Reunited
Everyone was on the train to go back to school.
Or almost everyone. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were nowhere to be found. You had no communication with Draco the entire summer. You didn’t know what to make of that. Once you found a seat on the train, you just stayed to yourself.
You saw Neville get up. “He isn’t here Malfoy.”
Your eyes got wide. You didn’t see him when you got on the train and your back is facing the front of the train. He took a couple steps forward, so he was even with your seat. You didn’t move.
“Did I ask you, Longbottom?”
“Why don’t you pick on someone your own size?”
Draco looked at you and pulled you out of your chair. He held you against him, with one hand around your neck and the other grabbing your upper arm. “How about her? Is that better?”
At this point, you started to cry. You grabbed his wrist with one hand and with the other you tried to pull his hand off your neck. The minute you got your fingers in between his and your neck he loosened his grip but didn’t let go.
“Really Malfoy? What did she do to you?” Neville said. Draco just stared at him.
Then he whispered, “Sorry.” Into your ear.
“Let her go.”
“You want her? Fine.” Then he whispered to you again, “I love you.” He pushed you toward Neville, “Here take her.”
You fell on the ground, on all fours.
Neville came over, “Are you okay?”
“No.” you said as you looked up at him. Then you wrapped your arms around him and started crying more.
“Come with me.” He said as he helped you up. He took you to a cabin. He closed the blinds. “You want to tell me what is going on?”
“He loves me.”
Neville looked at you confused.
“I think he doesn’t want You-Know-Who to find out.” You laid on the bench.
“Ah.” Neville said. “Why don’t you rest.” He started to leave.
“Neville?” He turned. “Can you stay for a while?”
“Sure.”
You didn’t sleep very well the night before, so you fell asleep within a few minutes. Neville left quietly.
He walked past Draco, “You shook her pretty good, Malfoy. She did nothing to you.”
“Shove off Longbottom.”
“Leave her alone.” Then he went and sat down.
Draco got up. “I’ll be back.” He told Crabbe and Goyle.
He got up and went to the bathroom. He apparated into the cabin you were in. He looked at you, still sleeping. He moved some hair out of your face then put his hand on your face. You put your hand over his and opened your eyes.
“Shhh.” he said. He gave you a kiss. “I’m so sorry about earlier. I just-.”
You put your finger on his mouth. “It’s okay. I get it.”
“You’re amazing.” He gave you another kiss. “I have to go. But before I go…”
“Yeah?”
“Neville, he is a good guy, stick with him.” You nodded your head.
And he apparated back to the bathroom. You saw his shadow pass under the door. A few minutes later you went back to your seat. Neville looked up and nodded at you and you smiled.
~
Draco didn’t stick around very long. You figured he only came to make it look like he was at school.
The beginning of the year went okay. You hung around Neville and kept busy. Then Hogwarts started to change, even more than it already had. You started to worry more about Draco. You would hear people talking about him, so you knew he was around. But you still hadn’t seen him since the train.
~
One day, you were talking to a friend in the hall. You both were leaving to go to class. You turned around and there he was, at the end of the hall. You stood there frozen. He looked at you then turned and walked down the adjoining hall. You took a deep breath and calmly walked down the hall to follow him. You turned the corner and saw him walk into a room.
It was the Prefect bathroom, where it all started.
You walked in. You looked around didn’t see him. You took a few steps in, and there he was leaning up against the wall.
You smiled, “Draco!” and ran over to hug him. You threw your arms around him, and he held you tight. “Don’t let go.” You said.
You two stayed like that for a few more minutes.
“Babe. I have to go.”
You lifted your head to look at him. “Now?”
“Yeah…”
“Then why even come and see me?”
He just stood there, looking at the floor.
“I know you have been at school a few times. Do you know how much I worry about you? No communication, not knowing where you are, what you are doing.” You started breathing heavy.
“Babe calm down. I thought you said you understood. You know I can’t talk to you. He will find out.”
“I do. But… but we are at school now. It is easier to keep in contact. If we are going to be in a relationship, I need something! Notes, secret code, something.” You started to cry.
“I have to go… I’m sorry.” He kissed you in the cheek and walked out.
A minute later, still crying, you walked out and started back to the common room. You made it halfway before you fell to the floor, a sobbing mess. One of your friends happened to be nearby. “Hey are you okay?”
Between breaths you got out “I need Neville.”
“Okay. Let’s get to the dorms first.”
She helped you up then walked to the dorms. She set you down on the couch. You pulled your knees up to your chest and put your head in between them.
“I’ll go find Neville. I’ll be right back.”
She ran out of the common room. “Does anyone know where Neville is?” she yelled in the hallway.
“I think he is in McGonagall’s’ class.”
“Thanks!” She ran to the classroom.
“Professor McGonagall!”
“Yes, dear?”
“I need Neville. It is an emergency.”
“Okay. Go ahead Neville.”
They ran back to the common room.
“She just broke down.”
Neville knelt in front of you. “Hey, hey, hey take a deep breath.” He took your head in his hands. You put your hands on his hands. You started breathing slower.
“He… He just showed up-.”
“Hey not here. Let’s go to your room.” He helped you to your room.
You sat on your bed. “What’s up now?”
“Draco. He just showed up for no reason.”
“You think maybe he missed you?”
“For two minutes? After all the time I have been wondering where he is.”
“Why don’t you rest.” He started to leave.
“Neville?”
“Yeah?”
“Can you stay?”
He smiled. “Yeah.” He sat next to your bed, and you held his hand.
~
Hogwarts had gotten worse again.
Everyone who didn’t want to conform started living out of the Room of Requirement.
It had been a while since you heard of Draco being at school. So, you thought he would show up soon. He still hadn’t tried to contact you. You got an idea to show him how much you cared about him.
Professor Lupin came through the portrait hole. You asked him if he knew where the boggart was. He told you. After class you went and found it. You made it small and put it in your bag.
~
A few days later while walking in the school, you turned the corner and saw him talking to people. You took a deep breath and walked by him brushing his arm. He turned his head and looked out of the corner of his eye. He finished talking and then followed you. You turned into the Prefect bathroom. A couple of minutes later he walked in.
“Watch, please.”
You walked into the middle of the bathroom and placed the closet on the floor and backed away. You said a spell that made it big again. Draco came and stood behind you.
“Alohomora.” You said to open the door.
You were pretty sure you knew what was going to come out, but not totally sure. You looked at the closet and heard something moving. A hand grabbed the side of the closet, then a foot on the floor. It was Draco. There was blood all over his shirt. He took a few more steps, reached his hand out to you and fell to the ground. Real Draco came up from behind you and held your hand. You looked at him, he stared at the closet. You looked back and heard something moving. It was you. You squeezed Draco’s hand. Boggart you stepped out; you had your hand on your stomach. You took a few more steps toward the boggart Draco and took your hand from your stomach. Blood. You fell to your knees and then fell onto Draco. Your other hand grabbed Draco’s arm. Your blood was adding to the blood pool on the floor. You looked to Draco he looked at you.
“I do love you.” There was so much emotion in his eyes.
You went on your tip toes to kiss him. You two broke away still half hugging. You both pointed your wands at your boggart selves on the ground.
“Riddikulus.”
Boggart you slowly got up and took a red balloon from behind your back, then smashed it onto boggart Draco’s head. He immediately sat up and smiled. You two kissed and then boggart Draco smashed one onto your head and got up and ran into the closet. Boggart you followed. The door closed.
“Stay safe, babe.” He kissed you on the forehead.
“You too.” Then he walked out.
~
Harry came back.
The war had begun. Everyone was fighting. People were dying all around.
You were doing pretty good. Fighting off Death Eaters and helping fellow classmates. Then all of a sudden, a Death Eater caught you off guard. You were thrown backward. You hit your head on the ground. You blacked out for a few seconds, when you opened your eyes there were feet in front of you. You looked up, a Death Eater. You looked around for your wand. You heard the beginning of a spell and froze. You closed your eyes. Then you felt a body fly past you.
“I thought I told you to stay safe?” You looked up, Draco.
You smiled. “Then my prince charming wouldn’t be able to save me.” You got up and hugged him.
The fighting was over.
The Dark Lord had Harry.
The Dark Lord started to give his speech. You and Draco held hands, ever so gently, so he wouldn’t notice. He was telling people to join him.
“Draco.” His mom said. He looked very slightly out of the corner of his eye.
“Draco. Come.” She said again.
You squeezed his hand and he started walking toward his family. Then Neville started walking toward Voldemort. Not Neville you thought. He gave a speech and right at the end Harry fell out of Hagrid’s arms. Everyone freaked out. Harry and Voldemort began to fight as did everyone else. You looked for Draco and just as you were about to give up, you saw him walking away with his parents. You had no idea if you were going to see him ever again.