Night Fight
NINE Revelation
Harry watched Draco Malfoy run away in tears and he can’t believe it. Sure he’s always known that Draco must cry at some point. Everyone cried and he’d seen Draco crying once before in the abandoned girls bathroom. With only Moaning Mertle to confide in but this was different.
Harry had actually made Draco cry. He’d stormed out of the room in tears while Hermione called out after him. Harry’s stomach twisted with guilt.
“Are you happy now?” Hermione smacked him on the arm and Harry flinched.
“Hey, what’s the big idea? He’s the one who kissed me. He’s the liar not me.” Hermione crossed her arms and Harry tried to push down her feelings of guilt.
“Harry, you didn’t have to say all that other stuff. Look Draco’s going through something-“
“Oh my god!” Harry yelled angrily “ are you actually defending Draco Malfoy. Have you forgotten all the stuff he’s done? “His dad tried to kill me. His aunt tortured you Hermione! He spent all year six trying to kill Dumbledore. He’s jinxed you and called you names. He’s not a freaking Angel and you’re defending him!”
“Harry, I know that.” She snapped at him as he lay down on a sofa exhausted. “Don’t you think I wanted to punch him again the first time I saw him? Don’t you think I’m angry for the way his family treated Dobbey? He’s a prejudice, elitist, piece of shit!”
“Then why are you defending him?” Getting up from the couch and screaming angrily. She was supposed to be his best friend. Why was she acting like this? Why was she defending Draco when he’d treated her so bad?
“Because” she snapped “he tried to kill himself.” Yelled Hermione not noticing the boy’s bedroom opening and Theo, Ron, Dean, and Seamus walking out confused by all the commotion. “He tried to kill himself and even though he’s been awful to me he’s still a person.”
“What? Draco tried to off himself?” Lavender’s voice rang out from the girls bedroom. Flanked by a bunch of other eight years who all whispered amongst themselves. Harry and Hermione looked around to find themselves surrounded by their classmates.
“Is that true Hermione” asked Ron walking up to his girlfriend.
“Ron, I can’t talk about this. It’s not right.” She had sworn to the head mistress that she wouldn’t repeat what she knew send she had just told their entire class.
“So it’s true isn’t it?” Theo stepped forward his eyes wrinkled with concern.
“Is that why he can’t talk? He tried to hurt himself?” Ron asked aloud as Hermione glared at him angrily.
“How long have you known this? Why donde you tell anyone?” Theo stepped in front of Hermione angrily. “You knew about this and kept it to yourself! Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Back off Theo” said Ron stepping in front of Hermione protectively.
“I wasn’t aloud to talk about it” she said trying to out from behind Ron.
“Where is Draco anyways” asked Finnegan curious.
“He just ran out” said Hermione. “He and Harry had a fight.”
“What?” Theo turned to Harry angrily. “What were you two fighting about?”
“It was just a fight okay” snapped Harry angrily. “He accused me of lying about something and I snapped. I told him off and he ran off crying!”
The whole room seemed to go silent at that and Theo turned towards the door.
“Where are you going” asked Lavender with concern in her voice.
“I’m going to look for him” then he turned to Harry angrily. “If anything happened to him because of this Potter, it will be on your head!” Then he walked out slamming the door behind him.