A/N: I am going to try to update once a week.. maybe more. Anyways, this is a slash fic and will probably get pretty.. intense in later chapters. If you have a problem with slash, male/male, or slightly AU fics then please leave. Without further ado here is chapter 2

It had been 3 months since I took Voldemort down and people still stared at me with admiration. If I'm being honest then I loved it for several weeks, but now I wish everything could go to how it is supposed to be. I wish I could walk through the halls to meet Ron without getting several marriage offers from the 5th year girls.. not that any of them held any interest to me. Ginny and I had a new type of relationship, after finishing Tom Riddle I took the time to actually think about my life now that there was a guarantee that I had one, and I realized that I could never love Ginny in the way her family expected. Of course Ginny knew deep down that her and I could never actually be together after the war. She sat me down one day while I was staying at the burrow and asked me straight out (no pun intended) if I fancied blokes.

"What.. Gin-" I spluttered, racking my brain for something to say.

"It's okay Harry, I can tell. I'm not mad, I think I've always known." She told me with a sad smile. I never wanted to hurt her, she had such a beautiful soul. I couldn't even get the words out my mouth, all I could do was stare at her with pleading eyes.

"Don't worry about Ron, I won't tell him or anyone. That's your job anyway." Ginny always knew what I was thinking.

"I love you Ginny, I really do." I said in barely more than a whisper.

"I know you do Harry, and I love you too. Now we can love each other the right way." She smiled in a way that I knew she had something up her sleeve. Since then she has tried to set me up with every guy at Hogwarts that was openly out, so to speak.

Most of the 7th and 8th year students came back to Hogwarts the day after everyone else did. I think the teachers knew that we would need some time before we could walk around the place that held the biggest war in centuries. Therefore Ron, Hermione, Ginny and I all missed the sorting ceremony. I barely saw the faces of the new students, in fact I didn't see anyone. I slowly made my way to the Gryffindor table and the four of us all sat down to begin out breakfast. Ron and Hermione were busy bickering about something or another when suddenly I saw Malfoy enter the room, OF COURSE I saw him. I couldn't believe the stupid ferret had the audacity to actually come back here after everything. Sure, he may be pardoned.. and sure I helped to make sure that he and his mother never saw the inside of Azkaban, but that sure as hell did NOT mean that I wanted him to come back. What was the point, it's not like Death Eaters these days can actually get a job. I don't even know how much time passed but I realized I was still glaring at Malfoy.

"Ouch!" Ginny was giving me a significant look and leaning her head towards Ron who was staring at me as if waiting for an answer

"Right Harry"? Ron asked impatiently.

"Erm... right." I really need to stop focusing on what stupid Malfoy is doing. Not two minutes later and my eyes wandered back over to where Malfoy was.. well should have been. When did he leave?

After several minutes and a few strips of bacon I was off to Potions with Ron and Hermione behind me still going on about something.

"Damnit Ron, nobody cares about the bloody chudley cannons" Hermione screeched. I could barely contain a grin as we walked into Snapes classroom. I took my usual seat next to Hermione on the left side of the classroom when I heard Ron make a noise like he just swallowed a spider.

Great... Malfoy is already here.

How could the little fucker still be insulting my friends and I when we were the ONLY reason he wasn't in Azkaban. Ungrateful git. I tried to focus on my potion, but my eyes seemed to have different plans for me, I found myself watching Malfoy stare off into space for most of the class. Potions was something Malfoy excelled in, why was it that he was not paying attention, maybe it's because him and Snape are so close. Not that I care or anything, it was just that Malfoy looked less than composed, in fact he looked tired. I'm pretty sure there is a glamour charm he could have used.

Harry James Potter stop thinking about Draco! Wait- did I just call him Draco. Malfoy, his name is Malfoy. He is a Malfoy, a slimy, manipulative, narrow minded arse.

My potions was taking on a greenish tint instead of the metallic blue vapor that the book described as I kept up the mantra. Naturally Snape was making rounds and stopped in front of my cauldron before I could beg Hermione to fix it.

"Seems some things never change" He sniffed. "Extra homework and five points from Gryffindor thanks to Potter."

I did a quick scourgify charm and put my ingredients away before class was released. Ron and Hermione were arguing about what we were going to do this saturday after the Quidditch game.

"I'm telling you, after the match everyone is going back to celebrate Harry's victory" Ron insisted

"You know full well, Ronald, that we have our first exam in Transfiguration on Monday and you need all the practice and instruction I can give you."

Not feeling like getting caught in the middle of another fight, or even going to my next class, I slipped away and made my way to my dorm to get my cloak.

"Coraggio" I told the Fat Lady. Before I could get through the portrait hole however I felt someone grab my hand and drag me back outside. I knew from the smell of grass and apples that it was Ginny.

"So, how did it go" she questioned me with hopeful eyes. I guess the look on my face told her that I had absolutely no idea what she was talking about.

"Come on Harry, how was your first class, did you see any cute guys?" She gave me a wink.

Oh. That. I frowned.

"Let's go to the lake" She didn't even wait for me to object and started nearly dragging me outside. Once we were out of hearing range she began.

"Okay tell me everything!" she squealed.

OH YEAH, WELL YOU SEE I'VE JUST BEEN THINKING ABOUT MALFOY ALL MORNING. not exactly something she would like to hear. Then again this was Ginny- my Ginny.

I took a deep breath before starting this, I'm sure, eventful conversation.

"Well, Ginny.. how do you know if you actually like someone?" Good so far, nothing too incriminating.

She placed her finger on top of her full lips in thought "Hmm, well when I like someone I can't really concentrate on anything but them. When I'm around them I can't really control or really think about what I'm doing. They make my heart speed up and I feel warm- hot really. Like a burning glow when they look at me. Come now Harry, you must know how it feels to like someone."

Shit.

"Ginny.."

"I knew it! I knew you would find someone when you came back. Now who has captured the heart of the boy-who-lived?" What is with girls?

"I don't think that these feelings are actually good now that I think about it. Let's just forget about it?" I pleaded.

"Right" She laughed. How could she be laughing at something like this? "Now, why don't you bring up that Gryffindor courage and just spit it out"

Ginny may have accepted that I fancy men, but I doubt she will be okay with who exactly catches my eye.

"Harry. Spit. It. Out"

I can't lose the only person who knows about the real Harry Potter.

"Go on."

She will never forgive me.

"Harry.."

I mean, I don't even like him! He's a death eater, he is what I fought. This is absolutely ridiculous.

"Erm, Harry?"

His stupid smirking, and blonde hair.. and pale skin.. his slender form.. the way his lips look when he talks... Draco

"Harry!"

"... Malfoy"

I quickly looked up at her when I realized what I just said. To my surprise she was smiling. Smiling like she..

"I knew it, now was that so hard?" She asked with a raised eyebrow

"Knew it? How could you have POSSIBLY known it! I don't even if I know for sure."

"Of course you do Harry, you guys have been going at it for years, for years you two have been obsessed with each other. After we broke up over the summer I sat down and tried to think of who were interested in and it just clicked." She stated as if commenting on the weather.

"No.. that's not possible Ginny. I di- we hated each other!" I yelled at her, but she just kept smiling her knowing smile.

"Harry, the line between love and hate is so thin, you hadn't defined yourself by then so you just assumed what you felt was hate." She closed the small gap between us and put her arms around me running her hands up and down my back.

"I don't know what wrong with me, Ginny!" I groaned "I mean... I can't be... you know"

"Harry, everything is going to be okay, I promise everything will work out." Just then we heard some rustling and quickly separated to get back to the common room before someone gave us detention for not being in class.

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