!$!$! Wow...so I just updated the last chapter about an hour ago and I'm starting to write again! I'm just that bored! So thanx to Courtney I think I know just how everyone of the family members are going to react when Ron attempts to tell them! Well... here I go again....!$!$!
Ron and Draco laid in the meadow for some time kissing and watching the clouds go by. "Draco?" Ron said wrapping himself in the blonde's arm and snuggling up against him. "Yeah baby?" Draco responded, wrapping his other arm around the redhead.
"I want to tell my family." Ron said with a sigh. "I want to tell them as soon as possible."
"Are you sure?" Draco asked, kissing Ron on the head.
"Yes, I'll tell them all at once. It'll be easier... I hope."
"Everything will be fine, Ron, because no matter what, I'll always be here."
Later, after dinner, Ron walked to his parents' bedroom. "Mum?" he asked with a soft knock. "Come in, dear!" he did so and found his mother writing a letter at a desk. His father wasn't in the room, and he was glad, he only wanted to talk to one person.
"There's something I need to talk to you about, mum." he said, sitting down next to her.
"Oh, well you have my full attention, Ronnie."
He blushed at his mother's pet name for him and took a deep breathe. "No, I want to tell the whole family. I want to have a family meeting tomorrow, and I want Percy to be there too." he finished, hoping his mother wouldn't be mad about inviting Percy. He knew that they had somewhat mad up since the minister of magic found out about Voldemort, but things still weren't well between Percy and the rest of the family.
"Well, you're in luck. I happen to be writing to him right now. I'll invite him to dinner, and afterwards you can tell us whatever it is you need to... would you mind checking on Ginny? She's supposed to be in bed, she has a doctors appointment early tomorrow, make sure she's in bed."
"Sure mum." he kissed his mother on the cheek and made his way down the stairs towards Ginny and Hermione's bedroom. Harry was standing in front of the door with his head leaned against it. "Harry, mate, what are you doing?" Ron laughed.
"Hermione won't let me in. She left me hanging earlier and now she won't talk to me. I don't even know why she's mad!" Harry sighed and slid down to the floor.
"I'll find out for you." he laughed again and knocked on the door. "Ginny, Hermione, it's me." Hermione opened the door slightly and when she saw that it was Ron she let him in and shut it quickly before Harry to make his way in.
"What's wrong with you two?" Ron asked, sitting by his sister's feet on her bed.
"I'm not going to talk to him until he gets over his grudge with Draco. I can't stand it anymore. Tell him that he and I are on probation until he comes to his senses." she smiled sweetly and climbed into her bed.
"Okay then..." Ron laughed and turned to Ginny. "You better get some sleep to. Don't forget about your check up tomorrow." He kissed her forehead and left the room.
"So?" Harry asked as soon as Ron closed the door.
"Shh.. they're trying to sleep. Come one." they walked to their bed room where Draco was reading a book. Harry rolled his eyes at the sight of him. "See Harry! That's what you need to stop. Hermione said you two are broken up until you quit acting like a jackass towards Draco. At least someone's on my side."
"I am on your side Ron! Just not his!" Harry defended.
"He is my side, Harry. I love him, and if you're my friend you'll support me. I'm going to need it..." he gulped and walked over to Draco's bed. "I'm telling my family tomorrow night." Draco beamed at him and put down his book. "I'm so proud of you, baby." he kissed Ron and pushed him down on the bed. They continued to kiss, which pissed Harry off, considering they were in the middle of a conversation, so he walked out of the room. After slamming the door he down the stairs and walked down the hallway into the sitting room.
"Oh, Hi Remus." Harry smiled when he saw his older friend sitting on the couch reading a magazine.
"Harry boy, what are you doing up at this hour?" he responded.
"Oh come on Remus, you're not Professor Lupin anymore... and it's the summer!"
"Yes, yes. I guess I have no control over you. However, you do look like some rest would do you good."
"Yeah well, if the love birds weren't busy up there maybe I could get some sleep."
"Oh, so they've told you about that?"
"Yeah, I kind of caught them snogging my first night here. Hermione knows too. Ron's planning on telling his family tomorrow night, who knows how that will go."
"At least he'll have his best friend by his side to help him through it."
"Yeah..."
"What's wrong Harry?"
"Well... I don't know if I should help him."
"Harry, why wouldn't you? You two aren't fighting again are you?"
"No, it's me and Hermione that are fighting. My whole world is falling apart. Oh and yet again it all happens to be because of Draco Malfoy."
"It doesn't seem fair to blame him Harry. Draco seems like a nice boy. I too know how he used to be. He's changed. You know that I've become closer to Ron, and he's shared a lot with me. I know that there are a lot of times in the past that he didn't agree with what you were doing, but he went along with it anyway. It's because he cares for you Harry. You need to give Draco the benefit of the doubt, and let Ron be happy."
"Everyone tells me that, but it's easier said than done."
"Just pretend Harry, and soon you'll actually be okay with him." Remus laughed. "Kind of like me and Severus. I was forced to put up with him because he's part of the order, so I played nice, but now he and I are actually getting along."
"Okay, that's just scary." Harry tried not to laugh. "I'll try it, thanks Remus."
The next night Ron walked nervously into the kitchen with Draco by his side. He looked about the table. Percy had indeed showed up. He had his head held high and his hands folded properly. Remus, Kingsley, Tonks, Snape, Mad Eye Moody, and Dumbledore had all also shown up for dinner that night. Mad Eye smelled his food suspiciously before eating it, and only drank from his hip flask.
"Draco, I'm glad to see that you've been getting along with your peers." Dumbledore said happily.
"I, for one, think that it's despicable that you have set him up in a place like this with these...children... he's used to better things." Snape said dully.
"No, I enjoy it here. Thank you Professor Dumbledore." Draco said politely, shocking most of the people at the table.
"Personably, I think that the child should have been placed in foster care. It would have happened to any other child. Dumbledore favors people too much." Percy said, as if the head master wasn't in the room.
"Actually," came another voice, causing everyone to look around in suspicion. "I have never seen Dumbledore here leave a child with strangers. He helped me out when I was just a lad, and he's done the same thing ter Malfoy."
"Hagrid!!!" All of the teens (besides Draco) screamed and lunged themselves at him. "Sorry I'm late, I hope you don't mind another guest Molly. I just love them biscuits yah make!"
"Not at all Hagrid, come and sit down."
Unfortunately for Ron, dinner finally ended and the other guests went about with their business. Harry, Hermione, Draco, and Remus stuck around which caused Percy to get pretty mad. "I thought this was supposed to be a -family- meeting?!"
"W-well... it is. I want them to be here though."
"Get on with it then, I have a ton of paper work to get done!" Percy complained.
"Calm yourself Percy, let the boy talk!" Remus chimed in and smiled at Ron.
Ron cleared his throat and began his hardest task ever.
"Mom, dad, brothers, and sister." he smiled at Ginny. "There's something very important that I've been needing to tell you. The other that are here tonight already know about this, and they are perfectly fine with it... at least for the most part." he frowned at Harry. "This is something that has changed my life drastically and it would mean the world to me to have your support. I know that some of you will have a problem with this, but as my family I feel you deserve to know that... t-that... I... I-I'm..."
"Go on Ron, you can do it." Hermione cheered him on.
"I feel you deserve to know that I'm gay." he said quickly and waited for his family's reaction. They all just stared at him. Fred and George began to laugh, as if it was all a joke. Ron felt himself getting angry.
"This is serious! And not only am I gay. But Draco is my boyfriend!"
Now he got some reactions. His favorite one being from Ginny who giggled and gave her youngest brother the thumbs up. Percy however didn't find it cute.
"You are gay and you are dating the son of Death Eaters?! This is absolutely unacceptable! I knew this family was messed up, but I never believed it would go this far! Please rethink this horribly wrong choice. I need to finish that paper work. Goodbye!" he stood up, his nose in the air, and walked out of the room.
Ron looked at the rest of his family, hoping to get better reactions. His parents were shocked stiff, and Charlie seemed to be thinking hard. Bill had his fists clenched and finally blurted out, "That menacing bastard is using his father's tactics to brainwash Ron into being his lover! I'll kill him!" He stood up and stomped towards Draco.
Ron jumped in front of his boyfriend and held out a hand. "Please, Bill, think rationally! Do not ever hurt Draco!" Bill looked into Ron's eyes. They were filling with tears. He reluctantly returned to his seat and pounded his fist onto the table.
"Mum, Dad?" Ron felt that their acceptance was the most important.
"Well, if you're happy, I suppose that's all that matters." his father finally spoke up.
"Arthur, do you think it's wise to allow him to continue this?!" Mrs. Weasley said in a commanding tone.
"Molly, we'll talk about this later. You're not going to control me this time, I think that Ron should be allowed to be with whoever he wants. Even if it is a guy, and a Malfoy. The boy does seem a lot more polite these days."
"I agree with father," Charlie finally said. "I've always kind of suspected that Ronnie would turn out like this. Sure, it's a little shocking that it's with Malfoy. God, I always thought it would be Harry."
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!" Harry and Ron yelled together.
The twins started cracking up. "This is the best family meeting ever!" Fred chuckled.
"It's priceless!!!" George joined in.
"It's not funny you two! They are adorable. I'm happy for you Ron!" Ginny stuck up for him and gave him a hug. Then she whispered in his ear, "At least he's super cute!" Ron smiled and looked back to his parents. They were muttering to each other out of the corner of their mouths. Molly looked angry, and Arthur tried to stay calm, but it seemed as if he was loosing the battle.
Bill finally released his fists and started breathing normal again. "If he hurts you Ron, I'll kill him with my own bare hands! Let that be a warning to you, Malfoy. I'm going to sleep." he said and walked out of the room.
"I think we should all go to sleep, we'll discuss this tomorrow." Molly said, shooing the children off to bed. Remus bid goodnight to them and stayed behind to try and convince Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Ginny and Hermione both hugged Ron and kissed him on the cheek before going to their bed room.
"This is great!" the twins laughed before apparating from the stairs to their bedroom, in order to get there faster. The other three boys walked into their bedroom and each sat down on their own beds. Harry hesitated, but finally walked over to Ron and sat across from him.
"I'm proud of you Ron. That was a very brave thing you did. I hope that your mother, Bill, and Percy come around. You did the right thing." he said with a half smile.
Ron smiled back, and for the first time in his life, hugged his best friend. Harry pulled away and walked over to Draco's bed, then sat across from the blonde. "I'm sorry. I accept that you've changed, and I suppose it wouldn't be so bad if we did try to become friends. However, I must say that I am on Bill's side, and I will help him kill you if you ever hurt Ron." he held out a hand for Draco to shake.
Draco smiled and giggled softly. He swatted Harry's hand out of the way and embraced the boy who lived. "Thank you, Harry." Harry walked back to his bed and hid a smile. "Well, now that we are all friends, let's get some sleep before your mom breathes fire on us, Ron!"
Ron laughed and said goodnight to Harry before slipping off into Draco's bed. With a kiss they fell asleep, full of hope.
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Ron and Draco laid in the meadow for some time kissing and watching the clouds go by. "Draco?" Ron said wrapping himself in the blonde's arm and snuggling up against him. "Yeah baby?" Draco responded, wrapping his other arm around the redhead.
"I want to tell my family." Ron said with a sigh. "I want to tell them as soon as possible."
"Are you sure?" Draco asked, kissing Ron on the head.
"Yes, I'll tell them all at once. It'll be easier... I hope."
"Everything will be fine, Ron, because no matter what, I'll always be here."
Later, after dinner, Ron walked to his parents' bedroom. "Mum?" he asked with a soft knock. "Come in, dear!" he did so and found his mother writing a letter at a desk. His father wasn't in the room, and he was glad, he only wanted to talk to one person.
"There's something I need to talk to you about, mum." he said, sitting down next to her.
"Oh, well you have my full attention, Ronnie."
He blushed at his mother's pet name for him and took a deep breathe. "No, I want to tell the whole family. I want to have a family meeting tomorrow, and I want Percy to be there too." he finished, hoping his mother wouldn't be mad about inviting Percy. He knew that they had somewhat mad up since the minister of magic found out about Voldemort, but things still weren't well between Percy and the rest of the family.
"Well, you're in luck. I happen to be writing to him right now. I'll invite him to dinner, and afterwards you can tell us whatever it is you need to... would you mind checking on Ginny? She's supposed to be in bed, she has a doctors appointment early tomorrow, make sure she's in bed."
"Sure mum." he kissed his mother on the cheek and made his way down the stairs towards Ginny and Hermione's bedroom. Harry was standing in front of the door with his head leaned against it. "Harry, mate, what are you doing?" Ron laughed.
"Hermione won't let me in. She left me hanging earlier and now she won't talk to me. I don't even know why she's mad!" Harry sighed and slid down to the floor.
"I'll find out for you." he laughed again and knocked on the door. "Ginny, Hermione, it's me." Hermione opened the door slightly and when she saw that it was Ron she let him in and shut it quickly before Harry to make his way in.
"What's wrong with you two?" Ron asked, sitting by his sister's feet on her bed.
"I'm not going to talk to him until he gets over his grudge with Draco. I can't stand it anymore. Tell him that he and I are on probation until he comes to his senses." she smiled sweetly and climbed into her bed.
"Okay then..." Ron laughed and turned to Ginny. "You better get some sleep to. Don't forget about your check up tomorrow." He kissed her forehead and left the room.
"So?" Harry asked as soon as Ron closed the door.
"Shh.. they're trying to sleep. Come one." they walked to their bed room where Draco was reading a book. Harry rolled his eyes at the sight of him. "See Harry! That's what you need to stop. Hermione said you two are broken up until you quit acting like a jackass towards Draco. At least someone's on my side."
"I am on your side Ron! Just not his!" Harry defended.
"He is my side, Harry. I love him, and if you're my friend you'll support me. I'm going to need it..." he gulped and walked over to Draco's bed. "I'm telling my family tomorrow night." Draco beamed at him and put down his book. "I'm so proud of you, baby." he kissed Ron and pushed him down on the bed. They continued to kiss, which pissed Harry off, considering they were in the middle of a conversation, so he walked out of the room. After slamming the door he down the stairs and walked down the hallway into the sitting room.
"Oh, Hi Remus." Harry smiled when he saw his older friend sitting on the couch reading a magazine.
"Harry boy, what are you doing up at this hour?" he responded.
"Oh come on Remus, you're not Professor Lupin anymore... and it's the summer!"
"Yes, yes. I guess I have no control over you. However, you do look like some rest would do you good."
"Yeah well, if the love birds weren't busy up there maybe I could get some sleep."
"Oh, so they've told you about that?"
"Yeah, I kind of caught them snogging my first night here. Hermione knows too. Ron's planning on telling his family tomorrow night, who knows how that will go."
"At least he'll have his best friend by his side to help him through it."
"Yeah..."
"What's wrong Harry?"
"Well... I don't know if I should help him."
"Harry, why wouldn't you? You two aren't fighting again are you?"
"No, it's me and Hermione that are fighting. My whole world is falling apart. Oh and yet again it all happens to be because of Draco Malfoy."
"It doesn't seem fair to blame him Harry. Draco seems like a nice boy. I too know how he used to be. He's changed. You know that I've become closer to Ron, and he's shared a lot with me. I know that there are a lot of times in the past that he didn't agree with what you were doing, but he went along with it anyway. It's because he cares for you Harry. You need to give Draco the benefit of the doubt, and let Ron be happy."
"Everyone tells me that, but it's easier said than done."
"Just pretend Harry, and soon you'll actually be okay with him." Remus laughed. "Kind of like me and Severus. I was forced to put up with him because he's part of the order, so I played nice, but now he and I are actually getting along."
"Okay, that's just scary." Harry tried not to laugh. "I'll try it, thanks Remus."
The next night Ron walked nervously into the kitchen with Draco by his side. He looked about the table. Percy had indeed showed up. He had his head held high and his hands folded properly. Remus, Kingsley, Tonks, Snape, Mad Eye Moody, and Dumbledore had all also shown up for dinner that night. Mad Eye smelled his food suspiciously before eating it, and only drank from his hip flask.
"Draco, I'm glad to see that you've been getting along with your peers." Dumbledore said happily.
"I, for one, think that it's despicable that you have set him up in a place like this with these...children... he's used to better things." Snape said dully.
"No, I enjoy it here. Thank you Professor Dumbledore." Draco said politely, shocking most of the people at the table.
"Personably, I think that the child should have been placed in foster care. It would have happened to any other child. Dumbledore favors people too much." Percy said, as if the head master wasn't in the room.
"Actually," came another voice, causing everyone to look around in suspicion. "I have never seen Dumbledore here leave a child with strangers. He helped me out when I was just a lad, and he's done the same thing ter Malfoy."
"Hagrid!!!" All of the teens (besides Draco) screamed and lunged themselves at him. "Sorry I'm late, I hope you don't mind another guest Molly. I just love them biscuits yah make!"
"Not at all Hagrid, come and sit down."
Unfortunately for Ron, dinner finally ended and the other guests went about with their business. Harry, Hermione, Draco, and Remus stuck around which caused Percy to get pretty mad. "I thought this was supposed to be a -family- meeting?!"
"W-well... it is. I want them to be here though."
"Get on with it then, I have a ton of paper work to get done!" Percy complained.
"Calm yourself Percy, let the boy talk!" Remus chimed in and smiled at Ron.
Ron cleared his throat and began his hardest task ever.
"Mom, dad, brothers, and sister." he smiled at Ginny. "There's something very important that I've been needing to tell you. The other that are here tonight already know about this, and they are perfectly fine with it... at least for the most part." he frowned at Harry. "This is something that has changed my life drastically and it would mean the world to me to have your support. I know that some of you will have a problem with this, but as my family I feel you deserve to know that... t-that... I... I-I'm..."
"Go on Ron, you can do it." Hermione cheered him on.
"I feel you deserve to know that I'm gay." he said quickly and waited for his family's reaction. They all just stared at him. Fred and George began to laugh, as if it was all a joke. Ron felt himself getting angry.
"This is serious! And not only am I gay. But Draco is my boyfriend!"
Now he got some reactions. His favorite one being from Ginny who giggled and gave her youngest brother the thumbs up. Percy however didn't find it cute.
"You are gay and you are dating the son of Death Eaters?! This is absolutely unacceptable! I knew this family was messed up, but I never believed it would go this far! Please rethink this horribly wrong choice. I need to finish that paper work. Goodbye!" he stood up, his nose in the air, and walked out of the room.
Ron looked at the rest of his family, hoping to get better reactions. His parents were shocked stiff, and Charlie seemed to be thinking hard. Bill had his fists clenched and finally blurted out, "That menacing bastard is using his father's tactics to brainwash Ron into being his lover! I'll kill him!" He stood up and stomped towards Draco.
Ron jumped in front of his boyfriend and held out a hand. "Please, Bill, think rationally! Do not ever hurt Draco!" Bill looked into Ron's eyes. They were filling with tears. He reluctantly returned to his seat and pounded his fist onto the table.
"Mum, Dad?" Ron felt that their acceptance was the most important.
"Well, if you're happy, I suppose that's all that matters." his father finally spoke up.
"Arthur, do you think it's wise to allow him to continue this?!" Mrs. Weasley said in a commanding tone.
"Molly, we'll talk about this later. You're not going to control me this time, I think that Ron should be allowed to be with whoever he wants. Even if it is a guy, and a Malfoy. The boy does seem a lot more polite these days."
"I agree with father," Charlie finally said. "I've always kind of suspected that Ronnie would turn out like this. Sure, it's a little shocking that it's with Malfoy. God, I always thought it would be Harry."
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!" Harry and Ron yelled together.
The twins started cracking up. "This is the best family meeting ever!" Fred chuckled.
"It's priceless!!!" George joined in.
"It's not funny you two! They are adorable. I'm happy for you Ron!" Ginny stuck up for him and gave him a hug. Then she whispered in his ear, "At least he's super cute!" Ron smiled and looked back to his parents. They were muttering to each other out of the corner of their mouths. Molly looked angry, and Arthur tried to stay calm, but it seemed as if he was loosing the battle.
Bill finally released his fists and started breathing normal again. "If he hurts you Ron, I'll kill him with my own bare hands! Let that be a warning to you, Malfoy. I'm going to sleep." he said and walked out of the room.
"I think we should all go to sleep, we'll discuss this tomorrow." Molly said, shooing the children off to bed. Remus bid goodnight to them and stayed behind to try and convince Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Ginny and Hermione both hugged Ron and kissed him on the cheek before going to their bed room.
"This is great!" the twins laughed before apparating from the stairs to their bedroom, in order to get there faster. The other three boys walked into their bedroom and each sat down on their own beds. Harry hesitated, but finally walked over to Ron and sat across from him.
"I'm proud of you Ron. That was a very brave thing you did. I hope that your mother, Bill, and Percy come around. You did the right thing." he said with a half smile.
Ron smiled back, and for the first time in his life, hugged his best friend. Harry pulled away and walked over to Draco's bed, then sat across from the blonde. "I'm sorry. I accept that you've changed, and I suppose it wouldn't be so bad if we did try to become friends. However, I must say that I am on Bill's side, and I will help him kill you if you ever hurt Ron." he held out a hand for Draco to shake.
Draco smiled and giggled softly. He swatted Harry's hand out of the way and embraced the boy who lived. "Thank you, Harry." Harry walked back to his bed and hid a smile. "Well, now that we are all friends, let's get some sleep before your mom breathes fire on us, Ron!"
Ron laughed and said goodnight to Harry before slipping off into Draco's bed. With a kiss they fell asleep, full of hope.
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