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All\'s Fair In Love And War	By : jameschick Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 21683 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Saying Goodbye

Today was the day we all gathered in the courtyard to say goodbye to the students that died in Hogsmeade yesterday.

Merlin, was it only yesterday? It feels like it's been longer than a day since it happened. Longer than, less than twenty-fours since Harry killed Him. Longer than that since I stood back to back to Draco bloody Malfoy duelling in the streets with armed and extremely hostile Death Eaters.

But it wasn't longer than that.

Just yesterday at this time the four of us were walking to Hogsmeade, making plans to go to The Three Broomsticks. We were expecting to have a fun day in town, do some shopping, get some sweets and some jokes and Hermione of course wanted to get a book or two if at all possible. We weren't expecting the war to come upon us.

If you could call that a war.

It was more of a bloody massacre.

All those kids. Hurting, bleeding, dying in the street. I've never seen anything like that, and if the Gods are willing, I never will again.

I'm so glad Malfoy dumped that witch on her arse and Hermione got stuck inside. I don't know what I would have done if she'd been out in the street with the rest of us.

I love her so much, I would be lost without her.

She spent the whole night by my bedside in the Infirmary. Even after getting her arm fixed, she refused to leave. I had to stay the night as I had some pretty nasty hexes hit me. If it weren't for the ceremony today, Madame Pomfrey would have kept me longer, but there was no way I was letting Harry go through this without me.

The gathering was quite formal, Dumbledore even made a speech.

Some people cried.

I'm not ashamed to admit I was one of them.

If Harry can cry without shame, then so can I.

Some Ministry representatives talked for a bit as well, offering counselling and that sort of thing for anyone who felt they might need it. There was a buffet afterwards, the House elves put out a good spread and people began to mingle and talk with one another.

Then the inevitable happened.

Everyone and their brother it seemed wanted to congratulate Harry for his defeat of You-Know-Who. I don't really blame them in a way, but this was not the proper place to do it. We had just said our goodbyes to people - some of them, children - who had been killed by that bastard and his followers.

Harry hated it.

Every single minute of it was like pure torture for him.

I wanted to hex them, the inconsiderate prats!

Malfoy actually did.

I hate to admit it, but I'm really starting to like that git.

He makes Harry happy. He takes care of him, and he loves him in a way that neither Hermione nor me can. He's Harry's rock right now, I get that, and I have to admit that if anyone can keep Harry going, it's Malfoy.

Draco Malfoy has always been able to affect Harry like no one else. Back in first year, Harry was so shy that he wouldn't say shit if he had a mouthful of it, but put Malfoy in front of him and he was a whole different person. Strong, confident, in charge of whatever situation arose. I should have seen it coming a mile off that they would end up together. They've always had passion, but I'm a bit thick when it comes to these things.

Or so Hermione tells me.

All the same, I'm grateful to Malfoy for being here right now. I don't know that 'Mione and me would be able to pull Harry out of this depression he's in by ourselves. We never saw this being one of the outcomes of the battle.

When we talked about it, and we did talk about it, we always assumed that Harry would win, he would destroy He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, and that would be the end of it. That he'd probably hole himself up in some muggle apartment for a few years until the notoriety wore off, or something, but he'd still be Harry; our best friend. The other option, the one where Harry didn't win, was much more depressing, and we so we tended not to dwell on it. Positive thinking, Hermione said, couldn't hurt. So we thought positively.

Harry having to watch his ex-boyfriend die right in front of him was never a consideration. The fact that he took a curse meant to end Harry's life just makes it that much harder. Neither one of us have any idea how to console him.

A lot of the students are leaving later today. Hogwarts is closing for the remainder of the term. What with the battle and the deaths and all that, the board of directors feels that it's best to let everyone go home and get some semblance of peace and normality.

Or to grieve properly if you were family to one of the casualties. Hermione just about went into hysterics until McGonagall told her we would still be called back in June to write the NEWTS.

Mum and Dad are coming to pick up Ginny, Hermione and me tomorrow.

Hermione�s going to be staying with us for a couple of weeks as her parents are at some convention or other and can�t get away. They don�t really understand what�s been going on here anyway, �Mione thought they�d pull her out of Hogwarts if they knew about the war, so she didn�t tell them very much. She�s so smart.

I wanted to ask Harry to come home with us. He has no reason at all now to go back to those muggles, but somehow I can't see him leaving Malfoy behind, and I definitely can't see Malfoy at the Burrow either. I have to assume they'll end up at Grimmauld place as it's legally Harry's house now, but I don't think that's the best place for him just now either. He's blaming himself for what Zabini did, and I know he still feels guilty for Sirius' death as well.

No, Grimmauld place is definitely not a good place for him at all right now.

I should talk to Dumbledore. Or Malfoy. Or get Malfoy to talk to Dumbledore.

Maybe they could stay at school for the summer. Harry's always been happiest here at Hogwarts, after all. It's been the only home he's ever known.

With everyone else gone, him and Malfoy could have the tower to themselves. Or the dungeons I suppose.

I kind of wish I could stay here as well, me and Hermione both, but mum�s dead set on having us at home and I know better than to argue when she gets like that.

I just hate the idea of leaving Harry alone so soon after all of this.

I know he�s not alone alone, that he�s got Malfoy with him, but I always thought it would be me and Hermione with him in the end.

The Trio.

It feels weird to be a foursome. And with Malfoy of all people. But, I�m getting used to it, and as I said, I am starting to like him. He kind of grows on you after a while.

Like a fungus.

Draco and Harry are leaving the reception, not that I blame them. I�ll need to track them down later and let them know about mum and dad coming tomorrow, that Gin, �Mione and me will be leaving, and to say goodbye.

But for now, I'm going to go find my girlfriend.

I've been wanting to ask her a very important question for some time now and after yesterday, I don't want to put it off any longer. If I had died without telling her how much I love her, and asking her to be my wife, I would never have forgiven myself.

I�ve been carting this bloody engagement ring around in my pocket for months waiting for the right time, and here it is.

Here's hoping she says yes.
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