Author's Note: Hey guys! I'm so happy to have received a couple more reviews than last time Draco loves you! ^^ Keep them coming please, I'd really appreciate that! Okay, school starts tomorrow for me so the next update might take a while. If you guys spam me with reviews telling me to hurry up though, I just might strive to make the effort. LOL. Anyway, here's chapter 6, enjoy!

Acceptance
Chapter 6
Dumbo at the Door

"Harry what happened?" Ron greeted me at the Gryffindor common room; a greeting quite predictable, yet not pleasing to the ears. He wasn't the only one. The ENTIRE Gryffindor house began bombarding me with questions…

"Harry! What did Snape do to you?"
"Nothing."
"Harry! Are you in trouble?"
"Not really?"
"Harry! Where's Draco?"
"With Professor Snape."
"Harry! Why are you taking care of a freaking slytherin?"
"Because I felt like it, you douche."
"Harry! Can I SQUEEZE Draco?"
"The hell?"
"Harry! Did you pee your pants?"

"Harry!" "Harry!" "Harry!" "Harry!" "Harry!"

"Oh my god would you guys just shut up already?" I bellowed. Yes, I was in a rage. I didn't like questions being thrown in my face like that. Just then, Snape entered with Draco, who was now wearing a miniature Slytherin uniform. There was a mixture of "aww's" at the presence of Draco, as well as "boo's" at the presence of Snape.

"Harry!" Draco pointed at me, hopping into my arms.

"Well, Potter. I seem to recall you telling me that you wanted to keep Draco's presence a secret, but from what I've seen for the past few hours, I believe that you have failed. Epically."
"No need to tell me that, professor." I rolled my eyes.

I turned to face the crowd of Gryffindors who stood before me, obviously wanting some answers. Well, I guess I'd have to tell them sooner or later anyway, sooooo…

"It all started when I found Draco at King's Cross…"
10 minutes later~
"So Professor Snape offered his services to me, and now, I would really appreciate it if you guys keep this all a secret. I know that the whole potions class witnessed the sight and all, but still, if anyone asks you about the de-aged little fart here, just avoid their questions. I wouldn't want Dumbledore to find out, to be honest. He'll go all 'Harry, Harry~ Do the right thing~ Let me take it from here~ You can leave Draco with me~' …and I don't want that, because God knows what he's going to do with him. I trust Dumbledore about lots of stuff, but caretaking? Family? Please, the guy doesn't even mention a damn thing about his own family. I believe Draco is much safer in my hands so please…" I subconsciously fell to my knees. "Don't tell me to leave him…"

Silence befell the room until Ron stepped forward, "we're with you all the way, mate."
"Me too," Hermione chimed in.

They turned to face the rest of the Gryffindors with a pleading look in their eyes. I was so afraid that I would hear a voice saying 'I'm telling Dumbledore', but it never came. When I looked up, everyone was smiling at me. Beginning with Neville, they all gave me their word to keep their lips sealed whenever it came to the topic of Draco de-aging. In fact, some of them even offered to babysit Draco whenever they could!

"Brilliant! So every day, there's going to be about five shifts, and five people have to skip one class per day. Agreeable for all?" I remarked, holding out a chart I just drew of the daily babysitting shifts.

"Agreeable? HELL YEAH!"

Everyone turned to face the source of the sudden response. It was SNAPE. Shocker…

"Uh…ahem…What I meant to say was…Excellent idea, Mr. Potter. But this does not give any of you an excuse to skip tests from my class, Draco will be well hidden with me during them," Snape said in a half confident, half shaky voice, still embarrassed by his own voice going in a high-pitched 'hell yeah'. Everyone remained speechless, eyes having a fixed gaze on the potions master. "Well, seeing as I am not needed for now, I shall take my leave. By the way, I left Draco's spare clothes on your bed, Potter. And for today, I will be doing you Gryffindors a huge favor, you get to skip ALL your classes, I'll send a letter to the professors telling them that there's something more urgent for you to attend to. The only reason I can be bothered to help you this time is because I want little Draco to feel welcome and not feel awkward with his new so-called family. So, spend your time today taking care of him, play some lame games, and look forward to tomorrow's test. Good luck." With that, the potions master exited the room.

Hermione closed the door and the atmosphere immediately lightened up. I was pleased to see that all the Gryffindors were being nice to Draco and not treating him like Slytherin scum. Parvati was cuddling him now, and some others were waving toys and making all sorts of amusing gestures at him. Draco seemed to be enjoying all the attention. Seeing that made me smile; the poor boy had been through so much, the least we could do was shower him with the love that he needed. Screw the potions test, we'll just fail together. Maybe Snape would give us some mercy points for taking care of his star student.

"Lookie! Dwayco can do magic without wand!"

I stole a glance at Draco showing off his amazing magic skills of making a grape disappear- in his mouth… The Gryffindors found this adorably amusing and clapped and cheered. I shook my head while laughing to myself; he's such a show off, even at this young age. Simply too cute beyond words…

Unable to contain myself, I ran towards Draco in a dramatically slow motion way, calling his name. Draco responded immediately by squeezing himself out of Parvati's grasp and attempted to imitate my slow motion run. He eventually gave up and sped forward to my feet, jumping excitedly, wanting to be carried. I lifted him up as he squealed in delight and rocked him about in my arms. My friends had never seen me express myself so freely in front of them before and were bewildered by the scene taking place before them. The rest of the night was spent with joy, hysterical laughter and love for the new addition to our 'family'. Sure, he's a Slytherin, but he'd always be welcome to spend time with us, Gryffindors. Unfortunately, I couldn't say the same for his teenage self though…

Soon, it was nightfall, and everyone headed back to their dorms. I was about to close the door when Hermione held it open abruptly, "Harry, I know everything seems fun and cool now, but I think Dumbledore's going to get wind of what we're doing soon. We can't keep hiding. So, just be mentally prepared…" Just as suddenly as she spoke, she departed.

I didn't really take Hermione's words seriously since I just had the most totally awesomest party with Draco and the rest, and I was just going to go to sleep after this. Ron was already way ahead of me.

"Harryyyy," I heard Draco's angelic voice behind me. He sat cross legged on my pillow, holding out a piece of parchment. "What's dis?"

"You're a cheeky little baby, aren't you? You actually managed to find and take the Marauder's Map from inside my pillow case. Strange how nobody noticed it there though… Here, let me show you something really cool."

I held out my hand and Draco gave the parchment to me. I grabbed my wand and pointed it at the parchment, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

Gradually, the parchment revealed itself to be a map of Hogwarts. I chuckled as Draco began pointing eagerly at all the names he saw, then he saw his own name and mine.

"Dwayco Malfoy!" He exclaimed. "Yeah, Dray, that's you," I stroked his hair. "Harry Potty!" "It's Potter…And yup, that's me. You see this square area here? This is me and Ron's room. Look to the left and right, those are the other Gryffindors sleeping in their rooms," I squinted my eyes to look at the clock by Ron's bed. "…Which is what we should be doing too. Come on, Draco, let's go to sleep." But Draco didn't budge. He was clearly still amused with the Marauder's Map. "Dumbo Door!" He exclaimed, pointing at a spot on the map. I glanced lazily at him, "there is nothing dumb about my door, Draco baby, give me the map and let's sleep okay?"

"Lookie, Harry! Dumbo Door! Albus Dumbo Door!"

Hold the phone…Albus…Dumbo…Door?

I snatched the map away from Draco who looked shocked at my rough actions. "Sorry, Dray, let me just find something real quick…" Then I froze. According to the map, right outside my door, stood a pair of footprints, marked above them was the name 'Albus Dumbledore'.