There was a softness over Harry’s reply that made Draco hopeful for how the meaning was going to go down, even if it seemed foolish to be hopeful about any level of help. After all, he didn’t even know if there was something to hopeful about, so he tried to stay rational and not think too much of it.<br/>“Yeah, just back here,” Draco said in a soft voice, watching as Harry left the study and left him in silence.<br/>Restless and knowing that he wasn’t going to get any further work done, Draco went to the kitchen to go through the process of making tea manually. It would have been a lot easier to just get Coote to do it, but Draco found that he really needed to keep his hands busy.<br/>Soon though, the clock had struck 12 and Martin Clarke, Draco’s caseworker, had flooed through the fireplace in the great hall and Draco had already lead him to the study to have their tea.<br/>Even if Draco had been through the interview several times before, he knew that this was an extremely new situation that he was suddenly in and he had no idea how to explain it.<br/>“So, I see that you have signed a contract, care to enlighten me on that?” Clarke started, placing his cup of tea back in the saucer.<br/>Draco was just about to open his mouth to make an attempt at explaining his situation, when he heard footsteps from the hallway, knowing that Harry was on his way to join them, he instead elected to stay silent.