It was a Sunday, a thick layer of soft white snow laid on the ground but Harry couldn't watch the snowflakes drift down gently in the wind like he used to be able to do. He could feel the cold though, he could feel it through a jacket, a blanket and two pairs of socks. And that was on top of his duvet and Pyjamas. His mind started drifting and of course the first thing that came up was Draco Malfoy.
Draco Malfoy made Harry very very confused. There were so many questions: Why did I kiss him?, Why did he kiss me? And Why did I like it and kiss back. I suppose he has nice lips...hell he was a great kisser actually... I wouldn't mind doing that again. But he's my enemy! How did this even happen. I guess when I kissed him I expected him to vomit in my face and punch me not kiss me back with a quite frankly amazing kiss. Wait. Does this mean I like boys? But I like girls, I mean Cho Chang is cute. But so if Malfoy? Oh no. What if I like Malfoy. This is so messed up. But surely if he kissed me then I must have been an okay kisser or maybe he's planning to confuse me and sell me out. What am I doing. I'm so confused.

So Harry lay there huddled up in what little warmth he had in his new bed (After a week the House Elves managed to put in new beds for all the houses. Apparently Harry wasn't the only one that had to share beds) lost in his thoughts until he heard a mummer of hushed secretive voices in the bed beside his.
"Wait you what?"
"Shh Blaise don't be so loud" Harry knew that voice from anywhere, it was Malfoy.
"I'm sorry it's just...wow. Of all the things I expected I didn't expect that"
There was a soft thud where a head banged against the headboard in what seemed like defeat.
"Tell me about it" Malfoy said his voice weary.
"Okay so let me get this straight.. Actually not straight but he kissed you and you kissed back..." Wait they were talking about Him! Harry moved closer but his bed decided to creak loudly and stop their conversation all together. Well done Harry now you'll never know what they were going to say next.
"Shhh Blaise" Malfoy hissed "we should go somewhere more private"
There were creaks where the bed protested under the weight of two teenage boys and a sound of a door being opened and shut and then it was quiet again.

Harry saw Malfoy and Blaise looking at him at breakfast...again. It was the fifth time since mail had arrived five minutes ago. Harry was clutching a note scribbled on a piece of ripped paper "Meet me in the Slytherin Dormentries at 12 tonight. Padfoot" Harry's heart hammered in chest, so Sirius knew. He reread the note to see if there was any hint of disappointment but it was really just to vague to hint at anything apart from urgency. Tucking away the note into his robes he turned his head towards two piercing stares of Malfoy and Blaise and witnessed whispers being shared between them all the while glancing at Harry when they thought he wasn't looking. Harry diverted his attention to across the room where he could see Ron and Hermione sitting with Ginny. Ginny was quite pretty Harry had gathered, her sweet enough to kill smile and waist length red hair made her look dangerous and Harry was drawn to that. But then Harry looked to his right and saw Malfoy, his sneer sharp enough to murder and platinum hair so blond it was white...and Harry was drawn to that too. Oh no. There's something terribly wrong here. I must be possessed. Feeling his appetite fade away Harry got up and left the Great hall only to be stopped by the dreaded Professor Snape.

"Potter" He greeted coldly.
"Sir"
Snape's eyes narrowed but he continued anyways. "You are to have occlumency lessons with me every Wednesday and don't be late"
Wait what's a occlumency? He was just about to ask what on earth he had meant but Snape had swirled around and was walking down to the teachers tables with his robes bellowing out behind him.

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"So where are we going again?" Harry asked Hermione as they walked down the path heading to Hogsmete and took a left instead of a right.
"I've arranged a meeting with a few people and we thought well this would be the least...suspicious you know with Umbridge throwing rules everywhere as if she owns the place"
Harry was going to say something else but they had arrived at the run down cottage she had referred to as the meeting point. The old door creaked open and the first thing Harry saw was a goat. No wonder it wasn't a popular destination, not that he didn't like goats but it seemed to be a bit deserted.
"It's through here"
Harry followed cautiously unsure of what to expect, but obviously it wasn't the sight that met him. There were definitely without a doubt more than few people. There were at least ten if not more that stood, arms crossed, perhaps with the cold or maybe with anger, maybe with stubbornness.
"Umm so I called all of you out here to... Well we need to defend ourselves and Umbridge isn't helping" Hermione stammered standing awkwardly at the front.
"Defend ourselves against who?" Zacharias Smith, a Slytherin Harry had seen lurking about asked.
"Obviously you know who according to him" Seamus said pointing a thumb at Harry. "You know what they call you in the papers right? The boy who lied? How can we take what he says as truth?"
Argument broke out, obviously some people believed Harry, some like Zacharias obviously did not.
"Quiet! Everyone shut up!" Harry yelled and that seemed to do the trick. "Okay so it's true, the ministry are saying I'm a liar, but they're also calling Dumbledore a liar too and I know for a fact that both of those are wrong. I saw Voldemort. No don't interrupt me. I saw Voldemort kill Cedric Diggory in cold blood and I fought him. He is back."
There was silence where Harry could see Cho Chang stare at the dusty floor. Harry took in a breath and started again "Look, the ministry of magic are stopping us from using defensive magic and we're here to well I guess fight back.." He trailed off looking at Hermionie for support.
"Yes, we're starting a club, umm.. We'll be learning how to cast defensive spells so we'll be prepared for...anything. Umm so any questions?"
Ginny spoke "Who's teaching us?"
Hermionie just looked at Harry and gestured at him.
It was Luna who spoke next, she was wearing what looked like radishes on her ears "Harry Potter, Is it true you can cast a Potronus?" She asked in a dreamy voice.
"Uhh yeah"
"Oh! And didn't you fight off that giant snake?" Someone else pitched in.
"Yes! And there was that time you defeated a dragon!" Excitement had now burst out.
"Okay, okay look that all seems great when you put it like that but in the second where it's life or death it's only one slip up that could kill you" Harry said.
Fred stood up straight and then asked "where do we sign up?"
Harry was ecstatic, people were actually going to do this? And people in fact were, they lined up and signed on a bit of parchment. When Cho Chang came up to sign she looked at Harry with what seemed to be respect "that was a good speech Harry" She complemented quietly. Harry could feel his cheeks heating up.
"Thanks..." he replied unsure of what to say next but she had walked away.

"Okay so we need somewhere to practise, some where safe where no one will find us, stay in touch and if you see anything come and tell me" Hermione instructed happily, she was ecstatic at the response and apparently it was "fun to break rules", who replaced Hermione Granger?

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Everyone had departed leaving the golden trio alone in the courtyard. Harry really wanted to talk to Hermionie about well...quite a few things to be honest.
"Hey Hermionie I need to talk to you" Harry almost whispered, Hermionie looked up at him, compassion and curiosity in her eyes.
"Ron apparently there's some leftover desserts in the kitchens"
Ron immediately looked up and then with hunger in his eyes and probably stomach he set off on the quest for dessert. Now that they were alone Harry told her everything about Malfoy, flushing red at parts and leaving out a few details.
"Wow, I'm not sure what to say... I think you need to talk to Malfoy about it, if he you know" she gestured to her lips "you back then he might like you? I'm not sure it seems very complicated but I would see what he wants out of this. I would be careful though, you never know what he could be planning"
Harry sighed "I'm not going to talk to Malfoy mionie that would just be weird"
Hermionie gave a look "and you think what happened between you two isn't weird?"
"That's not the point 'mionie...it's going to be awkward" Harry complained, running his fingers through his hair.
"So does that mean you like guys?" Hermione asked catching Harry by surprise.
"Wha..I don't..ye..no" Harry spluttered and then groaned in frustration. Why did stupid Malfoy have to ruin everything?
"Harry you know Dean likes guys right? You could talk to him" Hermione offered.
"Thanks 'Mionie I just need to think about things, see you later?"
Hermione hugged him before he could escape to his thoughts and whispered "don't forget that I'll support you no matter what and for the record, you two would look cute together"
Harry flushed a deep red and then walked off to the Slytherin dorms staring at the ground.