Chapter Fifteen

"Ron, can we talk to you? Alone." Bill added while looking at Harry.

"Erm, I guess." Ron said nervously. He knew where this was going. They were going to interrogate him about what Harry, Hermione, and he had been up to and what they were planning to do.

Harry reluctantly left his seat at the dinner table and went into the sitting room, but not without giving Ron a warning look to make sure he didn't tell them what they were up to. Bill and Fleur sat in the seats opposite of Ron.

Ron took a deep breath and then said in the most confident voice he could muster, "Sorry Bill, but I've already told you, and Harry has already told you that we can't tell you anything. It's important that our plans be kept secret." He hoped that Bill would just give up and stop asking about it.

Bill merely sighed and gave Fleur a pleading look. She said, "Go on."

He then turned back to Ron and while he fiddled with the cuff of his shirt he asked, "Ron, what are your intentions… with her?"

"What?" Ron was completely taken aback. Did he just say what he thought he said?

Bill didn't look very happy that he had to repeat himself, "What are your intentions with her?"

He couldn't believe it. Were they about to question him about Hermione? "Intentions? With who? Luna?" Ron tried to act completely innocent, but he could feel his ears getting redder and redder.

"You know full well who and what I mean."

"Well I might know who, but I still don't get the 'what' part." Even if he didn't already know exactly who they were talking about, there were only three girls in the house and two of them had already been crossed off the list of possibilities.

"Listen Ron, if we are going to let you all stay here without you letting us in on what you've been doing and will be doing, then you at least have to abide by the house rules."

Fleur nodded in agreement.

"Okay, that's understandable." Ron wasn't completely sure where this was going.

"Good. Then keep your hands off each other while you are here." Bill paused and then his voice rose and his tone became almost frantic. "Have you even been using protective spells? Because mum would go absolutely mad if she found out anything. She would hurt me if she knew I let you sleep together and she would kill me if anything happened while you two were under my roof."

"But Bill, we haven't. I swear." Ron said in a somewhat scared voice.

"Oh really?"

"What about zat night you snuck up zere and keeked Luna out?"

So that was what this was all about! They had noticed. Ron's stomach untied itself a little now that he knew where this was all coming from. "That was one time! And I did not kick Luna out, she came downstairs to tell me Hermione couldn't sleep and I went up there to check on her! We just ended up falling asleep…"

Bill and Fleur looked at him skeptically.

"Honestly! Go ask Luna."

Bill stared at Ron for a minute, looking for signs to tell him if he was lying or not, but Ron sat resolute and gave Bill no reason to think he was lying. Once he decided that Ron was indeed telling the truth, he looked over to Fleur to see if she had anything to say. When all she did was give a tight-lipped smile, Bill turned back to Ron. "Okay, I believe you. But I'm serious. I don't want any funny business with you two while you're here."

"Trust me Bill, you have nothing to worry about." Ron then added in a sad voice, "I don't even think she likes me that much."

Fleur rolled her eyes as she stood up, "Boyz can be so theck zometimes. Bill, I am going to give Ollivander hiz potion for ze night."

Bill nodded. When Fleur he heard Fleur make her way up the stair he signed and said to Ron, "Sorry about all of that, I had to make sure."

"I understand."

Bill made to stand up but then Ron blurted out, "Bill, how does it feel?"

Bill froze, "How does what feel?"

Ron could feel his ears turning red. He looked down at his hands in his lap, "To be in love."

Bill sat back in his chair and ran a hand through his long red hair as he thought. His hand then went and traced the scars on his face, "She makes me feel like these don't exist. I am overjoyed each morning when I wake up and I see that she is right there by my side. She makes me feel like the luckiest man in the world because she loves me for who I am. I say that I don't deserve her and she laughs her beautiful laugh and says that she doesn't deserve me. She doesn't care that I come from a poor, blood-traitor family, and that we have to constantly watch our backs and stay locked in our house because of who my little brother is friends with."

Ron felt guilty. He started to apologize, "I'm sor—"

"Don't be." Bill cut him off. "I'm glad you are because we would still be in this war even if you weren't. This way, I have more information and I can better protect her and my friends and family." He paused, "Well, if you ever actually told us anything that is."

"I had a feeling you were going to ask me about that. But with this, it is better if no one knew."

Bill shrugged, "I had to try."

Ron got up, wanting to end the conversation before Bill could pressure him for more information, whether it dealt with his love life or the horcrux hunt. As he left the room, Bill called out, "Hey Ron!"

He turned around and faced his brother who said, "It was Fleur who wanted me to ask you about…you know. I know mum would have a fit, but I think Fleur is more scared of her—although she tries to hide it—and doesn't want to give mum any reason to dislike her."

"Yeah, I get it. But like I said, you don't have to worry about that anytime soon." Ron finally left the room and was quickly met by Harry, who must have been waiting for him.

"You didn't tell him anything, right?" Harry asked somewhat frantically.

"No."

"You were in there for a while." Harry said worriedly.

"What I can't have a normal chat with my brother?" Ron snapped.

Harry backed off, "Oh, sorry, it's just that what we're doing is important and I don't want anyone getting hurt because they know, especially your family."

Ron calmed down, "I know, believe me, I know."

Urgh, I do not like this chapter. It looked so much better in my head but I wanted to have a conversation with Ron and Bill as well as advance Ron's thoughts and feelings and I couldn't think of a better way. So please review and tell me what you liked and disliked about this chapter.

The next chapter will be about Lupin's visit, so there will be a lot of fluff!