AN: Okay I totally apologize to everyone for this being sooooooooo late. OMG, I just didn't know what this chapter was going to be about, but I really liked writing this chapter. Like a whole lot, and it is a really long chapter, but I hope you guys like it as much as I do. So again sorry for it being so late, and thank you to all of my reviews, hopefully I didn't lose anyone. Have fun.

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It was time for another trip to Hogsmeade. Everyone was so excited, they all loved going to Hogsmeade. Last trip both Ron and Draco skipped out on going to spend time with each other, but this time they were going. Draco and Ron hadn't really spent much time with each other since their last time in the prefect bathroom. Draco was keeping the Slytherins happy by staying with them all the time and they quit going through all of his stuff. Ron had grown closer to Hermione over the past few weeks, mainly because he could talk to her about Draco.

It was the day before the trip. And everyone was in class anxiously waiting for the time to go by. Ron still hadn't told Harry about Draco, though Hermione was constantly telling him to, considering Harry was suppose to be Ron's best friend. Ron thought about it long and hard, but he never got around to actually telling Harry.

They sat in Transfiguration, all dying for the class to be over, because it was the last class of the day, and then tomorrow there wasn't any classes. Harry had fallen asleep and Ron was on the verge of it, until he felt something tap his shoulder. He looked over and there was nothing there, he looked around the room and there still wasn't anything. He looked over at Draco who smiled and tapped the table and Ron felt the tap again. "What?" Ron mouthed over at Draco.

"The Hog's Head." Ron made out. That was all Draco said before he turned away. Ron sat puzzled for a moment. 'The Hog's Head. Does he want to meet there tomorrow? Oh I wish he'd be more specific.' Ron looked over again, Draco was still looking up at McGonagall. 'Even if that is what he wants to do...WHEN?' Ron thought.

McGonagall noticed over half of the class was asleep. "Oh fine. I can't keep most of you awake, so might as well just dismiss you. Go on." She said motioning them to leave. Ron shook Harry and Harry awoke startled. Hermione gave him a disapproving look. Ron looked over at Draco and found him slowing down. Ron knew it meant he wanted him to stay after. Ron looking at Hermione, then quickly looked over at Draco and then back. Hermione looked over at Draco and saw his sluggish nature and grabbed Harry. She shoved him out of the door.

"Come on Harry it's time to go."

"What about Ron?"

"Ron's coming later." She said giving Harry a final push out the door. Everyone left.

Ron walked over to Draco, "Now what is this about The Hog's Head?" Ron leaned against the table in front of Draco. Draco looked at him. He put a hand on either side of Ron's body on the table. He stared at Ron and then moved a hand up to Ron's head. He wrapped his hand around the back of Ron's neck and gently massaged it. Draco leaned against Ron's body. He put his head on Ron's shoulder and began breathing heavily. He hoped McGonagall didn't come back into class.

"I want to meet behind the Hog's Head when we go to Hogsmeade tomorrow. Then we could spend some time in Hogsmeade together. Like if we meet at 3 and then we can go in and find a dark corner and stay for a little while together and then go back before it becomes way too suspicious." Draco said softly leaning against him.

Ron wrapped his arms around him. "I'd love to do that. I want to have butterbeer with you. It would be like...like a date?" Draco stood straight up.

"I wasn't thinking of it as a date, honestly Ron, don't take this the wrong way, but we are not dating."

"Well then what do you call us, might I ask?"

Draco paused. "I don't know, it's just..." He let go of Ron and leaned against the table next to him. "just, I wouldn't consider us "boyfriends"."

"Wouldn't or don't want to?" Draco heard the spite in Ron's voice as the words came out. "Draco you said you loved me twice and now you won't consider us boyfriends, I just don't understand you. I mean a couple of weeks ago you told me we need to take a break so you could get everyone off your back, but then later that day we made out in the prefect bathroom. You've told me you love me, but won't call me your boyfriend. Draco if you don't mind MAKE UP YOUR MIND." Ron stomped out of the classroom without another word.

Draco stood stunned. "What the bloody hell was that about? I never contradict myself." He said arrogantly to no one.

"Mr. Malfoy, what are you still doing in my class?"

Draco spun on his heels to see McGonagall standing behind her desk. "Nothing." He walked out of the classroom quickly.

"Theirs is a very peculiar relationship. I wonder why they never notice I'm still in my classroom?" She mused to herself. As watched the last reminants of Draco disappear.

Ron returned to the dormitory where Hermione and Harry were sitting in the armchairs, they were arguing about something. When the portrait hole opened the arguing stopped and Harry stared at Ron curiously. "Where have you been?"

"I walked around the castle. I needed to think." He said collapsing on the couch. "What were the two of you arguing about?"

"Oh it was nothing, Harry just kept wondering where you were and I kept having to tell him I didn't know. Of course for some reason he didn't believe me." Hermione said picking up a book and rolling her eyes at Harry.

"I think you guys are hiding something from me. I mean the two of you have grown awfully close and you are always talking about something that you quit talking about when I come near. I just want to know what it is."

"Growing close to someone isn't a crime, you know." Hermione said over her book.

"But the two of you can't stand each other sometimes and it seems as if you just forgot all about that."

"Well what do you want, for us to fight all the time and you run between him and me?"

"That's not what I'm saying."

"Seems like it to me."

"Hermione get off the subject, I just want to know what you are hiding from me."

"It's nothing Harry, let's go onto a different subject. Let's talk about tomorrow." Ron said trying to get the topic to something else, before his secret came out to more than one person.

They began talking about the Hogsmeade trip. But then the topic of Ron not going to the last Hogsmeade trip came up. "I forgot why you didn't go last time, Ron, why didn't you go?" Harry asked.

"I just didn't feel like going last time." Ron said sliding down in the couch more. Harry gave him a very suspicious look. "Would you quit looking at me like that. It's not as if I can't choose not to go somewhere."

"It's not like that. It's just you love going, it just wasn't like you to not want to go to Hogsmeade."

"I know, I just wasn't feeling good, so can we please just drop it?"

"Ron's right, no use in dwelling about it now, he's going tomorrow and that's all that matters."

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Draco sat in the library, he didn't feel like going back to the common room just yet. He stared out the window into the darkness of the night. 'I wonder if he's still going to come. I mean he seemed really upset, I'll go and stay for 10 minutes and if he's not there by then I know he's not coming, but I do...what is that?" Draco saw something flying towards the window. As it came closer he recognized it as an owl. It didn't look familiar, he figured it was for someone else, so he opened the window to let the owl in, but instead of it flying off to someone else, it plopped in Draco's lap. Draco looked down at the owl and noticed the note had his name on it. Draco removed the letter and the owl took off out the window again.

He turned over the envelope and saw the Malfoy seal on the other side, which meant it was either from his mother or from his father. He opened the envelope and pulled out the letter.

My Darling Draco, 'Why is mother writing to me?' Draco knew the who the letter was from just from the opening. He thought of just chucking it as nothing, but decided to read on anyway.

I've recieved letters from a variety of people, saying that you've become very sullen this year, they said you don't spend as much time with your friends, and I find that very peculiar. They also wrote after the first Hogsmeade trip, that you didn't go. I know how much you love getting out of the castle so I was very confused when I read of this. I am going to be at Hogsmeade tomorrow, I'm hoping to see you and then we can talk in person about your being very secretive this year.

Love Your Mother

Draco reread the letter a number of times. 'People have written my mother about me not being with my friends and not going to Hogsmeade. Who the hell do these people think they are? It's my turn to become a detective and figure out who has been writting my mother.' He reread the last line more than any other part of the letter. 'And WHY must she come to Hogsmeade tomorrow? What happens if she finds me, when I'm with Ron? I can't just not meet him, then he'll really blow up at me. I hate her. Why is she coming?' Draco stormed out of the library so angry. He didn't want to see his mother tomorrow, he wasn't sure if Ron was angry at him and going to come tomorrow, he just didn't know what he was going to do tomorrow.

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The morning came and everyone rushed down to the Great Hall to eat their breakfast and get ready for the trip to Hogsmeade. Ron, Harry and Hermione sat down at the Gryffindor table and await the food that was coming. Ron's eyes travel over to the Slytherin table where Draco stared right at him. Draco held up his hand and showed the number two to Ron while talking to another Slytherin and playing it off. Ron only assumed that was when Draco wanted to meet behind the Hog's Head, Ron turned his head to Harry, who'd been talking, but his eyes remained on Draco and he nodded his head. Draco nodded his as well and both boys' attention returned to their fellow housemates.

Finally it was time to leave for Hogsmeade and everyone hurried out to get into the carriages that were going to take them over there. The trio got into one with Neville and waited for it to move. Finally it started moving. They arrived soon after, they all got out of their carriages and everyone took off for separate places. Ron looked up at one of the clocks in the intersections. '11:15' Harry had moved closer to the window of Honeydukes and looked dreamingly at all the sweets. Ron grabbed Hermione by the arm and held her back for the moment.

"Draco wants to meet at 2 for a little while, so we can spend it at Hogsmeade together." He whispered to her, keeping his eyes on Harry the whole time.

"Okay, then we'll save Honeydukes until a little before then, since it's always so full, you could sneak out and then I can preoccupy Harry for an hour I think, but don't stay more than that. And we'll meet at The Three Broomsticks after that, okay?" She whispered back. Ron nodded and the two took off towards Harry.

"Let's not go in there just yet, because we'll eat all the sweets before we leave and we'll have to make another trip back to it. So let's go to another store first." Hermione said pulling Harry away from the Honeydukes window. "Let's go to Zonko's they always have awesome new stuff."

They entered the shop. It was full of people and as they looked around they saw many new tricks and fake things for everyone to play with. They saw the twins racking up with everything they could. They were at the counter and the trio could tell they were using all the money they could, saving some for stuff like The Three Broomsticks for later.

The trio found a few things to play with and bought them. They walked out, Ron looked up at the clock again. It had been 11:30 when they entered and it was now 12:30. "We spent an hour in there?" Ron said in amazement. "I mean I know we spend a lot of time in these shops, but I don't think we've ever spent that much time there." Hermione smiled. She looked at Ron and saw him eyeing the clock, she saw he was just dying for it to be 2.

"Let's go take a trip over to the Shrieking Shack. It'll waste time to walk over there." Hermione offered. Both boys shrugged and they started walking over. They made it to the shack and took a seat on one side of the fence.

"You know what I noticed," Harry said suddenly. "Malfoy hasn't bothered us for a LONG time." Ron and Hermione exchanged catious looks. "Haven't you guys noticed that?"

"Maybe he's taken up new targets." Hermione interjected, Ron's breathing became irregular.

"Malfoy, giving up on picking on me, us, of all people? I really doubt that."

"It's just a thought." She said giving a heavy sigh and looking at Ron.

"Maybe we should head back, I'm mean there is nothing to do here." Ron offered. Harry got up.

"That's true, considering we all know that the shack isn't haunted now." Harry began walking back towards Hogsmeade. It was a long walk back, Ron was trying to catch his breath and control it again, but found it almost impossible.

'If Harry doesn't quit asking questions mine and Draco's secret's screwed and Draco really will kill me for letting two people find out.' Ron thought as they reached the town. He looked at the clock. 1:55. 'AHHH I knew the walk was long, but holy, I didn't know it took that long.' "Let's go to Honeydukes now. I'm in the mood for sweets, and then we can go to the Three Brooksticks for some butterbeer afterwards." Ron said quickly. Hermione looked at the clock and saw why Ron was ready for Honeydukes.

"That's sounds awesome." The trio walked over to the crowded store. Sure enough it was crowded enough for Hermione to take Harry towards the back of the place and Ron to sneak back out without being noticed. He walked back out into the street and looked around for The Hog's Head. He found the place and rushed over and around the building. He saw the blonde hair he knew so well. He walked up to the boy whose attention immediately went to the moving object getting closer, when he saw that it was Ron he let out a breath.

"I thought you weren't coming, you seemed really mad at me yesterday."

"I was mad at you yesterday, I'm still mad at the fact that you can't make up your mind, but it's not enough to stop me from coming to see you." He said leaning against the wall of the place. Draco gave a rare smile and he reached over and grabbed Ron by the face and kissed him.

"Pull up your hood and let's go." The boys pulled up the hoods of their cloaks and walked in through the back entrance of the place. They found a table in the back in a dark corner. Draco knew most of the students didn't come to this one, so they were pretty safe from that, but they couldn't remove their hoods, because people could tell who they were by their features and hair colors. "I'll go get us some drinks." Draco got out of his seat and walked over to the bar. Ron sat in his corner, he knew he wasn't going to be here long. He knew he couldn't. Hermione had said an hour and that was it, so Ron knew he wasn't going to be able to push his luck. From his seat he could see a clock. Draco returned with two glasses full of butterbeer. He handed one to Ron and took his seat again.

"I got you something." Draco said rummaging in his cloak. Ron looked over curiously. He felt bad, he hadn't gotten anything for Draco. Draco apparently saw this in Ron's face. "Don't worry about it, I don't want anything. But I know how much you like chocolate, so here." Draco put a bag on the table for Ron. Ron reached over and pulled out a few things from the bag. It was a mixture of Chocolate Frogs, Chocolate Cauldrons, Choco Balls and some Cockroach Clusters. Ron looked happily at all the chocolate in his hands.

"Thank you, but I still wish I'd gotten you something. I feel bad."

"Don't worry about it. Let's just say it's to make up for me being a git lately." Ron laughed. "What's so funny?" Draco asked hastily. He hadn't been expecting Ron to laugh at him.

"I just wasn't expecting you to call yourself a git." Draco gave Ron a stern look, but the smile remained on Ron's face. Ron bit into a Choco Ball. "I love you." He said around the ball.

Draco smiled. "I love you too." Draco took a sip of his butterbeer and watched as Ron ate some of his chocolate. Suddenly he felt someone's eyes on him, he gave a cautious glance around the room but found no one looking at him. He shifted uncomfortably in his chair. Ron noticed.

"What's wrong?" He asked swallowing some more chocolate.

"I just felt someone watching us. It felt weird, but I didn't see anyone." He said in a low voice. He gave a heavy sigh. Ron gave him a compassionate look. He looked out the window and saw it was 2:30.

"How come the time has to pass so fast when I don't want it to?" Draco smiled.

"How long are you allowed out?" He asked playfully.

"Until 3, Hermione can't keep Harry busy forever." He said. He reached out with his foot and rested it on Draco's lap. Draco didn't mind. Draco looked displeased at the mention of Ron's friends, but other than that said nothing.

The two sat in each others company in silence just giving each other looks and smiles for a little while. When Ron ran out of butterbeer, he excused himself to get more. Draco turned to look out the window. It had been a good day, he hadn't run into his mother and he got to spend a little time with Ron in Hogsmeade. He heard footsteps beside him so he thought it was Ron, but when he turned to face the person, he came into quite the surprise.

"Draco, I thought it was you sitting in this corner." There before him was his mother, standing there staring at him. She looked like she was looking for something. "So who is it that has graced your company for almost an hour? Have you found a girlfriend?" She asked almost mockingly, like she knew it wasn't true. Draco was stunned. His mouth agape. He couldn't say anything, he just hoped his mother didn't find out that it was Ron who was the one keeping him company. He saw Ron behind his mother and went to turn around, but was caught by a hand grabbing onto his hood. Narcissa turned to see just who was beneath the cloak. She scowled when she saw the flaming red hair in front of her. "DRACO MALFOY!" His mouth said in the lowest scream she could. Draco winced. "Are you going to explain...HIM?" She asked pointing at a very red Ron.

"Mother, please, don't overreact." Draco pleaded. "Not here." He looked around, they were already starting to draw a crowd.

"Fine." She pulled Ron back to his seat, where he took it reluctantly. She sat on the outside of the table and looked from a still vivid Ron to her son who was now pulling off his hood. "So?"

"I don't know what you want me to say. By your face, you already know what this is." He said pointing between himself and Ron. Ron shifted even more in his chair.

"I thought your father and I raised you better than this." She pointed at the redhead and he gave her a very angry look, she disregarded it. "I never would've expected you to go out with a Weasley. I mean I would understand if it was a Slytherin boy, but not only are you dating a Gryffindor, it's a Weasley." Ron's look became even more angered. "You are so much better than he is." Ron was furious by now. Draco gave him a look that said to calm down but Ron was finding that very hard to do.

"Mother, quit saying stuff like that. I realize that it's very unlike me, and very unlike our family, for me to even consider dating a Weasley but Ron's really different than what we've thought, you just have to get to know him."

"Get to know him? Get to know him? You expect your father and I to get to know the spawn of the man that loves mudbloods, that raids our house every other week, I don't think so." Ron was about to say something, but Draco shot him an angered look, that told Ron to shut up. Ron leaned against his chair, he was fuming.

"Mother, you don't have to like his father, but have you ever thought Ron might not be like his father?" Draco suggested. Narcissa stared at her son suspiciously. She looked over at the fuming Ron, who looked out the window trying to avoid her gaze.

"Fine, you want me to give him a shot, then he can come over during the holiday and meet your father at the same time." Ron looked over at Draco scared and paled.

"Mother I don't think his family is going to let him come for holidays." Narcissa gave a wicked smile.

She turned to Ron. "Your family doesn't know either do they?" Ron shook his head. "That's what I thought. Well then, I'll just have to contact Molly Weasley and discuss this with her." Ron blanched even more. Draco had never seen him so pale. Narcissa got out of her seat, she leaned down and kissed Draco on the head and then gave a disgusted look at Ron and left.

"What are we going to do now?" Ron asked frantically.

"There's nothing we can do other than wait for what our parents come up with." Draco said completely slumping in his chair. Ron shifted and shot a glance out the window at the clock.

"Oh shit. It's 3:30, I've got to go." Ron grabbed the bag of chocolate and left without another word.

AN: OH NO. Whatever will the parentscome up with? How will Mrs. Weasley take the news? GAH.