First day of school, Harry felt excitement go through him. This would be the first time he would be going to high school and he would not have to worry about Dudley and his gang. After everything he had been through he wanted to enjoy this experience and with Percy by his side he felt he couldn't be happier. He was up showered and dressed two hours before he needed to leave.

He made his way to the kitchen and began to make breakfast and both his and Percy's packed lunches. He remembered having to do this for Dudley and Vernon when he was younger but it did not affect him now. By the time Percy came downstairs Harry was sitting on a stool by the kitchen island eating a bowl of fruit.

Percy strolled in and kissed him and said "Morning, You are up early there is still plenty of time yet."

Harry kissed him back and replied "I was too wired to sleep so I came down and made breakfast instead. I even made you a packed lunch."

Percy smiled at Harry with fondness "Thanks, I know you are looking forward to this so I'm going to be supportive. I just don't like school very much."

Harry laughed and said "I know, I heard you cursing Chaos when he enrolled us. I thought you were going to blow up the school to avoid going."

Percy laughed with him "I thought about it. In fact the only reason that school is still standing is because you had the opposite reaction to the situation. I couldn't destroy something that made you smile like that now could I?"

"Aww that's sweet, now hurry up and lets go."

Percy groaned "Harry it's still an hour too early to leave. There won't be anyone there yet. Not even the janitors will have started work yet."

Harry sat down with a humph "Fine, but we are still leaving early."

By the time Percy finished eating and having his shower getting changed Harry looked like he was on pins and needles waiting for him to finish. He was already in the car by the time Percy came out finally ready.

"Come on Percy, if you don't hurry up I'm going to finish getting you ready myself."

Percy chuckled "Is that pun intended?"

"Get your mind out of the gutter. You know what I meant."

"Hey, you were the one who said you want everything done without using any powers. Otherwise I would have been done ages ago." Percy was putting on his seat belt as he replied and pulled out of the driveway soon after. He drove at a steady pace. There was ice everywhere, it seemed to have snowed a bit sometime during the night and it melted before turning to ice from the low temperature.

They arrived to find there was only a few people in the school. As they got out Percy said "I told you it was too early. There is barely anyone here."

"Yeah but that means we won't have to endure being stared at as we arrive and the whole school talking about us."

Percy shook his head and said "They will still do that. It's not like being here first will hide us."

"Maybe not but we will have time to adjust a bit before we have to face it. Now stop complaining and lets go find out where our classes are."

The morning passed without any problems. Harry and Percy had some classes together and a few apart. The first class they had apart Harry had it with Draco. Draco looked nervous and Harry sat with him to offer him comfort. He actually looked much better than when Harry saw him when they went to his home for dinner. He was not as pale or as gaunt. In fact he seemed a bit more cheerful and smiled more. Seeing this made Harry happy.

He sat next to Draco and said "Hey Dray."

Draco looked up at him and smiled "Hey, Har. Alright?"

Harry nodded "Great. You look much more cheerful than when I saw you last. You adjusting well?"

Draco nodded "Yeah. Mum and I like it here. We spent a lot of time down in La Push by the beach. It's been great, I even made a few new friends down there with some of the kids on the Rez."

Harry chuckled "Look at you using the local lingo. I'm glad you're okay."

The teacher arrived at that moment stopping any more conversations and class started.

As they left the classroom Draco was looking a little pale. "Harry maybe I bit off more than I could chew here. I understood nothing in there today."

Harry replied "Dray, don't worry. I'll help you catch up. What are you doing after school today?"

"Nothing planned, just going home."

"Why don't you come over to ours and we can work on getting you caught up?"

Percy joined them as Harry just finished inviting Draco. He was not exactly enjoying being ogled by the other students and he wanted Harry next to him for comfort. They were now in the cafeteria taking out their packed lunches.

Percy pulled Harry aside and said "Harry are you sure about inviting Draco? He might be magical but even he would have trouble accepting some of the things he'll see."

"He won't do anything about it Percy its fine. He needs help Perce. He's from a completely different world and has to adjust to not only living here but the education system as well."

Percy was not really keen on having Draco in his home no matter how much he sympathised with him, he was a threat to what he had with Harry but he could not say that to Harry. Harry might end

up thinking he did not trust him and that would open up a whole new can of worms. An idea was forming in his mind it might just work but he needed to do it sooner rather than later if it was to work.

He sat back and said to Harry "Okay."

Harry raised an eyebrow and said in a questioning tone "okay?"

Percy nodded "Yes, you made a good point and I agree with it."

Narrowing his eyes at Percy who he knew was not one to just concede to something just like that. "Percy!"

"Alright, I can see that arguing with you about this will upset you and that's the last thing I want to do."

Harry felt bad as he realised that he was putting Percy in an awkward position. If the tables were turned he would most likely not want having Percy's potential other half in his home either. In fact he would be having a hissy fit if Percy was even showing him any interest at all. His face softened and he said "Oh Perce, I'm sorry I wasn't thinking. I should really know how hard it must be for you. You have been so understanding about this whole thing it's not fair for me to ask this of you."

Percy's smile at the acknowledgement made it almost worthwhile. "It's okay Har. As long as you remember who your boyfriend is. Besides you have already invited him so we'll just go from there. I'll even help out with some wit sharpening potions to help him catch on faster."

By the time they caught up to Draco he was now sitting at a table with a few other people. He introduced them "Hi guys, this is Mike, Angela and Bella. I had classes with them this morning they invited us to sit here if you want to."

Harry smiled and sat down Percy sitting next to him then said "Hi nice to meet you. I'm Harry, this is Percy."

They all chatted for a while about their classes, Percy and Harry were asked about where they came from and what it was like there. Percy could tell something was not quite right with Bella. She looked too pale and thin. He avoided going into her mind to find out not wanting to end up feeling sorry for her then inviting a whole slew of problems for himself.

But she seemed to connect with Draco quite well and he liked that. It would mean Draco would not commandeer Harry's time so much so he endeavoured to include her as much as he could. By the time lunch was finished the venue for studying had been changed to her house after school.

xxxxxx

Bella' house was just a normal non magical house. Draco looked around fascinated by what he saw constantly whispering questions to either Harry or Percy about certain things he saw and what they were for to avoid making an idiot of himself. They all sat down at the back of the house with their books and began their study session. It was starting to get dark when they all realised they had been at it for a while now and Bella realised she had not started dinner.

"Don't worry Bella, We'll help you cook before your dad gets home. It's our fault for commandeering so much of your time." Harry had a smile on his face as he volunteered everyone to pitch in. Percy didn't mind, and neither did Draco. They all voiced it as they packed up their things to go inside.

Bella replied "As long as you stay for dinner then you can help."

They all went inside and distribute the work and soon had a nice system going. Draco ended up sitting at the kitchen table watching as he had no idea how to cook or clean without magic.

"Seriously Dray, how have you survived this long without those skills?"

Bella was intrigued, Harry pitched in "Draco is from those old English families. They even had a butler and servants to do everything for them."

"Yeah well when my parents split I came here with my mum and there is none of those things here. I guess I will have to learn as I go."

"What about your dad?" Bella asked in a curious voice.

"It's complicated." Sensing a sensitive subject Bella backed off and changed the subject.

"Well I'll help you adjust to being a regular Joe if you like." She was smiling as she said this and Draco replied "I might take you up on that."

They heard the door just as they finished cooking dinner and placing it on the table and Bella's dad shouting "Bella I'm home!"

He entered the kitchen after putting away his guns and stopped by the door. Bella looked up and said "Hi dad. I hope you don't mind I asked my friends to stay for dinner."

Charlie had a look of shock on his face as he listened to his daughter, who had been catatonic not long ago seemingly having friends over for dinner. He just managed to say "No that's alright. The more the merrier."