Harry lay in bed but couldn't sleep; tossing and turning all he could picture was Draco pulling him close then kissing him.
"Harry," Ron said. Harry pulled the curtain aside so he could see Ron. "You ok?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, just can't get to sleep, I might go for a walk," Harry said. He got up and walked downstairs and sat in front of the fire. A few minutes later he heard footsteps.
"Harry," Ginny said.
"Hey," Harry gave her a forced smile.
"What's wrong?' she asked as she sat next to him.
"Just can't sleep, bad dream," he replied as he wrapped his arms around her.
"Tell me about this dream," she said.
"Well umm..." thinking up a pretend dream he started. "Well, you go back to seeing Dean and we break up... Then I go and... Live with Hagrid, right, then you leave," he said.
Sounds good, I hope. He thought to himself.
"I won't do any of that, so don't worry," she smiled before kissing him. After a few minutes of cuddling they said goodnight and went to bed. Harry finally got to sleep after an internal debate about how he was going to confront Malfoy.
XxX
"And finally the last pair is Draco and Potter, get started I will be grading you on these potions," Snape said. With that students scurried around the classroom to gather their ingredients and start preparing their potion. Nothing was said between Harry and Draco the whole time as they made their potion.
"Right, times up," Snape barked ten minutes before the lesson was due to end.
"I will now test your potions by dropping a leaf into the potion, if your leaf turns into the creature you have selected you will pass, if not you will fail," Snape proceeded to go around the classroom and drop a leaf in each potion.
Miniature lions, bears, snakes, spiders and toads appeared around the class room and a mumbled "well done" was awarded to everyone.
"Let's see what you two have," Snape said as he dropped a leaf into Draco and Harry's potion. Before them a thousand tiny butterflies burst from the potion. Laughter and awe spread through the room. Snape looked curiously at both boys before turning his back.
"Class dismissed... Potter, Draco, over here," Snape said. Once everyone had left the class room he locked the door.
"Butterflies? There were only five set creatures and you managed to get butterflies... Did you by any chance communicate with each other?" he asked as he sat at his desk. Neither boy spoke and Snape shook his head.
"I know how much you hate each other that is why I paired you, learn to work together fast or I will not be happy," Snape threatened before unlocking the door and making the two boys scurry off. As Harry walked down the corridor Draco stopped and watched. He took a deep breath and headed the opposite way. How much longer could he keep this up?
