“There’snothingwrongwithwaiting,Potter,”hefinallysnapped,hisheeksburning.

“Ofoursenot,”Pottersaid,soundingstartled.“Butyouaren’t—Imean…Areyouwaitinguntilmarriage?”

Thatquestionraisedsomanyredfgs,Draodidn’tevenknowhowtoreat.

“Youknowwhat,it’ste,youshouldprobablygohome,”Draosaid,standingup.Theroomimmediatelystartedspinning.Still,heouldseePotterblinkingathim.

“I—I’msorry,Ididn’tmeanto—”

“Youdidn’t.ButI’mtired.Youshouldgo.”

Slowly,Pottergotup.Hehesitated,fidgetingwithhisjumper.

“We’restill…okay,right?”

Draoarhedaneyebrow.

“We’restill…friends?”

Friends.HearingPottersaythatfeltlikesuptothesun…beforefree-fallingandrashingtotheground.Headfirst.Friends.DidDraowanttobePotter’sfriend?Ofoursenot.Hewanted…Well,itdidn’tmatterwhathewanted.BeingfriendswithPotterwasasfarasthingsouldgo.Theonlyquestionwas,wouldDraobeabletowithstandthatkindoftorture?

Hebrieflylosedhiseyes,lettingoutasigh.“Yes,we’restillfriends.”

“Okay.Good.”

Draowathedhimashewentovertothefirepewithslightlysaggingshoulders.

“Well,goodnight,”Pottermuttered,beforehevanishedinthegreenfmes.

Chapter6:Whatbsp;ISay

Sunday,19January2003

Drao,

I’mreallysorryaboutstnight.

HP

Potter,

don’tbedaft.

Wehadtoomuhtodrink.

Itdoesn’tmeananything.

DM

Okay.

bsp;Iomebytoday?

Draolookedattheletter,feelingtorn.OfoursehewantedPottertoomeby,butapartofhimwasstillrattledbytheeventsofthenightbefore.Theneedforsomespaewasgrowingbigger.Butfromthelooksofit,Potterhadnoiionofgivinghimspae.Itwasthemostendearinganddreadfulthingever.Draoouldn’torate,ouldn’tthinkaboutanythingelsebutPotteralready.Heneededsometimetothink.But…notseeingPotterwasmakinghisheartahe.

Howabouttomorrow?

IttookPotternotimetosendhisanswer.

Alright.

Notakebaks!

Draosnorted.Sometimes,Potteratedlikeaneasilyexitablepuppy.Itwaskindofute.

Justashewasabouttogodownstairstohavesomebreakfast,anotherowlndedonhisdesk.

“Okay,nowyou’reoverdoingit,”Draomuttered,untyingtheletterfromtheowl’sfoot.Heunfoldeditandfrowned.Thiswasn’tPotter’shandwriting…

DearDrao,

IjustranintoStaeyagain.

There’ssomethingI’dliketodisusswithyou.

Letmeknowwhenyou’refreetomeet.

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