Please note the change in pairing in this story. It will no longer be RWHG but BZHG

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Chapter 2

At 10:30, there was a knock on Harry's bedroom door. "Yeah?" Harry asked, still in his self imposed depressive state.

"You ready to go kiddo? It's 10:30," Remus said, walking into the room and seeing Harry sitting at the window looking out over the gardens of Number 12 Grimmauld Place.

"As ready as I'll ever be," Harry mumbled, getting up and following Remus out the room and down the stairs. "So where exactly is this dentist office at?"

"The office is in downtown London and it should take us about fifteen minutes to get there, but the Dr. Adams' receptionist recommended being there fifteen minutes before your appointment to fill out the paper work," replied Remus, as he and Harry got into the car and drove off.

Harry nodded and continued to stare out the window wondering how his life is going to change. 'Well Ron and Hermione should still be my friends. After all, Hermione's a muggleborn and her parents are dentists, so she shouldn't think any less of me. And anything that Ron doesn't understand, Mione will explain to him, but Draco."

About fifteen minutes later they were walking into the lobby of the dentist office. There were a couple of other people already there in the waiting room as Remus approached the receptionist. "Good morning. Harry here has an orthodontist appointment with Dr. Adams for 11 o'clock," Remus spoke to the receptionist, while placing his arm around Harry's shoulder.

"Ah, yes Mr. Harry Potter. The wizarding world is greatly appreciative of all that you have done for us," the woman behind the counter smiled and thanked Harry.

"Uh… yeah, your welcome, I guess, but isn't this a muggle dentist office?" a perplexed Harry asked.

"Well yes and no," the receptionists stated. "Doctor Adams caters to both muggle and wizarding patients, but we don't often get wizard orthodontist appointments because they take the option of having their teeth magically straightened instead."

At that comment, Harry glared at Remus and just shook his head. "Well I guess we should just get this over with," an almost depressed Harry said. He proceeded to go and take a seat in the waiting room, while Remus gathered the necessary paperwork and joined Harry to begin filling out all the forms.

Nearly twenty minutes later, the receptionist called Harry's name and escorted him and Remus to a room where the receptionist instructed Harry to get in the chair. "The doctor will be with you in a few minutes," she smiled before leaving the room.

Harry began to look around the room taking note of all the happily smiling poster children with braces. Yeah right! Harry thought as he continued to sulk.

Just then the door opened and a man who appeared to be in his thirties with dirty-blonde hair, brown eyes and a kind smile greeted the occupants if the room. "Well, hello there Mr. Potter. I am Dr. Adams," he said shaking Harry's hand. "And who is this gentleman you are with?"

"That is Remus Lupin, my godfather and you can call me Harry."

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Remus said crossing the room to shake the doctor's hand.

"Likewise, so you're here for an orthodontic examination so lets take a look. Just lie back and then I'll bring the seat back." Harry did as instructed. After about five minutes of assessing Harry's mouth the doctor was finished. "Okay Harry you can sit up now.

"From what I can tell, you will indeed need braces, but for how long I am not sure until I can get some x-rays of your mouth. So I am going to have my assistant come in and take you to have your x-rays done." At this, Harry nodded.

After about twenty minutes, Remus and Harry were sitting in the doctor's office discussing Harry's treatment option. "Well gentleman, after looking through the x-rays, we're looking at about 2 maybe 2 ½ years in which Harry will have to where the braces. I have an idea about how I am going to treat you so I am going to go ahead and put the spacers in before you leave.

" Now as for the plan of action, we'll put the braces on next week, but in addition to wearing braces, you will also have to wear a facebow." At the questioning look on Harry face, the doctor went on to further explain how the facebow is essentially headgear. The wire of the headgear will attach to the back bracket that will fit on Harry's molar, in addition to the strap that will fit around his lower neck, also known as a cervical pull headgear. The purpose of the Headgear is to speed up the growth of your bottom jaw because it has not been growing at the same rate as your upper jaw. So any questions?"

For Harry, the only one that came to mind was how long he would have to wear the headgear. And Dr. Adams simply replied everyday for 12 hours until he says to stop. It was at that moment that Harry knew any chances he had at getting Draco Malfoy to like him was now completely non-existent.

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An hour later saw Harry and Remus in the car bound for home after having a mold of his mouth taken and the spacers put in. As Harry stared listlessly out the window. Remus turned to look at him. "You okay Harry? Your mouth is not hurting you already?"

"No, I'm just worried about how everyone's going to react to my braces."

"I'm sure everything is going to be okay. It should not matter how you look. If your friends are truly your friends, then they will always remain that," Remus said sincerely.

Harry knew that Remus was absolutely right, but that still did not make him feel any better about Draco. He continued to stare at the passing buildings until they were pulling up in front of his new home. Harry went immediately upstairs to his room to sulk some more only to find a beautiful black eagle owl perched on the back of his chair with a letter clutched in his beak. I wonder whose owl that is? Only one way to find out. Harry crossed the room and took the letter from his beak and then proceeded to feed him an owl treat.

Harry sat on his bed and opened the envelope containing the letter and proceeded to read:

Hi Harry,

How is your summer going? Mine is going great. I hope you don't mind me calling you Harry. I know we agreed on a truce last year, but I really want us to become friends.

You're probably wondering why I am writing? Well, I was wondering if you would like to come over to my manor and spend the rest of the summer with me so that we can get to know each other. I know that your birthday is in a week, so how about you come over to stay the day after that way you can spend your birthday with your friends and godfather if you wish. Please write back your reply with Castor, my owl.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Your friend

Draco Malfoy

Harry could not believe it. Draco wanted him to come spend the rest of the summer with him. Harry leapt up from his bed and raced down stairs to ask Remus if it was all right. Remus readily agreed saying it was all right for him to go except that he change the date to August 2nd instead of the 1st, as he was having his braces put on that day.

Later that evening, the green-eyed teenager sat at his desk to write his reply to Draco:

Hi Draco,

My summer is going great. I'm glad to hear yours is going well. Remus said it was all right that I spend the rest of the summer with you. However, I cannot come until August 2nd since I have an appointment that day. I hope that's all right? I really want us to be friends, too.

Your friend,

Harry

It wasn't until the next day that Harry received a reply saying that the 2nd was fine. It was at that point when Harry finally began to grasp the significance of the situation.

Draco Malfoy was going to seem him with his braces. Merlin, I hope he still wants to be my friend.