The Easter holidays were upon them and Dumbledore had called the bonded pair into his office and suggested a small holiday as far away from sources of strong magic as possible. Harry knew he was a little ragged around the edges even though his control was very good these days, but the only place he could go was the Dursleys' and that was not something he fancied.
However, somehow the headmaster had convinced Draco it was a good idea and after that Harry had been unable to change his lover's mind, so to the Dursleys' they were going.
Harry was throwing the last of his stuff into the small trunk he had borrowed off Neville when Ron knocked on the door. He was not going away for very long so he didn't need his big trunk and the smaller one was far easier to carry, but he only had an hour before they were leaving and he was running late. Even so, Ron appeared somewhat anxious so Harry stopped what he was doing and turned to his friend.
"Hi, Ron," he said brightly, "what can I do for you?"
His friend stepped into the room and closed the door.
"Um, Harry," Ron began hesitantly, "um, you know that both Hermione and me are staying here over the Easter holidays?"
Harry nodded; they had originally planned to all stay together until Dumbledore had come up with the idea that Harry needed to get away.
"Well, I was wondering, since you and Draco are going to be off in Muggle-land," Ron continued, still failing to get to the point. "Could we, that is, um."
"Spit it out, Ron," Harry said with a grin.
"Could we borrow your room for a night?" his friend finally said in a mad rush.
It took a moment for Harry to catch up and then his face broke into a full-fledged toothy smile.
"So you and Hermione are finally going to do the deed then?" he couldn't help teasing Ron just a little since Harry had taken enough stick over the months about his sex drive.
Ron was slowly turning a lovely shade of scarlet.
"Harry," he said in a warning tone.
"I don't know," Harry said, unwilling to give up just yet, "aiding and abetting the head girl and her boyfriend to break one of the strictest school rules: Bit risky that."
Ron was glaring at him now.
"You're really picking up some bad habits from Malfoy," his friend said as Harry laughed at him.
"Sorry, Ron," Harry apologised and patted his friend on the arm, "but turnaround is fair play."
Ron muttered something under his breath that Harry couldn't hear.
"If you curse me you can't borrow the room," Harry said.
"Then we can?" Ron said, brightening. "Borrow the room that is?"
"Of course you can borrow the room and for as many nights as you like," Harry said rolling his eyes, "just don't let McGonagall catch you or she'll skin all of us, not just you two."
Forgetting his previous ire, Ron now beamed.
"Thanks, Harry," his friend said brightly, "you're a real mate."
Ron turned to leave, but Harry caught him before he opened the door.
"Just one thing, Ron," he said evenly, "don't tell anyone else. This room is not becoming a brothel."
His friend grinned and nodded, and then he left.
* * *
Draco looked up at number 4 Privet Drive dubiously. When Dumbledore had suggested that they spend a week with the Dursleys both Harry and Draco had thought the old wizard had finally lost his marbles, but then the headmaster had taken Draco aside and explained his reasoning. Harry needed a break from magic and with all out war on the horizon there was only one place safe for him to get it. After that Draco had talked his lover into the whole idea.
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Gold Tinted Spectacles (Hecatemus Book #1)
Fanfiction(Drarry) Harry Potter is about to enter his seventh year, and things are not quite what he expected. He is no longer the angry boy who watched his world fall apart at the end of his fifth year, but neither has he completely found his place yet. He i...
