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The Secret is Out!

'Fuck!' Draco thought as he flew down the corridor. He was in such a hurry that he didn;t even notice Harry running in the opposite direction. All of a sudden, Draco felt himself flung up against the wall.

'What the hell, Malfoy! Where were you this morning?'

'I'm so sorry! I completely forgot. I woke up this morning, to be broken up with by my lesbian girlfriend, tormented by my godfather and now shoved up against a brick wall by my mate! Although, under the right circumstances, I wouldn't complain about being put in this position.' He winked suggestively at Harry, who blushed tomato coloured and released his hold on Draco.

'Let's go now Draco. I spoke to Dumbledore and he told me to come back as soon as I had found you. I guess that means that we need to go now. Believe me, I would rather wait a while and spend that time with you but, I guess that that isn't possible right now. After all, if it turns out that i'm not your mate, how do you think your real mate will feel?'

'Harry, I'm positive that you are my mate but, I will come with you now to see Dumbledore, just so we can get this whole thing cleared up and sorted out.'

As the two supposed enemies headed towards Dumbledore's office, they were too blissfully happy and slightly nervous to notice the two girls who were watching them intently. They had seen the whole conversation and were planning the best way to get the news out.

By the time the two boys had emerged from Dumbledore's office, looking thoroughly content and relaxed, the whole school was abuzz with the rumour that Draco Malfoy was a Veela and that Harry Potter was his mate. As the two boys walked down the corridor, oblivious to the fact that their secret was out, many heads turned to stare in their direction. The boys shrugged it of as surprise that the two enemies could walk down a corridor, having a civil conversation and not fighting.

As the boys parted company, after entering the Great Hall for lunch, they both became acutely aware of the silence and the fact that hundreds of pairs of eyes were fixed to them. As Harry sat down at the Griffindor table, he was overwhelmed by questions regarding the rumour and whether it was true. As Harry turned to look at his mate, he could see that Draco was undergoing the same interrogation as him and a shared wave of sympathy spread between them.

'Is it really true Harry? I mean, surely Dumbledore would have told us if Draco was a Veela. After all, once the mating season starts, he'll get really over-possesive of you.' asked Hermione, once again displaying her knowledge of all things magical.

'I don't want to talk about the rumour.' Harry replied, hoping that no-one would notice his failure to asnwer the question. 'I want to talk about who started the rumour. Whoever they are, they are going to suffer, not by me, but at the hands of a very angry Draco.'

'Since when have you called Malfoy Draco?' Ron interrupted. 'Harry, if there is something going on, you can tell me and Hermione. We won't spread it around.'

Ron was then distracted by one of his brothers, meaning that he, unlike Harry, didn't spot the blush creeping across Hermione's cheeks.

'BITCH!' Harry screamed at his friend. 'It was you, wasn't it. You spread the rumour around. Why? Why would you do something like that to someone who was supposed to be your friend?' Harry didn't wait for an answering before rushing out of the Great Hall. Everyone was so dazed and confused about what had happened at the Gryffindor table, that they didn't notice when Draco snuck out and ran to find his lover.

'Harry? Harry, it's me. Look at me babe.' Draco pleaded breathlessly, having chased his lover down many of Hogwarts long and winding corridors. 'Why do you think Granger did it. Pansy has already come and told me that it was her. I'm planning revenge on her so, don't you worry. We will get our revenge on them!'

'Dray, just think. There are so many people in this school and whilst gossip does spread like wildfire, there is always one person spreading the gossip, and another one backing them up, acclaiming as to it's validity.'

'You've been around Granger far too long. Even her vocabulary is rubbing off on you. I agree that there must have been someone else but, do you really think that it would be Hermione?'

'I don't know Dray, but she never blushes, unless she's keeping a secret and she blushed when I asked if anyone knew who had started the rumour. So, either she helped start it or she's protecting someone. But why Dray? Why would anyone want to do something like that to someone that they are supposed to like?'

'The mind is a strange thing Harry. You can't always understand the reasoning for everything but, believe me, it will be there. All we need to do is find a way to quash the rumour, unless you are ready to tell the world about us. If this gets out, that blasted Skeeter woman will have a field day!'

'Maybe we should tell the world. We could tell them, answer their questions and then, they would leave us be, and we could be together, without the shame or the secrecy. It's up to you Dray. Are you ready to accept your inheritance?'

'Let's do it. Let's tell the world about us, and then maybe, just maybe we would get some peace and quiet for once in our lives. I'm sorry Harry. I wish that this hadn't happened but, maybe this, our willingness to stand up and admit our love for each other will just serve to strengthen the bonds between the houses now that the war is over. I love you Harry, and I always will, regardless of what these people try and throw our way.'

'I love you too Dray. I'm proud of you. I always thought that you were a coward, afraid to show the world what you truly are like, but you've gone and proven me wrong. Let's do this now. Maybe then, by Christmas, people will have started to accept us.'

'Christmas! Do you really think that it will take that long for people to acccept our feelings for each other?'

'Well, most people will be indifferent or shocked by accepting. However, I do know that there are people who are going to be jealous of me for stealing you away from them. After all Dray, we are the most sought after seventh years out of everyone. People are going to resent us for being together and people are going to resent me for turning you gay.'

'People are going to resent you for turning me gay? Honey, I'm far more gay than you and besides, I'd already come out to my friends before you decided to steal my heart.'

Draco paused at that point, realising that he and Harry had walked their way back to the imposing doors that led to the Great Hall.

BANG! The doors flew open and all eyes immediately locked on to the two figures, standing in the doorway, holding hands.

THUD! Several members of each house hit the floor, shocked at the sight of the two enemies looking closer than ever thought possible. Once people had picked themselves up off of the floor, dusted themselves down and sat back on the benches, trying to look as if nothing had happened, Harry spoke:

'I know that you lot are all going to be wondering that the hell is going on and whether the rumours are true. Draco and I have an announcement we would like to make.'

THUD!