Jade and the Silver Dragon

Chapter 14

Harry had made his way to the classroom with the intention of marking some essays that some of his students had done recently, but after reading the same paragraph about ten times, he thought that he better leave it until his mind was in a better frame of mind. Since he had the afternoon off, he decided to work off some of his frustrations by taking a spin on his broom, then a swim in the pool.

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While Harry was taking out his frustration, Draco was sitting in Care of Magical Creatures with Pansy. Hagrid had indeed brought some dragons for the class. Full grown, they were about the size of a medium muggle dog, with wings that seemed to fold into their bodies when not in use. Draco was able to forget the lost look in Harry's eyes for most of the class until near the end when everyone was putting the dragon's in a closed in paddock at the back of Hagrid's hut.

"What's been bothering you, Drake? I thought the dragons would have kept your attention a bit better than they did," Pansy asked as they walked back to the castle to get ready for dinner.

"Something wasn't right with Harry during lunch, and I was wondering what could have happened," Draco said. "We were laughing and joking around, then when I looked up at the staff table... he looked depressed or something. Was it something that I did, Pansy?"

Pansy put her arm around Draco's waist and gave a light squeeze. "I really don't think it had anything to do with you Drake. I saw the way you guys were when you came into the Great Hall...along with everyone else," She smirked, "then I noticed when Blaise put his arm around you and kissed your cheek, Harry's smile disappeared."

"That was just Blaise kidding around... he's been like that for years. Why would that bother Harry?" Draco asked.

"Tell me something Draco...what did you feel when you saw Professor Snape holding Harry's hand at lunch?" Pansy asked.

"Like I wanted to be in Severus' place," He replied quietly, realizing the point that Pansy was trying to make. "Are you saying Harry was jealous of Blaise?"

"It kind of looked that way to me," Pansy said shrugging her shoulders. "Why don't you ask him?"

"Yeah right... I'll just come right out and ask him if he likes me," he said sarcastically.

"Your choice... but what would you rather do...keep dreaming about Harry, or actually having him in your bed in reality?" Pansy asked smirking to her best friend.

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Harry ended up taking a bit longer than he planned and had to hurriedly dress for dinner. He threw on an old pair of jeans and a long sleeved t-shirt, pulling the sleeves to his elbows, then made his way down to the Great Hall. He was looking forward for tonight, after dinner when Draco would be meeting him in the classroom, hopefully he would come by himself.

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Draco had positioned himself between Millicent and Pansy at the table, trying to avoid Blaise's wandering hands. "I wonder where Harry is?" He thought to himself as he kept glancing to the head table, noticing the empty seat beside Severus. Half way though dinner, when he gave up on being able to see Harry, he felt Pansy's elbow at his side. He looked up to see Harry had come through the side door and sit down beside Severus."Merlin he looks good wet," He thought as he licked suddenly dry lips.

"Everything okay, Harry?" Severus asked. "Have a good swim?" he added, seeing Harry's hair still dripping water onto the black shirt.

"It was good," Harry replied taking a bite of his salad. He was quite hungry after pretty much missing lunch and the work out he had this afternoon.

"And did you come to any conclusions?" Severus asked knowing that Harry worked out a lot of his personal feelings when swimming.

"Yes."