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Harry sat next to Ron, staring out over the lake, nervously fiddling with the hem of his rob.

"Calm down, Mate," Ron said, laughing. "What did you want to tell me?"

Harry bit his bottom lip before saying, "I found a boyfriend."

Ron's eyes widened in surprise, but then he smiled widely. "So soon? I wish Hermione and I could have got together that quickly. So, who is it?"

After hesitating a moment, Harry said, "You cannot tell anyone but Hermione, okay? It's sort of a secret since the whole school would have a fit about it."

"I won't tell. Now, who?"

"Draco," Harry said quickly as he looked down at the ground.

"Draco? We don't know…Wait, you mean Malfoy?" He sounded both shocked and indignant.

Harry nodded.

"But, Harry, its Malfoy! When did you even talk to him?"

"I couldn't sleep last night, so I went to the Room of Requirement. He showed up. We, uh, talked and I agreed to give him a chance."

"He's a Slytherin!"

"Maybe Slytherins aren't as bad as they seem."

"And maybe Snape saves little kitties from tall trees."

"Don't be ridicules, Ron. Snape hates cats. Besides, it's not like I'm asking you to fall in love with him, just tolerate him. I'm didn't agree to marry him or something."

"Close enough! You've practically made a deal with the devil!"

"Hardly. If he hurts me, unlike with the devil, we can get revenge."

"Promise?"

"Promise. Now, are you done complaining?"

"For now."

"Good, I have a letter to send to Dad, and then we can go tell Hermione."

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"WHAT!"

Harry flinched slightly as Hermione stood towering over him, face red in anger.

"I'm going out with Draco."

"No, you're not."

"Yes, I am."

"You you're not. Want me to tell you why?"

"You'll tell me even if I say no."

She went on as though he hadn't spoken. "You don't like Malfoy. You haven't since first year. You've told me, countless times I might add, that he's and arrogant arse that can't keep his dick in his pants! He's slept with nearly the whole school, including a few other the teachers! He won't take your relationship seriously! And, besides, you like…"

"Shut it, Hermione. I don't like anyone. I'm going out with Draco whether you like it or not."

"But…"

"But nothing. Drop it."

"Am I missing something?" Ron asked, clearly confused.

"Yes!" Hermione yelled at the same time Harry said, "No!"

"Look, I told Draco I would meet him at seven, and that gives me only five minutes to get there, so I have to leave now. Maybe when I get back, you'll be calmer."

He stood up from his seat on his bed, went to his trunk, pulled out his invisibility cloak, and said, "I don't know when I'll be back, Ron, so don't wait up for me."

"Are you sure you want to do this, Mate?"

"Yes," he answered quickly, like he didn't want to wait in case he changed his mind. Without saying anything else, he turned and left.

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James sat stiff as a board, clutching a letter from Harry in his fist. Sirius and Remus stood behind him, where they had read the letter over his shoulder.

"They've lonely been dating since yesterday morning, James," Sirius said comfortingly. "they probably haven't even…"

"Sirius," Remus said, voice full of warning. "Don't."

James took a deep breath. "No, I need to just get used to the idea of him dating…and having sex. He is a teenage boy, after all, and if he's as like me as Albus says he is, he won't wait too much longer, if he hasn't already, to have sex with this Draco kid. Though if I remember correctly."

"Which you probably do, since it's about Harry," Sirius interrupted.

"Then this is the boy that Harry couldn't stand to be around for more than five seconds. How could that have changed so quickly?"

"Maybe…" Remus began, but James went on, ignoring him.

"He always said that he was a fucking prat that can't go five minutes without trying to prove himself better than everybody else, but only succeeds to prove that he's an arse."

"I don't think he's doing too good of a job of trying to get used to this," Sirius remarked. "Maybe we should…"

"We're not taking him out partying…I think he's still drunk from last night."

"This has been so hard for him. If only there was something…"

"You're not giving him a blowjob."

"Well, then, maybe we could…"

"No threesomes, either."

"Sirius," James snapped. "Don't say anything else. Malfoy has tried to make Harry's life a living hell since their first year. What if he's only out to hurt Harry?"

"We don't know that, James. He could've changed over the summer," Remus said.

"He's the only child of Lucius Malfoy. Do you really think that him changing is a possibility?"

"It's not likely," Sirius replied. "But not impossible."

"Malfoy Senior took his wife to Rome all summer, leaving his son at the manor," Remus remarked. "Without his father's yearly influence, he could've realized that he's been an…"

"Arse?" Sirius put in when Remus, who always tried to be as unlike as Sirius and James as he could, trailed off.

Remus glared at him. "If you want us to adopt a baby, you had better not talk like that around her."
"We might get a him."

"We're not arguing about this again." He turned back to James. "You're right, you do need to get used to Harry dating. But you're wrong to just give up. There's no laws against you and him being together now that he's of age. You need to fight Lily, let Harry decide where he wants to live. I doubt he'd choose Lily. She's too…bossy, to put it nicely."

"What he means is, she can be a bitch," Sirius said. "Did Harry tell you what she did after she learned of him being gay?"

"Sent him a letter to tell him he's living with her."

"Sent him a howler. The whole school heard it. That's how they learned he was gay."

"How do you know that?"

"Remus keeps in touch with Minerva. He got the letter last night."

James leaned his head back and closed his eyes. "Harry's probably pissed at me."

"Nah," Sirius said happily. "If he was too mad, he wouldn't have told you about his boyfriend."

"You're not helping, Padfoot."

"Really? Then maybe…"

"No," James and Remus said at once.

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FINALLY! Sorry it took so long to update, my writing notebooks were down in the basement and I only just got them out. I hope you liked it. Review!