It had been three days. Harry had taken to spending his time with Dean, Seamus, and Neville. Of course, there was Malfoy too, but it obviously wasn't at the same time as the others. Ron and Hermione spent their time with Ginny, Luna, and Neville when he wasn't with the others. The two tried talking to Harry, but he would ignore them and walk away.

Dean and Seamus didn't mind Harry's company, but it gave them less time to work out their plan. Obviously they couldn't work on it with Harry around. Though, sometimes he would just mysteriously disappear, and they had no idea where he would go.

They were doing their homework in Dean and Seamus's room one evening, when all the sudden, Harry shouted, "Merlin's beard! I'm so late!" He then proceeded to run out of the room, not even bothering to take his homework with him. On his way out, the two heard him mutter, "They're gonna kill me."

"Ah, so that's why he keeps disappearing. He's meeting with someone...but who?" Dean asked.

"I don't know, but this certainly makes things interesting."

"Right. Wait, you know what we could do? Let's go around looking for everyone who's not here right now. There would probably be a few names, and they may not be in eighth year, but its worth a shot."

"Dean, your a genius! Alright, common room first." Dean grabbed a piece of parchment, and the two left for the common room. They wrote down everyone who was there. Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, and Theodore Nott were studying at one of the tables. Two Hufflepuff eighth years were on the couch, and a Ravenclaw was walking to their dorm room.

The couple then went knocking on doors, taking note of everyone. Some were quite annoyed with them, but they felt that this mystery was far more important.

At last they were done. The only eighth years missing, since it was after curfew, were Hermione, Malfoy, a Slytherin, and a Ravenclaw. They got quite excited when they saw Malfoy wasn't there, before they remembered that he was Head Boy. Hermione was Head Girl, so that explained the only two people they actually knew.

Figuring it was probably a seventh year, like Luna or Ginny, the two got ready for bed, and fell asleep in each other's arms.

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Harry ran out of the room, and straight to his. He threw open his trunk, grabbed the invisibility cloak and Marauder's Map, then left as quickly as he'd came. The whole time, Neville was staring at him like he was insane. Harry hadn't even noticed he was there.

He put the cloak on as he left the common room, whispering, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." The map appeared, and he searched for a single small dot in particular. He found it, in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. It was pacing the room, waiting for a certain raven-haired boy. Harry went as fast as he could while still being quiet. After five minutes, he was at the door that went into the bathroom.

He caught his breath a bit, then entered the abandoned bathroom. The small dot stopped pacing and looked up at the door that had just opened. "Mischief managed," Harry whispered again, clearing the map.

Malfoy smiled as Harry threw off his cloak. "You're late. Fifteen minutes late, to be precise."

"Sorry, I was doing homework with Dean and Seamus," Harry replied, folding his cloak, and setting it on the ground with the map on top.

"S'fine." Harry smiled as he looked up at the blond.

"Alright then. What exactly am I doing here?"

"What Potter. I need a reason to spend time with you now?"

"Well...no, I guess not."

"Thought so. So, what do you want to do?"

"What?! You told me to come here, so you decide what we do, Malfoy."

"Draco."

"What?"

"Call me Draco. We're friends now, aren't we?"

"Ok. Draco then, but only if you call me Harry."

"Sounds good. So Harry, what do you want to do?"

Harry groaned playfully. "Fine, let's just...talk." Draco nodded, and the two sat side by side on the bathroom floor, talking for nearly an hour, about everything. Well, almost everything. Neither mentioned, the war, their families, and Harry avoided anything related to the Dursley's. Myrtle even came to join them for a little while. It was nice, being there with the two. Myrtle wasn't even that bad when she wasn't whining. Finally, around one in the morning, Harry and Draco headed back, Harry under his invisibility cloak.

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After Harry had left, Neville went to Ron, who was in his room. He explained what had happened, while Ron listened, very intrigued.

"And he didn't say where he was going?"

"I don't even think he realized I was in there. He just ran in, grabbed his invisibility cloak, and ran back out."

"Probably with his secret girlfriend. Don't worry Neville, he's fine."

"Ok. Wait...secret girlfriend?"

"Oh, well I'm not completely sure, but I think so. He was always disappearing and whatnot. But Hermione forbade me to ask about it."

"Uh, ok?" Neville was extremely confused. There was a knock at the door and Ron got up to answer it. It was Dean and Seamus, with a roll of parchment in Seamus's hand.

"If your looking for Harry, he's not here. Neville saw him run off."

"We know, we aren't looking. Did Harry tell Neville who he was meeting, by chance?"

"Ask him," Ron said, opening the door further so Neville was in view. The two stepped in. Apparently, Neville hadn't even known Harry was meeting a person. Ron thought Harry had a secret girlfriend. Not the most reliable information, but Dean and Seamus wrote their names on the list, though they didn't say what for. They left, leaving Neville and Ron alone again.

"Well that was odd." Neville said.

"Extremely odd." Just then, Zabini walked in.

"Out," he grunted to Neville, who left without another word.

"Seriously, you can't just tell him to leave! This is my dorm too, and I will have who I wish over."

Zabini only grunted again, and walked to his bed. He laid down, and fell asleep the minute his head hit the pillow, not even bothering to change. Ron let out a sound of frustration, and got ready for bed, falling asleep to the sound of his roommate's snores.

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