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Disclaimer: I still don�t own them�how sad for me

Disclaimer: I still
don�t own them�how sad for me.

A/N: This chapter is
shorter than the rest. I would have made it longer�but everything needed for
this chapter is here and I think it needs to stand alone. There will be another
one soon. The story is finally to a point where I�m excitedut iut it�so the
chapters should come pretty quickly. This one was a lot of fun with the
character work, even though it�s short. Please read and review.

Oh�by the way, yes, I
had to use an online translator, as I do not speak French. If anyone is willing
to translate for me, send me an email and let me know. There won�t be much of
it from this point and it�s a long way off until it will show up at all. The
only point of the sentence in the last chapter was so that Michael could speak
and know Harry couldn�t understand him. So yes�let me know.

Thanks Jasmine�you
know you still love me. : )

Chapter 7��The
first day.

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Finally the end to a
very long and very confusing day had come and Harry Potter was glad to be home.
He�d spent the better part of the afternoon and evening answering questions and
signing autographs after it became known that he would endorse Firebolt. All he
had wanted to do was come home, change his clothes, and talk to Draco.
Only�Draco wasn�t home. He said he was going home�so where was he? All the
lights were off and the flat looked deserted. Harry trod to Draco�s bedroom
door and knocked, calling his name. No answer. Pushing the door open, his thoughts
were confirmed�Draco was not home. Sighing, Harry went into his room and
changed his clothes.

About an hour later,
Harry heard the door opening and didn�t turn to see who it was. Instead he
called out from his spot on the sofa.

�Hi. I thought you said
you were coming home.�

�I took a walk.�

Now Harry turned.
�For 6 hours?�

Draco nodded.

�Well where did you
walk for so long?�

He heard Draco sigh
and remove his shoes. Apparently his feet were tired after his excursion.
�Everywhere�nowhere��

Harry decided not to
question Draco�s vague and enigmatic answer. Instead he pat the couch beside
him and motioned for Draco to sit. Draco did so.

�We need to talk.�

Draco startedmedimediately. �Look, Harry�I didn�t mean for you to see what you saw. I didn�t
even mean for it to happen�it wasn�t like I was asked�.�

Harry cut off his
rambling. �It�s okay. That�s not what I want to talk about.�
Draco quirked a brow.
�It�s not?�

Shaking his head,
Harry thought for a moment. �Well�it is�but it isn�t. I think�I think it�s time
for you to go��

�You do?�

Harry continued with
a nod, a little more confident. �Yeah�ever since you showed up on my doorstep
we�ve been doing this odd dance and I think it�s time for it to end�for now.
Don�t get me wrong�I�d take you in again if given the choice, but you have your
own life now�and it�s good for you. I just took a job offer today that�s going
to have me gone most of the time. I think�I think it�s time we grew up Draco.�

Draco nodded, but
kept haze aze low. �It�s still kind of sad�don�t you think?�

Harrftedfted the
blonde�s chin so that he could look him in the eyes. �Yeah�I do. Things could
be a lot worse though�we could have thrown caution to the wind and picked up
where we left off. Only�this isn�t Hogwarts. I�m no longer just a Gryffindor
and you a Slytherin. Can you imagine where we�d be if we�d tried that and the
real world caught up? It would tear us to pieces.�

Draco smiled a
little. �You�re right. I�ve been thinking�and I have no idea what�s going to
happen with my future�and I kind of like that. I think we both have things we
need to do. I am sorry about today though�.and Harry?�

�Hm?� Harry waited.

�I�m sorry about
graduation too. I know I should have said so earlier�but well�this whole
apology thing is new to me. And I would have done it sooner if I thought it
would change anything.�

�I know.�

�Harry?�

�Yes?�

�Thank you
for�everything.� Draco leaned forward and placed a solid kiss to Harry�s lips.
The kiss was strong, but did not linger. He then stood and headed for his room
to pack his things. Harry called to his retreating back.

�You don�t have to
leave tonight, Draco�I know it might take a little while to find somewhere.�

Draco turned and
smiled. �Yes I do Harry�you know as well as I do that if I don�t go now, I
never will.�

With a little
sadness, Harry nodded. �Yeah�.I guess you�re right. Where are you going?�

Draco�s smile turned
to a smirk. �I�m not going to Michael if that�s what you�re asking. That was an
*interesting* experience today, but I generally don�t agree with people
grabbing at me. I�ll go to a hotel for a few days. I�ll hire a realtor
tomorrow. That should speed things up a bit.�

The two shared a
smile before Harry got up. �I�ll help you pack.�

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The next morning
Harry Potter woke up and felt the emptiness of his apartment. The scent of
coffee did not waft in to him and the rest of the flat remained silent. Not
wanting to get up just yet, he pulled the covers o hio his chin and tried to go
back to sleep. It was a Sunday after all, and the November chill crept in
whether he had the heat on or not. He had almost succeeded when his phone began
to ring. Remembering that there was no one else to answer it, he groaned and got
out of bed, not bothering with his glasses just yet and stumbled towards the
phone.

�It had better be
*damn* good� he answered.

�Harry?�

�Oh�Draco. Good, er,
morning.�

�My you slept late.
I�m sorry to call you so soon; I just wanted to tell you that I got a mobile
this morning. Hy any ancestors must be begging Satan to let them up for a
chance to flog me. I wanted to give you the number in case you needed
anything.�

Harry smiled, always
amused with Draco�s wit. �Sure�let me get a pen.�

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After a quiet morning
of coffee and reg thg the Daily Prophet, Harry decided to owl Ron and Hermione.
He had a bit of free time now and since he�d be traveling more, he�d see them
even less than he did now. He had no doubts that Ron would be glad to hear of
Draco�s departure from his home.

The three of them
decided on getting dinner at a muggle restaurant. Harry hadn�t been out in a
while and ventures into the muggle world never ceased to amaze Ron. At six o�clock, Harry heard his two best friends floo into
his living room. Hermione immediately hugged him, almost knocking himr anr and
congratulating him on his new job
&n

�Wow�news travels fast.� Harry thought as he returned the bushy haired
girls embrace. He looked over at Ron who was darting his gaze all over the
flat. When he seemed satisfied, Ron turned to Harry.

�So where�s the git?�

�Okay�maybe not all news.�

�He moved out.�

Ron eyed him warily.
�Really? What brought this on?�

Harry shrugged. �I
caught him shagging my whole quidditch team and smoking crack in the bathroom.�

Harry would have
given everything he owned for a picture of Ron�s expression. The poor boy
looked like he�d had a particularly nasty visual image that he�d never rid
himself of.

Harry laughed and pat
Ron on the back. �Calm down Ron�we both have things we need to do�that�s all.
It was a mutual agreement.�

Much to his surprise,
Ron used Harry�s position of patting him on the back to pull his friend into a
loose (and manly of course) hug. After overcoming his initial shock, Harry
returned the gesture. Ron spoke softly to him�an almost whisper.

�You alright mate?�

�Yeah�I�m fine, but thanks for caring.� Harry
replied with a smile. �That�s why I asked you to dinner�I thought you�d want to
celebrate!�

Ron smiled at the
joke, but kept his tone serious. �I�m proud of you Harry.�

�Well, if we are
through with male bonding time�could we eat? I�m famished. &nb

Both boys turned to
Hermione who put one arm around each of her favorite men before the three of
them set out to enjoy the evening.

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Draco entered his
hotel room and grumpily shrugged off his coat. He�d *hoped* to be a little
further along with his flat hunting. He�d *hoped* to at least look at a few
places today. He hadn�t been through five flats today�hbeenbeen through five
realtors. The picky young man had found something inherently wrong with the
first four agents. There was just something�*off*�about them. He had
scrutinized every aspect of them�their speech, dress, hairstyle�all the way
down to the condition of their fingernails. After all�this was going to be the
person Draco trusted to find him a *home*. His first home. He had to be
careful. After three very upset agents of varying ages and one very blubbering
young man (how was he supposed to know it was his first day on the job�they
really should be more careful with their personnel�just because he�d told him
he had the IQ of a fork and would sooner take realty advice from a blind
leper�really�that�s no reason to *cry*) he�d found his choice agent. Smart,
young, born wealthy and with an impeccable sense of style. Draco felt that she
could find him a suitable place to live, surely.

So after a grueling
day, Draco looked forward to taking a shower, ordering room service and
watching infomercials. They fascinated him somehow. Maybe it was because they
were the first things he�d ever seen on television�maybe it was because Draco
loved to buy things. For whatever reason�they were his guilty pleasure and he
was quite looking forward to them.

Tomorrow would be
work again�and more flat hunting. And Michael. He had to face him some
time�better sooner rather than later. Draco had no idea what he would say�or
even what he thought about the situation. He liked the dark haired man who was
two years his senior�but still�the notion seemed to Draco like he would be
leaving one complicated situation for another. Especially since the other
pureblood made it clear that he was serious about his current beau. What did
Michael want from him? With a groan, Draco realized that he left Harry�s
because he needed time to *not* think�and that�s exactly what he intended to
do. He would cross his bridges as he came to them. But for now, he would revel
in a hot shower and hope the sound of the water could drown out his thoughts.

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Harry hugged his best
friends goodbye as they aredared to floo home. Ron was a bit tipsy, but nothing
unmanageable. After an extremely enjoyable evening, two thirds of the famous
Gryffindor trio left Harry to his silence once more.

He was strangely
comforted by the stillness. In an odd way, it reminded Harry that this was
*hisme�tme�these were *his* things�this was *his* life. And there was much of
it to come.

Harry Potter had
always been a strong person. Strong, reliable, funny and terribly endearing.

He slipped into his
room to change into his pajamas and plopped onto his couch to watch some telly.
Flipping on the set he smiled and rolled his eyes.

�.infomercials�

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TBC

Short, I know�but the
focus of the story has shifted now�so they layout will be a bit different since
our two main characters aren�t going to be together all the time.

Please review.

Love and Kisses,

Reika
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