Adult-FanFiction.org : Harry Potter

Of Lions And Lambs - Part Three	By : Marblez Category: Harry Potter Crossovers > Slash - Male/Male Views: 5221 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Twilight and I will not make any profit from writing this story.

Chapter List
- 11
- 12
- 13
Chapter Eleven

Draco woke feeling sore but satisfied, wrapped in his boyfriend's arms with his head pillowed on Jaspers strong chest. Grinning happily to himself he turned and pressed a kiss to Jaspers marble like skin, blinking the sleep out of his eyes as he gazed up at his boyfriend. Jaspers hair was a mess, sticking up every which way and Draco thought he'd never looked sexier. Leaning up further he pressed his lips to his boyfriends in a gentle kiss.

"Morning," he breathed as he settled back down against Jaspers chest.

"Morning," Jasper responded, tracing his fingertips up and down Draco's bare back, idly drawing pictures on the soft skin and sending shivers up and down the wizards spine, "How do you feel?"

"Wonderful," Draco breathed truthfully.

"No pain?" Jasper asked softly, his voice filled with worry.

"No real pain, just a glorious ache that will remind me of our first time all day long," Draco answered, sitting up beside Jasper and stretching his arms up above his head, causing his shoulders and back to click loudly. "Oh that's better…"

"I'm glad I didn't hurt you," Jasper admitted softly, reaching up to stroke Draco's cheek, "I was afraid I'd be too rough or that I'd loose control and bite you…"

"But you didn't," Draco said, his voice strong as he forced Jasper to meet his gaze, "You didn't hurt me and you didn't bite me. Jasper, you were wonderful."

Leaning down he pressed his lips to Jaspers with a quite a bit more force this time, his hands cupping the vampires face as he shifted so that he was straddling his boyfriend. Jasper groaned against his lips, his hands gently cupping Draco's bottom, pulling him down and grinding their hips together.

"Wonderful…" Draco repeated in little more than a groan as things began to get more heated between them…but then Jaspers phone rang. "Not…happening…" Draco groaned, his lips still pressed against his boyfriends. "Just…ignore…it…"

"I can't…" Jasper groaned, sounding every bit as annoyed and reluctant as Draco had - he didn't want to stop what they were doing any more than Draco did. "It might be…important…it could be…about…Victoria…" he panted between fiery kisses before reluctantly moving Draco off of him, grabbing his phone and answering it with a rather gruff, "Hello?"

Draco groaned softly to himself, rubbing his hands over his face as he listened to the one sided conversation…what a way to kill a mood…

"No, Alice, it's ok…I know you wouldn't have called unless it was an emergency…yes, yes, I know…Alice? Alice, why did you call me?" Jasper asked, smiling apologetically at his boyfriend. Draco smiled, rolling over to kiss Jasper's cheek before climbing out of bed and heading to his bathroom. He doubted very much if they would be continuing where they had left off and now he had a little (or not so little he was proud to boast) problem to take care of. "What? Are you sure? I mean, is Edward sure? Is Bella all right?"

"Bella?" Draco spun round stare at his boyfriend at the sound of his friend's name. "What is it? What's wrong?" Jasper looked worried, very worried and he was pulling on his boxers one-handed. Draco hurried over and helped him, hoping that his boyfriend would answer his question.

"She wasn't home, that was lucky," Jasper muttered, "What about her father? He was at work, good, good. Did Edward recognise the scent? So it's a vampire we haven't met yet…"

"What vampire? Jasper, please, what's going on?" Draco pleaded with him, pulling on his own boxers as Jasper began to pace the length of his room.

"Is he following the trail? Good, he needs to hurry; the scent won't stay fresh for long. Who is protecting Bella and her father?" Jasper asked and Draco, sick of being ignored finally snapped and knocked the phone out of his boyfriend's hand.

"What is going on?" he demanded, all but shouting in his boyfriends face.

"Edward picked up the scent of an unknown vampire in Bella's bedroom," Jasper explained quickly, "The Volturi has been ruled out which leaves only Victoria's army of newborns. One of them was inside Bella's house."

"Oh Merlin…" Draco breathed in shock, "But she wasn't there, right?"

"She wasn't home, neither was her father. Edward is following the scent," Jasper explained, moving to pick up the phone which had landed on the rumpled bed. "Jacob Black is with Bella, guarding her in case the vampire returns."

"Oh fuck…" the situation called for the muggle phrase. Jasper nodded in agreement as he put the phone back to his ear and listened to whatever more Alice had to say. His expression darkened considerably. "What? Jasper? What?"

"Alice says we should speak to your father about the spell around the house," Jasper repeated the order he had just been given down the phone before shutting it, ending the conversation. Draco's face lost what little colour it had had left. "But…but I think we should put some clothes on first…"

So the couple dressed quickly, Draco for once not caring about being stylish and pulling on whatever was at hand. Then they hurried downstairs, searching out Draco's parents. They found them in the kitchen, talking in hushed tones with a tired looking Harry Potter. The word "wards" was mentioned quite a few times…

"What's wrong with the wards?" Draco asked loudly, drowning out the threes attention to him and Jasper. "And since when do we have wards? I thought you forgot…" Draco trailed off, suddenly remembering that his parents still had no idea about all the times Jasper had visited his bedroom.

"How did you know I forgot about them, Draco?" Lucius demanded, his cheeks flushing slightly red as for the first time in his life (or rather in Draco's memory) he admitted to making a mistake.

"That…doesn't matter right now. What's wrong with the wards?" Draco asked, changing the subject as quickly as possible. That no doubt explosive conversation could wait until later…much later.

"The wards registered a disturbance last night," Lucius answered, his voice tense, his eyes deadly serious, "Someone tried to get into the house."

Draco shared a look of panic with Jasper.

Victoria.

"You don't look all that surprised, Draco," Harry commented worriedly.

"I'm not," Draco said, taking in a shaky breath, "Alice just called and told us that Edward picked up the scent of an unknown vampire in Bella's bedroom."

"Is she all right?" Narcissa asked worriedly. Draco nodded, answering softly,

"She wasn't home."

"Is she at home now?" Harry asked.

"Yes, but Jacob's staying with her while Edward tracks the scent," Draco explained. "So…so the wards about the house…are they spelled to let the Cullens and my friends enter?" Draco asked his father softly.

"Yes. After you confirmed your relationship," at this point Lucius shot a suspicious glare at the pair of them, obviously he had already suspected that Jasper had visited before then, "I set up the wards I had previously forgotten to do and your mother insisted that I allow your boyfriend and his family to enter."

"Oh…thanks," Draco mumbled, smiling briefly at his mother for sticking up for them back then. "Um…do you think it would be possible to set up similar wards around Bella's house?"

"Our own wards take a great deal of my energy," Lucius answered, sounding apologetic. After all he did like Bella, she was a nice girl and she'd been a good friend to Draco, helping him when they had first moved to Forks and breaking him out of his shell. She was one of the main reasons his opinion of muggles had risen so greatly. "I haven't the strength to maintain another set of wards. I'm sorry."

"I was never any good at wards," Draco muttered angrily to himself, running his fingers through his hair in frustration, "Oh, why didn't I pay more attention to Professor Flitwick at school?"

"I'm quite good with wards, you know," Harry put in softly, drawing everyone's attention to him. "I could try and set one up around Bella's house if you want," he offered, smiling helpfully at Draco.

"That…that would be great, Harry…if you could…" Draco breathed, his voice filled with relief. "At least they won't be able to get into her house any more."

"When do you want to head over and do it?" Harry asked.

"Now."

"Well then, you'd best let Bella know we're heading over or her dad's gonna get one heck of a surprise," Harry said, grinning softly. Draco nodded in agreement before running out of the kitchen and up to his room, searching for his mobile phone. At least with wards about her house his muggle friend would have some place safe to go if things got…bad.

"What do you mean, you're not coming?" Draco demanded, frozen in the act of putting on his overcoat. Jasper sighed softly, reaching and tugging the thick black fabric of the coat the rest of the way up the wizard's arms and onto Draco's shoulders. As he spoke his hands made quick work of the buttons,

"I got a txt from Alice. Carlisle wants us to regroup at the house so that we can discuss our next move."

"Oh."

Draco bit his lip worriedly as Jasper finished with the buttons and ran his hands down Draco's arms, smoothing out the wrinkles before putting his arms around his boyfriend and pulling him into a tight hug.

"I know you'll be safe with Harry," he explained softly, "But I'm not gonna be hanging around a chat about the weather. As soon as we have decided the next course of action I will return to your side. I promise."

"Ok. Just…take care," Draco murmured into Jaspers shoulder.

"I will but it's you who really needs to take care, don't let your guard down until Harry has successfully put up that spell," Jasper ordered, leaning back for that he could lock his gaze with Draco's. "I cannot loose you…"

"You won't. I'll be careful. I promise," Draco said, leaning forwards to press a soft and hopefully reassuring kiss to Jaspers lips. "See you soon."

The couple parted ways, Jasper disappearing out of his bedroom window, Draco heading down to join Harry in the kitchen. From there the two friends Apparated into Bella' kitchen, Draco holding onto Harry's hand to guide him to the place he had never been before. It felt odd to Draco, holding on to a warm hand. He'd gotten so used to Jaspers ice cold hands…

"Hello Draco," Bella's confused and slightly frightened voice came from behind them and they both turned to find the muggle girl sitting at the kitchen table with Jacob. "So what brings you over here so quickly?"

Draco hadn't actually explained anything in his text to her a few minutes earlier. All he had said was that he and Harry were coming over and using magic so could she make sure the coast was clear.

"The vampire," Draco said softly, jerking his head towards the stairs. Bella stiffened in her seat. "One tried to get into my house last, the same as one did here only at my house our wards stopped it from actually getting inside."

"Oh…" Bella mumbled softly.

"So we're going to set up a ward around your house to stop this from happening again," Draco explained, "Well actually Harry's going to put up the ward because I was never any good at them…"

"Oh…ok," Bella mumbled, "That'll keep Charlie safe too, right?"

"Yeah, it'll keep anyone in the house," Draco answered, "And before you ask, yes, we'll make sure that Edward and the others can still get in."

"Oh…thanks," Bella said, relaxing the first time. "Um…thanks Harry."

"Your welcome," Harry smiled at her, drawing his wand, "Right, I need to concentrate so that I don't get this wrong…"

"Ok…well, we can go chat in the living room," Bella suggested.

"You two go ahead, I'm gonna stay with Harry. Well, I will if that's ok with you," Jacob said, smiling hopefully as he reached out and took Harry's free hand in his own. Harry nodded, smiling happily.

"Come and stand behind me," Harry ordered softly and Jacob obeyed instantly pressing his body against Harry's back and slipping his arms around his waist. "Don't move too much and don't say anything, I need to focus on the spell I'm casting. It's quite…complicated."

"Not a word, I promise," Jacob said, pressing a kiss to Harry's neck.

As Harry began to murmur the complicated and repetitive incantation Draco took his muggle friend by the arm and led her into her own living room, pushing down onto the sofa (gently of course) before dropping down beside her.

"Stop biting your nails," Draco snapped after nearly a minute of silence, making Bella jump beside him before guiltily lowering her hand. "Look what you've done to your nails. Hold still," Draco ordered, drawing out his wand and casting a relatively simple and much practised charm. A couple of professional looking nail files appeared out of thin air and began attacking Bella's nails. "Just relax and let the charm do its job."

"Oh My God," Bella gasped, laughing softly to herself as two bottles of nail varnish appeared and began to expertly paint her nails by themselves. "Are they…are you giving me a manicure?"

"Yes," Draco answered calmly, "You need to take better care of your nails."

"Draco Malfoy, I cannot believe you are giving me a manicure," Bella muttered in shock but Draco was relieved to notice she was still chuckling.

"It made you smile, didn't it?" Draco asked, smiling himself.

"Yeah," Bella sighed sadly, watching the work being done to her nails. She had thought Alice giving her a pedicure had been a form of torture but this was just…weird. "Draco…Draco, are you scared?"

"Of Victoria? Yes, but not so much for myself. I'm a Wizard. I've survived a war. I can take care of myself. I'm worried for you and for Edward and I am so very worried for Jasper," Draco admitted, sighing deeply as he rubbed his face with his hands, leaning back against the sofa.

"I'm scared for Edward," Bella admitted, leaning back beside him, "I'm more scared of her hurting him than I am of her hurting me. I can't bear the thought of something happening to him because of me…"

"I know," Draco breathed shakily, "I feel exactly the same way. If anything happens to Jasper because of me I don't know what I'll do…"

"Me either…" Bella mumbled, staring at her hands with worry filled eyes.

"Wow…major mood kill," Draco laughed sadly, messing up his hair with his fingers, "I think a change of subject is required before we sink any further."

"Agreed," Bella said just as the nail files and bottles of nail varnish disappeared with pop. "Seriously, I cannot believe you did my nails…"

"Well I did," Draco said, his smile returning, "Now take care not to touch them before they're dried or you'll ruin them." His order was met with a soft chuckle. "So…I've actually been meaning to ask you something…"

"Ask away."

"Why did Jacob kidnap you from school?" Draco asked.

"Because I asked him to."

"Um…why?"

"Because he was the only one Alice wouldn't have seen coming," Bella answered honestly. Draco frowned. That wasn't what he had meant and she knew it. "Oh, you want to know why I wanted to get away. Well…to be honest I thought I was going mad. Edward was so…paranoid! I just needed to go somewhere that was safe but free and open…"

"Like La Push with a pack of shape-shifters close at hand," Draco said in dawning understanding. "Bella…you do know he only acts like he does because he loves you, right? Jasper…Jaspers exactly the same."

"Yeah, I know but…does that give him the right to treat me like a prisoner?"

"No, I guess not but Bella, did you try explaining this to him?" Draco asked, "Before you went ahead and did it, I mean."

"No because he wasn't there," Bella said, sounding ever so slightly like a sulking child. "Alice was my jailer and you know how she can be. There would have been no arguing with her even had I tried to bring it up because she's have already seen a million ways to keep me there."

"That is true…" Draco hummed.

"So I simply text Jacob saying 'Help' and he took it from there," she finished her explanation with a sigh and a shrug, dislodging the brush working on her nail…which turned to "look" at her and Bella was sure that if it had possessed eyes it would be glaring at her…which was really, really weird…

"Ok," Draco mumbled, nodding in understanding.

"But…"

"There's a but?" Draco asked.

"Yeah…" Bella mumbled sadly, sighing once more before finishing her sentence, slightly unwillingly. "But we had a falling out and I haven't actually spoken to him until today when I forgave him earlier."

"What did you fall out about? Wait, stupid question. What do you always fall out about? Edward. So what was it this time?" Draco asked, stopping Bella from tucking her hair back (and ruining her nails). Reaching out he tucked her wayward hair behind her ears for her and then waited for her answer.

"Well…we hung out for the whole day, had some fun, caught up with the gossip and stuff…and then at the end of the day we started talked about the future…my future," Bella explained, her voice dropping down to a whisper so that Jacob wouldn't hear them from the kitchen. "I told him that it would be a matter of weeks rather than months before I became a vampire."

"Ah."

Yes, Draco could see why this would upset Jacob. He and Bella might only be friends now and he might have found his mate in Harry but nothing would ever stop him from being against Bella's desire to die and become a member of the living. Maybe one day when he'd matured a bit more he'd be able to understand and accept her decision but right now…

"He got really angry with me and he said…" Bella broke off, biting her lip and Draco was shocked to see tears well up in her eyes. What had Jacob said that would reduce Bella of all people to tears? "He said that anything I did would be better than my becoming a…a 'filthy bloodsucker'…he said I'd be better off dead and that…and that he wished I were…"

"Oh…you stupid mutt," Draco growled angrily, his hand tightening around his want so much that red sparks shot out of the tip. Bella jumped and the tears fell down her pale cheeks. Every single one of the explanations Draco had come up with a moment ago disappeared with his friend's tears. "How dare he say that to you? Merlin, he needs to grow up and accept the fact that he is not your keeper and you will live the life you want to live!"

"I know…" Bella mumbled, wiping her cheeks on her forearms, unable to use her hands yet. "And I'm going to…it's just I really want him to understand and to…to support me…"

"I can hex him if that'll make you feel any better," Draco offered, tapping his wand against his knees and sending a shower of red sparks across their legs.

"No, but thanks for the offer," Bella said, managing to smile through her still falling tears. "I guess I shouldn't let it affect me so much. He's never hidden his opinion of vampires…"

"No, but I thought he'd learned better than to judge an entire race on the actions of a few," Draco said, "But it doesn't matter. Harry will set him straight when he hears about this, just like he did last time." Bella frowned at him in confusion. "Harry dumped him for being prejudiced against the Cullens. Not the best way to deal with it, I'll admit, but in the end it kinda worked."

"Oh," she mumbled, "Um, so…changing the subject. Have you heard about Quil?" Bella asked and it took Draco a couple of seconds to put the name with the face of one of the other pack members. He shook his head in response to her question. "He Imprinted on his mate, like Jacob did on Harry."

"Oh. That's…"

"She's two."

"…weird."

"Yeah, that's what I thought when Jacob told me," Bella agreed. Draco's face showed quite a lot of disgust so she was compelled to explain further, "Jacob says it's not common but at the same time it's not uncommon. She is his mate and he is now bound to her. He'll protect her and then when she's old enough…"

"So he's not really in love with a two year old?" Draco asked, obviously relieved by this fact. That would have been a bit too…paedophilic…

"Not really. He loves her and his soul is bound to her but nothing physical will happen between them until she's old enough…you know, legal and all that," Bella explained it as best as she could, trying to remember everything that Jacob had said.

"Well…that's still kinda weird but not as weird…and it's not as weird as some Wizarding customs actually. Arranged Marriages from birth and all that," Draco shuddered at the thought. Thank Merlin his parents hadn't agreed to anything like that when he was born…"So, while we're on the subject of love and physical relationships, all be it in a really weird way…how are things going with you and Edward?" Draco asked, turning on the sofa so that he was facing Bella with one leg curled up underneath him on the sofa. "Things getting physical yet?"

"No," Bella answered quickly, only realising how annoyed she had sounded after she had spoken. "Um…I…I mean…"

"Oh, so you want things to get physical between you? Bella, you naughty girl," Draco chuckled even though he really had no right to comment after what he and Jasper had gotten up to last night. He'd definitely been a naughty boy…

"Shut up!" Bella hissed, shoving him into the arm of the sofa…oh, that hurt. That soreness that he had somehow managed to forget about in his worry for Bella came back with a vengeance, the sharp pain making him gasp and wince. "Draco? Are you ok? I'm sorry…I didn't mean to hurt you…"

"Oh, it wasn't you, Bella," Draco hurried to reassure her. "I'm not that much of a wuss you know. I'm just a bit…sore…"

He didn't know if Bella, with her reasonably innocent mind, would understand the meaning behind his words and the way her was now sitting very carefully indeed…

"Oh My God!"

Ok, her mind obviously wasn't as innocent as he had thought because the shocked gasp and her wide-eyed expression told him that she had figured it out. Draco fought down a blush as she continued to stare at him in shock, her mouth opening and closing as he brain processed this information slowly.

"You…you and Jasper…"

"…had sex last night, yes," he finished for her, knowing she'd have trouble putting her conclusions into words. "You know, I'm actually a little surprised you figured it out…"

"Uh-huh," Bella mumbled, obviously still processing. "You…and he…did…it."

"Yes, we did it and to save you the trouble of asking it was absolutely wonderful. A little painful at first but I expected it, haven't had sex in a year or so but I can honestly say it was the most amazing sex I have ever had," Draco said, being as completely honest about his sex life as he always was…with everyone but his parents. He suspected his parents knew he wasn't a virgin but he hoped they didn't know about the various people he had slept with during the war…that would be bad.

"Huh," Bella mumbled, flopping back against the couch, her eyes still slightly wide and still glued to his face. "So…so Jasper had no…I dunno how to put it…he didn't want to make you wait until you were turned?" she finally asked.

"No," Draco shook his head, "But we did have to wait until he felt ready. I was willing way back but he was afraid of loosing control…"

"Did he?"

"No," Draco chuckled softly as he remembered the bite marks he'd seen earlier. "He…um…I think he bit the headboard of my bed to stop himself from biting me…" Bella's face took on a thoughtful look and Draco assumed (correctly) that she was thinking of suggesting this move to Edward when she next propositioned him. "You know, you should lay off Edward a bit. About the sex I mean."

"What? Why?" Bella asked, obviously confused. "I'm reading and I want to experience my first time as a human…"

"Have you ever considered the fact that he isn't ready?" Draco asked.

"Um…no. He's male…"

"Wow. That's incredibly sexist of you, Bella. So…because he's male he's automatically ready to have sex? He doesn't have the same sort of fears and worries and nerves that you do?" Draco asked, feeling his anger growing as his friends began to act all self-centred again.

"Well…yeah, but come on Draco, he's a hundred year old virgin…he's got to be ready by now…" Bella complained, actually whining a little bit.

"Bella," Draco said, his voice quite hard now to match the stony expression settling on his face. How dare she…? "The fact that he is still a virgin is (a) not something you, his girlfriends, should be sharing around and (b) even more of a reason for him to want to wait! The poor guy is most probably scared to death, no pun intended, of loosing control and hurting you…of biting you and on top of that he's worrying about being crap…sorry, rubbish in bed! Give the guy a break, Bella and let him figure out when he's ready!" Draco all but shouted at her.

"I…I've never thought of it that was…" Bella mumbled softly.

"Of course you haven't," he said, glaring at her softly. "One of your faults, Bella, is that you are way too single minded. You decide you want to do something and there is nothing that can stop you."

"No…"

"Bella. You convinced him to make you a vampire, to 'take away your soul' as he puts it even though he didn't want to, really, really didn't want to. But he's doing it to keep you happy," Draco pointed out. "Now you're trying to do the same thing, pressuring him into having sex with you. But don't! Let him take his time! Have no fear, Bella, it'll be worth the wait. But if you keep on at him like you have been you could scare him away for good!"

"No…" Bella whimpered, shaking her head.

She didn't want to scare him away…

"Let him take his time," Draco ordered softly, putting his arm around her and pulling her into a comforting hug as his anger subsided. "Bella. Listen to me…trust me. He won't take forever…"

"He might…" Bella sighed sadly.

"He won't. He loves you. He wants you. He just wants to be ready. Let him."

"Ok…"

"I'm sorry for getting on at you so much," Draco apologised after a few moments of silence. His anger had calmed and looking back he realised he might have gone a little bit OTT in his…er…lecture.

"S'Ok. You were right after all," Bella sighed, resting her had on her friends shoulder. "Hey Draco. You ever heard of the Denali coven?"

"Um…no. Who are they?" Draco asked.

"They're another coven of vegetarian vampires and they're friends with the Cullens. Edward mentioned them a while back and I just wondered if you'd heard anything about them," Draco explained.

"Oh. Um, no, Jasper's never mentioned them. But I guess it's kinda cool and it's always good to have friends on your side who share your beliefs, "Draco said, thinking back to Harry and his supporters during the war. It wasn't the same thing with the Dark Lord, he thought with a shudder, no one really agreed with his beliefs. They were just too frightened of him to go against him and so accepted him. No, that wasn't the same… "Just in case something happens, you know?"

"Yeah. I guess so…"

"So where do they live? Can't be around here. The Cullens aren't stupid enough to risk having two covens of vampires so close together even if they are all vegetarians and friends," Draco muttered.

"Alaska."

"Isn't that in Canada?" Draco asked with a frown. As he had many times before since starting his new life he regretted not paying attention in his muggle studies class, muggle geography had been covered for nearly a whole term but for the life of him he could only remember the countries in the UK…

"Well…it's in the same sort of area but it's actually part of America," Bella explained. Draco mumbled in understanding, nodding his head before resting his on top of hers. "A friend of mine back in Phoenix went there once and she said it was completely breathtaking, that it's beauty was unmatched."

"She sounds…intense," Draco mumbled.

"She was a drama student," Bella explained. "I think I'd like to see if what she said was true though. Maybe once we're turned we could go on a road trip and visit. After all it might be a good place to learn how to be a vampire. Apparently they live quite literally in the middle of no where."

"Yeah, that might be a good idea," Draco agreed, just as a loud bang came from the kitchen and a bright white light flooded into the living room. Bella screamed before she could stop herself. The white light moved quickly through the room, passing through them before Bella had a chance to scream and then it disappeared through the wall.

"Wha-" Bella mumbled.

"The Ward," Draco answered, pulling her up from the sofa with him and leading her over to the window, "See? It won't be visible for much longer but it will still be there, keeping unwanted guests out of your house."

"It looks like…a bubble," Bella mumbled as she stared at the white light stretching around her house in every way. Opening the window she craned her neck up to stare at the wall of light going up over the roof.

"It is a bubble," Draco answered, "It goes under the house as well."

"That's amazing," Bella breathed.

As they watched the glow faded quickly until it was gone.

"Harry!" Jacob's worried cry came from the kitchen and the two hurried away from the window and back into the other room. The dark haired wizard was sagging against his boyfriend, his eyes closed and his skin pale.

"He's used up too much energy," Draco muttered, shaking his head. "Take him into the living room and lie him down. I'll pop home and get a Pepper-Me-Up potion for him," he ordered before drawing his wand and disappearing with a 'pop', just like he had said he would.

They had just laid Harry down on the sofa when he returned with a vial of blue liquid in his hand. Dropping his wand onto the floor as he knelt by the sofa he uncorked the vial and tipped its contents down Harry's throat. Jacob and Bella nearly jumped a mile when Harry began to cough and gag.

"Ugh…" he moaned softly, wiping a shaky hand across his mouth.

"That'll teach you to use up too much energy," Draco scolded him, pocketing the empty vile. "You didn't have make that Ward quite so strong you know. Half of what you put into it would have been more than enough."

"I didn't…want the Ward…to fail…when I wasn't concentrating…on it so…I put everything I could into…it…it'll stay strong for months now…without my…constant attention…" Harry mumbled, leaning into the pillows on the sofa.

"Well…despite that being an excellent idea you still should have held back a little bit. You were lucky we had some P-M-U at home or you'd have been out of it for the next couple of days," Draco said angrily.

"P-M-U?" Harry asked with a giggle, "That makes it sound like a drug…"

"Well it's easier than saying Pepper-Me-Up every time," Draco said with a shrug. Picking up his wand he slid it's back into it's holster (hidden today under his long sleeve) and rose to his feet, allowing the other two to see Harry. Jacob immediately took his place on the floor in front of Harry, stroking his face with his fingertips as he whispered softly,

"You frightened me, you know?"

"M'sorry," Harry mumbled, sitting up with a slight wince. Jacob started forwards, obviously worried. Harry smiled at him, patting the sofa behind him until his boyfriend got the hint and sat himself down in the supplied gap. With a happy sigh Harry leaned back and used his boyfriend's thigh for a pillow as he continued speaking slowly, "I didn't mean to…use up so much of my…magic. Just wanted…to do it…right the first…time. I'll be fine in a…minute…I can feel the potion working…"

"Good," Jacob said softly, running his hands through Harry's messy hair. "Wouldn't want you to miss the bonfire tonight, would we?" he asked, leaning down to kiss his boyfriends lips when Harry mumbled that that wouldn't be good.

"Bonfire?" Bella asked, settling into Charlie's favourite chair and shooting Jacob a confused look. Draco perched on the arm of the sofa, careful not to fall down and land on Harry's feet.

"Oh yeah, I was meant to invite you two," Jacob shot Bella and Draco a sheepish apologetic look. "We're having a bonfire party down at La Push. Emily will be there and you can meet Kim-"

"Who's Kim?" Draco asked with a confused frown.

"Oh, right, you won't have heard about Kim. Sorry. She's Jared's mate but she was out of town when we had her last party so you haven't met her yet," Jacob explained. Draco gave a little 'oh' of understanding and gestured for Jacob to continue. "Anyway…er…bonfire. We're having it tonight and…um… Quil wants to see you. He's pretty peeved that you found out before he did," this last part was directed at Bella who grinned softly in understanding before sighing,

"Yeah, Jake, I don't know about that. See, it's a little tense right now…"

"C'mon, Bella, d'you think someone's gonna get past two wizards and the six…of us?" Jacob asked. Harry frowned up at him, wondering why his mate had paused. Jacob looked down at him and murmured softly. "I just realised I can't call us werewolves any more, that's not what we are…"

"You're shape shifters," Harry mumbled softly.

"You could always say big scary wolves," Draco put in.

"It doesn't have quite the same ring to it," Jacob chuckled softly before turning his curious gaze back to Bella. Obviously he needed to hear her answer first.

"I'll ask," Bella finally mumbled, sounding a little doubtful.

"You have to ask his permission now?" Jacob asked, his voice rising with anger and annoyance. Harry frowned up at him, obviously still ever so slightly out of it. "What, do you not have your own freedom of choice any more?"

"Hey! That was uncalled for," Draco snapped at the shape shifter.

"It's ok, Draco," Bella said, "As a matter of fact Jacob I do make up my own mind but I want to check it's ok with Edward first because he'll worry about me, you know, on account of there being an insane vampire out there who wants to kill me. Is that ok with you or can I not worry about my boyfriends feelings?"

Draco got the feeling his earlier scolding had something to with this.

"Sorry," Jacob mumbled softly, "'Course you need to ask him first…"

"Is Jasper invited?" Draco asked, already expecting the answer Jacob gave quickly but genuinely apologetically,

"Er…no."

"But I thought you'd rearranged the boundaries," Bella said, confused.

"We did but…um…at the moment it only means that we can go onto the Cullen land when we're tracking the bad vampires," Jacob explained. "So…no, sorry but…the Cullens are still forbidden to enter our land."

"Ah. Well then I'm afraid that I will not be coming to your bonfire," Draco said, only slightly apologetic. After all the last time he'd attended a pack party he'd been excluded (all be it accidentally) and had grown so bored that he'd gone into the woods and nearly been killed by Victoria and her 'gang'.

Harry looked like he was going to try and change his mind but he was interrupted by the front door opening, admitting a person dressed in tight black bike leathers and a matching black helmet. For a second no one did anything, the three of them wondering who the stranger was but then just as Draco reached for his wand the helmet was removed to reveal…

"J-Jasper?"

Draco could not believe the sexy sight he was saying. Slowly his brain shut down until all he could think was - Jasper + Bike Leathers = TOO SEXY FOR WORDS!

"Since when did you have a bike, Cullen?" Jacob asked, surprised.

"It's Hale or Whitlock, not Cullen," Jasper corrected him before answering his question, "And since ten minutes ago when Edward gave me his bike."

"Wait, Edward had a bike?" Bella asked, confused.

"He doesn't any more," Jasper answered, "He asked me to let him explain his reasons when he gets here in a few moments." Bella nodded softly in agreement, she'd wait and hear the story from Edward himself.

"What sort of bike is it?" Jacob asked.

"A Ducati," Jasper answered. Jacob whistled softly, obviously impressed. "It's outside if you wish to have a look at it."

"Do you mind if I pop outside quickly, love?" Jacob asked Harry softly.

"Go ahead," Harry smiled up at him, allowing Jacob to slip off of the sofa and out the still open front door to appraise the bike sitting in front of the steps. "I think Draco's gone into shock, Jasper," Harry giggled.

"Huh?" Draco asked, brought out of it by the sound of his name.

"Oh, you're back then?" Harry giggled once more, wincing slightly as he pulled himself to sit normally on the sofa. He was still rather light headed…

"Are you all right, Draco?" Jasper asked, his voice filled with concern for his still far too quiet boyfriend. "Is there something wrong?"

"No…no, nothing's wrong," Draco said quickly, finding it impossible to stop staring. The tight leather, stretched around Jaspers muscled frame made him want to slowly unwrap Jasper like a gift and…"Nothing wrong at all…"

Jasper smirked as he finally realised what the feelings he could sense growing in his boyfriend were - his boyfriend was horny! But what had turned him on. Watching the platinum blond for a second or two answered that question as his grey eyes followed the seams of the leather up and down his body.

So it was the leather…

"Is Edward here?" Bella asked, looking hopefully towards the front door.

"He had a few more things to discuss with Carlisle but he'll be here soon," Jasper explained, saving the knowledge that Draco liked him in leather in the back of his mind before focusing on the situation at hand.

"So what did you find out?" Draco finally asked, forcing himself to focus on the more pressing matters rather than the almost uncontrollable need to undress his boyfriend right there in front of everyone.

"Well Edward tracked the vampires scent from here to your house, Draco, so we can assume that he broke into Bella's first before trying to get into yours," Jasper explained just as Jacob re-entered the room. He gave Jasper a thumbs up, obviously meaning the bike, before sitting down beside Harry with his arm around the dark haired wizards shoulder. "Emmett and I found a few old scents in the woods but only enough to tell that the vampire has been here several times before. We also picked up Victoria's scent mixed in with his so it is now safe to assume that he is one of hers and not one of the Volturi's scouts."

"And this is good news?" Draco asked.

"Not good news, no, but it is always desirable to know what sort of an enemy you are facing before you face them. Now we know that it is Victoria we will have to deal with first before the Volturi," Jasper answered.

"Wait, we have to deal with the Volturi?" Draco asked worriedly.

"Alice has seen Aro growing concerned that you two are still human," he answered softly, "We fear that they may come to find out what is taking so long."

"Oh," Bella and Draco mumbled together in understanding.

"But we will worry about that later. Alice hasn't seen anything yet but we believe Victoria will attack soon and now that she seems to be upping her game we are going to tighten our patrols and from now on there will be someone with you two at all times," Jasper explained, his gaze shifting back and forth between Bella and Draco before finally settling on his boyfriend.

"I think your boyfriend just arrived," Jacob said to Bella, nodding towards the door just before Edward entered. His expression was serious and filled with worry. Harry hid a yawn behind his hand but it gave Jacob the excuse he needed to get them out of there. "And I think Harry needs to go lie down so I'm gonna take him home." Harry began to protest as Jacob got to his feet and easily picked him up bridal style. "I'll get the details of the new patrols from Sam. See you all later."

"Er…yeah…see you later," Bella said softly, her eyes locked with Edwards.

"Maybe we should head on two, Jasper," Draco suggested, getting up from where he was still perched on the arm of the sofa. Jasper nodded in agreement. "See you later, Bella, Edward."

"Yeah…bye…Edward what…"

Draco and Jasper left the couple to talk things over, heading out of the house and shutting the front door quietly behind them. Jasper took Draco's hand and led his boyfriend down to the silver motorbike at the bottom of the steps. The wizard knew absolutely nothing about bikes but even he could tell that the one his boyfriend now owned was not only a very nice one but a very expensive one.

"So…wanna go for a spin?" Jasper asked, nodding to the bike.

"Oooh yeah!"

A/N Well there we go, another chapter. Hope you liked it. Took me ages to write it because there was just so much talking but I didn't want it to be boring…well…too boring. LOL. Let me know what you think and as always suggestions and questions are welcome.
- 11
- 12
- 13
You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
Report Story

Of Lions And Lambs - Part Three