(3rd Person)

Ron and Matthew returned at lunch time. Harry tried to talk with Ron but Ron kept his gaze away from the direction of his friends. He sat with Matthew at the Ravenclaw table and reached for his food, then dropped his hands. Matthew smiled knowingly and then looked pleased with himself. Ron shifted uncomfortably. He hadn't felt this strong lack of food feeling since he had forced himself to throw up last year. Yet he also hadn't cut...since last night. Ron, making sure Matthew didn't notice, glanced over at the Slytherin table at Malfoy. He felt like Draco knew he had done it.

After lunch Matthew and Ron went to their classes. Ron insisted to sit next to Hermione although Matthew was in none of his classes that day and Hermione question Ron about where he had been earlier.

"Hogsmeade," Ron said quietly, "With Matthew. We used the passageway."

"Ron!" Hermione admonished and he flinched.

"Sorry," he murmured, "I didn't want to but..."

"He made you?"

"No. Nevermind. We just went, and now I'm back. It's fine."

Ron didn't look at Harry, or Seamus, or Dean all day. Even when Matthew wasn't around. He felt frightened, but couldn't imagine his with without his boyfriend. He loved him. And Matthew loved him back. They didn't want to lose eachother. That's what Ron convinced himself every day. EVery time Matthew spoke sharply to him, or hit him, or some nights forcing Ron to sleep with him. Ron would never argue back, he could sometimes argue back with Harry, but Harry had never resulted in violent behavior. No one besides George had with Ron, when it came to punishment. Fred had hit him, but that was because he was aggrivated.

Ron did not pay attention in class. He kept seeing brightly colored dots floating around in the air and spent his time watching them, he was so caught up in them that when they all exploded at the same time he screamed as spiders erupted out of the brightly colored bubbles. After a few seconds he realized that they weren't real, and they dissapeared. The entire class, including Professor McGonagall, stared at him.

"Hallucination," he muttered, "Sorry."

Ron slid down in his seat and sighed. Hermione patted his arm and then continued with her notes. Ron felt upset. As scared as he was, he wanted to be with Matthew. He always felt odd when he wasn't with him. He felt deprived, lonely, and unfocused. Hermioen glanced at him oddly when he began to frequently fidget in his seat. Whent he bell rang he sprang up and left in search of his boyfriend. When he spotted him he glued himself to Matthews side and kissed him.

"I missed you," he said.

"That's good," Matthew said, "Do you have any homework?"

Ron swallowed.

"I...don't think so. Maybe," he said, "But I don't think we do."

Matthew didn't say anything but looked dissapointed. The first bell rang. Ron looked at him as he watched his friends dispearse.

"Alright," he said, and then kissed Ron gently, "Want to go somewhere else?"

"Mhmm," Ron said, grabbing his arm, "I don't want to leave you again."

(Harry's P.O.V)

"Did you hear that?" I whispered sharply as Ron and Matthew left, "He's obsessed with him. I bet Matthew's hit him before. If he has I'll kill him."

"Harry, maybe Ron just really love's him," Hermione told me gently,. "Just because he didn't love you doesn't mean he can't love someone else. Ron was always more submissive in a relationship. If Matthew just seems more dominant its because you're actually seeing it happen from the outside of the relationship, not the inside."

I scowled as we walked into class just as the late bell rang.

"I just think something's not right about Matthew."

Seamus passed Harry a note during class halfway through. Harry unfolded it and read:

Party tonight. 7th years all houses. 6th year Gryffindor and Slytherin. Draco asked Ron to talk to him.

Harry paused and re-read the last part. He wrote down "what?" and passed it back after underlining the part about Draco and Ron.

I heard Draco ask Ron to talk to him. I think Matthew hurt Ron after the last party. Something Chris was talking about.

Chris?

Parvati's bf.

What does Chris have to do with this?

Ron asked Chris to put his arm back into place. It got dislocated.

After the last party?

Yeah.

So...Ron's arm got dislocated after the last party where Matthew caught you two dancing...and Draco wants to talk to Ron about something?

Way to go.

So Draco know's something? Or thinks he knows something?

I guess. Thought you'd want to know.

What do you know about Matthew's last boyfriends?

They don't like him, but they don't not like him.

Thats it?

That's all I've figured out after talking with them. And sleeping with them.

I was pissed off. If Matthew was hurting Ron then he wanted to know, so that he could kill him. As soon as the bell rang I stood and went in search of either Ron, Matthew, or Draco. Whoever I saw first. Draco. I grabbed him and asked,

"What do you know?"

Draco was smart, just a rich bastard sometimes.

"Nothing yet," he replied, "But I've heard from Matthew's past boyfriends that he can get violent sometimes, but not often. But you never know, people who've been in abusive relationships will cover them up."

We spotted Ron and Matthew standing amongst a group of Ravenclaws and we both started heading toward the group. Ron lowered his gaze and his smile fell. Matthew stared at us and so did his friends.

"What do you want?" one of the boys asked, he was larger than me and probably a boy Ron would consider good-looking but I replied,

"I need to talk to Ron and Matthew. Now."

"Why?" he asked. I considered shoving him aside but Draco touched my arm.

"Not now," he whispered, "Ron will be at the Ravenclaw tryouts tonight with him."

"I'll talk to them later," I said, offering the boy a smile and then walking away hissing, "I'm going to kill him."

"He didn't-"

"I meant Matthew."

"Oh. Me too. But...wait...Seamus..." Draco was stammering, "Okay I can't concentrate. Come with me. I can't go to class this angry."

"Learning to control your anger?"

"My father was an angry person," Draco muttered, "I don't remember a time where he was happy. My mother said he was happy for about a day after I was born. Only because there was a chance for me to be a Death Eater." he shruged, "He's gone now. it doesn't matter. So...Seamus..."

"What about Seamus?" I asked, "You keep saying his name."

"He's having a party tonight."

"So?"

"So Ron and Matthew will probably go."

"Yeah."

"We can make Matthew angry...I have a plan. We can catch him. And get a professor to catch him getting hurt...I hate to do it...but I have a plan."

"Are you okay with this?" I asked Ginny at the party, "The whole thing."

"Well..." she bit her lip, "Yeah. I am. If it will help Ron. Are you certain Matthew is hurting him?"

"Yes. Well...pretty certain. Seamus?" I turned to him, "So...you're going to go get Lupin. And you're sure he knows everything?"

"Yes," Seamus said, "I explained it all. He said he'll be in his office. I told him this party was a part of the plan." he grinned, "And...how are we going to get Matthew away from Ron?"

"Tell him..." I bit my lip, this was what we hadn't planned, "Who's one of his ex-boyfriends is talking about how he was making out with Ron or something and then...okay here..." I told him my whole plan, then said, "Ready? Everyone?" I glanced around at everyone who was a part of it. Draco, Seamus, Dean, Blaise, Ginny, and Hermione. Lupin was in his office.

They all nodded. Seamus broke off from our group and started talking with a few Ravenclaws, then he walked over to Matthew and Ron. Ron said something to Matthew and then left. I watched Seamus start talking to Matthew and as he talked he glanced around the room like he was trying to find someone.

"I hope he'll buy it," I whispered to Draco and Blaise.

"Looks like he is," Draco replied, "Thank God that he cares about Ron even though he hurts him."

Seamus and Matthew started walking towards us. When Matthew glanced over his shoulder at one point I ran off to find Ron. It was easy to find him because he was in the bathroom grabbing a drink (the drinks are normally kept in the bathroom).

"Ron come here," I said, grabbing his arm.

"I can't," he replied, his tone harsh, "Matthew's waiting."

"Matthew is cheating on you!" I hissed, it wasn't a part of the plan but I knew it'd get his attention, "He's in a classroom with one of his ex-boyfriends."

"But..." he looked so hurt that I hated to say it.

I grabbed his drink, set it down on a nearby table, grabbed his arm, and pulled him out of the Prefects Lounge. I was glad Seamus hadn't brought Matthew there yet. I pulled Ron into a room and kissed him. He quickly pushed away. I had anticipated it.

"You're dating my sister," he hissed, "And you're straight."

"No," I replied, trying to sound convincing, and I knew he slightly bought it because he hadn't removed my hands from his hips yet.

I kissed him again, slower this time, and tried to push away all my old feelings. But I had at least two drinks already, being stressed out, and it was hard to not enjoy the kiss. I hoped Seamus would be slow, but remembering the plan, he quickly showed up with Matthew and turned on the light in the room.

"I told you," I heard him say.

I felt bad. I felt really bad. Even though Ron would be getting help, he would be getting hurt before hand. Seamus quickly darted away from the door to get Lupin and I pushed Ron away from me, looking like I was annoyed.

"I..." Ron stammered, weakening and backing away from Matthew. Matthew didn't even seem to notice me. He was looking at Ron with an expression on his face that would make a Death Eater stop in its tracks. I left the room. I could hear Ron crying and trying to explain. I opened, waited a moment, and shut the portrait after saying the password, hoping that Matthew would think I was back in the room, then I stood outside the door.

"I warned you," Matthew said, "I warned you to not even look at other guys and now your kissing Harry."

He slapped him, I heard it.

"Stop fucking crying." Matthew's order was firm, "What the hell is your problem? How could you do that to me?! Do you even care?!"

Ron didn't stop crying, and I started. I felt horrible. And, despite myself, I ran to catch up with Seamus.

"Don't!" I hissed, grabbing him, "Go to Lupin and say our suspicions were wrong. Do it. Now."

"But-"

"Do it!" I shouted.

I ran back to the room and stood outside the door.

"I'm sorry," I heard Matthew whisper, "I'm sorry, baby, don't cry. Please?"

If Ron was even going to reply I didn't let him. I stepped into the room after collecting myself and stunned Matthew within one second. Ron backed away from me.

"I hate you," he muttered, biting his bottom lip, it was bleeding, and a spot on his cheekbone was bleeding.

"Ron I was trying to-"

"I hate you." He said this more firmly and with more hate in his tone than before.

"Ron, Matthew was hurting you. We tried to do something but...it didn't work."

"I hate you! Get the hell away from me!" he was sobbing, "You ruined everything!"

I stepped forward and grabbed his arm.

"Ron, look at me," I said, but gently, "Matthew is hurting you. You have to do something."

"I don't care," Ron hissed, and I wondered where all this was when it was Matthew, "I love him! Don't get jealous!"

"I'm not jealous, Ron!" I shouted, "I could care less if you love him more than me but he's hurting you and that's what I care about!"

"Let me handle it!"

"Why aren't you handeling it now? I was right outside that door when he was shouting at you! Is the way you handle it just standing there crying and let him keep hitting you?!"

"I said I'll handle it!" Ron shouted, and he pulled away from me, "Now take the spell off him, and leave. I can handle him."

He wasn't convincing and he knew it.

"Please," he said quickly.

"No," I said flatly, "You've got to tell someone."

"You already know," Ron replied.

"Yeah and if I take that spell off him I'm going to kill him!"

"Where's Seamus and Lupin?" asked a new voice.

I truned around. Draco and Blaise. Ron slowly slid to the floor, a few feet away from Matthew. It hrut to see him look so upset, and it didn't help that he was bleeding.

"I told Seamus not to get him," I explained to Draco.

"Way to go," Blaise murmured, stepping next to me while Draco walked past Matthew to see if Ron was okay, "Now what? Ron won't get over this. Neither will Matthew."

"Well..." I replied, "I don't know. I think we should just convince Ron that he doesn't need Matthew. Which he doesn't. I'd honestly much rather have him date Draco." But at that point Ron was ignoring everyone in the room. Upset with all of us because of our plan.

"Well..." Blaise said, and sighed heavily, "We can take Matthew to the Hospital Wing and convince Madame Pompfrey that Ron was patrolling the hallways and found Matthew, didn't know what to do so he got Harry and when they came back Draco and I, who were patrolling Slytherin hallways, had found him so we all brought him to the Hospital. Pompfrey doesn't know about patrolling so she wouldn't think we were lying. or she might. But whatever."

"She'll figure out he was Stunned," Draco said as he and Ron considered the idea.

"It wasn't very strong," I put in, "Not when I did it. It might just...wear off."

Blaise shrugged. Everyone seemed to like the idea but Ron, but he allowed us to take Matthew to the Hospital Wing after Draco healed the cuts on his face to not raise suspicions. While Blaise and I explained the story to Madame Pompfrey (she seemed to believe us) Draco and Ron whispered to eachother, and then left abruptly.

(Malfoy's P.O.V)

"I want to break up with him," Ron whispered as we stepped into the Slytherin Common Room, "I'm just scared."

"That's understandable," I replied, leading him into my dorm room. Blaise was still at the Hospital Wing and my other roommates wouldn't be back from the party for hours.

"And sometimes he's really nice," Ron continued, "Like...really nice. He doesn't shout or anything. And I can tell its real nice, not fake nice." he looked at me with a pained expression. "I don't know if I love him because I love him, or if I think I love him because I'm scared of not loving him."

I couldn't help myself, grabbing the front of his shirt with both hands, I pulled him towards me and kissed him. For a few seconds he resisted, then relaxed but not by much. I pushed him towards my bed, never breaking the kiss, and we both fell onto it.

"He'll never know," I said simply, finally pulling away and straddling his hips, he looked worried, "Who will tell him? I'm not going to, and you're damn well not going to."

He smiled slightly, and I bent down and kissed him again, he started to giggle and I pulled away and looked at him questionably.

"Our blood," he said, "It's in our blood."

"Are you going insane?"

"Malfoy's. Weasley's. We're supposed to hate eachother."

I bent down and kissed his neck. He squirmed and I looked at him, he seemed worried.

"I promise you my fathers looking up from hell wishing he could disown me," I murmured, "And I doubt your father knows."

"He only knew about Harry," Ron replied, "And that's it. He knows we broke up." his voice got quiter with each statement.

The door opened. I straightened and glanced over. It was Blaise. He smirked and said,

"Well...not to interrupt anything, but I just want to let you two know that Harry and I are going back to the party." As he closed the door I heard Harry laugh. Something was up, something they hadn't told us. Probably about Matthew. But I was in no, erm, position to ask what.

"I'm dead."

"Ron..."

"Oh God. He's going to kill me."

"I wouldn't let him."

I zipped up my pants and then grabbed my shirt, which was laying next to Ron's. He had gotten halfway dressed and then realization sunk in and began to freak out. It was early in the morning and Blaise was still sleeping. My other roommates normally left before us. Ron collapsed onto my bed and I looked him over and fought the urge to repeat what we had just finished about three hours ago.

"Draco..." he said, "He's a lot stronger than you."

"I'll kill him before he touches you again. You're mine now. He can just fuck off."

"Draco-"

He cut off when I glared at him.

"I swear," I snapped, "When he gets out of the Hospital Wing-"

"I'll break up with him," Ron said quickly, "Just..."

"I'll be there with you."

"He's going to kill you."

I sighed. We left the room, leaving Blaise to sleep (I knew better than to wake him up this early). Harry and Giny were waiting outside the Slytherin Common Room for us unexpectedly. Ginny was smiling and Harry was hiding his.

"What?" I had to asked.

"Oh nothing," Ginny replied quickly, "Breakfast?"

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