"(Everything I Do,) I Do It For You" is copyright Bryan Adams and can be found on the album "So Far, So Good". it's been one of my favorite songs for a long time and if you haven't heard it, you're majorly missing out. Note to the readers, you will notice that there is a significant time lapse between this and the last chapter. The reason for this is that I intend on making this story 10 chapters long, ( 9 chapters and an epilogue,) and the only way I can do that is to have that small gap. If I were to continue right where the last chapter left off, I'd be writing this fic for the next ten years. Hopefully you will forgive me this small continuity flaw and enjoy the rest of the fic. *Obligatory Warning* this is a slash fic. If this offends you, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU ON CHAPTER 7???? Heehee… anyway…. All characters and settings are copyright J.K. Rowling, save any you don't recognize. One more small note. I'd like to dedicate this fic to the memory of Richard Harris. He will be greatly missed and will always live in the hearts and minds of all Harry Potter fans as the one and only Albus Dumbledore. And now…. On with the one and only non angst chapter of the story……
Everything I do
Early May. Commencement was less than a month away and all of hog warts was alive and buzzing with the promise of the end of another year. All of them, that is, except for Ron Weasley and Harry Potter. Right now, all that mattered to them was each other and the here and now. It had taken them so long to admit how they felt about each other, and now that they had each other, they weren't going to let a little thing like time do anything to ruin it.
Rumors of the couple were flying around the school like mad. Whispers of "Do you see the way they look at each other?" and " I swear, I caught them holding hands in potions the other day," and even the outlandish, "I caught them having sex in the astronomy tower!!!" were all the kids could talk about other than the end of the year. Hermione was quick to dispel any of the outrageous rumors, but never actually denied them being together. They didn't want her to. They were in love, and didn't care who knew it.
On this particularly lovely day, the happy couple were exercising their seventh year privilege of taking afternoon tea out on the grounds. Where more appropriate a place than under the very tree in the rose garden where Harry had first confessed his love for Ron. As the warm early summer sun beat down upon them, they talked and laughed over hot tea and buttered scones.
"Harry, on that night, where exactly were you hiding that you could just…. apparate out of nowhere behind me?" Ron asked, as he buttered another scone. The question had been running through his mind almost nonstop since that night.
"I was in the corner the whole time," he grinned, "no one even thought I may be hiding under my invisibility cloak."
"Why you sneaky little…. " and with that, Ron pounced his beloved, and a brief wrestling match ensued. It didn't take long for Ron to have Harry pinned to the ground, being he was quite a bit stronger than the other boy. The scuffle only ended when the eyes of the two boys locked. Within each others eyes, they saw emotion that no words could ever convey, emotions deeper than either of them had ever thought possible. It was then that they knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were meant to be together. That they would do anything for each other.
Look into my eyes,
You will see,
What you mean to me.
Search your heart,
Search your soul,
And when you find me there,
You'll search no more.
Don't tell me,
It's not worth trying for,
You can't tell me,
It's not worth dying for.
You know it's true,
Everything I do,
I do it for you…
"I love you, Ron, more than anything in the world." Harry whispered softly.
"I love you just as much, if not more." Ron smiled as he spoke softly, and leaned in to gently kiss Harry's lips. They both melted into the kiss, eyes closing, arms embracing each other. In this moment, they were no longer Ron and Harry, but one divine being. No matter what the world threw at them, they could face it, as long as they had each other.
As the kiss lingered, Ron's thoughts began to stray. They went back in time to the first time he ever saw Harry, looking so lost at King's Cross Station. They went back to first year, when Ron sacrificed himself so that Harry could save everyone. To fourth year, where Harry risked his life to save Ron from the mer-people in the lake. All of those small things had been leading up to this one moment of complete and utter perfection. Ron slowly pulled away from his beloved's lips to gaze down at the other's beautiful face. "You're everything I have ever dreamed of, Harry… Everything and more. You're my life's breath. I live for you and you alone."
Harry looked up into his love's bright blue eyes, rendered utterly speechless by the words Ron had just said. Tears brimmed his eyes and eventually overflowed. No one, not even Cho, who had claimed to love him, had ever said anything remotely like that to him before. After a few moments of silence, he spoke in a near sob, "You are…. My Everything Ron." There was nothing more he could say than that. He pulled Ron down on top of him, holding to him as if his life depended on it.
Look into my heart,
You will find,
There's nothing there to hide.
Take me as I am,
Take my life,
I would give it all.
I would sacrifice.
Don't tell me,
It's not worth fighting for.
I can't help it,
There's nothing I want more.
You know it's true,
Everything I do,
I do it for you…
There's no way in the world that this could be anymore perfect. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, Ron had his Harry and Harry had his Ron. In the whole of time, there may have been perhaps three perfect loves, but the love that these two shared transcended all of those by far. To Ron and Harry, if they were not together in this moment, there would be absolutely nothing. They would just be two fallen angels floating through a barren wasteland of non existence. They needed each other to be complete.
There's no love,
Like your love,
And no other,
Could give more love.
There's nowhere,
Unless you're there,
All the time,
All the way…
"Ron?" Harry asked quietly, not wanting to ruin the moment, but there was something he had to ask his other half.
"Yes Harry?" Bright blues moved to once more gaze upon the face he treasured above all others.
"Is it always be like this?? Is it always going to be this … magical?" Dazzling greens danced in the rays of the sun above them.
Don't tell me,
It's not worth trying for.
I can't help it,
There's nothing I want more…
"I sincerely hope so, Harry. I will do anything to keep things like this forever…. I don't ever want to lose you Harry."
"You won't lose me, no matter what. I promise you."
I would fight for you,
I'd lie for you,
Walk the wire for you,
Yeah, I'd die for you…
Just as Ron was leaning in to kiss Harry again, Pigwidgeon, Ron's owl smacked into the side of his head. "OW!!!" He looked to the small owl now hopping around on the boy's picnic blanket. "Bloody hell, Pig, what is it??" He looked at the owl's leg and noticed the piece of parchment tied to it. He reached out and took the letter from the owl, who eagerly hopped over to a forgotten scone and began eating. Ron unrolled the parchment and began reading, eyes widening.
You know it's true,
Harry sat up, seeing the expression on Ron's face change so drastically. "What is it Ron?? What's it say??"
Everything I do…
"I…. I've been accepted to the Wizarding University I applied to back in November…"
Harry grinned. "Well what's wrong with that?! That's great! I got my acceptance letter to that school in the states I applied to yesterday…"
"That's the problem…." Ron's despaired face deepened. "It's in Romania."
I do it for you.
