"I could laugh but you could cry"

Meat Loaf (For Crying Out Loud)

Edit: I just want to apologise for changing where Harry sleeps. In a previous chapter he woke up in a dorm room with others. In this chapter it comes up that he is a prefect and has his own room. This was unintentional but I will now work it into the story. Sorry and I hope you still enjoy.

It deepens still and the ferocity with which we move our lips, our tongues increases. Draco pulls away, breathless and amazed. I sit there looking at Draco, who looks almost angelic with his eyes shut. He sits that way, eyes closed, a small smile playing on his lips. I watch him briefly and then burst into a wondrous bout of laughter. His eyes open in a flash and he stares intently at my laughing face. I see that he does not understand this laughter so I stop momentarily to explain. "I'm only laughing because I can't believe that finally my dreams have come true!" I return to laughing joyously, after all I am here with Draco Malfoy.

I see out the corner of my eye that Draco is starting to cry. My laughter is cut short by his falling tears. I wrap my arms around his body and hold him close. "It's ok" he says through his tears, "these are happy tears". I burst into laughter once again. Laughing and crying, hugging and kissing. Throughout all this I wonder how we would look if anyone were to come along. In due course we let go of each other, I smiling from ear to ear, Draco wiping away the remnants of his tears.

"What happens now?" I ask. It is a question that has been pressing at the back of my consciousness all this time, it is also a question that I don't want to broach. "I don't know Harry" I sit back and ponder. "I don't want to just leave 'us' with an 'I like you' and a few kisses…" Draco's voice trails off as it breaks with emotion. "…my feelings for you are too strong for that" I sigh deeply, trying to wade through our good and bad options. "I agree, I want to be with you Draco" His head snaps up and turns towards mine. "With me? You mean you want to be my boyfriend?" I smile unconsciously at the innocence with which that question is asked. "I do Draco" A smile as wide as could be breaks out across his pale face. "So we're dating now!" He jumps up excitedly with the question. I stand also and face him, "yes". I smile and lean in to kiss him once more.

"Wait" He pushes a finger to my lips to stop me. His neck cranes for a few seconds then in a hurried whisper. "Someone's coming….we'll be caught." Draco's head swings around looking for somewhere to go. I reach out my left hand and press an ordinary looking space on the wall next to us. The wall moves back a little, leaving enough room for us to pass through. I grab Draco's hand and pull him quickly through the opening. Once on the other side I push it shut behind us. I turn to see Draco looking bewildered. "Wow, yet another secret passageway that I never knew existed. How do I always get left out of the loop?" I grab a hold of Draco's hand once more and head down the passageway we now stand in. "Maybe I'll show you some day" I say.

Draco and I hurry along the gloomy passage hand in hand. "Where does this lead Harry?" "Errr….this comes out near the Gryffindor dorms." I turn and look at Draco, he is grinning from ear to ear. "What?" I ask of the smile. "Just thinking of how easy it'd be to sneak up and see you sometime….that's all" His grin tilts into a small sly grin, which he then adds a wink to. My pace quickens at the mere thought of Draco dropping in for a midnight rendezvous and I feel my face turning a bright shade of red. I'm sure that Draco must have noticed this but he does not let on. Finally the end of the passage approaches us. "Erm…Harry? I hate to tell you but this looks like a dead end to me." It is my turn to smile as I lean over and kick the wall hard. A section of the wall swings open and I step through. Draco follows me through and the wall swings shut with a loud creak.

"OH MY GOD! Harry! This doesn't come out near your dorm, it comes out inside it!" I turn again to the shade of red as I realise I have Draco Malfoy standing in my room. "ARE YOU INSANE! WHAT IF SOMEONE ELSE WALKS IN AND SEES ME HERE!" I laugh lightly at his unnecessary panicking. His delicate features rearrange into a scowl at my laughter. "I'm a prefect remember? I have my own room" The scowl melts within seconds and the gorgeous smile returns. "In that case". Draco steps forwards, places his arms around my shoulders and kisses me. A tingling sensation envelopes me and as earlier I feel like I've been taken to heaven. A knock sounds at my door and we jump apart like opposing magnets. "err" I look wildly around as the knocking repeats. "In the closet!" I shove Draco towards my closet, ignoring his protests for this plan. I slam the closet door shut and rush to answer the frenetic knocking.

I open it and there stands Ron and Hermione looking flushed. "Bloody hell Harry, we thought you'd been murdered or somethin', taking so long to answer your door!" "Harry, where did you go after breakfast, we're worried about you. Ron told me about how you looked awful when you woke this morning. What's going on?" A huge grin spreads across my face. "I'm great, really! Just got woken by the wind last night and had trouble getting to sleep! Yeah, that's right." "Oh, ok." Ron murmurs. "Want a game of wizards chess then?" Hermione looks less convinced and I pray that she will ask no more questions. "Er, not right now Ron. I really need to take a shower, I'm a tad sweaty. ". "Oh, maybe later then?" "Sure Ron". I smile at him and Hermione then close the door, and for good measure, lock it too.

I swing around just in time to see Draco come bursting out of my closet. "My god! When was the last time you cleaned in there!" His hair is tousled, his face is flushed red and his face is screwed up in a look of disapproval. I smile at how sexy he looks right now. "Harry! What are you smiling at?" My grin broadens even further. "You, and how damn sexy you look right now." Draco's face softens into a smile and he steps fully out of the closet, straightens his robes and closes the door behind him. "So I heard you say you were off to have a shower Harry…" He leaves the sentence hanging suggestively.

"I think Draco that first we need to talk". My face straightens into a serious look. Draco sits down on the sofa and pats the seat next to him. I march over and take the seat next to his. He sighs briefly then looks at me intently. "You want to talk about last night don't you?" I nod my head in agreement. "Yes, I want to know what became too much for you and why now you seem perfectly happy." Draco sighs once again and I wonder if perhaps he isn't ready to talk about his problems yet.

"It's a rather long story Harry. Do you have time?" I smile at him. "I have all day for you." He takes a deep breath, smooths down the front of his robes nervously and clears his throat. "I'll explain everything to you then Harry, I'll start from the beginning."

A/N: I'd like to see what people think of having some chapters from perhaps Ron or Hermione in the future. I need their point of views to broaden the story and add more depth to it. Let me know please what you think of this in your review. Also, just want to send another round of thanks out:

'GaiazHeart' Yep! They definitely can do stuff now! Thanks for the review

'Lunamaru' I'm going to try and make future chapters longer. Bear with me though, the length of chapters depend on where I decide to take each chapter. Some ideas are easy to write lots about, some however, need to be dealt with then be changed to the character in the next chapter.

'MadleyTassida and BlazeSplinder Froste' You gotta include some simple details! I agree! It makes it more believable.

So thanks all….and more reviews, come on! I've had over 1000 hits to date but only 15 reviews! What is everyone else doing! 