Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, or California Dreams. If I did, there would be more episodes. This story is going to be very strange, so I hope you like it. And if you don't know what California Dreams is... look it up.

Summary: Harry and some other students form a band as homework. But this wasn't the way any of them expected things to go. Hope you like it. R and R, please. Thanx

A/N: I know it's taken me a while to update this. Ya wouldn't believe it took Blaise this long just to think up an answer, huh? Or maybe it's Ms. Warbeak, counting votes. Just kidding, I got stuck.

New Beginnings

By: Whyteroze28

Chapter Ten: Too Much Knowledge Isn't Always a Good Thing

"Hey, Blaise"

Yeah, Harry"

About that comment you made when I was talking about Dra… Malfoy"

Blaise smirked at Harry's slip, then thought. His eyes widened as he remembered.

"Maybe he's gay."

'Oh, fuck!' "Yeah, what about it"

"Is it true"

He saw the look in Blaise's eyes when the boy realized what he was asking.

To avoid answering immediately, the dark-haired Slytherin had taken a rather large bite of his chicken… and promptly grabbed for his drink, almost knocking it over.

"Damn" Blaise gasped after draining his glass"those peppers are a lot hotter than the ones at the Hunan Gardens."

As Harry grinned, he heard what sounded suspiciously like a giggling House Elf. Dobby, of course. The Elf knew how much Harry liked spicy food, because Aunt Petunia's cooking was terribly bland, and he'd probably added the hottest red peppers he could find.

When Blaise finished coughing, Harry looked over at him. "Well" he asked, and Blaise had grimaced.

"Harry" he began"when I said that, I was just goofing off. As far as I know, the only one who could answer that would be Draco himself."

Pansy gaped at her friend, shocked. She'd been certain that Blaise was going to tell Harry the truth, but he'd lied, and still managed to sound Gryffindorish. 'Probably so Draco wouldn't hex him into the next month,' she thought, smiling.

Harry sighed. "Great. So now you know how I feel, and I don't even know if I have a shot" he groaned.

Pansy smirked. "Put it this way, Harry" she stated, reaching over and laying her hand on his forearm. "If he is gay, no one has a better chance than you."

Then she and Blaise had left, leaving him staring after them in stunned silence.

The next morning, Harry was surprised to see that the ballot box was still in the Great Hall. He'd asked Seamus, and the sandy-haired boy had shrugged.

"Probably 'cause not everyone has voted yet" he replied. "I hear there's a spell on the box, and it won't move until everyone in the school has voted."

"Everyone" Harry asked, in astonishment. "Professors as well"

"I think so… all the humans anyway… although I heard that Firenze voted as well."

Harry was chuckling at the idea of the centaur voting in a contest like this, when Ron and Hermione sat down beside him. The two looked disheveled, but happy, and he figured that they'd probably been for an early morning stroll around the lake.

They ate breakfast, in a comfortable silence, which was unusual for Ron, but it seemed very natural all the same.

Then they grabbed their bags, and headed for their classes.

Upon entering the Potions classroom, Harry decided that he was going to make an attempt at making good on his comment the night before. He noticed that the seat beside Blaise was empty, considering that most of the Slytherins from their year were gone, and they had made up most of his Advanced Potions class.

The only ones left were Draco and Blaise, and he wasn't sure he was ready to try talking to Draco yet.

"Hey, Harry"

Harry turned, and saw Neville staring at him, a confused expression on his face. Harry usually sat with him, so that they could at least attempt to get the potion right. But, today, Harry just grinned at him, and pointed to Lavender Brown, who didn't have a partner either.

Neville's face went from green to red faster than a stoplight, and he hesitantly moved towards the girl, who Harry noticed was blushing furiously.

"Way to go, Harry" Blaise grinned. "She's had a crush on Neville since the beginning of 6th year."

Harry looked at him, surprised. "How'd you know that" he asked.

The Slytherin smirk appeared, and Blaise replied"I overheard Parvati Patil telling her to ask him out, because it was obvious that he'd never make the first move."

As they talked, Harry noticed Draco staring at them with a suspicious expression, and Harry couldn't resist smiling at him. He could have sworn Draco's lips twitched into a small smile in return, before the other boy faced frontward.

Then Snape stalked into the room, and Harry sighed quietly at the prospect of another long lesson.

But, fortunately for him, Blaise was a very good partner. They were making a Potion, which allowed the user to see auras. It was a very unique potion, and useful to Aurors when they were interrogating, and weren't allowed to use Veritaserum.

Harry and Blaise managed to make it come out right, and each snuck a vial of the liquid. Harry didn't know why Blaise wanted it, but he had his own reasons. Luckily, this was like Veritaserum, in that it only took three drops to work. He would have a good supply of the stuff if he needed it.