It's Over

Over the next few weeks, Harry\'s and Draco\'s relationship progressed nicely. They managed to sneak around without any notice, thanks to Blaise and Hermione. They used their potions lessons to communicate meeting places.

\"What are you doing?\" Harry hissed to Draco when he slid his hand onto Harry\'s thigh. Draco smirked at their potion but made no other signs of recognition. He caressed Harry\'s thigh and Harry felt a tightening n his jeans. \"Don\'t,\" He whispered.

\"You know you love it.\" Said Draco in low voice. Draco glanced up from the cauldron and over to Blaise\'s table. Harry looked over too.

Blaise and Michael were busy with the ingredients. Blaise got up from his stool to retrieve an ingredient from the store cupboard, he got halfway there then turned around and moved up behind Blaise. He leaned in closely to his neck and whispered to him, his breath warming Michaels neck.

\"How many did we need?\" Blaise asked in a purr. Michael tried to repress a shiver.

\"Just one,\" He replied, his voice shaking a bit.

\"Thanks,\" Blaise smirked at him and turned around. He caught Draco\'s eye and raised an eyebrow. Draco smirked back at him and then returned to his potion. Harry gave Draco a confused look.

\"Did you have anything to do with that?\" He asked.

\"Who, me? Of course not, Potter.\"

\"You did, you\'re helping Blaise!\" Draco looked around quickly.

\"Not so loud, Potter!\"

No one had noticed however. All the other pairs were deeply engrossed in their cauldron. Hermione and Pansy were getting along quite well and actually were have a calm, civilized conversation. Seamus and Terry had not had any exploding cauldrons. This was mostly because Terry didn\'t trust himself to do anything, so he let Seamus do the work.

\"Are you going to help, Terry?\" Seamus asked him finally. Terry was startled at being adressed by Seamus. He struggled to come up with an answer but couldn\'t say anything, hard as he tried. Seamus rolled his eyes and sighed and went back to work. Terry mentally yelled at himself. \'Idiot! You have to talk to him soon. Nothing will happen if you don\'t act fast. He\'ll be snatched up by someone else.\'

The class ended and everyone hurried out. Seamus turned to leave but Terry grabbed his arm.

\"Can I talk to you?\" He asked nervously. Seamus looked surprised, but waited until everyone had left, including Snape.

\"Yeah, Terry?\" Seamus watched the taller blond look extremely shifty.

\"I...there\'s a Hogsmeade weekend, next week.\"

\"Yeah...?\" Seamus prompted, not seeing where this was going.

\"Well, I wanted to know if you wanted to go...with me.\" Terry watched Seamus apprehensively. Seamus knitted his eyebrows and smiled a little smile. Terry became nervous because of his silence. \"You aren\'t with Dean Thomas, are you? Because I--\"

\"No,\" Seamus interrupted him. \"We\'re not together, It\'s hard to explain.\" Dean was bisexual and in a relationship with Ginny, but he and Seamus hooked up on occasion. Surprisingly Ron didn\'t seem to mind, although he\'d become much more accepting after he and Hermione got together.

Terry was now looking confused, but he was still worried about Seamus\' answer.

\"So, what are you saying...?\" Terry fished for a response.

Seamus smiled happily at Terry.

\"Yes,\" He said. Terry\'s face broke into a broad smile.

\"Really? Great!\"

***

Meanwhile, the rest of the class was making it\'s way up the dungeon stairs. Harry hung back and hid in a shadow behind the door. Hermione saw him hang back. She grabbed Ron and dragged him away to the library.

Draco came out with Blaise and a hand shot out of the shadows. Blaise smirked and distracted Pansy. Harry pulled Draco into a nearby closet. He pushed him against the wall and their lips met in a searing kiss. Harry licked and nipped Draco\'s lower lip before delving into his mouth. Draco moaned in appreciation as Harry pushed his hands under Draco\'s shirt. He ran his fingers over Draco\'s chest. In response, Draco\'s nimble fingers undid the clasp on Harry\'s belt. He turned them around so that Harry was pushed against the wall.

Draco moved from Harry\'s mouth to his neck. Harry\'s eyes were closed and he moaned as Draco\'s tongue piercing scraped his neck. Draco pulled back and smirked at Harry. Then he moved down lower. Harry\'s jeans fell around his feet. Draco\'s tongue manuevered around Harry\'s boxers. Harry\'s hands were in Draco\'s hair, messing up his hair. The boxer\'s came down and Draco took Harry in his mouth.

Harry groaned happily as Draco moved with deliberation. Harry came in moments and stood breathing heavily. Draco stood up smiling and kissed Harry on the lips.. Harry ran a hand through Draco\'s hair and smiled in return.

\"You can\'t tease me like that,\" Harry said.

\"Like what?\" Draco asked in a mock innocent voice. Harry frowned playfully.

\"Listen, Hogsmeade is next weekend, do you want to come with me, Ron, and Hermione?\" Draco gave him a skeptical look.

\"You think the Weasel will be okay with that?\"

\"No,\" Harry ran a finger over Draco\'s jawbone. \"But, I\'ll get Hermione to take him away, and then we can have some fun.\" Harry raised his eyebrows in a suggestive manner.

\"I like the way your mind works, Potter.\" Draco put a hand behind Harry\'s neck and pulled him to his lips.

***
\"You what!?\" Ron yelled.

\"Ron, be quiet!\" Said Hermione sharply. They were in the library and Harry had told them about his extended invitation to Draco.

\"You invited Draco Malfoy!\" Ron hissed quietly. Harry shrugged and sat down. \"Are you crazy?\"

\"Listen, Ron, will you please just trust me that he is okay now! For Merlins sake, he\'s changed, will you just accept it?\" Ron grumbled mutinously but let it go when he saw that Harry wasn\'t backing down.

***

The last potions lesson before the Hogsmeade weekend came and, as Draco had finally told Harry what was going on between Blaise and Michael, Harry was keen to watch things progress. This lesson however, Blaise seemed to be completely ignoring Michael. This seemed to unnerve Michael even more than usual.

\"What is he doing?\" Harry whispered to Draco. Draco spoke to the cauldron.

\"It\'s a tactic, Potter. For being gay, you have a lot to learn.\" Harry gave Draco a dirty look and returned to watching Blaise.

Michael was giving him peculiar looks. Blaise appeared not to notice. He was not giving any signs of recognition. Michael was at a loss. For the past 3 weeks Blaise had given all the signs of wanting to start something, but now he acted as though he didn\'t exist. Michael had definitely been opening up the idea, but now he was extremely confused. He figured he\'d have to find out for himself.

***

The morning of the Hogsmeade trip dawned bright and cold. It had snowed the night before, so a crisp clean layer of pure white snow lay around the castle. All the students were milling around the entrance hall. Terry found Seamus and they set off together. Dean saw them leaving and watched them with narrowed eyes. Ginny saw and rolled her eyes and pulled him out of the castle.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco met in the entrance and walked down to Hogsmeade. Ron and Hermione were holding hands, but Ron was watching Draco with evident dislike and distrust. They went to the Three Broomsticks and ordered butterbeers. The conversation was light and Draco was managing not to be too insulting to Ron, which was difficult, in his mind, as Ron was such an easy target.

About midway through the day, Harry caught sight of Blaise walking down High Street. He was alone and didn\'t look particularly happy, in fact he looked somewhat dejected. Harry was not the only one who noticed. In Honeydukes, Michael saw Blaise walking towards the edge of town. He made an excuse and slipped out the door to follow Blaise.

He found him standing at the far end of town gazing out over the snowcapped fields of Hogsmeade. His hands were in his pockets and his face was blank. He didn\'t turn as Michael approached.

\"I always wanted to have a white christmas, like that muggle song,\" said Blaise suddenly, still looking at the fields. \"But I grew up on the coast, so it wasn\'t really possible. I remember one Christmas, when I was little, my father bewitched it to snow on the front porch. That was the best Christmas.\" Blaise smiled sadly at the memory. Michael moved closer and watched Blaise\'s face.

\"This is the first year I\'ll actually get my wish, but now my parents aren\'t here to share it.\" A single tear rolled down Blaise\'s cheek. Then he seemed to snap out of his thoughts and realized Michael was standing there. His eyes widened.

\"I have to go,\" he said quickly and walked away briskly. Michael stared after him perplexed by the recent developments.

Harry and Draco passed Blaise walking towards the castle. Harry opened his mouth to say \'Hi\', but Draco tugged him onward. Hermione had insisted that Ron come with her to Scrivenchafts to buy more ink. Harry and Draco had siezed their chance and slipped away.

They stole into a deserted lane and Draco kissed Harry fervously. Their tongues battled for dominance and they only broke apart when the need for air became apparent.

\"I want you so much, Draco,\" Harry whispered. Draco looked surprised. \"What?\"

\"You called me Draco.\"

\"So? We\'re together, shouldn\'t I call you that?\" Harry asked.

\"It\'s fine, I just wasn\'t expecting it. I like it, Harry.\" Harry grinned at him and kissed him again.

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