Chapter 3: Don't Play With Your Wand
By the next morning Harry had convinced himself the night before was nothing but a dream. Running down to the great hall Harry sighed as he sat down on the bench across from Ron and next to Hermione.
Harry grabbed the pitcher of ice cold pumpkin juice and poured himself a goblet full and started to drink it. Hermione leant over "So Harry… how long, have you been shagging Draco?" She whispered in his ear. Spitting out his pumpkin juice across the table Ron sat in shock as the juice dripped off of him. "Was there a reason for that? Is that for last night?" he asked grabbing a napkin and wiping his face off.
The raven haired teen's face was deep red; he looked at his friend beside him and gaped for a few minutes before he could finally speak. "How…how did you find out?" he asked breathlessly putting the empty goblet down on the wood table.
"Well I was quite sure, but you just confirmed my suspicions. I started to figure it out when Slytherin finally lost house points from Snape, someone had to do something and I figured it had to be the same time that all of our house points went missing and it was just deduction that it was him. I mean come on… you both were the last ones to leave the class room. It doesn't get any easier to figure out then that." She said pushing some of her bushy hair out of her face.
Harry cleared his throat a bit as he thought of a response to the statement. "Hermione… you've got to keep this a secret from everyone." He whispered putting his head down a bit as he looked at his plate. Harry was glad that it was Saturday and that he didn't have to deal with Snape for two full days.
Grabbing as much toast as he could carry the boy who lived got up from the table and ran out the giant doors and out onto the grounds. Having everyone's eyes on him made it hard to eat.
"You know someone is going to wonder why you keep following me Draco" Harry remarked looking over his shoulder at the blonde who was keeping his cloak around him in the cool morning air.
Sitting on a rock beside the other teen Draco just smirked as he stole a piece of toast "Let them wonder…I knew what I was getting into when we started going out, if you're having second thoughts about everything then let me convince you that being with me is better than any other guy in this school." Draco whispered licking the edge of Harry's ear causing him to jump.
Harry removed his cloak and stuck the last piece of toast in his mouth and chewed before swallowing "You come with me now before Snape sees us and disrupts us from having any fun ever again" the teen mumbled dragging Draco off till they were beside the lake in a spot that was hidden from lawn in front of the castle. Pulling his own cloak off Draco balled it up and used it as a pillow as he lay on the cloak they were using as a blanket.
The two teens were happy alone together they each kept chatting about the future and what they wanted to do after school ended. Draco nuzzled against Harry as he talked about his father's plans for him. "He wants me to get the dark mark and serve you know who…but I can't do that when I'm with you." He said softly staying close to the other teen.
Putting his arm around the blonde Harry smiled "Don't worry, I'll defeat Voldemort and you don't have to worry about any mark at all" he said rubbing Draco's back."Also I have to tell you something important. Last night I was questioned about the lost house points, they used truth serum, but don't worry, they didn't ask who I was snogging with in the class room… Also Hermione figured it out that we're together" he said keeping the blonde close.
Burying his face against Harry's should Draco smiled and closed his eyes to rest as the trees above them kept them cool.
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Both teens were unaware that someone was sneaking up behind them. They didn't even notice the flash from a camera as they both lay together.
"You hear something?" Draco mumbled from his position next to Harry. The raven haired teen cracked one of his eyes open and looked around for the noise Draco supposedly heard and shrugs his shoulders a bit. "There is no one there" he mumbled pulling Draco on top of him so the blonde would keep him warm. Just as they got comfortable another clicking sound filled the air.
Harry sat up "That time I heard something" he said pushing Draco off of his lap "Wait here I'll look around" he said getting up and walking around checking behind all the trees and boulders that dotted the area. "Nothing… now can we get back to what we were doing?" Harry asked sitting back down and kisses Draco.
"Ron, Harry is going to kill you when he finds out you took his invisibility cloak and Dennis's camera to take these pictures" Hermione whispered as she stood close to Ron under the cloak.
Ron ignored the girl next to him and pulled her up the front lawn of the school till they reached the large doors. "Trust me Hermione it's all for the best…if Harry doesn't want these photos to ruin everything he'll come back to his senses for the good of the Quidditch team." Ron said running up the stairs toward the Gryffindor common room to develop the pictures.
Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes "This is not going to end well at all" she said to herself as she made her way up the stairs after Ron." Folding up the invisibility cloak Hermione stuck it in her bag as she made her way up the moving stair cases. When she got to the common room Ron was already handing the camera back to Dennis to get the film developed. The bushy haired girl just sighed and made her way to the boy's dorm and dropped the cloak back into Harry's trunk. Leaving the room just as quickly Hermione went to her dorm and grabbed a large book she was reading for fun and went back to the common room to read for a while.
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Back down by the lake Snape had decided to look for some plants to restock his stores in the classroom. As he walked closer to the shore he overheard a pair of voices in the distance. Moving closer her made sure to keep silent, he was in a terrible mood that once again the golden boy, also known as Potter was not being expelled…again. Severus wanted to take his anger out on any student by dishing out detentions for the smallest rule broken. Making his way towards the rocks he heard Draco's voice.
"Stop playing with your wand so much or it's going to go off before your ready" Draco said in an annoyed tone.
Snape stood behind the large rocks out of sight and listened to the conversation.
Harry chuckled softly unaware they were being watched. "If you keep grabbing it like that then I am going to lose control" he laughed out trying to squirm out of Draco's grip.
Severus felt the blood leave his face and his legs go weak, he had to lean against the rocks in front of him just to keep listening in on the conversation in front of him.
Draco tightened his grip "If you just swing it around without any cares it's no wonder you're all over the place when you use that thing, you need some self control." Draco remarked with a stern voice.
Harry groaned loudly at that point and responded. "I'll try and learn some self control, if you stop making things so hard."
At that point Severus felt like he was going to lose all self control. Gathering his composure Severus sighed softly and looked over the rocks, he expected to see something disturbing he saw the two teens practicing spells while lying on the ground. Rolling his eyes he pulled out his own wand and walked around the rocks to where his two students were.
What are you two doing out here?" he asked staring down at them.
"Professor, I was just teaching Potter how to cast spells and duel without missing his target" Draco said keeping his hand on top of Harry's a wicked smirk playing on his very pale lips.
Severus gaped for a moment before sighing loudly and closing his mouth before he opened it to speak again. "Potter, Malfoy detention tonight in my class room you two will be scrubbing out caldrons till you both learn; how to behave in a class room." Snape said looking at the two teens.
Draco smirked "Don't worry sir we'll be on our best behavior tonight I'm sure of it" the blonde called as the potion master walked away in a huff.
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By the end of dinner Harry and Draco made their way down to the potion class room, when they pushed the classroom door open they met a sight that made them both want to cry. What looked like a thousand caldrons covered every surface of the classroom. Severus had every student leave their dirty caldron in the room so he could punish the two teens.
On the board in the front of room was a message "Clean these, the muggle way" Harry read aloud with a groan. Draco grabbed a brush and tossed it to his boyfriend before grabbing a bucket of fresh water and heading for one of the bigger caldrons. Getting down on his knees he began to scrub the outside of the pewter pot.
"Stop staring at my arse and get to work" he said his voice echoing off the empty caldron. Harry let out a long sigh before getting on his knees and started to scrub another caldron off. The caked on carbon remains of the wood was starting to stain his hands black.
"You know next time, we should shag in the usual broom closet instead of Snape's class room" Harry remarked, getting a chuckle from across the room he kept scrubbing the caldron, when he finished the outside he began on the inside which was worse. Deep Purple goo was caked all over the inside, just by looking at it he could tell this was first year caldron especially from the poor care the caldron had.
Draco wished they had been allowed to use gloves to cover his hands the slimy feeling of what ever in the caldron he was cleaning gave him the impression it was moving. "I'm a Malfoy, Malfoys don't scrub caldrons ever… we have someone else do it for us" he whined. In the year he had been dating Harry his whiny self hadn't fully gone away yet.
Harry smirked he liked hearing Draco start getting upset about even the smallest things "Hey, you this is your fault. If you hadn't wanted to snog last night then we wouldn't have ended up fall asleep in class and we wouldn't have ended up on our hands and knees." Harry called across the field of caldrons.
Scoffing loudly Draco raised himself up to look over a smaller stack of caldrons "Oh don't act so high and mighty, You want me here sweaty on my hands and knees" Draco said, once he realized what he said he blushed brightly. "That's not what I meant, get your mind out of the gutter Potter" Draco said rolling his eyes as Harry chuckled at his poor word choice.
By that point the large wood door swung open and Severus scanned the room making sure that both teens were there and were on separate sides of the room. "Following orders I see, I know Draco listens but it's quite the shock to see you actually listening to rules for once Potter. I half expected you to be lounging around or trying to take advantage of your class mate in his position.
Harry bit his lip to keep himself from saying anything to make his detention go any longer than it already was going to be. Keep his eyes on his work he continued to work at the purple goo that didn't seem to be coming off at all.
When both teens had finished a total of ten caldrons each they both were at their wits end, Draco was near tears his back was screaming for him to move his position and his knees felt like they were on fire. Not to mention bother their hands were bloody from the blisters and the soapy water stung like hell. Both teens kept their mouths shut. Snape wanted a reaction mostly from Harry so he could ream him out for being weak.
When the clock in the great hall chimed midnight Harry and Draco never wanted to see another caldron again or clean one again the muggle way. Detention should have ended hours ago but Severus wasn't backing down till everything was clean or the boys admitted defeat.
Getting up from his seat Severus walked to the door "Since you two aren't finished I am turning in for the night and you two are stay here and clean till everything is done. I've charmed the door not to let you out till the task is done the muggle way" he said leaving the room and shutting the door behind him.
Draco groaned and stood up, his legs almost collapsed under his body weight. "How can you still work like this? We've been doing this for hours" he remarked rubbing his neck.