Chapter 5

"You didn't tell me you saw Draco at the rave. Or that you stayed at his house. You said you stayed at Eric's house." Ron said angrily.

"Oh, I didn't tell you I saw him? And I told you I staid at Eric's house? I don't remember saying that..." I lied.

"You're lying to me, Harry. I can tell." He crossed his arms the way he did when he was mad at me.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to tell you I stayed at Eric's house. It just came out before I had a chance to think. I didn't want you to think that something happened between me and Draco because I stayed with him. I'm sorry." I gave Ron my best sad puppy face.

Then I shot a quick look at Draco to said "Don't tell Ron what happened." I hoped to God that he understood what I was trying to tell him. He nodded slightly at me. I sighed in relief.

Ron sighed. "Fine." He went back to looking at the menu. I sighed again in relief. I knew that he meant he believed and forgave me.

But that made me feel worse. He believed my lie. I lied to him. That was the first time I ever lied to him. I loved him so much. I had never wanted to lie so that he wouldn't leave me. And now I was lying to him, and he was believing me. I felt like I had swallowed a rock. The waitress came and took our order. The whole time we ate, I was avoiding eye contact with Draco.

When he was done eating, Ron stood up. "I have to use the restroom. I'll be right back."

"I'm sorry I told Ron. I didn't know you hadn't told him." Draco said quietly to me.

"It's fine."

"You're mad at me, aren't you?"

"Only a little." I sighed. "It is gonna be weird if you move in."

"Yeah. I won't move in if you don't want me to."

I sighed. I kinda wanted him to move in. But it wasn't because I wanted to be friends with him. It was because I liked him. I didn't know what to say.

I shook my head. "No, it's okay. You can move in. If Ron is still cool with it."

He smiled at me. "Cool."

Ron came back from the bathroom and sat down. "So, are you ready to go, Harry?"

"I guess. Draco, you wanna come finish catching up?" I smiled at Draco.

"Yeah. If it's okay with Ron." Draco and I looked at Ron.

"Sure. Come on." We stood up and left the money for the bill.

In the parking lot, we stopped next to Ron's car. "So, you wanna come over our house for awhile?" I asked, trying to figure out what Ron was feeling.

"Yeah. I'll follow you guys there." Draco said, getting into the car next to us, which, of course, was his.

"All right. We'll see you there." I said and me and Ron got into our car and started driving, Draco right behind us. "Are you mad at me?"

"No. What gave you that idea."

"You were really enthusiastic about catch up with Draco, but now you're being kinda shitty."

"Oh, I'm being shitty because I just found out you spent the night at a guy's house and lied to me about it. I'm so sorry about how shitty I'm being." Ron looked straight at the road and ignored me.

I sighed and turned on the radio. I turned on my favorite radio station, 105.9, the X. The song "Never Too Late" by Three Days Grace was on. I turned the volume way up and listened to it, ignoring the fact that Ron was ignoring me.

I was in a shitty mood, but at least I got to spend some time with Draco, which put me in a kinda good mood. But then we pulled up to the house and the police were parked out front.