angel/ Draco voice said in his head.

"No, baby. I'm not mad. Go back to sleep." answered Harry out loud and then kissed Draco's forehead.

Draco was too tiered to actually open his mouth to say anything so he used the new found ability. It had shocked the hell out of him that they already could talk to each other in their heads but decided to let it slide.

/Yes, you are./ he thought to Harry and saw a small smile play on his love's lips. /I can feel it./

I'm not mad at you, Dragon. Now go back to sleep. You need to rest.

Draco snorted but did as Harry said. He was very tired.

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...Dream...

Draco looked around in the room. He didn't recognize it. The walls were painted in a pale blue color and by a wall on his right was a crib. It was white and decorated with ribbons in the same color as the walls. He slowly walked towards the crib but stopped when the door to the room opened. In walked Draco Malfoy. A slightly older looking Draco Malfoy, but still him. Draco stared at himself in disbelief. The older Draco didn't seem to see him. He stared right through him at the crib. He walked over to the crib and reached down with his hand and touched the small child that must lie in there.

"You look so much like your Daddy, do you know that?" he whispered so softly that the younger Draco almost didn't hear him.

Daddy?

He walked over to the crib and stood beside his old self, looking down at the child. It was a small boy, raven hair and smooth skin. Although he was only an infant, he was the spitting image of Harry.

Was this his child? Where was Harry?

"I miss him, you know. Wish he was here. That he could see you, because you're so beautiful."

The older Draco started to cry silently so he would not disturb the sleeping baby.

Miss him? Wish? Where was he?

But before he could find out more the room started to fade around him.

...End Dream...

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"What do you mean 'life threatening'?" Harry asked quietly so he would not disturb the beautiful creature in his arms.

"It's too dangerous to remove it. He could die." Hermione said.

"Well, I got that. They couldn't say anything more?" Harry asked and Ron shook his head in response.

Harry silently cursed fate for doing this to his friends. They deserved to be happy. They had helped him through all his years of Hogwarts even though they didn't have to. They were true friends and now Harry might loose one of them. Hermione might loose her one and only love and with that, her chance of being happy.

Harry was pulled out of his thoughts by wetness on his neck. He looked down at Draco and saw he was crying. He wondered if he was awake and had heard all that they had said, but then the blonde let out a quivering sigh and settled deeper in Harry's arms. His arms around Harry's chest tightened like he was afraid that he would disappear and never come back if he didn't hold on tight enough.

"Come on, love." Harry whispered in the blonde's ear. Draco responded by snuggling his nose in Harry's neck till Harry was positive he could not breathe. Harry caressed Draco's cheek and the blonde leaned into the touch but didn't wake.

That he was dreaming was obvious. His eyes were moving like crazy behind his eyelids and tears were still creeping down his cheeks. Harry didn't know what he should do, let Draco sleep or try and wake him. It was quite clear that the blonde vampire in his arms didn't want to wake up, but Harry needed to know why he was crying.

"Draco, wake up." he whispered, totally ignoring Hermione and Ron in favor of his mate. "Come on, baby, you need to wake up."

Draco made a protesting noise in his throat and Harry knew he was almost awake. He gently bit the blonde boy's earlobe and then licked it but Draco refused to open his eyes.

"Come on, Dragon. Open your eyes, you know I love them." he whispered while nudging Draco's cheek with his nose.

Draco opened his eyes slowly and met Harry's emerald eyes and smiled. He had almost thought the dream was real, that Harry had left him. But that wouldn't have made any sense. He had no child. He wasn't even pregnant. Then a thought struck him and the blonde froze in his mate's arms.

"What is it, love?" Harry asked concerned when Draco froze like that.

"It's nothing." the blonde said with a weak smile that he knew the raven haired vampire wouldn't buy but it was enough for the moment.

Harry bent his head and kissed away all the blonde's worries. He didn't have to cry. He would never leave him, would always protect him against everything and most important, he loved him. Draco responded to his kisses and when Harry tried to pull away he tightened the hold he had on the raven locks.

"Kiss me." he whispered and Harry did as he was told. He kissed him with all the love he had in his heart. Draco responded like he was a starving man that gotten his first meal in days.

Harry quickly realized that they had to stop soon, or move back to the Room of Requirement. When Draco's hands started to move from his hair to his chest and stomach he slowly drew away from his love looked down on him. His head was resting on Harry's shoulder, his eyes were closed but Harry knew they had darkened with desire. One of the pale hands that had been in his hair a moment ago was now sneaking inside his shirt and the other was dangerously close to his belt. Harry glanced over at Hermione and Ron that had watched the whole thing. He smiled weakly at them and they nodded. They understood.

Harry's hands didn't do anything to stop Draco's. He cradled the blonde's face in his hands and made him look him in the eye. He smiled to soothe the panicked look in his mate's eyes.

"You have to stop, Dragon. If you don't want to get fucked in Gryffindor Tower." Harry said softly and made Draco blush.

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Up in her dorm, Ginny put the glamour in place over her left arm before she went down to the Common Room. There she saw Harry and Draco in a chair. She was about to walk over to them when Hermione and Ron appeared by the door. She then withdrew into the shadows to listen to what was said amongst the friends.

She watched as Hermione and Ron reveled where they had been and why. Ginny had to put her hand over her mouth to stop the gasp quiet enough for the four by the fire not to notice it. When Draco started to cry and Harry had problems with waking him up, Ginny immediately knew why. Well, isn't that interesting? She thought and a wicked smile started to creep on her face. He will want to know that.

She made her way back up the stairs and didn't even notice that she passed Susan Bones at the foot of the stairs. She had probably been with the Patil twins again. Half of Hogwarts knew they were lovers. All Ginny could think of was how pleased he would be with her. This information was something that could prove to be very valuable. Very valuable indeed...

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