A/N: I'm figuring that by now if you don't know that Harry Potter doesn't belong to me then you're just a bit dumb or maybe you need a bit more sleep but in either case you're out of luck cause I'm too lazy to post my disclaimer again. In regards to the story this really isn't the best chapter of the entire fic but it needed to be written to get that pesky Ron issue out of the way. I promise some more Harry/Draco action in the next chapter so please don't get too upset that there isn't any in this one. Well, I'm going to go now back to my pathetic life filled with Drama and annoying people in order to let you get on with the story.

Chapter 9: Telling Ron

Harry walked into the great hall with a huge grin on his face. By the time he got to his house table quite a few people were looking at him, trying to figure out what was going on with the boy who lived. Ron even took time out of stuffing his face to stare quizzically at his best friend. "Harry, mate, are you ok?"

Harry just turned his grin towards the redhead and answered. "Yeah Ron, why do you ask?"

"Well, it's just that you came in last night all upset and wouldn't talk to anyone and then you were gone early this morning and you walk in here looking like you just got snogged. Did you?"

Everyone within hearing distance leaned in to hopefully hear the newest piece of gossip information. They were all disappointed when Harry turned to them all and said loudly. "Don't you people have anything better to do then listen to other people's private lives? Piss off and find something interesting about yourselves to talk about." The entire population of Hogwarts stared at their golden boy in shock after his little speech. He had, after all, never addressed the masses like that before and certainly not in a negative way. They all turned back to their breakfasts grumbling the entire time.

"Hey 'Mione, can I talk to you for a bit?" Hermione nodded and they both got up and left leaving a very left out Ron in their wake.

Harry pulled his bushy haired companion into the nearest empty classroom. "So I take it you talked to him." She pulled herself onto an old dusty desk and watched Harry from her seat. The boy still had a stupid smile on his face.

"Of course I talked to him." He too took a seat on one of the ancient looking worktables. It creaked slightly and he held on as it shook a bit for fear of it collapsing on him. To his extreme happiness it didn't and he continued with the conversation with an amused Hermione.

"Well? Am I going to get details or do you just plan to sit there and grin at me?" Harry rolled his eyes and told her what happened from when he walked into the room and found Draco asleep to him ending up in the great hall with a constant glow. "Are you going to keep it a secret?"

The raven-haired boy thought about the question for a moment before he answered. "Well, not that I don't want to shout it from the roof tops and all that but I think it would keep the gossip down and in effect keep Draco safer if it did remain unknown to the public."

The girl nodded in understanding. "What about Ron?" Harry frowned, in all honesty he hadn't thought about that.

"What do you think I should do?"

"Harry, Ron is your best friend. He loves you no matter what. He may be surprised at first but he'll get over it. Just make sure you tell him before he hears it from somewhere else."

The boy smiled in relief. "I'll have a talk with him later, thanks 'Mione." He gave her a hug and they made their way to transfiguration.

When he got there Ron still looked a little upset at being out of the loop so Harry leaned over to him and whispered that he'd tell him later. This seemed to cheer him up a great deal. The rest of the class went per usual; everyone was trying to turn their cushions into lamps. Hermione, as usual was the only one who was successful upon her first try. The rest of the day went by painfully slow to our young hero. He wanted to talk to Ron and go see Draco. What made it worse was that he couldn't even stare at his boyfriend during class because they didn't have potions till the next day.

Finally it was time to talk to Ron. After classes were over he grabbed his best friend and ducked into the first open room he could find.

"That was a bit dramatic." Ron said with a small smile on his face.

Harry chuckled a bit and answered, "I know but I wanted to get this done before I lost my nerve."

Ron put his hand over his heart and pulled a mock surprised face. "Harry, golden boy of Gryffindor Potter, losing his nerve? Never!" Harry shot him a look that plainly said 'this is serious you idiot!' so he did and signaled for Harry to proceed.

The seeker opened his mouth and out came everything that had been going on between the paintings and Draco. He spared his friend the gory details about making out but other then that he didn't leave anything else out. When he was finished he watched the boy in front of him carefully, bracing himself for what he thought was going to be an explosion.

"So let me get this straight, you're not?" Harry nodded. "And you're dating Draco Malfoy?" another nod. "And you paint?" a final nod. "Alright, now that we've got that worked out, I think I need to sit down."

Harry looked at his flustered friend in confusion. "Ron, you are sitting down."

The youngest Weasley boy answered in a distracted voice. "Oh, Ok."

Harry started to get worried that he had done the wrong thing by telling Ron so he tried to fix it. "I'm sorry if this makes you upset but he makes me happy and he's not who he was in the past. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner but there really wasn't anything going on until last night and this morning. I ca…"

"Harry, Shu-up!" Ron cut him off mid sentence. "I'm not mad at you, I'm just a bit thrown."

"Oh."

"Harry, you're my best friend and I love you like a brother. Whom you date and what your hobby is should affect that."

The two of them stood there and smiled at each other before embracing in a brotherly hug. It was a real Kodak moment. When they were done Harry started to laugh. Ron looked at him weirdly but joined in as if it were contagious. Life really is funny if you stop and think about it.

"I hope you know I have no idea what we're laughing about." The redhead stated between gasps of air.

"I just thought of what 'Mione will say when she finds out we had a moment."

"Oh Merlin! She'd want me to start getting sentimental with her." He made a face as he spoke that comment.

They spent the next few hours talking about Harry's relationship with Draco and Ron's relationship with Hermione. Half way through their conversation Ron glanced at his watched a yelped.

"We're almost late for dinner!"

The two of them stood and left for the great hall.

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