-2- Dance like no one's watching (Letters to home.)
"Okay guys. Now, I know you've been bonding this past hour. Can anyone tell me what you learnt about each other?" Ward A sat in a circle for group therapy, and Ron wasn't too sure he liked the bubbly blonde instructor, who's 'Hello, my name is' name tag read Mindy, heart dotting the 'i' and all. No one replied, and she tried again.
"Okay. This is the conversation ball," She held up a stress ball, which was vividly red, "whoever has it has to say something the learned about someone else here today. We'll go around the circle, starting with me. Today, I learnt Jonathan's birthday is in two days!" John scowled, wordlessly accepting the ball from the woman and playing with it while thinking.
"Today, I learnt peas don't fit up Jesse's nose." Smirking, he passed the ball to Deasmond, who was shooting Draco secretive grins across the circle.
"Today, I learnt both me and Draco enjoy the male anatomy!" he exclaimed, and Mindy rolled her eyes.
"You find that out every day, Deasmond. Try something new." Deasmond looked deep in thought for a moment, then grinned.
"Ah! Today, I learnt that Corey bites!" Corey muttered something that sounded like 'only if you annoy me' as the ball was passed to Ashton.
"Today I learnt Johnny boy likes muggle music." He stated, grinning and passing the ball to Corey. Corey glared at the ball for a moment, as if willing it to disappear.
"Today I learnt that Deasmond is annoying." Deasmond flashed Corey a grin as Draco took the ball from his grasp.
"Today, my fine un-feathered friends, I learnt that Ronnie here can draw." Ron's lips twitched, as if he were trying to smile, and Draco beamed, handing him the ball. Mindy stared at him, waiting for him to start. Ron opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out. Frowning, he scribbled on his whiteboard.
'Today,' he wrote,' I found out that Draco isn't so bad after all.' Draco grinned, and Mindy smiled.
"Alright! That's a great start, guys! See you all tomorrow!" Draco snickered as they left, draping an arm over both Ron and Deasmond's shoulders.
"Goody, just what we need! More therapy!"
When Ward A returned to their room, they found a gift waiting for them. On Ashton's bed was a muggle device and a card.
"oi, that's a brand new camcorder!" the muggle born stated, picking it and the card up from his bed and looking at them. Draco took the camcorder as Ashton opened the card, looking it over.
"What's it do, Ash?" John asked, poking it with his finger. Ashton grinned, putting the card down on the bed and taking the camera in hand, flipping open the digital viewing device. Flicking on a switch, he pointed it at Deasmond, who waved enthusiastically.
"It's to make movies, you twats. Honestly." Flipping the screen so Deasmond could see himself, Ashton sat down on his bed. Draco made a face, pushing Deasmond out of the camera's range, and John laughed.
"Get Ron on camera." Corey stated, quietly, "We should make a video and send it home to our families." All eyes turned to Corey, who shrugged. Draco nodded, and Ashton pointed the camera at Ron, who stared at it.
"Wave, Ronnie. You're mum's gunna see this." Ron waved, and as Ashton watched in the viewer, Draco leapt into sight beside him, wrapping his arms around him.
"Hullo Mrs. Weasley! How are you? We're loving your son, thank you for sending him to us! We'll take good care of him!" Jesse poked his head between the two, grinning wildly.
"Hello, Ronnie's mum! Oh, I just adore Ronald! I plan on stealing him, once we're out. Go camping. Right, Ron? You wanna go camping?" Ron smiled a small smile, and nodded. Draco pushed Jesse's head away, and Deasmond leapt onto the bed.
"Are we just sending this to Ron's mum, then, or can we say hi to everyone else's mum's too? Because if we are, then hello, Mrs. O'Neil! You're son stole my knickers yesterday, and I just thought you should know that I've already retaliated and stolen his! And Mrs. Sharp, your son is a hottie!" A pillow went flying at Deasmond, and Corey's face appeared.
"Mum, I swear, being here isn't good for my health. They're all crazy!" Ashton turned the camera to face himself, grinning.
"It's all lies, Mrs. S. We're doing better then last time you came to see us. Mum, I did not steal Deas' knickers yesterday, he just put them back in his dresser and forgot about it, and wait a second…Deasmond, are you wearing my boxers?" the camera fell to the bed as Ashton leapt up, chasing Deasmond around the room; then Draco picked it up.
"Hi, Severus. I know you're not my mum, but you're closest thing to family I've got now…as you can see, we're all fine. .. Nothing new has happened, at least since Mark left. Well. We got Ron, I mean, but I meant nothing astronomically different, like, say, Deasmond learning how to shut up or Corey singing show tunes loudly in the showers." From behind him, Corey let out a yelp.
"I do not sing show tunes! He lies! It's all lies!" Draco grinned, pointing the camera at Corey, who was being sat upon by Jesse.
"Course you don't. didn't say you did. It certainly wasn't you singing Mama Mia in the shower's yesterday." Corey turned red, and Draco laughed. Pointing the camera at Ron, he grinned.
"Oh, yes. Which reminds me, Severus, look at this. Stand a mom', Ron." Ron stood up and Draco handed the camera to Ashton, who had pinned Deasmond down and sat on him. Standing next to Ron, he beamed.
"We're almost the same height, Severus. I'm taller then Ronald Weasley, can you imagine?" Grinning, he threw an arm around Ron's shoulders, and let out a squeak as Ron tripped him backwards onto the bed, grinning.
"Ahh! Attack! Help! Ravenous red head!" Ashton grinned, and turned the camera to face himself.
"More later, I promise. But for now? Dog pile on Draco!" Turning the camera off, he dropped it to the bed, leaping onto the growing pile of boys.
The camera turned on, revealing Deasmond and Corey sitting on the floor.
"Draco promised he would dance in a towel if we finish this puzzle, Corey. I know you want to see it." Corey shrugged, and Deasmond sighed., waving a hand at the other teen. Corey snorted as Deasmond snapped another piece in place; a triumphant look on his face.
"Aha! Look , it's a duck! That's wild!" Deasmond exclaimed, grinning. as the section he'd been doing was completed. Corey rolled his eyes, placing down another piece.
"You knew it was a duck before we started. The image on the box was a duck. Why must you be so-" Corey looked up, and scowled.
"Ashton, get out of here with that camera. You're overusing it, and it's annoying as hell." The camera swung to watch John listening to a discman and writing, and the other teen scowled.
"Piss off, O'Neil. Fucking hell. Go annoy Ron or something." Ashton gasped, zooming in on John's face.
"Do you kiss your mother with that mouth, boyo?" Ashton questioned, causing John to throw a pillow at him, making the other teen drop the camera onto the bed. The sound of play fighting filled the air, and the camera was picked up, zooming out onto Deasmond's face.
"We'll be back later, folks! We have dinner soon!" he stated, and the camera turned off, and the group prepared for dinner.
"Has anyone seen Ron?" Draco asked, looking up from his night side table and the collection of shirt's he'd shoved into it. Deasmond shrugged, and Ashton looked thoughtfully around for a moment.
"You know, I haven't, actually. Do you think he might still be in the shower?" he asked, moving to open the bathroom door, knocking. Draco nodded, grabbing a shirt and pulling it on as the taller teen pulled open the door, peering inside.
"Shower's still going…" the blond stated, pushing past Ashton to enter the room, "Ron? Are you in there?" Pulling back the curtain slowly, he stared at the figure seated on the floor.
"Shit….Guys, go get Mindy! Ron's gone into shock or something!"