By: Princess Amorina Weasley
Disclaimer: All names that sound familiar do not belong to me (though I do wish I could borrow Ron alone sometime hmm) they belong to the great J.K. Rowling (who would be even greater if she would finish with the fifth book!!) and I am borrowing them for my story. Thank you so much Mrs. Rowling (hmm I wonder what her name is now that she got remarried??)
The two friends walked into her house laughing hysterically at some small joke he had made about a duck and a bar, both friends eyes sparkling. The joke wasn't particularly funny and the two wouldn't usually have laughed at it but tonight they would do a lot of things they wouldn't usually do. Hermione had been invited to go to one of her Muggle friends sweet sixteen birthday party and she had invited Harry to go with her to make herself feel more comfortable being around a bunch of 16 year old Muggles and to get him out of his horrible relative's house. She had invited Ron but his mother didn't want him going off unattended to a Muggle party having heard horror stories from other witches about normal teenagers.
Hermione and Harry hadn't really been alone much since the previous Christmas when she and Ron had started dating. It had taken them until they're sixth year to figure out they should be together. They had been having their annual Christmas snowball fight before lunch (which wasn't so fun without Fred and George) running around when both fell down, Ron landing on top of Hermione. He looked into her big brown eyes and instantly decided to kiss her, she kissed him back but then suddenly he ran inside. After Christmas dinner she cornered him and they sat in a far off corner of the common room talking. They both admitted to being crazy about each other and having been so since the first year.
It might have been that he was inspired by his friends sudden admittance of feelings for one another or the fact that he'd found someone with whom to share his feelings, but either way it was not long after Hermione and Ron got together that Harry revealed his secret. Harry admitted that he in fact would rather kiss guys than girls, needless to say quite a few hearts were broken including Ginny's who had been starting to think that Harry truly liked her. This fact is most likely what eased Ron's mind about letting his girlfriend go off alone with another guy. If the fact of Harry coming out was not shocking enough the fact that Hermione and Ron (who themselves were looking for a good place to snog) walked in on him and Draco Malfoy of all people snogging in an empty classroom late one night. They were forced into secrecy by the fact that Draco was not yet brave enough to come out to anyone but Harry, and these two only because they had discovered them.
Harry and Draco had gotten in trouble in Snape's class two weeks before Christmas, for cursing each other (Snape for once was unable to allow Draco to get off Scott-free by the fact that Professor McGonagall walked in just as Draco uttered his curse). They were both given a detention cleaning up the Potions class-room, as Snape had no desire to interrupt Malfoy's torture of Harry he stayed clear that night after telling them what to do. As they worked Draco uttered insults at Harry and Harry uttered them right back. But during the night Harry caught himself looking up at Draco and thinking about his beautiful blonde hair, his seductively pale skin, and his delightful gray eyes. WHAT!! How can I think of Draco that way? I'm not gay and if I was I wouldn't look at Draco, but suddenly he noticed Draco looking at him the same way he'd seen Ginny look at him. Before he knew it the two of them were tangled on the ground in a sea of gentle, sweet kisses. They saw each other several times over the next two weeks, with hidden kisses and public arguments. Finally the day after Christmas, the day after Ron and Hermione got together he told his friends and anybody else who was in earshot that he was gay. He did not however inform them of who his secret lover was for protection of Draco's privacy, until of course the two walked in on them.
But tonight, the night of her friends birthday party, both friends were quite happy to have a night alone, well at least away from their lovers distractions. A night for just them, they were planning on going to her house after the party to watch videos and talk about how their lives had changed. Her parents were away but they trusted Harry since they knew about his preference. The party had been a blast but there had been something in the mix that they hadn't counted on, something that changed the whole evening.
Hermione's Muggle friends were typical teenagers and it turned out that one of them had spiked the punch. Harry and Hermione were dancing quite a bit and therefore working up quite a thirst. Both teens took in way more punch than they should have and consequently when they got to Hermione's house they were both quite tippy, but not so much as to not know what they were doing completely. They were quiet while they started watching the movie, but eventually Hermione looked up and saw that she was alone with a guy, forgetting for the moment that he was gay and that she had a boyfriend, she kissed him. He resisted at first, but then he allowed himself to be kissed. They walked and kissed awkwardly toward her bedroom to the perfect little bed. As they kissed he thought about Draco, and thought 'Hey nobody will ever know, and I'm interested to know what it's like with a girl.' She thought of Ron and thought 'He'll never find out, it's just one night, and I shan't pretend I've never thought about this'. She ran her fingers through his messy black hair as he undid the buttons on her blouse and discovered what was hidden beneath it. 'This is nice, perhaps I'm not completely gay,' he thought happily as he kissed her. The two friends finally gave into their desires and did what Hermione had only dreamed about doing with Ron and what was completely different from what Harry got from Draco (though not copmletely better). Finally they lay in Hermione's bed and feel asleep.