When in the room, Draco sat down on the couch with Harry. It took him another half hour before the raven-haired boy calmed down enough to talk.
"Are you alright Harry?" Draco asked worriedly and handed Harry a glass of pumpkin juice. The little boy nodded. He took a few sips and settled down against Draco's chest.
"What happened?" Draco asked softly and he felt Harry beginning to tremble again.
"I woke up and you weren't there. Then I saw those people and I didn't want to be with them. I wanted you and I asked if they could bring me back. They said they couldn't and that they were going to take care of me now," Harry sobbed. Draco calmly wrapped his arms around the shaking little boy but inside he was seething.
'How dare they! They should know better then to take Harry away when he is like this!' Draco continued to sooth Harry until he fell asleep.
Next day, Draco had 2 very ashamed Gryffindors at his door.
"We want to apologize. We should have never taken Harry. We're sorry Draco," Hermione said sincerely. Draco scoffed.
"Do you even realize what you did? You scared the hell out of him, you took him from the one place he felt safe and now he won't trust you anymore. Can you really not trust me, not to hurt little Harry while he's here? Was I doing so badly, taking care of him, that you had to kidnap him?! Why did you do it?" Draco demanded.
"Because it is you taking care of him! He always hated you, so why would he want you to take care of him? We are his friends, why wouldn't he come to us?" Ron shouted at Draco. The blonde boy wasn't fazed. He walked over to his desk and pulled out the note. He handed it to them. After they read it they were looking unbelievingly at him.
"Now, you see I didn't use any trick or whatever. I didn't lie to you since I got Harry. I won't say anything that I found out, but I would appreciate a little help," Draco told them firmly.
"Draco?" Harry's voice carried through the room. When Harry saw Ron and Hermione he freaked and ran back to the bedroom. Draco sighed and followed him. The door to the closet was closing and sobbing was heard.
"Harry?" Draco carefully opened the door and peeked in.
"No! You said I could stay with you! I don't want to go with them!" Harry screamed and scrambled as far away from Draco as possible.
"Harry, you can stay with me. I won't send you away. You don't have to go with them," Draco explained. He opened the door more fully and picked Harry up. Still the little boy struggled.
Draco took him to the living room and sat down on the couch. Ron and Hermione were sitting opposite them. Harry pressed himself closer to Draco and panicked again. Draco could do nothing but hold him.
"Harry, we're sorry. We shouldn't have done that and we won't do it again. You can stay with Draco," Hermione said to the little boy in Draco's arms. Harry still looked terrified but the trembling stopped.
"Yeah, we really are sorry, we won't do it again," Ron said. Harry detangled himself from Draco and walked up to the 2 Gryffindors. He stopped in front of them and looked them both in the eyes for a long time.
"Okay," he said simply and then surprised them by hugging them both. Then he sauntered back to Draco and climbed back into his lap. Draco smiled. That was typically Harry.
Another knock at the door brought them out of the uncomfortable silence. Draco quickly opened the door to Pansy and Blaise. When Pansy spotted the 2 Gryffindors, she huffed and glared dangerously at them.
"Coming back to try again?" she sneered at them. Hermione sighed and looked her in the eye.
"No, we apologized. We really shouldn't have done that. Draco can take care of him just fine. Just took us a bit long to see that. When you went off to us like that…well it was pretty scary but it also showed that not all Slytherins are bad. You cared enough for Harry to defend him. I want to thank you for that. And I also hope you will accept our apology and maybe, our friendship?" Hermione held out her hand to her.
To say that Pansy was shocked, was a bit of an understatement. She stared at the hand for the longest of time but Hermione did not pull back. Eventually she took the hand.
Draco smiled and went over to Blaise.
"I see that you are out of the Infirmary." He glared at him. Blaise had de decency to blush.
"Yeah. I really am sorry for flying of the handle to Harry," he apologized to Draco. The blonde nodded.
"It not really me you should apologize to, it's Harry," he hinted. Blaise took a deep breath and turned to Harry. He only flinched slightly.
"I'm sorry Harry. I won't get mad again." Harry nodded and buried his face in Draco's shoulder.
"Alright. Time for some drinks. Sit down everyone." Draco motioned over to the couch and they all sat down, Harry in Draco's lap.
"We really need to sort out our differences. I have a feeling that when this little boy is going back, it's not over by a long shot." Draco sighed while softly stroking through Harry's hair. The little boy was getting drowsy.
"I've got that feeling too. I'm done with the fights. We've all been fighting for years and look where it got us; no where," Hermione sighed sadly.
"Yeah, I agree. Why not try to be friends? Start over?" Pansy suggested.
"I'm all for it." Blaise said solemnly. Ron nodded.
"It's about time. He never told me but Harry wants this too,"
"Then lets try to be friends, if not for us then for Harry's sake," Draco said firmly. They all nodded.
The rest of the day they spend talking to each other and playing games. Harry was not afraid of Hermione, Blaise and Ron anymore and they decided to all go swimming. It really was a success.
The week flew by and it was Harry's last day with them. They all tried to be happy but inside they felt sad. They really came to love the bright boy and now he had to go back to that horrid place. Hermione and Ron said goodbye to Harry at dinner. Pansy and Blaise walked Draco and Harry to Draco's room and said goodbye to him there.
Draco didn't want Harry to leave but he couldn't stop it. Harry was sad too.
"Bye Bye Draco." Harry kissed Draco's cheek and handed him something furry. It was the little stuffed lion Draco had conjured for Harry. Draco smiled sadly.
"Bye angel. I promise you, it will get better. Be strong and you'll make it through." Draco hugged Harry closely and then reluctantly let him go.
Harry waved sadly at Draco as he faded out slowly, till he was gone. Draco suddenly felt cold and ran to his bedroom. He crawled under the covers and drew his knees to his chest.
He fell asleep, clutching the little lion to his chest as if his life depended on it.