1 Ch. 2

*He's all that you want

He's all that you need

He's all that you just won't believe

Take away his doubt, turn it inside out

Then you can see what he's been dying to say*

Harry tossed and turned, unable to ignore the thoughts that cluttered his mind. He couldn't even stand to be in the same room as Draco, let alone be in love with him. They had hated each other ever since he had insulted Ron on the train to their first year at Hogwarts. Recently, however, his feelings had inexplicably begun to change. During their glaring matches across the room during meals, he had noticed something different in the other boy's eyes, and he was pretty sure he didn't object. Ron and Hermione had caught Draco staring at him during classes and told him but he had laughed it off, thinking that Draco was only thinking up ways to get him in trouble, but he also caught himself staring on occasion.

//No// he thought //no no no no no//.

Oh come on, said the voices spinning around in his head, admit it. Admit that you love everything about him--how that blond hair swirls over his forehead, how those beautiful silvery eyes seem to be able to see right into your soul, that you wonder how that perfect white skin would feel pressed against your own..

//Stop it!!!!!!// he angrily told the voices. He refused to believe that he could possibly feel this way, toward his worst enemy of all people, and eventually decided to go on a walk through the castle, to hopefully clear his head and finally allow him to sleep.

In the dungeons that the Slytherins inhabited, Draco was also the victim of insomnia. He restlessly lay in his bed and finally gave in and let those nagging thoughts at the back of his mind take over.

//Stupid green sheets.// he thought //Remind me of those perfect green eyes, eyes that seem to hide unutterable secrets. I'm going to have to start sleeping somewhere else//. He wondered what it would be like to see those eyes right in front of his.

//NO!// he told himself angrily. //You will not fall for Potter!!!!!!! Have you no pride?// //I have plenty of pride,// he told himself, //too much of it, actually. Which is why I refuse to give in.// He eventually gave up on sleep and went for a walk around the castle, as he had been doing almost nightly ever since he felt such disturbing emotions toward the Boy Who Lived.