(( Sorry for taking so long, been busy with school but here is my x-mas gift to u all))

Chapter 11: Christmas Heart

Harry swallowed hard; he knew the look that was in his uncle's eyes. It was the same look that he received his whole life. Despite the fear in them before his hatred was renewed once again for his nephew.

"I said this house has to be spotless for Marge, I run a well kept, normal house. I warned you about doing anything freaky, now I'm warning you now if you act like a bloody pouf in front of Marge I'll make you wish that you were never born boy." Vernon said advancing closer, he looked over at Draco and locked eyes with him. "I should have known the moment I saw you that you were a pouf, the same warning goes for you as well." He said handing over a pair of brooms.

Draco was about to argue that he did not demean himself to cleaning when he was pulled into the kitchen by Harry who had known when to push the boundaries with his uncle.

Harry let the door swing closed before looking at his lover "Trust me; you don't want to push him any farther. If you thought your father was evil then you never pushed the limits with my uncle." He said softly as he started to sweep the kitchen floor that looked as if the mess was made on purpose for him to clean up. He smiled softly as he explained to Draco that brooms were only used for cleaning in the muggle world.

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The two teens had worked most of the night into the wee hours of the morning cleaning the house quietly while the Dursleys slept; they had turned in early the night before. During the night Harry answered all of Draco's questions about items around the house and their uses, he even told Draco who Marge was and how before his third year he had accidently blew her up like a balloon.

Draco had found the story amusing, for once in his life doing manual labor was not as bad as he thought it would be even though his muscles screamed at being used so much.

When the tiny hands on the clock in the sitting room landed on three in the morning the small house was done. Harry knew that shoveling the walk and driveway would have to wait till the sun rose. Both teens collapsed onto the bed in his room. Draco was the first to fall asleep the moment he sat down.

Harry smirked as he laid Draco down on the bed and held him close as they used each other for warmth along with the blankets. He let sleep claim him since it would only be a matter of time before someone woke him up and made him cook, clean or do something before Marge's arrival. The emerald eyed teen nuzzled against Draco's shoulder as he found a comfortable position to sleep in on the twin sized bed.

Petunia made her way to the spare bedroom and stood before the closed wood door. Her whole life she had acted as if she hated her sister. Though under all the hatred she had projected and vile words she had spoken there was no true fuel behind it. Deep in her heart a tiny fleck of love for her sister still burned strong. She was hurt when Lilly had been the one who had been given the gift of magical abilities. Their parents had pushed her aside for their 'gifted' daughter. Just as she raised her hand to rap her knuckles on the door she froze in place. Lowering her hand she reached for the handle and slowly turned it. It squeaked softly before the door gave way to gravity and opened slowly with a low creak.

Peering into the room she saw her teenaged nephew deeply asleep next to the blonde teen he had brought home with him. Petunia shook her head. He has never thought of this as his home, why should he… We never gave him a reason to… I never did… The older woman thought as she closed the door and made her way toward the stairs.

Harry had been in the process of waking up when he heard the bedroom door closing. Slowly sliding out of bed he slipped out of the room with the grace of a cat and followed his aunt into the kitchen. He glanced at the clock it was ticking softly on the wall showing the time being twenty minutes after five.

"Aunt Petunia?" Harry asked softly, all his life he was told never to ask questions about anything.

The woman spun around quickly as she tried to brushed the tears away before he saw them falling down her high boned cheeks. She moved over and took a seat at the kitchen table and motioned for him to do the same.

Worried that something was wrong with his aunt. "Is there something that you wanted to talk to me about?" he asked softly keeping his voice down in case he was in trouble for asking questions again.

Giving a weak smile she looked at Harry "I was just thinking about things, I didn't mean to wake you."

Harry wanted to smack himself to make sure that he was dreaming, his aunt was being nice to him and treating him like a human being. He stood frozen to the spot where he was standing.

"Fine, stand there and let's just talk then. I was just thinking about how happy you seem, that young man… Draco has made you. He is a good match for you." Petunia said with a smile.

A crimson blush covered Harry's cheeks "I know he is a wonderful person, I can't see myself with anyone else ever. Draco is so perfect in everything he does." Harry said softly unaware someone was behind him until a pair of arms wrapped around his shoulders.

"Harry why don't you two go back to bed it's very early… I have things to do before Marge arrives." Petunia said shooing the boys out of the kitchen and up the stairs to their room.

Once in room Draco grabbed Harry by the front of his night shirt and threw him onto the bed. " I came to look for you because I had a very nice dream that I thought I should share with you… but I'm not going to tell you at all" Draco whispered as he removed his own top and threw it aside before crawling on top of Harry.

With an audible gulp the emerald eyed teen hoped that he hadn't knocked himself silly when he was thrown on the bed and that all of the current actions before him were really happening. He had started to babble nonsense as soon as Draco began to suck on his neck with such a force Harry could have sworn his veins were going to be pulled out of his body.

"What's gotten into you?" Harry breathed as he tried to control all thoughts that were going through his head.

Draco pulled away and smirked "Nothing, I just wanted to say good morning in a way that you would never forget." The blonde whispered nipping the hickey that was forming on Harry's bare neck. Moving his hand down he ran his palm flat against Harry's abdomen that had become visible under Harry's shirt.

Harry squirmed under the cool touch as he closed his eyes trying to keep his heart from exploding out of his chest. Then as soon as it started it was over. Harry felt like he was falling even though he was laying flat on his back. Closing his eyes he kept his boyfriend close and ran his fingers through the soft blonde strands of hair.

"There is no possible way this could get any better than it is right now." Harry whispered softly into Draco's ear.

The blonde smirked and stayed close to his boyfriend. "Trust me, it will" he responded falling back into sleep as he stayed on top of Harry, keeping him warm.

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As the sun rose later in the morning Draco woke up to the sound of Dudley thundering down the stairs and into the kitchen.

Rousing himself from his sleep the blonde noticed Harry was still asleep with an angelic look on his face.

Getting up and heading down to the kitchen Draco felt a set of eyes staring at him as he sat down at the table.

Sitting down at the kitchen table Draco heard the front door open and two voices booming with conversation. The blonde also heard a dog growling lightly under the loud conversation.

"Marge everyone can't wait to see you again, it really has been too long" Vernon boomed as he opened the kitchen door. His large frame squeezed through as he bumped into Draco's chair and jarred him a bit.

Marge looked at Draco "Vernon you got another troublemaker it seems living in your house." She said putting her prized dog down on the floor, his nails clicking on the titled floor.

Draco stood up from his seat and was pushed back down into his seat by the large woman in front of him. "Excuse me ma'am but I have things to do this morning." Draco said through gritted teeth.

Marge stood in the doorway blocking Draco's only way to escape from the muggles and returning to his boyfriend.

Harry woke up when he heard his uncle's booming voice and his aunt remarking about Draco. Groaning lightly, he pulled a pair of jeans and a shirt on before going downstairs and forcing his way past Vernon and Marge. Walking over to the kitchen table Harry sat down in the open seat next to Draco.

"Good morning…it's nice to see you again Aunt Marge" Harry said gripping his hand into a fist hidden under the table top.

The large woman looked at the teen "What are you so happy about, I would have thought that your school would have kept you over the holiday and beat some more sense into you." Marge said sneering at Harry.

Draco bit his tongue to keep himself from speaking his mind. Reaching under the table he brushed his finger tips against Harry's hand to get him to calm down.

Just as Harry was about to throw back some sarcastic wit, Petunia came over with open arms "Marge…it's wonderful to see you again, Dudley why don't you show your favorite aunt to her room" Petunia said.

Dudley looked up from his plate of food "Make Harry do it I'm busy" he replied his mouth filled with food.

Vernon nodded his head and moved over and grabbed Harry by the back of his shirt "Get up boy and help Marge with her bags and walk her dog around the block before he makes a mess in the house." Vernon said grabbing a bag and shoving it into Harry's chest.

Letting out a grunt Harry made his way down the hall and up the stairs to the guest room. The large bag got stuck twice as Harry dragged it up the stairs until Draco came up behind the bag and picked up the back of the bag and helped Harry carry the bag up to the guest room.

As soon as they dropped the bags on the floor the raven haired teen sighed and sat down on the crisply made bed.

"I can't wait to get out of here and go back to Sirius's place and enjoy the rest of our holiday break" Harry said laughing softly.

Just as Draco opened his mouth to speak a large barn owl flew in the open window and dropped a letter on Harry's lap.

Opening the letter Harry looked at Draco and read the letter aloud

"Dear Harry and Draco,

Snuffles surprised me with a trip to America to a wizard colony to see how they teach their students. I'm sorry to say we won't be back till after the holidays but you two can come for the New Year and we can all celebrate together. I'm sorry that we are leaving you with your muggle relatives like this. We promise to make it up to you both with the gifts we are going to be sending you both tomorrow. See you when we get back, we'll also see you both to the train when you go back to school.

Hugs,

Remus & Snuffles

Draco shrugged his shoulders "So we'll be stuck here a few extra days, that won't be so bad as long as we are here together." Draco said leaning down and kissing Harry on the lips before pulling away.

"You know this will be one of the best holidays I've ever had. Normally I just stay at school surround by people who don't respect me they just fear me." The blonde said as the two teens made their way downstairs. While everyone was busy talking in the kitchen Harry and Draco snuck out the front door.

Running down the street together Harry and Draco made their way to the park; going past the swings they walked deeper into the park and sat down on a bench that over looked a small well landscaped area.

Draco moved closer to Harry and laid his head on the other teen's shoulder and took his hand in his and rubbed them together to keep them warm.

Harry looked around and noticed the park was empty, before leaning over and giving Draco a longer romantic kiss.