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Chapter 8: Crashed Party Pt: II

"What does 'friend' mean to you?

A word so wrongfully abused."- Frogs, Alice in Chains

I stand up and Draco grabs his shirt. He pushes Ron out of the way and looks back at me. "Later Potter." He says, grinning and disappears down the stairs. Thanks for the backup!

I stand there, embarrassed and exposed. "Come on, Harry. I think we all need to talk." Hermione says. I grab my mask and slide it back on. I know everyone MUST know that I just snogged Draco, but I still feel the need to wear it.

We walk down the steps and Cho runs up to me. "Are you ok, Harry?! Someone said Malfoy was hexing you." She says.

I blush but thankfully the mask covered it. "No, I-I'm fine." I say, smiling at her to assure her everything was ok.

She looks up at me and smiles back. Them she pales. "Uh...H-Harry...um...your neck..." She stutters.

I pale too. Great! He gave me a hikky! Hermione grabs my arm and yanks me away from Cho. We run out of the party and outside. We walk a ways from school. I know there's going to be some major yelling gonna happen.

We stop and we all sit on the ground in a circle. The ground is cold, but I'm completely numb. I look down in my lap. I take a peak at Ron and he wouldn't even look at me.

"WELL?!" Hermione demands.

I look up. "Well what?" I ask

"Don't play stupid, Harry! What the fuck is going on between you and Malfoy?!" She yells.

My mind blanks. I don't even know anymore! First we where enemies, then two people who wanted to defeat his dad, next we where friends and after that I don't have a goddamn clue.

"ARE YOU GONNA ANSWER US?!" Ron barks.

I jumped. I hope I'll say the right thing. "What if..." I start.

"What if we where lovers?"

I look up to see Draco standing behind Hermione and Ron. Ron looked up at him and glared.

"We didn't ask you, Ferret." Ron growls.

"Yeah!" Hermione agrees. She turns to me. "He is lying, right?"

I look at her. I'd love to tell her he was wrong. But I can't. "I'm sorry you guys." I say, quietly.

"Don't feel sorry, Harry! Your friends should accept you for the way you are!" Draco snaps. I look from Draco to Hermione to Ron. I wish I knew what to do.

"How long has this been going on?" Hermione asks.

"A few days."

"Do you actually like this bastard?" Ron asks.

I at him and then to Draco. "I don't like the bastard..." I see Draco's face fall. I stand up and walk over to him. I wrap my arms around his waist. "I love him." I finish. Draco smiles and kisses my cheek.

Ron shot up. "Harry! You can't be a fucking queer! That's just nasty! It's wrong ...and I refuse to be a friend to a butt-fucking faggot!!" He explodes.

My heart sinks. This can't be Ron talking. Not the Ron who has been loyal to me since day one. The one who sticks up for me. He has been like a brother. I feel the tears spring to my eyes.

"Hermione, please tell me you don't feel the same." I squeak out. Please let her take my side. PLEASE!!

Her eyes gave off this 'I'm-so-sorry' look. She looked at Ron and then back to me as if she was deciding who to go with. She looks at me and sighs. "I-I'm sorry Harry." She says and stands up. She walks next to Ron and stands loyal next to him. "I still love you like a brother but...it's just sick. I don't think it's right. I know someday you'll understand."

My sadness was overridden by my anger. "Do you actually think I ASKED to be gay?! I'd love to be what you 2 call normal, but I fucking can't! You know what, true friends would stand by my side and tell me that they love me for who I am. True friends don't back out of it when they find out something about them that they don't like.

"I knew you two weren't good friends WAY before this whole thing. Did either one of you owl me over the summer? I was fucking coping with the loss of the only father figure I had. I was stuck in that fucking room by myself, starving myself and wishing I could just die.

"Thankfully I found someone who was there for me. He was the greatest thing I ever had in the muggle world. He helped me discover the real me! I found out shit I never knew about. If I didn't have Draco here, I would have forgotten EVERYTHING Sid taught me this summer. If you where any good friends you would of helped me out during my rough times!" I explode.

Ron and Hermione just stared at me. I think I even startled Draco. I grip him hard on his arm and we walk away.

Author's Note: Hey everyone!! I'm soooooooo sorry about the wait! Ok my computer went out on me and we didn't have the internet on the other computer. So then a week later, the Sunday AD's came in and there was a super cheap 'puter. So happy day for me and happy day for you. I'm still getting use to all the new features. (I get to type on Works!!) School starts tomorrow so I don't know how often I will be updating but it will be updated at least once a week. So...yeah. I have tons of other things I gotta update so...Later!!