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Chapter 4

//Hot bodies entangled in thin sheets. Pressing and sweating. All assemblance of control lost…//

Harry woke with a sick feeling in his stomach. He quickly pulled himself out of bed and reached for his glasses. He quietly padded out of the dormitory and made his way down to the common room. He planned to start a fire, but he realised that he'd left his wand upstairs.

"Bugger" he whispered to himself, contemplating what to do next. Realising that he wouldn't get back to sleep, he made his way out to the corridor, earning a disgruntled look from the Fat Lady. He planned to walk to the Owlery, but instead his mind started to wander and his feet took him where they wanted.

As he walked, he began to think about Draco. It had been seven days since they'd last spoken, and Harry was still trying to convince himself that it was better this way. One of the many things that was still plaguing his mind was why. Why they'd sung and why no one had sung since. He considered going to the library but decided against it, as he knew he wouldn't be able to concentrate. Every night this week he'd woken up in a cold sweat. He could never remember his dreams, but he always woke feeling confused, alone…but always satisfied.

Harry kept walking, barely aware of his surroundings. He looked up to see that he was near the classroom where Draco had first sung to him. Harry planned to walk past. He planned to ignore it, but he found himself walking to the door and resting his forehead against the cool wood. He placed his hand on the handle and let out a sigh. It was as if touching the cold metal let all of his memories flood back. All he could think about was the sincerity in Draco's eyes when he sang and for the thousandth time Harry wondered if he'd been too hard on him.

"NO!" He said forcefully to himself. He yanked his hand back from the handle and stepped away. He glared at the door and then realised what he was doing and brushed his hair from his eyes. He clenched his jaw and stepped forward determined to go into the room to get over the feeling he got in his stomach when he thought of Draco. He turned the handle and pushed the door wide open to see that someone else was in the room.

"Draco?"

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//Intermingled breath and firm muscles. Racing pulses and delicious feeling of skin on skin…//

Draco sat in the Slytherin common room staring at the fire trying to keep his mind blank. But, his mind always went back to what he dreamt. The problem was that he couldn't remember much of his dream, but from what he could remember…Draco smirked. He picked up his wand and walked to the entrance of the common room and stepped out into the corridor. He walked for a while before realising that he was nearing the Gryffindor dormitories. He leant against a wall and sighed. Harry would be asleep happy in the knowledge that he would never have to lower himself to Draco's level again.

"Good riddance" Draco thought. Trying to convince himself more than anything else. He thought back to his dream and tried to think about the face of the person who he had been with, then he gasped in shock,

"HARRY!!!"

Draco ducked behind a suit of armour as he saw Harry walk past. Harry walked down the stairs and Draco breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly headed in the other direction and found himself outside the classroom where he had first sung to Harry.

//Help. I need somebody//

Draco scoffed at his thoughts. "Pathetic" he whispered to himself as he walked into the classroom. He pulled a seat over to the window, sat down and looked out. It was a cloudy night and Draco rested his chin on the windowsill as he watched the clouds move overhead. He sat there without thinking of anything and then he heard the door open.

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"Filch???" Harry squeaked.

"Another one!" smirked Filch.

Harry gave Filch a look of shock as he walked over.

"You'll be coming with me Mr Potter." He muttered happily to himself. He took Harry by the shoulder. Harry followed Filch; trying to free his shoulder from the vice-like grip that Filch had it in.

"Who'd have thought I'd get two of you in one night!" Filch smiled. "If I didn't know better, I'd swear that you meant to meet."

Harry opened his mouth to ask what Filch was talking about but closed it again, knowing that Filch was itching to give him a detention for just asking. He walked in silence angry with himself for how stupid he had been to forget to wear his invisibility cloak. He sighed and let out a yawn, as he was lead into Filch's office. Filch let go and Harry tired to rub some life back into his numb shoulder.

"Take a seat Potter. I'll be getting Professor McGonagall to talk to you."

Filch left and Harry sank down into one of the hard backed chairs in front of Filch's desk.

"Potter?"

Harry jumped in surprise and turned around at the sound of Draco's voice. Draco was sprawled in a leather armchair that was tucked away into the back corner of the room, which was why Harry hadn't seen him.

"What are you doing here?" asked Harry. Sweeping his arms in a wide gesture.

"What do you think Potter? God, it's obvious that you haven't gotten any smarter since we last talked."

Harry sighed and turned around again to face Filch's desk.

"What did you do Potter? Or are you just voluntarily helping Filch out. I mean, being the good student that you are…or, are you just sticking your nose into someone else's business again!"

Draco's last words cut into Harry. In one week, Draco had gone back to being just as much of a bastard as he had always been.

"Fuck you Draco you don't know anything!"

"Like I'd want to!"

"And I'd want you to?"

"Maybe."

"Or not"

"You wouldn't know it."

"Piss off"

Then, in a singsong voice, Draco sang "Lean on me, when you're not strong..."

"Screw you"

"You wish"

Harry turned and glared at Draco, who simply smirked back.

"Potter's not going to get in trouble now is he? No, McGonagall will get him out of it. Like always. God, you're all so pitiful."

"That's quite enough out of you Mr Malfoy!" McGonagall said crisply as she entered Filch's office with Snape following closely behind.

" I want you two to tell me this instant why you were both wandering around late at night. And you can also tell me why you both went to the SAME room!!!"

Harry cringed and tried to think of an excuse that would get both he and Draco out of trouble but he drew a blank.

"Potter challenged me to a duel professor's."

"I see." Snape nodded. "Clearly Potter put Draco up to this. I'm sure that Mr Malfoy wouldn't break the rules, but if a man's honour is at stake…I believe that the only punishment in order is for Mr Potter."

"I don't!" said McGonagall harshly. "I want to know the real reason behind this, or you'll both be on detention."

Harry sat staring numbly at his feet, not knowing what to say. After a few moments silence, both professors let out a sigh.

"Well then. Maybe a detention for each of you will help you find an answer. Go back to your rooms and Professor Snape and I shall find something suitable."

Harry cursed inwardly and stood. He didn't look up until he'd gotten out of earshot. He turned to Draco, "How DARE you try and pin all of the blame on me."

"Well I didn't see the point in both of us getting in trouble when all you were doing was sitting there blushing!"

"That doesn't give you any reason…"

"Like Hell it doesn't. I don't need to dignify everything that I do with a proper reason Harry, so don't expect one. I'm in Slytherin, remember? Why don't you just go back to ignoring me and the rest of my house like you used to!"

"I've never been able to ignore you Draco!"

Draco took in a breath and gave Harry an odd look. Harry blushed, realising how that must have sounded.

"Never knew you were interested."

"That's not what I meant!" Harry said indignantly.

"Oh really, well, why don't you tell me what you think of me then. Tell me that you loathe me. That you despise me. Tell me that you don't want to talk to me again. That you're going to that room was a coincidence. For MY peace of mind at least, tell me that you hate me…"

Harry looked Draco in the eyes, and then down at the floor.

"I can't do that Draco."

Harry turned and walked down the corridor, leaving Draco wide eyed in his wake.

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Draco woke the next morning to feel something digging into his back. He grunted and rolled over, pulling the small box from underneath him.

"Stupid box…" he mumbled, rubbing his back and slowly sitting up.

He lifted the lid and saw a new piece of parchment. He cursed to himself as he pulled out the small slip of paper. This time, it was written in a brilliant scarlet red.

Seven days without a song

That my friend is far too long

Today's the day you'll learn about

A certain boy who feels left out

You don't know why you have this curse

But we won't tell you in this verse

I'm afraid the end is still quite far

You're stuck til you know who you are.

Draco scowled, but having learnt his lesson, he simply jammed the parchment back into the box and closed it as far as he could. He slipped out of bed and pulled on his robes, angrily stuffing the box into his inside pocket. He stopped in front of the mirror and inspected himself, pulling his hair back and straightening his robes. He saw that everyone else had left for breakfast and he was angry that they hadn't woken him. He stormed out of the dormitory and made his way to the great hall. He thought back to the message and began to worry that Harry would serenade him. He stopped in his tracks and tried to think of reasons that would help him to avoid seeing Harry, but as he couldn't think of any, he started walking into the Hall. He quickly took his seat between Crabbe and Goyle, glowering at them both.

"Why didn't anyone wake me?" he asked.

"We found out that you were out last night and we thought that we'd let you sleep in." Goyle said.

"Yea, Snape told us that you were out… 'late' last night!" Crabbe said with a smirk.

"We thought that you might have been…'busy'." Goyle added with an identical smirk.

"Who with though?" Goyle muttered. " Which lucky lady?"

"It was probably Harry Potter!" Crabbe jerked.

Draco spat out his pumpkin juice and began spluttering.

"How in…how did you…How dare you!!!"

"It was just a joke…" said Crabbe worriedly.

"That's disgusting. Potter? There is a line Crabbe. A line between humour and filth. You crossed it."

Draco looked away from Crabbe disgusted and saw Hannah Abbott enter the Hall and start walking to the Hufflepuff table. Draco saw a second year Slytherin stick out his leg, and Hannah tripped over it and sprawled on the floor.

"I CAN SEE WHY HUFFLEPUFF LOST AGAINST RAVENCLAW!!!" he called out loudly, causing his fellow tablemates to laugh, leaving Hannah in tears. She quietly got up and walked to her table. Suddenly, Draco felt the box vibrating in his robes as he saw Harry enter the Hall. Then, he heard a shout and saw Justin standing on a seat at the Hufflepuff table.

"You think that you're SO much better than us don't you?" He called to the Slytherin's'. "You don't have any right!"

Suddenly a guitar riff began to resound through the Hall and Draco remembered what the parchment had said.

Today's the day you'll learn about

A certain boy who feels left out

"Yea, this is Hufflepuff

This song is dedicated to every kid who ever got picked last for potions pairs."

Ernie piped up and sang out "This is for you"

"To every kid who never had a date to no Yule Ball"

"This is for you!"

"To everyone whose ever been called a freak"

"This is for you!"

"Here we go

What? What? Come on What!?

Ohhhhhhh

Like the time in school when we got house points and the Slytherins' beat us up

And Harry had a Firebolt and won the Quidditch Cup.

Like the time we won that Quidditch game but they still laughed at us."

Draco couldn't help himself. He called out, "YOU STILL SUCK"

Justin kept singing, and ignored Draco's comment.

"Like the time that girl broke up with me cuz I wasn't cool enough. TRICK!

Things. Things

Here we go

The little things. Little things

They always hang around

Little things. Little things

They try to break me down

Little Things. Little Things

They just won't go away

Little things. Little things

Make me who I am today. GO!!!

You wanna hate me now

But I won't stop now

Cuz I can't stop now!"

Justin jumped off the table and pointed at the Gryffindor table, aware that all eyes were on him.

"Like the time in class when we worked so hard and the Gryffindors mucked around.

And Snape deducted twenty points coz our cauldrons melted down.

In our first year when we got sorted, I begged not Hufflepuff

But the sorting Hat wouldn't listen to me and look where I got stuck!"

At this most of the Hufflepuffs looked shocked and the Slytherin's simply laughed out loud. Justin ignored their reactions and kept singing.

"The little things. Little things

They always hang around

Little things. Little things

They try to break me down

Little Things. Little Things

They just won't go away

Little things. Little things

Make me who I am today. GO!!!

You wanna hate me now

But I won't stop now

Cuz I can't stop now!

Things. Things

Here we go

The little things. Little things

They always hang around

You wanna hate me now

But I won't stop now

And I won't stop now…

Justin suddenly stopped singing and the guitar riff began to fade away. there was a shocked silence before the Gryffindors began to cheer and whoop with laughter and then the whole Hall erupted in laughter and clapping. Justin went to sit at his table again, but was faced with angry stares from the other Hufflepuffs. He turned and started to walk quickly out of the Hall, but not before Blaise yelled, "Now you've really hit rock bottom Justin. Not even the Hufflepuffs want you!"

Justin suddenly turned around and stormed right up to Blaise.

"What did you just say?" he said in a quiet voice.

The whole Hall went deadly silent as Blaise and Justin stared each other down. then, before anyone could react, Justin leapt on top of Blaise and started to punch him. Suddenly, all of the Slytherins reacted and tried to pull Justin off Blaise, showering him with curses as they did so. By the time the teachers pulled them all apart, Blaise and Justin were unconscious on the floor. Draco stood from his seat and looked over to the Gryffindor table to see that Harry was looking at him. He sneered and left the Hall, ignoring the looks he was receiving from the other Hufflepuffs.

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Harry stood and made to leave the Hall, but Ron held him back.

"Where are you going Harry?" he asked in a confused voice.

"I…uh, I need to get my books." Harry said quickly, trying to pull his robes out of Ron's hand.

"Well, I can come with you then." Ron said matter of factly.

"But…Hermione hasn't finished breakfast…"Harry said desperately, thinking of how far Draco would have gone already. Suddenly a change came over Ron and he blushed all the way up to his ears.

"Right!" he said smiling. "I'll wait for Hermione."

Harry was going to question this change in attitude, but knew that he had to reach Draco before he made it to the Slytherin dormitories. He sped out of the Hall and took off down the corridor he always saw the Slytherins going down. He closed his eyes for a moment, wondering why he had this urgent feeling and then he opened his eyes to see that he was about to run into someone.

He tried to skid to a holt, but he tripped over his robes and landed on top of Draco, who turned around to see what was going on. They fell awkwardly, Harry on top of Draco, til they hit the hard stone. Draco, whose head was against Harry's neck, bit down as they landed and Harry let out a shout of pain. After they landed on the floor, Harry slid himself lower so hat he was looking Draco in the eyes.

"Are you ok Malfoy?" He asked quietly, trying to ignore the sharp pain where Draco had bitten him.

Draco took a minute to answer, trying to ignore the feeling that this had happened more then once. He remembered when Harry had first landed on top of him and he started to laugh, although it came out like a wheeze from the weight Harry had on his chest. Harry gave Draco a worried look and pressed his face in closer to Draco's so that his lips were almost touching Draco's cheek.

Draco took a breath in sharply as Harry asked him again if he was alright. Harry's breath tickled the side of his face. Then, Draco realised how this would look to anyone else and he managed to get out the words, "Get off me Harry."

Harry smiled and pulled himself off of Draco. Harry held out his hand for Draco and Draco smirked.

"Well, isn't this ironic? Who'd have thought I'd get to refuse you're hand!". Draco pulled himself up and tried to straighten out his robes, until he noticed that Harry was staring at him.

"Why are you still here?"

"Are you ok?" Harry asked again.

"I'm bloody fine Potter. Bugger off!"

"Good then." Harry said, then he started to shout. "This is getting WAY out of hand Draco. You saw what happened in there. After your claims that you don't need help…I think that you were just proved wrong. This is getting violent. I thought that you had it sorted out."

Draco turned to walk away but Harry grabbed him by the back of his robes and pushed him against a wall.

"Don't you walk away from me you snivelling Hyena. I want you to tell me exactly what you've gotten us all into!"

Draco pushed Harry off him and glared.

"My business Harry. Mine."

Harry then put out his hand as if to shake Draco's.

"My help. I don't want to. But I'm in this. Whatever it is. Don't turn me down twice. I can help you."

Draco suddenly had a flashback to first year and this is what it must have been like for Harry. Draco was about to answer when Snape walked around the corner.

"Potter? What are you doing near the Slytherin dormitories?"

Harry looked for an answer and saw that Draco was simply taking a few steps back.

"I…was looking for Draco. I wanted to know if he could tell me what our detention was."

"Well, you should have seen McGonagall or I. 20 points from Gryffindor for wandering around the corridors…again. For your detention you are to meet Justin, Blaise and Draco in the potions classroom at eight 'o' clock tonight. You will find out what you have to do from there.

Harry turned back the way he came and met up with Ron and Hermione as the left the Hall. Hermione looked up at him and covered her mouth and Ron let out a small cry. They both grabbed Harry by the arms and steered him to the common room, Hermione letting out small giggles the whole way. As soon as they had entered the room they let Harry go and he turned to face them, angry at their silence.

"What's going on?" He asked them angrily.

"We should be asking you that!" said Hermione quietly, with a smile playing the edge of her lips.

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked exasperated.

"You really have no idea?" Ron asked incredulously.

"WHAT?" Harry almost yelled, frustrated from the past twenty-four hours.

"Go and look in the mirror. Maybe then you'll want to talk." Hermione giggled.

Harry took off up the stairs and went into his room. He walked to his mirror and looked into it, not seeing anything at first. Then, he moved his robes to see that Draco Malfoy had given him, a hickey…

~Fin~

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