The Music of the Heart
Chapter Title: "Somebody"
By: Ree
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Song: "Somebody" by Reba
Summary: While searching for someone to have in his life, Harry Potter makes a rather fateful trip to a small café in London. There, he receives some advice about love that he never thought he'd get...
Disclaimer: I am not Miss Rowling and if I were, I would be filthy rich and be in heaven, so don't sue me. The song "Somebody" by Reba has been adjusted in some parts so that it could fit with the story, and if you would like to see the original, and then please look it up. Thank you.
"At a diner down in London they make small talk,
When she brings his eggs and fills his coffee cup,
He jokes about his love life,
And tells her he's about ready to give up,
That's when she says "I've been there before,
But keep on looking cause maybe who you're looking for is..."
It had been a long lifetime, one he felt led him to merely exist rather than live. The one thing that he had hoped to find in his life was most likely going to be denied to him because everyone wanted him for his fame and not him. So, as the 27-year-old Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, Harry Potter, sat down at a small café in London, he thought about why his love life was so abysmal. He placed his order and sighed, sitting at the booth.
"Hey mate, what's got you so down?" the waitress asked as she poured him a cup of coffee.
"Thanks, and nothing much is bothering me. You know the usual...trouble in the love department. I think I'm about ready to go stark raving mad," he muttered as he took a drink of his coffee.
"Trust me, I've been there before," she laughed and handed him his plate. "You know, you really shouldn't give up so easily."
"Really?" he smiled slightly. "How would you know?"
"Because, maybe the person you're looking for is someone you've known all your life, but never had a chance to really see."
"Somebody in the next car
Somebody on the morning train
Somebody in the coffee shop that you walk right by everyday
Somebody that you look at but never really see
Somewhere out there is somebody"
Harry looked at her, confused. "What do you mean...somebody that I've never really seen?"
"Well..." she trailed off before sitting down across from him. "What I mean is that it could be somebody that you walk right by everyday. Someone that you never really get the chance to know because you just see another face in the crowd. It's just one of those things that people do. They walk right by other people without even looking at them and getting to know them."
Looking impressed, he nodded and smiled. Her words made sense in a way...he had walked by a lot of people in the Muggle world that knew nothing of his fame, and yet he didn't stop to see if any of them would be interested in a relationship. I think I'll give this a try...
"Hey, Christine, do you know where I can find a club for gay men?" he asked in a confidential whisper. "I think I'm going to try and find someone...and actually look at them, not through them."
"Good idea, but I suggest starting with the people closest to you," she suggested before going off and leaving Harry to his thoughts.
Checking his watch, he realized he'd better be getting back to Hogwarts if he was going to make it in time for his first morning class. So, he paid his check and went out back to Apparate to Hogwarts.
"Across town in a crowded elevator
He can't forget the things that waitress said
He usually reads the paper
But today he reads a stranger's face instead
It's that gray eyed man from two floors up
Maybe he's the one, Maybe he could fall in love with..."
As Harry strode into the halls of Hogwarts after Apparating into Hogsmeade, he began to think about all the things that the waitress had said. Normally, he would have just gone straight to class, but now he began to wander. He checked his watch to make sure he had time, and since he did, he nodded. Ever since the black-haired man had defeated Voldemort, things had been going from good to better. Even though Draco Malfoy had come into the school to take the position of Arithmancy Professor, the two of them had managed an uneasy truce. Besides that, Severus Snape had even been a bit more civil to Harry since he had become his colleague. Still, it would have been nice to find love for once.
"Ouch! Watch where you're going Potter!" shouted a drawling voice that Harry knew all too well.
"Malfoy...sorry, didn't see you there."
As the blonde dusted himself off, Harry took a chance to take a look at Draco. That's when he realized he knew little to nothing about the blonde...but one thing he did know was that Draco also liked men because when they were in seventh year, it was found out that he was dating Blaise Zabini. Another thought crossed his mind was that Harry remembered Draco had turned to the side of the Light and acted as their spy, and he never really had a chance to thank him.
"Oi, Malfoy!" he called as the blonde started to walk away.
"What is it now, Potter?"
Screwing up that famous Gryffindor courage, the black-haired youth replied, "Would you like to have lunch sometime?"
That question stopped the Malfoy heir in his tracks. At first, he thought Harry was just messing with him, but then he saw the sincerity in the green eyes. Raising his pale eyebrow, he studied the other man intently. Hmmm, I wonder if he's really serious about it. Still, even if he isn't, it'd be interesting seeing him squirm. Of course, he would never admit that he had a slight crush on the green-eyed Gryffindor because during their work in the Order, he had gotten to see a side of Harry Potter that he'd never expected. Then again, he didn't know anything about the other man, which was another reason he could go.
"And what makes you think that I would want to have lunch with you, Potter?" he drawled.
"Well, I, uh, thought that maybe...well, I thought that maybe I could treat you to lunch to thank you for everything that you did for our side. I'm sorry, I thought that maybe we could become friends or something."
"You want my friendship now? Oh this is rich...famous Harry Potter, the Man-Who-Saved-"
Harry stalked forward and grabbed the Malfoy by the collar and hoisted him up onto the wall. "Don't call me that...don't ever call me that. I never wanted to be famous, and I wouldn't have defeated Voldemort without the help of the Order and everyone else. Do you think I enjoyed being taunted and ostracized by the school because of my so-called 'fame'?"
That stopped any retorts Draco had wanted to say. "All right then Potter, I'll go to lunch with you. Just put me down."
"Somebody in the next car
Somebody on the morning train
Somebody in the coffee shop that you walk right by everyday
Somebody that you look at but never really see Somewhere out there is somebody."
After that day, the two of them managed to get together at regular times. They never really considered going beyond friendship, but one day, when Harry had gotten into a bit of trouble with Death Eaters that were still alive...that changed everything. Draco had been waiting for Harry to come back for their date, but when he didn't show up, at first he was angry. Then he got the news from Dumbledore that Harry had been in a skirmish with a few Death Eaters and was in the Hospital Wing recovering. The pain and panic that had welled up in Draco's normally cold heart surprised even him. It was strange, but it was that moment that he realized that he was...in love with Harry Potter, his once-enemy.
"But that doesn't matter now. Things have changed, haven't they?" he wondered as he sat beside Harry's bedside. "Still, it doesn't mean that he's going to actually up and say that he cares about me."
"Now what kind of Gryffindor would I be, if I didn't tell the guy I was dating that I loved him?"
"Potter..." Draco stood up so fast that his chair was knocked over. "You...you heard what I was saying?"
"Yeah, I did."
The blonde Slytherin gave him a look that clearly said if Harry was kidding, he'd be dead within seconds. Laughing, Harry reached up and pulled the startled blonde into a deep kiss. When Draco broke it to say something, Harry took the opportunity to snake his tongue into the warm mouth that was opened to him. Shock was written on Draco's features...he'd thought Harry would be too weak to do something like that. Guess I was wrong, the blonde thought lazily as he closed his eyes and pinned Harry to the bed, wrapping his arms around the black-haired Gryffindor. Breaking the kiss for a moment to breathe in some air, Draco, then began to devour the other man's mouth with extreme pleasure.
"Now they laugh about the moment that it happened
The moment they'd both missed until that day
When he saw his future in his eyes
Instead of just another friendly face
And he wonders why he searched so long
When he was always there in that castle waiting on
Somebody in the next car
Somebody on the morning train
Somebody in the coffee shop that you walk right by everyday
Somebody that you look at but never really see Somewhere out there is somebody."
From that moment on, Draco and Harry became an official couple. It was a shock to both of them that they never realized that they made such a good match until Harry made that first move to put their pasts behind them. The hatchet was buried, and as the green-eyed man played with the white gold emerald ring on his finger that Draco had bought for their engagement, he smiled.
"I guess Christine was right...I didn't have to go looking in London for love. It was right here in front of me the entire time. I guess it's true what she said...that somewhere out there was somebody."
"Oi, Potter, you going to sit there all night or are you going to come to bed?" Malfoy called.
"You know that I'm going to bed Malfoy. If I'm going to cum in bed is another question."
"Potter, you're a sick bastard..." the gray-eyed man laughed and kissed him possessively. "But you're my sick bastard and that's not going to change. You know what'll happen if it does..."
"If you don't hex me into oblivion, your godfather Snape will. Now let's get upstairs already before I devour you here," Harry laughed and the two proceeded to their room for the night and as Harry closed the door behind him, he thought that life couldn't get any better now that he'd found somebody.
Well, what do you think? Like it, hate it, think it's too sappy? Read and review please, it makes the author happy when you do!
Ree