HAD TO REMOVE SONG LYRICS DUE TO PRIVACY ACTS OR SOME SUCH THING... MY ADVICE... LISTEN TO THE SONG AS YOU READ IT... I HAVE REPLACED SONG LYRICS WITH CUE'S AS TO WHICH PART OF THE SONG IS COMING UP... MY APOLOGIES

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This is a two shot song fic that i have been working on to get my mojo working again

IF YOU DON'T LIKE SONG FICS THEN DON'T READ!

Usual disclaimer i own nothing but the plot..

Lost Without You

After reciting the password Ginny Weasley cautiously opened the portrait to the dormitory that her best friend Hermione occupied as Head Girl. As soon as she opened it she heard the muffled sobbing from within the room. Glancing at her Ravenclaw friend Luna Lovegood, who had accompanied her, Ginny entered the room and made her way to the bedroom door that sat to the right of the small common room.

"Hermione?" Ginny called softly as she and Luna reached the door.

"Go away Gin!" came Hermione's broken voice.

"No Mione! Luna and I are here and we're not leaving until you tell us what's wrong!" Ginny insisted as the two of them opened the door and walked in. The sight that met their eyes shocked them. The head girl was curled up in a fetal position in the centre of her king size bed. Scrunched up pieces of paper were strewn about the room. She wore a pair of green boxers and a white men's button down shirt, her hair was wild and untamed and her face was blotched from all the crying the head girl had been doing.

"Hermione what's wrong?" Ginny demanded softly as she and Luna climbed onto the bed with their friend. Hermione sniffed and glanced up at her friends. Ginny gasped when she saw that Hermione's normally vibrant amber eyes had dulled to a dead muddy brown.

"It's a long story Gin" Hermione stalled.

"We've got time Mione, you can't keep hiding out here, you've been this way since yesterday morning, we have classes tomorrow and you need to pull yourself together. Talk to us, maybe we can help"

"Nobody can help unless you can steal a time turner and turn back time to stop me from being an insufferable idiot who thinks she's always right" Hermione responded tearfully.

"What happened?" Luna asked, for once serious and not in her dreamy daze.

"I stuffed up, I stuffed up badly and ruined the best thing in my life" Hermione sobbed brokenly.

"You sound like your boyfriend just broke up with you Mione" Ginny teased, then she sobered at the heartbroken sob that came from the brunette head girl.

"That's it isn't it!" Ginny gasped in shock.

"You never told us that you had a boyfriend Hermione" Luna stated softly, though both Ginny and Hermione could hear the hurt in her tone.

"We were dating in secret, had been since the end of fifth year"

"And you never told a soul?" Luna asked. Hermione shook her head.

"No, and that's the reason he left me. He wanted to come out and let everyone know that we were together. I refused, there was a huge argument and he called it off and stormed away" Hermione confessed tearfully.

"Why didn't you want to come out?" Ginny asked perplexed.

"Because he's not who you would expect me to be dating, Harry and Ron would never approve and I didn't want to risk losing their friendship, it means too much to me" Hermione stated, though she faltered towards the end when she saw the incredulous looks her two friends were giving her.

"You what? You idiot Mione!" Ginny shook her head in disappointment.

"I know, that's what he said when I told him that I didn't want to come out yet, until I was ready to face Harry and Ron" Hermione admitted.

"Did he say anything else?" Luna asked softly.

"Just asked when the hell I would be ready. When we were married and had half a dozen children running around our ankles. He told me that he couldn't live as my dirty little secret anymore and that although he loved me with his heart and soul, he refused to be with someone that made him feel like they were ashamed of him"

"Well I for one heartily agree with him! Bloody hell Hermione, you can't let Harry and Ron run your life, I know you have been friends with them for seven years, but that doesn't give them the right to dictate your life! And you're a total and utter idiot for being in the mindset that you need their approval! Where in Merlin is your independence woman? Since when have you let anyone tell you what you can and can't do? If Harry and Ron have a problem with who your boyfriend is, then they don't know what being a friend is, do they! If they are your true friends they would accept it and let you live your own life!" Ginny lectured.

"I agree with Ginny, as much as I love Harry, it does annoy me that he has this complex where he thinks that he has to protect those he cares about, even if it is from themselves. I've had to hex him several times for being too overbearing and suffocating!" Luna announced candidly. Hermione and Ginny stared at Luna in shock.

"You've hexed Harry?" Hermione gasped.

"Oh yes, loads of times! I even threatened to castrate him once when he tried to break a date so that he and Ron could go and spy on Ginny's date with Blaise Zabini! I once confiscated his map and cloak for a month for following me around when I was trying to organize his belated surprise birthday party" Luna answered readily.

"Wow Luna! I never thought you had it in you" Ginny stated impressed. Luna just smiled smugly, then turned her doe like eyes to Hermione.

"Have you tried talking to...who is he?" Luna suddenly asked. Hermione blushed.

"I'd rather not say until I have sorted it out, I want him back, but he won't talk to me, he refuses to meet me and sends all my owls back unopened" Hermione whispered, fresh tears running down her face. "I was even going to sing a song for him at the open mike party that Dumbledore is putting on next week, although only he would have known that it was meant for him" Hermione confessed.

"Hermione for the supposed smartest witch of our age, you can be a right dumbass sometimes!" Ginny stated in exasperation. "You have gone to all this trouble of keeping a secret for no reason at all, you've hurt him and from the sounds of it his pride as well, of course he's not going to talk to you, you have to do something to make him realize that you don't care what others think of your relationship, you just want to be with him!" Ginny huffed.

"But it was a mutual decision to keep it a secret at the start, he just changed his mind at the start of the year and has been bringing it up ever since" Hermione defended herself.

"Did he have reasons for keeping it a secret at the start? And I mean better reasons than fearing that his friends would turn their back on him?" Ginny queried.

"Yes, it was mainly his reasons as to why we kept it secret in the first place" Hermione admitted.

"Well if that's the case then its up to you to make it right" Ginny stated emphatically.

"That's what I've been trying to do" Hermione replied with a sweep of her arm indicating the paper strewn about the room.

"What is all this?" Luna asked curiously.

"I've been trying to write a song to sing, but nothing I write seems to be right!" Hermione sniffed as tears once again threatened to escape her eyes.

"You need to find the words to express that you feel lost without him" Luna advised softly.

"That's what I've been trying to do..." Hermione broke off as a thought came to her. Rising to her feet she moved to her trunk and rifled through it.

"Mione?" Ginny asked.

"When Mum and Dad came back from Australia they brought me a CD by an Australian singer, and what Luna just said reminded me of a song that was on it" Hermione answered as she finally found the CD she was looking for and made her way over to her desk where she had a CD player charmed to run off magic. Placing the CD in the player she skipped to the song and pressed play. The three girls sat quietly and listened to the song play. Once it was finished, Hermione turned it off and turned to Ginny and Luna.

"Well?" Hermione asked hesitantly.

"Its a great song Mione!" Ginny replied.

"But is it right?" Hermione insisted.

"Does it say what you want to say? Are the words the right ones that relay the message you wanted to get across?" Luna asked wisely.

"Yes, every word is true" Hermione admitted with a blush.

"Then its perfect" Luna stated.

"Would you like us to be backup singers for you?" Ginny offered. Hermione nodded sharply.

"Yes, I don't think that I could do this by myself"

"Well then, let's get practicing! We only have a week to get it right" Ginny stated.

"First let me send off an owl to Dumbledore to confirm my entry, then we'll get started on the practice" Hermione replied before quickly writing a note and sending it to the headmasters office through the fire place. She then sat down with her two friends to learn the song that would hopefully help her win back the other half of her heart.

A week later found Hermione peeking out from the curtain behind the stage that Dumbledore had conjured in the great hall for the open mike night. All week she had avoided 'him' and had struggled to control her sadness. Harry and Ron had finally noticed that she was less than happy and had confronted her about it. Hermione had tried to avoid their questions but they had cornered her and tried to force the reason for her depression out of her. Luckily Luna and Ginny had arrived and had lectured the two boys to leave her alone, that it was her life and prerogative to keep her thoughts to herself. The memory of Luna grabbing Harry by his ear and dragging him away as she lectured him about his incessant need to know everything brought a smile to Hermione's lips and eased her nerves slightly.

"Is he here?" Ginny whispered as she and Luna came up beside her. They had respected Hermione's silence on who 'he' was and both still had no idea about who she was singing to tonight. Hermione scanned the room full of students and found him standing among his friends, his eyes were scanning the room and the sadness etched in his features sent a shaft through her heart.

"Yes" Hermione replied, "He's standing with his friends"

"Are you going to say anything before your song?" Luna asked.

"I think so, I don't know, I'll decide when I'm up there" Hermione replied. Luna and Ginny nodded.

"Miss Granger" Dumbledore said as he approached the group of three girls.

"Yes Professor?" Hermione asked as she turned to face the headmaster.

"You're our final act tonight. Once Miss Abbot finishes her song it will be your turn" Dumbledore replied, indicating the Hufflepuff girl that was onstage singing. Hermione felt her nerves kick up a gear and nodded.

"Thankyou" she replied. Dumbledore smiled and moved away leaving the girls to do a final check of their clothing and makeup. All three were wearing simple hipster jeans that hugged their curves. Ginny and Luna had both opted to wear fitted tank tops in their house colours, Luna's royal blue and Ginny's red. Hermione wore a black tank top, but over it she was wearing 'his' white shirt, the sleeves were rolled to her elbows, all the buttons were undone and instead the tails were tied in a knot above her stomach, showing a strip of her abdomen above her jeans. All the girls' hair was loose, Ginny and Luna's straight, while Hermione's was a cascade of waves down her back. Their makeup was simple, smoky outlined eyes and simple lip gloss were all that they wore. Hannah Abbot finished her song and the room went dark. Hermione took a deep breath of courage then she, Luna and Ginny stepped onto the darkened stage and took their places as a spotlight descended on Dumbledore as he introduced them. Hermione glanced back at Luna and Ginny as they stood on stage, both gave her smiles and nods of encouragement.

"Thankyou students, and now for our final act tonight, our very own Head girl Hermione Granger!" Dumbledore finished then walked off the stage as the lights brightened to reveal the three girls on the stage. Hermione smiled slightly and took a second to glance at 'him' his eyes were wide with surprise at the sight of her standing on the stage.

"This song is dedicated to the most important person in my life, you know who you are, please listen to the lyrics, I mean every word" as the first bars of the song began she took a breath and prepared to sing.

(FIRST VERSE OF SONG)

Turning her eyes towards 'him' Hermione locked her gaze on his as she sang the bridge.

(BRIDGE)

She saw 'him' gasp as the words of the song registered, his eyes beginning to glisten with emotion.

(CHORUS)

Hermione saw 'his' eyes close for a moment as he tried to get control of himself. His friends glanced at him oddly, but when one asked him something he just shook his head in answer.

(SECOND VERSE)

(BRIDGE)

Glancing across Hermione saw Harry and Ron with their mouths open in pure shock, neither had guessed that the cause of Hermione's depression was a guy. In fact most of the student body seemed to have the same expression on their faces.

(CHORUS)

Glancing back towards 'him' Hermione's eyes opened in dismay and tears began to fall as she saw that he was no longer standing there with his friends. She was about to break down and run from the stage when she noticed a figure making their way slowly towards the stage, their features were covered by their hood, but just the way they walked was enough for Hermione to know that it was 'him'.

(BRIDGE)

The figure made it to the steps at the bottom of the stage and waited, drawing a few curious glances from people standing within the vicinity.

(CHORUS)

Slowly, ever so slowly, 'he' climbed the stairs, drawing everyone's attention towards him and his hidden identity. He stopped directly in front of Hermione as she continued to sing.

Ginny and Luna were curious still and both had hoped that they would be the first to find out 'his' identity, unfortunately the only person able to see under the hood was Hermione.

(CHORUS)

As she finished the song 'he' reached up and placed his hand over her cheek. Hermione leaned into his touch, then went willingly when he pulled her into his arms and crashed his lips upon hers. Deciding that enough was enough, Hermione raised her hands and began to push his hood off his head. He pulled back quickly stopping her progress.

"You don't have to Mia, it's ok. This past week has taught me one thing, that regardless of if we stay a secret or come out in the open, I can't be without you" he whispered. The crowd practically groaned in suspense, each wondering who it was that had captured the heart of the Head Girl. Hermione shook her head.

"No more hiding" she whispered as she placed her lips against his again. He returned the kiss passionately, Hermione running her fingers through his hair as she pushed his hood off his head.

They could hear everyone in the great hall gasp in astonishment, students and teachers alike, for there upon the stage kissing the Gryffindor Princess was the Slytherin Prince himself.

Hermione felt Draco smirk into the kiss as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her tighter against his body, she said nothing, just glad to once again be where she belonged… safely in the arms of Draco Malfoy.

Well there it is... the song is 'Lost Without You' by Delta Goodrem

No flames i don't need them, i know when my work sux, i just liked the song and how it fit into this scenario.