P.S.- I decided that I am going to try and go for twenty chapters...I mean, the aftermath of Chapter 14 needs to settle before I make such an abrupt end!
Disclamer: See previous Chapter ;)
Ron greeted Harry and Hermione at the doors of the hospital wing. They were let out the day after the 'incident' in Hogsmeade, but Neville was staying longer for more tests. He had been under the imperus curse much longer then anyone had thought.
"Hey guys," Ron said feebly. He smiled at them, but they just frowned.
"Ron, do you know where Severus Snape is?" Harry asked immeadiately, not even bothering to return the greeting.
"No! Well, sort of, but still, no, not really..." Ron fumbled on his words.
"What do you mean, not really?" Hermione asked. She had her wrist wrapped up in a tensor bandage and was massaging it with her other hand. The three of them starting walking down the hallway.
"Well, during Christmas vacation, Cho..." He paused, Hermione made a barfing motion with her hand and mouth, "and...I were in Hogsmeade, and we went up to the shrieking shack."
"And..." Harry demanded.
"And, Severus Snape was in there. He was really messed up too. His hair was way greasier then it usually was," Ron laughed, but no one else did. "Well, he started mumbling something about a contract that Draco..uhh..Malfoy had signed."
Why couldn't Ron tell his friends that he was dating Draco Malfoy.They're going to find out anyways...
Harry snorted, and Hermione giggled. "Who cares about Malfoy. The idiot probably signed some stupid contract that he would kill me. Ha, like he could anyways." Harry and Hermione continued down the hall, but Ron had stopped.
"Ron are you coming?"
Just tell them...
Ron felt dizzy.
They're going to find out anyways...
His vision was getting blurry.
Go on, it's the right thing to do...
"Ron!" Harry called. Ron had collapsed to the floor. He was shaking and breathing heavily, and then everything went dark.
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Ron woke in the hospital wing several hours later. Hermione was in a chair beside his bed. She had a book open on her chest. Harry was on his knees, with his head resting on the corner of Ron's bed. Neville was in the bed next to him, wide awake.
"Hey," Neville said weakly. He was very pale, and his head was bandaged up.
Ron sat up in his bed. He had never really felt a closeness to Neville, but seeing him like this made him wonder. "What happened to you?"
"Harry and Hermione never told you what happened?" Neville asked. Ron shook his head. "Well, I was under the imperius curse, one of you-know-who's followers."
Ron nodded, and shuffled in his bed. "Well, anyways, from what I was told, I led Harry and Hermione to the shrieking shack and that is where you-know-who and 6 death eaters were hiding. You-know-who was asking Harry where Severus Snape was."
Ron didn't remember what had happened after he came to get Harry and Hermione from the hospital, but he vaguely remebered something about Severus Snape. He nodded at Neville, to show he was still listening, and Neville continued on.
"Well, Harry didn't know, and Hermione was being held by a couple of the death eaters, but she managed to stupifey all of them, and Voldemort even! Without Hermione, we probably would have all been dead."
Anger swelled in Ron's chest. How come they never told him this? Maybe they did...
"Neville, what happened to me?"
Neville laughed weakly, "I am not sure exactly what happened to you. It was rather funny though, because Harry and Hermione brought you in here and you were thrashing and screaming..."
"I fail to see the humor in this Neville," Ron said. He sounded exactly like Hermione.
"Well, they were just about to put you down on a bed, but you shouted at them 'I'm dating Draco Malfoy!' and Harry started to laugh, and then you kicked him in the face."
Ron looked over at Harry. He could see now a small bruise forming on Harry's upper cheek.They thought it was a joke?
"Ron your not laughing," Neville said. Ron looked over at something.
"Oh, sorry, I was just thinking about something. Yeah, that is pretty funny...what a joke." Ron faked a laugh. A few minutes went by, and Neville had pulled out his homework. Ron twiddled his thumbs, because there was nothing to do. He was about to grab Hermiones book, when Cho came in. She saw Ron at his bed and ran over to him.
"Ron!" She exclaimed. She gave him a big hug, that shook the bed a little and Harry woke up. He nodded curtly at Cho, and picked Hermione up, and took her out of the room. Cho glared at them on the way out, and she turned back to Ron.
"Madame Pomfrey said you were going to be in here for a few days, so Seamus let me up into your dormitory to grab some stuff for you." She heaved a bag she was carrying up onto the bed.
"Thanks," Ron replied. He smiled at her, and she smiled back.
"It's just your basic stuff. You know, a tooth brush, some pyjamas, a journal," She said the last one casually, hoping that Neville wouldn't look up. He didn't.
"Thanks Cho. How about a game of Hangman?" Ron pulled the journal out, and Cho grabbed a bottle of ink and they played hangman until 8:00, when Madame Pomfrey kicked Cho out.
Dear Journal,
What's happening to me? My mind is racing, everytime I even mention Malfoy to Harry and Hermione I want to throw up, and now there is something about my friends almost dying! I haven't been this confused since the beginning of the year, when I couldn't decide whether I like Draco or not...
Not to mention, things have been running through my head. It's not my voice though, it's someone elses. It is way deeper then mine, and everytime I want to do something, it's eggs me on. My mind hurts just to think about it...
Maybe it's just stress...
Ronald Weasley
Around midnight, Ron could hear his name being called.
"Just five more minutes," he said stupidly.
"Ron! Wake up!" The voice whispered. Ron opened his eyes, to see a pair of silvers ones. He smiled, and Draco leaned in for a kiss.
"I couldn't risk seeing you during normal hours, someone would have seen me." Draco jumped as Neville snored, and Ron laughed. Draco grabbed Rons hand, and squeezed it.
"Ron, we can't keep hiding like this anymore,"
"I know,"
"So, what should we do?"
"The Graduation Dance is next Saturday,"
"What are you suggesting?"
"We'll go together. We will come out of the closet offically, in front of everybody."
"Are you scared?"
"No. I would die for you Draco, and everyone needs to know it."
The blonde placed a little kiss on Ron's forehead. He was still grasping Ron's hand, but then he heard a crash.
"Madame Pomfrey's awake," Draco whispered, "I'll see you tommorow."
With that, Draco ran into the darkness, leaving Ron behind.
The next few days went by really slowly. The only reason he had to stay was so that Madame Pomfrey could be sure that he hadn't recieved any head damage from when he fell to the ground. Harry and Hermione came to get him the day he was allowed out.
"Harry, what happened to me?" Ron asked, when Harry was helping him pack up his stuff.
"Well, we were talking about Snape, we told you about that part yesterday, remember?" Harry asked. Ron nodded. "Well, we made a joke about Malfoy, and you sort of went rigid. Then you collapsed. We were trying to help you into the hospital wing, and started thrashing and screaming ridiculous things, that were definitely not true."
Tell him!
Ron nodded and they left the hospital wing. Neville had gotten out the day before, with Luna Lovegood helping him pack his stuff and such.
"So, Ron, do you know where Snape went after you saw him in the shrieking Shack?" Harry asked quietly, hoping not to cause a repeat of what had already happened.
"No, but why did you-know-who want Severus Snape?"
The boys were walking down the hall.
"Well, he was supposed to come and get me, but I don't know, I haven't even seen him since last year."
"I think Snape may have gone mental. He was asking for Draco when we saw him."
Harry stopped and stared at Ron.
"Was Draco with you that day?"
"No! Well, yes, but Harry it's not what you think! Draco's changed! He is sacrificing his life to..."
WHAM! Harry's fist came in contact with the side of Ron's head. Ron fell to the ground with a throbbing pain in his ear.
"Ron! What the Hell! He is obviously trying to get to to you to figure out stuff about me!"
"He's changed! I swear!"
WHAM! Harry kicked Ron's shin.
"Draco Malfoy will never change," Harry spat. Harry threw Ron's bag on the ground, leaving him there to walk back to the dormitory himself.
O.K., well I dunno. I think I like this chapter. I mean, I added some new stuff in and yeah, so please, if your reading this story and you haven't reviewed yet, please do!!!
I feel kinda bad though. This chapter is poorly written. It sounds good when you write it, but when I skimmed it over, it looked stupid. :(