Uhm, I'm done! Ehehe, this chapter was a little different from what I was planning on from the beginning. Actually, I hadn't even planned on having this but I think it is better this way, it has some imortant stuff for later on in the fic, hehe :) Hope you like it! Please R&R, you'll make me very happy!
Disclaimer: I don't want to say it!! At least let me beleive I'm as smart and wonderful as J.K!! Fine, I do not own any of the carachters from the world of Harry Potter../pout/
Warnings: Indication to child-abuse, and foul language... Nothing else.
Thanx to my best friend, Marita, who is my new beta :) She's actually the only one who is allowed to read my stories until I post them.. Hehe, love ya! This chapter is dedicated to you, because of the sweetness hidden in this chapter.
Me: Yoosh, may the smutness begin!
Harry: Eeh, there isn't any smut in this chapter.. Just so you know.
Me: I know that, but this is the beginning of all the smutness, you'll see!
Ron: Why do you make me look like a jerk all the time?
Me: Because you're a cute jerk! Don't worry, I like you Ron, and I know someone else who does.../looks at Hermione/
Hermione/blushes/ Why are you looking at me for?
Me: I'm not... /evil grin/
Draco: She's freaking me out...
Harry: Oh, I didn't know you were here! You know, you still owe me for making last time so fast /wink/
Draco/grin/ I think I do...
Johnny: Oh, please not here! Mandy's family is here, goddammit!
Harry and Draco/not listening/
Me: NO, NOT ON MY BROTHER COUCH, IT COASTED LIKE 15.000 SEK ( around 2000 dollars) KYAAAAA!!
Ron and Hermione/shakes their heads/ ANYHOW, let's go on with the story...
Johnny/blushes/ Yeah, let's do that!
Two days passed much like the first day, except for the part where Johnny caught Harry and Draco, and it was now Thursday morning. Johnny was waiting for Harry to show up so that they could go to school together but he never showed up. So instead, Johnny went to the house next to his for the first time.
A fat man with walrus-moustache opened the door.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"I-is Harry th-there?" The man was making him nervous, and when the moustache begun twitching at the name it only made him more nervous.
The fat mans eyes narrowed. "Who are you?" he asked.
"I-I live n-next door, and I-I'm a friend of H-Harry."
He looked at Johnny and then he turned around. "Boy! Come down here!" he shouted up the stairs. He gave Johnny one last glare and then he walked away from the door.
A couple of moments passed and then Harry came down from the stairs. Johnny gasped in shock at the sight of his short-haired friend. His face was a mess of colours - mostly blue and violet - due to the multiple bruises. He winced slightly when he went down the stairs and gripped his ribs.
"Don't look at me like that, let's go out instead", he said to Johnny.
"But Harry, you-"
"I said, let's go out", Harry hissed through clenched teeth. Johnny nodded and went outside, closing the door after his friend.
"Harry, what the bloody hell happened to you?"
"Can't we go to your house, please?" Harry asked, ignoring Johnny's question. Seeing his friend so down and beaten up, the long-haired just gave up.
He sighed. "Sure, but you've got to tell me what happened." Harry just nodded. Sighing again, Johnny led the way with the other at his side. 'I didn't know I was taller then him' he thought. 'Wait, why am I thinking of that now of all times?' He mentally slapped himself and opened the door.
"Aren't you two supposed to be at you way to school right now?" Johnny's mother asked when the boys entered the house.
"Err, yeah, but something showed up."
She looked at them. She must've understood the situation as she saw Harry's face and nodded, leaving for the kitchen.
"Come on then, my room is upstairs", the longer of them said. Harry didn't say anything, just winced when he climbed up the stairs.
Well in his room Johnny told his friend to sit down on the bed. Instead, Harry laid himself down slowly and told Johnny to lay down beside him. "Please", he said when Johnny hesitated. The second boy just sighed and as he was told. He felt very uncomfortable when Harry snuggled closer to him, but he knew his friend had to be very upset and if this would help him then Johnny would do it for him.
They laid there for a minute or two before Johnny broke the silence.
"Well, are you going to tell me or not?"
Harry muttered something under his breath and it was to quiet for the long-haired to hear.
"What? I didn't catch that", he said.
Harry sighed. "It was my uncle", he said quietly.
"Who? That fat guy who opened the door and called you down?"
Harry nodded. "I didn't do my chores yesterday so he beat me up. I guess he did for over half an hour, I'm not sure."
"So you're saying that your own uncle beat you to this state, only 'cause you didn't you chores?" Harry nodded. "That bloody prick, he ca- wait, why are you living with your uncle in the first place?"
"My parents died in a car accident when I was 1 years old. So they decided that I should live with my only relative that was alive, my aunt. My aunt and my mother were sisters but they hated each other. My mom was clever and pretty, and my aunt was just weird. She didn't want anything to do with me after the death of my parents, and that's why I was treated like a frickin slave."
"But why don't you tell the police?" Johnny asked.
Harry snorted. "And you think they would believe me? Of course not, they'd all think I'm just a lying kid."
"Didn't you say Draco's dad had some highly placed friends? Can't he help you out?"
"No, he doesn't know. And besides, it's too late to tell him now", Harry said and closed his eyes.
"Why? I thought you two were together." Johnny raised his eyebrows.
"That's the keyword; were. He broke up with me yesterday, and that's why I didn't do my chores, which led to me being beaten up."
"Wait, he broke up with you? Why?" Johnny asked.
Harry sighed. "He was afraid that everybody would find out. He don't trust you, and he don't think you'll keep quiet about it. I tried to tell him that you're OK but he wouldn't change his mind, and he broke up with me."
"That's not nice." Harry smiled at Johnny. "No, I'm serious. That's nowhere near an excuse, and I'm sure he knows it too. But back to the more important stuff; you really have to tell the police. You just can't let that man do whatever he wants with you!"
"Fine. I'll go later on the afternoon. For now I have to rest, or I don't thick I'll even be able to stand up", Harry said an tried to sit up, but whimpered at the pain from his ribs and laid down.
"I think it's better if you stay here and rest instead. I'll tell mom not to disturb you", Johnny said and stand up, moving toward the door.
"Thanks Johnny, you really are a good friend."
Johnny just smiled at the hurt teen and walked out of the room, down to the kitchen where his mother was cleaning. She turned to looked at him and smiled slightly.
"Who's your friend and what happened to him?" she asked.
"Remember that guy I told you about, the one I met in school?" She nodded. "Well, that's him, that's Harry. He lives next to us on number five."
"But how did he-"
"- get those bruises?" Johnny cut his mother off, and she nodded once again. "Harry is living with his aunt and uncle and apparently they're treating him like a servant."
"Hasn't he told the police, or someone at school?" she asked him.
"Apparently not, or else I don't think he would still be living there. But we're going to the station later on, Harry needs to rest first. Can I borrow your car then, mom?" He looked at his mother with pleading eyes.
"Johnny Stephen Taylor! There is no way you are borrowing me car to drive to the police station when you haven't even got your drivers license! I'll drive you there, but first I have to call the school and tell them that you're sick. Shall I tell them that Harry is ill too?"
"Yeah, do that. Oh, and leave a message for Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley that they can meet us at the police station after school? Tell them that it is important", he told his mother.
"I'll do that. Speaking of talking on the phone, Kate called you. I thought you were going to call her yesterday?" She raised her eye-brows.
"I totally forgot that. I'll call her later on. I'm going upstairs to check on Harry. Thank you so much for understanding mom!" He smiled at her.
"You're welcome Johnny. Now go, I think I hear your friend calling for you."
He gave her a quick hug and rushed upstairs where Harry had awaken. He patted at the place next to him and Johnny laid himself beside him. The shorter boy snuggled closer to the heat and fell asleep again. Johnny sighed and closed his eyes. 'I guess I can use this opportunity to get some more rest, it's going to be a long day after all', he thought and smiled. It didn't take long until he fell asleep too.
