The Boggart | Drarry

7. Friends (II)

''No. No! Stop, please don't!'' Harry screamed as he frantically rolled around in his bed, drenched in sweat. ''Uncle Vernon! Stop, I didn't do anything, I promise!'' he cried out.

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Draco opened his eyes. Was that screaming he heard? He looked around the room, following the noise. It was Harry. He was rolling around in his bed, a layer of sweat on his forehead and tear stained cheeks.

Was Potter having a nightmare? Draco thought.

Not that that would come as a shock to him, Harry has been through a lot in these three years of Hogwarts, and Draco didn't even know what else he had been through living with those stupid muggles.

He decided that it was best to wake him, after all, he promised himself to act on his real feelings from now on. He got out of his bed and walked over to Harry's.

''Harry,'' he whispered, careful not to wake the others, ''wake up Harry.'' The boy wasn't having it though, he only seemed to get even more scared.

''No! Go away Uncle Vernon!'' ''Stay away from me!'' he yelled again.

''Shh, Harry it's me, Draco. You're only dreaming. Wake up. It's okay.'' he said a bit louder this time and started to shake the golden boy gently. Draco did not want to scare him even more than he already seemed to be.

Harry jumped up, panting heavily and was looking at the other boy with big, terrified eyes.

''Hey, it's okay. You had a nightmare, but I'm here, I woke you.'' Draco said reassuringly, and a bit embarrassed with himself because obviously he was here and Harry seemed quite aware that he had just had a nightmare, but still.

Harry seemed to calm down a bit and Draco assumed that it was okay to ask questions now.

''Do you want to talk about it?'' he asked, already knowing the answer.

''N-No, I'm fine.'' Harry answered. ''But thank you, Draco, very nice of you.'' he said with a smirk.

Draco could feel his cheeks heating up. Damn it, Potter.

''E-Eh, should we head downstairs for breakfast then?''

''Yes, of course.'' Harry answered.

~

Both boys quickly changed into their house attires and walked downstairs to the Slytherin common room.

''There we have them everybody! Parentless Potty and Dray, the new best friends!'' Zabini sneered.

''What did you do, Draco? Decide to help the less fortunate?'' Pansy followed.

Everyone was gathering around them in a circle, not letting them walk through. Harry was starting to panic, he felt trapped, he felt like he did when Uncle Vernon and Dudley cornered him.

His breathing was starting to get uneven and he felt a bit light headed.

''Me? Friends with Potter? Pfft, I'd help the less fortunate, but this is just a lost case.'' Draco sneered and shot Harry an apologetic look. But it was already done for the boy.

He turned around and pushed past the crowd, heading downstairs for breakfast. Not that he felt like eating after this though. He was so sure that after yesterday night and this morning, Malfoy would change and act like Draco towards him. But Merlin's Beard, he was so wrong.

...

Breakfast had nearly come to its end and Harry was about to get up and head to the DADA classroom when a paper plane made its way towards him.

Meet me tonight. After dinner in Moaning Myrtles bathroom. I can explain.

Draco

As soon as he had finished reading the note, it vanished, leaving sparks behind.

Great, now he had to wait a whole day to hear what Malfoy had to say. A part of him wanted to know though, he wanted Draco to apologize and try again, but he knew that it would never go as easy as that.

Now it was time to head to DADA, he had that class with Gryffindor, which was nice, because that was one of the rare occasions he got to see some of his friends. Or better said, one of the rare occasions his friends were forced to spend time with him.

Ever since the re-sorting, his friends kind of neglected Harry, they ignored him and never even smiled at him in the corridors anymore. Maybe they think he has turned bad? Harry thought. Maybe they think that he's becoming like Malfoy now that he's in Slytherin.

He sat down in the back of the classroom and started to take his books out, even though he knew that with Professor Lupin he will probably not need those.

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Draco walked in and scanned the classroom for any empty seats. But because he was late, the only empty seats were next to him. Not that Draco minded because honestly, he didn't, but he also didn't want Blaise to make a rude comment which would make Harry upset again. 

See, he was late for a reason. After breakfast he had followed Harry, wanting to make sure he was okay after what had happened in the common room. But Harry practically ran towards the bathroom. 

And Draco didn't quite understand why, so he followed him into the bathroom and waited in a stall next to Harry's. It was quiet for a long time, but after a while he started to hear a few muffled breaths, followed by a sniffle, and more came after that. Was he crying?

He was about to make his own whereabouts known and ask Harry if everything was alright, when the boy spoke, ''No.No.No.No. Stop. Make it stop.'' the chosen one cried out. 

Make it stop? Make what stop? What was going on? Draco got out of his stall and knocked on Harry's door. 

''Harry?'' he started carefully, ''can I come in, it's me, Draco.'' 

Only silence followed, but Draco waited patiently, and Harry must have heard him because he unlocked the door soon after that.

Draco couldn't believe what he saw next...

Ohmygod guys, first of all; I am so so so sorry for the long wait, I don't necessarily have a giant excuse for that. Only that my grandpa passed away and I got quite sad after that and basically procrastinated everything for two months. But I'm back now and I have enough creativity bottled up to write, so that's only good, right. 

I hope you guys liked this chapter, and the story so far. What do you think Draco will see when he opens that door?

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