On The Rocks

TITLE: On The Rocks

AUTHOR: Harmony Marguerite

SUMMERY: What do you do when you are betrayed by the one you love? Find comfort in the arms of another of course!

PAIRINGS: SS/OMC, DM/HP, OMC/DM, SS/HP

WARNINGS: SLASH!! Innuendo, and language.

RATING: This part is rated PG-13

NOTES: I sincerely apologize to those who noticed that my characters tend to be a tad OOC. Yes, they totally are. Draco is explainable. Harry has been working long and hard to help Draco be happy, and make him into a totally different person then he was. Thomas has been attempting the same thing with Snape. However, Harry has succeeded, whereas Thomas has not. Thomas has made progress though, and Snape now has the power to totally lose it. Fun!!


DISCLAIMER: I don't own Harry Potter and co. I wish I did, but I don't so, go bug someone who has money.


ON THE ROCKS part 2

DRACO'S APOLOGY


Harry found Draco in the usual place the next morning. He stared out the window of the unused classroom, not acknowledging Harry's presence. He sighed when Harry moved next to him, neither boy turning to the other.

"I never meant to hurt you." Draco finally spoke.

"You never do." Harry replied with a sigh.

"I never even meant for it to happen. Last night was the first time Harry, I swear." Draco looked over at Harry, eyes filled with tears. "I knew that we were dating other people, but it felt so right."

"How right?"

"Like this was the one thing that had been missing from my life."

Harry sighed. "How was he last night after Severus left?"

"He cried so much, I thought we would both drown in our tears. We just held each other and cried."

"In between bouts of comforting sex."

Draco blushed. "Yeah, a little of that too." There was silence, then: "I'm afraid to lose you Harry. I love you."

"Do you?" Harry murmured

"I do! Harry, you have to believe me!"

Harry held his hands up. "I believe you. I know you love me. And I love you. But is it the love we think it is?"

Draco fell silent, and stared out the window. "I feel different when I'm with Thomas." He said slowly. "I feel like a part of me that was missing is finally back."

"And when you're with me?"

"I feel safe, comforted."

"Like you're with a friend."

"Yeah." Again, there was silence. "This is so fucked up Harry."

"Mm hmm." Harry walked away from the window, and leaned against a wall. "After last night Draco, I'm really questioning our relationship. What kind of relationship do we have?"

"Not the one we thought we had." Draco sighed. "Harry?"

"Hmm?"

"I don't want to lose you."

"We can't continue this Draco. You cheated on me!"

"I didn't mean to!"

"I know! But you did. And it hurt Draco. It hurt so much; I didn't know what to do. I wanted to kill you, make you hurt like I did. But I know how you feel; I know you couldhelphelp it. Emotions are hell Draco."

"You slept with Snape, didn't you?"

"Yes."

Draco sighed and sunk to the floor, resting his head on his legs. "Why?"

"Because we both hurt so much. We took comfort in each other. I think I'm starting to like him."

Draco looked up with red eyes. "We're really messed up aren't we?"

"A little less messed up then last night. Can't we be friends?"

Draco stood. "That is such a horrible line. No one ever talk after someone 'le 'lets be friends.'"

"How else am I supposed to say it?"

"I don't know." Draco sighed, and put his arm around Harry's shoulder. "But, if you stop talking to me, I'm going to kick your ass to America."

"Same to you."

"Deal. How did it happen?"

"I followed Severus to his rooms, I didn't think that either of us should have been alone. He cleaned up my hands, and then he just started crying. I couldn't believe it."

"He was crying? I don't believe it. By the way, what did you do to your hands?"

"I pretended the floor was your pretty face I so badly wanted to mess up. I found you before Snape, and he found me."

Draco winced. "I'm sorry."

Harry just shook his head, and continued. "I told him that it was okay to cry. He just broke down. When we calmed down, he said something about it being easy to let lust take over, and he kissed me."

Draco put a finger to Harry's lips. "Say no more, please. I have a vivid imagination.""You"You realize that Professor Edwards and Severus are going to stay a couple? You know they aren't going to dump each other. Severus is much too stubborn to let go that easily."

"That's just lovely. We figure out that we aren't meant to be, but they wont change their minds. They're going to give it another go. I can see now that we're the geniuses of the relationship. The fact is truly terrifying."

"How the hell did we get ourselves into this mess?"

"How the hell did we end up attracted to our teachers?

"There's the million dollar question."

"What?"

"Never mind. How the hell did we get ourselves into this mess?"

"I really fucked up this time, didn't I?" Draco's voice was small.

Harry sighed, and sat on the floor, opening his arms. Draco fell into them, crying softly. Harry stroked his hair. "I won't lie to you and tell you that you didn't Draco, because I know you won't believe me. But I think that with a little time, this one wworkwork out. We weren't meant to be together. We just have to convince our darling Professors that."

"I'm frightened"

"So am I. We were fucked from the beginning, weren't we?"

"No Harry, we were beautiful at the beginning."

"So what happened?"

Draco shrugged. "Our beauty aged badly."

Harry laughed. "Do you think that we could be beautiful with Them, and this time our beauty won't age badly?"

"Merlin, I hope so."

"What are we going to do if Professor Edwards and Severus decide to continue with their relationship?"

"Wait for our lovely Professors to realize what we know."

"That might take awhile. You never were patient."

"I fucked up once Harry, I'm not going to do it again. I'll wait for Thomas until the end of the Earth if I have to. I will die old and alone if he still thinks Snape is the one for him, but by Merlin, I will wait for him."

Harry smiled ruefully. "At least you'll have company."

"Oh that sounds lovely. 'Yes, I'm sitting here in eternity waiting with my ex-boyfriend. What are we waiting for? Well, Hell to freeze over and the two people we love to realize that we were meant for them.' We're pathetic, you know that?"

"All too well. Was he any good?"

"Fantastic. Him?"

"Perfect, pure magic."

"Hm."

"Yeah."

"I can't compare, can I?"

"Nope. Can I?"

"Nope."

"There you are then: we're nicely fucked."

"And we were nicely fucked."

"Very nicely."

"Mm hmm." We wWe were good weren't we?"

"Hell, Harry, we were great."

"But Edwards and you are fantastic."

"And Snape and you are nothing short of a damn miracle."

"Yet they prefer each other. We just can't win, can we?"

"Life screwed us."

"At least we got laid."

"True that." Draco grinned, and so did Harry. "Let's get out of here and have lunch. I'm done being depressed for the day."

"Sounds like an idea. I wonder if the others are still talking?"

"Dunno. Hey Harry, you're the philosopher of the bunch, do you have any advice you'd give Thomas and me if we ever got together?"

"I'd give you the same advice I'd give myself and Severus. Keep alive, stay in love, smile and laugh as much as possible while you still can. The usual."

"Fuck like bunnies?"

"Only on your time off."

"Gotcha."

"Hey Draco?"

"Yeah?"

"I think I forgive you. I definitely give you my love, and blessings."

Draco smiled. "Thanks. I think I forgive you too. And I give you the same, except with a great deal of hope and good-lucks thrown in."

"Thanks. I'm going to need it."

"I know." Draco grinned.

"Oh sure. Rub it in that the man I love is a complete bastard."

"Oh I will. And don't forget slimy git when you describe him."

"You're evil. It's a good thing you're gay. I don't want to ever meet your children."

"Ah, but they have potions for that."

Harry groaned as they entered the Great Hall. His comeback was cut short by the appearance of Thomas and Severus.

"Draco, could I speak to you alone?" Thomas asked timidly.

"Sure."

"Follow me Potter." Snape glared at him.

"Yes sir." Harry sighed, and made a mental note to work on Snape's people skills right away.

They followed the two men out of the room as half the students watched, and wondered how many house points they were loosing. But one pair of twinkling blue eyes watched with a sense of satisfaction.