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The secret is out

Chapter 4

Harry walked through the hallways of Hogwarts with his head held high and Draco on his arm. After Pansy and Blaise, as Harry was asked to call them, left Harry's room after apologizing over and over again Harry and Draco had sat down and discussed the situation. In the end Draco came to the decision that he had told everyone he wanted to tell that he was gay and was ready to let everyone know.

The blond had had a hard time to thoroughly convince Harry of his decision, but after a good ten minutes of snogging the brunet was suddenly very agreeable to every idea Draco had. The first people they wanted to tell, not that Draco really wanted them to know were the Gryffindors, or rather Ron, Hermione, Finnegan, Thomas and Longbottom. As the two neared the portrait of the fat lady Draco slowed down. Harry turned to look at him and saw a somewhat scared expression on his boyfriend's face.

"Are you really sure you want everyone to know? We can still turn back and go to my rooms."

Draco shook his head and gave Harry a warm and loving smile.

"No it's just... what if they hate me... no wait they already do."

"Stop it Draco. Yes my friends aren't really that fond of you, but once they get to meet the real Draco, the Draco I have come to love and trust they will forgive you for all of that and we can all start anew. Just give them a chance to give you a chance, okay."

Draco sighed loudly, but nodded at Harry before he started walking into the direction of the fat lady again. Once they reached the portrait Harry whispered the password and let himself and Draco in. The common room was dead silent when they saw Harry entering with a Slytherin. And not just any Slytherin, but Draco fucking Malfoy.

A few first-years quivered in fear and two month ago Draco would have loved that. It wasn't so nice now that he was trying to earn the trust of the Gryffindors he used to torment just so they wouldn't give his boyfriend grieve for being with him. Just then Draco was pulled away from Harry by his other arm. The Slytherin turned around to see who had grabbed him so forcefully and came face to face with the wea- he meant Ron.

The redhead was glaring venomously at the Slytherin before he turned his questioning eyes to his best friend. Harry was standing near the couches just looking at Draco and Ron. The brunet wanted to punch his best friend for grabbing Draco like that, but he also wanted to explain things so badly. After taking a deep breath Harry asked everyone except Ron, Hermione, Seamus, Dean and Neville to leave.

Once the common room was empty except for the people Harry had asked to stay the brunet took another deep breath before stepping forward and pulling Draco into his arms and away from Ron. The Gryffindors looked funnily at Draco and Harry and Draco really didn't like it. He wished they would just say something. Good or bad. It would be better than all that silence. It was Harry who spoke first.

"Everyone I asked you to stay behind because I wanted to tell all of you that Draco here" Harry gave Draco's shoulder a comforting squeeze. "is the boyfriend everyone has been wondering about. I'm honestly and truly in love with him so please if you can't deal with that go now. If you don't like my boyfriend than you dead to me. I'm not asking you to forgive him without another thought I'm just asking you to give him a chance to proof to you that he is different than what we thought."

The room was very silent. No one even dared to breath as they looked at one another to see if anyone would leave. A slow smile made his way onto Harry's lips. He knew that none of them hated Draco enough to actually leave if it meant quitting their friendship with him. They were all good friends. Through good and bad times.

Then Hermione stood up. Harry's smile quickly fell as the brunet watched her walk away from the boy and- wait. She wasn't walking towards the girls dorms or the portrait. She was heading towards Draco and him. The brunette made her way closer to Harry and Malfoy. She came to a stop once she was standing directly in front of the blond, her hands on her hip and a stern expression on her face.

"I have seen first hand how happy you seem to make Harry and I know all to well that he's rarely ever been happy. I'm not going to go against that, but if you make so much as one wrong move I will hex your balls off before you can even think about saying your sorry. Understood?"

Draco gulped before nodding. Well that had gone better than Draco would have thought. He knew that the Gryffindors wouldn't welcome him with open arms, hell not even an open mind really, but he never would have thought Gr- Hermione would make such a generous first step towards him. She was, after all, the he had humiliated the most. Saying something against someone's finances was one thing, but downright calling someone unworthy of life because of their parents..? It was a wonder that she hadn't hexed off his balls already.

One after another the other Gryffindors got up and gave him similar threats but accepted him none the less. After a good ten minutes of threats and angry looks the seven seventeen-year-olds were sitting in the couches in the Gryffindor common room having a blast, but Draco still felt the gilt on his shoulders. All of the sudden he stood up and asked Hermione to follow him. Ron was skeptic, but Hermione told him not to worry. Draco ignored Harry's concerned look and walked out of the portrait with the brunette in tow. Once outside Draco closed the portrait and turned back to Hermione.

"I'm really sorry. For everything. I know that this doesn't really change anything. It doesn't change the fact that I insulted you, your family and your friends for a good seven years, but I needed to tell you that I'm really and truly sorry for all the things I did to you."

Ashamed of himself Draco looked down on the stone ground. Hermione was shocked. Sure Harry had said that Malfoy had changed, but she never would have expected it to such a big change. He wasn't calling Ron or Neville names, he didn't even sneer when Seamus told them how he had helped out his grandfather on his pig farm during summer holidays, which the Irish man had only told them because he wanted to get a rise out of Malfoy. Then when Malfoy had just gotten up and asked her to follow him she didn't know what to think.

And Hermione truly believed his apology to be genuine. Malfoy wasn't jocking around or biting his time with Harry. He was actually trying to make peace with Harry's friends which showed that he really was serious about their relationship. A smile crept its way onto Hermione's face as she stepped closer to the blond. She lay one hand on his shoulder and waited for him to look up. When Draco felt a hand on his shoulder he lifted his head and saw Hermione standing in front of him.

The brunette had a soft smile on her lips and her eyes were bright with happiness. The hand moved further to his back before he found himself being hugged by Hermione and he found that he didn't even mind that he was hugging a muggleborn. He had never had a problem with them. It had always been and always will be his father with the problem. Draco lifted his hands and hugged Hermione back. The girls smile widened and she lay her chin on the blond shoulder.

"I forgive you."

Hermione pulled away from Draco and smiled at him again. The blond smiled back and gave a short 'thank you'.

"Now try the same thing with Ronald just without the hugging."

Draco threw his head back and laughed for all the was worth. Hermione couldn't keep her own laughter in. The two of them were nearly rolling on the floor in laughter when the boys came outside to see what was taking Draco and Hermione so long. Ron was the first who came out of the portrait and when Draco and Hermione saw him they started laughing with new vigor.

Ron turned to the others and they looked just as shocked as he did though Harry had a gentle smile on his lips. Soon Draco and Hermione calmed down and Harry walked over to Draco and pulled him close. The blond blushed a little as Harry pecked his lips and rested his forehead against the blond's.

"I see you two get along greatly."

"Oh Harry we get along famously. At least now I have someone whom I can gossip about Ron with without it getting back to him."

Hermione winked at Draco and the blond chuckled a little before he turned to Ron who groaned like he had found out dinner and lunch were canceled for two weeks. The redhead looked at Harry and pouted.

"Harry stopped them from making fun of me."

Harry chuckled before he leaned close to Draco's ear to whisper something to him.

"I'm glad you and Hermione get along, but there will be no making fun of Ron... at least not in front of him otherwise I might have to punish you."

When he said it Harry grabbed Draco's bum and squeezed a little, it made Draco squeak and the boys fake throwing up. Harry rolled his eyes at his mates before he gave Draco another small kiss on the lips. Just as the blond was about to kiss back everyone froze.

"What do we have here?"

A/N: Okay this will be longer then I first thought, but that's not really bad now is it? Tell me what you thought of chapter 4...:D