Platform 9 3/4

As they all walked down the platform Dan rushed forward not making eye contact with anyone, he had barely even looked at Marcus since the kiss and he had done everything possible to make sure they didn't talk.

"Dan wait!" Marcus yelled as he ran after the Slytherin, but the cart he was pushing with all of his bags was weighing him down and Dan was nimble as he maneuvered through the crowd. By the time Marcus had reached the pillar Dan was already on the other side.

He sighed and Nile finally caught up with him breathing heavily "What's up with him? Everything okay between you two?" he gasped out.

Marcus didn't answer, he looked behind him and saw the Weasley family rushing towards them, "I'll tell you later." he said and they walked through the platform.

They got their stuff packed into the train and grabbed their pets, Nile had his new owl with him and Marcus had Nax curled into his pocket.

They climbed onto the train and looked for their friends, eventually they entered a car with tables instead of booths and saw all of their friends talking. Dan saw Marcus and immediately made a run for the door, completely ignoring his friends questions.

Marcus started towards the door to talk to his friend but he was blocked by Anna "Hey! How was Diagon Alley?" she asked and Marcus stopped dead. Did she know? Did Dan tell her?

"Uh it was fine, I need to talk to Dan." he said quickly before rushing past his girlfriend and into the next car.

He opened the door and scanned the booths for the older boy but couldn't find him. He ran a hand through his hair as he moved onto the next car, eventually he looked into one booth and found Hermione Granger sitting alone staring out the window.

"Hey Granger? You didn't see a guy run through here did you? Like he looked like he was running for his life? Dirty blonde hair? Kind of tall?" he asked and the girl looked at him and shook her head sadly.

"You didn't see Harry Potter or Ron Weasley did you?" she asked softly.

Marcus nodded "Saw the Weasleys on the platform right before we left, the muggle side."

She nodded and sighed before looking out the window, Marcus felt bad, he wanted to comfort the clearly upset student but he had a priority. Find Dan.

He rushed through the rest of the car and couldn't find him, he scratched his head in confusion as this was the last car but Dan was nowhere to be seen. Then he turned around and caught a glimpse of someone outside the window.

He recognized Dan's crazy hairstyle, he was in the very back of the train on the caboose balcony staring at the tracks. Marcus silently opened the door and walked towards his friend, he could hear sniffling and Dan wiped his eyes as he stared at the tracks.

"Stupid stupid STUPID!" he said angrily to himself as tears streamed down his cheeks.

"I hope you aren't talking about yourself." Marcus joked with a small smile, Dan gasped and turned around at his voice and quickly wiped the tears away.

"I have a thing I need to get to." he said standing up and tried to leave but Marcus blocked him, the year before Dan could have easily pushed him out of the way but ever since he hit a growth three weeks prior he was only an inch under Dan now.

"On a train? Going to Hogwarts? You have a thing you need to get to?" he asked and Dan glared at him with tear filled eyes before he turned and hugged himself.

"Go on laugh! Start laughing at the gay guy that kissed his best friend! Hey everyone isn't it hilarious how I kissed my best friend and ruined our friendship!" he shouted angrily to no one.

Marcus stepped forward and pulled him into a hug, Dan tried to fight but he had an iron grip and refused to let go. Eventually Dan stopped fighting and started crying again, soaking the younger boys shoulder with his tears.

"Stop beating yourself up Dan! I would never laugh at you and I would kill anyone that did! You didn't ruin our friendship I promise!" he said and Dan kept crying silently and wouldn't meet his eye.

"I...I'm sorry." he said in a barely audible and Marcus chuckled before pulling him into another hug which Dan hesitantly returned.

After a few seconds Marcus couldn't help it "I didn't exactly stop you anyway."

Dan pulled away with a confused look "You...you did pull away though?"

Marcus smiled and shook his head "The only reason I pulled away was because I didn't know how I felt about it Dan. It was a foreign feeling for me."

Dan nodded before he looked down again "And...what do you think about it?"

He stared into the boys green eyes "I don't know really. All I know is it felt...electric. Like a million volts of electricity running through me. I think...I think I liked it."

Dan grinned and then flicked his eyes down for a split second and Marcus realized just how close they were. They weren't hugging anymore, their hands were on each others waists and they were swaying as if dancing to invisible music.

"I think...maybe I'd like to...um..." Marcus mumbled something under his breath.

Dan leaned forward, a mischievous grin on his lips "What was that Marcus? I didn't catch that last part."

Marcus couldn't take it anymore and crashed his lips onto Dan's who eagerly returned it. They weren't sure how long they were kissing all they knew was the sun was gone replaced by the high pale moon.

When they finally pulled apart Dan was grinning like a lunatic and Marcus gave a small smile "Electric." was all he said.

They kissed again, a quick hesitant one before hugging.

"Oh...My...God!" a voice behind them said.

Marcus turned with a horrified expression as they looked at Sam staring at them with wide eyes.

Marcus gulped hard as he stared at his blabbermouth of a friend who couldn't keep a secret to save his life.

"Not good."

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