Disclaimer- I don't own anything related to Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling does. Even if she screwed up the ending. Nor do I own the songs that I use they belong to those artists. I make no money from this. Just want to entertain people.

A/N- Got a pretty good response from the last chapter so I decided to knock out chapter 2.

Chapter 2- Heartless/Untitled

Hermione couldn't believe her eyes. The man on the stage looked nothing like the Harry Potter that she had grown up. He still had jet black hair and green eyes but nothing else was the same. His hair was much longer than she had ever seen. It looked like he hadn't had a hair cut in a good two years. He also looked like he hadn't shaved in about two or three months. But the thing that she thought that had changed the most, were his eyes. They were still the same piercing green that they had been growing up, but there was something about them that was different. They had no fire, no life behind them. They were so dull. He looks so defeated, thought Hermione to herself.

"Hermione, are you alright? There is no way that is Harry. Look at him, he looks nothing like Harry" said Ginny. She was concerned for her friend, she knew that Hermione had not let go of Harry and that his leaving had affected her tremendously.

"I'm sure Ginny" snapped Hermione. Then she realized that she had been too harsh and changed her tone. "I would recognize him anywhere, even if he has changed. Look at his forehead next time his flips his hair."

Harry did not notice the three witches standing by the bar looking at him as if they had seen a ghost. He decided to skip a couple of the songs on his set list for now and play one that would let him release his pain.

"Alright for my next song, I'm going to play Heartless by Kanye West" Harry said as he flipped his hair from his eyes.

"Merlin!" exclaimed Ginny and Susan. "That is him. I can't believe it. What are we going to do?" asked Ginny.

"We are going to confront him" said Hermione. She wanted answers and she wasn't going to leave until she got them.

"Alright here we go" said Harry as he finished tuning his guitar.

In the night I hear 'em talk, the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?

"Wow. When did Harry learn to sing like that?" asked Susan. "And when did he learn to play guitar. I know he didn't know that at school."

"I guess he's learned it while he's been here" said Ginny. "And what is he wearing?"

Harry was still wearing his Houston Astros jersey. The witches, except Hermione, were confused by it.

Hermione was in shock.

How could you be so cold?
As the winter wind when it breeze yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin' to me though

I mean after all the things that we've been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Hey yo, I know of some things that you ain't told me
Hey yo, I did some things but that's the old me

And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, well I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely

Hermione was full of different of emotions. She was happy that she had finally found her best friend. She was angry that he had abandoned her without so much as a note. And she was sad at how Harry looked. He looked defeated, sad, and like he really didn't care about life. He sounds so sad, he sounds like his heart is broken and I think I know the reason. This is all my fault thought Hermione. She could hear the pain in his voice as he sang.

In the night I hear 'em talk, the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?

How could be so Dr. Evil?
You're bringin' out a side of me that I don't know
I decided we wasn't goin' speak so
Why we up 3 a.m. on the phone?

Why does she be so mad at me for?
Homie, I don't know, she's hot and cold
I won't stop, won't mess my groove up
'Cause I already know how this thing go

You run and tell your friends that you're leavin' me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
You'll never find nobody better than me

In the night I hear 'em talk, the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?

She knew that she had to talk to him and get some answers. She wanted to know exactly why he had left, although she had a pretty good idea. She had no idea how she was going to confront him though; he had a habit of pushing people away.

Talkin', talkin', talkin' talk
Baby let's just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you

So I got somethin' new to see
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
And we just gon' be enemies

I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can't make it right
I'm gon' take off tonight
Into the night

In the night I hear 'em talk, the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?

There was a roaring applause when he finished the song.

"I know your wondering why I am wearing a jersey up here instead of my traditional button-up. I just got back from the Astros game so I didn't have time to change" said Harry.

"Did they win?" someone in the crowd shouted.

"Yeah, they bet those stupid ass Cardinals 5-2. It was sweet" replied Harry.

As Harry kept playing his set list. The three witches near the bar were talking.

"Are you alright Hermione?" asked Ginny. "I mean you've just seen the guy that abandoned all of us five years ago. I know that I am pissed."

"I don't know Ginny. I didn't expect to ever see him again. I mean I hoped that I would but I never thought he'd be here in Texas" said Hermione with a far off look in her eyes. She was still trying to figure out how to confront Harry and force him to talk.

"Well what we know for sure is that people don't know him as Harry here. They know him as James Evans. So that may mean that he is keeping a low profile in the Wizarding world" stated Susan.

"Yeah. If he hadn't then I know someone would have spotted him and reported to the Wizarding papers" said Ginny. "Hermione are you listening?" She had noticed that Hermione was staring off into space.

"Did you notice how sad he sounded? He sounds so broken. I need to talk to him" she was about to walk towards the stage when she was stopped by Ginny.

"I know. But if you go now then he will most likely go off the stage and disapparate to where ever it is that he lives. You need to corner him as he is leaving. Don't worry Susan and I will set up and Anti-apparition ward outside while you confront him. Ok?" said Ginny.

Hermione nodded.

So for the next hour the witches were scheming while Harry was playing.

"Alright guys this is the last song for tonight. Its called Untitled by The Cure" said Harry right before he started playing. This was his favorite song to play because it described perfectly his situation with a certain brown-haired angel.

Hopelessly drift in the eyes of the ghost again
Down on my knees and my hands in the air again
Pushing my face in the memory of you again
But I never know if it's real Never know how I wanted to feel Never quite said what I wanted to say to you Never quite managed the words to explain to you Never quite knew how to make them believable And now the time has gone
Another time undone

Never quite said what I wanted to say to you Never quite managed the words to
Explain to you never quite knew how to make
Them believable and now the time has gone
Another time undone Hopelessly fighting the devil futility Feeling the monster climb deeper inside of me Feeling him gnawing my heart away hungrily I'll never lose this pain Never dream of you again

Hermione was in shock. It couldn't be. Could it? All these years I thought he left because he saw Ginny kissing Neville after the Final Battle. But he told Ginny how he felt thought Hermione.

Ginny was looking at Hermione. Ginny had known for a long time how Harry had felt. He had told her at the Burrow before they had left to hunt for the Horcruxes. She knew that Harry was singing about Hermione. I got to let her figure it out on her own thought Ginny.

"Thanks guys. You all are great. I'll see you next time" said Harry before he left the stage and the deafening roars and cheers.

"Alright let's go to the back and cut him off before he leaves" said Susan. With that the three witches left and waited out back. Ginny and Susan had set up the Anti-apparition ward so that Harry couldn't escape.

"Alright I'll see you tomorrow Julian" said Harry as he was leaving. Julian was one of Harry's wizard friends and knew who James really was.

As he started walking out to his car he felt something weird in the atmosphere but he just shrugged it off. He then felt a tap on his shoulder and said, "Sorry, I don't give autographs" and kept walking.

He felt the tap again. "I said I don't give autographs" Harry said as he turned around to face who he thought was a groupie of some sort. Then he just went stiff. The one person he never thought he would see again was standing in front of him.

"Well I don't want an autograph Harry, or should I say James", said Hermione with an edge in her voice.

"Hermione?" asked Harry, right before he saw the blur of a hand connect with the left side of his face.

She is still as feisty as ever thought Harry. This is going to be a long night.

A/N- Chapter was inspired by Heartless by Kanye West. I know it wasn't out according to the timeline of Harry Potter and the five years after it, but for the sake of my story let's say that it was. If you want to hear what it would sound like go and listen the cover of Heartless by The Fray. The second song was Untitled by The Cure. I thought it was pretty appropriate. If you haven't noticed I am a huge baseball fan. I live in Houston so I am an Astros fan. I hate the Cardinals, Cubs, and the Yankees with a passion.