So Much for No Strings Attached

Chapter 5 A Meeting in Hogsmeade

'Sure,' Harry said quickly. 'Well I was passing Honeydukes when I heard Ron and Hermione. I froze not wanting them to realise I was here.'

Lucius smirked at his, 'of course not.'

'Hermione was telling Ron how glad she was that I had decided to stay behind and Ron was nodding in agreement. Hermione seems to think I'm really thick just because I don't think that classes are the be all and end all,' Harry said bitterly.

'What can you expect from a Mudblood?' questioned Lucius in disgust.

'Lucius,' Harry said warningly. 'Anyway then Ron started going on about how I tailed after them when it has always been them who have basked in the glory of my unwanted fame.'

'You don't want your fame?' questioned Lucius.

What Harry was saying was completely contradictory to what his son and Severus had always said in regards to Harry Potter. Lucius knew that his son was jealous of his lover and Severus hated all things Potter but not so much that they'd not see the real Harry Potter underneath. Apparently Slytherins could be rasher than Gryffindorish at times when their personal pride and grudges were thrown into the mix if Severus and Draco were anything to go by.

'I certainly do not,' Harry bit out angrily.

'That comes as a surprise,' Lucius admitted.

'Yeah well I don't let most people in,' Harry admitted sadly thinking of the two people he should never have let in. 'Then I heard them talking about stealing my money and plotting to kill me for my money,' Harry said bitterly. 'At least I know they're not all in on it. Only Ginny - no surprise there, crazy, stalking bint,' Harry muttered darkly, 'Ron - whose always been jealous of me, Hermione - is in love with authority figures, and Mrs Weasley,' Harry shook his head. 'She is the one who I can't understand - she was always like a mother to me.'

Harry felt a lot better just to get all of this off his chest. He could still feel the pain and the fury coursing through his bloodstream but with Lucius here and still being in the post coital bliss he felt a lot better. What they had said had hurt like hell but it was easier. Harry just hoped that his Slytherin wasn't going to use this against him. Harry really wished he trusted people more but he just couldn't and as today had proven he was right not to.

'Molly Prewett,' mused Lucius.

'Was that her maiden name?' questioned Harry.

'Indeed,' Lucius agreed.

'You would have gone to school with her,' Harry remembered.