Hello everybody! Second chappy! Woot woot.

I fixed the formatting error in this chapter.

Warning this is a slash story! (male/male) aka hot man sex.

I do not own harry potter or Buffy the vampire slayer.

"Talking"

"Thinking"

Chapter 2

Vernon pulled into the driveway slowly. They had just made it back to Privet Drive and Harry prepared mentally for his unwanted entrance.

"Hurry up boy!" Vernon shouted at Harry. The fat walrus like man was already out of the car and on his way into the house. As usual none of the neighbors were around to hear. Harry scrambled out of the car and grabbed his trunk. Vernon grunted at him and went into the house. Harry sighed inaudibly and entered the house behind him.

His relative's house always looked the same. White walls adorned with pictures of the family, none of him of course, and Dudley's weight gain through the ages. The living room was absolutely spotless; the only thing out of place was Dudley's plate of snacks. Oreos, chips and chocolate pudding with a cup of soda by it to wash it all down with.

"I bet that's diet soda", Harry thought. Aunt Petunia had been trying to buy healthier things for her Duddikins to eat. Unfortunately, it always backfired due to her babying and Dudley's late night junk food habits. One time she made Dudley eat a whole, albeit small, salad only for him to bitch and moan and cry until she bought him ice cream. She just couldn't say no to her favorite and only son. It didn't help that she regularly bought him tasty unhealthy things for him to eat and to flaunt in Harry's face.

Not that Harry wanted half of the crap that Dudley ate. He was mostly a vegetarian anyways. The Dursley's made it so. He didn't think it was intentional though. When he was younger they didn't feed him meat very often and when they did it wasn't very satisfying and almost always made him sick. He'd also learned through harsh experience that fruits and vegetables kept him full longer than meat did. Too bad they never fed him enough of either for him to grow up properly. Malnutrition had stunted his growth and Harry was pretty sure that he'd never reach a respectable height for his age. Another inch or two wouldn't hurt though being 5'6" wasn't fun for a boy of sixteen. (I'm making it so that he's 16 because any younger would squick me out. This also makes it so that he just finished his 6th year. Just ignore most of the other books after Sirius's death and the timeline screw up.)

"Mom, the freak is back!" Dudley yelled from his place on the couch. Harry wanted to wrinkle his nose in disgust as a glob of pudding covered cookie fell out of Dudley's mouth, but he couldn't Dudley would call him on it which would then lead to pain. Thankfully, those occulmency lessons from Snape had actually helped with Harry's control of his facial expressions. Unfortunately, he only picked up occulmency after Sirius died. If only he could have been more motivated before…

"Don't worry about the boy Dudders. He won't be bothering you this summer. Isn't that right Vernon?" Petunia said as she walked out of the kitchen. Her hands were wet from doing the dishes. She frowned she could've waited a little longer and made the freak do it. Oh well, he would be busy soon enough.

"Put your trunk in the cupboard boy. You won't need your freakish things." Vernon said. The fat man walked over to his wife and kissed her on the cheek. Petunia smirked and watched Harry put his only belongings in the cupboard.

"Where is that bird?" she asked.

"Hedwig flew off one day. I think she wanted to find a mate." Harry said. If he had it his way she would never come back here. It's better for them to think that as well.

"Good! I didn't want her in my room anymore. I need that space." Dudley said snidely from his place on the couch. He hadn't bothered to move much unless it was to put another piece of junk in his mouth.

Harry didn't say anything. He just stood there and waited for an order from one of his relative's. He knew if he went up to his room without a dismissal he would be accused of being lazy or something of the sort.

Aunt Petunia bent down and fiddled around with one of the side tables in the living room. She pulled out a notebook and gave a triumphant sneer. She stood up and turned and shoved it at Harry.

"Here are your chores boy! I expect everything in this notebook to be completed within ten days! You will earn your keep you. Now go to bed. You'll get started tomorrow." She said.

Harry nodded and didn't bother too look into the book yet. As he headed upstairs he heard an unintelligible whine from Dudley followed by a shout from his uncle.

"And don't forget breakfast tomorrow boy. We won't go hungry because you didn't get your lazy ass out of bed!"

Harry continued up the stairs and went into 'his' bedroom. The mattress was covered with a ratty blanket, the bars had been replaced on his windows and there was a growing pile of junk that Dudley had broken. He sat on the edge of the bed and thumbed through his chore book.

"Really a book this time?" Harry thought in disbelief, he had gotten lists before but nothing this long. It seemed as if aunt Petunia planned to make his summer as miserable as possible. His eyes grew wide in disbelief as he skimmed through the list.

"Bloody hell! They want me to do what?"

List

Redo the garden with new flowers (petunias and roses of course)

Retile the bathroom

Fix all of Dudders' toys

Paint the house

The list grew more and more outrageous and extravagant and Harry had no idea how to do most of the things on it.

"Shit ten days isn't nearly enough time. They must've really been pissed about Sirius threatening them. Maybe if I wakeup early enough I can sneak out the house and go to the library. I'll need a few books to learn how to do some of this stuff." Harry shook his head and put the book down. He crawled under the covers, not bothering to get undressed and tried to settle his mind down enough to go to sleep. He practiced his occulmency and his breathing slowed down and even out. He did not dream.

Longer than the last one. Harry won't get to Sunnydale for a few more chapters so be patient!