Chapter 14:

Draco sat in front of Severus thinking on what to actually ask the man. He needed to know what had happened with Blaise and Seamus to make Blaise actually be hurt by what the Irishman said to him. Taking a sip of the tea that Severus had made he looked up into the older mans eyes and decided to finally speak.

"Can you ple…please tell me what hap..happened with Blaise and Se…Seamus?"

"I am sorry Draco, but like I told you before I can't tell you that. I had made an unbreakable vow, which I am sure who ever he did talk to about this did the same thing." Draco remembered the Unbreakable Vow in one of his lessons before he came to school and knew Severus really couldn't tell him anything.

"Can you at lea..leasst tell me how long they da…dated for, how ser…serious it was?"

"Well they were awfully young when they started dating, I believe a couple of years before they came to school, so I think they were nine. Seamus is a half-blood but was brought up around the Zabini family."

"Nine is awf…awfully young Severus." Draco said eyes wide.

"Yes, but Blaise's mother liked Seamus and set up a contract for the boys to be married when they got older, so they began dating to get to one another in that aspect. Blaise fell quickly for Seamus in the end and they broke up at the end of their first year and that is all I can tell you." Severus finished looking intently at Draco.

"Mar…marriage, they were supp…supposed to get Marr…married?" Draco couldn't understand how a parent could sign away their childs life to someone when they were so young.

"Yes it is done that way in a lot of Pure-blood families. If you had never been taken away I think you would have gone though the same thing Draco."

"Can my fat…father do that to me..me now?" Draco looked scared beyond belief when he asked that question.

"Yes he could. He probably will if he finds someone he thinks is good enough for you."

"NO, NONONONONO. I will no..not be for…forced to mar…marry som….someone." Draco yelled.

"He hasn't brought it up to me, and if he does I will try to persuade him not to. You have been though enough in your life and do not need to be forced to do something like that." Severus assured him making Draco sigh in relief.

"You should head back to your room now, I'll see you in class tomorrow." Draco stood up and hugged him before he made his way back to the common room. Upon entering he saw Blaise and Theo whispering to each other in one of the corners and Theo looked up at him, making eye contact. Blaise saw Theo look away and followed his gaze to Draco, quickly scowling and turning away.

Draco's stomach turned and he felt his knees begin to give out when he saw Blaise's reaction to him. Taking a few calming breaths he made his way over to where they were. Theo placed his hand on Blaise's knee and nodded over to Draco as he walked over. Blaise quickly stood up and headed to their room.

Draco stopped where he was and began to follow Blaise but was stopped by Theo, stepping in front of him.

"Stop Draco, just leave him alone alright."

"NO, I nee….need to talk to hi….him."

"He wants you to leave him alone. So just stay away. Do not hurt him any more alright." Draco's mouth dropped, he didn't even do anything in the first place to hurt the boy, he just didn't understand.

"NO damn it. I'm si…sick of peo….people tell…telling me what to do." Draco gently pushed Theo out of the way and continued to his room, when he opened the door he could see Blaise laying on his bed with a pillow over his face. Once he was standing in front of Blaise he coughed to let the other boy know he was there. Blaise removed the pillow from his face, glaring at Draco.

"Fuck, didn't I tell you to leave me the hell alone. Get away from Draco. Great use Theo is." Blaise rolled over when he stopped talking but Draco didn't leave, he sat on the bed next to him instead, causing Blaise to immediately sit up.

"Wh…what did I do?" Draco asked

"Everything Seamus said is true, I'm only second choice for you, the bottom of the barrel. You would rather be with Potter then with me and I know that and I don't want that. Don't pretend to like me because I know you-" Draco was sick of Blaise running himself down and did the only thing he knew to shut the boy the hell up, he kissed him.

He leaned over without Blaise even noticing and brought his lips softly onto the other boys, smiling when the words stopped coming out of his mouth. He applied a little more pressure, unsure what to do, being his second kiss and all. He felt Blaise bring his hand up into his hair and pull him in deeper, a tongue licking his bottom lip making him moan.

Blaise pulled back, resting his forehead on Draco and looking him in the eyes. Draco couldn't speak, the kiss made his world spin and he didn't know what to say.

"What the hell was that?" Blaise spat out as he jumped off the bed. Draco sighed frustrated that Blaise just didn't seem to get it.

"I li..like you Bl…Blaise. I tho..thought that kiss wou..would show you that." Blaise started laughing, laughing, Draco couldn't believe it. His face fell when they boy just wouldn't stop.

"You think kissing me in the middle of me talking would make me think you like me. God you are new to this. Go do that to Potter I bet he would love it." Draco felt a tear slipping down his face as he looked at the other boy.

"Why…..Why don't you me. Is it beca…because what Sea…Seamus said. I was goi….going to tell you on our wa..walk that I want….wanted to be with you, but he FU…FUCKED ever….everything up for me. What did he do to yo….you to make you bel…belive him now?" Draco spat out. He saw Blaise's eyes widen as he talked and hoped he would share what happened with him. He saw Blaise sit down on the bed across from him and look him in the eyes.

"We were friends for years, because of our familys. My mother signed a marriage contract between him and I, so we figured why not start dating even though we were nine. We already liked each other, we knew that much at least. Only thing that happened between us for those couple years was holding hands and hanging out. When we came here we were obviously sorted into different houses but didn't think anything of it. We would hang out when ever possible and ended up only kissing and making out, never anything further, we were only eleven then.

He had become close to Harry during our first year and slowly stopped seeing me. I had fallen in love with him by this time and was hurt that I didn't get to see much of him. One night we were supposed to meet and he didn't come so I walked around the halls looking for him. I went out side and saw him and Potter kissing by the lake. I confronted him about it the next day and he said that he was only experimenting with someone else and didn't know why I was so mad.

I forgave him when he said he would never do it again, stupid me. During Christmas break my mother was furious and I didn't know why, she finally told me that Seamus' father broke the contract saying I was no longer good enough for his son, they found someone better. She asked if there was another contract involved and he said no there was no parent alive for the boy to have it signed.

I knew right then that it was Potter and felt like a fool for falling for Seamus' lies. When I returned to school everyone knew about the contract being canceled and how I was no longer good enough. No one wanted anything to do with me after that, saying if I wasn't good enough for the one I was supposed to marry then I wasn't good enough for any of them, so I just stopped trying after seeing those too together."

"Blaise, pl..please don't let them ru…ruin what we str…started." Draco said as he sat next to Blaise and wrapped his arms around him. Blaise looked up at him is disbelief.

"After hearing that, you would still want to be with me?"

"I didn't grow up in th…this world. I don't ca…care about the marr…marriage shit."

"What about Potter? I know you love him, that couldn't have changed." Draco dropped his head knowing that was true, he still loved Harry, but he knew that if Harry really loved him in return he would be with him now.

"I do Lo…love him, I'm not goi…going to lie to yo…you, but I am for . I wan..want to be wi…with you." He saw Blaise smile and quickly found Blaise's lips on his in a very heated kiss.