Chapter One
It's over. The war is finally over. Harry couldn't believe it. He felt like it couldn't be true. He felt like any second he would be back fighting Voldemort, but Voldemort was dead. He killed him for once and for all. He was rather happy as he could now live in peace. He rushed to the great hall to talk to Draco, who he had been secretly dating. "Draco!" he shouted, feeling a mix of emotions; nervous, happy, scared, and relief all at once. Draco ran to Harry and gave him a kiss. "I've been waiting years to be able to do this in public" said Draco. The happy couple couldn't stop smiling. They held hands as they walked into the Gryffindor common room to make their announcement, but before they entered Draco couldn't help but wonder if this was a smart idea. "Do you really think we should do this? Right now? You know they'll disapprove. Everyone hates me, especially Hermione & Ron." but Harry didn't care. "It doesn't matter what they think. All that matters is that I love you, and I'm sick of hiding it from the world" Harry replied. Reassured, Draco and Harry walked into the room, hand in hand. Everyone was talking when Hermione turned around and gasped. They all turned and looked at Harry & Draco, standing in the front of the room holding hands. They didn't know how to break the news, but figured they already knew. Harry started, "We need to tell you guys something.." but Ron interrupted with a nasty tone in his voice that made Harry want to cry "Why are you holding his hand? If you're going to tell me that you two are together you can forget about me ever talking to you again. I'm disgusted!" Harry jumped in quickly and begged him to try and understand their relationship. "Please, we've been dating for several years now, he's really a good person if you give him the chance. He just acted bad to save face with his father." Ron couldn't stand it, he was full of anger, disgust, and maybe a little bit of jealousy. He shoved through Draco and Harry to go down to the great hall and think about what just happened. Hermione spoke up now, not with anger, but with concern. "Draco, as much as I'm slightly disgusted at this, as long as Harry is happy, it's all that matters to me, so if you even dare to do anything stupid and break his heart.. you will most certainly regret it". Everyone else had nothing to say, they were confused, so they walked up to their beds to continue packing. Harry gave Draco a kiss explaining that he was going to find Ron to try to reason with him, while Hermione and Draco sat down and had a talk about how this happened. Hermione found herself quite liking Draco now, he seemed to be rather kind and sensitive, only playing the part of an insensitive bully to please his father. She felt bad for him, and started to resent Harry for getting to Draco first. They talked about how Draco first realized he fancied Harry, and about their secret trips to the Room of Requirement to spend some time together. Harry returned with news that Ron had committed suicide, he showed Hermione and Draco the note. "Just when I was about to pucker up the courage to tell Harry that I loved him. I can't bloody believe this. Avada Kedavra my life. -Ron". Hermione and Harry started crying, and Draco tried to comfort them, but nothing he did was working. They asked if they could be alone, so Draco left with nothing more than an "I love you, Harry."