Harry Potter Back to the Past

"No, of course not, I have nothing to say if you don't believe me," said Harry as he put his hands behind his back and ran out of the hospital wing. Harry realized that he should not have done so much. James just thought that he wanted to show off. Outside of the hospital wing, Malfoy was waiting for Harry.

Malfoy accompanied Harry back the Gryffindor common room. He noticed that there was something wrong with Harry. Harry did not say a word while they were walking along the corridor. He kept staring at the floor. Harry was thinking about the words of James all the way. The more he thought, the more innocent he felt. Tension was building inside steadily.

"What's wrong, Harry? Why aren't you saying a word?" asked Malfoy with concern.

Harry could no longer hold back his tears. He threw his hands round Malfoy's neck and cried hysterically on Malfoy's shoulder.

Malfoy waited for a few minutes. "I may not understand your feelings, but I'll always be a good listener for you," he said as he patted Harry's head.

"You may go away, too, leaving me alone," said Harry with tears still falling from his eyes.

"Don't worry. I'll be there," said Malfoy gently.

"Thanks, Draco, for being such a good friend," said Harry as he wept of his tears and smiled.

All these were taken into the eyes of Azuya. She was looking at the two from the ceiling. She understood that he did not only treat Harry as a good friend but something more. She followed them till they parted. "Good night, Harry, have a nice sleep. Don't think too much," said Malfoy. Harry did not say anything. He just smiled to Malfoy.

As Malfoy headed towards the Slytherin common room, Azuya came into his way. "Why didn't you tell him?" she asked, staring at Malfoy.

"Tell him what?" asked he as he turned to look at her, pretending that he did not know anything.

"You love him," she said flatly.

"I don't know what you're talking about," he said without looking at Azuya.

"Don't pretend. I know you love him. Why don't you admit that?" she asked.

"I don't know whom you're talking about," said Malfoy who walked faster and faster to hide away from her.

"You know who. Are you a coward? You just want to hide it from him? Can you swear that you don't love him at all?" asked Azuya, still following Malfoy.

"What can I do, then? Tell him? Did you see how sad he was? I just think that loving a person doesn't mean that you've to expect the same from him! Don't you understand?" Malfoy stopped and stared at Azuya. She just floated there without saying a word.

"Don't follow me any more. I don't need you to tell me what to do and don't tell him about that!" said Malfoy as he started to run away from Azuya. She just watched him run away, not knowing what she could do.

*

In the hospital wing, Sirius and Lupin had gone into the room to visit James.

"James, why did you say such a thing to Harry?" said Sirius, puzzled.

"I had a dream before I woke up," explained James, "In the dream, someone with a cold voice told me that Harry just wanted to show off."

"Clearly, you're convinced of it," said Lupin.

"James, you should now understand the reason. Why didn't he stop when so many people asked him to? Why did he insist to bring you to here by himself? You understand why, do you?" said Sirius, frowning.

"He loves you, James. I'm quite sure of it. I could see that his eyes was full of tears as he came out form the hospital wing," said Lupin.

"Do you really mean it? I can't believe or even accept that," said James.

"You'd better find it out yourself. Maybe you can ask him," said Sirius who shrugged.

"Well, maybe I should ask him about that. Well, will you be kind enough to help me?" said James without any expression.

"Coward, wait for our answer then," said Lupin with a despising look.

"By the way, did anyone visit you except us?" said Sirius as he left the hospital wing for the common room.

"I think not," said James, shaking his head.

"Don't you know that Professor Albun had visited you? He touched you head just like a father touching his son," said the nurse Miss Erica.

Sirius and Lupin both looked at James. They decided to find out what Albun had done.

As they go into the common room, they could not find Harry there. Harry had gone to the dormitory for a sleep. He was not tired at all. He just wanted to hide from the crowd in the common room asking him why he had replaced James. That was too much for him. Sirius and Lupin went up to the dormitory and found Harry. The curtains of Harry's bed were drawn. They knew that Harry had not slept. They decided to say something to Harry.

"Harry, maybe you don't want to listen to us, but this is what James wants to say," said Sirius, facing the closed curtains.

"What's that?" said Harry flatly. He was sitting on the bed then, still with the curtains drawn.

"He knows he's made a mistake. He had a dream with a cold voice telling him that you just wanted to show off," said Lupin.

"A cold voice?" said Harry, thinking that the voice must be Voldemort.

"Yep, err, Remus has something to ask you," said Sirius, throwing a look to Lupin. Lupin frowned but he knew he had to say something. "Harry, you love James, don't you?" said Lupin. He had wanted to say it in another way but he could not think of it so he asked Harry straight away.

"You mean to say... I shouldn't have done so much," said Harry.

"Well, we just want to know the situation," said Sirius.

"I tell you. Yes, I love him. I love him with a son's heart. Is that all right?" said Harry, getting more and more irritated.

"Son? But you two are of the same age!" exclaimed Lupin in surprise.

"Why can't I? Anyway, this isn't that kind of love you're thinking of. Mine is completely pure," said Harry, "If you've got nothing more to say, I'm going to sleep. I'm very tired." He was very much afraid that they would discover his secret, as he was not supposed to tell them that he came from future. Harry felt relieved, as he knew that James did not misunderstand him any more.

"Okay, we don't disturb you then," said Sirius, satisfied now as he had got the answer from Harry. He raised his eyebrows to Lupin and left the dormitory for the hospital wing to tell James about that.

Lying on his bed, Harry was thinking about everything that happened on the day. On the other hand, Malfoy was also lying on his bed, thinking of the things that Azuya has said. Both of them thought and thought till it was late at midnight. This was going to be the night that Malfoy could never forget.