Hey all, thanks for all the support in publishing my first story, lots of feedback coming in which is great
Sorry it been a few days since I published anything, but here is chapter 4, might be a few days before I get chapter 5 done, get it up as soon as I can
Stuart x
Christmas With Harry
Chapter 4
Harry sat at night deep in thought about his day, he started to consider going to the hospital wing….he felt that he might have imagined the whole thing….could Draco really actually be a nice person when you get him away from his crew
Neville, who was also staying for Christmas brought him back to reality when he dropped into the couch, "Hey Harry"
"Hi Neville, how are you"
"I'm good, it's you that we are all worried about" Neville glanced over to a group of Gryffindor's that were in a huddle watching them
"Oh right, and what's up like"
"Well, we saw you today and everyone is talking about it"
"Talking about what exactly?" Harry was looking a bit lost
"Well, you know, when you were in the great hall spending social time with….well with Malfoy" Neville wasn't sure that he even wanted to ask, but he had drawn the short straw from the group and had to come and ask
"I…I just felt sorry for him" Harry found himself trying to come up with an excuse for spending some time with Draco and not be fighting with him, which confused him why did he need an excuse, it wasn't like he was covering anything up
"Sorry for Malfoy?" now it was Neville who looked completely lost and confused
"Well…yeah, all his friends are away, he is here all alone and he is obviously going through a hard time just now at home" Harry started to feel pity on Malfoy just thinking about it, "and….it turns out he can actually be quite a nice guy"
"Nice guy?" Neville was completely shocked, how could this be happening, Harry speaking good things about Malfoy, meanwhile Harry was thinking about the fact that he had just classed Malfoy as a 'nice guy', he never ever imagined that day
"Well, yeah, to just sit and chat to one-to-one he actually turned out to be pretty down to earth, no awkwardness or childish fighting, just friendly and chatty"
"Harry, are you….are you feeling okay" Neville was feeling slightly concerned, had Malfoy put some sort of spell on Harry
"Yeah, of course, I….I just….I can't explain it, I just found myself actually enjoying time with Malfoy today"
"Okay" Neville looked over to the group who had been watching anxiously and shrugged
Draco was now sitting in the Slytherin common room on his own, and he felt really alone after being on such a high earlier sitting with Harry, but at least he had managed it, he had actually sat and chatted to Harry without there being any animosity or problems…he was so chuffed. As he sat he replayed the day in his head, from bumping into Harry to leaving Harry outside the Great Hall. He started to think about how he could arrange to spend more time with Harry and if there was anything that they could do on their own, other than the obvious that he would like to do with him and he had to consider how he was going to go about finding Harry to speak to him, without doing it too much, it was a fine balance that he would have to work out.
He continued alone in the common room, looking around him, he had never seen the school so deserted and now he was the only Slytherin left. Draco decided that perhaps, Harry would consider keeping him company, there weren't that many Gryffindor's left either, perhaps Harry would consider coming down, he took the urge and grabbed a piece of parchment so that he could write a note:
Hi Potter,
Thanks for today, it was nice to chat to someone, it's all lonely down here in the Slytherin common room with everyone else being away home for the holiday….if you ever want to come down for a visit you are more than welcome
D
Draco went for the subtle approach, hopefully when Harry read the letter he would come down, he hoped that he would be feeling a bit lonely as well and therefore it gave Draco an excuse to spend time with him, as it was just two lonely guys spending time together. He rolled the parchment up and gave it to one of the school owls to take to Harry.
Harry was sitting playing chess with Neville when an owl randomly landed next to him holding a small piece of parchment, as it was Harry's turn playing Neville leant forward to get the owl, but as he put his hand forward, the owl went to peck him and then bounced closer to Harry, they both looked at it puzzled, "who would send a letter that only I could take"
"Don't know, what does it say" Neville was holding his hands back from the owl
Harry unrolled the parchment and read it quickly before rolling it back up and sliding into his jeans pocket, "erm…I….I need to nip out for a bit"
"Nip out" Neville look questioningly
"Erm…yeah, I'll be back later"
"Okay…I'll come with you if you want" Neville looked up at him, curiosity in his eyes
"Erm….sorry Neville, but I need to do this one on my own"
"Okay" Neville looked at him in a worried, but curious way
"I'll be back later"
"Okay"
Harry headed out the Fat Lady's portrait and down towards the dungeons, where the Slytherin common room was. He was wondering why he felt so compelled to go down and spend time with Malfoy, when he realised that as soon as he had received the note from him he jumped up and felt he had to go down there and then, he couldn't work it out, he had no ties whatsoever to Malfoy, yet here he was, ditching his friends to go sneaking off to spend time with him.
Draco was sitting in the common room reading a book, thinking about whether Harry had received his letter or not and how he would react when he got it, he had no reason to consider coming down here to visit someone who had caused him nothing but trouble since he had met him.
The snake on the door hissed to tell him that someone was there wanting to see him, he wondered who it could be as he walked over, there was no one else there who would come down to Slytherin apart from teachers, who would just come in. " Who is it" he asked the snake statue
"It is the Gryffindor Harry Potter"
"Oh my god" Draco started running around, throwing rubbish out the way and trying to sort his hair and clothes
Harry was about to turn and head back towards his own common room again when the door opened and rather flustered looking Malfoy was standing looking at him, "Harry"
"Erm…hey Malfoy, I got your note"
"Right, you didn't have to come straight away" Draco laughed. Harry thought it was a nice laugh that he had, and then thought that it was weird that he found Malfoy's laugh nice. "Come in"
"Thanks" Harry walked into the large room all decorated in green with gold snakes all around, "I wasn't up to anything, and so thought I would just come down to say hi when I got your owl"
"Sure, you can come down anytime you like" Draco was more than pleased at the fact that Harry had shown up, he definitely was not expecting it
"So what have you been getting up to all day" Harry asked as he sat down
"Well, I had coffee with you and then came back here and just read all afternoon, you?"
"Well, after coffee with you, I've just been hanging out with Neville"
"Hanging out with Neville?" Draco asked confused
"Yeah, we've just been playing chess"
"I thought you said you weren't doing anything" Draco remembered from when he answered the door
"Erm….well, he was heading to do some herbiology studying, so I came down here|"
"Right…ok" Draco said slowly, he had the sudden thought that Harry had left his friends in the middle of the afternoon to come down and spend it with him, which was unbelievably fantastic
The two wizards got a chess set out and set up, they played for a few hours, talking about their lives in general, never going into too much detail about either one. A few times Draco had brushed hands and ran his leg up Harrys a few times, each time watching for some sort of reaction from Harry, but their didn't seem to be any
Harry was winning at chess, which he found quite odd, as he never won, Ron and Neville always beat him at it, a few times his hand had brushed with Draco's, which gave him an odd feeling, normally being in such proximity to him would usually result in tension, but this time it relaxed him, even when Draco's leg would brush against his, instead of moving his away, he just left it, it gave him a sense of comfort
It was almost dinner time in the great hall, "I suppose I should go up to the common room before going down to dinner" Harry knew he should go and meet with Neville before going down for dinner
"Erm….right, yeah, I guess I'll see you at some point then, as I said you can come down here anytime you like, no one else here"
"Yeah, would be good" Harry got up and headed over to the door, Draco got up and followed him over
Harry got to the door, he turned to say goodbye and realised that Draco was standing right behind, almost touching, he looked up and saw right into his eyes, Draco was staring right back down into his, Harry realised in that single second what had felt so weird the last few days with Draco, he saw an image if every moment he had had with Draco as the thought went through his head….he was attracted to Malfoy
Draco was staring straight down into Harry's eyes, they were so much better than the photos that he had in his secret cupboard, the real thing was definitely better, Harry had also looked up and was staring straight back into his, Draco felt really nervous at this point, he had never actually stood so close to Harry, they were almost touching
Harry started to lean forwards and then paused, his self-conscious was screaming out what are you thinking, this is Malfoy, have you gone mad, then he pushed these thoughts to the side and started to go up on his tip toes, he paused about in an inch away from Draco
While Draco stood there, he couldn't believe he was having a moment with Harry, then Harry started to lean in towards him, he couldn't believe it, was Harry going to do what the thought he was away to do, at the same time as he thought about it Harry paused, Draco's lips were really dry with nervous at this point and ran his tongue over them to wet them, Harry then started to move closer again and then paused again just off of Draco's lips, at which point, Draco couldn't wait any longer and leant forward to close the gap and locked their lips together.
Their lips were locked only for seconds when Harry realised what he was doing and pulled away, "erm…I….I….erm….I….I have to go" and Harry walked through the door closing it as he went, Draco was left standing staring at the door in a daze thinking did that really happen