Uncomfortable Truths - - (Drarry Fanfiction)

Chapter Thirteen - Group

After the dinner Harry barely ate, he has the first real group therapy meeting with the Slytherins and Ravenclaws. Ginny had come to sit with them again, this time Seamus sat between them and he was very thankful. Ron tries to stay neutral or at least take turns taking sides. Hermoine, Harry can tell is getting annoyed. It'll only be a matter of time before she snaps, hopefully Harry will be there when it happens.

Harry keeps looking at the clock in the Great Hall, he has until 7:00. He really doesn't want to go. He stayed in his room until Ron forced him to go to dinner.

"Hey Harry, you have a minute?" Ernie comes up motioning him to follow to the back of the hall near the door. "Bad news mate," Ernie says, "I couldn't find a charm like you were describing in any of my books. We can go to the library and have a look if you want but I think Justin might be right. It'll probably be easier just to ask whoever sent the original note."

"Alright, thanks for looking." Harry's disappointment is showing on his face.

"Did you find it?" Ernie asks.

"Yeah, I did, it was at the bottom of my trunk." Harry digs around in his pocket for the drawing Malfoy did of him getting hit by bludgers and struck by lightning in their 3rd year and hands it to Ernie.

"Why would you keep this?" Ernie laughs, "It's not very nice at all. Not what I was expecting."

"Yeah, I don't know, I probably just threw it in my trunk." Harry laughed.

"What's so funny Macmillan, Potter?" Malfoy rips the paper from Ernie's hand and stares at it.

"You kept this?" Malfoy looked at Potter expectantly, "Why?"

Harry shrugs, "Do you remember the spell you used to make the picture move?"

"Wait. What... Malfoy drew this and you actually kept it?" Ernie looks between the two boys trying to figure them out.

"I signed it? Didn't I?" Malfoy points to his DM in the corner of the picture, "I'll look for the spell, I don't remember it. I only used it that one time. I'm glad you appreciated by hard work Potter. Now, Macmillan, if you don't mind, I'm taking the Chosen One."

"Where are you going?" Ernie asks as Malfoy starts pulling on the sleeve of Harry's robe.

"We've got group in 10 minutes." Malfoy sneers at Ernie, "Coming Potter?"

"Yeah. Thanks again, Ernie." Harry turns to walk with Malfoy pulling his sleeve out of his hand. "Let's go."

Malfoy turns to Ernie giving him one of his sneering smiles. Ernie flips him off and goes back to his table.

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"Good evening gentlemen." Madame DuBois greets the boys as they start entering the room. "Now, I know this is only your first day of classes so I don't think we'll cover school today. If I remember correctly, we did not have a productive first meeting, so we will just get to know one another a little better. We'll need to be comfortable enough with our peers to share. Please everyone take a seat."

Harry sat in the chair at the end of the room.

"Switch chairs with me." Goyle said standing next to him. Harry didn't argue or ask why, he just switched seats, he was now sitting between Goyle and Malfoy which in his opinion was completely mental. This year is completely mental, but he can still feel the life debt between him and Goyle. Malfoy supposedly owes him the same but he's never acknowledged it formally like Goyle had the first time they met for group.

"Wonderful." Madame DuBois broke off Harry's train of thoughts, "Let's begin. Mr. Potter, is Harry still ok for me to call you?"

"Yes." Harry replied.