AN: So this fanfic has gotten way more veiws than I thought it would! Please, please, please let me know if you think this should have some romance or what! I need some

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Ron found himself heading home at a very strange time. It was before most people went to work and after most people came home from work. Even though he had only gotten an hour or so of sleep at the hospital he wasn't tired at all. Something inside of him felt odd. Ron wondered if Harry would be up, he needed to tell someone about the strange things that had just taken place.

Against his better judgement Ron knocked at Harry's place. After only a few minutes Harry opened the door looking utterly tired. He still had pajamas on and his hair was even messier than it normally was.

"Ron?" Harry put his glasses on and gave a small, confused smile. "What are you doing here? What time is it?" He looked at his wrist but forgot that there was no watch.

"Sorry," Ron appologized walking staight into Harry's home. He took a seat on the sofa and gestured for Harry to join him. "Mate, I got something to tell ya."

"Okay..." Harry took a seat and stared at his strange friend. "You know that I was asleep, right?"

"Yeah, but this is important."

"Alright, spill it."

"So, when I got home from talking with you my mother was going on and on about well whatever. And asking about you and stuff. Then she gave me this letter and owl had dropped off. It said that they wanted me back at the hospital because some patient-bloke didn't want to deal with anyone but me."

"Yeah, but I guess that's a compliment in a way, I don't see why you're so upset."

No, no, 'arry! I haven't gotten to the scary part yet!" Ron's eyes widened and Harry gave a small laugh. "So, I went up 'ere and guess who was there? Waiting for me?"

"I don't know? Who?" The dark-haired boy asked with a yawn.

"Malfoy!" Ron yelped. Harry dropped his tea onto the carpet.

"Malfoy? As in Draco Malfoy? He requested you? You? But why? What happened? You have to tell me more!"

"I guess he did...but why? I mean the other healers probably wouldn't have even known who he was. Don't the Malfoys wanna hide nowadays, anyway?"

"That's what I thought too..." Harry paused with a strange expression. "What did he say to you?"

"Actually, he didn't say much," Ron admitted. "He didn't really want to be at the hospital...I guess someone found him and broght him there. I don't really know why he requested me, though. It was all so strange. He was, well, himself. I guess, just a bit less snarky. He just seemed bitter and quiet." Ron thought back to the discussion. "Then he asked me about 'mione. He was almost like he cared but also not at all. It was strange, 'arry, really strange." The red-head thought about how cold Draco's eyes were. It was as if even his meaness had left for a while. He was just bitter and sad sounding. Ron really did want to hate him but he just couldn't bring himself to do so.

"Hmm," Harry said after a few minutes of silence. "Why was he brought to St. Mungo's?"

The question caught Ron off-guard. When he realized he had been thinking about Draco's eyes he felt a heat rised to his face. "Oh, umm, he had some broken ribs and bruises and stuff," he said not meaning for it to sound so vague. "But it was weird, 'arry. he had always been such a...well you remember when Buckbeak attacked him. It wasn't even that bad and he acted like it was the end of the bloody world! But this...it was like he totally changed or something."

"I don't know if I really follow you, Ron." Harry shook his head.

"Well, I really am not allowed to tell you this," he leaned in closer to his friend, "but I think he is hiding something." Ron quickly thought back to the dark mark.

"I wouldn't blame him," Harry said quickly. "Lucius was thrown into Azkaban to rot! And Narcissa isn't much better off. I hear she just living alone in that old manor."

"Why weren't they sent to Azkaban?"

"Narcissa let me go in the forest, I could have been killed...but I wasn't. And Draco-"

"Yeah, yeah, I know why he wasn't sent away," Ron shuttered thinking about what had happened in the Malfoy Manor.

The two boys sat in silence for a long while. Neither of them knew what to make of Draco's reappearence.

"Are you mad at him?" Harry asked suddenly breaking the silence.

"I dunno...are you?"

"I'm not sure, but you are the one who has to deal with him."

"Yeah...he betrayed Hogwarts...he hates you...and...and..."

"Do you actually know that either of those things are true? How could you? He never seemed happy to betray the school...and hate is awefully strong." A smile crept onto the dark-haired boy's face. "After all, I am Harry Potter!" Ron shoved his friend over and laughed. Suddenly, he realized how crazy it all was. He woke Harry up at a crazy hour just to ask him about some boy they used to know. Ron shook his head and smiled. This was all just crazy. He was overthinking it. There was nothing going on that wasn't obvious. Draco was injured, Ron was a healer, that was all.

Ron walked through the door to his house and was instantly greeted by a frown. More specifically, Molly's frown.

"I thought you'd leave your mother a letter or something! You spent practically the whole night there, Ron!" Molly exclaimed.

"Sorry, mum, I didn't think it'd take that long," he said in defense.

"Well, then," she said backing up and taking a breath. "Come sit and tell me all about it."

"There really isn't much to tell."

"Somebody requested my son! There is definatly something to tell!"

"Mum, there really isn-"

"At least tell me who it was."

Ron groaned knowing that he'd never hear the end of it. "It was Malfoy," his voice was so quiet that he wasn't sure if she had heard him.

"Malfoy!" Molly screamed with built-up anger. Yup, she had heard it. Her eyes were filled with fire and anger towards the entire Malfoy family.

"Mum! Quiet..." Ron said worried that someone in the house might wake up.

"Well," she said calming herself. "He was not quite who I though you'd be helping. I was kinda hoping for some wonderful young witch who needed your help."

Sorry this chapter was so short! The next one will be longer. Please tell me what you think! :)