The next day Theo worked on finishing his summer homework while nervously waiting for the time to leave to meet his betrothed. Eventually he settled on switching between reading and watching the clock. When it was finally time to leave he made his way through the manor to the floo room, where he flooed to the leaky cauldron, and made his way down diagon alley to Gringotts.

In the bank he made his way to a teller and asked "excuse me, I got a letter letting me know about a meeting scheduled with my betrothed."

The goblin teller looked at him "yes we are expecting Heir Nott, please follow griphook."

Theo turned to follow the new goblin to the meeting room. They went down many long hallways, and past many doors before finally reaching your destination. Griphook opened the door for him and as Theo entered he noticed the boy, about his age waiting for him.

When the boy noticed him he stood up "it's so nice to meet you Heir Nott, please join me for tea. We have a lot to discuss."

When Theo finally took notice of the boy's face he stepped back in surprise "Potter" he exclaimed.

Hadrian and Sirius enjoyed their walk home. Unfortunately their enjoyable walk was ruined as soon as they got home. Kreature met them in the entryway screeching about the evil headmaster sending letters. Sirius and Hadrian looked at each other and before going to the dinning room where two owls sat.

Hadrian took the letters from each of them, before handing one to Sirius "this ones for you."

Sirius opened the letter and silently read before declaring "Dumbledoor tried to get into the house to set the fidelius today. He wants to know why he couldn't get in. What should I tell him?"

Hadrian scowled "Tell him that you changed your mind or make something else up, just don't tell him that I'm here." Opening his letter Hadrian's scowl only got deeper as he read.

Harry my boy,

Why have you left your relatives? I can assure that they miss you and are quite worried for your safety. Please return home as soon as possible. You need to be there to maintain the blood wards. I'm afraid without the bloodwards both you and your family will be in danger. Harry my boy you need to return home for both yours and your family's safety. You wouldn't want them to get hurt because of you.

Sincerely, Albus Dumbledore

Hadrian was so angry after reading Dumbledore's letter that he had to restrain himself from tearing it. After a few deep breaths Hadrian managed to calm down enough to think. After sitting down at the table he stared at the letter in deep thought muttering "what should I do with you? Ah, I know." Hadrian resealed the letter and reattached it to the owl's leg before telling it to go find Dumbledoor.

Sirius looked at him quizzically, "Why did you do that?" he asked."

Hadrian smirked "If the owl returns with an unread letter it means that it couldn't find the recipient and I want Dumbledoor to think that the owl couldn't me."

Sirius and Hadrian spent the rest of the day together, just being in the same room reading their own books.

The next morning Hadrian went down for breakfast with Sirius.

During breakfast Sirius asked "are you ready to meet the person you're going to marry today?"

Hadrian groaned "no, I'm pretty nervous, what if he hates me?"

Sirius grabbed his hand "it'll be fine, who could hate you, you're awesome. I know you said you wanted to go to this meeting yourself but if you want I could go with you as Padfoot."

Hadrian sighed "no I think this is something that I really need to do myself. I think that I'll do my homework until I need to leave."

Hadrian made sure that he arrived at the bank 30 minutes early. He made his way to a teller "excuse me I believe that I have a meeting room scheduled for tea time."

The goblin behind the desk grunted "Please follow Griphook."

Hadrian turned "Griphook it's so good to see you again."

Griphook grinned "and you as well Lord Potter?"

As they walked to the meeting room Hadrian decided to ask "Griphook does Gringotts have something I can use like a credit card?"

Griphook answered "you can use your lord ring, simply press your ring into the payment plaque found at the register."

Hadrian nodded and questioned "what about in the muggle world."

"See a teller before you leave, they will set you up to work in the muggle world."

Hadrian thanked Griphook just as they reached the meeting room.

The room was of medium size with a crackling fireplace and several comfortable arm chairs. There was a low table laid out with tea between two of the chairs. As Hadrian took in the room he settled in to wait.

Hadrian stood when the door cracked open "it's nice to meet you Heir Nott, please join me for tea. We have a lot to discuss."

The boy who just walked through the door jumped and backed away before exclaiming "Potter" in surprise.

Hadrian just sighed "I'm sorry I know I'm probably not the person you wanted to see. Please sit down. I have a copy of the marriage contract for you to look at. It's Theo right, you're in slytherin."

Theo nodded and sat, he took the papers that Potter handed him and began to read. As he read Potter began serving their tea.

The marriage contract was from the 16th century, know wonder he didn't know about it. He briefly wondered if there was any mention of it in his family records. After reading the marriage contract he flipped to the second parchment Potter had given him, an inheritance test. Theo gasped in surprise at the information on Potters inheritance test, it seemed that he wasn't willingly going along with Dumbledore's plans.

Once he finished reading he looked up and asked "by showing me this I take it you're telling me that you are no longer going to go along with what Dumbledore wants."

Hadrian shook his head "no, I don't want to follow anyone else's plans for me."

Theo nodded "does this also include the Dark Lord?"

Hadrian scowled "yes is this going to be a problem for you?"

Theo leaned back in his chair "no that's great I want nothing to do with the Dark Lord. Should I call you Hadrian, or Lord Potter?"

Hadrian breathed out a sigh of relief "that's good, please call me Hadrian. I know that this situation isn't ideal, but I would like to make the best of it if that's ok with you."

Theo chuckled "there are worse people that I could marry. According to the contract we need to marry two weeks after your birthday. I propose that until then we date and get to know one another."

Hadrian smiled "I'd like that, would you mind if some of our dates took place in the muggle world?"

Theo bliked "oh ah I suppose I'd be okay with that, how about you plan dates for the muggle world and I'll plan dates in the wixen world."

Hadrian grinned "that sounds great. May I plan our first date?"

Theo nodded "that would be alright, but only if I can plan our next one."

"Great" Hadrian beamed "please meet me at the leaky tomorrow at 2. Wear your best muggle passing clothes."

"Okay, I can do that" answered Theo with determination.

"Alright, I need to see the goblins before I leave. So goodbye and I'll see you tomorrow."

Theo smiled and waved "goodbye, see you tomorrow."

After saying their goodbyes Theo headed out of the bank on his way home, and Hadrian headed to the front of the bank to speak to a teller.

Hadrian joined the line to speak to a teller. When he got to the front of the line he spoke "I was told that I could get something that works like a credit card in the muggle world here."

The goblin reached into the desk and pulled out what looked like a black piece of glass.

Handing Hadrian the glass the goblin directed "press your lordship ring into the corner to activate the card. Using it will automatically pull funds from your vault."

Hadrian did as directed and once he pulled his ring away Lord Hadrian Potter was embellished in gold on top of the card. "Thank you" Hadrian said as he turned away to head home.

When he got home he found Sirius waiting for him in the entryway. "How did it go?" Sirius asked.

Hadrian tiredly smiled "I think it went well, we are having a date tomorrow."

Sirius smiled "that's great, I'm happy for you pup. Do you want help planning your date?"

Hadrian nodded "that would be great."

Hadrian and Sirius wandered into the sitting room and spent the rest of the night making plans for Hadrian's date.