Chapter 8: Great Things Come From Nothing
(Warning to all those who don't like lots of gay romance, and yes Lauren and the boys this is mainly for you, read at own risk. Either put up with it or I'll hurt you, jks, you really don't have to read this chapter if you would prefer not to. AN: writing in italics only applies to Camma, Ben. N and Mikey)
A month had passed and Harry and Draco were still not talking to each other. Hermione hadn't mentioned Harry to Draco since the night she'd left him nursing his cup of tea in the kitchen. The only thing that seemed to be quite unaffected by the break up of Harry and Draco was the relationship between Ron and Blaise.
The morning after Draco told Harry it was over, "'til he sorted things out". Harry found Blaise pinned to the wall by Ron in one of the secret corridors. Ron was running his hands over Blaise's chest and putting the full force of his body behind the vigorous snogging and heavy petting. Harry just shook his head and let them be. He felt it was fair for other people to be happy, even if he wasn't.
And he knew he wasn't going to be happy until he figured out why he had kissed Seamus. It had happened out of nowhere. He didn't really blame Draco for what he did; he probably would have done the same. The only thing that kept Harry going was the fact that Draco had not ended their relationship permanently. Draco had told Harry that if he figured out his feelings for Seamus that he would talk to him again. Harry knew Draco had meant that he was only putting distance between them because he felt betrayed and not because he really wanted their relationship to end.
Harry knew if he figured out why he had kissed Seamus, if he could convince Draco enough that there was nothing between him and Seamus; that the kiss had meant nothing. Then there was a chance Draco would take him back. But Harry was still yet to have any ideas about why he had made the stupid mistake.
After Harry and Draco's separation, every so often, Harry would see Ron with Blaise. They started off looking happy with each other, relaxed. And then when Ron noticed that Harry was there, he would start holding Blaise's hand. At first Blaise gave Ron a look of confusion but went along with it, enjoying the contact. A week later Ron began to plant kisses on Blaise's cheeks whenever Harry saw them in the corridor. From there, Ron moved up to full on snogging and sometimes moving into classrooms to get some action.
Harry didn't pick up on the abnormality of these actions because his mind was always on the question he had to answer to get Draco back. But Hermione had been with Harry half the time when he saw Ron with Blaise and she knew something wasn't right.
After their meeting with Hermione and Ginny near the room of requirement at the start of the term, Ron and Blaise had made sure not to be seen doing anything unruly in the open corridors. Now they were openly expressing their feeling towards each other in public. Hermione also noticed that it was Ron who initiated all the contact and not Blaise, although Blaise accepted it quite willingly. 'I must have a word to Harry about what he thinks of Ron's show of emotions since he and Draco split.' Hermione thought to herself as she witnessed another of Ron's snogging fests in the third corridor a few of days before the Christmas break.
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It was Christmas Eve Eve (in other words, the day before Christmas Eve) and Hermione had just finished putting all her things in her trunk. She was going home to see her parents and Luke for Christmas. The boys (Ron and Blaise) had decided it would be best if they stayed at Hogwarts because they would miss each other terribly if they were apart over the break. Harry didn't want to go back to the Dursley's and he didn't want to go to the Weasley's without Ron being there so he was also staying. Draco had told Hermione that he was staying because he didn't want to leave Hogwarts without both their Head Girl and Boy. Hermione had not believed him for a second. Really, it was a lame reason.
She knew Draco still wanted to be with Harry. He was just waiting for the moment when Harry would tell him the reason why he had kissed Seamus. She knew that he didn't want to wait til after Christmas break to find out if Harry had figured it out. She could see the aching in his heart, the pain it caused him to see Harry and not know whether they would ever be together again. She knew Draco just wanted to forgive Harry, but it was not the done thing when you were a Malfoy. No, Draco's pride was too strong for his love for Harry to overcome. It just needed that little push; the push Draco was praying would come every time he set eyes on the handsome Gryffindor. But it hadn't come after a month and Draco was still waiting.
Now that she had nothing to do she decided the go up to Gryffindor Tower and see what the others were up to. When she walked through the Fat Lady she found Ginny, Ron and Harry all sitting as far away from each other as they could get. Both the Weasleys looked to be in a bad mood and so did Harry, but he didn't seem quite as grumpy as the other two. Not wanting to get shunned she decided to talk to Harry.
He was sitting in the far right hand corner of the common room, which also happened to be the closest to the Fat Lady. She took a seat in front of him and started to talk "So…what's been happening up here?"
"Nothing," sulked Harry, his body language contradicting his statement.
"Surely you don't expect me to believe that, Harry?"
"Well, why not?" exclaimed Harry.
"Because it is obvious something has happened."
"Nothing has happened!" denied Harry.
"Don't be stupid! You're here and Ron's over there when usually you two can't be separated in the common room. If there aren't two spare seats next to each other you'll kick other people of theirs just so you can sit together. I have no idea how Ginny got brought into this, but with that look on her face, I would say Ron said something that offended her. Now what happened?" she asked again. "And if you don't tell me I'm sure Ginny wouldn't mind letting off some steam."
"Okay, okay, I'll talk," conceded Harry. "Just don't get her screaming again."
"Why, what made her scream in the first place?" Hermione shifted her position in the seat for more comfort.
"Well, me and Ron were sitting here where you and I sit now and Ron was trying to help me figure out why I had kissed Seamus." Harry said in a quiet voice, not wanting the others to hear and start another fight.
"I see…"
"Yeah and, cause I didn't want anyone else to know about it, we were kind of whispering. Then Ginny walked into the common room. Ron looked up to see whom it was and he must have given her the impression that we were talking about her because she kept a close eye on us. We continued talking and then Seamus came into the common room. I saw him walk over to Ginny and start talking, but they didn't look comfortable chatting. Anyway, I kept looking over to Seamus and so did Ron, mostly cause we were discussing Seamus. But I think Ginny reckoned we must have been looking at her because she gave the patented Weasley Glare-o-Death." Harry paused.
"Yeah, and…" prompted Hermione when he didn't continue after a few seconds.
"Well, the next thing I know, she is out of her seat and storming towards Ron and me. She stopped next to Ron's chair and all but hissed asking what the hell we were starring at. I didn't answer, afraid that I might have to tell her about kissing Seamus. Ron told her to mind her own business and that she didn't know what she was talking about. I tried to tell her that's not what Ron had meant but by that time her face had turned red and she wasn't listening. Ron called her a few more things, including an annoying little brat of a sister, and then told her to go back over to 'gay-ass' Seamus and have a make out session. She totally flipped. Seamus heard too and ran up to our dormitory; he hasn't come down yet. Ginny said that she wasn't going to talk to us again until Ron apologized for what he said and went over to where she is now." Harry jerked his head in her general direction. "I tried to tell Ron to take back what he said and that it had been a bit harsh…"
"A bit? More like very" exclaimed Hermione
Harry ignored her and continued, "But he wouldn't hear it. I kinda also had a go at him for nearly giving away my secret about Seamus and he decided to do a Ginny on me and went over there." He pointed to the chair near the fire in which Ron was lounging.
"Sounds like something Ron would do…"
"As if Draco not talking to me wasn't enough, now my best friend isn't talking to me."
"All does seem to be going bad for you at the moment, doesn't it?"
"Bad, I could handle. This isn't bad this is down right dreadful, horrific even."
"Well, maybe it would be best if we go some place else to talk then" suggested Hermione.
"Talk? About what?" asked Harry, not following her.
"Come with me and you'll find out." She pulled him out of his chair and out of the Fat Lady's portrait. When Harry had mentioned Ron talking about Seamus and snogging, Hermione had been reminded of all the times Ron had been snogging Blaise when Harry was around. She needed to talk with Harry about it before she went on holiday. Maybe he could work things out then.
Hermione first thought of talking in her private dorm, then realized that Draco was up there and taking Harry where Draco was, probably wasn't the best idea. She decided on an out-of-the-way spot in the library where no one would hear or see them.
"So what did you bring me here to talk about, that we couldn't talk about in the common room?" asked Harry.
"Well…" started Hermione looking at Harry listening intently. "It's about Ron," she stated.
"Yeah, what about him?" Harry asked urging her to go on.
"Have you noticed how he has been showing a little more emotion, in public, towards Blaise"
"Yeah, but that is just the relationship getting stronger…isn't it?"
"Maybe, but he only acts like that when we're around. I have been talking to others and they say Ron doesn't do anything when we're not there."
"Others? What others?"
"Just some Slytherins and Ravenclaws that see Blaise and Ron when they are down near the dungeons."
"Oh, right."
"Yeah, so why do you think he is doing it?"
"I don't know" Harry shrugged. "He only started after Draco broke off with me, so maybe that has something to do with it."
"Maybe, can you think of any reason why that would be the case? I mean, why would you and Draco breaking up make him become more affectionate towards Blaise just when we're around. If anything, wouldn't it make him become more affectionate all the time?"
"Like I know!"
"A lot of help you are!" Hermione said sarcastically.
"Well, it's not like I can read minds" Harry came back.
"Hey, that isn't a bad idea." Harry gave her a look as if to say what the hell are you on about girl. "You could use Legilimency on him"
"No Hermione!" protested Harry. "No way! Ron is our friend and if he wants to tell us why he is acting strange then he can. It would be wrong to force it out of him"
"I guess you're right," sighed Hermione.
"You know I'm right because that is what you would usually say. And does it really matter? As long as Ron is happy being with Blaise and Blaise is happy being with him, we shouldn't question his actions."
"Hmmm…yeah. He does seem really happy."
They shared a moment of laughter at their own worrisome tendencies and then headed back up to the Gryffindor common room so that Harry could say sorry to Ron and Ginny and maybe get them speaking to each other before the holidays started the next day.
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After Hermione had taken Harry out of the common room, Ron decided that he would go see what Blaise was doing. He didn't want to stay in the room alone with Ginny, just sitting in silence. He needed some good company.
Harry hadn't been the same since Draco told him to practically get lost. He was hardly ever in the mood to talk; his mind was always somewhere else. Ron had tried to get Harry to notice him and Blaise being happy (well that's what Ron had told Blaise when he asked about the sudden change in his actions every time Harry was around) but it had only seemed to make things worse.
When Harry had first told him that he liked Draco, way back at the end of their first year, he had also had feelings for the blonde Slytherin. But he did not tell Harry this. He hadn't wanted to let a boy, especially a Slytherin and a Voldemort follower, get in the way of their friendship. And he knew if he had of told Harry about liking Draco too then they would just end up fighting over who liked him more. No, it was best for Ron to keep the fact that he had liked Draco to himself.
Ron reached the opening to the Slytherin common room. He waited for a moment and then saw a Slytherin first year, holding a book open and reading while walking, come around the corner towards the entrance.
"Umm…excuse me," Ron said after clearing his throat.
The girl looked up at Ron, her expression seeming to question why the Gryffindor was there.
"Do you know who Blaise Zabini is?" Ron asked
"Yes." She answered, looking at Ron as if to say 'what do you think I am…stupid'.
"I know who everyone in my house is, …don't you?" the girl added sarcastically giving Ron another look that he didn't quite know how to interrupt.
"Well, can you tell him that Ron is outside?"
"Yeah, whatever." She whispered the password to make sure Ron didn't hear and walked into their common room with her head back in her book. The entrance shut behind her and Ron was left alone in the corridor.
The first year found Blaise with no worries at all. He was in his usual spot on the far left corner couch. He had hugged his knees to his chest and was resting his head on them, thinking about Ron's changes since Draco and Harry spilt up. He had just finished thinking that Ron's behaviour had changed more than both Draco and Harry's had over the past month when Casey sidled up next to him.
"Blaise, Ron told me to tell you that he is outside." She had looked up from her book to say those words and then her head was straight back down again and she was walking down to her dorm.
When Blaise looked up she was nearly out of sight. "Hey, Casey" he shouted across the room.
She turned her head back to look at him. "Did I hear you correctly? Is Ron outside?"
"Yeah, that's what I said." And she turned her head round again and disappeared from sight.
Blaise lowered his knees, got up from the couch and headed out of the Slytherin common room. He found Ron resting against the wall, he hoped the he hadn't been waiting there for long.
"Hey Ron" Blaise said in the cheeriest voice he could muster after sitting on the couch in his depressed state.
"Oh, hi Blaise. That was quicker than I expected," said Ron, suddenly standing straight.
Mustn't have been waiting long after all. "So…what did you come all the way down here for?"
"I just wanted to see you. Is that a crime?" Ron moving seductively toward Blaise and stopped when they were only a centimetre apart. Blaise felt his hot breathe on his mouth and nose.
"No, no crime at all…Ron…darling" he breathed getting turned on by Ron's closeness.
"Good, then you wont mind if I do this" and Ron closed the gap between them, planting his hot lips over Blaise's. Blaise didn't mind at all and deepened the kiss. They found their arms around each other's bodies, feeling and pushing each other closer. Blaise finally realised where they were displaying their affection and pulled away from Ron.
Ron had seemed to be enjoying that and had a look of confusion on his face. "Why did you stop?" he said thinking it had something to do with the other boy not enjoying it as well.
"Look where are" said Blaise as a second year Ravenclaw came into the corridor. Ron looked around.
"Yeah…so. That doesn't explain why you stopped."
"Ron! Do you really think we should be doing those sort of things in an open corridor?" asked Blaise annoyed that Ron couldn't see what was wrong with where they were.
"Why does it matter?"
"Oh my goodness! Ron, do you not pay attention to anything anyone tells you?"
"I pay attention when you tell me how you…"
"Ron, stop being such a idiot" Blaise cut him off before he could say anything that would harm the innocent little Slytherin girl walking towards the common room entrance.
(AN: okay, so innocent isn't the best word to describe a Slytherin, but hey, what the heck)
"I was talking about when Hermione told us off a while back when we were…" Blaise paused to make sure the girl had already entered the Slytherin common room before he continued, "…making out in front of the Room Of Requirements."
"Yeah, I remember that. She told us not the make out in the corridors again. Big deal." stated Ron.
"Ron, don't you think you ought to listen to your friend? She did have a rather good point. It isn't really responsible of us to display our affection in public with all the youngsters about. Am sure I would not have wanted to see a pair of seventh year boys snogging when I was in first year."
"Okay, okay. Will you stop with the lecture? If I wanted to get a lecture about my actions I would have stayed in the Gryffindor common room."
"What? So you only came down here to make out? Is that all I am to you?" cried Blaise angrily.
"No!" exclaimed Ron
"Than what am I then?" asked Blaise still with an angry tone.
Ron was silent. He didn't know what to say that would sound as if he didn't care for Blaise. But saying nothing only made it worse. Blaise turned and started to storm off when Ron ran after him and grab him by the shoulder, turning the black haired Slytherin to face him.
"Blaise, you mean more to me than just a snogging partner…" Ron started
"Oh yeah, so why did you really come down here then?" yelled Blaise.
"Because I wanted to be with you" said Ron. He went to open his mouth and say something else when Blaise voice interrupted him again.
"Yeah, you just wanted a free kissing session"
"No Blaise! Will you listen to me?" now Ron was the one who was yelling. "I just wanted to be with you. Maybe to talk for a bit but I never came down with the intention to snog. That just happened." His tone was gentler with the last sentence.
"Yeah, it must always seem to just happen" exclaimed Blaise and pulled away from Ron's grip on his shoulder.
"Blaise…" Ron shouted after him, but Blaise never turned back to look at him. Ron stayed in that corridor for a good half an hour before walking down to Hagrid's hut.
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Blaise didn't know where he was going after he stormed off from Ron. He was just walking away for the sake of not having to face the stupid git. After he stopped walking he found himself standing outside the library. He decided to do some quiet thinking and research for one of his history of magic essays while he was there.
Why does Ron have to be such an idiot? I really thought I meant more to him than just someone to snog…but apparently not. Blaise was running his finger over a line of books trying to find one that would help him with his essay. I knew it was too good to be true. Why did Draco have to introduce me to him? I bet it was to keep him occupied and out of his and Harry's hair. He pulled out a book that look like it might help. I bet Ron has been being all affectionate towards me when Harry was there because he wants his attention. But they are best mates…it doesn't make sense.
He had placed the book on a table and was flipping through. He stopped a passage that might have a few things he could use, entitled 'The Ten Thousandth Goblin Rebellion.' Maybe it is Draco Ron's after…I don't see how that works though. Hmmmm… he looked at the passage and began to read but he couldn't get Ron off his mind. He ended up reading the first line about twenty times before he closed it, went to Madam Price and borrowed it. As he was at the desk he saw Harry and Hermione leave, laughing happily. He briefly wondered what they were laughing about before Madam Price yelled at him to take his book and stop holding up the queue.
He went back to the Slytherin common room and sat back in the chair Casey had first found him. He sat there with his books and started to write. He finished his last paragraph with '…Grundle, the goblin leader, reminded the wizard of the terrible crime he committed towards goblins and the wizard never did anything to harm goblins again.' and it finally struck him. Maybe Ron is trying to remind Harry of kissing Seamus so that Harry wont sort things out and Draco and him will never get back together, because Ron likes Draco and is jealous of Harry being with Draco. But if that is true…where does it leave me? Blaise suddenly felt like everything around him were talking gloomily instead of chirpily like they usually did.
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Hagrid was in his pumpkin patch, weeding, when Ron knocked on his door.
"Round the back" came Hagrid's happy booming voice.
Ron walked around to find him on his hands and knees in the pumpkin patch. All but hidden between two pumpkins, each the size of Hagrid himself body. The half-giant looked up from what he had been doing.
"Hiya Ron. What brings you down here?"
"Hi Hagrid, I was just going for a walk and thought I hadn't seen you for a while so I came over here" explained Ron.
"Oh, well that was nice of ya to think of me." He stood up and made his way to the edge of the patch where Ron was standing. "Would you like to come inside and have some tea?"
"That would be great Hagrid," replied Ron and he followed Hagrid into his hut.
While Hagrid was making tea, Ron sat on the chair next to Fang. Hagrid noticed he was a little more grumpy than usual.
"Is there something bothering you Ron?"
"Well, yeah actually there is. Blaise thinks I am just going out with him for merely physical reasons." Ron stated
"That's ridiculous!" cried Hagrid. Fang barked, seeming to agree. "Why would he think something like that?"
"I think its because I have been more physical with him lately…" Ron paused, not know whether to add the last bit off his sentence or not. But he knew the only way to get some advice off Hagrid was to tell him the whole story, so he continued, "…especially when we are around Harry and them."
Hagrid gave him a puzzled look. Ron hadn't expected him to understand so he continued to explain. "Well, you see…Harry broke up with Draco because he kissed another guy." (AN: Hagrid knew Harry and Draco had split but had not been told why until just then by Ron ;)) "And I was kinda hoping that by kissing Blaise while Harry was around would remind him of what he had done and it would take him longer to get over it and face the guy, so that he can get back with Draco."
"But why would you do that?" asked Hagrid still bewildered.
"Because, I'm stupid, that's why. I thought I could keep Draco and Harry apart to get back at Harry for liking Draco when I did too. I knew I would never have a chance with Draco after Harry told me he liked him back in first year. But after I had done it for a day I realised that it was a stupid, selfish, childish reason. I couldn't stop doing it though. It was weird, like I felt this need to do it, to kiss Blaise and touch his body. I knew I wasn't doing it to get back at Harry anymore; it was just because I wanted to. It's hard to explain."
"I think you explained it quite well actually. And I believe what you are experiencing is not usual. The best way to describe it is that your feelings for Blaise are getting deeper" clarified Hagrid. He handed Ron his cup of tea. "Is there anything else that is on your mind?"
"Nah…that's about it." Ron brought his cup to his mouth and was about to take a sip when he remembered something else. "Oh, actually. There is one more thing. I was wondering if you could do me a favour?"
"Yeah, what is it?" Hagrid asked eagerly
"If you wouldn't mind…could you go down to Hogsmeade and pick up a Christmas present I have had on hold since the last visit we had?"
"Yeah, no problem Ron" replied Hagrid. Ron gave him all the details and they drank their tea while continuing to talk about different things happening in the world around them.
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The next day, Christmas Eve, the Hogwart's Express left Hogsmeade Station at 2:00pm with many students going home to see their parents for Christmas. Among the passengers were Hermione, of course, and Ginny, who was going back to The Burrow.
Harry and Ron were standing on the platform after waving goodbye to the girls as the train left the station. When it was out of sight they both lowered their arms with a sigh.
"So, what do you want to do now?" asked Harry, having apologised to Ron for snapping at him in the common room the afternoon before.
"Well, I don't know what you want to do, but I'm going to go and see Blaise there is something I need to sort out with him."
"Oh…okay" said Harry a little disappointed that he wouldn't be able to do something with his best friend.
"Maybe you should talk to Seamus and try to figure out with him why that kiss happened, because your not getting anywhere by yourself" suggested
Ron.
"Maybe" Harry didn't seem to enthusiastic about the idea.
"Or maybe you can go for a ride on your broom"
"Hmmm…" Harry liked this suggestion a bit more than the last one. "Well, I'll think about it on the way back to the common room" and he started back in the direction of the castle with Ron following after him.
Ron left Harry when they got to the stairs leading up to Gryffindor common room. He kept on going down the corridor and found his way to the Slytherin common room to visit Blaise. He needed to tell Blaise how he really felt and why he had been so affectionate lately.
When he got to the entrance, Casey was just coming out. She spotted the red haired Gryffindor and gave him a foul look. "What do you want now?" she asked aggressively.
"I need to see Blaise again. Is he in there by any chance?" Ron was forcing himself to stay calm and not show his annoyance with the first year.
"Yeah, I suppose you want be to get him for you?"
"If you wouldn't mind"
"No, I don't mind." Her tone said otherwise. She turned back into the common room and called out to Blaise. Ron wasn't quite sure what she had said, but he believed it to be something along the lines of 'Hey Zabini, your boyfriend wants you, so get your ass off that couch and get him away from the rest of us Slytherins.'
Blaise must have got up and came to the entrance because Ron heard his voice clearly when he told Casey to "get your ass out of the way and maybe I will." Casey immediately back off and turned to walk down the corridor and disappeared. Blaise stepped into sight. Ron could see that he was in a grumpy mood, which wasn't going to help him do what he had to, but if he didn't sort this out now he knew things would only get worse.
"Hi Ron. What do you want?" Blaise asked with a fair bit of anger in his tone.
"Ummm…" A small lump had formed in Ron's throat at the sound of Blaise's anger. "We need to talk about before" he finally managed.
"What about it?" asked Blaise, still with the anger.
"You didn't let me explain things probably and I need you to listen to what I have to say" Ron said firmly.
"Ron, you know you just what me for the sex, admit it" stated Blaise
"No Blaise!" Ron yelled, "Will you stop saying that and just listen to me!"
This is a side of Ron Blaise hadn't seen before. He realised Ron must be really upset with him so he shut his mouth and nodded for the red head to continue.
Ron looked at where they were and didn't think it was the best place to have a private conversation. "Ummm…Blaise, is it okay if we go to your room and talk?" he asked, and before Blaise could respond to that, he added "and no, it's not what you're thinking. I just want to go somewhere more private and your room is the closest place."
Yeah…sure… thought Blaise. "Okay. Whatever you say."
Ron followed his boyfriend down to the seventh year boy's dorm and sat on what used to be Draco's bed, while Blaise sat on his own bed. Ron was looking around the room that the Slytherins had lived in all their years at Hogwarts and comparing it with the one he had spent his time in. He couldn't help but think no wonder the Slytherins are so gloomy and menacing…I probably would be too if my dorm was as dark and damp as this.
"So…"started Blaise "…you wanted to tell me something?"
"Yes" said Ron being brought back to the reason he was here. "I don't want you just for sexual exhilaration. If I wanted that I would have gone to someone in my own house. Think about it… it would be much easier to conceal our intimacy and so forth."
"Yeah, well I guess you have a point there. But what about the thrill of trying not to be caught?"
"Not worth the risk…I know us Gryffindors are supposed to be brave…but we're not that brave," declared Ron. "Anyway, back to my point"
"There's a point, is there?" Blaise looked down at Ron's groin
"Now who just wants the sex? And yes there is a point and it has nothing to do with my what's in my pants at the moment. So would you please stop interrupting and look at my face"
Blaise complied to Ron's wishes with a small sigh and Ron continued to speak. "Thank you. Now I think I own you an explanation of why I have been acting so affectionately all of a sudden." Ron paused making sure Blaise's eyes were not about to wonder anywhere. "At first, I started to link arms and give you kisses whenever Harry was around to remind him of the incident in which Draco had broken up with over. I thought it would stop him from confronting Seamus and therefore delaying his reunion with Draco. I know it sounds stupid, but please here my reasoning behind doing such a cruel thing to my best mate."
Ron took a second to breathe in and out. "Around a third the way through our first year Harry came to tell me that he had a crush on Draco. Now…I would have been fine with that if I had not liked Draco myself. I didn't tell Harry that I also like Draco. Instead I tried in every way I could think of to make Harry see that he is not worth liking and in the process I stopped liking him myself. I thought that Harry was over Draco by that time, which was around Christmas in our second year but you don't need to know that."
Ron looked down at his own lap. Blaise had been starring into his eyes that whole time and it was getting a bit too much for him to handle. He looked back up and continued to explain, determined to look Blaise in the eyes as much as possible.
"Now, this year, when I found out Hermione had set Harry and Draco up and that it actually worked, some of my feelings for Draco come back to haunt me. They were empty feelings though, cause I knew they could never be returned seeing as Draco loved Harry. Then, when you come along I totally forgot about him. Warm fuzzy feelings replaced the empty ones. When we first met I felt this connection, just something that I knew, given the chance, could grow stronger and that there could be something really special. And when you agreed to give it that chance I was over the moon. I guess what I'm trying to say is that…well, after all the time we have spent together, do you really think I would still want to be with you if all I wanted was sex?"
Blaise opened his mouth to answer but Ron continued before he could get a sound out "Okay, maybe you shouldn't answer that. There was something I forgot to mention. After a day of becoming more affectionate towards you I realised, while lying in bed thinking, that what I was doing was stupid. But the next day when I saw you all I wanted to do was kiss you and show you how much I liked you and appreciated your company. So…is it okay if I show you more affection from now on?" asked Ron now shutting his own mouth so that his partner could answer his question.
"Of course it is…but just not so much in public anymore…okay?"
"Sure, whatever you want."
"Well, what I want now is for you to come over here" Blaise patted the spot beside him on the bed. Ron jumped off Draco's old bed at the chance to be closer to Blaise and landed beside him. They caught each other in a warm embrace and lay back on the pillows. They stayed in each other's arms until they fell asleep.
Author's Note: This chapter is to my friends. An end of exams present :P. Well, thanks a heap to Emma, or as she likes to call herself Cierra-James, this chapter has been betad.You know how muchI apperciate it!Hope everyone enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it.