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"Hey," Harry said, as he approached his best friend near the lake.
Ron wheeled on him, "come to apologize?"
"For what?" Harry replied, looking angry, "You're the one being selfish!"
"I'm not being selfish, I just want my friend back!"
"You're uncomfortable because I'm gay, aren't you?"
Ron looked crestfallen, "of course not! You should know me better than that! You're my best friend, Harry, I'll love you no matter what."
Harry let out an exasperated grunt and threw his hands in the air, "then what is it?"
"Malfoy, Harry! It's Malfoy! God just a month ago you were hating him with the rest of us, and now we hardly see you anymore because of him."
"Ron, I-"
"No Harry, there's no excuse for it! I had no one to help me through things this year, it should have been you! There was no one to confide my worries in when Fred told me he was gay. He was afraid the rest of the family wouldn't accept him, and so was I. You weren't there for that. You weren't there to congratulate me when I finally worked up the nerve to ask Hermione out. That night I went up to the dormitory excited to tell you about it, but you were with Malfoy. You're just... a nonexistent friend."
Harry looked hurt, "I'm sorry Ron, I guess I didn't look at it that way. I... I knew you hated Draco, that's why I didn't tell you, and the whole experience... of discovering my sexual orientation, of being in love, it's just all so new to me, I wanted to be with him every moment. Besides, there was a lot of tension between you and Hermione, I thought it best not to get in the middle of it."
"S'alright I guess," Ron shrugged, giving him a friendly smile, "what's done is done. How about we just pretend these past couple months never happened."
"Sounds good."
"Wait," suddenly Ron looked startled, "did you say you were in love?"
"Well... err... yes," Harry grinned sheepishly.
They both blushed a bit, "guess I'll have to start tolerating Malfoy a little more. Speaking of which, where is the git right now?"
Harry gestured helplessly toward the castle, "somewhere in there..."
"Oh, that helps a lot."
"Why do you want to know, anyhow?" Harry asked, suddenly suspicious.
"I'm planning on practicing those new hexes we learned before break-"
"Ron!"
"I was just kidding Harry! I want to have a talk with him, to settle things."
"Oh," Harry breathed a sigh of relief, "well, good luck with that. I'm going to go to the library for a bit."
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"Malfoy," Ron started, catching up to the blond haired boy.
Draco turned hesitantly, figuring Ron couldn't have anything good to say.
"We need to talk."
Draco sniffed, "you're breaking up with me?"
"Don't test my patience, " Ron frowned, "I can hit you very hard if I have to."
For once, Draco backed down from an argument, "okay, let's have at it then. I assume you've talked to Harry?"
Ron nodded.
"And? Are you two the dynamic duo again?"
"We've made up, yes. Now you and I need to come to an understanding."
"About how you're a great pra,t and my attitude could be misconstrued as overly-zealous in the mean department, but we should love each other as brothers and be the best of friends like you and Harry?"
"Listen, Malfoy. You're never going to have what I have with Harry. Just the same as I will never have what you have with Harry-"
Draco looked appalled, "well, I should hope not."
"-the point is, we can share Harry's love and friendship without stepping on each other's toes. We don't have to be friends. We don't even have to like each other. All we need is to put forth an effort to get along, for Harry."
"That was a touching speech, Weasley."
"I try my best."
Draco held out his hand for Ron to shake, "For Harry?"
"For Harry," Ron agreed, taking his hand.
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END OF CHAPTER!!!
also, we apologise for the chapter being so short. we're just scared because now we're at the end of the story, and we don't want it to end. hehe... ah well, 2 to 3 more chapters left. so, please don't lose intrest.
mucho love,
bob and fred
"Hey," Harry said, as he approached his best friend near the lake.
Ron wheeled on him, "come to apologize?"
"For what?" Harry replied, looking angry, "You're the one being selfish!"
"I'm not being selfish, I just want my friend back!"
"You're uncomfortable because I'm gay, aren't you?"
Ron looked crestfallen, "of course not! You should know me better than that! You're my best friend, Harry, I'll love you no matter what."
Harry let out an exasperated grunt and threw his hands in the air, "then what is it?"
"Malfoy, Harry! It's Malfoy! God just a month ago you were hating him with the rest of us, and now we hardly see you anymore because of him."
"Ron, I-"
"No Harry, there's no excuse for it! I had no one to help me through things this year, it should have been you! There was no one to confide my worries in when Fred told me he was gay. He was afraid the rest of the family wouldn't accept him, and so was I. You weren't there for that. You weren't there to congratulate me when I finally worked up the nerve to ask Hermione out. That night I went up to the dormitory excited to tell you about it, but you were with Malfoy. You're just... a nonexistent friend."
Harry looked hurt, "I'm sorry Ron, I guess I didn't look at it that way. I... I knew you hated Draco, that's why I didn't tell you, and the whole experience... of discovering my sexual orientation, of being in love, it's just all so new to me, I wanted to be with him every moment. Besides, there was a lot of tension between you and Hermione, I thought it best not to get in the middle of it."
"S'alright I guess," Ron shrugged, giving him a friendly smile, "what's done is done. How about we just pretend these past couple months never happened."
"Sounds good."
"Wait," suddenly Ron looked startled, "did you say you were in love?"
"Well... err... yes," Harry grinned sheepishly.
They both blushed a bit, "guess I'll have to start tolerating Malfoy a little more. Speaking of which, where is the git right now?"
Harry gestured helplessly toward the castle, "somewhere in there..."
"Oh, that helps a lot."
"Why do you want to know, anyhow?" Harry asked, suddenly suspicious.
"I'm planning on practicing those new hexes we learned before break-"
"Ron!"
"I was just kidding Harry! I want to have a talk with him, to settle things."
"Oh," Harry breathed a sigh of relief, "well, good luck with that. I'm going to go to the library for a bit."
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"Malfoy," Ron started, catching up to the blond haired boy.
Draco turned hesitantly, figuring Ron couldn't have anything good to say.
"We need to talk."
Draco sniffed, "you're breaking up with me?"
"Don't test my patience, " Ron frowned, "I can hit you very hard if I have to."
For once, Draco backed down from an argument, "okay, let's have at it then. I assume you've talked to Harry?"
Ron nodded.
"And? Are you two the dynamic duo again?"
"We've made up, yes. Now you and I need to come to an understanding."
"About how you're a great pra,t and my attitude could be misconstrued as overly-zealous in the mean department, but we should love each other as brothers and be the best of friends like you and Harry?"
"Listen, Malfoy. You're never going to have what I have with Harry. Just the same as I will never have what you have with Harry-"
Draco looked appalled, "well, I should hope not."
"-the point is, we can share Harry's love and friendship without stepping on each other's toes. We don't have to be friends. We don't even have to like each other. All we need is to put forth an effort to get along, for Harry."
"That was a touching speech, Weasley."
"I try my best."
Draco held out his hand for Ron to shake, "For Harry?"
"For Harry," Ron agreed, taking his hand.
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END OF CHAPTER!!!
also, we apologise for the chapter being so short. we're just scared because now we're at the end of the story, and we don't want it to end. hehe... ah well, 2 to 3 more chapters left. so, please don't lose intrest.
mucho love,
bob and fred