Only through the pain

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Warning: fluffy-ness

A/N: So, who liked the karaoke party? I wish I could have written in more songs, it’s so much fun ^^ on to Draco’s turn, and today’s title is once again back to Trapt; ‘Ready when you are.’

Chapter 12- Ready When You Are (Harry)

Draco stood up on the stage with his eyes closed for a long time. Ginny must have given him a hard truth, but then again, it could just be that Draco didn’t know too many songs, though I found that hard to believe. He looked like he was concentrating so hard, but he looked kind of happy too, so maybe it wasn’t such a hard task after-all? Ginny came over to sit next to me and nudged my shoulder gently.

“Geez Gin, did you ask him to sing the meaning of life or something?” Katie asked quietly.

She looked at me for a long second then turned to Katie and said, “I can’t tell you that Kate.”

Dean shrugged, “He probably thinks he has to do this better then everybody else. He’s the Slytherin Ice Prince after-all, his ego is through the roof.”

“No,” I said, “I think he wants the SONG to be perfect, not the performance. He’s never played before so he doesn’t really know that most of us just pick songs that are vague enough to evade the truth spell but still true enough to work. Not our actual heartfelt feelings.”

“Yeah, we might have left that part out…” Neville agreed.

“In any case, whatever he picks will be really genuine, so no teasing him later.” I warned, “Even if Ginny asked him to sing a song about his opinion on toast…..”I drifted off as the music finally started and looked up at Draco. His eyes were still closed during the all-too familiar intro, but when he opened them he was staring back at me. What the hell had Ginny asked him?!

“Are you having trouble?
Keeping up?
Seeing this thing through?
I wanna know,
Who you’re running from.
Me or you?
You’re too confused to open up
And feel the way I do
I wanna know
Who you’re thinking of,
Cuz I really have no clue.
Its not a game of charades
You know everybody plays
I don’t want to lose to you
That way
Maybe we’ll be different
This time around
Maybe we’ll be different
I dunno
Don’t want to strangle this
So I’m holding back for now
Calm down
Don’t take it too far
I know only time can heal scars
So I’m ready when you are
When you are
Ready when you are
Don’t want any false starts
I can do without the time apart
So im ready when you are
Ready when you are
Ready when you are
Are you having trouble?
Keeping up?
You know that I will wait
I wonder if its good enough
To make you stay
You’re too confused to open up
You don’t know what to say
You can tell me
If you think its love
I won’t be far away
Its not a game of charades
Don’t you know everybody plays?
I don’t want to lose to you that way
Maybe we’ll be different
This time around,
Maybe we’ll be different
I don’t know
Don’t want to strangle this
So I’m holding back for now
Calm down
Don’t take it too far
I know only time can heal scars
So I’m ready when you are
When you are
Ready when you are
Calm down
Don’t want any false starts
I can do without the time apart
So I’m ready when you are
When you are
Ready when you are
I wanna know
If you’re thinking of me
Counting the hours
Even though I know I’m free
Too soon to take the chance
No more questions left to ask
I could be anything
But the one thing I’m not sure you want to be
Calm down
Don’t take it too far
I know only time can heal scars
So I’m ready when you are
When you are
When you are
Ready when you are
Calm down
Don’t want any false starts
I can do without the time apart
I’m ready when you are
When you are
Ready when you are
Calm down,
Ready when you are
Calm down,
Ready when you are
Calm down,
Ready when you are.”

He closed his eyes again as the music died away and took a few deep breaths, then looked up at the crowd and smirked, “So….did I do that right?”

The girls all looked like they were about to swoon, as did several of the guys, then a slow and almost incredulous applause broke out and turned into a huge cheer, and I was the only one not joining in because I was too busy staring at Ginny.

“Gin…what….” She just smiled and shrugged, then flashed Draco a huge thumbs up.
“Ginny…..” I warned, “You….”

“Don’t worry Harry.” Ginny sighed, “And don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. He sang what he felt, and it’s up to everyone else to interpret it.”

“Are you calling Draco a horse?” I asked, still confused.

“Well, I’m not saying he isn’t hung like one…” she giggled then looked at the stage, “I wonder who he’ll pick to sing…He must hold tiny grudges against nearly everyone here, so it must be hard for him to pick someone to humiliate….Oh no, not Ernie…Ernie can’t sing to save his life.”

“hmm….You’re up to something Ginny….” I sighed, “I just wish I knew what.” I scooted over to make room for Draco when he came back after having demanded Ernie sing about his complete and total inability to get a girlfriend, which made us all cringe because he chose to do another Queen song, ‘Somebody to Love’, but on his way back to our group some of the Ravenclaw quiddtich team snagged him over to their circle and then he was passed around the room like….well…a joint.
He kept looking over to our circle, and I tried to convince myself that he was doing it because he wanted to be rescued. Ginny was right, I mean, it was up to the group to interpret what that song had been about. He couldn’t possibly have been singing about me…no, not ABOUT me…TO me….no, no, no. He wasn’t. Was he? Damn Ginny and her damn knowing smirk. She probably told him to sing about playing chess or something and that was the only song he could think of…he had sat there for a while after all before he’d been able to think of something…and she was just smirking and winking and wagging her eyebrows to make me THINK Draco could possibly like me to boost my self-esteem or something….little brat. And he’d only been staring at me while he sang to see if I approved of him doing a Trapt song…yeah….that had to be it. He didn’t like me….how could he?

“My god!” Draco said, breaking me out of my reverie as he finally got back to our circle an hour or two later, though I noticed he chose to sit next to Dean and Seamus, not me and Ginny, “If I’d known earlier that the best way into peoples’ pants was to sing I’d have serenaded everyone earlier!”

“Yes, that would have made you an instant sex symbol amongst the entire population…” Ginny rolled her eyes, “Oh wait! You already are; my bad.”

“Oh, speaking of sex symbols, let’s play spin the bottle!” Katie squealed, “I love that game!”

Draco raised his eyebrows, “Isn’t that a little childish? Or do you weird Gryffindors have another screwed up version?”

Ginny shrugged, “I wouldn’t call it screwed up, just more interesting, and Katie, I’m not really sure that’s a good idea, considering the company.” She said, looking pointedly at me and reminding the chaser of my little problem with intimacy. Strangely though, I was feeling extremely warm and fuzzy, despite the fact that I’d managed to convince myself that Draco wasn’t singing about me, and had even test-thought about Vernon with out anything happening. Either the fact that I’d cut last night, or the pot, or both, had helped eliminate my stress for the moment. Plus, it was just a game, a game I’d played before without any repercussions.

“Oh, that’s right, sorry Harry, I forgot.” Katie said, face fallen.

“No, that’s alright Katie…actually, I think it would be fun.” I said and watched Ginny’s expression TRAIN itself into incredulity. Yep. She was up to something.

“Are you sure Harry?” she asked, seriously at least, so whatever she was up to couldn’t be that huge.

“Yep. I’m sure.” I nodded, and glanced over at Draco.

“I still say spin the bottle is boringly childish.” He rolled his eyes.

“Only because you Slytherins don’t know how to play it right.” Fred piped up.

“In our version, you get penalized.” George added.

“Penalized?” Draco frowned, ignoring Seamus and Dean who had burst into giggles over the word ‘penalized’. “For what?”

“Well,” Said Ginny in teacher mode, “The game goes like this, you spin the bottle, take a toke and then blow it into the other person’s mouth.”

“Sounds easy enough. And I still don’t see where penalties come in.”

“Then let me finish!” She snapped, reaching over to whap him with her purse. “You take a toke with these joints, blow it into their mouth and then let the kiss go into whatever it likes. The rest of the people playing rate your performance, and if they don’t like what they see then you get a penalty shot and you have to do a dare. The game is over when the bottle is empty or when the joints run out.” She said and then pulled out the special pink baggie with her own blend of quick acting aphrodisiacs mixed into the joints and waved it under his nose. “Of course, with these babies, it’s hard NOT to put on an interesting show,” she grinned. “It’s my own special recipe and I always bring a baggie to parties like this. It’s great for games like seven minutes and blind man’s bluff.”

“Blind man’s bluff?” Draco laughed, “I can see how that might be interesting. Alright, well if Harry’s playing, then I’m in.”

“Oh?” Asked Angelina, catching the phrase that had me raising my eyebrows myself. “And why’s that Malfoy? Fancy our seeker do you?”

“Uh….” Draco blushed and looked to Ginny. Hmmm….odd….was he in on whatever it was she was planning, or was the pot making me paranoid?

“Angelina, I think he meant that if Harry’s sure he can handle playing without having a problem with the intimacy, then he’ll play. He knows about….yeah. And you know what a buzz kill that can be.” Ginny came to the rescue, though she did glare at Draco a bit.

“Yeah. That’s what I meant.” Draco said quickly, with a sideways glance at me. “If Harry’s ok with playing then I am too.”

Angelina frowned and glared at Ginny a little then looked at Draco, “Hmm….alright, but I still say you fancy him….and I’ll bet I’m right too.”

“Well, maybe we’ll play truth or toke later and you can ask him.” George said, “For now, let’s light it up! Anyone got a bottle of firewhiskey?”


A/N: Hey all, hope you enjoyed all four chapters, tomorrow, spin the bottle aprodisiac style^^ A big thanks to everyone who sent me get well letters, notes, reviews and e-cards, I love you all so much!!*huggle* And, to the one who sent me the motivational, light a fire under my ass card (you know who you are), I laughed so hard when I saw it that I snorted mashed potatoes out my nose. THANKS!!!! Tomorrow, we are back to the one chapter a day schedule,but for now, I hope you enjoyed these four! Don't forget to review! Make the invalid feel better!!!