Chapter 16:

Draco knew Blaise didn't believe his excuse for being late to class. Every time he looked over at his boyfriend he had a strange look on his face and kept glancing over to Harry's vacant seat. He knew he had to tell him about his encounter but was afraid of how he would react.

When they were back in the common room for the night Blaise pulled him into the bedroom, silencing the door as he locked it. Draco sat on the edge of his bed waiting for the inevitable.

"So where were you this morning?" Draco looked up into those sweet eyes and told him everything that happened, he had no reason to lie to the boy. He saw Blaise put his head in his hands as he was slightly shacking. He walked over to the other bed and tried to put an arm around Blaise, only to be pushed away.

"I'm so…sorry." Draco said as he sat next to him.

"So what are you going to do?" Blaise asked. Draco looked at him with a confused expression on his face.

"What?" He asked trying to figure out what he was asking.

"Are you going to go to him? He said he wanted to be with you after we graduate, so will you?" Draco was pissed. He couldn't believe he would ask him such a question.

"NO. I'm with you. Why wou…would I go to him?" Draco felt the anger rise in his chest as he was pacing the floor.

"Because you love him. You don't love me Draco I know this. I don't want to put in over a year into this only to be let go when we graduate. So if you think that you might just do that, please let me know now." Blaise was looking intently into Draco's eyes and he could see fear and hope behind them.

Draco walk over to Blaise and pulled him right off the bed and into a hug. He didn't want to see that fear in his eyes. He wanted to be the one to put happiness in them and love and nothing more.

"I want you." Is all he could get out before he pulled Blaise into a kiss. His heart stopped racing when he felt the other boy relax into it and wrap his arms around his waist. Just as the kiss began to grow more passionate there was a very loud pounding on the door. Draco pulled reluctantly away and motions for Blaise to open it.

Once the door was open Theo flew into the room exhausted. Both boys looked at him and waited for him to catch his breath and speak.

"You will never believe what just happened. Saint Potter and Finnegan split up. From what Pansy says, after spying, the Headmaster is not happy about this at all." Draco felt his heart drop into his stomach and saw the pained expression on Blaise's face at the news.

"Why would the Headmaster care if they split up?" Blaise asked.

"Probably something to do with Harry's protection." Draco heard himself say and then saw the other two boys stare at him.

"Oh right your little heart to heart with Potter this morning." Blaise spat out before leaving the room. Draco looked up at Theo before the other boy left looking rather angry.

Draco hoped that Harry didn't just break up with Finnegan for him, he was with Blaise and he wouldn't break the boys hear just to finally be with Harry. Easter Holidays were coming up and he was hoping he could convince Severus to let him have Blaise join him at his house. He didn't want to give Blaise reason to think he was doing anything when he was away. After a long walk and a talk with Severus, happy the man agreed he could bring Blaise home with him, he finally was back in his room, with Blaise and Theo whispering to one another.

"Hey" He said as he sat on his bed, looking over at the two, he wanted to let Blaise know he could come with him on holiday, hoping the other boy would be happy. They quickly jumped up from Blaise's bed and stopped talking. Draco sat and watched as Blaise practically fled though the door. Dropping his head down to look at the ground, he tried to stop the tears from flowing. He saw a pair of feet stop just in the line of his sight and lifted his head to see Theo looking at him, face all red.

"What?" Draco asked.

"So were you groveling to Potter all day?" Draco's eyes narrowed in confusion.

"What the hell are you talk….talking about? Why would I go and do th…that?" Draco snapped.

"Figured since he was now single you would go get what you have finally wanted all this time. Stop stringing Blaise along and leave him alone. He deserves so much better than a stuttering, weak fool like you." Before Draco knew what he was doing he pulled his wand out and slammed Theo against the furthest wall of the room. He watched as the boy slammed into the wall and slid, unconscious to the floor.

The door burst open and Blaise stood there for a moment before he ran over to his friend. He looked between Draco and Theo before he stood up, advancing over to where Draco was now standing.

"What the fuck did you do Draco?" Blaise asked as he grabbed the front of Draco's shirt and pushed him against the bedpost.

"He got me mad. Said I was….wasn't good enough for you. Told me to lea…leave you." Draco said as he stared into Blaise's eyes, hoping he could see how much he cared for him. Unfortunately it didn't turn out the way he wanted it to.

"So you decided to hurt him? How could you do that to my friend? Get the hell out." Draco's mouth dropped open when Blaise threw him towards the door.

"This is my room to."

"I don't care, . I don't want to ever talk to you again. Stay away from me." Draco felt the tears prickling the back of his eyes lids.

"I…I don't want to stay away fr…from you." Draco walked closer to Blaise, hoping he would change his mind. With every step he took towards the other boy Blaise would back away.

"NO. Now you don't have to feel bad about breaking it off with me to go to HIM. Just leave Draco."

"I don't wan…..want him. I want you. I wanted you to co…come home with me for Eas….Easter." Draco stood staring at Blaise hoping he would see he meant what he said. He was shocked when he heard Theo laughing from the other side of the room as he started to stand.

"Why are you laug…laughing, why is he laug…laughing?" He asked both the boys now standing in front of him.

"Potter always gets what he wants, and he wants you. He will end up with you. I'm not sticking around to have my heart broken any more than it is already. So please just leave me alone." Draco watched for the third time as Blaie left him in the room.

"Just let him go Draco. You know you don't love him, so just leave him be." Theo said as he walked out to follow his friend. After he broke out of his daze Draco ran all the way to Severus' room and pounded frantically on the door until it opened.

"What is wrong Draco?" The man asked as he saw tears flowing down the boys face.

"I…I want to leave now. I want to go ho…home."

"You can't you still have a week of classes Draco."

"I…I don't care. Tell Lucius I want to le…leave. When we get ho…home I want he…help with my stu…stutter." Severus nodded at him as he went to floo call his father. After several intense hours Draco finally found himself in Severus living room with his father sitting across from him.

"Now what is wrong son?" Draco flinched at the use of the word before he replied.

"Ha…Harry is single. Bla…Blaise thought I wou…would leave him so he left me. I can't expla….explain myself the way I wa…want to with this damn stu…stutter." Draco growled out in frustration.

"Alright, so during this break we will work on fixing that. I was hoping you would want to correct this issue." Lucius smiled at him.

For the remainder of the holiday Draco worked frantically on correcting his stutter. He hated not being able to talk and explain himself with out people looking at him funny or getting frustrated. He also wanted to let Blaise know how he felt about this whole situation and have the boy actually be able to tell how he was feeling by the sound of his voice. At night he would think non stop about what Blaise must be doing during this break and hoped with everything in him that the boy would want him back.