A Change Of Seasons

The rest of the afternoon past somewhat lazily for the most part. Harry and Draco, at Sirius's command, got their 'magical' school books out and went over a few things on transfiguration, though it was highly frustrating to the boys when they really wanted to practise what they were reading but couldn't. In the end, they decided that so it wouldn't get too frustrating, they would only study one subject per night, rather they try to tackle a little bit from each. As they headed up to bed finally, both boys were really beginning to feel the effects that this day had brought on them though, and were yawning while getting undressed.

"Hard to believe it was only this morning we were in school eh Draco?" Harry said trying to hold back another yawn.

"I know, it seems like ages ago now since we were infront of Dumbledore and we were just talking bout leaving, and now we've actually done it. Gods how I hate my father for this!" Draco muttered and yawned.

"Still feels like we're dreaming though. I think we'll wake up tomorrow back at Hogwarts still in our dorms, and barely speaking to each other." Harry said with a sigh and slipped into the bed arraigning his pillows to his liking.

Draco watched Harry as he got comfortable with a strange expression on his face. *Wow, I mean Harry's really in bed, and I'm going to be next to him...sleeping side by side with him, it's too good to be real, this has to be a dream!* Draco thought his mind torn between awe at how good it would be to have Harry next to him, and how much he prayed this was real.

Harry finished fixing himself up and looked at Draco then chuckled. He could almost hear what thoughts Draco was having, and though he was thinking along those same lines suddenly, he very much so wanted Draco next to him now. Smiling at Draco, he indicated for him to slip into bed next to him, which Draco took no time a'toll nearly in doing.

For a moment it seemed a bit awkward for both boys, they were unsure exactly what they wanted, or even what they were ready to really do. Finally Harry leaned over and took Draco in his arms, and leaned back against the pillows with Draco's head on his chest. Both of them seemed content, though being this close to Draco again definitely was having some effects on Harry, despite how tired he was feeling.

"Harry?" Draco said softly.

"Yeah Draco?" Harry said back equally as softly.

"Will...will you kiss me goodnight?"

Harry didn't waste a second. He sat up, Draco along with him, and looked into Draco's eyes, lost in the now very brown eyes that showed nothing but warmth and love in them at that moment. With a little groan, Harry slowly leaned in and kissed Draco's lips gently, once again like that afternoon, getting lost in how wondrful it felt to have Draco's lips on his own. Warmth spread through him like wildfire, and his mind ceased to function in any other way then in the pure pleasure Draco brought to him.

Draco too was brought into a state of heaven, that could be the only way to describe what he was feeling by the heat of Harry's lips on his. His mind voided of anything but Harry, his pulse began to race, and he felt himself respond to Harry's kisses with a passion that surprized himself.

Harry didn't even realize he had drawn Draco down onto the pillows with him, nor that Draco had somehow positioned himself ontop of him. All he knew was how good this felt, how right it all was. Draco's body was so warm against his own, and on their own accord, he found his hands begin to explore Draco's body, wanting to take in as much as Draco as he could get. He loved how Draco's 'new' body felt under his hands, how he could trace every muscle, despite the hindrances of his pyjamas, and it was a hindrance he didn't like.

Draco gasped when Harry suddenly turned the tables, and suddenly Draco found himself lying back against the pillows, Harry leaning over him. It was almost painful when Harry's lips came off his, but then he realized why and his eyes were smiling, if not a bit hesitant when Harry began to unbutton the top of his pyjamas. Harry stopped though, as he saw the hesitant look in Draco's eyes.

"We dont have to do this you know...we can stop...if you're not ready...." Harry said, his voice husky still with the previous passions.

"No...I mean..it's just that.." Draco started, his voice low with the same equal emotions.

"Is it because of that...that woman?" Harry said slowly.

"Oh Harry, no...not at all! I dont care about that. That veela bitch might have stolen my virginity....but Harry...it's just that...well..." Draco suddenly blushed almost afraid to say what he wanted to.

"What is it love?" Harry said drawing his fingers up and down Draco's arm.

Draco closed his eyes. He still couldn't believe Harry could want him, especially in that way, after all that he knew bout him. Harry didn't care that he wasn't a virgin anymore, and gods...Harry felt so good! Draco opened his eyes, and looking straight into Harry's golden brown eyes said softly, "It's just that I've never done, well, you know...this...with a man before. I dont even know where to start!" Suddenly a blush crept up Draco's face, and Harry nearly groaned from how adorable that blush made Draco look.

"Oh Draco!" he grinned then. "I've never been with anyone, male or female, so it looks like we both have something to learn together!" Harry said grinning, his brown eyes sparkling.

Draco laughed, this was definitely too good to be true! He'd heard rumors back at Hogwarts that somehow he'd never believed, and was almost grateful that they weren't true about Harry. Although he wasnt bout to tell Harry the rumor that had gone round that he had slept with Cho Chang, somehow knowing that Harry was still a virgin thrilled Draco, for it meant that Harry would belong to him first, and hopefully forever. Draco kissed Harry then with a renewed vigor, and once again found himself the recipient of heaven, and this time he didn't care where it would end up.

Harry was relieved that Draco's experience with the veela woman hadn't done more damage then it had, and was grateful as well that Draco was as ignorant in this area as he was. He didn't care either where this was going to end up, something that felt so good like this did couldn't be bad or wrong, and he needed and wanted Draco so badly it would hurt otherwise.

As the night moved on, the soft intertwined voices of the two boys were the only things that filled the air. That night they found out just how much pleasure two people in love could find, and how good it felt to have their needs fulfilled by each other. Though trials and errors, they finally realized what love was, the love of the ages, the love of the storybooks. As they eventually drifted off to sleep in each others arms, tired, yet happy and sated, they knew that no matter what, nothing would ever tear them apart.

The next morning, Sirius walked quietly into the room after they hadn't responded from his knocking on the door, and found them curled up in each others arms, their pyjama's in a pile on the floor, and a look of pure happiness on each others face. Sirius couldn't help but smile as well, and although he still really didn't approve of it, who was he to deny them this. However, as it were, it was a new morning, and this morning he had to get them up for it was the first morning of them going to the muggle school.

"Boys? Boys wake up allready will you, it's nearly 7 am!" Sirius said in a loud voice, and went over to open the curtains to the room flooding it with sunlight.

"Ack, not the sun!" Harry said blinking back the bright light and yawning.

"Geeze Sirius, what the heck." Draco said stretching and blinking as well.

"Good morning to you both too, now get up, time to get dressed for school." he said almost too cheerfully and laughed as both Harry and Draco threw pillows at him, and he made a hasty retreat from the room. "Breakfast is on the table after you're showered and changed, I suggest you hurry!" he said calling out from over his shoulder as he headed back to the kitchen.

"Noone should be that cheery in the morning." Draco said grumbling and wiping the sleep from his eyes, then he saw the pyjama's on the floor and looked up at Harry.

Harry was looking at Draco with a bemused look, but then stood up and walked over to where Draco was standing and gave him a kiss on the lips. He didn't need to ask the cliche, 'did you like last night?' or anything else, cause he knew as well as Draco did that nothing could ever come close to how spot on last night had been. Words weren't even possible to explain what Draco had given to him last night, nor what Harry and given Draco.

Draco kissed Harry back and smiled, then remembering that they had to get ready groaned in mock disgust. "How about we save time and shower together eh?" he said coyly then grinning at Harry.

Harry laughed, "Allright, but just remember we've no time sadly for that...come on then before all the hot water's gone!" he said and both boys ran laughingly into the bathroom.

Half hour later the boys were at the kitchen table, dressed and ready for their first day of school. The dove into the pancakes and eggs that Sirius had made, remarking how good a cook Sirius apparently was.

"Wow Sirius.err..dad, this is great! When did you learn to cook?" Harry said inbetween mouthfuls.

Sirius chuckled, "Your mom actually believe it or not. She was killer in the kitchen for a witch. Probably because she grew up in a muggle home I'd wager. You're aunt might not know a thing bout cooking, but you're mother, whew, she was an art at work!"

"Cool! I never knew that! I have got to learn how to cook like she did then!" Harry said happily. It always made him feel good when he found out new tidbits bout his mum.

"Well you can practise later, right now finish up we're going to run late if we dont hurry. You both have your books and everything?" Sirius said with a worried expression.

"Dont worry we've got them...dad." Draco said taking a last bite of eggs.

"Good, you finished then? Let's get going. And Harry? After school today we're going to get you new glasses. Last night I realized that the style, though maybe not too unusual in the muggle world, might be a giveaway, so today we'll get you new ones okay?" Sirius said glancing over at Harry's frames.

Harry nodded, though was a bit surprized, but he realized Sirius was right. His were a very noticeable pair of glasses in the wizarding world, and was almost a trademark of his, so they would have to go. "I suppose it has been a while since I've had my eyes checked anyway, so it's allright then."

A few minutes later they were all in the car and pulling out to head to school. Luckily the school wasn't too far away, or they really would have been running late. "Now boys, dont worry if things are a bit difficult. I"ll explain that we've been living abroad, and that you haven't had time to settle down into a real education, so you're skills are perhaps a bit different then normal British schedules. Hopefully they will buy that theory. Oh, and if anyone does question you as to me, what I told the estate agent was that I was working for the government, in the Queen's Ministry, so that could be a very good explanation why we were abroad. If they ask bout your 'mum', just say she died in France or something, just make it plausible okay?" Sirius said as the finally pulled into the school parking lot.

"Sure..dad..no problem, I think we can come up with something good." Harry said grinning. Of the three of them, he was by far the least worried bout going to this school. "Draco, just let me do most of the talking while in there okay? I'll just say your shy or something, I dont know. Hopefully we wont get too many people asking questions, though I have a feeling it wont be so easy." he said with a sigh.

"Allright Harry, but I swear I'm never going to survive this." Draco said groaning.

"Allright boys, come on. We have to see a Ms. Argent first and get you signed up." Sirius said getting out of the car and walking towards the school, the boys following suit.

As the arrived in the school, they made their way to the administration offices, and Sirius asked for Ms. Argent. She came out of her office and motioned them inside, and closing the door sat down at her desk. She was a small woman, perhaps 5" in height, with blue eyes and blonde hair that was put up in a bun. Not young, but not old, perhaps mid to late 30's at best, and if Sirius hadn't been sworn against not dating anyone right at this time, she definitely would have been good looking enough for him.

"Now Mr. Brandon was it? Yes, well then what year are the boys in?" she said writing everything down on some papers.

"Err, 6th year. I think." Sirius said, getting nods from the boys to verify that, and not noticing the odd look the woman was giving him.

"6th? Very well then. Are you sure of this?" she said giving him the once over look that showed clearly she was a bit surprized he wouldn't know what year his own sons would be in.

"Yes, well, you see it's a bit err complicated. We've been abroad you see until recently when my ah wife died, so the boys haven't had the benefits of a good British education." he said smiling and hoping that explanation would work.

"Ah yes, I'd heard you were a widower from Mrs. Thompson, who'd heard it from Mrs. Abbot. I believe you met her husband allready." she said glancing down at the papers again.

Sirius chuckled, he'd almost forgotten how quickly 'gossip' could travel in a smaller township, and wasn't actually surprized this woman seemed to know he was a widower. "Yes, well, then you can understand that though they are 16, they might be a bit behind in some subjects, while excelling in others. You'll have to perhaps give them a bit of time to get used to being back in a British school." he said flashing her a smile.

Apparently the smiled worked, for she immediately responded with, "Of course, of course. Not to worry Mr. Brandon, I'll make sure to place the boys accordingly. I'm sure they'll have no trouble catching up, they both look extremely bright." she said giving him a smile back.

"Alan will do Ms. Argent, and I thank you." Sirius said and mentally slapping himself for overstepping his bounds and practically breaking his own rule of not getting involved with anyone.

Ms. Argent nearly blushed, but got control of herself. True this man was definitely good looking, and she had broken up with her boyfriend a few months ago, but still, he was just recently widowed, even if he had such incredible charm. However, the boys would have to come first right now, anything else would have to wait.

"Well then, if you will fill out this paperwork for me, I will take the boys to the first hour class. I'll be back shortly Mr. Brandon..er...Alan." she said giving him another small smile and getting up motioned for the boys to follow her.

Harry and Draco were trying not to grin at this exchange between Sirius and this Ms. Argent, but it really was funny to see how Sirius could reduce this woman to blushing like that. They knew Sirius was only trying to make things go easier, but boy was he really putting up the heat, and they both found it extremely funny, however a quick look to them from Sirius as they left was more then a warning not to say a word, and nodding quickly they followed Ms. Argent out of the room.

"Now boys, I'll have to draw you're schedules up when we've seen where you're expertise lie. Meanwhile just follow the other 6th years to wherever they go next allright? I'm sure you'll have no trouble fitting in here at Harter's Hill, and if you have any problems be sure to let me know and I'll do what I can to help." she said smiling at them both.

"Yes Ma'am. I"m sure there will be no problems." Harry said smiling back at her.

"Now then, ah right, here we go." Ms. Argent said and led them over to a classroom. Opening the door she walked in with the boys and said to the man at the front, "Mr. Morton, forgive the intrusion, but we have two new students today. I hope you will make them welcome. I'll have their paperwork along shortly to all the teachers." The man nodded to her and she then left the boys to face a room full of students, and their new 'teacher'.

"Welcome to Harter's Hill boys. I am as you've allready heard, Mr. Morton. Might I have your names for my record ledger please?" he said pleasantly enough.

"Um, I'm Daniel. Daniel Patrick Brandon, and this is my twin brother, Tomas. Tomas Sidney Brandon." Harry said nervously, watching as every eye in the room were focused now on them both. He could tell Draco was doing his best not to turn tail and run, and he had a desperate notion to reach out and grab Draco's hand even though he knew he couldn't, but somehow Draco sensed this, and seemed to settle down for the moment, though not a whit less nervous.

Mr. Morton wrote their names in his ledger, and showed them to their seats, which unfortunately were right up front. "Now then, no need to be nervous, we dont bite here. You can put your bags in those shelves over there." he said chuckling and pointed to where they saw other bookbags lined up on the shelves. "Now, have you been given the texts you'll need for classes yet?" he said as they sat down at their desks.

"No sir, only our uniforms." Harry said.

"Right then." he said and went over to another set of shelving and pulled out some books. "Here you go, take good care of them, you only get the one set. These are for this class only, chemistry. I'm going to assume you'll get your other books as you attend the other classes today." he said and handed the boys each a set of books. "Now then, if everyone will turn to page 81, we'll pick up where we left off yesterday on the study of the Elements Chart. Are you boys acquainted with this chart?" he said glancing over at the boys.

Draco was bout to say no, however Harry nudged him and nodded his head. "Yes sir, we've studied them a bit, but not alot I'm afraid. Things are taught a bit differently in France where we last studied." he said remembering that's where Sirius had mentioned earlier.

"France? I see, so you've been studying abroad. Well then, cant say as I care much for the teachings over there, hopefully you boys haven't been tainted by the lackadaisy way they teach." he said sniffing. Clearly he didn't like the French a'toll, and especially the way they taught schooling there.

"No sir. Our father has made sure we've kept to British standards, however we were limited to whatever the French would teach us, so please excuse us if we're a bit behind." Harry said subdued.

"Well of course I shall, of course. No matter, we're just picking it up now ourselves, I'm sure you will catch up. Now then, right, on page 81 we'll be discussing the difference between the solids, liquids and gasses that make up the Elements." Mr. Morton began, and for the rest of the class period, Harry and Draco tried desperately to keep up.

Overall it wasn't as bad as Draco thought it would be, though Harry wasn't of the same opinion. Draco could tell Harry was completely lost, and would need a quite a bit of encouragement to get the hang of the chemistry area, to him, it was almost like potions in the mixing and concept. Harry hoped in vain the next hour would be something far less confusing, and luckily it was.

For the rest of the morning Harry and Draco spent repeating their names to the various teachers, and why they might have been a bit behind in some subjects, and when lunch finally came, both boys were positively exhausted from it all. Since it was a public school and not a state one, lunch was apparently included in the tuition fees, and they atleast ate a decent, if unaccustomed lunch. Draco was irritable about having to actually get in a queue to 'get' their lunch, and whispered more then a few complaints on this to Harry during the meal.

Harry told Draco to just grit his teeth and bear with it, since there were no more house-elves, this was something they'd have to get accustomed to, and for the next half of their lunch hour, Harry tried to figure out what subjects they would have next. According the schedule Ms. Argent finally had dropped off during their last subject of Literature, they had after lunch, Mathematics, then they would have History, and the last class of the day would be P.E.

Before the end of lunch however, a couple of the boys approached Harry and Draco, starting up a conversation.

"Hi there, I'm James, and those two are Peter and Michael. We're in sixth year too." the boy said causing Harry to start nearly.

He knew it was just coincidence that two of the boys were named after his real father, and Pettigrew, but irony can be strange sometimes. They seemed nice enough though so Harry said, "Er, Hi. I'm Daniel, and this is Tomas, my brother. Nice to meet you." He held out his hand and the boy named James shook it. He was bout as tall as Harry, round 5'9, and had brown hair, but blue eyes and was lean as if he was a sports player. Michael was shorter at 5'7, and also brown hair but with brown eyes, lean figured as well but with a bit more muscles, while Peter was the shortest at 5'5, bit on the rounder side, and blondish red hair with blue eyes. Peter seemed the shyest of the lot though, almost hiding behind Michael.

"You play football or rugby a'toll? We've got both here, but I prefer football meself. Huge fan of West Ham I am, how bout you?" James said his eyes shining at the mention of his favourite team while the other two just gazed towards the ceiling. Apparently it was definitely a bone of contention bout James and his football.

Harry grinned, atleast this was one thing he could talk bout without problems. As often as he'd heard the arguments between Dean and Ron back at school on football, and the fact that West Ham was Dean's favourite team too, helped. Soon enough Harry and James were discussing the virtues of football, while Michael tried to strike up a conversation with Draco. Harry almost felt Draco tense up, but by the time lunch hour ended, apparently Draco had opened up a bit to the other boys and Harry noticed he was even smiling along with them. Peter and Michael apparently weren't football minded, and they had found other things to discuss.

When the bell rang to signal the end of lunch hour, the 5 boys made their way to the next class, and yet again Harry and Draco had to have a go at repeating their names and such, while getting their next text books and all. The rest of the day went fairly smoothly after that, though they were thoroughly sick of having to repeat all their information the rest of the day, over all though it went allright. By the time P.E. ended, Harry and Draco had become firm friends with James, Peter and Michael, and all of them were discussing how the 3 boys felt the injustices of being a new student. They were all laughing at how their History teacher, Mr. Ames, apart from being old, was nearly deaf, had to have the boys repeat themselves atleast 15 times before he got their names right.

When Sirius came to pick them up, he found them with the other 3 boys laughing at something or another, and heartened to see they had atleast attempted to make friends. "Well boys, how'd the first day go?" he said walking up to them.

"Oh dad, didn't see you there!" Harry said still chuckling and stood up. "Um, this is our new friends, James, Peter and Michael." he said his eyes twinkling and Sirius looked startled.

"Er yes, well, nice to meet you. Daniel, remember we have to go get you those new glasses now, so let's get a move on." he said smiling and waving goodbye to the three boys.

"Be right there dad. Guess we have to go, we'll see you tomorrow then!" Harry said.

"Right then, see you Dan, Tom!" James said, and the boys waved goodbye to each other.

"Bye!" Draco called waving back as well. He had found it a bit easier to talk with Peter and Michael rather then James, while Harry had seemed to find it a bit easier to chat with James over the other two. James reminded him alot of his father Draco guessed, but somehow he didn't mind.

Peter and Michael on the other hand were quieter, and reminded Harry alot more of Remus and the real Peter, or what he'd heard of him from Sirius and Remus. Overall though, the boys were nice enough, and had made the rest of the day go alot quicken then it probably might have, and honestly it was nice to atleast have made a few friends, even if ironically named ones.

"Well boys, seems you're doing allright then. Add a fourth to that little group and I'd swear it was the marauder's all over again." Sirius grinned as they got into the car and headed into the town.

"I know, weird isn't it? Well their really nice though, James likes football alot like Dean does. Makes me really miss Quidditch alot." Harry sighed.

"Yeah, know what you mean. I dont know a thing bout football, but I do miss Quidditch suddenly. We're you supposed to be captain of the Gryffindor team this year too Ha..err..Dan?" Draco said.

Harry nodded sourly. "Yeah. Wonder if Ron'll take that place now." he sighed.

"Cheer up boys, maybe you'll be back by the start of Quidditch season eh? Atleast you've made some friends, that should help you out. Now, where was that blasted glasses shoppe I saw before?" Sirius said scowling at his memory. "Ah yes, there it is!" he exclaimed, and pulled round the car to park.

When they were done, both Harry and Draco as well in the end to much grumbling, were given eye exams, and though of course Draco didn't need glasses, Harry did still, and they found a nice pair of gold rimmed frames that actually looked quite nice on him. The new lenses would take bout a day or so, so they would have to come back then to pick them up, which though Sirius wasn't thrilled bout, he knew he couldn't argue the matter. Paying the man what seemed like an ungodly amount of £100 for the exams and the new glasses, they left the shoppe and headed home.

"I'll just be off to make dinner then boys, I suppose you have some sort of work to do for school?" Sirius said making his way to the kitchen.

Harry and Draco both groaned, homework was definitely the one thing that Hogwarts and the muggle school both had in common. The boys shuffled out of the kitchen, got their bookbags and proceeded to attempt their homework. Midway through Draco nearly gave up on the Literature and History, while Harry was bout to really hate Chemistry and Mathematics. For some reason though Draco had taken to both these subjects, this chemistry seemed more and more like potions to him, and if it was one thing he was exceptionally good at, it was potions, so in turn, he helped Harry out on those subjects.

Harry meanwhile was more adept at the Literature and History, having grown up in the muggle world and remembered alot of his old schooling, so he helped Draco out in those areas. Neither of them had much trouble luckily with the other subjects, and P.E. thankfully required no outside assignments. By the time they'd finished up their muggle homework, dinner was on the table.

"This is even better then last nights dinner, I still cant believe mum showed you how to cook!" Harry said grinning and taking a second helping of pork chops.

"Well, guess goes to show you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, right Tomas?" Sirius said glancing towards Draco.

"If you're implying what I think you are...then you're right on that..dad." Draco said actually grinning. "And thanks, it's good to know you're beginning to see I'm not him after all."

Sirius just nodded his head and continued to eat his dinner. They exchanged some talk bout how the day had gone, and Sirius said he'd spent most of his day scouting round the town seeing where things were and all, and basically worrying bout the boys, which thankfully now he had no need to do.

When dinner was over, and after they had, though with much grumbling again by Draco, washed and put away the dishes, Sirius had them take out their charms books and for the next hour they actually relished going over the different charms they had been studying. Somehow they really missed doing normal everyday magical work suddenly, and they got into quite a heated debate of how and why they would use certain charms over others.

It was nearly 8 o'clock now, and though a bit worn out at the new day, none of them really were ready to sleep. Harry yelped in joy suddenly when he spotted a telly in the lounge, and quickly turned it on. Draco was surprized at it, thinking it was some odd form of magic, until Harry laughingly explained what it really was to him and why the muggles loved it so much. Sirius grinned during the explanation, having seen a telly hundreds of times before. Even though he was a pureblood and had been raised on strictly magical items like Draco, having a muggleborn friend like Lily had come in handy in learning the muggle ways, and Lily back then had adored the telly.

He flicked round the channels a bit, and found a nice comedy on the BBC2 for them to watch, and for the next hour and some the three boys watched whatever shows caught their attention. Flipping back to the BBC1 though, Sirius nearly doubled over as the news broadcast came on, for flashing on the screen were 3 separate pictures of 3 people Sirius knew all too well. He turned the telly volume up then, and the three of them listened in horror as the newscaster went over the story.

"....if anyone should see them please report to their local police at once. The man, Sirius Black, known to be now an escaped convict of the past 3 years, and known murderer from many years ago, has kidnapped these two boys, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Do not, I repeat, do not attempt to detain the man, as he is considered armed and very dangerous. They were last seen in Scotland, and could possibly be heading southward to our fair cities, so please be on the lookout for them. In other news today...."

Sirius turned off the telly with an audible snap, his face drained of colour, the boys in no less shape. He sat back down on the sofa, when suddenly Draco swore.

"Lucius! It has to be Lucius! Somehow he must have gotten hold of pictures of us and charmed them to look muggleish, and gave them to the reporters. Who else could it be?" Draco said angrily.

"Now Dr-Tomas, there's no proof it was him, though somehow I am admittedly going to agree with you. He must really be desperate to resort to these tactics, informing the muggles even. Damn that man!" Sirius said standing angrily and pacing.

Harry thought for a moment. "Wait a minute though! Think bout it, he showed pictures of us, as us, dont you see? Noone would be looking out for us as we are now...right?" he said trying to get the other two to calm down, though he himself felt himself just as weakkneed at all this.

Sirius stopped pacing and stared at Harry, then suddenly laughed. "You're right, absolutely right! We dont look anything like we normally do, and why would anyone suspect us eh? We've given some darn good stories so far, and hopefully made them plausible, so there's no reason for anyone to connect us to Sirius Black, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Good thinking Ha-Daniel!" Sirius said grinning.

"Right then, we've just got to remember though, even here at home, always, always call each other by our 'names', nothing else. Got it?" Harry said wagging a finger at both Sirius and Draco.

They both nodded, flooded in relief. If all went well, the could pull this charade off, they had to infact for their very lives depended on it. With the relief of the tensions they'd built up from seeing that broadcast, and the fullness the boys had from the daytime, they decided to call it a night. Saying goodnight to Sirius, they headed upstairs, where they got undressed and slipped into bed.

Somehow tonight they had no mood for doing anything much, but Harry did pull Draco into his arms, and held him tightly for a while. There was no need to say why, Draco knew he was still thinking bout Lucius and how they had to at all costs stay hidden from that man, and Draco just snuggled into Harry's arms tighter to let him know it would be allright. It had to be. They would protect each other, no questions there, and if somehow Lucius ever did find them, there was no question that both of them would go so far as to kill Lucius themselves rather then submit to him.

As the night wore on, Harry and Draco never once moved away from each others side, both dreaming of not Lucius Malfoy, but of each other, and how much their love meant to each other. The morning would come, and with that the start of a new day, a day in which new friends and new studies would help them hopefully forget for a while why they were here hiding. And of course, the new day would come with the knowledge that they had each other, and that was the best thing of all.

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