A/N- I am trying to keep plots and incidents from the series out of the story, but since Draco knows about the Room of Requirement, its after he finds out about the D.A and so forth..

By- FawkesSP

Chapter Four- Relationship Woes

"Harry.." Draco said.

They were the only ones in the corridor, and Harry felt his body temperature start to rise. Harry handed back Draco his books, and when Draco took them, his hand touched his, sending a warm pleasant feeling throughout his arm. They stood for a moment, staring into each others eyes.

Draco let a small smile break and said "Thanks."

"Draco, I'm sorry, I should have been watching where I was going." Harry told him.

"No, its fine." said Draco. "I'm- I'm glad you ran into me. Hey do you.. er.. want to go somewhere, where we know we will be alone?" he asked.

"Where can we- oh! How about we go to the Room of Requirement!" Harry said.

The Room of Requirement was a room that appeared only when the person needed it. So they made their way through the corridors, Harry noticed that Draco was kind of acting as though he wasn't going anywhere with Harry when they passed other students. He supposed this was for the best. When they reached the corridor and area where the room was, it was Draco who offered to make the room appear.

"Okay, sure." Harry said.

And Harry watched Draco walk past the blank wall, one time- and he vaguely wondered what he was thinking about to conjure the room- two times- he thought about since they were really going to be alone what were they going to do? Three times. This was when usually a door of some sort would appear. Harry and Draco moved to the wall and saw that it looked pretty much the same as it did before- a stone wall- except now, there was a small handle (you would never see it unless you were really studying the wall).

"Okay, I guess this is it." Draco said, looking at Harry.

Harry placed his hand on the handle, and the stone door pushed inward, and Harry walked inside. He stood there for a moment and looked around. There was a small, but cozy fire, burning merrily in the corner.Two red plush chairs were in front of it. In the middle of the chairs was a small end table, with a vase, and a single rose. There was a solitary window in the room, which overlooked The Forbidden Forest, that looked absolutely beautiful with all of the snow. The rest of the room had a various assortment of couches and chairs. Draco closed the door behind him, first looking in the corridor to make sure there was nobody looking.

Harry went in front of the fire and sat on one of the chairs, which reminded him of his favorite chair back in the Gryffindor Tower. Draco put his books down on the floor, and took the other.

"It seems we never really got to finish last night." Draco told Harry.

"Yeah, I know. I ran straight back to the common room. I was to worried about Filch catching us." said Harry.

"I feel a lot better today, you know. Now that you know how I feel about you. Like I said, I cant help the way I feel, and there was no point on hiding it from you if it was just going to make me miserable." Draco said.

"Well, I am glad you told me. I cannot deny I have been feeling things for you too lately. This is all so sudden, and so strange." Harry paused, and gazed into the fire. What if they started to "see" each other? Would the school, or more importantly, Ron and Hermione, understand? It was hard enough to find somewhere where they could talk, let alone trying to have a secret relationship. He decided he would ask Draco.

"Um, Draco, do you think, if we thought it was something we should do that is, do you think we would ever, well, date?" Harry said. He thought this was a good way to start.

This time it was Draco's turn for a pause. Harry didn't mind, he found he enjoyed looking at him. The way his sleek hair was tucked neatly behind his ears, how he sat with one of his legs underneath him, and the way he rolled up the cuffs of his sleeves. He thought about this situation, and how utterly random it really was. Then Draco looked up.

"I think that is something we are going to have to think about. Right now, these are just some feelings that I think we should wait and see how they develop. I know last night when we were standing inches apart, I felt something that I never felt even with Pansy." Draco looked into Harry's eyes, and smiled at him. Again he got the leaping sensation in his chest.

Draco got up and walked slowly over to Harry. His heart was to busy beating fast for it to leap anymore. Draco placed the tips of his warm fingers on his cheeks, leaned foreword, and the next second felt Draco's lips meet his. It was a feeling of pure emotion Harry never felt before. He took his hands and placed them on Draco's shoulders. Harry then felt Draco's tongue slide inside Harry's mouth. He never felt so close to anyone before. To Harry's disappointment, he heard the second bell signaling that he had to make it to Transfiguration. Draco broke away, and smiled at Harry. He too seemed lost for words. Draco picked up his books, and Harry picked up his bag and they both made their way out of the Room of Requirement. Draco reached out and touched Harry's arm in an affectionate sort of way, smiled again, and walked down the corridor opposite of the way Harry was going. He looked after Draco for a moment, and he too walked away.

On his way to Transfiguration, he met up with Ron and Hermione coming from, it seemed, the library. Harry said hello to both of them, and together they walked into the classroom, taking their usual seats.

The class seemed to go by abnormally fast. They weren't doing anything of importance really, just simple book work questions. Harry was glad at this, it gave him time to absorb the moment he just had with Draco. It seemed he could still feel Draco's lips pressing against his, and his tongue sliding around in his mouth. The parts of his face that he touched still seemed to tingle pleasantly. He smiled at the thought of remembering seeing him walk over to him.

But he still had a problem. Harry clearly enjoyed those moments with Draco, but they surely couldn't keep meeting in secret, it was way to much of a hassle. And what about Ron and Hermione? They were after all his best friends, and he indeed felt bad about keeping something like this away from them. But what if they totally blew this whole thing out of proportion? He was worried more about Ron than Hermione, she was way more understanding and level headed than Ron was. And Harry shuddered to think about what it would be like if this got around the school.

The bell rang to soon for Harry's liking. He was enjoying the time to sort things out. Harry handed Professor McGonagall his class work, and he headed out of the classroom with Ron and Hermione. Harry watched the other students they passed, and tried to think about how much different they would be if him and Draco became an item. He supposed the Gryffindor students would pretty much hate him for it, and even more, the Slytherins would hate him and Draco. Harry just realized where they were going. Potions. It would be his first class with Draco since this all happened.

They walked down to the dark dungeons. Hermione and Ron were bickering about one thing or another, but Harry was used to it. He was getting more and more nervous about this class, and he figured he should not acknowledge Draco at all. Harry hoped Draco had the same idea. They entered the classroom, and Harry was relieved to see that Draco was in his normal seat in the front of the room. Harry, too, took his normal seat between Ron and Hermione in the back of the classroom.

Snape entered, looking just as grim as ever. He didn't say anything to the class, which Harry was grateful for, and simply waved his wand at the blackboard and ingredients appeared. Harry prepared his cauldron and starting adding the ingredients in the correct order. The potion now called for a hair of a unicorn. Harry looked at his collection of potions ingredients and saw that he was out of unicorn hair. He looked over at Hermione and Ron as to ask one of them for it, but Ron was having difficulties cutting up his roots, and Hermione usually got snappish if you bothered her when she was concentrating on making a potion.

So he decided to go into the back of the room to get one from the student stores. On his way there, Harry stopped, noticing that Draco was standing there looking in the cupboard with Crabbe at his side.

"What are you doing Potter, get moving." spat Snape.

Harry walked as slowly as possible trying to wait until Draco left, but he was still standing there, looking for something. Harry needed to get the unicorn hair or he wasn't going to have enough time to finish his potion…

"Er... excuse me." Harry said awkwardly.

Draco turned around quickly and said, "Wait your turn, Potter."

Crabbe laughed and when he wasn't looking, Draco unmistakably gave him the slightest smile. Harry figured he had done it so it wouldn't seem weird to everyone else. Draco never usually wasted a chance to say something rude to Harry. But still, he was slightly hurt. Draco then walked back to his desk. Harry went into the cupboard and got what he needed and went back to brewing his potion. It was supposed to be a light shade of green, he thought he had done well, but compared to Hermione's, his was kind of dark. But Snape said nothing about it nonetheless, and so he supposed, it was acceptable.

It was now lunch time, and the trio walked up to the Great Hall together. When they entered, the sky was a marvelous shade of blue with white fluffy clouds. Harry sat down and started to think again about what he was going to do about Draco. If only he had someone to talk to, someone to help. He looked up at the buzzing crowd of students. He then he spotted Luna Lovegood. Of course! She knew what was going on with Draco, and she was all for the whole thing. Okay, she might be a little crazy, but what could be the worst thing that could happen, besides her being no help at all?

Draco walked in the Great Hall, looked over at the Gryffindor table, and gave a more assuring smile than he did in Potions class, and Harry returned it. He wished he could go over and kiss him, just thinking about it made his lips tingle all over again.

When lunch was over, Harry walked over to the Ravenclaw table and tapped Luna on the shoulder.

"Hello Harry? Everything going well?" she said with that dreamy voice.

"Well, yes and no actually. I was wondering if you wanted to really meet me tonight, I.. er.. need to talk to you." Harry asked.

"Okay, sure. Lets meet in the Entrance Hall, this time before curfew, so we cant get in trouble." she said with a smile.

"Okay, seven then. I'll see you then, Luna." Harry told her, and he ran to catch up with Ron and Hermione.

A/N- Ugh I was having a lot of trouble with this chapter! I wanted it to be better, but I think this is as good as it gets. If you are reading this story, please review, it really means a lot to me, I like to know what you guys think. I'll try to have the next chapter up ASAP. Thanks!