Harry had known when school started again things would change again for him and Lucius and when he woke on the first day of school dawned bright and early. He remained in place with his head along Lucius' chest listening to the steady heart beat and breathing. He had slept with him long enough to know from his breathing that his lover was still asleep.

Slowly Lucius began to wake. "Morning Harry."

"Morning Luc." Harry said and turned his head up so that Lucius' lips did not meet his head as intended but met his instead.

Lucius gently pushed him off towards the bathroom for a shower and smiled at the kiss that morning. He found no resistance from Harry when he slipped into the shower with him and Harry took the sponge and began washing him.

When they were both dressed they looked at his schedule. "I am going to miss having you around all day my love. I only get you this afternoon."

Harry had double potions and charms that morning. "No quidditch yet so I will be home this evening as well."

Lucius reached in to kiss him. "You have no idea how good it sounds to me to hear you refer to this as home. I can't wait to take you to the manor when it is done."

Harry knew he was being expected to spend holidays and the summer until he graduated with Lucius but he was still unsure of how things would be when he was faced with actually moving into Malfoy manor with Lucius. And how they'd manage it with Draco not knowing

Lucius notice he had fallen a bit silent at that. "You know it will be Christmas before it is ready and I'm sure we can arrange for your fathers to be there as well."

Harry smiled at that. "Thank you Luc. It is the first time I actually have a family to celebrate with and I'd not want to miss it with them because..."

"Of me? You know I love you Harry and I don't want to hurt you. Your dads mean as much to you as Draco means to me. I know that I promise."Lucius swore.

Harry surprised him by for the second time since they came together initiating something, again just a gentle brush of a kiss, barely a touch but something. Lucius had to stop himself from blushing, having no idea how Harry had turned him into a hormonal teenager again.

Lucius handed Harry his book bag. "We are expected at breakfast this morning. I will expect to see you in my office after lunch to come for my classes and our work."

Harry took the bag. "I promise to be there on time Luc. And I am actually looking forward to our private training sessions later this afternoon."

Lucius smiled and tugged Harry back in for one more kiss. "I am looking forward to it and tonight as well. But go and have some breakfast. Don\t want Sev worried."

Harry laughed at the thought of the potions master actually being worried about him but Lucius knew for his and Draco's sake if not for Remus' sake; Severus would care about the boy. As much as Severus hated to admit it other then in the conversation he had with Harry recently, Lucius knew how much over the years the man had missed his friendship with Remus. No one would have guessed from looking at them talk but he knew they did.

He saw Severus coming towards him as they left the rooms. "Morning Severus."

Severus came to walk beside him as Harry slipped up the stairs. "Not worried about having to share your little apprentice with everyone else, now?"

Lucius shook his head. "If I could manage sharing him with his fathers all summer, I think I'll manage. Besides I get him all to myself more then enough."

Severus smirked. "I guess after having to share him with the mutt and wolf that having to send him off to classes once and a while can't be too bad."

Lucius sighed. "You know you're allowed to have more then one friend. The war is over and you don't have to keep your distance from Remus anymore."

"Indeed." Was the only response.

"You know how shocked Harry would be to know that wolf was always a nickname for Remus from you since you were eleven. Not an insult." Lucius prodded him.

He could see from the look on his face that this was a tid bit of information he did not want Lucius to even consider telling his little lover about. He had called Remus Wolf for years and it had never been meant as an insult. Lily had even called him wolf.

Severus smirked as they got to the top of the stairs. "Harry said the same thing to me. I guess I could try. Though the mutt might make it a bit harder to do so."

Lucius sighed. "You know if only for his fiancé and his son's sake, Sirius would probably manage to be reasonable about this."

From the look on Severus' face he knew the man was thinking the very thought of Sirius being reasonable about anything was a laughable matter but there was a small glint in his friend's eyes that gave him some hope. He never thought he'd be encouraging his best friend like this but Harry seemed to be changing him. Well not just him as he was able to drop his cold exterior from his spy days and Draco was helping as well, but Harry was definitely a major part.

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Severus kept to his word and paired Harry and Draco together that morning for potions and he could see the shock in some of their classmate\s faces when the two were talking and getting along. Their close friends who were in the class of course had seen them at the train or in Harry's case, at his birthday as well, but for others in other houses it seemed to be a shock to them.

Draco assigned Harry to cutting some slugs. "I promised to help you pass the class but we can stick you with the easier tasks so you don't blow us both up."

Harry smirked at him. "I am starting to wonder why the two of us managed to become friends this summer." But then he broke into a smile and laughter.

Draco slugged him gently when his Uncle was not looking. "Well if you'd like you can go and partner with someone else and see if you survive the end of class."

Harry looked around and he knew that he was probably not the only one in the class who was lucky to have passed high enough in their OWLS to continue and wondered if Severus was thinking this some kind of cruel punishment to him that they had all wanted to continue on with the class.

As the class was drawing to an end it seemed he and Draco were two of the few who actually finished. "NEWT levels and only half of you finished?"

He made his rounds and started grading the potions and when he came over to Harry and Draco he actually smiled when he saw their potion and noted that it was flawless in its creation. It was the first time Harry had ever got a perfect mark in potions class.

Draco smiled as they were leaving class. "See we didn't blow anything up and we got a perfect mark. I think dad will be happy to hear that."

Harry shook his head. "I guess. Though he is your dad and he should be worried more about your grades in school then in mine."

Draco shrugged. "He is your master and it is his job to look after your grades and see how you do. I guess you have inherited a third father until you graduate."

Harry hid his reaction to the thought of looking at Lucius as a father. He wondered what Draco would say if he ever found out what the true nature of his and his father's relationship was. Lucius might be responsible for his care but just the idea of thinking of Lucius as a father figure considering everything, made him sick.

Since they were in NEWT levels Harry had all of his classes with Draco and he saw the shock in some as he sat in charms with Draco. Hermione sat down next to them though with a smile.

Hermione turned to Draco. "I think I should be jealous that Harry got paired with you in potions. I got that goof Fletchery and I am not sure hoe he got this far."

Draco smirked. "Harry over here is not much better. I know Uncle Sev said that there are a few in our class he never believed would get through."

Harry tried to look hurt but he just laughed as he knew they were right. "Well he should count his blessings he doesn't have to deal with Ron or Neville still."

Hermione and Draco were taking the same classes, potions and charms with Harry as well as DADA, transfiguration and ancient runes. Neville was the only one he knew taking herbology with him. Ron had only managed four OWLS, only one better then the twins though the twins had aced the harder ones oddly enough like transfiguration, charms and DADA. Ron had an E in DADA thanks to the DA and would be taking care of magical creatures and transfiguration. He was also taking history of magic which oddly enough he managed his only 0 in.

Professor Flitwick soon came in and had them working on a basic levitation charm to get them back into the swing of things. "See how much you all remember."

Harry smiled at Hermione. "Had as much luck with me on this on our OWL exams? I remember it from knocking out the troll our first Halloween?"

Draco smirked. "I might not have been around for the troll but I remember all the blown up feathers in class that day. Can't believe we start 6th year with this."

Harry had to agree with Draco but he looked around the classroom and he realized that there were many who had forgotten the spell and Flitwick had to work with them on it. After class they headed for lunch and ran into Ron who was coming from outside where he had care of magical creatures.

Draco turned to them. "How about you guys joining me and my friends at Slytherin? Or was it all just talk at the train?"

Harry turned to his friends and Hermione beamed and nodded. "I'd like that Draco and I think Ginny will likely join us as well."

Ron snorted. "Count me out. I think sitting with a bunch of snakes would be enough to ruin my appetite."

Harry wasn't going to allow Ron's horrid attitude to ruin lunch and soon enough as Harry, Draco, Blaise and Hermione all sat down at Slytherin, Ginny appeared from her class and also came to sit down as did Luna and even Neville as well.

Neville and Luna he understood but there was still something about Hermione and Ginny which were nagging at him. "Mione, something you're not telling me?"

Hermione and Ginny shared a look and both blushed a bit. Hermione shrugged. "Not at all. I just thought Draco and I could talk about our ancient runes class."

As if to prove that Hermione and Draco did slip into talk of that leaving Harry to talk to Pansy and Millie as Ginny and Blaise seemed to be in conversation, as well of course as Neville and Luna. He felt some odd stares from the Gryffindor table from time to time but he ignored it. He had known even back at the train Ron would be a prat about this and was not all that surprised.

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After lunch Harry hurried up to the office and found Lucius had arrived moments before. Harry went and placed his book bag on the desk which Lucius had set up for him and turned to his lover.

Lucius came and making sure the doors were closed, lowered a kiss to Harry's mouth. "I missed you this morning. I was happy to see you with Draco at lunch."

Harry smiled. "We worked to hard this summer to become as close as we did, for me to throw it all away now. I kind of think of him like a brother already."

Lucius wondered the same thing though as Harry did, what would happen if Draco found out about the contract or even if he didn't, if Lucius succeeded in convincing Harry to fall in love with him and they perhaps were married.

Lucius looked at the schedule. "Your class schedule only allows you to help with my younger classes but we'll have of course our own time to train you privately."

Harry nodded as he realized they had a first year class first. "This will be a bit of a change from the DA. I remember first year being mostly theory and study."

Lucius had to agree. "It tends to be but I'm sure you remember a lot and have encountered a number of these things yourself. I'm certain you'll be a help."

Harry knew that much of his apprenticeship would be his own training after hours and for the most part he'd be helping mark papers and on Tuesday and Thursdays when helping with 3-5th year classes, he'd have a bit of the practical side as well. He hadn't been sure what helping in the younger classes would be like but he found as he helped with two first and one second year class that afternoon, he actually could be of help working with the younger students.

After classes Lucius turned to him back in the office. "So how did you think your first day went? You have almost a full load with me tomorrow save for your one class."

Harry had herbology first thing in the morning Tuesdays and Thursdays but no other classes. "Good I guess. I mean you're a better teacher then many I had.

Lucius remembered that the teachers Harry had for the class had included a possessed Quirell, Lockhart who had been a fraud, Moody who was a fraud as well and Umbridge whose lack of teaching led him to the creation of the DA, but he still found that Harry was in his own way, complimenting Lucius as he took it.

"I think perhaps we have dinner and then since we had a busy day today, we leave off your training and you can get some homework done." Lucius offered.

Harry didn't ask how the man knew both his teachers had assigned homework. "That sounds good Lucius."

Lucius handed him his book bag from the desk. "I'd like to sneak you downstairs and have dinner in private but I know your friends would like to see you."

Harry wasn't sure why but he responded. "I will come down right after dinner and I mean I only have a bit of reading to do for the night"

Lucius smiled and they headed for the door and again he was happy to see that Harry settled in at Slytherin table with his son though it did not miss his attention that several of the Gryffindors including Ronald, were staring daggers at Harry. He was more and more impressed by his little lover and how he handled all of this.

Later that evening as Harry finished his homework Lucius turned to him. "Would you like some tea before bed? I could have one of the elves summon us some."

Harry looked up as he closed the book. "I'd like that a lot. I could use something to unwind a bit before we go to bed."

Lucius had their elf bring them some tea and biscuits. As he watched Harry he asked. "I know this is a change for you Harry. I hope you're not upset by this."

Harry shook his head. "It was interesting helping and I can't wait till you teach me about duelling. Like McGonagall has said, it will be good for my future."

Lucius was relieved to hear that as he knew Harry was already having a hard enough time dealing with the rest. "We will start tomorrow. Now I think it is bed time."

He noticed Harry did not mention how early it was and he knew Harry was all too aware of why Lucius was pulling him towards bed so early. As he helped Harry out of the last of his clothes and pulled the boy down into bed with him, he took real pleasure in reminding Harry of the other side of their relationship. As started his attack on Harry's earlobes, he decided he could put up with classrooms of students all day if he could come home to this every night.