I am truly sorry everyone after I posted my last chapter the holidays were here and that took up two day of my time then I ended up getting really sick from a spider bite and had to go to the hospital. Im doing good now and I plan on getting back to posting at least twice a week. I know this is a small chapter so im going to try and get another one up tomorrow to make up for it. I thank you all so much for your comments and reviews. As always please feel free to let me know your thoughts or ideas.

Chapter 9

Blake wasn't seen for the rest of the day or the following day either. Draco had tried multiple times to get into the hospital ward to at least ask how the boy was doing, and each time he had been stopped. After his last time of going up there and about blasting the door open his God father had jerked him up by the collar of his robes and drug him back to his room, threw him in said room, and trapped him in it. A few hours later Blaise showed up took down the wards (apparently Severus told him how because Draco didn't have a clue, he'd never seen these wards before) and walked in with food.

"Is he ok?" was all the blond had to say. Blaise looked up and sighed, he hated the dead look in his friends eyes.

"Yes he's doing perfectly fine, he told me to tell you to stop throwing a tantrum before you get an unlimited amount of detentions or expelled" Draco sat up quickly and shot him an accusing look.

"You got to see him!"

"Yes, Draco, I did I'm his closest friend right now that's ALLOWED to be near him right now. At least Until we figure out how to fix this issue of you being near him. Just know he's almost as bad as you are right now since he can't be around you" Blaise looked down with a sad look. This was not fair to either of them after all they had been through, they should have what they want.

Draco sat back against his pillows and sighed then reached over to the tray of food and started eating. Happy it was just a simple sandwich and chips he knew his stomach wouldn't take anything else. The two sat silently each replaying the past two days and thinking of the days to come.

"Well at least I can see and talk to him in class" Draco said taking a drink of water from his cup by the bed.

"Actually, you'll see him, you're not to talk to him or be within twenty feet of him" the Italian said slowly waiting for the out burst that was sure to come.

It never came Blaise looked over to Draco, he jumped up and quickly round the bed and took Draco into his arms and hugged him, slightly rocking back and forth. The heart break in the boy's eyes along with the tears sliding down his face was Blaise's undoing with this whole situation, oath be damned! Blake thought he was protecting himself, Draco, and others by doing what he was doing but he wasn't. He was harming himself and Draco the two people who mattered in this whole scenario. And he wouldn't be any kind of friend if he let it continue, he was going to end this and as soon as possible. Blaise pulled back and shook Draco hard enough to get him to look up.

"Your done with the tears Draco, you always figure out a way and that's what you need to do now" he took a breath and chose his words carefully " Your… happiness is right in front of you. It has been this whole time. Now do something about it!"

Draco stared at his friend and schooled his face into his normal mask then smirked. Blaise was right he could figure this out this isn't the first time he had been denied his favorite toy, and he always got what he wanted, this time he had back up.

"Your right Zabini, would you happen to have any ideas?" the Blond asks with a sinister smile which Blaise returned.

" Actually dearest Draco I and three others were wondering if you wanted to have a meeting. I mean really between the two smartest people in our year we should figure it out"

Dracos eyebrows drew together in thought. The two smartest people in…. then it hit him, the Italian was talking about Hermione and that meant the other two would be Ron and Pansy. What confused him most was why the two Gryffindors wanted to help. Yes, over the past few days they had become a more prominent part of their group, but he didn't think it was enough for them to actually want to help. Unless Blaise and Pansy were making them. Apparently, that thought was written all over the blonds face because the next thing he knew he was being hit with a pillow to the face.

"We didn't threaten or force them into helping. If I was honest, Pansy and I were forced into letting them help. Ron actually held a first year captive until someone let them in. Hermione was very Slytherin with her part. She told the poor child that no one would believe that they had held him captive because they were part of the group to help 'Save the world' and it was his word against theirs. I think Pansy actually fell even harder in love with the girl or came in her panties I'm not sure" Blaise and Draco both shuddered at that last part.

"Wait you said until someone let them in, so they're in the snake pit right now?!"

Blaise didn't get to answer because at that time Pansy threw the door open and stood to the side as a red faced Ron came stomping in along with a serious Hermione. Pansy mouthed 'sorry' to the blond from behind them as they all made their way to Dracos bed and stopped. The two Gryffindors crossed their arms and glared at Draco.

"Draco Lucius Malfoy as long as I've known you I would have figured you were smarter than this. Really threatening teachers and almost getting expelled!" the bushy haired banshee screeched.

" Yeah Malfoy that's something I would do not you. The least you could have done was come find us and we would have happily helped" Ron grumbled out.

The three snakes looked on in utter confusion not believing the two were really here trying to help. Draco opened his mouth a few times, but nothing came out. Blaise had a blank look to his eyes like his brain had shut down. Pansy was the one to finally get something out where the other two had lost their speaking capabilities.

"Ron, Hermione, no offense but we never went to you all about anything before, why would we now?" Pansy said slowly.

Hermione spun around face going bright read and glared at the black haired girl, and Draco felt scared for his friend in that moment.

"Did we or did we not say we were Friends Pansy?" she screeched again. "That means when there's major issues that effects our friends lives we need to all work together to fix it, because lord knows no one else is thinking straight" she finished throwing her hands up then slid onto the bed.

The room was silent for a while everyone taking in the situation. Obviously the noble Lions had staked their claim on the four Slytherins and now considered them theirs. Which none of them were used to the only ones they ever trusted were each other the rest of their house was cut throat. It was a lot to take in and they would take longer to adjust to it and learn to trust them, but at this point Draco would do what ever he could and take whatever help he could to keep Blake.

"Look this is going to take getting use to and we're going to fall into old habits, we've only ever had each other. But we will try, and I'm willing to do anything to get Blake back at this point" Draco said quietly, his head hung.

He looked up when he felt a hand on his knee and met the eyes of the two Gryffindors who were smiling at him. Blaise and pansy next to them smiling too.

"That is all we will ask, and we are willing to do anything to get him back to you. That's why we're here if there's one thing we're good at its sneaking around and figuring out a crisis" Hermione finished with a laugh. Ron just grumbled an agreement behind her.

All five teens squeezed onto Dracos bed and got settled in for a long night of planning.

"So first we need to know all the stipulations and what we will be able to do and not do." Hermione started out. Blaise piped in then since he was the only one to know it all.

"First no contact physically Draco and Blake will not be allowed to be within 20 feet of each other. They can be in the same room but that is about it. Blake will be placed in his own private room that only the head mistress, Snape, and I will know the whereabouts of. Before you ask no I can not tell you where it is or take you to it, they have taken precautions on this" he said through gritted teeth.

"Holy shit why not send him to Azkaban he'd have more freedom there" Ron shouted becoming irate.

"I agree, but if his health is that bad, he shouldn't probably be here though" Pansy said

"Its not really his HEALTH" Blaise started but quickly shut his mouth with a pained look. "I cant say more but I can say his health is very good"

Hermione sat there silently thinking of if anything she had read would come to mind for this situation, but noting was clicking into place.

"Well you cant talk to him but no one said anything about writing to him" she finally said. "I know its not ideal but you'll still be able to communicate to one another while we try and figure out how to help whatever is wrong with him and fix it"

"That's brilliant Granger" Pansy squealed "Its romantic in a way, you'll get to know one another better by talking then when the day finally comes you can be together"

Draco, Blaise, and Ron all looked at the two stary eyed girls in a hint of disgust.

"Well romance aside it's a start" Draco said still not liking not being able to touch Blake, but it was better than losing him all together.

"We can all take turns back and forth hanging out with Blake and Draco. And we can pass the notes back and forth between the two of them" Ron added. "I don't think it would be a good idea to let anyone know you all are communicating at all right now. I have a feeling they would make that stop too" the red head finished.

"That's a really good idea Ron, I'm impressed" Hermione said, and everyone laughed.

Draco stared on as the four others carried on talking and picking at each other though Ron mainly took the brunt of it. He smiled to himself, months ago he never would have pictured himself here with friends, especially calling Ron and Hermione friends. But he felt right, he felt happy, not complete though he only had that feeling once two nights ago as he laid in bed with the beautiful brown haired dule color eyed boy he had fallen for. He knew this was going to be a hard road, but he also knew the people sitting here on his bed would bring him through it come hell or high water.