Title: Since You've Been Gone

Author: Draco Rox Mai Sox

Idea Plot Bunny: From my little sister I just expanded upon it a bit

A/N: hey people…sorry for the wait…kind of busy in school and all of that stuff plus working on my other story, which I will update soon. Happy Readings R&R

Last Time

When Ron and Hermione came back Harry told them that he wanted to sing two muggle songs for the karaoke party. They were delighted and Ron went to tell Seamus and Dean and Neville about the good news, since the four of them were hosting it.

Chapter Two

After Harry left, Draco just stood there. He couldn't make himself move. He just stood there with silent tears streaming down his face. He didn't know why he did what he just did, or what he was going to do, all he knew was that Harry was gone. After a few more minutes he ran back to his dorm. He went to his private room, in Slytherin, and just laid on the bed, crying his eyes out. He didn't hear the door open or hear his best friend, Blaise Zambini, come into the room.

"Draco, what's wrong," asked a very concerned Blaise, "Does this have to do with Harry? Did he hurt you? If he did, I'll kill him."

"DON'T YOU DARE!" Draco shouted, "DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT HURTING HARRY, my Harry, the Harry I hurt and can't help feel better, and comfort." Draco ended his rant in tears again.

"What did you do? What did you do to hurt Harry and make yourself feel like shit in the process?"

"Ibrokeupwithhim" Draco mumbled quickly.

"What was that?" he honest to god hadn't understood what Draco had said.

"I broke up with him. I fucking broke up with him." he broke down again.

"Oh god, why would you do something like that? Obviously you still like- no scratch that love him, meaning you didn't breakup with him for non-attraction. So why'd you do it? Did it have to do with Voldemort or your father?" Draco nodded.

"So you broke up with him because of Voldemort and your father?"

"Yes, father almost caught us once. He for some reason was visiting me during the year and Harry and I were snogging on the bed. First he called my name through the floo. When I heard that I panicked. Harry hid under the bed just as father walked through the floo. We talked for an hour and a half about how I should be finding myself someone to marry since I refuse to marry Pansy. He told me that the woman should be pureblood and rich or of an important social standing. I kept thinking that's everything Harry is except that he's not a woman. It took a lot of power not to start crying over this. I didn't let any emotion show on my face. Eventually he left and when he did Harry came out and comforted me. I was crying so hard. During the week I kept remembering the last thing he said to me before her went back through the floo system. He said 'Remember Draco, marriage isn't about love. Marriage is about marrying a woman with good potential and is willing to have your heir.' This hurt because he just wanted to make me produce an heir. He didn't care whether or not I was happy. I had to end it because once he found out, which I knew he would, he wanted me to give Harry over to Voldemort."

"Bloody hell, how did he find out? Did he send a letter telling you to give him over?"

"I'm pretty sure Pansy told Father about me and Harry. I had convinced Sev not to tell him and he hasn't as of yet. He wouldn't do that to me."

"So you thought that the best course of action was to break up with him, so when your father asked if you were together with Harry you didn't have to lie or give him over to that snake-faced bastard."

"Exactly"

"But even though it's the right thing to do, it makes you fell like total shit." Blaise, even though had never been in these types of situations himself, he new how to understand what you were going through. "Maybe you could sing a song at that stupid Karaoke thingy the Gryffindors are holding. You could say you're sorry through song, or something like that."

"That's a good idea. Now only to find the perfect song." Blaise and Draco worked through the night finding the perfect songs for both Blaise and Draco to sing.

"Welcome Ladies, Gents, Gals, Guys, and Professors. Tonight is the first annual Seventh year Karaoke Party. We have a wonderful play list of sorts for you tonight. I hope you enjoy. Now to open the night we have my very own brother, who aren't really supposed to be here since they graduated two years ago, but anyway Fred and George Weasley, and they are singing 'Hypocrite' by Skye Sweetnam." Ron walked off stage while Fred and George walked on. They still looked exactly alike. Their hair was a little above their shoulders. They both had on black baggy, but not to baggy so that they were not falling down. Fred had on a red baggy shirt and George had a black one. A catchy tune started to play in the background and they started singing. Fred had the first line and George had the second and Fred the third and so on and so on.

Bubble gum brainiac
Baby girl, ultra brat
Angst Schmangst
No thanks
Hope my record doesn't tank
Sailor moon, Rainbow brite
Anime, Avril lite
Pro tools all the way
Hey, hey, hey, hey

The audience was on their feet jumping up and down to the beat of the music.


Don't try to label me hypocrite
Cause I will do what I want to
Some will say that I'm counterfeit
But I will be what I want to

Candy floss, antipop
Star search, lollipop
Manufactured skate punk
Wanna be, never was
Nerd, geek, super freak
I'm a movie of the week
Daddy's girl, teacher's pet
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!

Don't try to label me hypocrite
Cause I will do what I want to
Some will say that I'm counterfeit
But I will be what I want to

Don't try to label me hypocrite...
I will do what I want to...

Don't try to label me hypocrite
Cause I will do what I want to
Some will say that I'm counterfeit
But I will be what I want to

Some will look at me and vomit
But I will look how I want to
Some will hear me and not get it
But I will say what I want to

Don't try to label me hypocrite...
I will do what I want to...

Behind the scenes while singing is going on

"Where is Harry? Has anyone seen Harry?" Neville was panicking, and was going up to every person he saw behind the stage. Hermione ran over to Neville. "Please tell me you've seen Harry!" he asked Hermione as she ran up to him.

"No I haven't but he said that he had a special entrance or something like that."

"Okay," Neville took a deep breath, he was calm so Hermione went to find Ron, "now where is Draco?"

Back on stage

Fred and George ended the song and bowed. The entire Great Hall was screaming with applause. The twins walked off while Ron came back on stage. The Hall quieted and Ron started to talk.

"How was our opening act?" asked Ron. The audience responded by bursting out in applause again, "Well that was a response. Thank you Fred and George for opening this show with a bang."

"No problem bro." the audience heard from behind stage and laughed. "Well now we have someone who just happens to be one of my very best friends. Please welcome to the stage the one and only Harry Potter." The crowd cheered, and the Great Halls opened while slamming to the wall next to the door frame. The Great Hall became instantly quiet and turned to face the newcomer. His hair was spiked. He had a choker that was made out of mini handcuffs. He had a spiked bracelet on each wrist and about twenty black jelly bracelets on each wrist. He had on black cargo pants with two red straps in the back that made an 'X'. He had a red tee on under a black oversized zip up hoody. He started walking towards the front of the room while the music started. He started talking and then singing. He had his head down until he got to the stage and started singing.

Spoken word:

After all you put me through,

You'd think I despise you,

But in the end I want to thank you,

Because you made me that much stronger

Singing:

Well I, I thought I knew you

Thinking that you were true

Guess I, I couldn't trust caught your bluff ,

time is up 'cause I've had enough

You were there by my side,

Always down for the ride

But you're joy ride just came down in flames

Cause your greed sold me out in shame, mmhmm

After all of stealing and cheating

You probably think that I hold resentment for you

But, uh uh ,oh no, you're wrong

Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do

I wouldn't know just how capable I am to pull through

So I wanna say thank you cause

It makes me that much stronger

Maker me work a little bit harder

It makes me that much wiser

So thanks for making me a fighter

Made me learn a little bit faster

Made my skin a little bit thicker

Makes me that much smarter

So thanks for making me a fighter

Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohhhh, ohh-yeah as uhhhuh

Never, saw it coming

All of, your backstabbing

Just so, you could cash in

On a good thing before I realized your game

I heard, you're going around

Playing the victim now

But don't, even beging

Feeling I'm the one to blame

Cause you dug your own grave.

After all of the fights and the lies
Yes you wanted to harm me but that won't work anymore
Uh, no more, oh no, it's over
'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture
I wouldn't know how to be this way now, and never back down
So I wanna say thank you

'Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
Makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
It makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter

The music ended and the crowd went wild. They were jumping up and down and whistling. There were even a few catcalls. Harry bowed once and walked off stage.

"You did great, mate." Ron said right before he went back on stage. A lot of people came up to Harry to congratulate him. Harry suddenly look up when he heard who Ron had said was performing next. He say a bunch of blond hair suddenly walk past the group surrounding Harry. Draco mouthed 'for you', and went up the stairs to the stage. He was wearing a pair of black slacks and a silver shirt. He had let his hair fall down around his face, the way he knew Harry loved it.

"This is for my one love" he whispered before he started singing and playing guitar.

Looking back at me I see

That I never really got it right

I never stopped to think of you

I'm always wrapped up in

Things I cannot win

You are the antidote that gets me by

Something strong

Like a drug that gets me high

What I really meant to say

Is I'm sorry for the way I am

I never meant to be so cold to you

And I'm sorry about all the lies

Maybe in a different light

You could see me stand on my own again

Cause now I can see

You were the antidote that got me by

Something strong like a drug that got me high

I never meant to be so cold

I never really wanted you to see

The screwed up side of me that I keep

Locked inside of me so deep

It always seems to get to me

I never really wanted you to go

So many things you should have known

I guess for me there's just no hope

I never meant to be so cold

"I'm really sorry" Draco whispered before he walked off stage with the crowd screaming

for an encore.

"Draco, you did really well." Draco walked off the stage into a sea of complements. He walked straight to his dressing room saying 'Thank you's every once in a while. When he was in his room he walked over to his mirror and started crying. Blaise once again walked into the room and sat next to his friend.

"You never told me that Dra-Malfoy was performing."

"I wasn't sure if I should let him sing but he bloody begged me to let him sing. Then he said that if this was a show with the seventh years then he should be able to sing. I felt guilty because he was right. He said that he would not bother you. He wouldn't even look at you if you didn't want." said Ron coming off of the stage after introducing Hermione singing 'Backflip' by Raven-Symone.

"Yeah, well does he do any other songs?"

"Yeah, a few."

"I have to go and think. I might have to change the songs I am going to sing. I have to think about this. I'll tell you my decision later."

"Okay, mate." Ron said before turning to his girlfriend. "You were great…"

'What am I going to do. I was just getting over him and he sings about how he is sorry. I know the words to that new song…who's it by again. I'm not too sure. I cant sing that though, he'll know that I can't stand being without him. I was just about to get over him. I don't think I am able to get over him. I have to sing it.'

"Ron, who's next."

"Erm, Malfoy and then you. I've gotta go up soon. Have you made your decision yet?"

"I'll tell you while he's singing."

"Ok," and with that Ron ran on stage. "And here's an encore Draco Malfoy singing 'The Truth' by India Arie." The audience applauded very loudly as Draco walked an stage, but he was staring behind stage at the man that was standing in the corner of the backstage area.

Spoken Word:

Let me tell you why I love him

Sung:

Cause he is the truth

Said he is so real

And I love the way

that he makes me feel

And if I am a reflection of him

then I must be fly because

His light it shines so bright I wouldn't lie

I remember the very first day I saw him

I found myself immediately intrigued by him

It's almost like I knew this man from another life

Like back then maybe I was his husband & maybe he was my wife

And even the things I don't like about him are fine with me

Because it's not hard for me to understand him because hes so much like me

And it's truly my pleasure to share his company

And I know that it's god's gift to breathe

The air he breathes

Cause he's the truth

Said he is so real

And I love the way that he makes me feel

And if I am a reflection of him then I must be fly cause

His light it shines so bright I wouldn't lie

How can the same man that makes me so mad

Do you know what he did

Turn right around and kiss me so soft

Girl so you know what he did

If he ever left me I wouldn't even be sad no

Cause there's a blessing in every lesson

And I'm glad that I knew him at all

Cause he is the truth

Said he is so real

And I love the way that he makes me feel

And if I am a reflection of him then I must be fly because

His light it shines so bright

I love the way he speaks

I love the way he thinks

I love the way that he treat his mama

I love that gap in between his teeth

I love him in every way that a woman could love a man

From personal to universal but most of all

It's unconditional

You know what I'm taking about

That's the way I feel

And I always will

There ain't no substitute for the truth

Either it is or isn't

Cause he is the truth

You see the truth it needs no proof

Either it is or it isn't

Cause he is the truth

Now you know the truth by the way it feels

And if I am a reflection of him then I must be fly

Cause he is yes he is

I wonder does he know

In the audience:

"Severus, why does he keep saying he? Do you know who he's talking about?"

"That's highly hypocritical of you, Lucius Malfoy. You're asking why your son is singing about a man like you're a homophobe and yet you come crawling into my bed every night. And then you want me to divulge in your sons secrets when you wont let me tell him yours."

"Fine don't tell me, I was just asking. So apparently you know about what's happening with him and why he seems so depressed."

"Just for your own good, and the good of Draco, I think that you should tell Draco the fact that you changed sides and the reasons of such actions. I think he might tell you after that."

"But I already know that he doesn't want to be a DE, and I know why he would chose such a course. I wish Potter would just kill that bastard soon. I cant take it anymore."

"I know what you mean, love, know what you mean. Now shut up and watch Potter sing to his lost love."

"What did you say?"

"I said shut up and watch Potter sing."

Backstage:

"Err, Harry, I don't want to disturb you but Malfoy's almost done and I need to know what you are singing."

" 'Beautiful Disaster' by Kelly Clarkson"

"Okay, thanks man. You have a way to play the music, right?"

"Yeah, I'll play it. I'll play the piano."

"Okay mate. I gotta go and introduce you now. You're sure about this, right?"

"Sure as I'll ever be. Just introduce me." Ron went onto the stage, with a nod to Harry, as he passed Draco. Draco looked at Harry for a second that seemed like hours between the two of them before becoming all teary eyed and going to stand in a corner out of sight of where Harry was but so he could see onto the stage.

"…Harry Potter" The crowd cheered as Harry stepped onto the stage. He was now wearing a black silk shirt and a pair of black pants. His hair was still the same and he still had the jelly bracelets on, but the rest of the jewelry had been removed.

He walked to the stage put a little toy grand piano on the stage and made it bigger. He sat on the pillow he transformed into a big piano stool.

spoken

This is "Beautiful Disaster"

He drowns in his dreams

An exquisite extreme, I know

He's as damned as he seems

And more heaven than a heart could hold

If I try to save him

My whole world would cave in

It just ain't right, Lord it just ain't right

chorus

Oh, and I don't know

I don't know what he's after

But he's so beautiful

He's such a beautiful disaster

And if I could hold on

Through the tears and the laughter

Lord, would it be beautiful

Or just a beautiful disaster

He's magic and myth

He's strong as what I believe

A tragedy with

More damage than a soul should see

But do I try to change him

So hard not to blame him

Hold me tight, baby hold me tight

chorus

Oh, and I don't know

I don't know what he's after

But he's so beautiful

He's such a beautiful disaster

And if I could hold on

Through the tears and the laughter

Would it be beautiful

Or just a beautiful disaster

I'm longing for love and the logical

But he's only happy, hysterical

I'm searching for some kind of a miracle

Waiting so long

I've waited so long

He's soft to the touch

But frayed at the end, he breaks

He's never enough

And still he's more than I can take

chorus

Oh, and I don't know

I don't know what he's after

But he's so beautiful

He's such a beautiful disaster

And if I could hold on

Through the tears and the laughter

Would it be beautiful

Or just a beautiful disaster

He's beautiful

Lord, he's so beautiful

He's beautiful

Harry got up and walked off the stage when the song was over. He didn't wait for the applause, which he really didn't have to wait for. He walked back stage and was about to go to his dressing room.

"Harry, wait."

"What Malfoy?"

"We need to talk."

"Isn't that what you usually say before breaking up with someone?" Harry looked past Draco, "Your father's waiting. Goodbye Malfoy." and Harry walked into his dressing room. Draco turned around right as Harry said that his father was there. He was trying to gauge his father's reaction to finding out that he used to be with Harry.

"Father."

"Draco, can we talk?"

A/N: I think that's it for now. I think that there may be only one chapter left. I may expand on it after…its up to you readers. Please read and review.