Turning Around

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Harry walked along the dungeon’s and saw his lovely blonde prince talking to his potions professor who and acquired a totally new attitude towards the Griffindor Golden Boy.

Harry saw Snape jerk up and look in Harry’s direction and Draco turning around quickly with brightened eyes as he saw Harry.

“Harry! Your early.”

“No I’m not. I’m right on time.”

Draco glanced down at his watch, “Oh yeah, lost track of time. Sorry.”

“It’s okay, so what did you have planned?”

“Well, Severus helped me with most of it so-”

Harry looked at his potions professor and noticed how much he had changed through their sixth year at Hogwarts and now entering their seventh year. “Thanks.”

Severus smiled at Harry, “No problem. Just don’t break my little guy’s heart. He’s very delicate you know.”

Harry put his hands on his hips as his jaw dropped open, “I would never even think about it. How could you?” Said Harry overdramatically

Draco smiled and snaked his arm into Harry’s.

“Have a good night boys, don’t look too rough in the morning please, and don’t ever mention my name in this crazy masquerade of yours.” Said Severus

The boys said Goodnight to their professor and Harry let Draco drag him into a classroom.

“So, what are we doing tonight? It’s been so long since I could hold you and not call you ferret.”

“Yes, about the whole ferret thing Harry.”

Harry laughed, “Draco, I don’t mean it.”

“I know but it’s still so embarrassing remembering it.”

“Okay okay, I’ll call you slug face or something from now on okay?”

Draco sighed and kissed his lion. “If you must, but I’d rather you called me something nicer.”

“You know I can’t Draco, it would be too conspicuous.”

“Well then scar head. I guess we’ll just have to dual now wont we?”

Harry raised an eyebrow at his Slytherin. “Dual?”

Draco smiled and leaned in pressing his starting to erect member against Harry’s. “Yes, but instead of using THOSE wands, we’ll use THESE wands.”

Harry whimpered at the touch of Draco’s member pressing against his own.

Draco smiled and took hold of Harry’s lips.

When morning fell upon the boys they had quickly gotten dressed and made their way back to their dorms making sure for everything they left out of place from last night could be covered up by an excuse.

The next time they saw each other was in potions which was first thing in the morning anyway.

Up front Snape was still the bastard he was all those years, taking points from the Griffindor’s like no tomorrow, but when it was just Harry and Severus, with the occasional Draco, they were the best friends friends could be.

“So, you covered yourselves up pretty well today I see.” Commented the professor during Harry’s detention with the potions master for cutting an ingredient too thin for his potion earlier while Harry just accepted it, giving his newly improved professor a fake glare.

“Yes we did. And thank you again for making sure no one would walk in or anything.”

“Your quite welcome.”

Just then Draco entered the room glaring at the two. “Alone again? I swear Harry Potter, you’re spending more time with Severus than you are with me! You haven’t forgotten how jealous I get have you?”

Both Harry and Severus smiled at Draco.

“Well, I don’t know Draco. Severus here does have a certain charm.”

Draco glared at his godfather and Severus put his hands in the air to show that he had no part in this.

They all broke out laughing. It was nice; Harry had never had this kind of feeling before, not even with Hermione and Ron. They were so happy, all hem hem were happy the way true friends should be. Feeling like there was no care in the world.

“Anyway, if you keep giving Harry detention for the stupidest things like you did today someis bis bound to suspect something.” Commented Draco

“But I’ve always been an ass to Harry, why stop now?”

“Because you need to give detention to other students as well. They’ll think you and Harry are up to something if you don’t. You DO realize that you’ve only given Harry detention for three weeks straight don’t you?”

Severus thought about it, “Okay, I’ll give a few other students detentions.”

Severus glared at Harry mockingly, “Having someone back you out again Potter?”

With that they bursted out laughing again. With the three of them together, it was all jokes. They loved just making fun of old times and pretending like they were the same people they used to be because in truth they had all changed, perhaps Harry the most of all three.

With all their cheerfulness, they didn’t notice Blaise had walked by the potions room and heard their laughter. He would not have been surprised if it was only Draco and the potions master in the class but he also heard Potter’s voice and stopped dead in his tracks.

Blaise peered through the door and saw the scene before him. He nearly fainted if he hadn’t desperately used all of that energy in pulling him back into the common room where he sat in front of the fire with wide eyes and spoke to no one.

It was a long time before Draco had returned to the common room and he had the biggest smile plastered across his face, which he was trying desperately toe ase as he entered the Slytherin living area.

Blaise heard Draco enter and called out to his friend. “Draco.”

Draco turned over to the fire, “Oh, Blaise I didn’t see you. Why are you still up?”

Blaise ignored Draco’s words. “Draco, can I speak to you for a moment?”

“Uh, sure.” Said Draco slowly changing his direction and heading to his long time friend.

Draco took a seat near Blaise. “So, What’s up?”

“Draco, I saw you.”

“Uh, okay, and that means?”

“I saw you, and Snape.” There was a short pause, “With Potter.”

Draco’s eyes went wide. His lips parted slightly to be able to breath again but he didn’t know what to do or say.

This was it. Draco was done for and he would be brining his love and godfather down; the two people who meant the world to him.

“Blaise I-”

Blaise put up his hand to stop him from continuing. “It’s okay Draco. I wont say a word. You have always been my friend and if you’ve decided that you want Potter as your friend, I’ll accept it.”

Draco was absolutely speechless. Blaise didn’t threaten him.

“Look Draco, I was just a bit upset you didn’t come to me about it. Befriending someone who was your long time enemy as Potter was is a very important issue. I just thought that if something like that ever came up, that you would come and talk to me about it. I’m your friend too you know.”

“I know but Blaise-”

“Hold on, I have something I need to ask you. Does anyone else know either than the four of us?”

“Meaning Granger and the weasel?”

Blaise nodded.

“No.”

Blaise looked surprised, “Why not?”

“Because we’ve decided that the weasel is just a prat and the book worm is too logical about things like this. And plus, the worm is banging the weasel so she’d tell him everything and then Harry would be done for.”

Blaise nodded then he noticed something and his eyes went wide. “Draco, you just called him Harry.”

“Yeah so?”

“Don’t do that! You need to be careful when you do that.”

“Well, its only you and me here. It’s okay.”

Blaise turned around and squinting his eyes daring anything, anything at all to come out to the shadows of the room to show they were listening in on their obviously private conversation. After a while of looking around the room finding no one he turned back towards Draco.

“I’m happy for you Draco.”

“Uh, thanks.”

“I can tell you and Potter are more than friends though.”

“Huh?”

“You have been together haven’t you?”

Draco nodded.

Blaise smiled. “Okay, that’s enough for tonight, I don’t need more shock. I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep tonight with that image plaster in my mind.”

Draco gave Blaise a glare with a smile, which didn’t match at all, and Blaise laughed at the image before him.

His best friend had changed so much that he hadn’t even noticed just how much. But he wasn’t going to give up his best friend, never, Blaise was loyal, and he loved Draco even racoraco would never love him back, he wanted Draco to be happy.


The next morning Harry had Defense Against Dark Arts class with the new female professor.

“Good morning Harry.” Said the professor seeing Harry enter the room.

“Good morning professor.” Replied Harry

“Oh, please, call me Audrey.”

“But professor that’s your first name.”

“Oh, its quite alright. But only with you though, I still need to hold respect from the staff and if the other students do not follow the rules then the staff members surly would follow.”

Harry didn’t know what to say so instead he just nodded as the other students piled into the room.

“Okay class, today we are going to be discussing the logistics of a few curses, please take out your books and turn to page 372 and read, after that is finished please practice what you have learned and try to understand the theory of the curse rather than just what the curse will do.”

As the students took out their books Audrey looked at Harry and put a hand on his book as if to stop him from reading.

Harry looked up at his professor and she smiled down at him. “I need to talk to you Harry, will you please speak with me outside the class room.”

“Uh, sure professor.”

“Audrey.”

“Uh, okay.” Said Harry as he got up from his seat and followed his Defense professor out of the class.

Right when Harry had shut the door firmly behind him she pulled him into a secluded corner nearby.

“Harry, I know you’re really good at what you do.”

“Uh, what do you mean professor?”

“Audrey, and I know your good at defending yourself and such, but I need you to practice a lot more.”

“Uh, I have the DA group remember?”

“Yes but I meant you need to practice with me. I am an Auror you know? So my defense work is quite sufficient even if I do say so myself.”

“Are you offering other’s this class as well?”

“No, just to you Harry.”

“But, why don’t you just come to the DA meetings or something?”

“Because that is your time, and this is my time. It’s different Harry.”

“But what if I can’t make it? I tend to get detention a lot.”

“Yes, that, well I’ll have a talk with the other professors. I already discussed this with the Headmaster and he thinks that it will be a good idea for you to be thoroughly prepared.”

“Oh, you talked to professor Dumbledore about it already?”

“Yes I have. So will you?”

“Uh, how many often are the lessons going to take place?”

“A few times a week I suppose.”

“Oh, okay, well I can try to make time I guess.”

“Great Harry. When would you like to begin?”

“Uh, tomorrow I guess.”

“Great. You can gather your items and leave, what the class is doing today is not really important. I just needed a chance to talk to you about this. You may go.”

“Oh, uh, thanks professor.”

“Audrey.”

“Oh right.”

With that Harry gathered his belongings from the class and left the room with a lot of questioning eyes upon him.