SECRET ( Drarry fanfiction)

Chapter 18

Harry and Draco arrived back at the Dursleys, loaded down with packages and snakes. Flushed and happy, they unloaded everything onto Harry's bed, not knowing where else to set all of it.

"Hello, Mum," Draco said, moving to kiss her on the cheek, and Harry did the same.

Narcissa stared at them both in astonishment. "I was worried about you," she said weakly.

"I know you were," Draco said apologetically. "The day just got a little out of hand."

"Sorry, Narcissa," Harry said, adding his own apology.

She waved a hand dismissively, but was still staring at the two of them bemusedly. "What happened?" she asked.

Draco's eyes lit up. "Wait until you see what Harry got today," he said. Around only Harry and his mum, he sounded much more excited than he had around the Weasleys.

"What should we show her first?" Harry asked, grinning widely.

"Take off the robes," Draco said, smirking at Harry.

Harry raised his eyebrows at the extra meaning, but started unbuttoning the robes. Both boys grinned at the gasp from Narcissa when she saw the snakes Harry was wearing.

Harry started unloading snakes as Draco animatedly told his mother about their impromptu visit to the Magical Menagerie. She was startled when she heard Harry first speaking Parseltongue, but she didn't appear to be disturbed by it.

While Draco had Narcissa distracted with colorful snakes, Harry quickly stuffed the bag from the twins in his trunk. He really didn't want Narcissa seeing what was in that bag. He did have a moment of regret that he didn't have his room to himself anymore. He'd had far too much alone time in the past, and wished for a bit of it back so he could explore the contents of the bag.

Sighing because there wasn't anything he could do about it at the moment, he looked up in time to catch Draco watching him. Draco winked before turning toward his mother again.

Grinning, Harry shook his head. He didn't know what the hell was happening between them, but it was exciting.

Snatching Victoria up out of her cot, Harry happily sat down on the floor with her to play for a bit. He'd let Draco try to figure out where to put the snakes and all the potions stuff. Because, glancing around the already packed room, Harry didn't have a clue.

"Draco, let me see the yellow snake," Harry requested.

"No, you've got Victoria right now," Draco said.

"So," Harry said. "I want to show it to her. She'll like that one."

"Potter, you're not giving my daughter a bloody snake," Draco said coldly.

Harry hissed in Parseltongue, received an answering hissing back, then glared at Draco. "There, the snake's not going to do anything to harm Victoria in any way and the snake's been warned that Victoria's still little and will have to learn how to treat the snake right, but may grip too tightly at first."

"The snake will tell me if Victoria is hurting it so I can stop it," he added.

"The snake has deadly venom," Draco snapped.

"I know that," Harry retorted. "Come on, Malfoy, you're supposed to be the bloody Slytherin into snakes."

"But not for my daughter, who's not even a year old yet," Draco said angrily.

Harry hissed and Draco yelped, jerking his hand back. Harry sneered in malicious satisfaction as the yellow snake slipped away from Draco.

"I didn't think the yellow one did that," Draco said irritably.