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Song – Out tonight, Rent


It was a Saturday, Harry woke up late and walked down to breakfast on his own, it had been two weeks from the begging of term and he was amazed at how everyone had settled into Hogwarts life, though he had to give some credit to the songs that some people were coming out with a various times during the day, it seemed that the whole of Hogwarts had been infected with the sound of music. The most scaring moment so far though had to be the time that Flitwick in the middle of Charms had burst out with the song Footloose, it was strange to see the little wizard hopping round and after that moment the teachers had become aware of the strange urge to sing that had overcome the students. Harry and his friends so far had managed to avoid another occurrence of song so far and they were all rather glad of it.

Harry entered the great hall and scanned the hall for faces that he knew, Hermione, Ron and Ginny had already returned when Harry was just leaving the common room. As he scanned the hall he caught light grey eyes that were staring at him from across the hall, as Harry's green met grey the grey quickly looked away back down at the plate of food in front of them. Harry knew who they belonged to, Draco. Harry had still not got the courage up to apologise to him for having a go at him the other day, he knew he needed to but every time Harry had run into him Draco had turned away and walked in the other direction away from him even if he needed to go the way Harry was heading to get to his next class.

Harry walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down with Lavender and Parvati who he knew quite well, though he wasn't really that keen on them all the time, they could get a bit much sometimes.

"Hey Harry." Parvati said as he sat down. "How are you?"

"I'm fine." Harry said scooping some bacon and scrambled eggs on to his plate. "You?"

"Yeah I'm good thanks. What you doing tonight." She asked fluttering her eyelashes at him.

'Oh god not this again!' Harry thought, Parvati had been trying to get Harry interested in her since the start of term, she wasn't the only girl that had tried but she was the persistent. If Harry was honest the only girls that he had ever been interested in were Cho and Ginny, neither of which had worked out. "Nothing." Harry said. "You?"

"Oh, Lavender and I were thinking of going to the Party in Slytherin house." She said leaning towards him. "Will you be there?" She asked fluttering her eyelashes at him again.

Harry was feeling slightly sick now and he didn't think it was the food that he hadn't touched yet. "Slytherin, why would we go to one of their parties?" He asked.

"Because after the war and everything all the houses are the same now aren't they, I mean we know all the bad ones have lefts don't we, well all except one." She said leaning back to her normal position on the bench and giving a dirty look in the direction of Draco who looked down quickly at his food again and Harry followed Parvati's gaze.

"I guess." Harry shrugged.

"So you going?" Lavender asked.

"No I don't think so."

"Suit yourself." Parvati said looking glum. "Come on Lavender we have to go." She said getting up.

"But I haven't finished." Lavender protested pointing to her plate that was still half full.

"We have to be somewhere." Parvati said raising her eyebrows mean fully at Lavender who rolled her eyes but got up.

"By Harry." Parvati said walking off.

"Goodbye Harry." Lavender said trying not to laugh at her friend stalking off.

"By Lavender." Harry said before starting to eat his breakfast as Lavender walked away. Lavender was much more grounded than Parvati and had been made more so after the war, she was much less of the gossip type now and it suited her a lot more.

Harry ate his breakfast in silence, once he was finished he got up and started to make his way out of the hall. As he reached the marble staircase out of the corner of his eye he caught a flash of blonde hair, he turned around and saw Draco disappear down the staircase to the dungeons, without thinking Harry turned around and walked quickly towards him.

"Malfoy." Harry called down the dungeon corridor. "Malfoy."

Draco turned round after Harry had called his name four times. "Potter what do you want?" He asked angrily glaring at Harry who had stopped a few meters away. "Do you want to tell me how I should be dead as well just in case telling me my parents should be wasn't enough?"

"No, I wanted to apologise for saying that, it was wrong of me." Harry said.

"You're the first." Draco snorted before turning on his heel and starting back down the corridor.

"Malfoy!" Harry shouted but Draco didn't answer he just continued to walk down the corridor. Harry ran up to him and grabbed him by the shoulder turning him round. "Malfoy, look I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told you your parents should be dead, I was just angry that's all."

"That's all?" Draco asked sarcastically. "So little boy wonder was having a bad day, that gives you an excuse for telling someone that their parents should be dead, that they deserve it?" He asked glaring at Harry.

"It's no excuse, but I'm sorry alright. It's not like you never have told me that my parents are better off dead." Harry glared back getting angry. "You go around acting like you have a mandate to do whatever you want, to say what you want to anyone you want, but as soon as it gets turned back on you it's out of order. You're still the spoilt little brat that you have always been."

"Oh right, and your not?" Draco asked sounding mock surprised. "You go around moaning about how everyone recognises you, how everyone wants to know you, I know you don't like it but come on tell me that that is not spoilt." Draco waited a few moments whilst Harry just stared at him blankly not knowing what to think. "At least whenever I did anything wrong I was punished, maybe not so much by Snape but by everyone else I was treated equal, you," Draco snorted. "you got it easy. You could do anything and just get a slap on the wrist. The remember ball incident in 1st year, anyone else would have been chucked out, but you, you got a place on the Quidditch team and a free Nimbus 2000. The you went on to sneak a dragon out of school, which could land anyone in prison for illegal procession, but all that you got was one detention. Then there was 2nd year, the sneaking round that you got away with and the flying car, you nearly revealed out world to the Muggles and all you got was a few detentions. Then third year, somehow you managed to set a beast that was up for execution free along with a convicted criminal, as well as sneaking out of school when as far as you knew you safety was in jeopardy, but no you didn't care you just continued to do what you wanted. The 4th year, you got into the triwizard competition and though that wasn't your fault they didn't know who did it at the time so as far as people knew you got away with cheating yourself in. 5th year," Draco continued counting the years off on his hand. "you created a secret organisation that was banned by educational decree, you harboured a giant in the school forest, and you brought Umbridge to the centaurs who carried her off and could well have killed her."

"She was an evil bitch that women." Harry said defensively.

"Yes she was, but does that make it okay for her to die?" Draco challenged, Harry fell silent and continued. "6th year, you cheated in potions, and you viciously attacked a student nearly killing them."

"And I was sorry for doing that." Harry said.

"Maybe, but anyone else should have been expelled or suspended, you were just put in detention, even by Snape, if I had done that I would have been at least suspended."

"You were going to Cruiso me!" Harry exclaimed. "I had no idea that the spell would do that!"

"Well you should have used more common sense!" Draco shouted back. "And those are only the things I know about, I'm sure as hell there are more where they came from, and I'm not even including the countless times you put yourself and your friends in danger whilst facing the Dark Lord."

"What do you care about my safety or that of my friends it's not like you care about any of them." Harry said back defensively, he knew what Draco said was true he should have never put his friends in so much danger and he regretted it every time he saw one of their scars or heard a name of someone they had lost.

"At lest you have friends!" Draco shouted. "You have always had friends, always had people following you round worshiping the ground you walk on, you have no idea what's it like to have no friends, to have no one that cares about what you do, to have to use family connections and fear to just get people to acknowledge you, it's miserable." Draco looked and Harry and Harry looked back at him, there beneath the cold grey eyes there was hurt and pain. "My parents were the only ones that cared about me, even Crabb and Goyle, they would go off with anyone that gave them a better deal, that was all that I was to them the best deal they got, they were my only friends and I was nothing to them. So excuse me Mister bloody Harry fucking Potter for wanting to keep the only people that cared for me alive." Harry stood there rooted to the spot not knowing what to say as Draco walked down the corridor away from him.

He had gone there to make amends to fix what he had done wrong but instead all that he had managed was to make things worse, and the worst thing was that Harry knew exactly how Draco had felt, he had grown up alone and friendless with no one there not even parents to love him. Slowly he turned and walked back up stairs and all the way to Gryffindor tower, he turned down Hermione's offer to go to Hogsmeed with them and went upstairs to his room. Harry opened his trunk and looked inside and took out is photo album filled with pictures of his parents, and his friends, Draco had never had this, no one there for him though better or for worse, the only ones were his parents, who could blame him for not wanting to be alone. Harry remembered how he had felt when Voldemort had offered him his parents back in return for the stone, there was a moment, a split moment when he nearly handed over that stone. He knew what Voldemort had done, what he was and still he nearly handed over the stone just to see his parents, the only difference that there was between him and Draco was that Draco chose to give Voldemort what he wanted.


It was evening, Hermione was in her room getting ready with Parvati and Lavender, she had managed to convince Ron that they should go to the Slytherin party. Parvati and Lavender were going though their clothes trying to choose what to wear, the first party of the year you had to look the part, or so they said. They had the wireless radio on spitting out the latest music and Hermione was laughing and Lavender sung to the chorus of her favourite song. As the last song died a new unfamiliar beat came on. Parvati started to tap her feet.

'What's the time?
Well it's gotta be close to midnight
My body's talking to me
It says, "Time for danger"'

She started to sing heading to the full length mirror taking several poses in her outfit for that night.

'It says "I wanna commit a crime
Wanna be the cause of a fight
Wanna put on a tight skirt and flirt
With a stranger"'

Lavender and Hermione laughed as Parvati jumped up on to the bed and did a flirty dance.

'I've had a knack from way back
At breaking the rules once I learn the games
Get up - life's too quick
I know someplace sick
Where this chick'll dance in the flames
We don't need any money
I always get in for free
You can get in too
If you get in with me'

'Let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
You wanna play?
Let's run away
We won't be back before it's Christmas day
Take me out tonight (meow)'

She sung howling like a cat at the end.

'When I get a wink from the doorman
Do you know how lucky you'll be?
That you're on line with the feline of
Avenue B'

'Let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
You wanna prowl
Be my night owl?
Well take my hand we're gonna howl
Out tonight'

Parvati sung as they left the dorm ready for the party that night Hermione bringing up the rear.

'In the evening I've got to roam
Can't sleep in the city of neon and chrome
Feels too damn much like home
When the Spanish babies cry
So let's find a bar
So dark we forget who we are
And all the scars from the
Nevers and maybes die'

Parvati danced round the common room making all the 7th boys stand up and get ready to go, Ron looked rather worried, Dean looked amused, and Harry just followed looking scared as Parvati graped hold of his arm not letting him go.

'Let's go out tonight
Have to go out tonight
You're sweet
Wanna hit the street?
Wanna wail at the moon like a cat in heat?
Just take me out tonight
Please take me out tonight
Don't forsake me - out tonight
I'll let you make me - out tonight
Tonight - tonight – tonight'

She sung as they walked down the corridors towards the Slytherin common room, still attached to Harry's arm which she was not letting go of. As they reached the Slytherin common room the entrance was opened by a fourth year that was standing outside waiting to let people in and warn the arrival of teachers. Parvati entered followed by the 7th year Gryffindors who all looked as if they were trying not to ask. The 4th year who had heard the end of Parvati's song looked rather confused.

"Don't ask." Hermione said as they walked into the common room.

"This hasn't changed since we were last in here has it Harry?" Ron asked coming up next to Harry who was still attached to Parvati.

"What do you mean since you were last in here? Have you been in here before?" Parvati asked.

"Erm, it's a long story." Harry said shrugging, trying to release his arm from her grip slightly enough to allow circulation.

"I've got time." She said batting her eyes lashes at him again.

"Well..." Harry said looking worriedly at Ron who was trying not to laugh.

"Ooh, Thomas!" Parvati called, leaving Harry and walking over to greet a tall Ravenclaw guy on the other side of the room.

"Thank god I got away." Harry said to Ginny who was standing next to him. "I think I might go and get a drink." Harry walked off looking for where the drinks were figuring that as he was here he might as well try and enjoy it.


Harry stood by the bar, thinking as he had been all day, he need to say something to Draco he couldn't just let it go how could he. He had drunk his way though a good number of beers by the time he decided to take some action, he was in the Slytherin common room what better place was there to find Draco. Harry excused himself from the group of people he was talking to and walked round the room trying to spot Draco in the crowd of people in the room. It took Harry another half an hour and a few more beers to realise that Draco was not there, by this point Harry was rather drunk having never been a big drinker. He decided to abandon the search in the party to have a look for Draco in the dorm rooms, Harry had noticed a few people go up one of the flight of stairs and assumed that they were the boy's dorms as no one had been thrown backwards on their ass trying to walk up them.

Harry took one last look over the crowd but failed to see a head of bright blonde hair that could only belong to a Malfoy. Harry walked, well stumbled up the stairs, looking at the words on the doors, it was exactly like Gryffindor each year sharing one dorm, so that would mean that Draco was on the top floor because that was the free dorm when they arrived. Harry went up the stairs till the final level, he came to two doors on had 7th year boys written on, the other had the words Draco Malfoy. 'Typical' Harry thought 'he gets his own room.' Harry lent down on the handle trying the open the door, it didn't budge, he pulled out his wand and pointed it at the handle whispering the unlocking charm under his breath in a drunken whisper, there was a small click and Harry stumbled into the middle of the room.

"Oops." He said as he straightened up and came face to face with Draco Malfoy who was laying on his bed reading a book in jogging bottoms.

"Potter what the hell are you doing in my room, there is no way that you are bringing some fan girl in here!" He said putting his books down next to him on the bed and standing up.

"I came here to see you actually." Harry said pointing at Draco. "And why would you think that I was bringing a fan girl up here, ick."

Draco nodded slowly looking at Harry strangely. "So what you don't like girls now Potter." He said sneering at Harry.

"Nope, I just don't like any I know." Harry said.

"Right..." Draco said slowly as Harry looked around his room. "Well you have seen me now so if you just leave." He pointed to the open door. Harry turned round and looked at it too, he walked towards it but instead of exiting the room he just closed the door and turned back around to face Draco. "Potter are you high or something? What are you doing in my room?"

"I told you I came to see you." Harry said walking over to Draco and placing his hands on his shoulders. "And I'm not high." Harry lent forward so he and Draco were inches apart. "But I think I might be a bit drunk."

"Yeah I agree." Draco said removing Harry's hands from his shoulders and pushing him back so Harry was now an arm's length from him. "I don't feel like talking. No go." Draco turned only to be prodded in the back by Harry. "Ah, what was that for?" Draco complained rubbing the spot where Harry had prodded him rather hard.

"I need to talk to you." Harry complained pouting.

"No you don't, we have nothing to say to each other Potter, it would be better if we never talk again okay, no fuck off before I throw you out." Draco said pushing Harry so that he stumbled backwards towards the door and hit the floor.

"Nope not going anywhere." Harry said, sitting cross legged on the ground refusing to move.

"You are infuriating Potter!" Draco shouted. Harry just pouted.

"It's two o'clock in the morning, now get back to all your dorms before I give you all a month's worth a detention!" A voice shouted from below them, they head a rummaging of people exiting the common room below and heavy footsteps coming upstairs along with the sounds of doors opening and dorms being check to see if there was anyone in there that shouldn't be.

Draco walked over to his door and opened it calling down the stairs. "Professor up here..." He was cut off mid sentence by Harry's hand closing over his mouth keeping his quite. "Potter get off of me!" Draco complained removing Harry's hand.

"Please, please, if he sees me like this I'm going to get killed." Harry pleaded with Draco as heavy footsteps headed up the stairs.

Draco looked at Harry's pitiful drunken puppy dog eyes. "Fine but you owe me big time. Now get in there and hide." Draco sad pointing to the cupboard, Harry nodded and quickly hid.

"Yes Draco what is it?" Professor Slughorn said coming to Draco's doorway.

"I just wanted to give you this." Draco said grabbing his potions homework from the side of his dresser. "I thought that you might want it as been as you are here now." Draco said trying to seem honest.

Slughorn turned the parchment over looking at it thoughtfully. "Are you sure this is it, not something else?" He asked looking round the room again.

"Nope, nothing, thank you Professor."

"Thank you Draco, and good night." Slughorn left closing the door behind him, Draco placed the locking charm on the door and opened the cupboard.

"You owe me big time." He said to Harry as he got out from his hiding place among Draco's clothes.

"I like these jeans." Harry said pulling out a pair of Draco's jeans with him. "Ooh and this top!" Harry said excitedly picking up a cashmere sweater that was dark grey.

"Right." Draco said taking them from him and placing the neatly back into the wardrobe closing and locking the door trying to protect his clothes from Harry.

"You know I think we're about the same size." Harry said looking Draco up and down. "Though you are a bit taller."

"Of course I'm taller you're a midget Potter." Draco said back crossing his arms.

"What?" Harry asked.

"I'm waiting for you to leave. Now go." Draco said glaring at Harry.

"But we need to talk!" Harry pleaded.

"I don't give a shit Potter now go!" Draco shouted, unlocking the door marching Harry over to it and shutting it in his face.

Draco sighed walked into his bathroom and started brushing his teeth, a few moments later there was a small knock at the door. Draco sighed, rinsed his mouth through and went over to open the door. "Potter what are you still doing here?" He asked looking at Harry who looked awkward staring at his shoes.

"Slughorn locked the entrance till the morning when breakfast beings." Harry said looking upset.

"That's not my problem." Draco said closing the door.

"But I have nowhere to go." Harry said putting his hand out stopping the door from closing.

"Once again, not my problem." Draco closed the door and turned away. He heard Harry as he slid down the door and sat on the floor. 'God help me for what I'm about to do.' Draco thought turning back to the door and opening it. "Come one Potter come inside." He said as Harry fell backwards onto the floor taken by surprise when the door opened.

"Thanks Malfoy." Harry said getting up and walking inside.

"You owe me a lot!" Draco said walking over to his bed throwing one of his pillows at Harry and the throw that was on his bed. "You can sleep under that it should be warmer enough.

"Thanks." Harry said walking over to the area of rug that was not taken up by Draco's four poster bed he didn't much fancy sleeping on the cold stone floor.

"Whatever." Draco said getting into his bed and closing his eyes.

"Potter!" Draco moaned a few minutes later.

"What?" Harry asked from his place on the floor.

"For god's sake stop fidgeting its making so much noise I can't get to sleep." Draco complained sleepily.

"Well I wouldn't be fidgeting but the floor isn't really comfy is it." Harry complained back. "Can't I sleep in the bed?"

"No!" Draco said sitting up. "I'm in the bloody bed!"

"Well can't I sleep in there too?" Harry asked sitting up also looking at the floor.

"I am not sharing a bed with you Potter, no way!"

A few minutes later Harry was in the warm comfy bed covered by the fluffy duvet, Harry didn't care that it was green, actually in his still drunk state he would admit he actually kind of liked the colour. Draco had no idea how this happened, he replayed the last few minutes in his head trying to work out how Harry had managed to talk his way into sharing his bed with Draco, Draco never shared his bed!

"Happy now Potter." Draco said darkly turning over away from Harry who was on the other side.

"Hum." Harry said sinking into the covers, it was a lot softer than the floor.

Draco was falling awkwardly to sleep as far away from Harry he could possibly get whilst still being on the bed when Harry started talking. "Malfoy, I wanted to tell you that I do know how it feels."

"How what feels?" Draco mumbled not really paying attention.

"How it feels to have no one. Before I came to Hogwarts I didn't have any friends, the family I was living with hated me, I was bullied and pushed around. It was only when I came here that I actually had friends."

"Okay, so you know how it is not to have friends, that's nice." Draco mumbled.

"No it's not and that's the point." Harry pressed on. "I shouldn't have told you your parents should have died, I'm sure I would have done the same thing in your position, I almost did." Harry admitted.

"What do you mean" Draco asked rolling over to look at Harry.

"In first year when I came face to face with Voldemort I almost gave him the philosophers stone because he said that he could bring my parents back."

"Well that would have been a stupid thing to do wouldn't it." Draco commented rolling over again away from Harry.

"Yes, that's why I didn't do it. But I understand why you would want to protect your parents so I'm sorry for saying that to you." Harry lapsed into silence.

Draco tried to get to sleep for a while longer by couldn't, he needed to know the answer. "Potter, why did you hate me so much when I met you?"

"That time I met you in Madame Malkins you reminded me of my cousin, spoilt and full of yourself, a bully. Then you insulted Hagrid who was the first person that was ever really nice to me, and then on the train you insulted Ron who was the first friend I had made."

"Oh right, I get it." Draco shut his eyes again, both he and Harry started drifting off to sleep.

"But I don't think you're all that bad now." Harry mumbled into the pillow falling to sleep moments after he said it. Draco fell to sleep just after him not too sure that he had heard Harry correctly through the sleepiness, the pillow and the drink.