Eyes

It had been too late to do anything without the possibility of getting caught so Harry stayed in the common room. He, Hermione and Ron talked things over settling on a time to have the ceremony and also trying to talk through as to who could have possibly found out.

No one could come up with anything until a thought occurred. “Harry, there's only one person that I know of that would deliberately try to sabotage you by telling Dumbledore.” Hermione told the other two. The same thought occurred to him as she spoke.

They spoke at the same time. “Malfoy.”

“Do you really think it was him?” Ron asked.

“He's the only person that I can think of that would do something like that.” Hermione answered.

“I agree. I'll find him tomorrow and find out.” Harry told them.

“We'll go with you.” Ron told him and Hermione nodded.

~X~

Harry stood next to the window, hunched over. He pulled out a tattered, old piece of paper while Hermione and Ron stood to each side so no one could see. Pulling out his wand he unfolded the page and touched it to the paper.

Whispering he said, “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”

Ink filled in on the page creating an outline of the floor they stood on, showing a large number of names and dots. Scanning over the page Harry pointed to a spot on the outskirts of the page.

“Here he is, in the astronomy tower.”

Hermione looked over at Harry as he folded the page and put it away. “Is he alone?”

“Yeah.”

“C'mon, lets get going before he someone else shows up with him.” Ron said as they turned and started to walk up the corridor towards the tower.

~X~

Malfoy stood staring into the telescopes lens and scratching lines on a sheet of paper. A slight noise from the doorway had him turning around, a sneer immediately appearing on his face.

“Potter.” he said with disgust.

“Malfoy.” Harry stood just far enough in the room to allow Ron and Hermione to flank him and block off the tower door.

“What do you want?” the blond asked roughly.

“Why did you tell Dumbledore?” Harry asked staring him right in the eyes.

“I don't know what the bloody hell your talking about. Now, if you don't mind I need to finish this astronomy work.” Draco turned back around and looked down at his paper to see where he was.

“I'm not done with you.” Harry took a step forward and Draco turned back around, looking annoyed.

“What?” Draco irritated.

“I know that you're the one that told Dumbledore. Tell me why!”

Draco grabbed his things. “Honestly, I have no clue what you're talking about Potter.” He pushed his way past the group and began to descend the stairs.

“I'm talking about me and Severus!” Harry's voice sound down the stairwell.

Draco stopped and slowly turned around, a smile plastered on his face, knowing that he could play this to get some juicy info on his nemesis. “What about you and Professor Snape is that I “supposedly” know.” he retraced his steps back into the tower room.

“You know exactly what I'm talking about so don't even try to deny it. Just tell me why.” Harry kept insisting.

Draco stayed silent.

“You know that they've been sleeping together and all of us want to know why you told. Was it just to get Harry in trouble? Or, maybe,” Ron took a moment and nodded at the thought, “maybe it's because you're jealous and want Harry for yourself.”

Draco slowly smiled now knowing what the big deal was. “Thank you, red for telling me.” He turned back towards the stairwell and began to climb down the stairs. Calling over his shoulder he said, “I really didn't know though. Ask Dumbledore yourself who told him. You'll find that it wasn't me.” Draco started to laugh and the sound got quieter as he got further away.

“I don't believe him.” Ron said.

“I don't know Ron. He seemed pretty adamant about it. If he had been the one to tell, wouldn't he have been proud to say it?” Hermione sounded worried.

“I think Hermione might be right. In which case you just told him, and now it's going to get told to everyone.” Harry sounded defeated.