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I'll Be There For You	By : Kalendral9 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 13474 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor make any money from the creation of this fiction, I'm just borrowing JK Rowling's awesome characters

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IBTFY Six

Chapter Six: Distracted

When Draco awoke the next morning and went to breakfast he expected to see Harry sitting at the table drinking his morning coffee. Instead he found Granger… no Weasley, preparing breakfast for a small child with bright red hair that looked about the same age as Aiden.

Hermione loked up from feeding Hugo and smiled at Draco, “G’morning, Ma… Draco. How has your first week gone here at Old Grimmauld?”

“It went fine. I met my Aunt and cousin.”

“Oh? How did you like Andy?”

Draco opened his mout to say something then shut it. His thoughts went back to the day in question and tears began to fill his eyes unbidden. Blinking fiercly he cleared his throat, “She was great. Young Teddy and Aiden got along just fine too.”

Hermione smiled broadly at him, “Teddy’s a good kid. He and my Hugo are great friends. Speaking of which, Teddy and Tonks are coming over tomorrow. I won’t be able to cause I’ve got to be at the Ministry.”

“Why are you here, by the way? Where’s Pot… um Harry?”

“Harry is out of town at the present on… business.” Hermione turned back to feeding her son.

Draco got the feeling that there was more to it than that, but he didn’t question. It’s not like he cared if Potter were here or not. He did NOT care. “So… when will he be back?”

“Don’t know. Shouldn’t be longer than a week. Don’t worry about him, he does this every now and then.”

Draco stared at her, “Where does he go?”

“It’s not for me to say.”

“Not to say or can’t say?”

“Drop it Malfoy!” Hermione turned a cold shoulder to him, reminiscent of their school days. Draco colored in anger then he swiftly suppressed it. He turned and walked out of the room before he did something he’d would regret.

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Harry ducked down behind a boulder as a red light streaked past where his head had been. Rolling to the left he spotted his partner and best friend across the road. Ron Weasley was busy flinging curses back across the street and didn’t notice Harry.

Harry swore under his breath as another curse flashed past his head. Silverman was playing rough this time. He began to prepare to return fire, and just as he stood a red light hit him square in the chest and he blacked out.

When Harry awoke next he was laying in the medical ward with a pounding head and a curse on his lips.

“You alright, mate?” Ron’s voice came to him from his left.

Harry groaned and sat up, “I’ll live, I hope.”

Ron smiled, “Can’t believe you took a stunner to the chest. Silverman was furiuos.”

“Silverman is always furious.” Harry said with a grimace.

“So… what has you so distracted?” Ron asked.

Harry stared at him, “What makes you think I’m distracted?”

“Don’t give me that mate, I know you too well. Does it have anything to do with the fact that you’re staying at the Burrow and not Grimmauld?”

Harry gave a heavy sigh. Ron has gotten too observant for his own good.

“Yes it does, and no I don’t want to talk about it. This is something I need to take care of myself.”

“No problem, mate. Subject dropped. So… you gotta meet Remus later?”

“Yeah, the situation is getting desperate. He can only get away so often. I have to go.”

“See ya, mate.”

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After leaving the Ministry Harry apparated to a small un-named village in the south of Scotland. Making his way down the dirt covered road he nodded to the few villagers and stopped at a house in the center of the village.

“Remus!”

The door opened and a weary Remus Lupin came out. He smiled when he saw that it was Harry standing there.

“Harry, thanks for coming.”

“Not a problem. It’s one of the few times I can get away from Silverman.” Harry said with a smile.

“Is that old bastard still teaching? Merlin, I would have thought that the Ministry would have retired him by now.”

Harry chuckled, “He’s still at it, and nasty as ever. One of these days they’ll make him retire.”

Remus rolled his eyes at that unlikly event, “How is everyone doing?” he asked eagerly.

“Everyones fine Remus. I came to help you with your problem. Any word yet?”

Remus gave a sigh, “No, and I’m beginning to worry. He’s never been this late and the pack is getting restless.”

“Don’t worry Remus, he’ll be back.” Harry placed a reassuring hand on the werewolf’s shoulder, “In the meantime, I was wondering if you could help me with something… well, actually I just need some advice.”

“You? Advice from me? Have the planets aligned or something?”

“Ha ha very funny, I’m serious here.”

“OK, so what can I do for you?”

Harry took a deep breath and blurted out, “I kissed Malfoy.”

Remus stared at Harry in shock, “Malfoy, as in Draco Malfoy? My cousin by marriage? The same Malfoy who’s living at Grummauld Place under your protection?”

“Yes, yes all that… I don’t know what happened. I went to his room to tell him about Blaise and what he’s doing and Draco just lost it. I didn’t know what to do, so I just held him, telling him that Blaise couldn’t get him there and then the next thing I know we were kissing.”

Remus considered his answer for a minute and said, “Harry, do you have any… feelings for Draco?”

Harry looked at his surrogate godfather in surprise, “Feelings? I never really thought of it that way. I just assumed it was just me trying to comfort him or something.” Harry really thought about it now and came to a startling conclusion, “Oh Merlin! I do like him… All these years and I just thought it was our rivalry tension and all this time… Oh Merlin, what am I gonna do? He’s still married to that bastard… and what if he doesn’t want me…?”

Remus rolled his eyes at Harry’s antics. “Would you stop being overdramatic. Just go and talk to him.”

“What?! I can’t tell him how I feel. He just escaped an abusive relationship and you want me to drag him into an uncertain one with me?! I can’t do that Remy, he’s hated me sice the day we met.”

“Harry, you’ll never know until you try.”

Harry heaved a sigh in frustration, Remus can’t understand. There’s too much animosity between the two of us.

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