Old Enemies Reunite
A/N: And here is the next chapter. I had a lot of fun writing this one and I hope you enjoy it as much. I'll try and upload the next one pretty soon. Hope you are enjoying reading the chapters :) Happy Reading :) Disclaimer: Harry Potter and its character lies with J.K. Rowling even if I wish with all my heart that I at least owned one or two of them but then that is known as Wishful Thinking.
Standing on the door was none other than Draco Malfoy. Ron's face turned rose red from its normal pale in no time if that was even possible. The rest of the residents were in a much better state. Though they were shocked, they were not angry. Hermione who the first one to break out of her stupor made her way to stand beside her husband. Draco who was still standing patiently at the door decided to break the silence.
"Ron and Hermione, I would like to thank you both for inviting Scorpius to stay with you for the vacation. It was very grateful of you."
Just when Hermione was about to invite Draco and Scorpius who had almost gone unnoticed when they heard a loud THUD and the next thing they saw was Ron lying on the floor unconscious.
After 5 minutes Ron woke up in a blur of red and black. As his eyes accustomed themselves, he was able to see his family members who were surrounding the couch on which he lay. Sitting up and turning to Hermione he said, " 'Mione, you have no idea what a weird dream I had. I saw that Malfoy was standing at our door and was actually polite. Can you believe it?"
Looking slightly uncomfortable, Hermione replied, " Um actually Ron, you weren't dreaming." And then she moved aside to so that Ron could see Draco Malfoy who was sitting on the couch opposite to his with his trademark smirk in place.
"Bloody Hell! What is he doing here?"
"Look Ron as I said earlier I am grateful that he are having Scorpius and you are not letting the grudge between us come in the way of our children's friendship."
"Ok. Malfoy! What are you playing at?"
Heaving a sigh Draco replied, " Can we talk alone for a minute?"
Ron was about to refuse when he saw the look on Hermione's face. And boy that was enough for him to change his mind.
"Fine. Let's go outside."
And then both the men left while rest of the Weasleys and Potters were left to figure out what happened.
While the others engaged themselves back in their activities and tried and act as normal as possible, Rose, Albus and Scorpius were sitting in Albus' room which Scorpius was going to share.
"What do you think they are doing?" Rose asked as she bit on her lower lip nervously.
"I just hope they are talking and not trying to hex each other into oblivion." Scorpius sighed and sat next to Rose on the bed. Both Draco and Ron had been gone for the past 2 hours and now it was almost time for lunch.
"But when Uncle Ron fainted, that was hilarious." Al said and then all the three thirteen year olds were rolling on the floor laughing. By the time they were able to recollect themselves, they heard a knock on the door and then Ginny Potter stuck her head in the room to tell them that lunch was ready.
When they reached downstairs they all seemed to be discussing the same topic.
"And did you see Ron's expression when he woke up?" George asked as he passed Percy the rolls.
"Yes but my favorite part was when Uncle Ron fainted." Fred piped in while James tried to control the pumpkin juice from coming out of his nose as he remembered the scene from earlier.
"Well I know that it was amusing but where are Ron and Draco. They have been gone for a longtime?" a worried Hermione asked.
"Don't worry Hermione, it's lunchtime and Ron would be here any minute. You know how much he loves to eat." Harry replied. And as if just on cue there was a knock on the door. Hermione opened it with the flourish of her wand and in entered both Ron and Draco laughing about something that Ron was saying, " And just when I was about to – her look lunch is ready. Why don't you stay Draco? Mum cooks the best food in this world. "
"I don't want to intrude. I just came to drop Scorpius and now I think I should be going."
"No. You are not intruding and we can continue our conversation too."
Both Draco and Ron sat on the dining table to a very stunned audience. While most of their mouths were open in shock, James who was sitting directly opposite to Ron on the table fell of his chair when he saw Ron passing the pumpkin juice to Draco. This seemed to break everyone out of their stance and started eating. Every once in a while the adults had polite conversation with Draco and when Harry started talking about the upcoming Quidditch World Cup the table and soon the table turned from its uncertain and shock state into the usual chirpy and noisy one.
Eventhough it was too noisy for his taste, Draco liked sitting with the Weasleys – Potters. The familial bonds were so strong and tight amongst them that he thought they perfectly represented the picture of a happy family. He felt a pang of envy seeing how close this family was in comparison to his. Though they had changed after the war, the general courtesy which seemed extremely formal in comparison to the Weasleys demeanor couldn't bring them as close as this clan.
Draco and Scorpius' relationship was just like the relation Ron shared with Hugo and Harry with his sons. Draco had made sure that his son didn't have to experience the type of childhood that he had to go through. He had tried his level best to be the kind of father he never got and if truth be told he had been completely successful. The only difference was the love and care both Mr. and Mrs. Weasley showed towards their family. Lucius who was still high on the pure blood mania had never been the ideal father and had also failed to step in the shoes of a decent grandfather.
When Scorpius was growing up , Lucius tried his best to pass on his pureblood theory to his grandson in the hopes that he would return the Malfoy name to its glories and carry their ideologies forward. But Draco was able to keep his son away from him and that had not gone down pretty well with Lucius. After Scorpius' sorting into Gryffindor, the flicker of hopes that had still remained in the heart of Lucius were now diminished and after knowing that his grandson was associating with the likes of Weasleys and Potter had been the last straw for him and he had distanced himself as far away from Scorpius and Draco as possible. And to be honest, Draco was highly pleased with this arrangement.
Seeing how Scorpius had found another family in the form of Weasleys and Potters though had itched him earlier but now he had come to terms with it and watching him laugh with his two best friends made him feel proud and happy at the same time. He had been worried that his and Ron's grudge might come in between their friendship and that is why he had accompanied Scorpius to the Burrow. He had been a little anxious about their reaction to his arrival but he had never imagined it would be this comical. And after his talk with Ron, all his worries had been erased and now if he looked at it this way he had also made a new friend in Ron.
After finishing the desserts, Draco stood up and thanked Mrs. Weasley for the generous meal and then turned to Ron and Hermione and thanked them and even hugged Ron. Bidding goodbye to his son and giving him instructions to behave like a cultured child and not turn into an hooligan he disapparated with a pop.
When Ron turned around after seeing off his guest he was taken aback by the curious expression on each and every family member including Hugo and Lily. When his eyes came and rest on Hermione, she raised one of her delicate eyebrows with her hands on her hip.
"Ron care to fill us all in as how you and Draco turned from hating each other to becoming almost best friends in another? I'm highly curious."
All the others nodded along and Ron said, " And how is that a problem?"
"It's not a problem. We all our just curious. "
"Fine. Let's sit in the living room and talk. Come children, Uncle Ron will tell you the story of how Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy became friends."
Laughing all of them followed him towards the living room and settled down. When they were all ready and turned their attention towards Ron.
"So?" Harry asked indicating him to start his story.
"Well here it goes….."
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