"Where the bloody hell have you been?!"

"Ron, calm down, I was at quidditch practice"

"Potter, I told you not to get back here after 4:30 pm" growled the red head.

Harry winced, "I know, and it won't happen again."

"Bullshit. You said that last time!"

Now Harry's anger is building, "What do you expect me to do, Ron?! Quit the team!?"

"Yes, actually"

"No, you know I can't do that, they don't have a reserve seeker!"

"Well, they'll just have to find one, won't they!?" With that, Ron starts walking to the door of their deserted dorm.

"No!"

Ron freezes, "What did you say to me?" His voice is so low it is almost a whisper, but it carries through the deserted room like a gunshot.

"I said no."

That's all he needs, all he needs and he turns and starts to advance on Harry, slowly, deliberately, Ron raises his right hand over his left shoulder, he brings it down, and it hits Harry straight across the face.

"You will quit the team." Ron says it in the same, soft, terrifying voice as before.

"Yes." Harry says weakly, his shoulders slumping.

He knows how much worse it could be. He wants it to end now, before Ron really starts.

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A few days later, Harry is walking to Herbology when he hears his name called out from somewhere behind him.

"Potter!" Not Ron, not Ron, anyone but Ron. He thinks to himself, bracing himself, he turns and sees Draco Malfoy leaning against a tree a few yards away, he breathes a sigh of relief.

"What do you want Malfoy?" He means it to be harsh, but it comes out without his usual malice. "Your beloved Professor Dumbledore asked me to carry a message to you, Potter."

"Oh yes?"

"He has given you permission to start a little club that you asked him about, under the condition that you invite students of every house into it and only repeat 7th years are allowed to join."

"That it?"

"Yes, Potter"

Harry sees a mess of red, unkempt hair bobbing in his direction, his stomach sinks as he sees Ron's face contorted in anger underneath.

"Oh, and Potter..."

"See ya, Malfoy." Harry interrupts Draco and he ducks out from under the tree, and runs into the crowd, in the opposite direction of the oncoming redhead.

Well, that was odd. Thinks a bemused Draco Malfoy.

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[Later that day, in the common room, Harry and Ron are on the sofa, doing homework.]

"What did Malfoy want with you earlier, anyway?" Asks Ron, there is already a dangerous edge to his hushed voice. Harry stiffens.

"He had a message from Dumbledore"

"Is that so?" Purrs Ron into Harry's ear. "I think we need to get to bed, don't you, Potter?" He states the question rather more like a statement, still in that dangerous whisper. Harry only nods mutely, not having the strength to protest, even thought it was only 8:00 pm. They gather their things and head out of the common room, to the nearly deserted dorm.

"Get. Out." Ron growls at the remaining occupants, and Dean and Seamus scramble out.

"Now that we're alone, why don't you tell me what was really going on earlier." Ron says through clenched teeth.

"I told you, Ron, he had a message from Dumbledore."

Ron's open hand collides painfully with Harry's left cheek, "Liar" Ron hisses.

"I see the way you look at him, Potter. I see it and I am sick of it."

"No, Ron, please, you don't understand..."

"I wasn't finished!" Ron roars, his fist slamming into Harry's stomach, knocking the breath out of him.

"I... I'm so-''

" I still wasn't finished!" Shouted Ron, punching Harry in the stomach again, forcing Harry to topple into the bed behind him, he furiously scrambles backwards, until his back hits the headboard.

"You will not, I repeat, will not, see Malfoy, you will not look at him and you sure as hell won't speak to him!" Said Ron to the quivering black haired boy. Harry nods.

"What was that?" Ron asks, getting ready to hit Harry again.

"I... I mean... yes Ron."

"Good, now lets go get some dinner. And don't even think about telling anyone about this, Potter."

"Yes, Ron"

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