Time Management

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"Seamus!"

Seamus stopped and turned around slowly. He groaned when he saw Blaise standing in the corridor. "What do you want now? I told you I didn't want to be killed," he said.

"But don't you want me?" Blaise asked in a mock pouting voice. He moved closer to Seamus, who just sighed and looked at the ground.

"You know that," Seamus said in a tired voice.

"What's the problem then?" Blaise asked flippantly with a smile.

"Potter is the problem!" Seamus exclaimed, amazed at Blaise's stupidity.

"I really don't think he'll be a problem anymore," Blaise said.

"Why? What'd you do?" Seamus asked suspiciously.

"Don't you trust me?" Blaise asked.

"Not really," Seamus said. At that, Blaise smirked and laughed to himself. He moved closer to Seamus.

"Well, there are ways of fixing that," he drawled, smirking at him.

"What did you do to Potter?" Seamus repeated.

"Nothing," he said seriously. "But answer me this, do you or do you not want to come with me to some deserted classroom and have hot, sweaty, amazing sex until we're caught by the janitor?"

Seamus was quiet for a minute though his eyes were rather wide in shock at the suggestion. "You--really?" he asked as if unsure.

"Really," Blaise said, running his tongue over his dry lips, enjoying the way Seamus' eyes were glued to it's progress. He moved forward and pulled Seamus to him.

Seamus looked up at him in disbelief. Something told him that he should just trust the gorgeous Slytherin. "And nothing bad will happen?" he asked carefully.

Blaise looked thoughtful for a second, then leaned in close to Seamus' ear. "Well, I can't guarentee nothing bad; I am a Slytherin after all," he whispered seductively in his ear.

Seamus shuddered in his grip at his words. He could feel himself growing hard just at the thought of what Blaise could do to him.

"So, do you want to?" Blaise whispered as his tongue flicked out to lick his ear.

"Fuck yeah," Seamus breathed.

Blaise moved back and grinned an evil grin. "Good answer," he said as he grabbed his hand and led him away to an empty classroom several floors away.

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The next morning, Draco appeared in the Great Hall and took his seat at the Slytherin table next to Blaise.

"I take it everything went well?" Blaise asked, noticing Draco's seemingly happy nature.

"One could say that," Draco drawled, reaching over for a piece of toast.

"And where is he?" Blaise asked. "Did you scare him off with your morning look?"

"What's got you in such a good mood?" Draco asked, slightly disturbed by his comment.

Blaise smiled slightly and glanced over to the Gryffindor table. Draco followed his gaze to where Seamus was smiling coyly at him before blushing and looking away.

Draco rolled his eyes at their "new lovers" routine. Blaise couldn't stop smiling as he turned back to the table.

"So where is he?" Blaise asked, still wanting to know. "I know you stayed in the dorm all last night."

Draco stuck his nose up primly. "A gentleman never kisses and tells."

"Oh, fuck that!" Blaise said. "Just tell me!"

Draco laughed at his friend's uncouthness. He shook his head and sighed. "Alright," he said resignedly and Blaise perked up excitedly to hear the news. "He and I have decided to give it a try as an actual couple."

"Really?" Blaise asked interestedly. "How's that going to work?"

"Not sure yet," Draco said, now buttering his toast. "I guess we'll just have to wait and see."

Harry chose that moment to slip in next to Draco. He kissed his neck softly and Draco smiled. "Hey, baby," he greeted him softly. Blaise smirked as he watched them. The rest of the table seemed confused by what was going on.

Harry and Draco simply ignored them and went about having breakfast as normal.

"Did you sleep okay?" Harry asked Draco.

Draco stopped with the toast halfway to his mouth and smirked at Harry. "Well, it was kind of hard when someone wanted to play all night long," he said deviously.

Harry grinned at him mischeivously and reached over to pull him closer. "I didn't hear anyone complaining," he murmured against Draco's lips before kissing him softly.

"Hey," Blaise interrupted them. "Do you think you could take it back to your room tonight? Other people need to sleep, you know."

Draco looked over at him and gave him a withering look. "Please," he said. "You just want it so you can be alone with Finnigan."

Blaise shrugged and smirked but didn't refute the statement. Harry looked at him suspiciously then over at Seamus.

Draco pulled Harry's head back to look at him. He looked him straight in the eyes. "Remember what we talked about?" he asked him.

The night before, they had had a long conversation about Harry's rule at Hogwarts. It mainly consisted of the fact that Draco thought it was unfair that only Harry got to torment Gryffindors. He wanted his equel share as well. Harry had been against it at first, but Draco had brought him around.

Harry scowled but nodded. "Yeah," he said grudgingly.

"This is one of those things," Draco said. "Are you okay with it?"

Harry paused, chewing on his bottom lip. Draco ran a hand into his hair, massaging it softly. "I suppose..." he said finally.

Draco smiled at him and leaned in to kiss him. He pulled away and went back to his breakfast.

Harry glanced over to where Seamus sat talking to Dean. Their eyes met briefly and a sort of understanding passed between the two.

Harry turned back and began to eat his breakfast. When it was over, he rose with Draco and they left for their classes.

When they came out of the doors from the Great Hall, they came upon a scene in the Entrance Hall. Lavender Brown and Ron Weasely were standing and a crowd had gathered in a circle around them. To the side stood Parvati with her arms crossed, glaring at the pair. Hermione was next to her, carefully ignoring the scene.

"Ron, just admit it!" Lavender shrieked.

"Admit what?!" he yelled back.

"That you like her!" she yelled, gesturing at Hermione, who looked at the ground.

"I don--I mean, I--it just--you can't---!" Ron couldn't seem to make a clear sentence.

Lavender seemed to take this as proof. "That's it, Ronald Weasley!" she exclaimed. "Why don't you go date her instead!" Then she turned and stormed up the stairs. Ron stared after her, clearly unsure of what to do. In the end, he shrugged and walked away in the opposite direction.

Most of the crowd dispersed, leaving only Draco, Harry, Hermione, and Parvati. Draco saw Parvati whisper something to Hermione and give her a nudge. Hermione seemed to be hesitating but, finally, she turned and followed the path Ron had taken.

"Wow," Harry said once they had all gone. "I didn't know Gryffindors had so many problems."

"Well, they're just like us, only less attractive," Draco drawled.

Harry laughed and pulled him close for a kiss. "So, shall we go face Snape?" he asked with a grimace.

"Yes, and he's not that bad."

"To you," Harry muttered.

"Yeah," Draco agreed, grinning.

Harry just rolled his eyes and together they walked forward into the dungeon.


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A/N: It's over! And no, a sequel is definitely not planned. :) So please review one last time then trot on over to my other stories! ;)