AN: Um.. All that good stuff that appears in all the other chapters at the top! xD I'm very lazy..

Chapter dedication: CatPrincess5 and Rhen Roselle for guessing correctly on what the 15th was! It's Draco's birthday! -Throws confetti.-

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Birthdays were never enjoyable for Draco. Ever since he was 6, something bad always happened to him on his birthday, or something ruined it. It started when this kid had too much cake.

A newly turned six year old Draco scurried into the kitchen, his party hat on crooked. "Mom," he said. "Daniel's not feeling good. I think he swallowed a bug or something! He keeps saying, 'it wants to come up and out! I never should have eaten it!'"

Narcissa blinked down at her son, confused, before she followed the small boy into the living room, where all the kids were sitting around, looking at the small boy on the floor. He was on his hands and knees, one of his arms against his stomach. His eyes were half closed, and he looked sick. Everyone was standing around him, some of the other kids were even crying.

Gently, Narcissa attempted to pick the boy up, but it didn't seem like his stomach favored that idea. Once she had her arms around his torso, he turne to look at Draco, opened his mouth, and let the cake he had eaten earlier spill out onto the small blonde boy.

Grimacing, Draco thought about the other things that happened to him. Once a boy pushed him and he cut himself. Another time, some girl had broken his toy. What irked him the most, was the fact that he had forgotten about it this whole time. What was he going to do? He knew he couldn't just pretend like he had forgotten about it, especially in front of his mother. She remembered everything. His only option was to sleep in the whole day.

Like that would ever happen.

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Next door, Harry was thinking along the same lines. What would he do? Tomorrow was Draco's birthday. He was going to be 18. For some reason everytime Harry thought about the other boy, he felt giddy inside. When ever he saw or heard his name, his stomach would do little flips. It made him feel light headed, but at the same time, he never wanted that feeling to go away. He wasn't exactly sure why, but he wanted to make the other boy happy, and keep him away from anything hurtful.

Lately Harry felt as though he was the one hurting the boy. He had seen him so sad a lot of times. Even the first day they met, Harry had hurt Draco. Maybe it was time he came out and confessed? Of course it might ruin his reputation with everyone at school, but in two years, he was going to graduate, so what was the big deal? In the long run, he realized, popularity really didn't matter.

Finally, he understood completely what Draco had been talking about. He shouldn't care so much about what everyone else thought. All that really mattered to him was Draco's opinion.

But where had all these thoughts come from? Just a second ago he was thinking about Draco's birthday, and whether or not he was going to visit him. He figured that boy wouldn't want to see him after what happened today, but he was too self-assured that if he apologized to him today, Draco would forgive him. He loved him.

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The day was passing by excruciatingly slow. Hermione had decided to spend the night, and so she was in the living room, sitting on the couch next to Draco. Once she had woken up, at 7 in the morning, she ran into Draco's bedroom, and pestered him until he got up. She even sang him the birthday song. Hermione had then proceeded to drag him out of his bed, down the stairs, and over to the living room.

Narcissa had the bright idea of letting Hermione take care of all the plans for Draco's birthday. She wanted to invite half of the school, and have this huge party, while all Draco wanted to do was hide in his room all day.

"So, Kelsey, Theodore, Millicent, Pansy, Blaise, and Vinca are all coming for sure, right?"

"Yes."

"And Harry," Hermionequestioned hesitantly. It took Draco a while to respond. He thought about it for a minute. Surely it wouldn't be very wise to invite Harry, but then again, he was still considered to be part of the gang. Draco nodded his head slowly, and Hermione scribbled something onto the paper.

"Draco...You know, you should really talk to Harry. I know he doesn't really mean a lot of the things he says. He really cares for you."

"Hermione, it's not that I don't appreciate what you're trying to do, but I don't know if it would work out between me and Harry. If he is really that desperate though, I would rather have him talk to me than doing it through you."

With that said, Draco stood up and all but stormed into his room. He dropped onto his bed and stuffed his face into the pillow, sighing angrily. Why did everything in his life all of the sudden start to circulate around him and Harry? It seemed as though something wanted them to be together, and for some strange reason, the exact opposite was going on. Draco just wasn't sure if he would be able to go through a relationship with Harry again. It only brought more drama than was really desired.

But the feelings Harry brought to Draco were more than welcome. Every time Harry touched him, these pleasurable sensations would run through his body. It was as though he was burning inside. Over and over he would repeat to himself that he could survive with Harry's arms around him.

Hours later found Hermione at the door, greeting the people coming into the house. It seemed natural for her to be at the door, welcoming all the unwanted guests, in Draco's opinion. A few people that came, he couldn't even put a name to. Instead, he stood in the doorway that led into the living room, until one particular guest caught his eye.

With a flash of dark black hair, and piercing green eyes, he was in the living room, settling himself comfortably on the couch, waiting patiently for Draco to turn his attention on him. However, the blonde boy seemed frozen in time, not really gripping onto the fact that Harry was actually here, inside his living room, not chewing his head off for the things he had done. After a few nudges and pokes in the rib by Hermione, Draco had turned his head slightly, trying to make it seem as though he didn't think too much about the whole situation at hand. Originally, he had intended to speak with Harry, he had even opened his mouth to start of the process, but Hermione had intervened with a short gasp and a "Draco!"

Turning his attention back to Hermione, he rubbed his temples idly, wondering why she had interrupted him, when she was the one who had started this. Finally looking at Hermione, he saw what she had been so urgent about. Draco gasped as George walked through the door, giving Draco a huge smile. "W-what are you doing here?" Draco asked.

George pulled the blonde boy close, and gave him a small kiss on the neck. "I wouldn't miss this for the world." As George kissed Draco's neck, all Draco could think about was 'This is going to be bad.'

He was now thrown straight into, what he considered to be, a "life or death" situation. Either he chose "life," and pushed George away and run out the open, and very inviting, door. Or, "death," which was to push George away and stay in the house, attempting avoid both the red-head and Harry. Either decision, was still something he didn't wish to be part of. Why couldn't things ever be easy for him? What did he ever do to deserve all this drama? Would his life ever be "normal?"

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AN: Well...I suppose it's alright... Hmm. Not much else to say. Sorry it took a long time. You probably all are like, "I don't even remember what's going on! Xx " Yes, well please review!

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He collapsed into a mess on the floor, unable to support himself anymore, his platinum hair slapping across his face and wrapping intricately in spirals down his neck. The sweat trickled down his body, soaking into his shirt and melding together with the drying blood as everyone gathered around him, horror obvious on their face. The sound of a whimper and a choked sob rang in everyone's ears as they all thought the same thing.

Who could have done this..?

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Rhen Roselle: Shaddup... . Look! I'm typing a second thingy to you! Yes! It's his birthday! Normally they're supposed to be good.. But that doesn't always happen...

personz-of-da-dungoen: Oh! You were so close! It was actually Draco's birthday! But that was a good guess!

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Euphory: The fifteenth is Draco's birthday!

Lady of Faerie: xD I agree! I don't know why I write it out so badly. I actually never intended for Harry to be a jerk when I thought it up.. Ron was actually supposed to be a big bully and beat Draco up.. . Oh! I vote for you just randomly appearing in the story and slapping Harry! xD That would be so fun to write.. Thank you!

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