a/n: Hey everyone did you miss me? Yeah I missed me too! lol. I'm soooooo sorry this took so long to post. I am a bad writer ( If anyone out there is still reading this I thank you for being faithful. There will not be slash in this chapter and for that I sincerely apologize but I promise you there will be some in chapter 5.

Disclaimer: All of the lovely things you will encounter in this story belong to me (I'm not that lucky).

Warning: If you haven't figured this out yet, this story is a slash. Now if any of you out there find this not to be your cup of tea, the next two chaps should be safe and then you can take a quick break and I'll fill you in the a/n (actually next chapter doesn't look so good for the slash-haters either) but don't worry you won't miss much. As of right now I have yet to find that damnable creature that we call a plot. He sure is an evasive little bugger isn't he?

Title: A Fire Within Rating: R Pairing: RW/DM; HP/HG Spoiler: Harry Potter 1-4

Here goes Chapter 4: A Walk By The Lake ________________________________________________________________________

He didn't talk very much during dinner. He felt somewhat out of place to say the least. Look at those guys, he thought. The Mudblood, The Prince, The Pauper, and The Annoying Little Sister. Why didn't I Just go to NY? He looked at them with absolute loathing. He didn't really hate them, he just didn't know his destiny yet. When he was done eating, he went outside to admire the newly fallen snow and to just be alone. But he wasn't going to be alone for very long.

"You feeling better, Ron?" inquired Ginny.

"A bit, Gin. Thanks for asking."

"You know, Ron, if you're really not feeling well, you should go see Madame Pomfrey." said Hermione hopefully.

"Yeah, I'll go see her tomorrow. But right now I'm going to bed. G'night" He walked outside toward a spot in the forest that had always been special to him, hoping no one was following him. He sat down with his back to a tree and closed his eyes, deep in thought. He was soon interrupted by and all too familiar voice.

"Well, well. If it isn't the Weasel. Fancy meeting you here."

"Fuck off, Malfoy."

"So I take it you aren't too happy to see me."

"Why would I be happy to see you, of all people?"

"Oh I don't know, maybe because I understand exactly what you're going through right now."

"What in god's name are you talking about?"

"Oh I think you know precisely what I'm talking about."

"No, I really don't."

"Tsk tsk, denial is and ugly thing, Weasley. I had a bad case myself a while back."

"Denial? I'm not in denial.. Denial of what?"

"That's something I'll leave you to figure out for yourself. I thin I'll be leaving now. Think about what I said for now."

"What do you mean think about what you said? You barely said anything. Nothing worthwhile anyways."

But Malfoy didn't answer. He was slowly walking back towards the castle. Ron started thinking. What was he talking about? He's really been acting strangely lately. Then he got up and made his back to the castle, all the while trying to figure out what Malfoy had meant. When he reached the common room he was bombarded by questions from Ginny and Hermione.

"Where were you?" "You said you'd be here." "Hermione and I were really worried." "What were you thinking?"

"Now who's starting to sound like Mum, Gin? Calm down. I was feeling a bit restless so I took a walk. Why were you so worried anyways?"

"Well, you've been acting sort of weird lately. We jus didn't want you to do something stupid."

"I wouldn't have. I'm going to bed now, just so you know."

He climbed the stairs to his dormitory and opened the door. "Jeeze, Harry, can you believe those girls? They get so upset about everything." But Harry had already fallen asleep. Ron went to the bathroom to wash up. Then he changed into his pajamas. He climbed into bed and was just about to fall asleep when it hit him.

"Malfoy knows I'm gay!" ________________________________________________________________________

a/n: Dun Dun Dun! (scary dramatic chords) What will become of our beloved Weasley? Will he tell his friends what is bothering him? Does Malfoy really know he's gay? Am I finally going to get around to putting some slash or maybe a plot in this story? Tune in next time for the next exciting episode of "A Fire Within" For anyone who didn't read this chappy will be happy to know that nothing of any importance happened. Ron is gay and depressed. He goes for a walk, Draco found out, and Hermione and Ginny were worried. You didn't really miss anything.

Thank you's go out to Tia (slash is coming, not to worry), Gwen (the reviewer formerly known as nodoubt13), Coke Jolt, and queen.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Helga Of Wurm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~