"What do you mean Ron?" Percy questioned a bit colder then he had intended a guarded look coming into his eyes as he warily regarded his brother.

"Just how close are you to Lucius Malfoy?" Ron questioned again trying to stare his brother into submission.

"I don't really see to where it's any of your business just how close I am to Lucius Malfoy." Percy returned a slight sneer on his face.

"It damned well is my business! For all I know you could be feeding him information!"

"Ron!" Charlie exclaimed glaring up at Ron from his seat next to the now visibly shaking Percy.

"Don't Ron me Charlie, you and Bill might not want to know what he's hiding but I do."

"Why you spoiled little brat!" Oliver seethed standing up so quickly he knocked over his chair.

"No Oliver," Percy interrupted placing his hand on Oliver's arm and standing up to face Ron an unreadable mask on his face, "if he wants to know then I'll tell him."

"Percy." Oliver whispered.

Percy ignored Oliver and turned to Ron a calmer expression on his face, "you want to know Ron? Well I'll tell you the whole dirty truth, he raped me. Lucius Malfoy cornered me in Fudges office and raped me. There are you happy now?"

His slightly frantic statement was met with stunned silence. Whatever they had been expecting him to say it certainly wasn't this. All eyes watched him with varying degrees of shock and denial. Percy after delivering this admission flopped back down in his chair smiling wanly when he felt Oliver take his hands in his own leaning forward so their foreheads touched.

The twinkle was gone from Dumbeldore's eyes. He had not known of all the boys torment and the guilt of putting him in such a dangerous position came back to him at full force. Harry and Hermione stood stock still watching in apprehension. They couldn't help but feel they didn't belong, like they were for once sense they had met Ron on the outside looking in at the Weasley family.

Ron was frozen, standing motionlessly in front of his brother and his boyfriend. Thoughts were pelting like bludgers through his head. That someone would do that to his brother. That he hadn't been there to protect him. Suddenly a roar of green flames in the fireplace pulled everyone back to earth quickly as a slightly disoriented Ginny Weasley fell out Mrs. Weasley calmly stepping out after her.

"Hello Albus, boys." Mrs. Weasley beamed brushing the soot off her robes and Ginny's while simultaneously herding Harry and Hermione farther into the room.

"Percy what's wrong?" Ginny asked pulling her robes out of her mothers grasp as she watched the obviously upset Percy with Oliver trying to comfort him.

"Nothings wrong Gin," Percy smiled weakly at her leaning back away from Oliver but still leaving his hands in the others.

"Wrong? Something's wrong?" Mrs. Weasley interrupted glancing at Percy in concern, out of all her children she worried most for her gentle quiet Percy.

"Nothings wrong mum." Percy tried to reassure his mother but he was interrupted by Dumbeldore.

"Mr. Weasley I think it best you trust your family, all of your family. Tell them what happened it may give you the closure you seek."

Hours later Percy sat with his legs dangling out of the side of the Astronomy tower. His brow was knit pensively as he thought of everything that had happened today. Truths that Percy had always meant to keep to himself had come out. His family knew what had happened to him. His parents had sat him down and requested he tell them everything, and he was never one to directly disobey his parents. The sound of footsteps on the bricks alerted him to the person behind him. Without even looking to see who it was he gestured with his hands for the person to sit next to him, not even looking when he felt the person do just that.

"How did you know I'd be up here?" Percy asked softly staring at the stars.

"Oliver told me," Was the reply.

Percy smiled leaning back slightly as the breeze ruffled his clothes, "I'm surprised he didn't come up here already."

"He wanted to but Charlie and Dad wouldn't let him disturb you."

"So you came instead?"

"Does that bother you Percy? That it's me up here with you?"

"No your just one of the last people I'd expect would want to come up here to talk to me," Percy said still refusing to look at the other.

An uneasy silence descended on the pair. Years of not really knowing each other made it hard for words to just flow from him like they did with the others.

"I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what?"

"For not being there to protect you."

"Ron," Percy sighed finally looking at his younger brother, "I'm older then you I'm supposed to be protecting you not the other way around. You have nothing to be sorry for trust me."

"I'm still sorry for not trusting you and bringing the whole thing up in front of everybody," Ron said uncomfortably fiddling with the hem of his t-shirt.

"It was gonna come out eventually," Percy sighed.

"Are you going to be alright?"

"I suppose I will one day. One day soon it might just be a painful memory of my past."

"Does it hurt?" Ron blinked at the naivety of his own question but wanted to know all the same.

"Yes it does hurt. But they tell me after awhile the pain begins to dull and go away. Years from now I won't see his face in my nightmares, won't wake up in a cold sweat each time I try to sleep. Lines are starting to dull colors to merge."

"I am sorry Perce," Ron sighed as he pulled Percy to him in a hug.

"Me to Ron, me to."

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