Love And War

Chapter Six Part Three

"We can get the food" Aine said looking back at Ella and Fred
"We can get the pillows and blankets"
Aine held onto Georgie's hand as they walked the halls, George jumping at sounds and shadows that danced and bounced on the walls. He was not in the right state of mind, and it hurt Aine not knowing how she could help but nothing stopped her form trying. 
"Hey look at me-" she started as she took both his hands and lead him to a bench she looked at him and smiled a heart warming smile, already making him feel better.
"Karina is okay darling and so are you, no one is going to hurt you as long as I'm around"
"Promise?" 
"Promise" he smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek
"Ugh kiss her on the lips like a real man" Fred said as he passed by with Ella hand in hand
"Hey Hey Hey" she said as she pulled him aside and looked at him 
"Why are you angry Fredrick"
"Because did you see her she was at the point of death Ella... we don't even know if she's gonna be okay I mean-"
"Now tell me... how is that George's fault, How is it Aine's fault, how is that my fault, How is that any bodies fault. We didn't know this was gonna happen Fred so instead of taking it out on all of us, how about we be there for each other. Everyone is in the hospital, Karina, Hermione, Ginny, and Harry and they are all gonna be fine so please-"
He looked at her and in a swift moment cupped her cheek and placed a kiss on her lips. 
"What was that for?" She asked fully smiling at his action  
"I love you that's what" she looked at him... shocked, that was the first time the words 'I love you' have been said in the relationship, and it was said in a time of grief in a time of vulnerability, did he mean it? Or was he just saying it. This was definitely not how she pictured it would go, did she really feel it... the love.
"Me too" she smiled taking his hand and leading him towards the Gryffindor house to group pillows and blankets.
"Nooooo Luna I read that one already"
"You have" 
"Yeah and I also read this one too" Z said as she relieved some weight from her crushes hands. 
"Oh but have you read this one... this one is good"
"Not particularly" 
"Then this one is the one you need to read"
"You know when you told me that you wanted to hang out to celebrate a year of friendships, I did not have reading on my mind" 
"Oh what did you have in mind then" Z smiled grabbed the books for her hand and left them on the table, she grabbed her hand and lead her out the library then began to run outside. 
"Where.... are... we... going" Luna asked as Z continued to run then stopped abruptly. 
"Here"
"Here?"
"Here" Z said as she waved her hand over the ground and then appeared a picnic setting. The setting was perfect the full move left such a reflection on the lake that made everything shine. She took a seat and turned around towards Luna
"Something like this?"
"Its perfect" she took a seat and looked at Z, or more like behind her
"There's blood here on the floor... and it's a lot. Poor animal, must have ran off"
"Hey Luna"
"Yes 𝒁𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏"
"I- I uh never really thought that I would-" the blonde reached for her hand in an attempt to calm her nerves but without knowing she only made it a tad worse. 
"I wanted to tell you something, but it can wait"
"Y-You can go first"
"You were speaking first it's-"
"I'VE FORGOTTEN" Z looked at Luna with wide eyes 
"I mean... I've forgotten what I want to say Luna, I apologize for yelling at you"
"No need to apologize, I wanted to talk to you about my feeling. I didn't know who else to go to, I don't have a sibling to talk to but I have something even better...  you"
"Y-y-your feelings?"
"Yes. See there's this girl"
"A girl?!"
"Yes now I'm confused on what exactly I want, I have never felt this way towards another girl it's almost like affection that you'd feel in a relationship" 
"Why are you telling me this and not the girl" Z said her voice laced with sarcasm as she looked away from Luna and towards the moon up above, she felt hurt.
"But I am" Z snapped her head back to look at her. Did she really say that, was I the girl? Z thought as she looked into her blue eyes.
"I- I feel the same" She said Luna smiled and laid down, Z looked at her for a moment and took the spot next to her while Luna looked up at the stars Z continued to look at her. Was it her mind playing a sick joke on her, Was it the twins playing a sick prank on her with the help of Polyjuice potion. In a swift moment Luna grabbed Z's hand to stop her thinking and giggled 
"We can figure out our feelings together" 
"Y-yeah together"
"Here you go" Aine said as she presented the sac lunch she prepared for him. Taking a chair and placing it next to him she looked at him who didn't seem to want to take her eyes off her.
"Draco you can take a break she's not going anywhere"
"Promise?"
"I promise" He nodded and stood up with one hand he grabbed his side and winched and with the other he sat the brown bag on the chair and walked towards the men's room to freshen up. 
"You know I don't like him very much... but I like him for you, not even a day has passed and he laid in this bed too cause of a bad blow, and he went out to look for you in his still bad condition, and he's still he in pain and his first priority is you." She looked over at her bestfriends boyfriend who was snoring away on a bed across the room.
"Don't get me wrong... I love Ronald, but not for you" George rested his hand on his girlfriends shoulder
"Oh honey" she jumped turning to look at him she felt guilty talking ill of his brother. He smiled and kissed her cheek.
"I completely agree" he said as he brushed his thumb up and down her cheek he leaned down and kissed her forehead and walked towards his sister.
"You better wake up Karina we have a big prank planned for you ladies and you better be there to see it"
"I don't thi-"
"D"
"I think she's saying something. RONALD WAKE UP YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS SAYING SOMETHING"
"Wha-"
"What ... she's walking up" Draco said as he ran by her side and held onto her hand
"Just now she started t-"
"D- d"
"Hey hey Karina I'm right here"
"Draco" she whispered as she opened her eyes to see everyone around her.
"Where am I.... what happened, is Hermione okay, Did you guys find Ginny"
"You're in the hospital... everyone's okay" he held onto her hand glad to see she woke up.
"Hi Karina" Hermione said as she walked up to her friend trying her best to look at her face and not her wrist as to not draw attention to them
"I don't
 think she's noticed yet" Aine whispered to George as she tightened her grip on his hand, over the edge of what happened.
"What happened why am I here" 
"Y-You don't remember?"
"N-no Draco why am I here did I hurt someone"
"No Karina your-" he looked at George then at Fred who had just walked in with the pillows in his hand. He dropped them and ran opposite side of George and Draco. 
"You- You're awake"
"Yeah why wouldn't I be"
Fred looked at both Draco and George. Draco signaled at her shoulder and in an instant the twins both hand their hand on her shoulders ready for anything.
"She still hasn't noticed the bandages" Ella whispered to Aine
"No as soon as she woke up she looked around for Mione and Ginny barely had time to se-"
"And she doesn't remember"
"No" Aine's and voice broke as she turned around scared of what they were gonna do
"what are they doing"
"I don't know" 
Draco looked at Karina and trailed his eyes down to her bandages. She followed his gaze and gasped. Her breathing became rapid as she looked at Draco with fear in her eyes. 
"Karina listen, you went out in the woods to look for Granger out in the woods and your dad"
"MY DAD" Her breathing just got heavier and faster 
"Your dad he- he attacked you" 
"NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO" She moved trying to get out of the bed and get the hell away from there, the twins now getting the memo held her down by her shoulders. She looked them and began to cry.
"Please  Freddy... Georgie please don't do this"
"Why is he doing this" Aine said as she turned to look at Karina
"I don't know"
"Draco" 
"I KNOW"
"DRACO"
"I KNOW"
"Please Draco don't let me go back there" 
"I know Karina, I know"
"Please I just want to go home, TAKE ME HOME PLEASE" She tried harder to get out of the twins grasp 
"PLEASEEEE DON'T DO THIS PLEASE" George looked at his brother teary eyed, he didn't understand what was happening or if he was helping her. 
"What ARE YOU DOING" Ron said as he woke up due to the screaming and pushed Draco out of the way
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING"
"She wants to leave she can't do that for two reasons, who knows where she's gonna end up... she's gonna fall asleep and where ever she's at she's gonna wake up scared if she's goes to sleep on the forest floor and wakes up there she will be terrified and end up here again. If she falls asleep here she'll dream but well be here to help her"
"WHAT BLOODY DREAMS"
"You've been dating her for a couple months now and you don't know about the dreams...are you even interested in her"
"BOYS THIS IS NOT THE TIME" Ella yelled as she hugged a now crying Aine
"PLEASE DON'T"
"Just go to sleep I'll be here when you wake"
"Please Draco don't"
"Granger do it" 
Hermione looked at Draco then at her friend who was struggling against the twins pressure
"DO IT" 
Hermione flinched but put the girl under a sleeping charm. It grew quite, the twins took their hands off of her and stepped back 
"Is she"
"She's under a sleeping charm... it only lasts 24 hours"
"Now we wait" Draco said as he sat down next to her and stared out the window looking at the nothingness 
"WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT" Ron said grabbing Draco's shoulder to face him.
"Do you really not know"
"No" Draco stood up and got in his face and laughed
"Some boyfriend you are"
"Boys BOYS" Ella said as her and Aine broke them apart 
"Are you really going to fight . . . right now"
"I think one of you should go cool off" 
"I'm not leaving" Draco said as he took his seat again. Ron looked at him and rolled his eyes 
"Bloody git" He walked out and towards the Gryffindor common room
"Filthy blood traitor" Everyone looked at Draco and walked off finding a bed to rest on for the time being. The next morning came fast than expected
"You should be in class" Professor Snape said out loud causing everyone to wake up
"But she-" 
"No excuses Draco... class... all of you" They all stood up and walked out towards their classes 
"Is she going to be okay Madam Pom-"
"She is going to be just fine . . . she just, she lost a lot of blood . . .  we are trying to get ahold of her parents to she if they can donate but nothing"
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"How is Karina, I just heard" Blaise said as he approached Draco with Crabbe and Goyle following close behind
"She's, she's sleeping right now. She needs her rest"
"Maybe we can go see her during our lunch"
"DURING LUNCH?!"
"But that's our-"
"You guys don't have to go. . . if you'd rather stuff your faces instead of checking on our friend that fine"
"Well if you put it like that"
"I'm still going to lunch"
"Of course you are Crabbe"
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Hey guys sorry it took a while to get this one in, it's a bit short but left on a cliffhanger 😏 sorry not sorry. I will get part four out and it will be the last part I hope unless it runs a bit long again. Hope you guys liked it.
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