Chapter 3-Together in Public
Thank God it was Saturday or they would have missed half of their first class. They walked into the hall laughing and joking, said a short goodbye and headed to their separate tables.
"Getting a little chummy with Malfoy, are we?" Hermione asked, a sly smile creeping onto her face.
"Yes, if you have to know, and I'd rather you call him Draco."
"I also know that you spent all night with Draco, wherever you two were."
"I have a question."
Harry hadn't even noticed Ron until he spoke, which is kind of amazing seeing as they are best friends and Ron's hair color is hard to miss in any room. Harry looked up to tell Ron he was listening and the red head continued.
"Where did you go?"
"Not that's it's any of either of your business' but we were in the Room of Requirement."
"You took him there! Great now I'm not gong to be able to set foot in that room and not think about Malfoy."
"Draco," Harry corrected.
"What Ron means to say is that he's glad that you and Draco are becoming friends, right?"
"Yeah, whatever," muttered Ron.
They spent the day on the grounds admiring the nice day and beautiful weather. Harry and Draco made sure to keep the flirting to a minimum, but it still shocked a couple of people to see them so chummy all of a sudden.
"Is that Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter laughing together?" one girl asked her friend as they passed the group.
They weren't the only ones a little freaked out. Ron, Crabbe and Goyle looked like they were about to jump up and run away screaming. Hermione, on the other hand, looked like she was about to burst with joy.
"So Draco, you and Harry seem pretty, close," Pansy walked up behind the group, which was currently sitting by the lake, and sneered at the green eyed Gryffindor.
"Yeah, we're getting to be good friends," Draco laid his hand on Harry's and looked at him kindly.
"Ok, enough mush, it's disgusting."
Pansy walked off and very faintly they could hear, "I can't believe you used to like him, Pansy."
Harry, Draco and Hermione busted out laughing and couldn't stop laughing until Draco suddenly stood up.
"What are you doing?" Harry asked getting his breath back.
"Come with me," he held his hand to Harry and Harry took it, of course. "I have an idea."
Draco dragged Harry in the direction that Pansy and her troupe had left.
"Draco what are we doing?"
"You'll see."
They kept walking until Draco spotted Pansy a few feet ahead of them. He led them around a corner through, what seemed to be, a brick wall and they were suddenly in front of Pansy. She luckily didn't see them until Draco had put his plan into action. He shoved Harry against the sturdy part of the wall and started to kiss him. Pansy rounded the corner and stopped dead in her tracks, Draco and Harry were kissing! Her Draco was kissing their enemy.
"What do you think you're doing, Potter? Get off of him!"
Harry and Draco separated.
"I'm sorry Pansy, but I believe Draco was the one on me."
Harry trapped Draco's lips in another sweet kiss.
"Draco, stop! What are you doing!"
The Slytherin rolled the Gryffindor through the fake wall, but never broke contact. Harry pulled away, much to Draco's dismay.
"Good plan," he said. "But I think we should get back to the others."
"Why?"
"Because if we don't get back soon, they're going to start thinking and we're supposed to be just friends in public, remember?"
They returned to the lake laughing and talking quietly about their…"adventure."
"So what are you two whispering about?"
"Oh, nothing. Hey, it looks like it's going to rain soon, let's go inside." Harry said trying to change the subject, and succeeding, for a minute.
They stood up and walked into the castle bugging Harry and Draco about their absence.
"Well were should we go? Lunch isn't going to be served for another hour."
"Hey, let's take them to the R of R," Room of Requirement, "for a bit."
"What's the R of R?" asked Draco, who always loved surprises.
"You'll see. Hermione, Ron, you guys should run ahead and get the room ready. We'll be up right after you."
"Ok."
"We'll see you guys in a minute."
Hermione and Ron took off up the stairs and Harry started a conversation about Quiditch. Crabbe and Goyel walked behind the two "friends" not contributing to the conversation; fore they always had little to say about anything. In a few minutes Harry had subconsciously led them to the Room of Requirement. The door stood open by a few inches so Harry, Draco, Crabbe and Goyel could get in.
"I've never seen that door before," Crabbe said when they approached it.
"Many people who attend Hogwarts have never been in the Room of Requirement before, consider yourself lucky, Crabbe," Harry said pulling the door back so they could enter.