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And here is chapter 11!!!! Right on time!!!! I really have like, nothing to say today. So just read, rate, review, and enjoy!!! Oh yes, and this chapter was beta's by my love friend SHIZUMI!!!! Everyone give her cookies!!!
The rest of the afternoon went by very uneventfully. His only visitor, other than Madam Pomfrey to check on him, was Hedwig. A letter was tied to her leg. He grabbed it and quickly read:
Harry,
Dumbledore wrote us this morning and told us what’s been going on. I’m so sorry Harry. But you really should have told someone sooner.
Remus and I will be coming up to the school this evening to see you. It would be sooner but there are a few things he wants to take care of first.
Love,
Sirius
Harry sighed as he folded up the letter. It had been nearly three years since he had gotten his godfather back and at times, he sort of forgot about him. He still wasn’t entirely used to having a family that loved him and cared about him.
At the moment though, Harry wished he didn’t have Sirius and Remus. Or rather, he wished they didn’t have him. He didn’t want to burden them with his problems as he had been doing to people his entire life.
Harry heaved another sigh and slumped against the headboard, eyes closed. He just wanted to curl up and hide for a while, until everyone forgot he ever existed. Then he would be safe.
A creak from the opening door had Harry cracking an eye open to see who was coming to bother him now. He sat upright and smiled when he saw that it was Draco carrying a plate full of food. Classes must’ve been over with already.
Draco dropped his bag in the empty chair next to the bed, sat down with Harry and asked, “How are you feeling?”
“Better now.” He replied as he picked up a roll from the plate.
“I see you’re up to eating now.” The blonde said as he picked up his own roll. Harry nodded his reply as he chewed.
As they ate, Harry told Draco about his session with Emma Haysley and about the letter he got from Sirius.
“Do you want me to leave? I will if you tell me to.” Draco said urgently. It had barely been more than a week ago that Harry kept Draco hidden from his godfathers. Would he still want that?
“I want… no, I need you to stay.” Harry said frantically. If he was going to have to retell it again, he was going to need some help this time.
“Are you sure?” Draco asked cautiously. He didn’t want Harry to regret the decision later.
Harry nodded just as the door creaked open again and two girls came into the room: Hermione, followed by Ginny. Harry felt his stomach drop. Was Ginny going to blame him? Ron was her brother after all.
As the girls approached the bed, Harry noticed that Ginny looked angry and that she had been crying. Her arms were crossed tightly over her chest as if to stop herself from taking out her wand and cursing whatever was in her range.
“Are you feeling better, Harry?” Hermione asked as she moved Draco's bag to sit in the chair.
“A bit.” He answered as Ginny pulled a chair over from another bed. She sat down and gripped its arms so hard her knuckles turned white.
“I’m glad you’re alright Harry.” Ginny said quietly. The look on his face made her continue, “I’m not upset with you. I just can’t believe R— he… would do such a thing to his best friend. I got a letter from mum and dad at lunch. They asked if I had known about it. I didn’t. I’m so sorry Harry. I would’ve stopped him if I had known.”
Harry did his best to smile. He felt better knowing her anger was at Ron and not him self for getting him arrested.
Ginny smiled as well and laughed a little, glancing between to the boys on the bed. “Although, I have to say this explains why you never picked up on my advances.” She said, loosening up a little.
The brunette boy glared half-heartedly at Hermione for telling Ginny his secret about being gay. He had, of course, known Ginny would find out about what Ron did to him and didn’t blame his friend for that.
“I’m sorry, Harry. It kind of slipped out when I told her who told me.” Hermione said feeling properly ashamed.
Harry was about to tell her it was alright and that he didn’t mind when a soft hoot and tapping on glass sounded through the room. The group looked toward a window on the other side of the room and saw an owl perched on the window sill trying to get there attention.
Draco got up and opened the window. The gray owl flew into the room and landed on Harry's lap, presenting him its leg. He removed the two envelopes and the owl took off back out the window.
“One’s from Fred and George and the other’s from your mum.” Harry said, mostly directed at Ginny. He tore open the one from the twins as Draco sat back down on the bed. He read it to himself and then aloud:
Harry,
We just want you to know that we don’t blame you for what our idiot brother did. Everyone knows Ron has always been jealous of you. We just didn’t know he would ever go this far. George and I hope you feel better soon.
We’ll try to come see you if we can close the shop up for a day. We’ll bring you some samples of our new products.
Fred and George
P.S. If you’d like, we can send him an envelope full of bubotuber pus!
Harry smiled a bit but couldn’t bring himself to laugh like the others. He tore open the other letter and this one he read to himself.
Harry,
I hope you’re doing alright.
Albus came to see me and Arthur this morning and told us what happened. I couldn’t believe that my own son would do something so terrible. But he showed us irrefutable proof of what Ron did.
I just want to say that we love you Harry and you are still welcome here at any time. In fact, this summer you, Sirius, and Remus are going to come over so we can celebrate your birthday properly. Hermione is invited too, of course.
With love,
Molly Weasley
Harry was shocked to see that he was crying when a tear drop fell onto the parchment and smudged Mrs. Weasley’s signature. He folded the letters and put them on the nightstand with the one from Sirius.
“Are you ok, Harry?” Draco asked. He worried about what the letter might have contained.
Harry nodded and gave Draco a watery smile. “I’m fine. I guess… I just forgot how many people love me.” He quietly replied. Given how most of Harry's life had been, this was understandable.
For a while after that, the group of four just sat there and talked about their day. They were careful to avoid subjects that would upset Harry too much. Hermione excitedly told him how Snape actually gave her house points when she answered a question correctly. She assumed the potions professor knew about the situation and felt sorry for her. Draco confirmed this story with a nod.
A little while later, the girls announced that they hadn’t eat dinner so they could come see Harry. They said their goodbyes and wished Harry well. Minutes after the door closed behind them, it opened again and two men walked in.
Draco respectfully got off the bed to give them more space.
Sirius sat on the edge of the bed and pulled his godson into a hug while Remus sat in a chair and slid it as close to the bed as he could get.
When Sirius finally let go of him, Harry could see unshed tears swimming in those gray eyes. He felt tears build in his own green ones.
“Harry, what happened?” Sirius asked. “Dumbledore didn’t tell us much. Just that someone had been abusing you, you were pregnant, and had a miscarriage. Harry…” The boy was pulled into another hug, this time by both men.
“Who was it, Harry? A teacher? Another student?” Sirius asked when he managed to let go of Harry enough to see his face.
Harry squeezed his eyes shut and started shaking his head. It was obvious he wasn’t answering the question as tears began rolling down his cheeks.
Draco felt his heart clench painfully for Harry. It took everything he had not to push Sirius out of the way so he could hold Harry and tell him everything would be ok. But he wasn’t just going to stand there either.
“It was Ron.” He said when it became clear to everyone that Harry wouldn’t be answering anytime soon.
Both men had been unaware of Draco's presence before that and they looked at him as if he’d grown an extra head.
Remus spoke first. “Are you sure, Mr. Malfoy?”
At this, Sirius' confused stare turned into an angry glare. “Malfoy? Lucius’ son? What the bloody hell are you doing here?” He yelled as he got to his feet and advanced on the blonde. “Did you have something to do with this?” He was right in Draco's face and had grabbed the boy by the collar.
“Sirius, stop!” A choked cry came from behind the man.
Sirius let go of him but didn’t back away. He looked back over his shoulder to see Harry getting out of bed. “Harry, lay back down.” He said softly.
Harry ignored his godfather and moved as fast as his body would allow to stand between Sirius and his boyfriend. He put his hands on the man’s chest and forced him to take a few steps away from Draco. Sirius was confused, to say the least.
Sirius and Remus watched as Harry then took Draco by the hand, pulled him to the bed, and pushed him down on it before sitting himself and snuggling into the blonde’s side.
Draco couldn’t help the smile that spread across his face as he put an arm around the smaller boy’s shoulders. The bewildered look on the other two’s faces didn’t exactly make him want to frown either.
Finally, Sirius shook his head and rubbed his eyes. “Have I died and gone to hell? And my eternal punishment is to see my loved ones paired with people I hate?” Sirius asked incredulously.
Harry giggled and Draco smirked at Sirius' ridiculous reasoning for seeing the two boys so close. The man sank into the other chair next to Remus.
“Remus, you already know Draco.” Harry started, introducing them. “Sirius, this is Draco Malfoy, my boyfriend.”
It was difficult for both boys to hold down their laughter at the look on Sirius' face. The corner of his lip kept twitching and it seemed as if he was trying to decide if he was happy that Harry found someone or if he wanted to drag Draco away from his godson and beat him to death.
“Him?” Sirius finally asked. “Don’t you remember who his father is and what he tried to do to you? How do you know his son isn’t just as bad?”
Draco, who had been watching Harry and only half listening to what the man was saying, turned toward Sirius. His face was hardened in anger. He pulled his left arm back from around Harry and pulled up his sleeve revealing bare skin.
“Is that proof enough for you?” He asked through gritted teeth. “I am Lucius’ son, not Lucius himself and I’d greatly appreciate it if people would stop comparing me to the bastard. He’s rotting in Azkaban where he deserves to be and will die a very lonely death.”
Harry was warily looking between his godfather and his boyfriend. Sirius had leaned forward and was staring intently at Draco as he spoke. When he finished, Sirius continued to stare for moment.
At last he sat up straight with a semblance of a smile on his face. “I suppose there’s only one thing I have to say to that.” The dark-haired man started. “We will be watching you. Make one wrong move and it will be the biggest mistake of your life.”
Harry exhaled a breath he didn’t realize he was holding. He reached up and took Draco's hand, which was still held up with his forearm exposed as if daring them to contradict him.
Remus took it upon himself to get the conversation back to where it was before Harry's relationship status had come to light. “Is what he said true, Harry? Is Ron the one who hurt you?” He asked softly.
Harry nodded and replied with a small, “Yeah.”
“Why?” Sirius asked, almost unable to comprehend the truth.
The brunette boy froze for a second. No one had asked him that yet and he struggled to find an answer. “I… I don’t really know.” He said brokenly. “He said… something about being friends with me wasn’t what he expected. Like he thought some of my fame would spill onto him just because he was my friend.” There were some other things as well but Harry didn’t want to share those.
Remus opened his mouth to ask another question but was cut off by the sound of someone clearing their throat.
“I’m sorry to interrupt,” Professor Dumbledore started, “But I’d like a word with Harry, alone if you don’t mind.” He glanced at the other three occupants of the room in turn.
Slowly and reluctantly, Sirius, Remus, and Draco rose from their seats and left the room. The blonde reassured Harry that he’d be right outside the door, ready to come back in when he could.
And there you have it. Just so everbody knows, I finally finished chapter 12. So the next... 4 chapter are finished and will absolutely be on time!!! Unless my laptop craps out on my again, pray that it does not!!! Or, if I happen to finish the story any time soon, I will update EVERY thursday. (Reviews and rates help me write faster!! ^^)
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