A/N: Another chapter. I dunno how long this chapter is gonna be. Thanks to those who reviewed. And if you read the author's note in my last chapter, I mentioned about Harry, but I should have put that on this chapter, not the last one. I don't wanna have a long author's note, so on with the chapter.

"Nice to meet you Hermione," Victor said. He felt a little weird about calling her Hermione, but she had asked him to. Max noticed that Harry was nowhere to be seen.

"Mum, where's dad?" Max asked.

"Max, you're dad moved out," Hermione said.

"He moved out? Why?"

"Well, he met someone and they decided that they were going to move in together."

"Well, is he coming here for Christmas?" Max asked.

"Actually, no. He wants you to spend 3 days with him during the holidays. He said that he would pick you up Christmas Day," Hermione answered.

"But mum, I wanna spend Christmas here. And what about Victor? I can't just leave him here," Max complained, starting to get angry.

"Max, I'm not going to force you to do something that you don't want to do, but it would be nice if you spent a few days with you father."

"Good, because I'm not going," Max said. Getting annoyed with the situation, Max took Victors arm and showed him to his room.

"This is my room and I guess you'll be staying in here. I think mum is making me sleep on the couch but it's ok."

"I don't wanna drive you out of your room. I could sleep on the floor. There's enough room," Victor said.

"Honestly, it's ok," Max said, putting his stuff in a corner of the room.

"So, when is this dance that your friends invited you to?" Victor asked.

"It's tonight. At 8 o'clock. Drew said that he would come over around 7o'clock though. It's only 4:30 now, so we have plenty of time to just hang out for now. I could show you around if you like."

"Alright," Victor agreed.

So Max showed Victor around the house. Max showed him upstairs where his grandparents lived and then showed him the rest of downstairs.

"Did you wanna see what it's like outside?" Max asked.

"Sure." Max took Victor outside and went to a small shed just outside the door and took out the blue MXZ skidoo that was inside. Max hopped on and Victor sat behind him.

"Hold on," Max said, and started the skidoo. He drove Victor around the yard, showing him the stables and where the pool would be (if it wasn't covered in snow). After Max finished showing Victor around, they went back to the house. Hermione was putting supper on the table. She had made pasta and garlic bread.

After supper, Hermione told Max and Michelle that tomorrow evening, they would be putting up the Christmas tree and decorations.

"Ok," Michelle and Max said. At 6:30, Max and Victor went and got ready for the dance. Max decided to wear his black MADE muscle shirt and a pair of black jeans with chains hanging down on the side. Victor just wore a white muscle shirt and baggy blue jeans. After they were ready, they went out to the living room and sat on the couch, waiting for Drew. Michelle came out of her room to get a drink and noticed that Victor and Max had changed their clothes.

"You guys going somewhere?" Michelle asked.

"Yeah, some of my friends asked us to go to a dance that they are having at the high school," Max answered.

"Oh, well, how come you didn't ask me and Chris to go?" Michelle asked, kinda disappointed.

"I didn't think you'd wanna go, but you can if you want. Drew will be here in about 15 minutes," Max said, looking at his watch. Michelle went to her room and told Chris and they got ready. They were just walking out of Michelle's bedroom when Drew walked down the stairs.

"Yo what up?" Max said, getting up and giving Drew one of those "manly hugs" (A/N: Dunno what they're called put it's the hug/pat on the back thing.)

"Man, everything is da bomb! Life is good," Drew said.

"Drew, this is Victor. Victor this is Drew. He's the one who asked me to go to the dance," Max said, introducing Drew and Victor, but leaving out the fact that Victor was Max's boyfriend. Drew noticed Michelle standing there, so he walked over to her and took her hand.

"Mmm Mmm Mmm, you lookin' fine today baby," Drew said, joking with her. Michelle knew that he was joking, but Chris didn't and he started to get slightly jealous. Chris walked over to her and put his arm around her.

"Drew, this is Chris, my boyfriend," Michelle said.

"Dude, you should keep your eye on her. There's a lot of dudes around here that would love to steal her from you," Drew said, joking again.

"Well, if they lay a hand on her, they'll be sorry," Chris said, not knowing that he was joking.

"Chris, lighten up, he's joking. Most stuff that Drew says is a joke," Michelle said.

"So, who's coming to the dance?" Drew asked Max.

"All of us," Max replied.

"Aight, well, let's get going," Drew said.

So they all walked to the nearby high school. The dance hadn't started yet, so there was no music playing. The rest of Max's friends were waiting by the door of the high school. The first person to greet them was Ashley. She went directly to Max and hugged him.

"It's good to see you again," Ashley said.

"Yeah," Max said, hugging her back. After they all said hi and were introduced to Chris and Victor (none of them knowing that Max was gay yet), they went inside to the school gym where the dance was being held. As they entered the gym, the song "You Can Do It" was playing.

"This is my favorite song ever! Will you dance with me Max?" Ashley asked. Max shrugged and Ashley led him to the dance floor.

As they danced, Ashley kept grinding into Max (the way girls do when they dance with a guy). Victor looked on in curiosity, wondering how Max felt about the way Ashley was dancing with him. It was obvious that she was flirting with him. When the song ended, they went back over to join their group of friends.

"Max, can I talk to you a sec?" Victor asked, pulling Max to one side.

"What's up?" Max asked, curiously.

"Do your friends know that you're gay?"

"No, not yet, I will tell them, but I don't wanna tell them right now. And sorry about Ashley, but I don't wanna tell them just yet, so I'm just gonna dance with her until I get ready to tell them. You don't mind do you?" Max asked.

"No, I don't mind. I dunno how to dance anyway," was Victor's reply. Max and Victor went back to their friends. Ashley had gone off to get a drink.

"Dude, Ashley is so into you. Now more than before. Ever since I told her you were comin' she couldn't stop talking about you. If I was you, I'd seize the opportunity and ask her out," Drew said. As a slow song started playing, Ashley came back asked Max to dance again (what a surprise! Gasp). As they danced, Max began to feel bad about leaving Victor and felt bad that he was leading Ashley on. He stopped dancing with Ashley, causing her to look surprised.

"I can't do this," Max said.

Ashley pulled him back in, "At least finish dancing to the song." She put his arms on her lower back, almost on her ass, and put her arms around his neck. He pulled away once more.

"No, I really can't do this," Max repeated. Ashley leaned in and kissed him and he immediately pushed her away.

"Max, what's wrong with you?" Ashley asked.

"Ashley, I have to tell you something. I'm not who you think I am," Max said.

"I think your sweet, charming, and an extremely hot guy that I've had a crush on for the longest time," Ashley responded.

"But I don't like you in that way. I can't like you in that way."

"Why not?" Ashley asked, looking confused.

"Because…I'm gay."

"What? You can't be gay. You were flirting with me like crazy," Ashley said.

"No I wasn't. You were flirting with me. Besides I have a boyfriend," Max said. He couldn't keep his secret any longer. He went over to the rest of his friends.

"Guys, I have something to tell you. I should have told you this before. Victor and I are more than friends," Max said, taking a breath before continuing. "I'm gay…" Max finished, not really nervous because he was proud to be who he was, but he just couldn't hide it from his friends anymore.

"Whoa," Drew said. "So you guys like go out and stuff?"

"Yeah," Max said.

"That must be weird," one of Max's other friends said.

"Not really," Max replied.

"So you don't like girls at all?" Ashley asked.

"No, just as friends."

Michelle and Chris were standing against a wall, making out. Michelle hadn't seen any of her other friends so far and Chris wasn't too fond of Drew, so they had decided to just keep to themselves.

After the dance, they all said goodnight.

"Maybe we can get together some other time while you're home," Drew said.

"Actually, I think we are gonna be pretty busy."

"Ok, well, phone us and let us know. I think there's gonna be a party at Zanni's on Christmas Eve if you guys are interested," Drew replied.

"Who's Zanni?" Victor asked.

"Zanni is one of our friends. She couldn't come tonight cause she had to visit her grandma," Drew replied.

"Oh," was all Victor said.

"Well, we'll see you guys later," Max said. Michelle and Chris had already gone home because they had found the dance boring. As Max and Victor were walking home, Max asked Victor if he had liked his friends.

"Well, they seemed nice until you told them you were gay, then they started to get a little weird. And what's with that Ashley girl? She was all over you. Then again, I wouldn't blame her," Victor said.

"Ashley's had a crush on me for years. We went out to a movie once, but I didn't feel a connection so that didn't work out," Max replied. Victor nodded. "So, what did you want to do tomorrow?"

"I dunno. It's up to you. You live around here," Victor said.

"Well, I still need to buy a few Christmas gifts. So maybe we could go looking around. There's normally bunches of gift booths set up in town the week before Christmas," Max suggested.

"Ok, sounds good to me," Victor said. They continued home. When they got downstairs, Michelle and Chris were sitting on the couch watching TV.

"Where's mum and Draco?" Max asked.

"They're in their room. They said that they were going to bed, but I think they are wrapping Christmas presents," Michelle answered. It was around 12:30. Hermione and Draco came out of their room about 5 minutes after Max and Victor arrived.

"I think you guys should soon go to bed," Hermione said.

"Alright, good night," Michelle said, getting up and kissing Hermione and Draco goodnight. She walked to her room, followed by Chris.

"How come Chris is allowed to stay in the same room as Michelle, but I have to stay on the couch," Max asked Hermione.

"I don't know, Max. It's no big deal," Hermione replied.

"Maman, ce n'est pas juste! Comment vient Michelle est permis de rester dans la pièce pareille comme Chris, mais Victor et moi ne peux pas rester dans la pièce pareille ? Ils sont plus probables pour faire quelque chose avant que moi et Victor ferait! Ceci est s'injuste!1," Max yelled. Whenever he gets really mad about something, he starts yelling in French.

"Max, calm down. You guys can stay in the same room, alright? I'm not in the mood to argue about this," Hermione replied.

"Merci maman," Max said, kissing Hermione on the cheek and going into his room, followed by Victor.

"What was that all about?" Victor asked, surprised at Max's reaction, and especially surprised at Max for speaking French. Victor didn't even know he spoke French.

"Well, Chris was allowed to stay in Michelle's room and I didn't think it was fair. So I asked mum how come Chris was allowed to stay with Michelle but you weren't allowed to stay with me…and she said that you could," Max answered.

"Oh, I see. Well, I'll sleep on the floor," Victor offered.

"Nope, I'm gonna sleep on the floor. You're the guest. You can sleep in my bed," Max said.

"You sure?"

"Yes, I'm positive," Max said, grabbing some blankets from his closet and making a bed on the floor.

They both got dressed for bed and got under the blankets.

"Max, if you wake up throughout the night, you can sleep in your bed and I'll sleep on the floor," Victor said.

"I'll be fine Victor," Max replied. They kissed each other good night and went to bed.

That night, Max woke up throughout the night to use the bathroom. Victor was still asleep so Max tried to be as quiet as he could. When he came back from the bathroom, Max got back down on the floor and started to drift back to sleep when Victor spoke to him.

"I told you that you could sleep in your bed Max," Victor said, assuming that Max was up because he couldn't sleep.

"No, I wasn't up because I could sleep. I just had to use the bathroom."

Victor, who was sleeping in only his boxers, started to shiver. "Max, do you have the heat on in your room? Cause it's freezing in here," Victor said.

Max got up off the floor and got in bed and under the covers and wrapped his arms around Victor and pressed his warm body against Victors.

"Better?" Max asked.

"Much," Victor said, curling into the warmth of Max's body. "How can you be so warm when its freezing here?"

"Maybe I'm just hot," Max said. Victor smiled at him and kissed him. He ran his tongue across Max's bottom lip, asking for entry. Max obeyed and started to massage Victors tongue with his own. They continued to kiss until they needed air. Max kissed Victor on the lips.

"Love you," Max said.

"Love you too," Victor said back. They cuddled together and fell asleep in each others arms.

1 Mom, it is not fair! How come Michelle is allowed to stay in the same room as Chris, but Victor and I cannot stay in the same room? They are more likely to do something before me and Victor would! This is so unfair!