Rhapsody of a Veela

Part 17 - Heartbreak and Butterbeer

The anger you felt was indescribable, quite lucky for them you had not been there when it happened. Instead as you were walking down the cold halls of Hogwarts castle, you ran into Draco cradling his bloody nose. Before he had even opened his mouth you had a fair idea on who had done it, and yet you asked.

"Draco, what happened?" you asked, as he tried to slide by you in the hall, he was annoyed of course and did not really feel like talking about it either.

"Ask your boyfriend Y/n" he sneered, as he walked away towards the boy's bathroom. Leaving you there with even more questions on your mind.

You hurried towards Gryffindor common rom, as all classes of the day was over. You were hoping Fred had had a damn good reason to do something like this, Afterall you had made sure last time to let him know that he could not act like this if he was going to be with you. As you ran up the moving stairs, easily avoiding the bothersome trick step, the anger in you grew like raging fire. Whether he liked it or not, Draco was your friend. You had not ever imagined he would be, but after summer which you had spent at Malfoy manor and not to mention after what happened at the Quidditch World Cup, you knew he had your back.

"Caput Draconis" you huffed before the portrait let you enter inside, where the common room seemed to be as lively as usual. Inside you found Fred & George sitting in the couch before the fireplace, along with Harry and Ron. They all seemed to be in agitated conversation, Fred turning around to face you as you stepped inside. He honestly looked unbothered, as if he was just expecting you to come sit with them as if nothing had happened. But you could tell he was massaging the red knuckles on his hand.

Seeing all the curious eyes at you from the rest, when you did not move a muscle Fred suddenly looked unnerved.

"Y/n is everything allright?" he said, but you shook your head.

"You tell me.." you said, as he finally got up from the couch to walk towards you. He tried to pull you into his embrace but you slipped away coldly.

"Explain yourself" you said, not too loud so as to not make a scene.

"About what?" he said, after yet another unsuccessful attempt at bringing you inn for a kiss.

"Are you serious? You broke Draco's nose, and I wanna know why"

Fred looked perplexed, you could tell he swallowed nervously as he put his hand around your shoulder to lead you to somewhere more private, away from the crowd in the common room.

"Malfoy had the guts to walk up to me, in front of everyone mind you, to ask where you were.."

"Merlin's beard, Fred, and so you decided to break his nose?" you were honestly shocked, how could he act so barbaric just because of you. So possessively, out of the blue.

"I reckon he got the message" he said and shrugged.

For a moment you did not know what to say, everything was just boiling in you. As tears of anger pressed themselves out of your eyes you ripped the golden bracelet he had given you of your wrist, and threw it at the floor before you, it's celestial charms clinging in the silence. Fred just looked down at his feet, where it had landed.

"Are you seriously breaking up with me just over this?" he then asked, but you were already walking away.

"I hope my message is just as clear as yours, Fred Weasley" you said before you disappeared.

It was painful, but you had always been headstrong like that. Telling yourself that once you walk away from anything, you would never look back. And this barbaric possessiveness was something you knew you absolutely did not deserve to deal with, especially not during everything else. The love that stung in your heart made you feel sick however, as if all energy and will had left you. As you laid in your bed in your dorm room the rest of the evening, avoiding dinner in the great hall like the plague. You quickly cried yourself to sleep, while occasionally trying to cling to the bracelet that was no longer dangling from your wrist. In your restless dreams you were desperately trying to forget everything you had ever loved about Fred Weasley.