Chapter 11
"I think she's waking up." I hear Draco say as I slowly open my eyes. Thankfully, the light in the room is dim, so there isn't any light to blind me.
"You should've taken her to the hospital wing!" I hear Parker scream at him.
"I didn't know what else to do so I brought her here." Draco whisper, yells back.
"Are you really that thick in the head? When someone passes out you get help. Not fucking bring them to the room." Oh shit. I better stop this. Parker never cusses, so when she does I know someone or something is about to get it. Meaning a punch in the face or if it's a guy, a kick in the balls.
"Guys!" I yell despite the returning headache. "I'm fine. Draco, if I were you I'd leave the room for a sec." He nods his head and slowly gets up from his spot, then leaves the room.
"He's lucky that I haven't smacked the shit out of him yet." Parker mutters as he leaves.
"Parker, think about this. If he carried me to the hospital wing after just having a fight with Fred, that would've ended up with more than one person getting hurt."
"I still want to hurt him. Anyway, what happened?"
I shrug. "I'll explain later." I don't really want to talk about it. At all.
"No. Now."
"I would need Ethan and Fred here, if I'm going to explain. It has to do with shifting." I explain.
"Wait. Does Fred know?"
"Yeah."
"Does Draco?"
"No. I'm not sure I should tell him yet." She nods her head and looks at me, looking like she's either thinking about how to kill me or if she is going to kill me.
"I'll let you explain later. By the way, when is George's birthday?"
"April 1st."
"Thank you." I nod my head and look up at the ceiling. I hear the door shut, letting me know Parker left the room. Now that it is quiet, I finally feel the pounding in my head. It feels like someone is pounding on my brain from inside my head. If that makes sense. I don't know. The door opens again, and then closes, but I pay no attention to the person. I feel the bed shift next to me but I still don't bother to look at the person. I look at the ceiling, trying to get this dumb headache to go away.
"You know I'm curious as to why Dumbledore would need me to come check on you." My mom's voice rang beside me. I get up quickly, making the headache worse, and look at her.
"I don't need you to come and check up on me." I snap.
"I see your progress with Draco is doing well." She changes the subject. She obviously doesn't care about my health.
Anger courses through me. "Progress? You're making it seem like dating him is some kind of mission."
"I think you know your mission."
"If you think I'm dating him just so you can stay in power, you are wrong."
"You know the only reason you two are even still together is because he wants his family to stay in power too. He doesn't love you. He wants to make sure his family still has money."
"You're lying." Out of nowhere, she smacks me in the face. I put my hand to my cheek, rubbing the spot she just hit. I don't let tears come to my eyes because I know she would smack me again.
"Don't be naive. Love isn't real and you know that. He doesn't love you and no one ever will. Besides, I raised you better." She stands up and looks at me in disgust. I glare at her as she leaves, trying to find the best way to murder her without getting caught. Oh wait, murder isn't legal and I don't want to tear my soul anyway, so scratch that thought. I lay back down, tears start running down my face. The headache is getting worse and the slap mark is stinging like crazy. I take a couple of breaths, trying not to think about what my mom said. What if she's right? What if he's only with me for the money? Thinking it's going to help his family stay in power. I don't want to use him for his money. Why would he use me for money though? He's part of one of the richest wizarding families in the world.
She has to be lying. He literally asked me if I could ever love him. He could've just been making it seem like he wants to love me to trick me. He would have left me by now right? If he didn't like me. I don't want to use the word love. I shouldn't let my mom's words bother me. He literally took a shower with me. He should've left me after that. I'm ugly. But then again, his parents could still be forcing him to be with me.
Tears start streaming faster down my face and my breath starts to quicken. I stay still, trying to stay calm but I know that's not going to help. I feel the bed shift under me, so I close my eyes, expecting it to be my mom again. The person slowly grabs my hand. I wrap my hand around the person's hand, feeling the cold hand of Draco. He runs his other hand through my hair. It calms me down a little bit, not gonna lie.
"You ok?" Draco whispered. I shook my head no. Why would he be here if my mom was right? She's not right. Why am I still thinking about this?
"I'm going to take a shower." I say in the same whisper tone as Draco. I open my eyes and look at him. He nods his head, as I sit up. I grab a towel and some extra clothes, then go to the bathroom. I turn on the shower, let it warm up, then take off my clothes and walk in. I stand in the middle of the shower, the warm water running down my back.
She can't be right. There is no way. He wouldn't have helped me through any of the panic attacks I've had. I don't understand why I'm overthinking this. He likes me, I think. He's really only done one thing that would say he doesn't like me. But that was because of an argument. Neither of his parents like me so it can't be because his parents told him to. There would be no need to. Next year there would be, if Voldemort really wants me to join. I don't know why he would need me either. Also how does he know that I'm a shifter? I scripted that only Dumbledore knows. It wouldn't have been Fred, because I had dreams before I had told Fred.
I can't let anyone know I'm a shifter. I'm tempted to obliviate that memory from Fred's mind. And maybe my own. I'm pretty sure that was the day after I had cut my arms really badly. But after getting out of the hospital wing was really nice. What if Fred never liked me either? Stop, Felicity, stop. You are with Draco. Get over Fred. It's not like I really wanted to be with him anyway. But then again I didn't want to be with Draco at first either. Why do I have to do this to myself? I wish my brain would shut up.
I take a deep breath and turn off the water. I grab my towel and walk out of the shower. The cold air of the room hits my skin, making me shiver. I hate that it's always cold in the dorms. I get cold easily. Like really, really cold very, very fast.
Anyway, I put on my change of clothes, then grab my dirty clothes and leave the bathroom. I put my clothes away in my dresser. The drawer I leave for dirty clothes. Then turn to my bed which was occupied by Draco. He is reading his potions book. Which reminds me I have a lot of homework to do. Also I have to go to Hogsmeade some time this week so I can get some things from Zonko's and Honey-dukes. I love how this pops into my head now and not when I was freaking out in the shower.
I grab my books from the nightstand and a muggle pencil, then sit down next to Draco. I flip to one of the pages in my charms book and start doing my homework. I have no clue what I am doing. I skip class way too much. How have I not failed yet? This is all confusing to me. Oh wait, I have Mr. I-apparently-know-everything sitting next to me.
"Draco?"
"Hm?"
"Do you think you could help me with this? Please?" He looks up from his book, at me and smirks his famous smirk of his. He opens his arm out, motioning for me to scoot closer to him. I move over to him, and he puts his head on my shoulder. Out of nowhere my kitten comes and crawls on the bed, curling next to Draco's legs.
"Where on earth have you been?" While I am paying attention to the cat, Draco grabs my homework out of my hands and sets them on the nightstand.
"Hey, I need to work on that." I pout.
"No. You just had a mini panic attack. Homework will make it worse. You need to relax."
"Draco, I'm going to fail if I don't work on that." I pout again.
"You have a while before you have to turn it in. You are going to be fine just sitting here and relaxing with me." He pulls me backwards, where we are both laying down.
"If I fail, I'm going to put the full blame on you." I say as I turn over on my side to face him. It's more comfortable for me to lay like this anyway.
"Why do you care so much about me?" I ask. I don't know why, but I guess I want to hear it from him. I hate that my mom's words are bothering me this much.
"Because you're my girlfriend and I want you to be cared for." He replies quietly. None of his words sounded like a lie.
"I mean at the beginning of the year you basically called me slut and....did things that showed that you hated me, then all of a sudden there was a switch." He looks at me with sad eyes.
"I did those stupid things because I was trying to act like I don't care about anyone. You know me being me." I nod my head, then lay my head on his chest.
"Why do you care about me?"
"I-I'm naturally a caring person. And like you said, you're my boyfriend, I'm going to care about you whether you like it or not. I care about all of my friends." I almost didn't know how to answer. I don't know why I care about him but I do. I hate that though. Every time someone asks me a question like that, I never know how to answer. I hate that about myself. It's like my feelings exist but don't at the same time. It's dumb.
"We need to go to Hogsmeade either today or tomorrow."
"Why? And not today you are going to relax."
I shrug. "I just need to get some things from Zonko's."
"For the twins I'm guessing?"
"Yeah. Their birthday is coming up so I wanted to get them something."
"What are you gonna do for my birthday?" He turns over, to where he is leaning on top of me. If that makes sense at all. I can hear the jealous tint in his voice. Let's see how long I can play with him for. When did I get confident?
"Jealous?" I say in a teasing manner. I stare up at him, trying to stay confident. It's not working though.
"No. You know if you want to be flirty, I think your best friend would prefer us being in my room." He gets up, dragging me along with him, all the way to his room. He flops on his bed, dragging me on top of him.
"I've never noticed how pretty your eyes are." Draco comments. I feel a blush creep up to my cheeks.
"You're cute when you are blushing too."
"I'm guessing this is your idea of relaxing." He smiles at me, then pulls me into a kiss. After a second or so, he pulls away and rests his head against mine.
"Yeah." I smile, then get up off of him, and move to the other side of his bed, laying down next to him. He faces towards me, then starts playing with my hair. My mom isn't right, I know she's not. Look at the way he looks at you. It could be just pity though. Stop Felicity. Look at him. It's genuine. You've seen him around other people and he's usually the rude git you saw at the beginning of the year.
"What are you thinking about, love?" Draco says, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Nothing, just thinking of things I need to get from Hogsmeade."
"You're not going to relax are you?"
"Probably not."
"Then come on. We're going to Hogsmeade. We have class tomorrow and I have a feeling mud- I mean Granger and Sallow are going to drag you to class again." He says while getting up off the bed. I follow after him. We walk all the way to the carriages, talking about random things. I love getting to talk to him one on one like this. It's weird that he can be sweet. Ok, semi-sweet. He always has a hint of sarcasm in his voice, so people who aren't close to him, (not that I'm that close to him), don't hear it. Ok, most people see him as bad, I just get a different point of view than most people. I'm rambling, shit. I do that too much.
Anyway, we get on the carriage. I sit on the right and Draco sits next to me. He lays his head on my shoulder. I rest my head against his head and close my eyes. Kinda wanting to fall asleep. After a couple of minutes, the carriage comes to a stop, making me open my eyes.
"I love how you were trying to rest now but not when I gave you the opportunity." Draco says as he gets off the carriage.
"I was not trying to rest." I snap back. I follow after him. I walk up next to him, then grab his hand and start pulling him towards Honeydukes, with a sudden burst of energy. We enter the store, kids and sweets everywhere. The smell of sweets fills the air. For a second, you could see people stop, looking behind me, then go back to what they are doing. I walk to the chocolate frog section, Draco reluctantly following after me. Something is wrong with him, he was just fine a second ago, now he's acting like he doesn't want to be here.
"What's wrong?" I whisper just loud enough for Draco to hear.
"Nothing, let's just hurry up." I looked at him for a quick second, then grabbed some chocolate and white chocolate frogs. I grabbed a few other sweets, then paid for them, while Draco waited for me by the door. We walked out of the store, headed to Zonko's. As we were walking by a certain shop, I spot a really nice ring that I know Draco would really like.
"Can you wait here for a second? I found something I want to get and want to go grab it." I ask.
"Sure, just don't take too long."
"Ok, crabby ass." I say the last two words quietly and walk to the store. The store has an almost cabin feel to it, with only a furnace lighting up the place. I walk up to the counter, the store clerk is behind looking through some cabinets.
"Excuse me?" The lady looks up at me, and smiles.
"Welcome, is there something I can get you?"
"Um, yeah. That snake ring in the window, may I take a look at it please?" She nods her head and shuffles to the window. She comes back a few seconds later with the ring, then plops on, I'm guessing a chair behind the counter.
"Why are you so interested in this ring?" The clerk asks, a hint of curiosity in her tone.
"I saw it and wanted to get it for my boyfriend." I shrug.
"That's very sweet. How long?"
"How long what?"
"How long have you been together?" She asks.
"Since Christmas, or about a week before."
"Are you in love with him?"
"I don't really believe in love." I say nervously. That is a really weird question to ask. And now that is going to get me thinking again. Why the fuck do I have to overthink everything?
"Then tell me, why are you with him? If he doesn't make you believe in love, what is the point?"
"I-I have never thought about it. Um, how much for the ring?" I stammer over my words. I want to get out of here and get the rest of my shopping down.
"But you are in love with someone. A red-headed boy. You want to be with him but your heart keeps telling you to stay with the person you are with." My eyes go wide. I'm over Fred, so I don't know what she's talking about. Well she could possibly be talking about someone else.
"You're going to have a child with him at a young age, but your relationship with him won't last." She continues on. I hope this person isn't a seer. I don't want whatever she is saying. If she's talking about who I think she's talking about, it's going to hurt for the both of us.
"How much for the ring please?" I say, getting kind of aggravated.
"Right. 20 galleons please." I take out the money and hand it to her.
"Thank you. Have a good day." I say as she gives me the ring. I take a good look at the ring, it's quite beautiful. The ring is made of silver, but the belly of the snake is painted green and the eyes are made with a pair of sparkling black gemstones. I put the ring in the bag I got from Honeydukes, then walked out of the store. Draco was by the door waiting for me. We don't say anything, we just walk over to Zonko's. I quickly grab the gifts for the twins, pay for it then leave. Draco and I walk to the carriages, still not talking to each other. We get on to the last carriage and sit down.
"You took a while in that creepy store." Draco says breaking the silence. The carriage lurches forward, telling us the carriage is headed back to the castle.
"The clerk said some weird things." I snap, unintentionally. I take a deep breath, waiting for him to snap back. I know he will. He likes the opportunity to be mean.
"Weirder than the things you usually say?" He snaps back.
"I'm really close to murdering you right now."
"You don't have the guts to murder me."
"Wanna bet, Malfoy." The carriage comes to a sudden stop, before I get the chance to get my wand and put it to Malfoy's throat. The air starts to get really cold. Colder than it should be, since it's March. The door of the carriage bursts open and black cloaked figure, with long bony hands scans the room. I freeze. Memories of the night my real dad died poured into my mind. Seeing him on the ground. Hearing my sister cry. Having to tell my older sister what is going on, while trying not to have a full on breakdown so I could stay strong for my little sister.
The images disappear, and my breathing starts to slow down. The Dementor moves away from the door and the carriage door closes. The carriage starts moving again, thank goodness. As the shock starts to wear off, I feel Draco's hand around mine. I don't bother to look up at him, I just want the ride to be over, so I can go talk to Parker. I lay my head on the side of the wall, peering at nothing.
"We need to tell Dumbledore that they are checking the carriages." Draco mumbles.
"Somebody else probably will. I need to talk to Parker."
"About?"
"It's none of your business."
"Why are you keeping secrets?" I have literally told him everything and he thinks I am keeping secrets, wow. Ok, that's hypocritical of me because I am but still.
"Why are you?"
"I haven't been. With you it's either I'm going to go talk to Parker or I don't want to talk about it. You don't talk to me."
"I do talk to you. If we are wanting to complain about each other, what the fuck was that in Honeydukes?"
"I don't know what you are talking about." He says, acting like he is so innocent.
"Of course you don't. You're Draco Malfoy. You're always innocent." I hear him sigh as if he wants to say something but doesn't. The carriage comes to a stop, so we get off and head to our common room, walking quietly. It doesn't take long to get to our common room. Once we get there, Draco stays in the common room while I walk to my dorm to find Parker and put away my stuff. I walk into my dorm and put the things I bought in my dresser.
"Why are you mad?" Parker says, making me turn around. I didn't think she would notice that I was mad.
"I'm not."
"Really? I think you just broke your dresser by slamming it." She laughs.
I laugh at her comment. "Are we going to go talk to Ethan and Fred?" I ask, now remembering earlier.
"Yeah but first. I have a plan for the twins' birthday. I have pretty much everyone except you in on it. Basically, all day we pretend that we forgot their birthday, and me and you keep them out of Gryffindor common room until an hour after curfew."
"Ok. I like that idea. Anyway, let's go find the boys." She nods her head and starts walking out the door with me following her. We find Ethan as soon as we walk out of the common room, because he was heading towards Snape's class. We explained why we needed to talk to him then started off to find Fred.
"Have you seen Fred?" I ask.
"No. No one has seen him since the fight this morning. He took off towards the lake and that was it." Ethan responds.
"I know where he is but I have to go by myself to go get him. You guys go to the room of requirement. I'll meet you there." They nod their heads.
"Don't kill each other." I say as I walk off in a different direction than them. I walk all the way to Fred's secret area. I hope he's there because that's the only place I can think where he would be. I take out my wand and do the spell to uncover the area, and find Fred sitting on the ledge. I walk up to him and sit down.
"Ethan told me you've been missing all day." I say quietly to not startle him.
"I needed to clear my head." He understands.
"I understand."
"I'm sorry by the way. I don't know why I lashed out. I usually don't, but something about the thought of him doing something to you still irks me."
"It's fine, Fred. Really. I understand why you did. And I owe you an explanation on what was going on. So if you'd follow me to the room of requirement, Parker and Ethan are waiting because they need to know what's going on, too." He nods his head, then stands up, me following after him.
We walk to the room of requirement, not talking to each other. When we get there, we find Parker and Ethan waiting for us, with a door already ready. We walked into the room. In the room there are four chairs in a circle. One for each of us. We all sit down, everyone waiting for me to say something.
"Ok. How do I start this? About what happened. Why I ended up in the hospital wing. Voldemort," They all wince at his name, "somehow knows I am a shifter and he is starting to believe that you two are as well." I point to Parker and Ethan.
"How do you know he knows?" Parker questions.
"Some nights he comes into my dreams. Like last night. Except, last night he found a way to hurt me while I'm sleeping. Somehow last night, he used the cruciatus curse on me and that caused me to I guess pass out after the little quarrel in the courtyard."
"What could he want with a shifter though?" Ethan asks, making Parker smack him on the arm.
"We know everything about what is going to happen to everyone. Most likely he wants us so that we could help him win." Parker says, matter of factly, like Hermione would if she was explaining it.
"Wait, you said one time that you saw me as a death eater in a dream. Could that mean something?" Ethan cuts in, ignoring Parker's glare.
"I hope not. In that same dream I saw you-know-who give me the dark mark." I say quietly.
"I'm not going to let that happen." Fred cuts in, protectively.
"I doubt it will, unless Felicity scripted herself to be a seer." Parker says.
"I didn't, I swear."
"So what now?" Ethan asks.
"I say, until we figure out how to keep him out of your dreams, we need to keep a log of when he comes into your dreams and what he says to you." Parker responds.
I nod. "Ok." Parker and Ethan nod their heads, then get up and leave the room. I put my head in my hands.
"You ok?" Fred whispers.
"I don't know. I really need some sleep."
"I'm not going to let him hurt you. That's a promise." He grabs my hands and pulls them away from my face making me look at him.
"It's not me who I'm worried about. I would rather die than let the people I care about get hurt because of him." He gives me sad eyes.
"You don't have to do this alone."
"Hey, who is in here at this time!?" Someone shouts from the doorway.
"Get out here now!" The person yells again.
"Great. Percy." He smiles at me, then stands up and pulls me to the door.
"Ah, my little brother and Lafoi."
"Do not call me Lafoi." I snap.
"I would hold your words if I were you. I'm head boy and I'm at perfect liberty to give you a detention. Lafoi." Before I could say anything, a popping noise came from beside us, then Fred takes off running, dragging me with him. I look behind me and see Percy swiping away green fog and plugging his nose. So Fred set off a dungbomb. Great. We are definitely going to get another detention.
"How did you?..." I ask, out of breath.
"The room of requirement." He says cutting me off.
"Brilliant." We stopped once we were far away and took a couple of breaths. Or I do anyway. Fred has a lot of stamina. Geez. Why didn't I script that I could run for long distances? I'm an idiot.
"You ok?"
"Yeah...just..give me a... second. I'm not good with running." I answer, taking a couple of breaths between words. He laughs a little.
"You weren't when we were little either. You used to accidentally get us caught, trying to do pranks. Thankfully, mum loved you, so you got off easy."
"Hey, I still found a way to blame it on Percy, so you guys got off easy too. Also I had really short legs then. I still do now."
He shrugs. "True."
"We better get to our common rooms before he finds us here."
"I'll see you tomorrow, goodnight."
"Goodnight." We walk away in different directions. The castle is creepy at night, now that I think about it. I sneak out of my common room a lot but I've never noticed how creepy it is. It has that feeling like someone is following you, or always staring at you.
I get to the common room and quickly go to the dorms. I should probably go talk to Draco. He's probably awake anyway. I go to his room, his door is open like usual. I walk to his doorway and slightly knock. He is laying on his back just looking at the ceiling.
"You ok?" I ask.
"Can't sleep."
"Oh. Well I came to say goodnight. So, goodnight Draco."
"Can't believe I'm saying this but can you stay?" I smile at his words.
"Sure." I walk over to him and sit next to him on the bed. "I'm sorry about earlier."
"Don't be. It's my fault."
"Do you get embarrassed of me, sometimes?" I ask, not wanting to but I do anyway. I'm not sure why but the thought crossed my mind.
"No." I sigh, then lay down beside him. He turns on his side and puts his arm around me. He is the only thing that is keeping me from falling off the bed right now. I close my eyes and fall asleep.
I open my eyes, bright lights flood my vision. I hear mumbling coming from beside me. I turn and see Ethan next to me talking.
"Felicity, hello. Earth to Felicity." Ethan waves to get my attention
I blink trying to make out my surroundings. "What? Sorry, what did you say?" The words came out of my mouth. A feeling of deja vu coming over me. Why am I at my old church? Why does this seem familiar?
"We were walking and you just kind of stopped. Are you ok?"
"Uh...yeah. I might've started thinking of something sorry." I lie.
"Your dad?" Sadness takes over me as I start thinking about my dad.
"Yeah." This has never happened before. This conversation has never happened.
"I hope you're not thinking of what you could've done, like usual. Your dad wouldn't want you to."
"I know. I just can't help it. I miss him and I still feel like it's my fault."
"Well you know I'm here if you need to talk about it."
"I know."
The week went by pretty fast. Fred and I did end up getting detention. Not surprisingly. Today is Fred and George's birthday and not surprisingly Draco has been grouchy all day, well since breakfast. I, at the moment, have been excited for today. Parker and I are currently hanging out with the twins in the transfiguration courtyard. I am laying down on the ground looking up at the cloudy sky. Parker and George are sitting on the bench next to me and Fred is sitting cross legged, playing with my hair.
"Anyone want to go down to Hagrid's? I want to see how Buckbeak is." I say trying to start a conversation. Also it's getting boring just lying here.
"I can't. I just remembered I have to go talk to Hermione. Good luck, Felicity." Parker responds with a smirk. She's leaving me alone with the twins.
"Parker." She leaves before I could say anything else. Great. I'm supposed to be pretending that I don't know it's their birthday. With them around it's going to be hard. I've nearly slipped up a couple of times today.
"Do you guys want to go?" I ask again.
"Yeah. Come on. I want to meet the notorious bird that took down Malfoy." Fred comments. I sit up and roll my eyes.
"Just remember, don't offend it and you won't end up like Malfoy."
"I mean if we did we'd get a wicked scar out of it." George replies.
"No. That would give the ministry more reason to kill Buckbeak. Also your mom would definitely kill you." I stand up with the help of Fred and we head to Hagrid's hut. We walk down the long wooden bridge and past the place where Malfoy gets punched in the nose. Buckbeak is laying in the pumpkin patch, staring at us as we go to the front door. I knock on the door, the twins whispering behind me. Footsteps approach the door, then it's swung open and we are met by Hagrid.
"Well hello, Felicity, Fred, George. Wasn't expecting you lot to be here." Hagrids says, greeting us all.
"We wanted to see how Buckbeak is doing." I shrug.
"I can't let you lot go near him, I'm afraid. The ministry won't allow it."
"Oh. Ok."
"Well, I could bend the rules a bit. As long as no one gets hurt. Do you remember how to approach him?" I nod my head then turn around, having the boys follow me. Buckbeak stands up as we approach him.
"Bow to him and if he bows back we can pet him." I bow to Buckbeak, and watch his movements. He stares at us for a second then bows back. I stand straight then slowly walk up to him slowly, with my hand out. Fred steps next to me, where I can actually see him, and George stays behind us. Fred and I pet Buckbeak, with Buckbeak loving the attention.
"He's really soft. George, come on." Fred calls over to George.
"I'll move so he can pet him."
"I wish I had a camera. You two look so cute petting Buckbeak." I can feel blush rushing to my cheeks. Buckbeak nudges Fred, kind of pushing him towards me.
"Come on George. Your turn." George takes my place as I walk away from Buckbeak. After a couple of minutes, Hagrid tells us it's about time to head to our common rooms. I hope Parker has everything set up, because I'm going to kill her if she doesn't. I walk as slowly as I can behind the twins to the common room. They are talking about prank ideas, like usual. I am thinking about what that store clerk said. I haven't given her words much thought but for some reason right now her words come into my head. I like Malfoy, but I don't really say I love him. But I do in a way. She's not correct. I love Draco and I'm glad I'm with him.
I bump into one of the twins, and realize they stopped in front of the painting. The painting opens, then we go through the tunnel to the Gryffindor common room. Once the twins stepped in the whole room came to life with students said surprise. (Mainly the twins' friends). I sneak around them and stand next to Neville. The room disperses and the party starts. Dean Thomas and Lee Jordan are handing out drinks and somebody has started some music from the band, the Weird Sisters. It's loud and now giving me a headache.
"Hey. Do you want any Butter-beer?" Asks Lee.
"No thanks. I don't really like Butter-beer." He nods his head and walks away. The party goes on for a couple of hours before it slows down. I have a major headache so, I walk out of the common room, back to mine. I hear footsteps behind me, so I stop and turn around. Turns out Fred is following me.
"What are you doing?" I ask.
"Being a good friend and walking you back to your common room." He shrugs but a smirk plays on his face.
"It's fine. You should go back to the party. Also I see that my prank worked." I had set up my present to set a spell where Fred's hair would turn green and George's blue.
"Hmm...I didn't notice." I laugh a little, then turn around and start walking again. Fred walks up beside me.
"What are you thinking about?"
"This clerk I met at a store in Hogsmeade. She said some really weird things." I reply.
"Like what?"
"Something about a red-headed boy and that I'm only with Draco because my heart won't let me leave."
"Anything else?" Why am I telling him this? I shouldn't.
"Hehe. This is weird to say but she said me and the red-headed boy would have a child at a young age but our relationship wouldn't last long."
"That's weird. I wonder who she's implying." He smirks at me, making me smack him on the arm. "It's a possibility, Felicity."
"Fred, I- I thought we promised each other that the beginning of the year didn't happen." The only thing I could say. I don't want to have this conversation.
"I wasn't talking about the beginning of the year. I was talking about the future."
"Fred...I want it to be a possibility, but....god, you make it hard to have a reason to not want you. I want you but I don't."
"I have that charm on people. What can I say?" He smirks.
"You do. But you're with Angelina and I'm with Draco. And we've known each other since we were little so it's better that we stay friends. Besides you-know-who is also after me so I don't want you to get hurt."
"I know. You're right." We stop by the painting at the entrance to the slytherin common room.
"Goodnight Fred and Happy Birthday." I pull him into a hug. We just stood there a couple of seconds holding each other.
"Goodnight, Feliz." He says as he pulls away. I say the password as he walks away. I'm not sure whether I should be sad or happy about what just happened. I have a feeling of relief but also a feeling of sadness. I walk to my dorm, Draco is sitting on my bed waiting for me.
"I hope you know that I love you." I say as I walk in.
"You ok?"
"Yeah. I just was thinking a lot and realized that I don't say it enough."
"Well, I love you too." I smile to myself, then walk over and lay down beside him. He wraps his arm around my waist pulling me closer to him. I close my eyes, enjoying the moment I have with him. Soon I'll have to go back. The year is almost over. I just realized that.
"What do you want to do this summer?" I ask.
"The Quidditch World Cup is happening in August. Father is definitely taking me to that."
"Ok. After that I'm going to be taking you somewhere."
"Where?" He asks.
I shrug. "You'll find out when summer comes."
"Ok." After that I drift off to sleep.