p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Mmh," Draco moaned into the kiss, he could feel Harry's lips curl upwards into a smirk against his own as he did so. /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"They were standing in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, Draco pushed into a corner by Harry. Myrtle herself was nowhere to be found, though they hadn't checked for her when they originally entered the bathroom, being too preoccupied to care very much. If the lack of crying were any indication, she was elsewhere. /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Draco pulled away from the kiss. "Harry?" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Yes?" His smile faded when he saw Draco's face, which was agitated. "What's wrong, Dray?"/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Draco looked into Harry's eyes as if he were searching for something. For a moment, he almost appeared mistrustful, but as quickly as it appeared, it vanished, and he smiled a loving smile. /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Nothing, I was just thinking. It's a dangerous pastime, you know." He chuckled./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Yeah." Harry responded knowingly. "It sure is."/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"It was apparent to Harry that more was going on, and he was about to ask Draco when a voice came from behind them./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Hello Harry. Hello Draco."/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"They both spun around to see Myrtle smirking at the both of them, blushing as much as was possible in her ghostly state./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Myrtle." Harry started, "We thought you weren't here, you- you look good." He said. Draco was open mouthed behind him, the Hogwarts ghosts spread more rumors than the students did, and if his father found out about him and Harry there'd be hell to pay. /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"She giggled. "Why thank you Harry." She paused and looked at Draco, taking in his panicked expression. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"The boys collectively breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you Myrtle, thank you." Harry said in a relieved tone. /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""You have no idea how much this means, thank you." Draco said in a voice like a sponge soaked with relief. He seemed to be struggling to breathe./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""There is one thing I'd like you to do, however." Myrtle said, floating towards them slowly./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Draco looked as though the breath had been ripped from his chest, and Harry seemed to be gulping air like a last meal. "What?" They said in a cautious and bated unison./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Myrtle frowned, "No one ever wants to talk to me." She sniffed her nose in distaste and whirled around, stalking over to to the sink before turning to face them from a slight distance. "You'd think avoiding me wouldn't be enough reason to use another bathroom, but no." She appeared angry for a moment before placing back at the boys calmly. "I spend most of my days alone, even the other ghosts don't want to talk to me!"/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""That's terrible, Myrtle. What is it you're getting at?" Harry said in a neutral voice. He had learned with Myrtle that even speaking the wrong way could set her off./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Will the both of you come and talk to me from time to time?" She asked, looking down at the floor and then up again, eyes hopeful./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Draco responded first, saying,"Are you proposing that we be your friends?" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Myrtle giggled. "I'd like that very much, but I'd doubt the two of would, the Golden Boy and the Slytherin Prince." She paused, looking up at them with a smile. "But I'm not a bad person, and maybe you will want to be my friend, so I'll see you later." Myrtle winked at the two of them before diving headfirst into the toilet, and disappearing into the u-bend./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Harry and Draco were much too stunned to speak for many moments. It took an eternity, but eventually Draco gave a slight chuckle./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""I suppose we'll be coming here quite a bit from now on."/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"They were standing in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, Draco pushed into a corner by Harry. Myrtle herself was nowhere to be found, though they hadn't checked for her when they originally entered the bathroom, being too preoccupied to care very much. If the lack of crying were any indication, she was elsewhere. /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Draco pulled away from the kiss. "Harry?" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Yes?" His smile faded when he saw Draco's face, which was agitated. "What's wrong, Dray?"/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Draco looked into Harry's eyes as if he were searching for something. For a moment, he almost appeared mistrustful, but as quickly as it appeared, it vanished, and he smiled a loving smile. /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Nothing, I was just thinking. It's a dangerous pastime, you know." He chuckled./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Yeah." Harry responded knowingly. "It sure is."/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"It was apparent to Harry that more was going on, and he was about to ask Draco when a voice came from behind them./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Hello Harry. Hello Draco."/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"They both spun around to see Myrtle smirking at the both of them, blushing as much as was possible in her ghostly state./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Myrtle." Harry started, "We thought you weren't here, you- you look good." He said. Draco was open mouthed behind him, the Hogwarts ghosts spread more rumors than the students did, and if his father found out about him and Harry there'd be hell to pay. /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"She giggled. "Why thank you Harry." She paused and looked at Draco, taking in his panicked expression. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"The boys collectively breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you Myrtle, thank you." Harry said in a relieved tone. /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""You have no idea how much this means, thank you." Draco said in a voice like a sponge soaked with relief. He seemed to be struggling to breathe./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""There is one thing I'd like you to do, however." Myrtle said, floating towards them slowly./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Draco looked as though the breath had been ripped from his chest, and Harry seemed to be gulping air like a last meal. "What?" They said in a cautious and bated unison./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Myrtle frowned, "No one ever wants to talk to me." She sniffed her nose in distaste and whirled around, stalking over to to the sink before turning to face them from a slight distance. "You'd think avoiding me wouldn't be enough reason to use another bathroom, but no." She appeared angry for a moment before placing back at the boys calmly. "I spend most of my days alone, even the other ghosts don't want to talk to me!"/p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""That's terrible, Myrtle. What is it you're getting at?" Harry said in a neutral voice. He had learned with Myrtle that even speaking the wrong way could set her off./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Will the both of you come and talk to me from time to time?" She asked, looking down at the floor and then up again, eyes hopeful./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Draco responded first, saying,"Are you proposing that we be your friends?" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Myrtle giggled. "I'd like that very much, but I'd doubt the two of would, the Golden Boy and the Slytherin Prince." She paused, looking up at them with a smile. "But I'm not a bad person, and maybe you will want to be my friend, so I'll see you later." Myrtle winked at the two of them before diving headfirst into the toilet, and disappearing into the u-bend./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Harry and Draco were much too stunned to speak for many moments. It took an eternity, but eventually Draco gave a slight chuckle./p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""I suppose we'll be coming here quite a bit from now on."/p
