Chapter 15: Finer Things
The rebellion was curious as to where Harry could be, when the Dark Lord did not show up for dinner either, it was Hermione and Ginny who both shared startled looks. They feared he had been found out as a rebel or turned into a Deatheater, so they elbowed Seamus who was most likely to know. "Where are they?" Hermione asked eyes frightened.
Seamus had this look to him that was almost unreadable and he said, "They left," getting blinked at he pushed his mashed potatoes around on his plate, "I don't know why, Harry just said he was leaving me in charge during his absence," he was trying not to laugh and was pulling it off well.
News of Harry missing soon became common knowledge and a hushed whisper was buzzing the great Hall people speculating about what Harry was doing. A small girl of about fourteen was gazing at Lucius with a confused look, she had seen them fighting, she bit her lip and turned to whisper to a friend, "I saw him fighting with Malfoy, the older one, had him pinned to a wall…think this has anything to do with it?" and soon rumors were spread around the Hall.
Lucius was trying to not laugh as well since the way Seamus was acting added to the whole effect he smirked as he saw the way the students seemed to be panicking. After dinner he settled on the couch and asked Seamus who came in, "What is the tally?"
"About thirty percent think Harry's already dead," Seamus said looking at his notes, "Twenty think he'll end up victorious, ten percent think Harry is getting marked, fifteen percent think they are discussing ways to take over the world, and about five percent think they are having wild crazy hate sex in an empty classroom-" yet when he said that he saw Lucius pale and blinked before asking in concern, "You alright?"
"Yeah," Lucius said getting a hold of himself, 'This is not a date, Tom did not beat me to taking him on a date, it's just a…dinner…in Spain – who am I kidding it's a date, I've lost he'll never be mine now!' he thought stressing himself out. Then he stopped and looked straight ahead a thought occurring to him, 'Wait a minute I am a Malfoy not a mouse, Malfoy's always get what they want! So he got the first date, I'll get the first kiss!' he smirked and looked at Seamus who was blinking at him rapidly as if he was a weird creature never before seen, "That is only eighty percent, what do the other twenty think?"
"Well according to my notes they think that the two had things to do that do not involve each other and it is a coincidence," Seamus said before asking, "Are you sure you're alright? You went really pale, then seemed angry, then depressed, then almost joyful."
"I'm fine," Lucius said sitting down and pulling attack of papers to him, he could smell the faint smell of coffee coming from Tom's room and grew curious. Setting the papers aside he peeked in the room and saw Harry and Tom sitting on the man's bed drinking coffee and going over some papers, "How was dinner?"
Looking up Harry smiled, "Was great, going o France Friday," he sipped his coffee feeling at ease, they had discussed everything one could possibly think of and he had been able to explain he feared his friends getting hurt because of his betrayal, luckily Tom had convinced him that his friends would be protected just as he would be.
"He needs a finer palate, gave him a bit of wine and he decided against it for coffee," Tom said eyes gloating away that he had already gotten a date with Harry and had another one planned out, "And we'll be stopping by an art museum and this little jazz club I know."
"Oh, sounds like fun," Lucius said before smiling some at Harry, "Since he seems intent on you getting more cultured would you like to visit Saint Paul's Cathedral with me tomorrow afternoon? We can also stop by some other sights if you like."
"Of wow, thanks that sounds like fun," Harry said excited, he had never gotten the chance to visit the places that made London such a beautiful city, "Could we go to the Tower of London as well?" getting a nod he smiled brightly, "Sweet!"
"Well if he's showing you around London then we'll have to make day out of Paris," Tom said pouring some more coffee into the teen's cup. Smirking at Lucius to let him know it was game on, they would share the teens attention and when it came down to it Harry could choose who to be with unless he choose to be with them both. They were willing to share after all.