Harry Potter shielded his eyes from his all-too-bright smile in the mirror.
A click from behind him signalled someone's arrival. He uncovered his eyes and looked to see who had entered.
"Oh, hey, Ron!" he greeted his best friend happily.
"Hey… What are you so happy about?" the redhead asked as he sprawled his tall frame across the green velvet couch against the wall and picked up a random magazine from the glass coffee table to flip through. "Got the news about the new movie?"
Harry couldn't help but let out a joyous laugh. "Yeah… Where's 'Mione? I feel like kissing her for this!"
Ron mocked glared at the actor over the top of his magazine.
Harry laughed again. "I was just kidding. So, where is she?"
The other boy opened his mouth, intending to fill Harry in, when the door opened and in walked Ginny Weasley, Ron's sister and Hermione Granger.
"Hermione! The person I was looking for!" Harry exclaimed, jumping up. "Hey, Ginny."
"Hi," Ginny replied and went over to swat her brother to make space for her.
"What is it?" Hermione asked as Harry came closer.
"I can kiss you for this! But I won't, because I'll be dead by the time I'm done," Harry started as he looked over at Ron pointedly. "Anyway, thank you, thank you and thank you!" Harry laughed as he gave Hermione a tight hug.
"Sure. Glad that you're happy is all," Hermione replied.
Harry nodded and Hermione went to sit on the couch armrest next to Ron as Harry went back to his seat in front of the mirror. He looked over at the new poster design by his hand, sighing happily.
On the surface, the white-blonde and Harry may have seemed like archrivals, and the other boy most probably did hate him, but Harry was feeling the complete opposite.
He loved Draco.
Yeah, weird how you could love your enemy, but hey, the world's never sane.
And when Harry did realize his feelings, he wasn't surprised. It felt a little like, "Hey! I'm in love with Draco Malfoy! Guess I always was, huh?"
He looked back at his three friends who had come with him all the way from high school. Although it was always thought among them that Harry would most definitely be the first to get a girlfriend, or boyfriend, he was really the least love-lucky.
Hermione and Ron had each other and Ginny had Blaise.
And speaking of Blaise…
"Where's Blaise, Gin?" Harry asked.
She looked up from her magazine. "Huh? Oh, he's off somewhere. I can't be bothered."
At that, Harry, Hermione and Ron all gathered around and stared at the girl worriedly.
"Did you two have a tiff?" Hermione asked.
"No. Why would you think that?" Ginny replied.
"Because you never 'can't be bothered' with Blaise," Ron retorted.
Ginny sighed. "Fine. All I told him was to get Draco to stop his rivalry with Harry. Or our relationship goes."
Harry stared at the red-headed girl for a while, then drew her into a tight hug. "You did that for me? Thank you, Ginny. I love you!"
Ginny smiled and patted Harry on the back. Just then, a knock came on the door and the four of them turned.
Ginny got up to open the brown door and looked up to see her boyfriend. "Hi, dear."
The redhead narrowed her eyes, but then stepped aside to make space for the dark-haired boy to come in. "Well?"
Blaise plopped down on the couch next to his girlfriend's brother.
Ever since Blaise had started going out with Ginny, he had changed from the guy who was always part of bullying their group, to being one of the group. He was a fairly decent guy, in fact.
"I just told him and went off. But I don't think I've got his agreement." He looked up at the red-headed girl. "But I did try, Gin."
Suddenly all four pairs of eyes were on the girl, and she bit her lip.
"Come on, Gin. I don't matter. Thanks for the thoughtfulness, but you know it isn't worth it," Harry started.
"Yeah, and with Harry's charms, it won't be a problem for him getting that slimy git," Ron finished.
Harry beamed at his best mate and Ron grinned back. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Just let it go, Ginny. Look, Blaise's suffering," the bushy-haired girl added.
Without letting go of Ginny's gaze, Blaise nodded. "Yeah, dear. I am."
A smile slowly spread across the girl in question's face and she bent down to hug her boyfriend. She really couldn't stay mad at him. They shared a kiss but broke apart when shouts of "Haha! Finally!" and "Whoa! Okay, I didn't need to see that!" and "Aww! That's so sweet!" erupted from the other three occupants of the room.
But Blaise just pulled his girlfriend down to his lap and the two smiled sweetly at each other.
And still, somewhere off in Hell, the one Draco Malfoy was not done seething and throwing darts at the now pinned-up poster of Harry Potter.
