Chapter 14: Date Number One

Lucius watched as Harry and his friends sat in class doing a project, he had told them to split into groups and form their own political circles. A Lord, an Advisor, a Merchant and a Peasant. They were to write out how they would deal with the community and how to act in such a way to benefit their roles, to rise in ranks if at all possible, and the Lord had to approve the rising and have reason for doing so. It was obvious who they had made the Lord, and Merchant but the Advisor and Peasant were not as certain. Harry was the Lord, Neville the Merchant, and then it became obvious that Seamus would be the Lord's Advisor while Dean was the peasant who worked for the Merchant.

The teens had divided their real life roles and made them fit the assignment, and he watched them at dinner as well. The assignment was to go on for the next week to see how far the Peasant could reach and how fair the Lord could be. Harry acted annoyed at the whole teasing thing his friends were doing with calling him, My Lord, Hermione was snapping at them telling them it was just an assignment and to stop teasing him.

In the suite that Harry shared with the two men he settled on the floor with his Animagus book in front of him, he was suppose to ace the transformation by the end of the year and he had not even started trying yet. Seamus was snoozing in his room, so when Tom came in with Lucius the two saw Harry biting his lip and concentrating. He seemed to be meditating, "Harry?" Lucius said causing Harry to scream and jump backwards, standing up he stumbled and fell over the back of the couch to land upside down on the couch with a squeak.

"Harry!" Tom and Lucius darted over to see the teen, before they could help it they began laughing he looked comical with the way he landed.

"Don't sneak up on me like that!" Harry said as he straightened himself out some before tinting pink, "And stop laughing!"

"S-sorry," Lucius said covering his mouth to calm his laughter he took a breath and said, "For someone so graceful in a fight you certainly are clumsy when spooked," getting glared at he saw the teens cheeks darken into a deeper pink, "Now that blush is just too cute."

"I think you could commit murder and blush to get out of it," Tom said trying not to laugh, "It makes you seem so young and innocent."

"I am young you moron," Harry said crossing his arms, before losing all his anger as he smiled some, "Now if you don't mind I have homework to do," he settled back in front of his book and tried picking up his meditation again but he could feel the stares and ignored them before trying to focus only on his animal within.

About half an hour later he sighed in defeat, "Is there some reason I am being stared at?" he asked looking at them; he would get nowhere with them gazing at him.

"Dinner is in half an hour," Tom said before Lucius got the chance to speak, "I'd like to show you this little restaurant I know in Spain," getting blinked at he shrugged, "I would also like to get you away from the school for a bit, you seem tense, you've even stopped drinking coffee as much and it worries me some."

"So you want to take me to dinner?" Harry asked blinking at him, getting as nod he shrugged, "Eh why not, do I need to change or is this fine?"

"You may want to put on a shirt," Tom said which made Harry glance down; he had taken his shirt off because he was only trying to change his upper half.

"Oh yeah," Harry said laughing before going into his bedroom for a shirt, when he came out he was pulling on a light grey T-shirt he rapped his knuckles against Seamus's door, "Hey dipstick," getting a sleepy head to pop out he said, "Going to Spain for dinner, tell Nev he's in charge and if the school is in shambles when I get back I'm skinning all of you," getting a nod he turned to Tom who nodded his head for him to follow.

Once in the hallway Harry asked, "So why are we going to dinner in Spain really?" he knew the man always had ulterior motives.

Taking the teen's hand and leading him up to a tower they could apparate from Tom explained, "Besides getting you to relax and take a break it will also freak out the students if we're missing at the same time, they may think we've decided to battle it out," getting a laugh he dropped the wards for a second and apparated with the teen to a transit point before apparating them to a place near the restaurant where they walked from there, "Order anything you like, my treat."

"Why of course it's your treat, if not this would be a bad date," Harry said with a chuckle he was making a joke, half way through their meal he chuckled lightly, "How bad do you think the panic is back at the school?"

"Bad enough that I think you should refuse to talk about your disappearance," Tom said smirking some, he enjoyed the idea that Lucius was most likely freaking out since Harry was with him and not the blond. He laughed suddenly, "Maybe even flinch a little around others-"

"Are you trying to convince them I was tortured or something?" Harry asked getting a nod he grinned and said, "Well if this is how you plan to torture me I must say I have no complaints," he dove into the dessert with Tom both enjoying the mild conversation and the light banter between them.