Returning to school a few days later then other students and explaining it as a bad case of the flu, Harry was sad to be separated from his dads again but a bit happy to return back to a normal pace of things. It took another week at school before he got a clean bill of health to go back to quidditch and full practical work.

He came into Lucius' office after class in the end of January and found Lucius. "What are you working on? Something I can help with?"

Lucius smiled and motioned for him to come around. "This is actually some business for Malfoy Industries but you might find it interesting."

Harry raised an eyebrow. "I know you love your company but I never thought myself the business type."

Lucius laughed and pulled him down. "You know it isn't all designer robes and board meetings. And it might be your business as well one day."

As Lucius' hand snaked around his neck and pulled him down into a long warm kiss Harry relaxed into it. He reminded himself how determined Lucius was to win his heart one day and he had to admit ever since his proclamation that he cared about Lucius, Lucius was more determined. He had kept to his promise and while Harry still did more then warm his bed at night, their relationship had improved outside of the bedroom as well.

Harry pulled away. "So Lord Malfoy what exactly are we looking at if not some boring numbers."

Lucius pointed at some photos. "This is a treasure dive one of my departments has been working on in the Caribbean."

Harry stared at him. "You have treasure seekers?"

Lucius nodded. "We do a bit as often some of the old treasures have a lot of curses and charms on them, but we also run security and investigations for people."

It had actually been Lucius' baby for he actually had trained as a curse breaker like Bill used to do for the bank, and had helped expand the department. While sometimes it was treasure hunts at other times it was helping wizards and since the war, muggles as well, who had money or possessions stolen, locate them. They specialized with their ins on the black market, able to track down items.

Harry had to admit it peeked his interest. He picked up a map. "This is where the dive is?"

Lucius nodded. "Right now they are doing the leg work but by Easter time they should be ready. It is off a wizard location known as Dagger point in Aruba."

Harry noticed a dossier on the table about the history. "Could I borrow that to read? I mean I am interested in reading more about this dive."

Lucius handed it to him. "See I told you business is not all boring. You know if you'd like I could arrange for you to train with them a bit in the summer."

Much of the work he had been doing in DADA and charms was focussed on in the department and he guessed that Lucius could argue well enough it was part of his apprenticeship especially since he was still working for Lucius.

Harry smiled. "I'd like that a lot, I mean if it would not take away from my duties to you. I mean Bill used to tell me about the cool work he did for Gringotts."

Lucius was happy he found something Harry showed a keen interest in. "You know we did contract work with Gringotts and even Bill. Perhaps at Easter the two of us could spend some time at Dagger Cove and you could see first hand and we could enjoy some time at a proper Wizarding resort."

Harry raised an eyebrow. "You're asking to take me away on a romantic trip to the Caribbean Mr Malfoy?"

Lucius nibbled on his ear for a moment. "I think we could make it pretty romantic and since it is business, no one would question me taking my apprentice along."

Harry tried to pull away as his work on Harry's earlobe was working. "We have other work to finish Luc. We are not in the Caribbean yet."

Lucius didn't stop his attack right away but when he pulled away he smiled. "Does that mean you have no objections to me whisking you away for a week?"

Harry took the chance to get out of his lap. "Let me think a week at my first resort ever, seeing one of your treasure hunts and trying out a new bed? I'm not sure."

Lucius pulled him back towards him and down into one more long drawn out kiss which Harry was not sure would have ended except for there was a knock at the office door which reminded them that their office hours were starting.

Harry was still blushing as the door opened and Ginny came into the room. "You asked to speak to me professor?"

Lucius motioned for her to sit as Harry sunk into his own desk chair to help with grading. "We need to have a serious talk of your performance in my class as of late."

Ginny shot a look over at Harry. "Does he really need to be here for this?"

Lucius smirked. "He is aware of your grades in my class Miss Weasley. And I am going to ask him to tutor you for the rest of the year.

That took both of the students by surprise for Lucius had not mentioned this before. Lucius of course knew about the DA but he also knew how rough the tensions between them had been. Ginny and Ron had not come when the rest of their family had come to the manor when he was sick. Charlie had been on his honeymoon but he had come to visit Harry at school,

Ginny shot a look at him. "I refuse to work with him. This is ridiculous."

Lucius shook his head. "You are headed down the same path as your brother. I happen to know it is not only my class but charms and transfiguration you are nearly failing not to mention potions. If you have any chance of passing any of your more difficult OWLS I'd recommend taking my offer."

Harry sighed. "I am willing to work with you on what ever schedule Lucius can give me free. I know your mother would prefer you not follow the pattern."

Lucius handed her the forms. "This is your schedule. You will treat my apprentice with the respect of a teacher. He can take points or give detentions as in class."

Ginny grumbled and left the office and Lucius came over and handed him the schedule which he saw was during office hours so Harry would not have to give up any of his rare free time he had.

Lucius kissed him. "Thank you for agreeing to that. I know you have had your problems with her as of late but she does really need the help and after the DA..."

Harry cut him off with his own kiss. "I can deal with her. I missed the DA I must admit and I know Mrs Weasley would prefer not to have another flunky."

Though the twins had got one less OWL then Ron they had received them in DADA, charms and Transfiguration, three of the four hardest classes besides potions, while Ron had only passed DADA and some of the easier classes.

Lucius kissed the back of his neck. "I will have to come up with some way of thanking you for helping me with it. But don't worry I am a creative man."

Harry smiled and ran a hand up Lucius' thigh. "Here I thought a week on a beach was my reward. But I wouldn't mind some duelling practice with you either."

Knowing that Harry meant by that, though Harry had thrown himself into the real part of that statement, Lucius warded the doors to his office and continued his earlier attack on Harry's earlobes. It took another knock at the door to pull him apart.

Lucius went to take down the wards. "I guess we'll have to wait till later. Besides you should finish your grading and homework so we have no excuses later."

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Though Harry had absolutely no desire to spend two evenings a week working with Ginny but he had promised Lucius he would and having been relieved of his grading and even having a reduction in his own homework from Flitwick in charms since he would be doing practical studies as well as helping the man out.

He was to meet Ginny for their first training session in the Room of requirements. He was looking over the spells that her three teachers wanted him to help her with when he noticed the time.

He stood up. "Blasted little twit. I am agreeing to help her and she can't even bother to show up for it."

It was well over twenty minutes past when Ginny was supposed to have met with him and there was no sign of her. Grabbing his things but not before leaving a message which a no remove sticking spell so she could not rip it up and claim he had not been there,

He headed for Gryffindor tower and passed inside. "Has anyone seen Ginny?"

A few looked up but it was Colin who answered."I did Harry, I did. She said she was going to the pitch with Demelza after dinner"

Harry shook his head. "Thank you Collin."

More irate then ever he stormed out of the tower and as he was heading down towards the entrance he ran into not one but two of the Malfoys and he could see both being out here and not in training and the seething anger from Harry, Lucius knew something was wrong.

He stopped Harry. "Where is she? You have your first tutoring session with Miss Weasley this evening."

Harry tried to keep his temper in check for it was Ginny he was angry at. "She did not show up. I have been told she is out with Demelza on the pitch."

Lucius steered him towards the door. "I will come with you. She will be serving detention and I know you'd hate to lose her, but she is risking quidditch."

Harry was not arguing with him on that. "She should not have been on the team in the first place as she missed try outs. If she pulls this again, it won't take convincing."

Lucius smiled. "Spoken like a true teacher already. Besides you guys have already defeated your only real competition."

Though it would be a blow to loose her, he knew that they could call up Lavender, and with her and Katie and Colin as chasers they would still be able to hold their own if not still whip the badgers or the eagles.

Sure enough they found Ginny and Demelza on the pitch."Miss Weasley get down here this moment." Lucius shouted.

Ginny landed reluctantly and came over to them. "Professor Malfoy is there something wrong? We're allowed to practice at this time of night."

Harry spoke up. "Practicing is what you're supposed to be doing. We had our first tutoring session this evening."

Ginny smirked. "Was that tonight? I forgot about that. I'm sorry. You know being an OWL year is so hard to keep track of everything."

Lucius spoke. "You have detentions every night this week and if you have trouble remembering again, you will loose quidditch. It might help you remember."

He had seen Ginny upset before but Harry thought she looked like she was actually contemplating hexing a professor but Demelza seemed to be the person of reason and put a restraining hand on her friend's arm.

Demelza looked at her. "You know your mum said if you do as bad as your brother you won't play quidditch next year."

Before they turned to leave Harry turned back to her and delivered the last nail. "I am sending an owl to your mother tonight. I'm sure she will be happy to hear."

Ginny practically snarled at that. "You lived in the dungeons so long you can't fight your own battles? First your big bad master and now my mother? So brave."

Lucius was about to respond but Harry turned to her. "Make that detention for two weeks Ginny and 20 points from Gryffindor. Next is quidditch."

As they went inside he wondered if he perhaps should have asked Lucius if it was okay to give her more detentions for with his quidditch and everything, he could not be there for her detentions.

Lucius sensed his thoughts. "If I tire of it we can send her to Filch. If she can behave she can do her extra training as part of her detentions a few evenings."

Harry headed for the owlery. "I have every intention of keeping my threat to write her mother. Perhaps a howler from her mother tomorrow will help."

Lucius knew that Mrs Weasley was as bad at his father for sending howlers to her kids when they got in trouble. "Remind me not to cross your bad side Harry."

Harry noticed the empty corridor and he smiled. "I happen to think I might have to use a different form of punishment on you if you were bad."

Lucius brushed his hand across the front of Harry's robes hard enough to be felt along his shaft though the cloth. "How come I like the sounds of that?"

Reminding Lucius that they were in the middle of the corridors he promised to continue the conversation when they got back to their rooms. Lucius had definitely begun to take even greater pleasure in his relationship as now Harry was not only willing but since Christmas he had begun actively participating as well.

In the owlery he attached a letter to Hedwig and sent her off. "You know I got a joint howler with Ron from her second year. That was more then enough for me."

Lucius pulled him into a kiss for he saw they were alone in the owlery. "You know for every howler my father had to send to me in the year, I'd get punished in the summer. I think you're well over do for a nice tanned bum."

Harry felt Lucius' hand squeezing the body part in question. "I thought you had better uses for that but you're giving me good incentive to be a bad boy."

Lucius released him but not after one more kiss. "Don't get too carried away as I remind you I am not only your master, but your professor as well."

They managed to keep their hands off of each other long enough to make it back down to their rooms but Lucius took advantage of their early reprieve from the office and lead Harry off to the bedroom to show him just what a bad boy under his roof would get.

Later as they lay entwined Lucius ran his hand down Harry's hip and along his nice pink ass. "I happen to like both uses of it. What do you think?"

Harry turned slightly to kiss him. "I think next time you might have to be the one in trouble because I think you had far too much fun with the first part."

Laughing Lucius assured him they could trade positions if Harry really wanted, for the first part. He had no intention for the second for he was a top and did not see that changing; especially with Harry who made to much of a natural submissive, though the thought of Harry tanning his bottom was making him hard again.

Harry noticed and laughed. "I think you might need to go and take a cold shower, I think I'm too tired for another round tonight."

Lucius knew he was teasing and sunk his teeth into Harry's neck and turned him back over. "I will show you a cold shower."

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Harry was sitting at Slytherin the next morning with Draco for he had a feeling things might be a bit tense at his own house table when the owl post arrived for he was quite certain Molly would not disappoint. Sure enough as the owl post arrived a nice red envelope dropped in front of Ginny. Harry was surprised when Errol also came his way but dropped a normal envelope in his lap.

GINNERVA WEASLEY WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING. HARRY HAS AGREED TO TUTOR YOU SO YOU DON'T FLUNK OUT OF SCHOOL AND YOU SKIP CLASS TO GO FLYING. ONE MORE INCIDENT AND YOU WILL BE FORBIDDEN FROM QUIDDITCH AND YOUR FATHER AND I WILL CONFISCATE YOUR BROOM. YOU WILL KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN YOUR MOUTH AND MAKE AN EFFORT IN YOUR CLASSES; WE WILL NOT HAVE OUR DAUGHTER ACTING LIKE A SPOILED LITTLE BABY.

Harry smiled as he looked down at his own letter from Molly which was an apology for her daughter's behaviour and thank you for his note. "That was nice of her."

Draco snickered. "Do I have to ask who that letter was from? Does sound like you had quite the evening with the little Weaslette over there, last night."

Harry gave them a run down of what had happened and there was not a snake who didn't think it fitting punishment to sick Mrs Weasley on her daughter though after loosing to Gryffindor, they'd have been happy if she was banished as well.

Harry reminded them. "You already lost this year to us so it wouldn't really help you this time around. Besides it was the lions' star seeker who you have to worry for."

Draco smacked him on the shoulder. "What happened to my brother? I do recall the humble player who always said it was his team and not he who won."

Harry shrugged but he broke into a smile for Draco was right, he did say that. "And I still believe it. I might catch the snitch but it is my team scoring all the points."

Of course when it came to the cup it was not about winning games alone but points as well for you could loose a game in the season and still win the cup as long as you continued to score high in other games and based on the other teams' performances.

Harry got up to meet with Neville and head for herbology. He ran into both Weasleys though on the way out. "You think you're so smart, sicking mum on Gin?"

Harry looked back and forth between them. "I got a lovely letter from your mum this morning thanking me for telling her about how her kids were going as well."

Ron noticing most of the front entrance seemed empty and that Harry seemed to have no back up but for Neville seemed to have grown a back bone for once and he grabbed Harry by the front of his robes.

"That little blow to your head on New Years doesn't seem to have done the job. Maybe another one will knock some sense back into you." Ron threatened him.

Neville moved to help Harry but Ginny smirked at him. "What are you going to do to us Neville? Sit on us?"

Harry was amazed when Neville did not back down though and was reminded of first year. "Let go of him now."

Ron snorted at him. "Or what piggy, what are you going to do to me and my sister? I think Ginny was right, you going to sit on us?"

Harry had enough and pushed away hard from Ron and he tried to keep his tempter in check for the last thing he needed was to get detention. He didn't need to worry though for it seemed that Ron and Ginny had run out of luck.

Severus had walked up behind them. "Threatening students Mr and MissWeasley. Ron you will be joining your sister in her detentions for the next two weeks and Miss Weasley you can count another week."

Ginny stuttered. "You can't do that to us. We did nothing to these two little rats. You're just angry because he is the little apprentice of your best friend."

Severus smirked. "I witnessed as well as over heard most of the confrontation Miss Weasley. I will also be taking this up with your head of house as well."

The two of them finally ran off for they knew better then to argue any more especially with threatened with McGonagall. Harry thought they had got off lucky for Ginny had been promised with loosing quidditch on the next offence but he reminded himself it was Severus and not Lucius who had given them this one.

Severus turned to him as he headed out to class. "I will be telling Lucius about this run in. I think you need to watch yourself around those two from now on."

Harry didn't think they'd be foolish to try anything serious but he nodded. "I will tell my master later myself but thank you for your help Professor Snape."

Severus nodded. "Lucius cares about you Harry as his apprentice and I will make sure to help him keep you safe. Now get off to class both of you."

Harry turned to Neville as the two of them ran for the greenhouses for they knew they were running late now, and thanked Neville. Neville might not have been the bravest or strongest but he proved time and time again just how loyal he was and how willing to face danger for his friends, he was.