Draco and Harry do America!

Chapter 2: The Lewiston Academy for Young Witches and Wizards:

Harry, Hermione, and Draco were led straight up to Dumbledore's office.  Draco put his arm around Hermione's waist.  She was so scared she was shaking.  The round circular room was dark, but when Dumbledore walked in, he shot fire into the flames.  There was a look of disappointment in his eyes, especially when he looked at Harry.  

"Please explain yourselves and your actions that happened tonight.  I might remind you to choose your words carefully, seeing as I could be forced to expel the lot of you." said Dumbledore. "Hermione, I'll let you speak first."

"Headmaster," said Hermione, there was total fear in her voice. "Harry and Malfoy were, well, fighting over me.  I overheard them say where the fight was going to be.  I followed Harry up and they started fighting.  They were really hurting each other, without wands.  Poor Draco was hurt pretty bad.  I felt terrible about this, seeing as that I was the cause, and well, I stopped the fight."

"And Mr. Filch tells me that there are, er-, other certain events not permitted on school grounds that took place tonight."

"Oh, yes, Headmaster.  Very bad things!"  said Filch.

"Which one would you like to explain this?" asked Dumbledore.  

"The blonde one.  It was him and her rolling around on the floor, they were!"  said Filch nastily.

"Mister Malfoy, please speak your part on this." said Dumbledore.

"Well, you see, Hermione was upset, and so I kissed her.  Not as to take advantage of her.  I wouldn't do that.   As you can see, uh, one thing led to another. But nothing LIKE THAT happened.  We were just kissing, nothing else! Headmaster, I know as hard as it sounds to be true, I really like Hermione, sir.  I'm very sorry."

"Hmm, I see.  Miss Granger, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and you acted as you saw fit to prevent any major injuries or deaths.  You will not be expelled."  said Dumbledore after thinking very hard.  "But, one of our number has been unusually silent.  Harry, why?"

Harry looked up into those same blue eyes and said, "Headmaster, sir, I just wanted to protect her."

Dumbledore said, "Miss Granger has shown in previous years that she can very well protect herself.  I am therefore led to believe that your furious actions towards Mr. Malfoy were out of pure jealousy.  You need not've bashed his head into the ground.  Mr. Malfoy is very lucky to be standing here right now.  And Mr. Malfoy, you were also fighting too.  I am also led to believe that you started the fight."

"Yes, sir. I did."  said Malfoy in a very shaky voice.  

"In that case, I will be forced to deal with you more severely.  Mr. Potter and Mr. Malfoy, I am going to transfer you to the Lewiston Academy for Young Witches and Wizards.  It is an expansion of Hogwarts."  said Dumbledore with a sigh.

"Headmaster, where in Britain is this Lewiston place you speak of,"  Hermione said.  

"Hermione, you aren't going to be transferred, but I was going to tell you anyway.  Lewiston is a small town in New York."  said Dumbledore.

"Sir, I am pretty familiar with geography, since I used to go to Muggle school.  I've never heard of a New York or Lewiston in Britain!"  said Harry.

"That is because, Mr. Potter, it is in the United States, across the Atlantic Ocean.  You will both be going there as soon as possible.  It is just like Hogwarts, with the same houses and all.  BUT, there are many different things about America than just the location.  Their school is Plottable.  It is just like a regular school.  They let Muggles try to enroll in it, but they make them take a test to get in, and it is made impossible.  They have a Quidditch field, but it is rarely used, seeing as most Americans play Quodpot.  I'm sure that a year away from the usual people and surroundings will work out for the best in you two.  You will be living with an American family.  You will know who they are, they will most likely flag you down at the airport."  said Dumbledore.

"You mean, we're going to fly on an airplane?" asked Harry with fear in his voice.

"Yes, and you will act like Muggles and not draw attention to yourselves.  I will have your tickets by tomorrow morning.  Your heads of houses will give them to you.  I advise you to pack up right now and say any goodbye's you have to say as soon as possible.  You must be at the airport within an hour of your flight taking off.  Well, that sets all things straight.  Mr. Filch, please escort these three back to their dormitories."  

"Come on, come on, lets move it, we gotta get you packin!" said Filch in a nasty voice when they left the office. They stopped at the Slytherin Dormitory first.  Hermione and Draco were allowed a few minutes alone without Filch and Harry watching them.  

Hermione broke down and said, "It figures, you know.  You turn all nice and good, and then you get transferred!  I'll never forget you Draco, or tonight, it was wonderful."

"Hermione, its not goodbye just yet, there is still tomorrow," said Draco as he touched her cheek, "Don't worry about me, you'll be glad once I'm outta here when those rumors start going around...and if it makes you feel any better..."

Draco took her up into his arms and gave her the most passionate kiss he'd ever given anyone.  After the kiss, he said "I'll never forget tonight, despite all the punishment and stuff, and its because of you."

"Same here, and Draco, please don't be mad at Harry.  I don't think he meant to almost kill you.  He was just trying to protect me." said Hermione. "I have to go now, i bet they're getting pretty tired of waiting.  

"Yeah, well, since I'm only going to be here for one more day, why don't we make it count, and when it spreads around the school that we were making out in the third floor corridor in the middle of the night, I'll tell them, 'Yes, its as true as it can be!', and everyone will be going nuts!" said Draco.  

Hermione said once again, "Draco, it sounds like a good idea, but I have to go!"  
He was about to say something, but he felt two hands pushing him against the wall, and then that person kissing him.  Well, of course, it was Hermione.  

"Draco, please don't leave, you can stay up in Gryffindor tower with me, no one except my dormitory will know!"

"And Parvati Patil is in it?  Everybody would know by the next morning." he paused.  They heard Filch saying "Lets get a move on!"  "And I gotta go, that guy gives me the creeps!"  He kissed her once more and then Hermione came out of the door that led to the Slytherin Portrait and went back to where Filch and Harry were, but Harry wasn't there.  

"Mr. Filch, where is Harry?"  said Hermione very quick voice.

"Ahh, he went up to the dormitory, he thought it would be funny if his little pals would know about your little excursion with Mr. Malfoy before you told him your version, so I let him go, it serves you right, making out with a Slytherin! Can't believe you people someti-.  Hey where you think you're going?" said Filch as Hermione sprinted down the corridor and down the flight of stairs towards Gryffindor Tower.

Meanwhile, Harry was just finishing up telling them about the quarrel with Malfoy and then how he and Hermione actually kissed and pointed out every "gruesome" detail.  

"And now I'm getting transferred to the UNITED STATES!!!  Some little place called Lewiston!  And its all because of Malfoy liking Hermione!!"  spat out Harry.

Ron, Seamus, Dean and Neville looked shocked.  Ron, though, was shocked the most of all.  He spoke first, "WHY DIDN'T YOU KISS HER FIRST?!?!  THEN YOU WOULD'VE AT LEAST HAD DIBS ON HER!!"  yelled Ron.  

"I DID, ALREADY!!  THAT'S WHERE I CAME BACK FROM, OKAY, I KISSED HER ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THIS ALL HAPPENED, BEFORE SHE COULD SAY ANYTHING, I RAN OFF!!"  screamed Harry.

"Whoa, Harry, what was it like?" said Seamus.

"Shut up, Seamus!  It doesn't mean anything now!  Now that she's rolling around somewhat deserted corridors kissing and doing whatever!"  said Harry.

Ron suddenly had a wide grin on his face.  "Let's have a party!  A party for Harry leaving AND we can celebrate Hermione's going out with Malfoy, you know, do something the old Malfoy style for a change.  Get everyone up, not the girls, though, they'll feel bad for her... yes, get everyone up now.  I'll go to Honeydukes and get something to eat!"  Ron said, winked at Harry, for they knew about secret ways to get into Honeydukes.

About a quarter of an hour later, Hermione burst into the common room panting, she had run a really long way.  She was so dazed, she started up to her dormitory, but everyone came down the stairs.  All of the boys in Gryffindor Tower were singing loudly (and somewhat drunkenly), with Butterbeer in hand and Harry hoisted up on their shoulders.  Hermione stopped them and said, "What ARE you thinking, it's in the middle of the night!!"

"Hey, Hermione, you aren't going anywhere tonight, you're staying with us and telling us about Malfoy and how nice he is!!" said Dean drunkenly.  He must've had one too many Butterbeers.

"Yes, Hermione please stay and tell of your tales of the wondrous Master Malfoy!" said Ron sarcastically.

"i always thought he was a little girl, you know, with the blonde hair and stuff!" said a sixth year that nobody really knew too well, but they all laughed anyway.

Hermione plowed through everyone with much force and speed and bolted straight up to the girls dormitories, with tears in her eyes.

"He's NOT like that anymore" she said out loud when she got into her dormitory.  Parvati and Lavender Brown comforted her and said things like "What happened?" and "What is going on with those boys down there!"

Hermione told them everything, even about Malfoy and the things he said to her.  After she was done, and feeling a bit better, the three girls went into fits of giggles.  

"Was he a good kisser?" asked Parvati.

"Yes, I can't deny you that one.  I mean, I ran over to help him, and he looked like he was, oh I don't know, not mean anymore, like totally different, and then he kissed me and I kissed him.  He thought i was an ANGEL at first.  Isn't that sweet?"

"Ooh, I always thought he was a positively terrible person, but he was very good looking!  Now he is nice and good looking, and he's leaving tomorrow!" said Lavender Brown.  

"Well, I'll see if I can get a few minutes alone with him before he leaves tomorrow morning.  You know, to say goodbye and stuff like that.  I really think he is turning out to be a good person."  said Hermione.  "And I don't care who knows about me and him!"

"What about Harry, is he leaving for America too?" asked Lavender.

"Yes, I'll say goodbye to him too, separately, though, I don't want him to kill Draco on the airplane out of jealousy." said Hermione. "I expect I should at least try and go to sleep, but it'll be very hard, I'll be thinking of Draco the whole time!"

The three girls again giggled as they went towards their four poster beds, and went to sleep.

The next morning, Draco was waiting for Hermione at the Great Hall's doors, and they walked in together.  The whole of the Great Hall was talking loudly, but when they saw Draco and Hermione talking and walking together, they became silent.  Hermione could hear whispers all around the Hall.  From the Gryffindor table, Ron yelled over to Hermione and said "Coming to sit down with us, Hermione?  But your little boyfriend isn't allowed, he's a Slytherin!"

Draco whispered in her ear "Come and sit with me, I don't need Crabbe and Goyle anymore, I've got you!"

Hermione smiled and said "Alright" and sat down at the Slytherin table.  The Slytherins were stunned to see her sitting down next to Malfoy, but then they started to say hello to her and welcomed her to the table.  

At around quarter past nine, Professors McGonagall and Snape were holding Harry and Draco's airline tickets.  Professor McGonagall gave it to Harry, and Snape gave it to Draco.  This was Draco's cue to make a dramatic exit with Hermione.  He said to her, "It's time I say goodbye, but this Great Hall is too crowded, let's get out of here."

Hermione took his hand and he led her outside of the Great Hall.  They walked outside onto the grounds where sun was shining on a cool October morning.  Hermione said, "Draco, I really don't want you to leave.  Are you sure about not staying in my dormitory?  I think that my friends won't say anything."

"Hermione, I have to leave, Dumbledore will find out and then you will be in trouble too.  I wouldn't want that to happen to the one that brought out good in me."  said Draco gently.

"Draco, if I can visit you in America, I will, my parents will probably let me."

"Hermione, can I say something, and will you not tell anybody.  Okay, Hermione, I love you, I really do.  I don't know why I've been so cruel to you before.  I guess I never was really loved by anyone.  And then i found you, well actually you found me.  You found the new me, on the cold dungeon floor almost dead.  Please don't tell anybody, but I love you.  And I wish I could be with you forever."

"Draco, how long do you have until you have to go?"

"Twenty minutes, why?"

"If twenty minutes is the closest we can get to forever, then I'll take it!" said Hermione.

Draco was sitting down against a tree.  He was holding his head in his hands, as if he was worrying about something.  

"Draco, Draco, don't worry.  It's going to be alright."  comforted Hermione.

It began to rain while the sun was still shining.  Draco saw Hermione and smiled and said, "Come here, sit by me."

Hermione sat down my him against the tree, which sheltered them from the rain.  Draco kissed Hermione on the cheek.  Hermione pushed him over, playfully, and kissed him.  They started playing around like two little kids.  

The Gryffindors and Slytherins in the Great Hall were looking on in curiosity.  Both houses never saw Draco and Hermione so happy and playful.  Harry decided to say goodbye to Hermione.  He walked out of the Great Hall and onto the grounds.  He looked at the Quidditch Pitch, at the castle, and then at Hermione and Draco, wrestling on the grass in the rain.  They were happy together.  Harry realized how cruel he was to Hermione and decided to apologize.  

Harry walked over to the tree that Draco and Hermione were at, and said to Draco, "Could I have a word with Hermione for a second?"

"Sure, Harry, but be sure to bring her back.  I'm not finished saying goodbye!" said Draco.

Harry took Hermione aside and said, "Look, I'm terribly sorry.  I should be happy for you and Malfoy.  But its hard for me because I love you, as a friend.  And Malfoy, well, nobody's used to him being nice so its a bit of a shock to everyone.  I still have to get back to say goodbye to a few other people, so I'll have to end this.  And I'm going to tell you how I'm going to end this conversation.  I'm going to kiss you.  It could be as a friend or it could be like last night at your dorm room door. Alright"

Harry looked into her eyes and kissed her one long passionate kiss.  When he was done, he said "Goodbye, Hermione.  Come and visit us over break."

Harry went over to Malfoy, "You've got five minutes and then we've got to get back to the front door.  I think we are going be traveling by Floo Powder."

He then went back to Hermione and was about to say something but she said first, "Take care of yourself.  And I love you too, as a friend and all.  I'll write you every day!  Bye Harry!"  

She watched him walk up the field and into the Great Hall.  She felt a hand on her shoulder and she took that hand and held it.  Draco was looking at her with sadness.  

"So, I guess this is really goodbye, huh?" he said.

"No, because I'm coming to see you over Christmas break in a few months!" said Hermione.

"Well until then, I want you to remember me like I am now.  I'll remember you like you are now, and when I see you again., we'll be the exact same as we are right now, just in a different country.  So now I am going to say, I'll see you in a couple months, instead of goodbye."  said Draco.

"I'll see you then too!" said Hermione.

Draco held her in his arms and kissed her gently and put all of his heart into it.  She could tell somehow that they were almost destined to be together forever.  She gripped him even tighter, realizing that this was going to be the last time they kissed for awhile.  They came apart and he said, "I love you." with tears in his eyes.

"I love you, too."  said Hermione, also tearing up.

"I have to go now! See you soon."  said Draco.  

"I'll see you, around Christmas."  said Hermione.

Draco kissed her on the cheek, and then sprinted up the grounds to the front doors, where Harry and McGonagall and Snape were waiting.  Hermione passed them on the way going back inside the school and waved to Harry and Draco with a tear rolling down her cheek.

Harry and Draco boarded the Hogwarts Express and got a compartment to themselves.  They weren't very happy.  Draco spoke first and said, "Harry, what is an airplane?"  

Harry said, "It's a great chunk of metal that Muggles use fly in the air, higher than a broomstick goes.  We will be surrounded by Muggles the whole time, so there fore, we must act like Muggles.  I expect we should change, because I don't think that wearing our school robes will look too Muggle-like."

Harry changed into jeans and a t-shirt, while Malfoy changed in to an Armani suit.  Harry looked at him and said, "My god, Malfoy, you look like you are about to be in a wedding or something, stop messing around and get changed into regular clothes!"

"Uh, this is all I've got." said Malfoy.  

Harry groaned and muttered to himself, "This is not going to be a good trip!"

Harry and Malfoy got off the train and found themselves at the airport.  Harry read the tickets out loud.  "Okay, umm, American Airlines, Flight 713, Gate F-20.  That's to our right.  Ok Malfoy, now you have to listen to me.  Put your wand in your bag."

"My wand!  But I need it!" cried Malfoy.

"You see Malfoy, there's this thing in Muggle airports called Airport Security, and you have to walk through these things that can see through you and see what you have on you.  Do you seriously think that Muggle won't find anything weird with a 15 year old boy wearing an Armani tuxedo with a long stick in his pocket? They have to scan our bags too.  Dumbledore charmed our bags so that it looks like all we have in there is our clothes, whatever we put in there is just like another shirt or sock." explained Harry.

Malfoy didn't know that Harry knew that much about Muggles.  "How did you know all of that?" he asked.

"Living with the Dursleys for 15 years teaches you a lot of stuff.  Dudley wanted to go to France because of the food.  My uncle explained to him about all of this stuff, that’s how I know."  said Harry.

They walked up to the metal detectors and put their bags on the scanner.  Draco was wearing his Rolex and he refused to take it off and put it in the little bin where you put your belongings.  Harry eventually persuaded him, telling him that he'd write Hermione saying you got arrested and is in Muggle prison for not taking off his stupid watch.  

Draco and Harry walked through the detectors without a problem and their bags went through fine.  They walked through the airport and towards their gate.  The airport was very busy and people were staring at Draco, who was pointing out weird things like drinking fountains and lightbulbs that most people would find normal.  Two Muggle girls around Harry's age walked by, eyeing them with great interest.  Harry and Draco walked a bit faster, they didn't want any Muggle girls hanging all over them.  They found their gate with time to spare.  Harry looked around the airport for a place to get something to eat.  Draco was looking at the planes take off like a three year old wearing Armani.  He kept calling to Harry saying, "Did you see that one, it took off like a bird!"  Harry went over to Draco and said, "Alright, Malfoy, you look like a complete idiot.  Come on, I'm getting something to eat."

"Okay, I just want to see one more plane take off!" exclaimed Draco!

"No,  its time to go eat some lunch, Now GET UP!!" said Harry.

"Oh alright.  When does our flight take off?"  asked Draco.

"In twenty minutes, so we have to eat quick."  answered Harry.

They grabbed a few burgers and fries from a fast food place across from their gate.  But before long, Harry heard a woman's voice saying over the loudspeakers "Flight 713, American Airlines, London to Buffalo, New York, boarding now."

Harry said "That's us, lets do this!"

"Alright!" shouted Draco!

They gave the lady at the gate they're boarding passes and took their seats at the back of the plane.  Harry sat at the window while Draco sat by the aisle.  A voice coming over the loudspeaker said with an accent that Harry or Draco had never heard before, "This is your captain speaking, we have been given clearance to take off.  Our destination is Buffalo, we might get some turbulence a little ways on, there is a slight storm heading our way, but all systems are go, and we are ready to take off!"  Harry suspected that the captain was American, and that's what they sounded like.  

The plane started to move faster and faster.  Once it got to the big stretch of runway to take off on, it stopped, and then it started to take off, faster and faster and it was faster than anything Harry or Draco ever experienced.  That was when Draco flipped out.  He was gripping the seat tightly and he started breathing very fast.  Harry was looking uneasy too, he didn't really like going 600 miles an hour in a chunk of metal that was about to fly in the air.  But he didn't freak out like Malfoy was.  As the plane took off, he was shouting, "HELP MEEEEEEE!"  The stewardess ran up to him and asked, "First time flying?"

Draco wailed, "YES!!"  and he calmed down enough to ask the lady, "Am I going to die?"  

"No, you won't die, this is the safest way to travel, by plane, you know." said the stewardess.  She had an American accent too.  "What are your names, you two?"

"My name is Harry Potter, and this is my friend, Draco Malfoy."  said Harry.

She looked at them with a raised eyebrows, as if she'd known them before, but then realized that Draco was screaming again.  "My name is Lisa and I'll be your stewardess for this flight.  It looks like Draco could use a couple pillows and blankets."

Lisa came back was six little fluffy pillows and a blanket for Draco.  He thanked her and went straight to sleep.  The plane leveled off and was flying straight without turbulence.  Harry also found out something new about Malfoy that was rather funny.  He talked in his sleep.  This was bad because he talked about Quidditch and Hermione.

"I'm gonna get the Snitch before Potter this time.  Mr. Broomstick won't fail me this time! Yes, I got the Snitch!" and then "Hermione, my love, where have you been, its been so long!!  Here I'll show you my room.....Hey, that’s my shirt!"

Harry woke him up and said, "Hey Malfoy, you were talking in your sleep!  You were talking about the Golden Snitch!  Muggles don't know about Golden Snitches, remember!"  

"Okay, Okay!  I'll be fine now!" said Draco.

It seemed like the twelve hours they were on the plane passed quickly, they landed, with another freaked out Draco, and got off the plane.  At the entrance of the gate, they saw two excited girls about their age calling them and waving.

"Harry, Draco, over here!! Come on we've been waiting forever!!" called the girls.

Harry grinned.  He couldn't help noticing that the two girls were very pretty, and for that matter, neither could Draco.  

"Come on, Harry, they've been waiting forever!" said Draco in a very excited voice!