That Damn Weasley Charm II G.W

Part 4, Chapter 19- Secrets Upon Secrets

"So when I said 'go to class' you heard 'go pick a fight with Potter'?" Draco and I are sitting in the common room on a couch. I overheard him laughing with his friends as they were studying and I managed to catch Blaise saying, "That Hermione girl looks a lot better with those big ugly teeth if you ask me."

"He attacked me Violet what part of that don't you understand?" Draco wails.

I take the pillow from behind me and throw it at him. He laughs and catches it out of the air, "Alright, he attacked you first. Why do I think that you deserved it just a little bit?"

"All I did was show him the badges I've created," Draco says. I press my palms into my eyes and laugh a bit, Draco laughs with me.

"If you spent the same amount of time on your studies as you do on Potter you would be top of your class for sure."

"Well maybe if I liked classes as much as I liked Potter it wouldn't be an issue." Draco instantly claps his hands over his mouth and looks at me with fear in his eyes. "I mean... I well, you know, it's getting late I should really go to bed." Draco stands up from the couch but I grab a hold of his wrist and pull him back down to the couch.

"You like Potter?" I say trying my very hardest not to smile.

Draco rolls his eyes, "No! What kind of question is that! What gave you that idea?"

"Maybe the fact that you just said it?"

"You must have heard me wrong then. Who would ever like Potter?"

"I mean he is the chosen one." I nudge Draco with my shoulder and he cracks a small smile, "You know it's fine if you like him? That's not a bad thing."

Draco scoffs and looks away from me, "I'm not having this conversation with you."

"Did you know that I fancy girls just as much as I fancy guys?" I say to him.

He looks back at me, "Do you actually?"

I nod, "Yeah. I learned that I did in second year after playing a round of spin the bottle with everyone in my year."

Draco doesn't say anything for a really long time. Then, "I'm pretty sure I fancy both girls and boys too."

"Alright then."

Draco wipes his palms off on his pants, "I don't want to tell anyone else though. Not yet I don't think."

"Alright. This will just stay between you and me. Only you can decide when you want to tell people."

Draco looks up from the floor and at my face, "So you won't tell mother and father?"

"Course I won't! Anything you tell me stays between you and me unless it'll put you in danger. I thought you knew that."

"I did... I just, wanted to make sure is all."

I take Draco's hand in mine and smile at him, "You're basically my baby brother Dray, I won't do anything or say anything if you don't want me to." Draco smiles really big this time, "Put please for the sake of my mental stability, stop attacking him and his friends in the hall."

"Can't promise you that." Draco says before heading off back to his friends.

The Saturday before the first task was the first Hogsmeade trip of the year. Even though Aunt Narcissa sent me to Hogwarts with a hundred galleons I don't bother bringing any money to Hogsmeade in my attempts to save up as much as I can for the twins Christmas present. I was going through my trunk the other day and found about twenty galleons, twelve sickles and a handful of knuts that I had left over from last year and I add all that to the pile of money reserved for Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.