Hey all. I guess I'll make myself update now. ((sigh)) Just so you know, I hate work. I really hate work. Anyway, here you go!

Story: Fix Me

Chapter: … 7

Warning: Angst, slash, and all that good stuff.

Disclaimer: I… DON'T… OWN… MUCH! And I certainly don't own Harry Potter. I DO own a three Harry Potter shirts, two Harry Potter movies (alas, I have yet to acquire CoS… sob.), one Harry Potter movie, and six, yes six, Harry Potter books. (I have two of the third one! Ha ha.) Oh, yeah, and my sick, perverted Harry Potter fantasies. YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM! HA HA HA HA :P

Rating: M

Genre: Romance/Angst

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Chapter 7: Carpe Diem

June 26th,

Well, I don't think anyone's going to come and get me, as I've been telling myself, so I'm on my own. I would write, but Dumbledore said I can't write anyone. Sucks to be me. Really sucks. I should just leave, it's not like THEY would care… well, Vernon might, for reasons I refuse to write, should anyone ever read this. I hate him, with a passion that burns with the fire of a thousand suns, as I heard one Dudley's "friends" say (not that he has any). God it hurts to write (I think Vernon sprained my wrist again) but if I don't I'll go flippin' insane. I wonder if I should just write Ron anyway. He might come get me, like he did in second year (well, before second year). But I don't want to get in trouble… I'll just tough it out here. If I can survive Voldie every time I face him, I think I can survive my muggle uncle, even if he IS the only known whale to live on land. Not the only one though, Dudley can be his baby land living whale. And that would make ME the shrimp. Literally. Okay, no more of that, I'm making myself hungry, and who knows when they'll feed me. I sure don't. Well, fatso (don't know which one) is coming. Better go.

-Harry-

June 30th,

I haven't had any time to write lately, so here I am at last. The Dursley's have gone to London and I am, once again, locked in my room. I got a secret owl (some secret, it was dark brown, and sent in the day. He's so dense sometimes.) from Ron the other day. Told me not to tell he'd sent it. Like I'd do that. Anyway, he says he and Hermione had FINALLY gotten together. And I mean finally. They were the only ones who didn't see it. It's seems Ginny (dear girl) had locked them in a closet until they confessed they liked each other. She forgot about them though, and when she came back three hours later, they were "snogging the daylights out of each other." Gross. I did not need that mental image. My two best friends snogging. I really don't know what to think about it. I know I SHOULD be happy for them… but I'm kinda nervous. It's dumb, but I don't want to be like a third wheel or anything. Their my first and best friends… I don't know what I'd do without them. But oh well, I'll take it as it comes. I've got a new motto to live by now. Carpe Diem. It means: Seize the Day in Latin. And I will. Gotta go.

-Harry-

Draco sighed and shut the book, leaning back and running his hands through his hair. Harry was at Quidditch practice, and Blaise and Pansy had gone with him, to keep the Gryffindors in line.

He had wanted to go too, to see his boyfriend fly again, but Harry had asked him to stay here, as he didn't want any fights breaking out. He had given Draco something to read to pass the time.

His journal.

Draco had told him, that although they had been going out for a while now, they still didn't really know each other like they should. So, how better to get to know Harry than by basically reading his thoughts? Brilliant.

Draco had read most of it by now, and was anything but calm. Now he really wanted to start a fight. To punch Weasel and his little mud-blood girlfriend in the face and let them know just how much they had hurt Harry by ditching him. They had been everything to him, and now they were gone.

He willed himself to calm down, knowing that, for some reason, Harry wouldn't want him to hurt the Weasel, even after what he had done in the lake.

Just thinking about that made Draco bristle in anger, but Harry was always there to calm him down, letting him know he was still there.

He took a deep breath as he heard foot-steps and voices coming in. Draco got out of his seat and went to greet his boyfriend. As soon as Harry was in the room, he found himself wrapped up in Draco's arms. He nodded to Pansy and Blaise, who understood and quietly left.

"I'm so sorry." Draco finally whispered in his ear. Harry pulled back and looked his boyfriend. "It wasn't your fault and never think that it was." He told him, brushing Draco's hair back out of his face. Draco closed his eyes and rested his head on Harry's shoulder. He loved the times like these, when Harry did little things, like running his hands through Draco's hair as he was doing now, to let Draco know he loved him, to let him know that he was getting better.

"I love you," Draco said, lifting his head to look Harry in the eye. "I know," Harry murmured. "And I love you." Draco smiled and place a kiss on Harry's lips and led him to the couch, sitting down and pulling Harry into his lap. Harry smiled at him and wrapped his arms around his neck.

They stayed like that for several minutes before Draco started talking again. "So, is that why you never gave up after what they did to you, that whole Carpe Diem thing?"

Harry smile and nodded. "It may not have looked like it," he said. "But I was trying to make the best of the whole situation. It just wasn't working very well. Until you came along, that is. It was hard, but I knew it would get better, and it did." He kissed Draco on the nose.

"So, this whole Carpe Diem thing works then?" Draco asked, smiling at Harry. "Yes, it does. I suggest you try it sometime." Harry told him. Draco smirked. "Hmmm… Seize the day… Oh, I will." and with that, he tackled Harry had dragged him to the bed, both laughing all the way.

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A/N: I know, it was short, but I was stuck. The next chapter will be the last. Alas. Then a sequel. But before that, I'm going to post the ORIGINAL version, in all of it's one-shot glory, so you can see how it evolved. Please review. And I assure you the next chapter will be VERY long. Have a nice… night here or day elsewhere. :)