Changed (Drarry)

Chapter 25

Harry and Draco stayed together all night, Narcissa having told Sirius and Remus Harry would stay the night pretty much as soon as the two men arrived back home. Harry had lost his light pen, and the three groups of parents were still looking for a replacement. They are items that used to be far more common than they are now, though they were still possible to get if you looked in the right place. The price didn't truly match the rarity of them though.

"Draco, can we talk to you for a moment?" Narcissa called out as the two young teens were heading upstairs, Harry being comfortable heading upstairs alone given how well he knew the mansion.

"What's up?" Draco asked, entering the living room where his parents sat.

"You can't go back to the Lupin household with Harry tomorrow morning. They have something important to tell Harry that is a family only thing. If you then get told after that that Harry wants to meet up with you, then you may. Don't press." Narcissa was firm as she spoke, honestly making Draco curious about what was happening on Harry's side of things.

Draco knew, though, that Harry would tell him about pretty much everything that happened to him. If he didn't then no matter how curious Draco was, it wasn't his business.

'What did your parents want?' Harry signed, looking up as Draco entered his room.

"Nothing much, They gave me permission to make a somewhat dangerous potion tomorrow morning, but I can't when you're still here because of the dangers, so I can't go back with you. I'm sorry." Draco dropped onto his bed heavily.

Harry still had his own room in Malfoy Manor, pretty much every regular guest did, but he and Draco usually stayed in only one of the rooms, and it was usually Draco's thanks to the familiarity.

'Should I leave early?' Harry signed, he knew how much Draco loved potions and potion making.

Harry was never felt jealous of Draco's love for potions, though sometimes he did feel a little distanced. It was really only at times when Harry didn't know how to tell Draco how he was feeling at times when he was feeling low. With the mind healing Harry was getting from St Mungo's, that was slowly getting better, though.

"No, absolutely not. Not even potions would keep me from wanting to spend time with you." Both boys cracked a smile at those words.

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Harry had a slow breakfast with the Malfoys before Lucius took him to the Lupin's household.

"Hey, Harry, welcome home." Sirius waved Harry to the two men in the kitchen at the table.

Harry went over to them, but he felt like something was wrong. Was he in trouble? He didn't think he had done anything wrong, and he was sure that even if he had he wouldn't be treated the way he had been with the Dursleys. He just about managed to convince himself of that, though neither Sirius nor Remus had been that serious when asking to talk to Harry before, not even that time with the boggart.

"As you know we had dinner with Lily and James," Remus started, though Harry wasn't sure why he was explaining what Harry already obviously knew. "We got permission from Lily to tell you this."

Harry looked between the two of them, a little confused. They had told him it was alright for him not to go, all of them had, so Harry couldn't see how he would be in trouble. Though he had already settled on such a decision, he still had a knot of fear settled somewhere in his chest.

"Lily is pregnant again." Remus was the one who said it.

That statement seemed to leave the conversation hanging. They had been so serious, but now that was where the conversation ended. Harry couldn't understand why they were stopping there with how serious they were being. Harry had lived most of his life not being an only child, he hadn't been a sibling, sure, but the family situation he was in was a little too complicated to say for sure if he had a sibling even after the baby is born. Harry thought he liked the idea of being an elder sibling, though.

Sirius and Remus looked at each other, seeming worried at the lack of a response from Harry.

"They're not trying to replace you. They're planning to keep the kid, and would like it if you could be a part of their life, though obviously will do their best not to force you. Are you alright with this?" Sirius leaned towards Harry, looking genuinely concerned.

'I'm fine with it. Shouldn't I be?' Harry signed, still confused about the serious tone of the conversation. Weren't these kinds of conversations usually excited not serious?

"No, it's not bad for you to be fine about it, we just want you to be able to tell us about it if you're not, or however you feel about it. It's never going to bad that you are comfortable with a situation we can't change, but you don't have to keep feeling about it what you feel now as it's going to be a significant change that will take a while to come and then can never be the same. You can ask us anything, and tell us anything." Remus took one of Harry's hands, his warmth nice on Harry's cold hand.

Harry nodded, though he still wasn't sure why they were so worried about how he felt. Sure, Harry knew that pregnancies were far from comfortable, but that wasn't something he was experiencing, it was something Lily was going through. Did they think Harry was afraid of losing attention? He always had Draco, and it wasn't the lack of attention he couldn't deal with at the Dursleys, it was when they did pay attention to him that he couldn't handle it.

Harry went to his room, where Hedwig joined him, landing on his windowsill and letting out a little trill as Harry went over to her and gently petting the top of her head. She had a letter in her beak, which Harry took, sitting on his bed to read it as Hedwig flew over to her perch.