Written by: Foosa
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any other characters in any way or form.
Disclaimer: The lyrics of Like a River in this story belong to Kasey Chambers.
Chapter4:
Hiding behind a marble statue of a griffin Harry watched his door, disbelieving the sight of Hufflepuff's, Ravenclaw's, Slytherins, and Griffindor's leaving his private apartments, all of which were boys, mostly very hansom boys too! And there standing in the doorway was his husband yelling out "Don't forget our next meeting everyone!" with a huge satisfactory grin on his face. Harry was furious! Every single boy that left had as-cued clothing and messy hair in fact it was almost the exact look that Draco had after a make-out session!
Ducking into the shadows behind the statue Harry heard two boys talking and drew in a sharp breath when they said; "wow! I can't believe how great Draco is! Did you see him with all of us, oh and that little scar on the top of his right hip? His sooo kool……"
Understanding finally hit Harry; Draco was having an affair. To be exact Draco was having about twenty affairs and they all knew! Trying not to cry in public Harry ran up to the Gryffindor tower yelled "Peach Pies!" at the Fat Lady and continued through the empty common room, on up to Hermione's room and upon seeing that it too was thankfully empty dove onto his friends bed, magically shut the curtains and cried his heart and soul out until he fell asleep.
Three hours later Hermione was returning from the library where she had been studying in an always deserted, never disturbed corner that she had found the previous year.
Upon arriving in the common room she found all the Gryffindor students milling around and talking all at once.
Wondering what had happened Hermione was about ask a near-by first year, when she heard; "Yeah! Hermione's been locked up on her bed for the last hour and a half at least sobbing! Poor girl, I knew that Ron boy wasn't right for her!… Maybe we should get professor Mc Gonigal to talk to her…she's not talking to any of us!"
"Um… I'm right here!" Hermione yelled out over the babble of conversation, causing everyone to look her way.
"'Mione! How'd you get from up there to here with out any of us seeing you?" Ron asked in that high-pitched voice he gets when his surprised or scared.
"I've been in the library all afternoon studying, like you should have been Ron! Why do they all think I've been crying for?" Hermione asked her boyfriend.
"Well one of the girls that you share a room with went to get a book she had forgotten and saw that the curtains on your bed were shut, then she heard muffled sobbing! I was so worried that I had done something to upset you, 'Mione, I haven't have I?" Ron explained in that long-winded way of his which is actually kind of cute.
"No Ron, you haven't done anything wrong… well I think I might see who's crying in my bed!" Hermione said and with that she marched upstairs.
Hermione walked into the room, went over to her bed and tried to open the curtains.
When they didn't move a very muffled "Go away!" was emitted from the other side, Hermione got fed up at this and snapped; "No I will NOT go away! THAT is MY bed that you are crying on THANK you very much!"
"'Mione… is that you?" Harry mumbled hopefully.
Surprised to hear Harry's voice from her bed Hermione stumbled backwards two paces, then recovering from her shock gently said; "Harry? Can I come in?"
Harry picked up his wand and allowed the curtains to separate just enough for Hermione to slip through.
Once inside the privacy of her own curtained off bed, Hermione looked at her best friend.
"Oh! Honey, what's the matter?" Hermione asked in a soft comforting voice, when she saw Harry's red blotchy face.
Harry was still so upset that his friends soft kind voice set him off again and he threw himself in to Hermione's open waiting arms and sobbed out; "D-Draco…SOB! is h-having SNIFFLE an…an… WHIMPER AFFAIR!!!"
"WHAT! Are you sure Harry?" Hermione asked without thinking, causing poor Harry to cry even harder and longer while nodding his head in an affirmative.
"Right! Honey, stay here, I'll be right back ok? I'll send Ron up to sit with you alright Harry?" Hermione said, and then before Harry could utter another sob or sniffle, she marched furiously down to the common-room shouted "RON! UPSTAIRS NOW!" then, pushing past all of the shocked onlookers Hermione stormed determinately down to the main hall, pointed her wand at her throat and yelled "DRACO MALFOY! YOU GET UP TO THIS HALL RIGHT NOW!" sounding so very much alike Mrs. Weasley that even some teachers thought that Ron's mother had come to the school.
Hermione kept this up until the astonished blonde was standing in front of her wondering how he had gotten there, along with every other student and teacher – including Dumbledore of-cause! Draco was so terrified of Hermione's murderess expression that he froze where he stood and his mind went absolutely blank. Dumbledore, understanding that the situation must involve Harry somehow, muttered a Deafening Charm on all of the onlookers, and then pretended that he too could not hear anything when Professor Mc Gonigal touched his sleeve to get his attention.
"Draco, you-good-for-nothing-bloody-Slytherin-SLUG! WHAT have you done to Harry? His the BEST thing that has EVER happened to you!" Hermione ranted fabulously uncaring of the spectators around them.
"W-what are you talking about?" Draco asked, finally being snapped out of his terror at the mention of his lovers name.
"How could you treat Harry this way? His so in love with you Draco and all he gets in return is heartache! You bloody IDIOT! … IDOIT! IDOIT! IDOIT! … Why? Why are you cheating on him? Who is it? I'll kill him… I'll kill him as soon as I've gotten through with YOU!" Hermione rampaged on, stepping closer to Malfoy with each word she barely got out, almost sobbing due to her righteous anger.
Hermione was so furious at Malfoy, she didn't realize that she had slapped him until her hand started to sting and she heard a shocked gasp from Dumbledore.
"Cheating?! Hermione, I'm not! I swear! Who said that I was?" Draco told his partners best friend while rubbing his right cheek and hoping that she would tell him so that he himself could throttle the bastard for spreading such rumors!
Moving so fast that no one could stop her, even if they did know what she was up too, Hermione put a Truth Charm upon Draco and asked once more why he was cheating on Harry.
"I'm not! I'm organizing a surprise for him, I love Harry! I could never be with another, his ruined all other men for me, and not only that but my heart, body, soul and mind belong to Harry and ONLY Harry . He is my life not only for now but forever!" Draco told Hermione vehemently, and then clamped both hands over his mouth when he realized that the truth about his feelings for Harry had just popped straight out of his mouth instead of the half scathing comment that he had planned on saying.
Draco looked accusingly at Hermione, who in-turn blushed red and said; "I'm sorry Draco, it's a charm that I have invented… it's called a Truth Charm, so long as I leave it on you… you can not tell lies or half truths."
"Tell me who said that I was cheating Hermione, I want to know! I'd rather die then cause Harry any pain!" Draco all but sobbed out.
Knowing that everything Draco said was true, and that they were both calming down a bit now Hermione asked; "What's the surprise Draco? Please tell me" as she removed the charm. "It's a strip tease with twenty other guys!" Draco said, testing to see if the charm really was gone. Hermione was so embarrassed that she had to sit down on the closest step with a small "Oh!"
"It's… It's a song… I want to sing for him… in front of everyone… I've been getting help from some of the other boys… we've been practicing for almost a fortnight now, then play some muggle game um… what's it called again? Hmm, oh yeah! Soccer…who told you that I was cheating Hermione?" Malfoy said uncomfortably, sitting down next her and only just hearing her say "Harry… Harry told me that you where cheating…he… he saw all the boy's leaving"
At this Dumbledore dropped his own charm, raised his wand to his throat and announced to everyone: "All students and teachers, please gather in the great hall and be seated immediately!"
This message of cause magically made it's way to every single person at Hogwarts without fail, so both Harry and Ron heard it as well.
Looking at Dumbledore, Hermione and Draco saw him wink, and then to Draco he said; "I hope your ready for your song!" before he too walked into the great hall and took a seat. Soon all the students and staff members where seated and chatting, trying to figure out what had been said between Hermione and Draco as well as what was going on now.
Hermione had gone to get Ron and Harry, who had composed himself and meet her half way then the trio went downstairs.
Once in the great hall, Hermione sat Harry down right in the middle between Ron and herself in a cleared spot. Suddenly the lights died down, soft music started up and Draco was softly illuminated on stage with all the boys that Harry saw leaving his room slowly swaying in the background. Looking directly into Harry's eyes, Draco started to sing:
Sometimes you walk like an angel,
Sometimes you walk like a man,
Sometimes you crawl like a babe,
Makes me forget who I am,
Have you ever been held before?
Like honey to the bee?
I've never been held before,
Like you hold me…
You make me feel like a river,
Like a water over flow,
Wanna shout it out from the mountains,
Wanna sing it on the radio!
I'd sell my soul like a sinner,
If it means you'll never go…
I think the sun is finally raisin',
It's burnin' down because I miss you,
I'm gonna walk right through the fire,
'Cos all I wanna do is kiss you,
Rain falls,
Won't wash this away,
I'll build a stonewall,
To make you stay,
You make me feel like a river,
Like a water over flow,
Wanna shout it out from the mountains,
Wanna sing it on the radio!
I'd sell my soul like a sinner,
If it means you'll never go…
…
Yeah you make me feel like a river,
Like a water over flow,
Wanna shout it out from the mountains,
Wanna sing it on the radio!
I'd sell my soul like a sinner,
If it means you'll never go…
Never go…
Never go…
When the last strings of music had faded away and the last dace move finished Draco walked over to Harry and gently wiped the silent tears from Harry's eyes and said; "Happy Birthday my love… I hope you liked it"
That was the last emotional straw for Harry, he flung his arms out and wrapped his partner so tightly in his arms that Draco could scarcely breath, crying and trying to talk at the same time Harry whispered in Draco's ear; "I loved it sweetheart, but my birthday is in July, and I really wish that you had given it to me privately and in our room"
Sensing that Draco was a little hurt by this Harry moved closer to his lover so that Malfoy could feel the ridged shaft of his erection for himself with out embarrassing them both in front of the entire population of Hogwarts.
Dumbledore wove his hand and the hall decked itself out for a birthday celebration as Harry kissed Draco passionately. After much partying and congratulations, the two boys saw Ron and Hermione creep out of the hall looking very excited and, looking at each other they too crept off to their quarters and continued to rip each other's clothing off until they hit their king sized bed.
Dumbledore, who had seen both couples slink off just chuckled to himself, continued to drink his firewhisky and have a great time at Harry's party.
Ron held Hermione lovingly in his arms, skin to skin. Kissing her lightly on the head Ron said; "'Mione? You awake?" when she lifted her head to look at him, she completely stole his breath away. "Hermione? Um… hold on a sec!" Ron said, then dove over the edge of his bed and grabbed his pants, searching until he found what he was looking for, and then climbing back into bed and turning around to look at Hermione, Ron asked; "Hermione, will you marry me?"
After another bout of love making Ron smiled remembering the very loud squeal and shout of "YES RON!" as Hermione slept half on his chest, the diamond ring glinting in the moonlight on her left hand.
"How did you know that my birthday was near?" Harry asked quietly while the sweat on their bodies slowly cooled down and dried. Grinning happily Draco told his lover; "Remember when we were sitting under the tree and that group of first years stopped and stared at us? Well I got a reply from a letter that I sent to Black using Hedwig…when I found out that your birthday was so close I started planning this surprise as soon as I could! I wanted everyone to know that you are MY husband!"
"I'm so happy Draco, I can't wait till we get home! It will be the first time I've ever seen where you grew up as a child!" Harry said somewhat stunned at the thought.
"… I … I hope that someday… our… children will grow up there" Draco said hesitantly, uncertain of Harry's feeling about the idea of them having kids.
"…Draco, I'd love to have children with you…. But…well… we're both guys… we can't…" Harry said unhappily.
Feeling Draco's body vibrate from laughter Harry sat up and asked angrily "Why are you laughing? It's NOT funny! I WANT to have kids with YOU! Not someone else!"
"Oh Harry! Have you forgotten? We live in the WIZARDING world! We CAN have children, all we have to do is petition the Magical Counsel of Families!" Draco exclaimed happily and wrapping his arms around a very happy and shocked Harry, Draco pulled him back down onto the bed and started to make slow sweet love to him.
FIN.
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