(A/N) Well let's see how much you all like me after this mess.

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Paris stood there, chewing on his bottom lip as he watched the blonde disappear around the bookcases. He knew he loved the attention Constantine was giving him, but after moments like these, after they had flirted so much, Paris felt anxious and uneasy. Only this time it felt worse. His stomach felt tight and he felt as if he was going to be ill. It was stress and he knew it. He was terrified of Constantine, not that the blonde was going to attack him or anything, but just the thought if this turned into something and then it not working out Paris rubbed his forehead. Too much thinking.

"Hey Paris, you coming?" Constantine had wondered back to the quiet, book surrounded area.

"Oh yeah. I just... I'm coming." Paris grinned, following after the blonde.

The two grabbed their things off the table and headed off to the common room. As they walked back, Paris started to think again, not noticing when Constantine had started talking, let alone when he had stopped both talking and walking.

"Paris?" The blonde asked after the still walking red head.

"What's the matter with you?" Constantine asked, concerned

"Nothing. I'm fine." Paris smiled

Constantine looked at his friend, noticing how nervous he looked. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Really." The red head laughed a little. "Now come on, I want to get this bag off."

The blonde grinned and caught up with his friend, but as the walked back to the tower, he looked over at the Weasley. Paris' eyebrows were screwed together, and he was chewing on his bottom lip again. He decided to just be quiet and let Paris think. When they got back to the dorm, they both dropped their bags off by their own beds. The room fell quiet. It wasn't the comfortable silence that they use to share, but that of an obvious thick tension. The only noise was the rain outside, beating on the room's window. Neither boy wanted to acknowledge the silence, but when it started to suffocate them, Constantine broke it.

"Paris, I, um..." The blonde didn't know what to say. The two boys just stood there in the room, looking at each other, with only the rain outside filling the quiet.

"I'm just going to go for a walk. I'll be back soon alright?" Paris smiled, walking to the door, but Constantine caught the red head by the arm. "Constantine, I'll be right back." With that, Paris walked out the door.

Constantine ran a hand through his hair. He had no idea what had just happened, but he knew it was his fault. The blonde paced the room for a minute or so, then left the dorms to go after Paris. He ran out of the portrait and chased after the red head, down the hall, not really even sure where he was going. When he got to an exit out of the castle, he saw Paris walking out across the grounds in the rain. Constantine ran out to the red head. By the time he reached him, his hair was wet and fell into his eyes, and his shirt was clinging to his body. The blonde grabbed Paris' arm, turning the wet red head around to face him.

"Paris..." Constantine still didn't know what to say, "Why are you out here?"

"I told you I was going for a walk," Paris' voice sounded empty.

"But it's raining, what's the matter with you?" The blonde asked, sounding worried. Paris looked to Constantine, his eyes empty.

"What do you think of me?" Constantine barley heard the question.

"What do you mean? You're my best mate." Constantine grinned.

Paris looked down, his dark red wet hair falling around his face, and raised his head. He pulled the blonde into a fierce kiss, trying to pour all he could into it. It wasn't a loving kiss, it was as if the red head was looking for something. Constantine tried to respond to the sudden move, but he felt ridged and uncomfortable, unable to get control of the kiss. After a moment, Paris pulled from the blonde, his hands slipping from the sides of the blonde's face to his soaked shoulders.

Neither boy opened their eyes and quiet fell around them again. When Constantine opened his eyes finally, he was not prepared for what was in front of him. The look of pain on his friends face was all most too much for him. "I'm sorry, Paris."

It was barley audible, but it sounded like screaming in his head. Paris screwed his eyes shut tighter, gripping the wet shoulders he was holding on to.

Constantine didn't know why he was apologizing, but he felt he had to. When Paris finally looked at him, what lied behind the brown eyes, the unshed tears threatening to fall, Constantine knew something had changed between them. And he didn't know if it was ever going to come back. Paris wrapped his arms around the blonde's neck, pulling them into a wet, bruising hug.

"You are still my best mate," Paris whispered hoarsly, "You're the only one I trust in this world, and I love you more then you could ever know."

Constantine tightened his arms around the red head, taking a deep breath, not trusting his voice. They stood there for a moment longer, till Paris loosened his grip, and Constantine followed suite. Suddenly awareness hit them that they were out in the rain and it was getting colder.

"We better get inside before we get sick," Paris said quietly, signaling to the castle.

Constantine nodded and both boys headed back to their dorm they said nothing as the changed into dry clothing and went to bed. The next day was rather strange between them, but it was to be expected. Neither boy talked much to the other, they only just walked to and from classes and the great hall together. Sean had asked Constantine what was going on between them, but the blonde just shrugged and danced around the question from his friend's cousin saying that it was probably the stress of the tests coming up taking a toll on the red head.

Soon they started talking again and things fell back to the way they were before. Only now Constantine didn't flirt like before, and Paris kept head long into his books not thinking about much else but end of school exams. When it was time to go back home for the summer, things weren't completely repaired but it was almost back to the way things were. Both acted as if nothing had happened between them, and they never talked about what happened in the library or out in the rain.

(Train ride home)

"So am I gonna see you this summer?" Constantine asked trying to keep a careless air to his tone.

"Yeah you know you always come over, especially when your dad drops you off and disappears for hours," Paris grinned, "Where does he go anyway?" "I'm not sure I've tried asking him but he gets weird about it, not exactly mad, but he looks upset," the blonde shrugged.

Quiet fell around them in the compartment, then Constantine broke it, "Hey I have a idea."

"Oh this can only end well," Paris quipped

"You be quiet, you want to hear it or not?" The blonde asked shortly

Paris laughed, "Ok yes I want to hear tell me."

"Well when my father drops me off at your place, and we both want to know where he goes, so lets follow him." Constantine smirked

"Oh well that sounds all well and good, but what if my dad checks in on us and sees us gone?" the red head remarked deflating Constantine a little.

"Well, we can get Ophelia to cover for us, and since when was the last time your dad checked on us," the blonde said pointedly.

"Alright I'll go along with this, but if we get caught you are taking the blame," Paris sighed.

"Great, this should be fun," Constantine smiled.

Paris laughed and nodded, "Till we get caught."

The blonde rolled his eyes, "Try not to be so positive will you." Paris just looked at him and shook his head.

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(A/N) ohhhh what ever will they fond out his summer? lol yes well not much left in this mess of a story and i have to give much praise to Jade considering neither of us can work and email right. so who thought they were really gonna stay together? lol well here ya go have fun review, review lol

Ok to the last reviews...

Jade- yeah and what the hell am i gonna do with Blaise lol well i can probably figure something out lol

shakespears whore- yeah it is just him and i love to torcher and agst is my friend lol if thats not obvious enough

kozie- yeah i try to keep updating frequently but some times i get distracted like now lol and im happy your liking this.

moonlit eyes- well im glade you like this next-gen take of mine, lol hope your not to displeased with what happened between Constantine and Paris

badluck-ngprod- yeah well i hope you still like this as much as you have been :D

txcalbud- well you did get eh Constantine Paris relationship thing down now didn't you lol yeah i know there wasn't much C/P interaction in the other story and maybe this will give some light as to why. ope it wasn't as crapy as i think it is

elion- lol don't you hate it when it does that, and slash is great lol well when you do read it leave a review hehe

habitat21- um cute i'll say thank you:D