Chapter 12 – Sorting Things Out

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http:adultfan. led Harry to the bed and pushed Harry beneath him. He kissed Harry softly on the lips then sat back and looked him in the eyes. "Harry Potter, will you be my boyfriend," Draco said as more of a statement than a question.

Harry smiled at Draco then pulled Draco down to himself, kissing him hard before breaking away to whisper "yes" into Draco's ear. They kissed again, Draco running his tongue along Harry's lower lip. The boys spent a few moments exploring each others mouths before Draco decided it was time for more than the usual snog. Draco broke the kiss as he tugged Harry's shirt over his head.

"Is this what you had in mind?" Draco asked, running his hands along Harry's toned stomach.

"Mmm. No...this is better," Harry said lustily as he nibbled Draco's neck...(edited)

Passionate minutes later, the fireplace roared and they heard Dumbledore's rather amused voice.

"Boys! It's noon right now. We're waiting for you two to start the meeting." The fireplace roared again then went silent.

"Shit! Draco I'm sorry that we don't have time to...um..." Harry stopped and blushed, unsure of how to finish his sentence.

"I think I'll survive but you owe me," Draco said playfully. "We better hurry up and get dressed otherwise Dumbledore'll kill us. Crazy interfering old man."

Harry pulled on his clothes quickly and hurried out of the dorm behind Draco.

Harry and Draco walked into Dumbledore's office five minutes late, breathing heavily from running. It was very obvious that everyone there had been waiting for them to arrive because the Order members were all staring at the door when the boys walked in. The stares increased in intensity when the members saw Harry and Draco's hands linked, hair tussled, lips swollen, and looking more than well-snogged. Tonks gave a little squeak when she saw. Snape shook his head and muttered something about 'that idiot boy' and Moody's magical eye stopped swiveling in its socket. The rest of the members present had the decency to be a little more discreet in their surprise. Only Dumbledore looked completely unfazed by the sight.

Draco noticed the stares the moment he and Harry walked through the door and went to drop Harry's hand, afraid that Harry wouldn't want people to know that there was something between them just yet, but Harry held his hand firmly in place. Draco cast a questioning glance at Harry who seemed to be daring anyone and everyone to say something about him and Draco. There was only silence.

Harry led Draco to a couch across the room and they sat down. Harry leaned close and whispered, "We'll talk about all this later. We've got some figuring out to do."

"Okay?" said Draco though the reply sounded more like a question than an agreement or answer.

Dumbledore cleared his voice, taking the attention of everyone in the room away from Harry and Draco for a moment. "As many of you already know, we are having this meeting because of some interesting developments with the prophecy. Harry and Draco have managed to translate it into English and the boys and I have started looking into interpretations. Hopefully we will be able to develop a few different meanings to the prophecy by the end of this meeting..." Dumbledore continued, explaining what Draco and Harry had done to translate the prophecy, what they thought it meant, and asking the others what they thought. Harry and Draco didn't pay much attention to this part of Dumbledore's talk since they knew all about it anyway.

After what seemed like a lifetime to the currently dozing Harry and Draco, Dumbledore addressed them hopefully. "Would you boys mind doing some more research about this? It won't be as extensive or as difficult as the last bit of research you had to do was."

"We'll do whatever we can to help. What are we researching?" Harry asked for both himself and Draco.

"We need to find out as much as we can about undetectable means of killing wizards without wands. I doubt there will be much here at Hogwarts but it's a good starting point."

"We'll get right on it headmaster," said Draco while Harry nodded in agreement.

"Good. And perhaps Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley will help you, too. Ask them when they arrive for the start of term." Dumbledore smiled and turned back to the rest of the Order. "Arthur will be checking the Ministry library for any references and Severus will be checking his family library as soon as he returns home. Everyone else will be brainstorming ideas as to where we can further investigate and we will discuss them at the next meeting. I will be owling everyone with the specifics for the meeting later this week. That's all for today." As everyone stood and started to leave the office, Dumbledore turned towards Harry and Draco. "Harry, Draco, please stay here for a moment. I need to speak to you both." Dumbledore said, eyes twinkling mischievously.

Harry and Draco exchanged worried looks and sat back down on the couch. Once everyone left the office Dumbledore directed his attention to the boys once again. "We need to discuss dorm arrangements for this term. Draco, after your defiance of your father and Voldemort, I am concerned for your safety in the dungeons."

"But Professor, I have my own room. I am a Prefect."

"Yes that is true but some of the Slytherins know where it is. I would like to move you to a room that the Slytherins don't know the location of. It would be safer for you."

"Professor Dumbledore," Harry interjected, "since Draco has been in the Gryffindor dorms for the summer, could he stay there for the term?"

"I was considering that myself Harry but since he is a Prefect he will have his own room. His room could be near Gryffindor tower though."

Harry and Draco exchanged quick smiles, hoping that Dumbledore wouldn't notice. But, true to form, Dumbledore did. "I see that you two have become very close over the course of the summer. Is there anything you would like to tell me?"

Harry and Draco looked to each other again and nodded to one another. "Sir," Draco started, taking Harry's hand in his, "Harry and I are boyfriends."

"Ahh yes it was bound to happen sooner or later," said Dumbledore mysteriously, confusing Harry and Draco. "Is it safe for me to assume that you would like to share a room?"

Harry smiled in excitement. "Could we!"

"I'm sure something can be arranged. It will require some rules to be broken but you both seem to enjoy breaking them," Dumbledore said, eyes twinkling.

"We don't break the rules. We just bend them slightly," said Draco indignantly. Dumbledore chuckled at Draco's comment before dismissing them.

"Thank you boys. That's all."

"Goodbye sir."

By the time Harry and Draco reached the common room, Harry could barely contain his excitement. "We get to share a room Draco!" he said as he hugged Draco tightly.

Draco laughed and sat Harry down on the couch. "Since we're sharing a room you might have to miss out on some of your late night prowls of the castle. You'll be stuck with me," Draco said before landing a quick kiss on Harry's lips.

"I don't think that will be much of an issue." Harry paused looking thoughtful. "Draco?"

"Hmm?" He sat back and looked Harry in the eyes, trying to figure out where Harry's line of questioning would lead.

"About the meeting earlier..." Draco nodded for Harry to continue. "Well, when you went to drop my hand it made me wonder, what we are going to do when term starts? Are we going to tell people about us?"

"Harry. I want to tell the world that you are mine and only mine. But people will talk about us and I wasn't sure if you wanted to deal with the kinds of reactions we'll get from people. I was obviously wrong about what you want though."

"What kinds of things do you think people will say? I mean, they couldn't possibly be that bad."

"Well," Draco said sighing, "there'll be people who will say that it's all a scheme to get you to Voldemort, or that you're turning to the Dark side, or that you're crazy because you're dating a Death Eater's son. And there'll most likely be rumors about some affair I have going on on the side because I'm an evil Slytherin." Draco stopped and sighed again, hoping that Harry would be willing to take all that on and not believe the things that people were bound to say. "And telling people that I'm not really evil won't do any good either. No one will believe that there is such thing as a 'good' Malfoy."

"Draco, I know that you wouldn't be doing any of that to me and last time I checked I wasn't turning Dark. I want to tell everyone too and I'm willing to take on whatever people throw my way." Harry paused and looked into Draco's eyes. "I really like you, you know."

"You too Harry," Draco said, smiling in return. "You know, I think we should let people figure out what's going on between us for themselves. The rumors will be interesting."

Harry laughed. "I can only begin to imagine. We'll be up till all hours of the night laughing about them."

"What makes you think we'll be up doing that?" Draco asked, raising his eyebrows at Harry.

Harry chuckled and said, "You have a dirty, dirty mind Draco. And I like it." He pushed Draco down onto the couch and kissed him on the lips, planning to finish what they had started that morning.