Late Night Confessions

The day of the big road trip finally arrived. Two hour drive that was to start at 6am on Tuesday, the 28th of December. Draco drove to Islington to pick Potter up from a café where he said he's be waiting, afterwards they'd be headed to Greg's flat in Stratford. Draco drove up to the café and instead of texting Potter that he'd arrive he thought he'd pop in to buy a cup of coffee. Draco walked into the L'Elephant Café and saw Potter sitting in a corner with his laptop looking very intent. He was running his hands through his hair, then he'd frantically type on the keyboard, later he'd pause and run his hand through his hair again. Draco stood in the corner for a few moments and watched him work with hilarity. Eventually Harry looked up and caught Draco's eye.

"Don't tell me you're actually working while you're supposed to be on holiday?" Draco asked as he approached Potter's table and sat across from him.

"I couldn't sleep, so I got here at 5:30 when they open, and I've been running on caffeine and just came up with a great plan for this company I am consulting with. I need to renew the contract with them for next year, so I need an extraordinary plan to present at the next board meeting." Harry was excited as he tried to reason with Draco. "Sorry, I probably am boring you with all this mundane rubbish."

"No, of course not. I am very passionate about my work too. I understand." Draco smiled as he picked up the menu from the table. A waitress approached their table and asked if they wanted to order. Draco ordered a cappuccino and a croissant, he then turned to Harry and spoke, "I got a message from Greg, much to my surprise, he's running late so we don't have to be at his flat until 7:15 or so."

"What about Theodore?" Harry asked.

"He'll be driving himself up there, turns out he can't stay the whole time, he won't even stay for New Year's Eve. His agent booked him for a celebrity New Year's Eve party where they need models for some art showing that begins at 11 pm." Draco looked annoyed. "I can't believe it, it is so pretentious."

"I don't understand, it's an art show? Why do they need models?"

"I don't know, he tried to explain it to me but I was so infuriated that I sort of stopped listening. I am sure he'll tell you all about it when you meet him later," Draco answered.

Harry smiled as he replied, "I am looking forward to it."

The two men stayed at the café for another half hour eating breakfast and talking. Potter had a lot of questions about Theodore and Draco answered them patiently. At 7 o'clock they headed out to Greg's flat. Potter had left his car at the house and had walked to the café. He rode with Draco to Stratford and from there they were going to drive with Greg to the Berks. Potter was impressed to find out that the private New Year's Eve party at Greg's place was going to be about thirty of their closest friends. "I don't even know that many people," Potter commented when Draco told him.

Potter yawned constantly on the way to Greg's and Draco suggested that when they'd arrive, he could probably sleep in the car on the way to the Berks. "The ride is going to be around two hours, so I am sure you'll get a decent nap in." Draco was surprised to find out that Pansy had decided last minute to join the group and now they were going to be five people in Greg's car as opposed to four.

Greg was driving and Pansy insisted on riding 'shot gun,' so that left Potter, Draco and Blaise in the back seat of the car. Blaise was instantly taken in by Harry upon their first meeting and instantaneously began flirting. Draco thought Potter was too polite to Blaise and decided upon himself to sit in between the two to 'save' Potter. When they got in the car, Blaise whispered in Draco's ears, "You always take away all the fun!" Draco responded in a similar whisper, "You can forget all your plans now; he's got a boyfriend and from what I hear, is great with his hands." Draco wasn't lying; Harry had told Draco that Cedric was a mechanic.

As soon as the car started, Harry dozed off. Shortly after Draco closed his eyes and decided upon resting as well. He pushed his head back on the neck rest and closed his eyes. He felt Potter's thigh on his left and Blaise's thigh on his right.

When Draco awoke, he felt that Blaise was no longer pressed against him in the car, groggily waking up he thought, Oh we must have arrived or stopped for supplies. When Draco fully opened his eyes he saw a laughing Pansy and Greg outside the car standing next to a very angry Theodore, glowering at Draco. Draco turned to his left and saw Potter still asleep. Draco's head was on Potter's shoulder and Potter's head was resting against the window. What was worse, was the fact that both of Potter and Draco's arms were intertwined and laying on Potter's lap.

Draco jerked up in a tremor and accidentally woke Harry up. Harry smiled sleepily, his eyes half open, the left side of his hair standing up looking very 'post-shagged.' "Oh, we are here?" he asked innocently and Draco nodded his head smiling. He looked back at his friends and Theodore was still scowling, this time more at Harry than Draco. Draco exited the car from the door on his right and glared at his friends.

"When did we arrive?" He demanded to know.

"Ten minutes ago, you two looked so innocent sleeping so we didn't want to disturb you so I got Theo out here to wake you up but you awoke on your own," Pansy teased.

"You two are so cute, you were snoring in unison," Blaise commented.

"I do NOT snore!" Draco retorted. "I don't!" He scowled at his friends again as he approached Theodore with a hug. "How are you love, how was your drive?" Draco kissed Theodore's cheek.

"It was fine, clearly not as comfortable as yours," Theodore responded watching Harry get out of Greg's Mercedes ML500.

"Theo, this is Harry Potter, Potter this is my dearest Theodore," Draco made the introductions.

"Nice to meet you Theo, can I call you Theo? I've heard really wonderful things about you," Harry spoke gesturing his hand forward to shake Theodore's

"Likewise, it's interesting how I have never heard anything about you? How did you two meet?" Theo answered as he shook Harry's hand and raised an eyebrow towards Draco.

"Our parents are friends," Draco mumbled.

"…And related, sort of," Harry added.

Draco ran back to the car to grab his bags and Harry's bags, anything he could do to avoid telling anybody how they really met.

"Yeah, my mum told me that Draco's godfather is Harry's adopted father. They were recently acquainted. Isn't that wonderful?" Pansy chimed in before reaching the car herself to grab her luggage. Her smile towards Draco was indicative of warmth and affection as he mouthed the words 'Thank you' to her.

When they entered the castle, Draco laughed at Potter's expression. Greg was definitely the richest of his friends. Potter's jaw had practically dropped on the floor as he walked in through the long hallway taking in the intricate design work of the roof of the castle, the chandeliers, the paintings and the lavishly designed doors. Every room they entered was more extravagant than the one before. The castle had five floors with four of five bedrooms on each floor. The entire castle had about twenty guest rooms and ten guest bathrooms. Greg had invited Pansy to stay with him in one of the master bedrooms on the fifth floor, Draco was going to share one of the other master bedrooms with Theodore on the fourth floor and Harry were to have his own guest room on the second floor.

"This is astonishing," Potter commented as Draco walked up with him to his guest bedroom. He took one look at his room and gasped in disbelief. "This is the nicest room I will ever stay in, in my entire life!" Draco laughed at Potter's bewilderment and nodded in agreement.

"Draco?" Potter and Draco turned to look out of his room where they saw an impatient Theodore.

"Go! I'll meet you downstairs soon for a proper breakfast," Potter directed Draco who smiled and obediently ran out to his boyfriend. On his way out Draco heard Blaise talking to Potter, "You know Harry, my room is down the hall, just so you know, in case you get lonely at night." Draco shook his head in disbelief at Blaise's constant flirting with Potter but stopped smiling when Theo grimaced.

By 11am, most of the guests who were scheduled to arrive on Tuesday had reached. The rest were scheduled to arrive on New Year's Eve itself. The group of fifteen people met in the great dining room for a full sit-down meal. When Harry arrived in the dining room he sat away from Draco and Theodore. Draco noticed that Potter sat across from them even though Draco had saved him a seat. Draco presumed it was so he could 'observe' them and thought nothing of it.

During the meal everyone grilled Harry with questions about his life, especially Cedric. Draco admired the way Harry answered everyone's questions including the personal ones about his real parents and his adopted parents. Even Theodore, who pouted in the beginning with any mention of the phrase 'Potter,' was starting to warm up to him and asked him questions about his work.

In the afternoon everyone went off to the countryside to explore more of the Berks whilst Draco and Theodore stayed behind to 'rest.' All of his friends joked that they knew what kind of rest Draco and Theo liked to get every time they would go on a trip together. Pansy commented that she was "glad that she wouldn't be around to hear it this time," and Greg added "make sure to not be too loud to avoid traumatising the help."

Draco apologised to Potter that he felt as though he was abandoning him, to which Potter replied that he "was a big boy that can take care of himself." Pansy assured Draco that she would "keep Blaise away from Harry, so he wouldn't be devastated to return home."

Potter laughed as he said his goodbyes for the day to Draco, "I've never known anyone else who's ever apologised to me because they're too busy having sex! That's nothing to be sorry for, trust me, if Cedric were here, I'd be doing the same thing!"

The group stayed out until late evening. Draco and Theo were left alone in the castle and they mostly stayed in their private room until hunger took the best of them. Draco ventured to the kitchen looking for food as Theo rested because he refused to dress himself. Draco managed to find one of the staff members who helped him bring back some rice and chicken stew up to his room. As he was walking back to stairs holding a pot of tea, his friends returned from their excursions. Everyone laughed at Draco because of the way he was dressed and his hair, was quite rightly, looking very 'post-shagged.'

"I am surprised you can still walk Malfoy!" Blaise joked observing Draco's ruffled trousers and his inside out t-shirt.

"Laugh all you want Zabini, but we all know you're just jealous!" Draco teased in return as he winked at Harry. Harry approached Draco and grabbed the tea tray Draco was struggling to carry along with the kettle. "Did you have a nice time Potter?" Draco asked ignoring everyone else's continued taunts. Harry nodded a 'yes' and began walking up the stairs with Draco. They talked all the way up to the fourth floor until they reached Draco and Theo's room. "Potter, do you want to hang out later, after you lot have eaten I mean, maybe in a few hours?"

"What about Theodore?" Harry asked, "I am not sure he'll approve." His tone was composed, he truly cared about what Theo thought, he wasn't mocking him.

"I'll tell him, he'll be alright with it. He's going to fall asleep anytime now. He's not much of a night owl and he'll claim he needs his beauty rest especially for the New Year's event he's got to do."

"Okay sure," Harry answered. "The mobile reception here is quite dodgy so I'll just be in the lounge doing some work." Draco shook his head in disbelief at Harry's comment about getting back to work. He was about to say something when he heard Theodore calling his name.

At nine thirty in the evening, Draco joined Potter in the lounge, a spot of whiskey in both of his hands. Draco noticed Potter's laptop was off to the side and he had picked up a book. "Busy?" Draco asked.

"No, not at all. I was just going through the book selections. This place is truly divine!" Potter answered.

"I know, I used to love coming here as a child. I loved spending a week here in the summer with Greg, Pansy and Blaise. Now I can't believe Greg and Pans are possibly dating. It's so unreal, we were all like brothers and sisters growing up." Draco offered Potter the second glass of whiskey he'd brought.

"I know what you mean, it was the same with my friends and now the two of them are married. I was stupid to think I could be part of the family when I started shagging Ron's sister!" Potter responded.

"You shagged a girl?" Draco exclaimed.

"Yeah, why am I super flamboyant?" Potter questioned with eyes full of hesitation. He seemed as though he had instantly become self-conscious and touched his hair.

Draco laughed. "No, not at all. You're very non-flamboyant," Draco assured him. "I was just curious."

"Haven't you?"

"No, I've never shagged a girl. Well, okay, define shagging," Draco stated.

"Define shagging? You're seriously asking me this?" Harry laughed.

"I dated a girl, she went down on me, I never did anything to her. That's the essence of my last relationship with a girl," Draco answered.

"You mean Pansy?" Harry asked as Draco stared at him with a wide-eyed expression of how did you know? "I spent the day today with your friends remember? I know everything there's to know about you and Pansy." Harry chuckled.

"Yeah, I forgot about that. So your turn, tell me, first crush?"

"Oh that's easy, Cho Chang," Harry answered.

"Another girl?" Draco shook his head.

"Okay, I lied, I went to Bulgaria for a summer program when I was fourteen…"

"And?" Draco edged Harry.

"There was this bloke named Viktor… everyone knew I liked Cho, but I think I liked her because I was obligated to like someone and had to ask someone to the dance, but, I'd say first real crush, definitely Viktor." Harry grinned, "What about you?"

Draco chuckled, unsure of whether or not he should confess, he eventually succumbed and answered, "Professor Stern."

"A Professor? Oh how fancy Draco," Harry joked, "Professor of what, might I ask?"

"He taught chemistry at my school I had him from age fourteen to eighteen. He was probably my inspiration for my becoming a scientist. Although many think that I did well in Chemistry because he was a good teacher, truth is, I still don't know until today if it was my own love for chemicals or my desire to shag him that made me shine." Harry laughed hysterically at Draco's declaration.

"Well did you?" Harry asked unable to resist the urge to know.

"Upon graduation, I did confess to him about how I felt for the past four years, he said he was flattered but nothing came of it." Draco replied with a show of displeasure. "I did offer to suck his cock for being a brilliant professor, he told me he'd simply write me a letter of recommendation."

"You offered to suck his cock? Draco that is vile!"

"Please Potter, don't even pretend like you've never had a crush on someone twice your age!" Draco retorted sending Harry in a dazed look of reminiscence. Draco raised an eyebrow and spoke again, "alright, who was it?"

Harry made a sound as though he'd just took a bite out of a delicious dessert, Draco ignored his body's reaction to the 'mmm' sound and concentrated on Potter's response. "Remus."

"Who's Remus?" Draco asked, "Wait, why does that sound familiar?"

"Remus Lupin, he's married to your cousin Nymphadora."

"Oh yeah, another family member father's forbidden for us to associate with," Draco answered.

"Why are you forbidden to associate with them?"

"Because Aunt Andromeda supposedly married 'beneath her' and married a commoner who didn't come from wealth, it's really sickening what my legacy really associates itself with."

"You can change that," Harry commented.

"How?"

"When you get married, you know the decision is upon you and from what you've told me you've already started standing up to your father and they're really not going to be able to control you anymore. And if you decide to get married to Theo, that'll be even more augmenting your style of legacy and less of your father's."

"You really think I should marry Theo?"

"Draco he loves you, it's so obvious. It's written all over his face. He's so jealous and possessive of you, the way you are of your books in your flat. He doesn't want to share you, he doesn't want to give you up. You were worried that he's not staying for the party because he doesn't love you, I think he really likes his job and that's respectful. He's not with you for your money, your family wealth, he likes what he does, and he likes you!" Harry genuinely smiled at Draco as he acknowledged his thoughts on Theodore. Draco beamed with happiness because he was happy to receive Potter's approval.

"So, back to the questions, Remus? Why him?"

Harry rested back on the seat he was sitting at, closed his eyes and smiled. Draco allowed himself one admission of one small moment of jealousy, then he dismissed it. "He was the only one of all of my parents' friends that didn't dress perfectly, he always had messy hair and he was in the Armed Forces so he's got these sexy battle wounds…" Harry opened his eyes and caught Draco staring at him and adjusted himself. "Sorry, I get carried away sometimes," Harry asserted as he sat up straight in his armchair. Draco tittered at Harry's embarrassment.

"No, that's alright. It's cute to see you've still got the hots for an eighty year old uncle."

"He's not eighty! He's forty four, thank you very much!" Harry retaliated with humour. "Okay, how about how many shags? Proper shags?"

Draco felt himself turning red. "You first," he instructed.

"Alright, well there's Ginny, so that's one in the female department. If we ignore that then four blokes, including Cedric."

"Two," Draco admitted.

"Two? Really? I expected a much higher number from you!"

"Why? Why me?" Draco asked.

"I don't know I just assumed you always had people trying to get together with you. I mean you aren't exactly lacking in the looks department. Unless you're one of those that just gets his cock sucked in the back room at a club and goes home," Harry joked.

"Shut up you git!" Draco smiled as he yelled at Potter. "I've been with Theodore since I was twenty one. We came together a week before my twenty second birthday in 2002 and before that there was only one bloke in University. I was busy studying you know. Not all of us have the orphaned sob story to get us laid!"

Harry gasped at Draco's response and threw his armchair pillow at him. "You wanker!"

Harry and Draco laughed for several minutes as they threw insults back and forth at each other, their conversation was interrupted by Greg and Pansy who had waltzed into the lounge. "Draco, I just saw Theo, he's looking for you," Pansy declared.

"Oh, he's awake?" Draco stood up immediately after Pansy's announcement.

"I suppose, I was just coming down the stairs and I saw him in the hall."

"Okay, I'll go check on him, thanks Pans. Night Potter!"

"'Night Draco."

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