Chapter 10
The whole week I pretty much avoided everyone. I didn't even talk to Parker. I pretty much have been in the Astronomy tower all week. Well except for when there was class, then I'd be in the Room of Requirement. It seems like Fred has been doing the same. Several times, going to the Astronomy tower at night, I would find him there. Anytime that I'd find him there I would just turn around before my mind could tell me to go talk to him. I don't even know what I would say to him. I don't even know why I'm upset. I should be showing him that his words didn't hurt but they did.
Anyway, at the moment I am in Divination because Parker and Hermione teamed up against me and dragged me to class, when I was heading to the Room of Requirement. So yeah....I'm trying to keep myself from falling asleep and actually listen to the lesson. Not going very well. Divination is boring at the moment. But Trelawney keeps shouting things so that's the only thing actually keeping me awake.
The bell rings, so I grab my stuff and run out of the classroom before Hermione and Parker decide to drag me to another class or worse the library. I have I think a free period right now but with Hermione and Parker teamed up together, they are unstoppable. I ran all the way to my dorm, accidentally running into people on the way there. I shut the door and plop on my bed, not really caring where my school supplies go.
I hear a slight knock on the door. It's probably either Parker or Draco, so all I do is yell it's open. I hear footsteps coming over the bed.
"They decided they aren't going to go through with it." Draco says with almost a hint of sadness in his voice. My eyes go wide and I look up at him.
"What do you want to do?" I ask, fully expecting him to say that he doesn't want to continue with our relationship. Which I wouldn't be opposed to but I've gotten used to him.
"I want to be with you if that's what you want." My eyes widened again. I think of the words Fred said to me. I decided I'm not going to let him bother me. Fred has Angelina anyway.
"Of course I want to be with you." He smiles at me but I don't smile back. His smile falls as he sits down beside me.
"Do you want to be with me or are you just saying that so you don't hurt me?" I sit up and face him. I cup his cheek with my hand and pull him into a short kiss. I pull away and rest my forehead against his.
"I want to be with you more than anything. I love and care about you a lot." The words come stumbling out. Not that I don't mean them, I just didn't mean to say them. I didn't think I could love anyone. Especially after... Let alone Draco Malfoy.
"You love me?" He eyes me, studying me to see if I'm lying.
"Yes."
"Prove it."
"Ok, now you are just being an ass. Ruining the moment." I say as I hit him in the shoulder. Draco starts laughing, causing me to smile.
"There's the smile I missed." He cups my cheek with his hand and pulls me a little bit closer to him. I roll my eyes and pull him into a short hug. I pull away and lay back down on the bed.
"Damn it, I owe you ten galleons don't I." I hear Parker say from the doorway.
"Yep." Draco smirks over at her.
"Were you guys betting on me?" I ask, acting like I'm hurt.
"It was Draco's idea." Parker shrugs.
"You both are such great friends, you know that?"
"You know you love us. Me more than her but you love us." Draco says, taking a dig at Parker.
"Actually, Parker comes first." I cut in before Parker gets the chance to say something.
"And I will hex anyone who says otherwise."
"Ok, Ok. I was just joking." Draco says with panic in his voice.
"You better be. Anyway, Felicity, you better come down to dinner or I will drag you down there." I nod my head, then she turns around and leaves the room. Draco moves over to me and climbs on top of me, hovering a few inches above me. He slowly lays down on top of me, laying his head on my chest. I wrap my arms around him and start playing with his hair. I started humming to Draco, singing a random song that's been stuck in my head.
After a couple minutes, I hear light snores coming from Draco. I laugh a little bit. His snores are so cute. He has like tiny snores, not what you'd expect coming from him. And I know what you are thinking, they probably get louder once I'm asleep, but I've stayed up all night with him snoring and he doesn't get any louder than this. It's hilarious. I lightly push Draco off of me and get up. I know I'm not going to fall asleep anytime soon, so I grab a book and start reading.
After a lot of reading, I look up at the clock and see that it's time for dinner. I lightly tap Draco, trying to get him to wake up. He stirs a little then opens his eyes.
"What time is it?" He says groggily.
"Time for dinner. Parker will have both of our heads if we don't show up." He nods his head and gets up slowly, with me following after him. We walk all the way to the Great hall, Hermione greeting me at the entrance and dragging me to the Gryffindor table. I shot Draco a glance and mouthed, "Sorry." All he did was laugh and head to the Slytherin table. Hermione pushed me into the seat next to Fred of all people. I gave her a pleading look but in return she gave me a death glare. Great. I know if I try to leave I'm dead.
Thankfully, Fred was talking with his twin, so he didn't notice me. I grab some food and put it on my plate. Careful, not to get anything in arms reach of Fred and George. I start eating in small amounts, hoping Fred doesn't notice I'm sitting next to him anytime soon.
After a couple of minutes, Fred turns to his food, noticing me but also ignoring me. I pick at the last bit of my food, then get up and leave. I hear someone's footsteps following after me as I leave the Great Hall. The person slinks their arm around my waist, pulling me closer to them. I take in the familiar scent of that expensive cologne Draco wears. I lay my head on his shoulder, while we walk silently to the common room.
Draco says the password to the common room and leads me to one of the couches. We sit down, cuddled together, his head resting against mine.
"I'm going to go to bed." I say as I get up.
"Ok. Goodnight Felicity." He looks at me like he wants to tell me to stay but he ultimately doesn't.
"Goodnight Draco." I give Draco a quick hug, then go to my dorm. I lay down on my bed and try to go to sleep but my thoughts are keeping me awake. A couple minutes later, Parker and Pansy come into the room arguing. I shut my eyes so it looks like I'm asleep.
"You try and make Draco cheat on her again and I will murder you. I don't care who your family is, you will be dead." I hear Parker say, obviously yelling at Pansy.
"She's been ignoring him for a week straight. The guy needs to be pleased." Pansy argues in return, making me inwardly flinch.
"You're sick. You're only thirteen, you shouldn't be thinking about sex."
"Bet you hook up with your little twin." I open my eyes for a second and see Parker punch Pansy right in the jaw as hard as she could. I closed my eyes again hoping no one saw me awake.
"No. I don't. And it wouldn't be any of your business if I was either way. You need to leave Draco and Felicity alone. It's obvious he wants her, not you. Now if I were you I would go fuck some random asshole who is just as much of a slut as you." I hear Pansy's whimpers and two sets of footsteps, one leaving the room and the other pacing. I open my eyes and turn over to face Parker.
"Do you need any bandages?"
"No, I'm good." She shrugs.
"Thank you by the way. Also, nice punch."
She shrugs again as if it's nothing. "Thank you and you're welcome."
"What was she doing anyway?"
"She tried grinding against Draco's lap while he was trying to push her off. Then I came and dragged her off."
"Thanks." She nods her head then walks to her dresser and grabs some clothes.
"Going out again tonight?" Parker asks before she walks into the bathroom.
"Yeah." She nods her head then walks into the bathroom. I turn back to my original position and close my eyes, slowly drifting off to sleep.
I wake up a couple hours later, and get out of bed. Like almost every night this week, I head to the astronomy tower to think. I get there about the same time as usual, expecting no one to be there. But tonight I walk up the stairs and see Fred sitting near the edge looking at the stars. Instead of turning around and walking away I decide to swallow my pride and walk over to him.
"Nice night?" I say as I sit down next to Fred.
"A little cold and a few stars but otherwise yeah."
"How long have you been out here?"
"Not long. I was waiting for you."
"Why?"
He shrugs. "To talk. I wanted to at dinner but I didn't want it to end in a screaming match."
"I don't want to fight."
"I know what I said wasn't right. I'm sorry about that. But I just want to look out for you. Malfoy's not a good bloke. His family aren't good people either."
"Neither is mine, trust me. You know I was kind of hoping that I'd get to wait till your birthday to talk to you. I had something major planned." I joke, though it sounded hollow.
"I mean we could pretend for another week that we hate each other." I lay my head on his shoulder and shake my head.
"Nah. I'm good. I hated actually not liking you."
"Me too." Fred says as he rests his head against mine. I close my eyes and take in the cold night air. I feel Fred's arm slip around my waist and pull me closer to him. The warmth of his body makes me feel warmer. I don't know how this boy stays so warm. Any girl that gets to cuddle up with him is lucky.
"I'm gonna head to bed ok." I say with a yawn. I open my eyes and see him nod his head.
"Can I ask one thing?" I say before deciding to get up.
"Sure." He says turning around to look at me.
"Can we forget the beginning of the year and just be best friends without thinking we like each other, because I mean we both are in a relationship and..."
"Yeah. Don't worry about it Feliz." He says cutting me off.
"Alright. Well goodnight Freddy, um....see you tomorrow." I say for some reason it's getting really awkward.
"Goodnight." He says, trying not to laugh. I turn around and walk down the long staircase. I hate walking down the astronomy tower. It's annoying. I know I've mentioned several times that I hate walking so yeah.
Anyway, I somehow get to my dorm without getting caught by Filch. I go to my dorm and see Draco sleeping in my bed. He must have snuck in after I went to the Astronomy tower. I smile at how he is laying in my bed, then go and lay down next to him, making him the little spoon. I wrap my arm around his waist, then close my eyes and go to sleep.
I stand in a dark room, I can barely see anything, but there is one person in front of me. His glowing red eyes pierced through the darkness of the room. His snaky voice rang across the room.
"What do you want?!" I scream out.
"Did you lie to me?" Voldemort's voice replies.
"About?"
"About the shifters in this world."
"No. Like I said, it's just me."
"Then explain how there are three students from America in Hogwarts. Two of them have been here since they were 11 and you somehow know them, very well."
"I get along with people easily." I shrug, trying to not sound scared.
"You seem to have history with the boy."
"What makes you think that?" Before he could answer, I woke up to being thrown on a bed. I jolt upright, opening my eyes to see a different room.
"I was talking, wasn't I?" I ask whoever is with me.
"Pansy basically forced me to make you leave, because you were talking." Draco's voice came from beside me. I felt hot tears start to run down my face. I feel Draco's arms wrap around me and pull me close to him, whispering comforting words in my hair.
"I'm scared, Draco." I whispered into his chest.
"It's going to be alright. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you."
"I don't think that's true."
"It will. Trust me." I sigh, not wanting to continue the conversation.
"Do you want to go do something?" Draco asks after a couple of seconds. I nod my head, so Draco pulls away from me and drags me off the bed and out of his room. He drags me out of the common room and into the hall.
"Close your eyes, I want it to be a surprise." I nod my head and close my eyes, letting Draco pull me along. After about a minute or so of walking and going up stairs, I feel cold air touch my face, but we keep going, Draco not telling me where we are going. Soon a bigger rush of cold air hits me and I can tell I am outside.
"You can open your eyes now." I hear Draco say in my ear as he wraps his arms around me. I open my eyes and see the transfiguration courtyard in front of me, with a small blanket on the ground.
"When did you get a blanket?"
"Magic. Anyway, I know you like looking at the stars and sunrises, so I brought you out here to see the stars and when it's time for the sunrise we can go up to the astronomy tower." I turn my head and look at Draco. Surprise etched onto my face. He hasn't done anything like this. I didn't even think he would pay attention to what I did.
"Thank you, but since when are you this sweet?"
"I am not going to answer that." I laugh and kiss Draco's nose then rest my forehead against his. A giddy feeling flows through my stomach. Butterflies as most people call them. I should call them warning signs but right now I can't bring myself to call them that.
"Come on. We don't have all night." Draco says as he takes my hand and leads me to the blanket. We lay down, facing the sky, cuddling up close to each other.
"Can I ask you something?" Draco asks.
I hum in response. Please don't be something bad.
"I know you kept saying he-who-must-not-be-named's name, why were you dreaming about that?"
"It's complicated."
"You can tell me, you know?"
"I can't. Believe me if I could explain it I would. All I can say is that I think he wants to use me for something. I think he thinks I'm a seer." I lied. Well, partially. I told Fred the truth a while ago, so I don't want to tell anymore people about shifting. And Draco is going to be on Voldemort's side in a couple of years, so I don't know how much information I can give him. I trust him but not that much.
I turn my head to look at the stars, silently counting them, like usual. I hear Draco whispering numbers under his breath, making me smile.
"How many?"
"You made me lose count. But I'd say about a lot." I laugh a little at his cuteness. Ok, I have never thought of that cheesiness before, what the hell. Hogwarts is making me cheesy. Not good.
Anyway, my eyes start to close as my counting becomes slower. Soon, I am back to sleep.
"So you have a new target I see." I hear Voldemort's voice ring out, as I open my eyes to another dark room.
"I thought Harry Potter was your target, so why are you after me too?"
"I want to kill Harry Potter, I want you to join me." He says as he appears in front of me.
"What makes you think that I would ever join you?"
"I have leverage over you. Draco Malfoy, the Weasley boy, that girl Parker, and Ethan." All the people he listed appeared next to him tied up and gagged.
"You can't do anything to them, while in this state." Though my voice contradicted my thoughts. I really hope he can't.
"Not me but your little mum can. You see she is just as devoted as Bellatrix Lestrange, except not as crazy."
"I beg to differ."
"If you don't join me, when the time comes, you will be begging for death."
"Not unless I die before you give me the chance." His red eyes glow a brighter red, anger radiating off of him. He takes out his wand and points it at me, yelling, "Crucio!" Pain starts in my chest, then spreads quickly, all through my body, making me fall to my knees.
"Stop, please." I scream out. He starts laughing like a maniac, then disappears along with my friends. The world starts to spin around me, making my vision dark.
I open my eyes slowly, adjusting to a dark room. I try to sit up but my body is completely numb. It feels like I actually was hit by the cruciatus curse. I try to move again, but instead I felt a blast of pain come from my chest. I whimper a little, the pain not being bearable at all. Something moved under me, making me jump, which made the pain worse. Bad idea to jump.
"Hey, hey. It's ok. It's just me." Draco says after I stop whimpering for a second.
"Where, where am I?" My voice came out hoarse and raspy.
"The hospital wing. When you fell asleep, you curled up and started whimpering like you were in pain. Madam Pomfrey couldn't find anything wrong."
"I didn't think she could."
"You need to tell someone about those dreams. If they are hurting you like this, it's going to become a problem."
"I can't Draco. There's a lot you wouldn't be able to understand."
"Well you know if you could try to explain it, I could try to understand." Draco says, clearly getting agitated.
"Love, I don't want to fight ok?" He moves to where I can see him, and gives me a frowning face. I slowly raise my hands to cup his face and bring him down for a kiss. He pulls away after a second and looks at me.
"You're lucky you're cute." He leans back to where I can't see him and sighs. I close my eyes once again, hoping to get a tiny bit of peaceful sleep.
"Try to get some sleep Draco." Before he could answer, fatigue kicks in and I fall asleep.
I open my eyes slowly, the lights of the room kind of blinding me. I hear voices talking around me. It sounds like Snape and Professor Dumbledore. With my eyes fully open taking in the scene, Professor Dumbledore, Snape and Madam Pomfrey are discussing something in the corner. I slowly try to sit up but I'm still very sore. I feel someone's hand on arm, helping me sit up and pull me closer to them. I rest my head on the person's shoulder.
"Do you know what they are talking about?" I ask.
"You." Draco replies. I nod my head and sigh. They are probably talking about the dream. I roll my eyes, thinking about that thought. Suddenly, the Professors all disperse, Snape leaving the wing, Madam Pomfrey getting back to work and Professor Dumbledore stopping by my bed.
"How are you feeling this morning Ms. Wilhite?" Dumbledore asks. Concern flashes across his features.
"Better. I guess."
"Sore I assume." His words came out more of a statement than a question. Odd.
"What is going on?"
"Nothing to worry about right now, but in the future it might be a problem. I assume you know about occlumency."
"Yes, I do. My mom taught me how it works and how to use it."
"Good. I will have Professor Snape start teaching you next year since it's too late in the year to start. I'll leave you two to talk. By the way, I have always thought you two were a cute couple. She brings out the best in you Draco." I start to blush with embarrassment as Dumbledore walks away.
"Crazy old man." Draco says after Dumbledore is out of earshot. I elbow him in the side, making him whimper.
"You're mean to me sometimes, you know that." Draco says as he buries his face into my neck. Madam Pomfrey walks over to the bed, stopping to talk to a student, then stops at my bed.
"You both are able to leave now." I nod my head and she walks away. Draco gets up and helps me slowly get off the bed. I whimper a little, the pain from last night slightly returning. Draco puts his arm around my waist, then we take the long walk to the common room. Every so often, especially going down stairs, a bolt of pain would shoot through my chest, making me whimper each time.
Entering the Entrance hall, we see Fred, George and Parker huddled together, probably planning a prank. Fred spotted me and Draco, then started walking towards us, seeming angry.
"What did you do to her?" Fred says, pushing Draco backwards. Draco lets go of me and tries to size Fred up, but it's funny because he is a lot smaller than Fred. If the boys didn't look like they were about to fight, I'd be laughing.
"Oh, can't you tell, I fucked her. I didn't do shit to her." Draco fires back. Though his statement sounded as bad as my argument skills are.
"You better tell me what you did." I step in front of Fred, trying to make sure he doesn't start anything.
"He didn't do anything ok? I'm fine." I say, trying to reassure him.
"Bud, come on. We aren't looking for you to get expelled anytime soon." Ethan says as he slowly grabs Fred's arm, trying to pull him away. Fred shrugs his hand off and gives him the death glare. I see from the side of me George and Parker coming around to help Ethan drag Fred away.
"Freddie, come on. This isn't you." George says. Fred turns around and looks at his brother and sighs, then turns to me.
"Explain later." I nod my head and he turns away. Draco puts his arm around me again and starts leading me to the common room.
"I'm going to kill you for the comment."
"It was funny."
"No it wasn't." As we enter the Viaduct Entrance I start to feel really dizzy. I stop for a second kind of swaying side to side. I lean against the wall, trying to get my head to stop spinning. The room doesn't look normal to me. My head feels fuzzy, like an old t.v that went to static. Soon bright spots appear in my vision. I feel myself growing weak, so weak I can barely hold myself up against the wall. Soon blackness seeps into my vision, making everything go dark. Then nothing at all.