It has been four day, four days since Draco had seen Ron. four days where Draco waited for him to come over, and Malfoy's never wait. He was getting aggravated and he missed seeing the redhead around, even though he would never admit it out loud. The angry blond haired boy was sitting in the kitchen eating his lunch when he got the thought of going to see Ron himself. Or at least see what he was up to. Its been four days after all. After what happened when he was here last, the talk and everything, he was feeling annoyed that he hadn't seen the red head for that long. So he went up to his room, got on some of his decent clothes, grabbed his wand, and walked through the door, walking in the direction of the Weasley house.
Draco could actually see the house this time, it confused him. It did look like it was held together by magic but it wasn't anything like he imagined it to look like. It is nothing like the Manor of course but it was Ron's home. He looked around and saw Ron and Hermione sitting under a near by tree. He went as close as he could, waiting behind a shrub.
It seemed that they had just started talking.
"When do you think Harry will be here?" he heard Granger say.
"Dunno, Mom said that it might be tonight, it might be two weeks from now. She hasn't had any real word on it." Ron said, talking as if he was eating something.
"Its been a bit lonely around here. I mean with Ginny writing her boyfriend, and you bolting whenever you can." Ron didn't say anything.
"Is everything okay, Ron? I'm really worried about you." Draco could actually hear the concern in her voice as she said these words.
"Yeah, Mione, everything is good." Ron said bluntly.
"Are you sure?"
Ron didn't say anything.
"Don't roll your eyes at me Ronald Weasley!"
"I just want to go out on walks, is that any crime?"
"According to your mother it is! I mean she grounded you for goodness sakes! No one knows what is going on with you!"
"Oh, so you were sent to come and investigate were you? Trying to pry it out of me?" Ron said angrily.
"No!" Granger said, as her voice broke, "I'm worried about you Ron. I wanted to see if you would talk to me about it! Nothing more nothing less. No one put me up to it!" She said as Draco heard her give out a huff and walk off back to the house.
"Shit," Draco heard Ron say.
Draco waited a few minutes to make sure that Hermione or no one else would come back out. Then he walked over to where Ron was and sat next to him. Causing Ron to jump a little.
"Draco!" Ron said looking at him, "what are you doing here, how did you get here?"
"I haven't seen you in a while, and I walked."
"I didn't mean that, I mean, how can you see the house?"
Draco shrugged. "I have no idea what spells your family put on the house, Ron. So, you're grounded?" Sounding a bit confused.
Ron sighed, "yeah," he said while looking at the ground.
"You couldn't have owled?" Draco said sounding a bit sad.
"No." Ron said as he found some grass that is more interesting.
"Why not?"
"Hermione has been following me around everywhere, Malfoy. She's probably looking out a window as we speak."
"Why is she so upset, Weasley?" Draco said dryly.
Ron shrugged, "why does it matter?" Draco gave Ron a look, that made him roll his eyes, "she's upset about me leaving for no reason, you didn't hear all of it?"
Draco smiled weakly. "Yeah, I did. I really thought I would see you sooner," Draco said as he looked towards the ground.
"I know. I'll try harder. I should warn you though, it will be hard for me to get out when Harry gets here. With Hermione she has Ginny to hang out with, Harry, not so much."
"Oh," was all Draco was able to say.
"Want me to walk you back to you house?" Ron asked.
"You're grounded, Ron," Draco said while standing up.
"So?" He said as he started to walk to the road. Seeing that the other wasn't coming he yelled towards Draco, "you coming or what?"
"Yeah," Draco said as caught up with him. "So Potty is coming then?"
Ron gave Draco a look, "yeah he does every summer. Last summer it was later than most."
"Oh." Was all Draco said to that.
"Does it bother you about your dad?"
Draco looked towards Ron, who was looking at the sky as he walked.
"Where did that come from?" Draco asked
"I've been thinking about it, I mean I know it would be bother me, if, you know, my dad was in the same situation."
"Oh, um, yeah, it was his choices though, he could not have gotten into this whole thing."
"Yeah, that is the truth."
They were quiet for a few minutes.
"Why aren't you with you parents Draco?" Ron asked this time looking at Draco.
"Why are you asking?" Draco asked defensively.
Ron shrugged, "its just odd. I doubt that you've always went to a different house during the summer."
"No, I haven't, we've decided to try something new this year," Draco said while looking at his feet. "Things change though. People change, situations change."
"What changed for you?" Ron said as they got to Draco's house.
"I think you should drop this." Draco said as he walked up to the door and walked in.
"Malfoy!" Ron called after him, following him inside. "Why are you here?" He said as he shut the door.
"Weasley," Draco said as he turned around and started walking slowly towards Ron, "I would keep your big freckled nose out of it."
"No." Ron said taking a step towards Draco, "Tell me, please."
"Why should I?"
"Because I'm worried about you, I want to know what is going on, I want to help." Ron said.
"I just don't think you should know about it."
"Why shouldn't I know about it Malfoy?" Ron asked Draco, "because you can't trust me, okay fine, but I think me asking shows that I care about you, I want to know."
"Ron," Draco started.
"What Draco? What?" The red head said as he threw his hands up in the air.
"If I were to tell you then things would change, I like how things are simple. I want something in my life to be simple for once!"
"Simple?!" Ron yelled, "what about us is simple?"
"Its simple how I want to be with you! Its simple how when you aren't here I want you to be! That is simple, it doesn't need explaining! It just is!" Draco said angrily.
Ron didn't say anything.
Draco sighed, running a hand through his hair, "I have a headache. Lets go up to my room for a little bit." Draco said as he went up the stairs. Ron followed him and sat next to him on his bed. After a few minutes of just sitting Draco started talking.
"Would you believe me if I told you that I don't want to be anything like my father? That even though I looked up to him for so long, that now I just pity him." Draco did a small laugh that made Ron feel uncomfortable. "Why did he have to be such an idiot? Why couldn't he have been like, like, your parents, or Potters? He didn't though did he?" Draco said as he looked down, tracing the comforter.
"You can't expect your parents to do everything right." Ron said as he looked at the blond.
"He should have though. He should have known that it wasn't a good decision for his family." Draco said as he laid on his back, Ron following.
"Things happen, he might have needed to follow, him, he might have thought that it was the only thing he could do. You can't be angry with him forever." Ron said
Draco laughed, "I'm not angry with him, I'm disappointed."
"So is that why you're here? You don't want to be with your father?"
Draco smiled to himself, "yeah, I suppose that is why." There was silence for a few more minutes.
Draco turned to look at Ron, "won't your mum be worried?"
"Yeah," Ron said, "but I don't really care." With that being said, he leaned over and gave Draco a small kiss on his lips, "I promise I'll try and come over more."
"I know," Draco said with a small smile on his lips, Ron went to capture his lips again a bit more forceful and needy than before.
Ron pushed Draco down on the bed, placing one leg on either side of his body. "So, Draco," Ron said between kisses, "what are we going to do when school comes around," sitting up a bit waiting for an answer.
"Have the most fun I've had since I've started school for sure," then Draco pulled Ron's face to him, "are you okay with that Weasel?"
"You know it," Ron said before he placed his lips back on the blond. Ron was running his hand up Draco's shirt when they both heard someone clearing their throat behind them.
They both turned around slowly hoping that they just imagined what they just heard. They both gasped when they saw him standing there.
Who could it be?
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