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Building Bridges	By : ShadowAngel Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 3414 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: Here is number 5, where the scheming members of the group take drastic measures to save future relations.

Chapter 5 – Drastic Measures
Draco glared as a body sat down in the seat next to him. “Get lost, Potter, I’m not interested.” He determinedly looked back to his defence against the dark arts essay.
“That’s not what your eyes say, Draco,” Harry replied. “I know you’ve been watching whenever I’m around, so stop pretending. Come one, Draco, we were doing so well.”
“And then you went and reminded me that you still see me as a person who lies and cheats and will attack others,” Draco hissed in anger, looking at him fiercely. “You never even gave me a chance to explain, you just assumed that I had attacked Weasley.”
Harry could start to feel himself get angry at the accusations, but firmly pushed it away, now wasn’t the time. “No, Draco. I never said that, and I didn’t think that. I just wanted to stop the two of you arguing.”
“By taking his side!”
“I was trying to stay neutral! Instead you assumed that I was against you and Ron assumed that I was against him. The two of you have dragged me in the middle and then made me both your enemies. I am fed up of the both of you glaring at me and ignoring me this whole last week.”
Draco blinked, realising that he had maybe read the situation wrong. Suddenly the image of the trio sitting split up during class and at dinner made sense and wondered why he had realised it before. Then again, he had been trying not to think about the Gryffindor. “Weasley…”
“I wasn’t take his side against you, Draco. I know the two of you dislike each other and find it difficult being around each other, but he is my best mate, and you are my friend. I want the both of you around, alright?” Harry smiled as Draco slowly nodded, seeing that the blonde was calming down. “To be honest, I want you as more than just a friend, and I was wondering if we could continue from where we left off?”
“I think that sounds agreeable,” Draco nodded, a smile forming. “Harry…I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions like that. Just…I didn’t want things to go back to how they had.”
“So they went even worse,” Harry chuckled as he thought back to the food fight during dinner earlier that week, and the duel they had had the day before that. “I accept your apology. Now shush, you won that match and I still owe you your reward.”

Draco couldn’t help the smile at the reminder of beating Harry for once and happily accepted the kiss Harry gave him, pulling him close as the two started to make up for the 11 days of fighting that had lost them their alone time.

“Come on, ‘Mione, what was wrong with the common room?” Ron complained as he followed his friend and his sister, Harry beside him. It was after dinner on a Saturday and he had been looking forward to an evening of relaxing and kicking back instead of one of secrets from his friends.
“Because I thought it would be nice to get away from there, spend some time with just a few of us,” Hermione responded as she led the small group of Gryffindors into the room of requirement. It was set out like a large common room with a fire at the side, chairs around it, and around the edge of the room there were small gatherings of sofas and chairs with tables, waiting of small groups of students to occupy them. In the centre space was a large plush carpet and standing on it in a group were five Slytherins.
“Oh hell no!” Ron turned, heading to leave when he was caught, one arm by Dean and the other by Seamus.
“Nah uh, Ron, not so fast,” Dean commented, helping his best friend to take their struggling housemate over to the open space, closer to a displeased looking Draco. He noticed that the displeasure seemed mostly aimed at Ron, and the other Slytherins seemed fine, Theo, Blaise and Pansy even offering him a smile, apart from Daphne, whose smile had vanished as soon as she had spotted Ginny enter. Looking over to his ex, Dean could see Ginny’s jaw set, her teeth gritting together, though she didn’t attempt to leave, just heading over with Harry and Hermione.
“Right, now that we’re all here, we can get started,” Pansy stated with a smile, sitting down on the carpet, her smile increasing as Draco did so without complaint – Harry having smiled to him as he seated himself opposite Draco.
Grumbling and still complaining Ron took a seat between Dean and Ron, far from Draco. Though Daphne and Ginny seemed keen to avoid each other, they sat either side of Theo, Dean on Ginny’s other side, and Hermione sat between Harry and Pansy. Seamus was quick to greet Blaise by sitting on his lap and kissing him deeply, but it was ended when Pansy reached over and yanked Seamus off and into the space between herself and the dark-skinned Slytherin. Laughing lightly at the now grumbling Irish student, Pansy turned to her girlfriend and leant in, giving her a short, sweet kiss. “Hey there.”
“Hi, Pans,” Hermione responded with a smile, then rolling her eyes at the exclamation of surprise from Ron.
“Yes, Ron, Pansy and I are seeing each other, end of.” Glancing around the group sitting on the floor, the two could see that the others were simply taking it in their stride, content to just go with it, though there were hints of surprise in some expressions, and a hint of upset in a couple. Ron, luckily, seemed to need no more hints, staying quiet despite the confusion and surprise that he displayed.
“Anyway, let’s get onto why we are here. All we think about is what we don’t like about the other house, all the negative things we can think of. So what we’re going to do is go round the circle and share something we like or something nice about another member of the circle,” Hermione explained.
“Seriously? You want us to share like pre-teen girls at a sleepover?” Draco asked, others in the group also muttering in unimpressed tones.
“Oh suck it up all of you. Several of us have agreed that something needs to be done about the problems between our groups, and this is what we came up with,” Hermione declared, gathering everyone’s attention with her no-nonsense tone. “We have requested the door to seal until we’ve decided that the air has cleared and relations have improved. So, since we’re all trapped her for the time being, I’ll start. Since getting to know Blaise it has become clear that he is a considerate, friendly guy with a decent humour,” Hermione smiled across the circle to the dark-skinned Slytherin whose eyes had widened in surprise. “He’s also rather smart with skill in potions and charms.”
“I’m almost jealous,” Pansy smiled, hand squeezing Hermione’s where the two were laced together on the Gryffindor’s thigh. “Well I can safely say that Hermione is very intelligent, knowledgeable, loyal and she never gives up, so tough luck boys and girls,” she sent a look to Daphne and then Ginny. “We’re doing this. Oh, and did I mention that she is beautiful?” the Slytherin smiled and leant in to press a kiss to her girlfriend’s blushing cheek.
There was silence for a moment as the others, both those conned into arriving and those partially in on the plan, realised they would have to concede and take part. Eventually Harry cleared his throat, “I guess I’ll continue then…uh…” his eyes scanned around the circle before settling on the recipient of his current attraction. And recent frustrations. “Obviously Draco is a skilled seeker, he provides me with decent competition on the pitch as well as with a wand and with words. Everyone can see he’s good-looking, and he’s also a good kisser,” Harry broke off, just giving a slightly embarrassed shrug at the amused looks thrown his way. He deliberately kept his gaze from going to the smiling, pleased blonde, looking instead at Ron to his right, “Your turn, mate.”
“Harry’s a good mate who always helps out others and is an amazing seeker,” Ron offered, then bristling at the unamused looks Pansy, Hermione and Dean threw his way “What?!”
“Seriously, Ron?”
“You said someone in the circle, ‘Mione, not someone from the other house. Pansy chose you and Harry did his boyfriend.”
“Really?! When did-” Blaise clamped his hand over Seamus’ mouth to stop it running away before his brain caught up. Knowing Seamus as he did, it still surprised him at times how curious his boyfriend could be about other people’s sex life.
Theo rose an eyebrow at Ron, “You’re putting yourself and Harry on the same level as Hermione and Pansy and also Harry and Draco?” he watched in amusement as the redhead began to splutter and turn red.
“I’m not his boyfriend!”
“Not yet, anyway,” Draco added on with a drawl, smirking across to a blushing Harry. He could see the anger start to rise behind the light embarrassment and prepared himself to carry on their own form of foreplay when a clear, decisive voice cut through the muddle of voices.
“I guess it’s my turn, then,” Dean ignored his red, choking housemate beside him, knowing that Hermione would cast a spell to help him just as she always did whenever Ron choked on food or over shock. “I think that Pansy is a smart, crafty girl who is also rather cunning.”
“Why thank you very much.”
Dean gave Pansy a nod and smile across the circle, “The fact you make Hermione smile and you treat us with respect and some form of friendship makes you okay in my book. Ginny, onto you.”
Ginny shared a smile with her friend and ex before looking around the circle. She was a little annoyed at being trapped in the room and being made to play this game. Not because it was with the Slytherins – she had come to like most of those present – but one because it had been sprung on her with no warning and two because Daphne was present. That didn’t mean that she had to choose to say something nice about the girl she was competing with for her interest’s heart, however. Eyes settling on the Slytherin beside her, she gave a smile to the one she had become a lot closer to over the last few days and nights, leaning back on both of her hands.
“Theo is cute and sweet and I think that we can agree that he’s one of the sane ones of the group”. Majority of the group started to protest and then there was a pause before noises of agreement came, though across the circle two girls had to wonder whether leading on two independent, cunning, potentially violent girls at the same time could be considered sane.
“Thanks, Ginny,” Theo chuckled beside her. “Following on from that, I’d say that Dean seems pretty sane, he’s fun to be around, and a very good conversationalist. Definitely a nice change from the obsessing gushing from Draco and Blaise and the girly chatter and gossip from Pansy and Daph,” he said to laughter.
“Don’t act like you don’t enjoy gossiping as much as the girls, Theo,” Blaise shot back, though he didn’t deny the comment.
“I don’t gush!”
“Sure, Draco, it’s okay, we believe you,” Daphne patted her friend’s shoulder as the blonde scowled at the laughter. “At least you accept that you are obsessed.”
“I-”
“Anyway, moving on,” Daphne cut in, then pausing as she eyed her current competition on the other side of Theo, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear as she weighed the pros of offering an olive branch against the cons. To be fair, it wasn’t the Weaslette’s fault that Theo was such an insensitive douchebag. “I hate to admit this, but Ginny is a skilled chaser and she can most definitely hold her own, especially in a duel.” Daphne met the youngest Weasley’s gaze and gave a graceful shrug, “Don’t look so surprised, it’s merely the truth.”
“Well, thank you.”
Daphne just gave a nod, offering a hint of a smile before looking to her other side with an amused smirk, “Let me guess, Draco, you’re going to pick Harry.”
“Well you know how much I hate being unpredictable, Daphne, but I’m going to pick Weasley,” Draco just looked across the circle to Ron as the others fell silent in shock.
Ron just blinked in surprise and shock, “Huh?”
“He’s stubborn and reckless as well as loyal to the point of stupidity,” Draco could see Ron and the other Gryffindors start to bristle, but just carried on. “But this causes him to be there for Harry and his friends, always standing by them and helping them out. What I saw previously as negatives are points that help him to be a good friend.” Around him were faces of shock, most of which were impersonating goldfish. Across him, Harry came out of his shock and gave Draco a large grin, his eyes showing Draco how grateful he was, and the blonde realised that being the first to stand down had its benefits in some cases. Cases that won him Harry’s favour, at least. Returning the grin with a smile of his own, Draco then turned to his friend beside him who still looked in shock.
“Go on, Blaise, don’t keep us waiting for all the mush I’m sure you can spout for Seamus.”
Blaise shook his head to get it to clear and then just gave a smirk at the comment. “While Shay is a gorgeous young man who is just simply amazing, I am going to go with you, Draco,” Blaise then grinned as he leant back on his left hand, his right arm still around Seamus’ waist beside him. He saw the perfect opportunity to continue Hermione and Pansy’s plan, and there was no way he was going to pass it up. It amused him greatly that Draco may have helped along his own movement into a forced friendship/companionship.
“And I agree with Harry’s assessment, he is a good kisser,” as three mouths opened to protest/complain, he held up his hand, an amused smile on his lips. “That was ages ago, Harry, Shay, don’t worry. And no, Draco, I didn’t agree to not talk. Anyway, he is also determined and passionate about what he wants and he’s also a very skilled chess player.”
“Seriously? And you didn’t say?” Seamus gave his boyfriend a questioning look, the hint of amusement in his eyes letting his boyfriend know that Seamus wasn’t angry or upset about it. Blaise could almost see him imagining it in his mind – another thing that surprised him about Seamus.
“Hang on, chess? You play?” Ron looked to his ex-nemesis, looking the blonde over as if he was looking at him with new eyes.
“That is what Blaise said, if you were listening,” Draco drawled, but at the stern look direct at him by Pansy at Hermione across the circle he rolled his eyes. To be honest, the interest from the redhead did have him intrigued “Why? You any good, Weasley?”
Harry smiled to his new friend, then glancing to his best mate, “Ron’s the best in Gryffindor, thrashes most of us with ease.”
“Snap on Draco in Slytherin,” Blaise commented, smirking lightly as Seamus added. “I wonder who would beat who in a match”. Looking to his boyfriend he could see a mischievous glint in his Gryffindor’s eye; Seamus had caught onto the plan and wanted in.
“I’m not sure amore, but it sounds like it would be a good match,” Blaise smirked and sat up properly, then turning his gaze to Draco on the other side of him and then Ron. He was pleased to see the two watching each other with new interest and intrigue.
“How about it, Weasley, fancy a match?”
“Why not, could be interesting,” Ron shrugged and stood up, past fights and anger pushed out of his mind at the thought of playing against a new, skilled player. He moved with Draco over to the wizarding chess board at the side of the room where the two took a seat and began to play.
Watching her brother start to play against his rival, Ginny grinned, looking to the others, “Wow, I would almost say that that was planned….”Ginny trailed off as she saw Hermione, Pansy, Theo, Dean and Blaise share grins/smirks, Seamus laughing quietly beside Blaise.
“This little get together most certainly was, we all needed to realise that all of us here have good qualities as well as bad, so Hermione and I constructed this little circle share time,” Pansy smiled.
“As for Draco and Ron, we realised they needed a time alone without the anger and threat, and came to the idea of chess, something that they both share in common. Getting them to challenge each other, easy,” Blaise explained, looking a little smug about the success of their plan.
Harry looked over at his best mate and new friend, noticing that the two seemed completely absorbed and content in their match against each other, “Well, looks like it’s worked.” Then glancing around the circle, he could see how more relaxed everyone looked around each other, no longer on the alert that the last two weeks had put them all on.
“So, what’s the plan now, oh schemers of the group,” Daphne raised an eyebrow across to the couple who both looked very pleased with themselves.
“There’s games all around the room and sofas we can move in front of the fire,” Hermione explained. “We thought that we could just spend time here, get to know each other, play games, chat, maybe study.”
“Games, definitely games,” Seamus jumped up to laughter at his words. “I think I spied exploding snap over here,” he went over to a table that had sofas around it, opening the pack of cards. He was soon joined by Theo, Dean and Harry, the four starting up a game.
Shaking his head at his excited boyfriend, Blaise turned his attention to Hermione, “You said you would teach me that game, rum-rum or something? The one played with cards.”
“Rummy, it’s a muggle card game,” Hermione nodded with a smile, summoning over the pack of muggle cards as she moved onto a sofa and started to shuffle. She was joined by Pansy beside her, Blaise settling into a chair on the other side of the board.
“Well, I guess that leaves us,” Ginny looked to the other remaining girl.
“Or just you,” Daphne commented as she gracefully stood, brushing down her skirt before turning towards the card tutorial.
Ginny quickly scrambled to her feet, grabbing the Slytherin’s arm, “Daphne, wait-”
Instantly Daphne yanked her arm back out of the grip, turning on her heel to face Ginny, her hair spinning elegantly around her head as she did so, “Look, Weasley, you’re pretty, smart, good on a broom and you seem to be a good friend, good for you. That doesn’t mean that I’m just going to step out of the way.”
“It’s not my fault, I never chose to like him, I just really do,” Ginny hissed to her, pulling out her wand and casting a quick privacy spell. Seeing Daphne’s hand on her own wand, Ginny held up a hand and slipped her wand away. “He’s the one who asked me to dance and who kissed me, not the other way around. I’m not trying to get in the way, Daphne.”
Daphne released her grip on her own wand, allowing a bit of trust in the situation. She had to admit that the privacy ward surrounding them was a good idea, this was likely to get loud, “Well you are, it was on the way to getting better between Theo and I, then you had to get involved.”
“As I said, it wasn’t me! Theo dragged me into this! Yes I like him and I went willingly, but I never meant to step on your toes; he made the move and I just assumed that the two of you were over.”
Daphne eyed her rival suspiciously, “You really aren’t trying to steal him?”
“I admit to wanting him, yes, but no, Daphne, I’m not trying to steal him from you. I’ve been trying to get Theo to talk to you, sort things out and cut the line properly with either you or me ever since I realised last week that he was flitting between the two of us.”
“Theo talking about his feelings?” Daphne snorted, turning and walking to two armchairs near the fire, settling herself in one and watching as her rival sat in the other. Now that she realised the other wasn’t being malicious in attentions and was simply caught in Theo’s web herself, the Slytherin had calmed down. Not all suspicion towards her had vanished, though. “We’ll be waiting a long time for that. Currently he and I are in a seeing each other stage and I’m guessing the two of you are as well. If Theo’s happy at that stage, he won’t see any reason to change things, won’t want to risk losing it. ”
Ginny shook her head, feeling anger bubble inside her, “That bastard. I admit that we’re not in a relationship and we never said we were and he never said he wasn’t with you, but still…” She glanced over at the four laughing boys, eyeing one angrily. “We can’t let this continue.”
“Hmm…what do you suggest?”
“Well, if Theo won’t make up his mind about us, why don’t we take the decision into our own hands? And show him that he shouldn’t mess use girls around?” Ginny suggested eagerly, leaning forward in her seat. Watching the other think it over, the Gryffindor held out her hand, “Truce?” She continued to watch the other, grinning deviously when her hand was taken.
“Truce.”

As the two girls in front of the fire put their heads together, across the room the four boys cried out in surprise and jumped back as the deck exploded once more.
“So, you heard about this special event the professors have planned?” Theo enquired as he started the new round off, glancing around the others he could see Harry shake his head and Dean nod while Seamus’ face lit up in excitement
“Yea, I heard it’s some kind of Halloween event, that they’re planning more than just a banquet this year.”
“It’s probably just more competition between the houses, try to get our minds off of any troubles and more focused on teamwork and school,” Dean commented as he played a card.
“You think it’s going to be team-based?”
Dean nodded to Harry, “I do. I think they’re going to try and get us to start working together, promote unity and all that.”
“I think we’re doing pretty well by ourselves,” Seamus pointed out with a grin.
“You and Blaise shagging does not mean unity between the houses, Seamus,” Theo rolled his eyes, “though I do admit that our year is doing pretty well. Hopefully better now after Pansy and Hermione’s plan.”
“I didn’t mean just Blaise and I,” Seamus ignored the comment about his sex life. “Anyway, if it is teams, maybe we can work across house lines. Maybe you can work with Christina,” he grinned to Dean.
“Christina?”
“A fifth-year Ravenclaw that Dean is seeing,” Harry grinned. “Oh that’s a good point, how are you two doing?”
“We’ve gone on a few dates the last month,” Dean corrected Harry. “And we are doing fine thank you. No explosive arguments or hatred nor past rivalry or suspicion.”
“Boring!”
“Yeah, that takes all the fun out of it,” Harry grinned as Theo laughed.
Dean shook his head, taking the teasing in good humour, “It works fine for us. Anyway, less about me, you’re forgetting that there’s someone in our group who hasn’t yet got a partner.”
Four pairs of eyes looked over to where Ron was still playing against Draco, the two silently locked in battle, oblivious to the rest of the room.
“Think we should hook him up with someone?”
“Mhm, yeah, who’s free and wouldn’t mind someone like Ron?”
“Hannah?”
“Nah, she blushes around Neville"
“Neville?”
Dean rolled his eyes, “Not all guys like the same sex, Shay.”
“Like you, I know, I meant; Neville, really?”
Theo shook his head in amusement as he listened to the three. “Never thought Gryffindors would have it in them. And I’ll join Dean on that side.”
Dean shot Theo a grin, “Good to have a comrade. What about Lisa in Ravenclaw?”
Theo shook his head as he recalled a gossip conversation with his female friends. “I heard Pansy mention that she had seen Lisa hanging out with Tracey a few times. And let’s just say I think Pansy can pick up on things like that.”
“Oh I’m sure,” Seamus agreed. “Gaydar isn’t just a made up term.”
“Uh huh, if you say so,” Dean agreed non-committedly. “How about we make a list? I think Sophie is a potential, and maybe Megan.” Dean pulled a piece of parchment out of his pocket and the four began to plot.
In the room of requirement the students continued in their groups, the bridges continuing to form.

A/N: Thanks for reading, please leave any thoughts behind so I know what you think. Just so you know, I have uploaded a side-story to this story ‘A Rocky Bridge’. Thank you to MoonlightVampiress and Staar for your reviews:

Starr: Kinda fixed, and the boys are taking care of Ron.

MoonlightVampiress: Your comment made my day, I was laughing so much. And surprisingly, you read my mind, the pairing had crossed into my thoughts. Also, your comment inspired one of my side-stories – ‘A Rocky Bridge’ – where the gang aren’t there to stop a fight.

Chapter six is in writing, so should be up in the next couple of weeks – fingers crossed - Yuki
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