Draco Malfoy One shots Vol. II | ✓

~Worth~

"𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞"                —𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧

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They say in your lifetime you fall in love three times. The first is young love. The love that feels real, that feels like forever. But never lasts. The second is love thats' conditional. Love that will always fall apart, and crumble, no matter what. And even if you try you can't mend the cracks in the foundation, you can only accept it, and move on. You don't want to ever try and fix someone, because you'll lose yourself in the process. The third kind of love is love that doesn't come from looks or personality. It comes from your heart. And only then will you find your soulmate. The person that will love you always, and never let you go. The one who shares apart of themselves with you. 

But this isn't one of those kinds of love stories... 

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The sound of the highway interrupted my thoughts, and I got up for another cup of ginger tea. Then I returned to my seat on the sectional.  My knee shook with anticipation, waiting for the front door of my shared apartment to open. He'd been gone nearly a week. No phone calls, text messages, not even a Patronus to tell me if he was safe, or even where'd he had gone. Draco had left so abruptly there was no time for an explanation. And I thought for sure that he'd call me after he left to tell me what was going on. But I was sorely mistaken. 

At first, it didn't bother me as much, but now. I was beginning to grow worried of his whereabouts. I tried calling his friends, but none of them knew of anything. It wasn''t until midnight did the door finally open. Revealing a very disheveled looking Malfoy. He looked posibbly drunk. 

"Merlin! Where have you been?!" I asked immediately standing from my spot on the couch. He just grumbled in annoyance as he stumbled to the bedroom. I scoffed, "Seriously?" I was about t follow him when I got a strong whiff of perfume. 

Perfume that wasn't mine. 

 My head began to spin, and fell back onto the couch. Never in the four years of our relationship would I ever expect for him to do something so, so, drastic. My first thought was maybe he was drugged, or possibly threatened in a way. But I wouldn't know until the morning. 

I didn't want to wait, I had already been for a week. But I needed to, he wasn't sober enough to discuss this. And despite wanting to evoid him, I knew that wasn't the greatest option. 

So I grabbed a blanket from the basket near the couch, and laid down. Letting my eyes close, and my body relax. 

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I was up making coffee, when Draco walked into the kitchen. I turned around and saw his tired grey eyes. Full of bitter guilt. 

"Why did you do it?" I asked calmly. 

"Can I have some coffee first-" 

"I asked you a question" This time my voice was a little more stern. 

He gulped, and sigehd, "It wasn't intentional, I had to leave because my father needed to see me. He said it was urgent, and I had to be there or else he'd come hurt you" So he was threatened, "I wasn't able to contact  you until I got home. And I was supposed to return Thursday, but my father insisted that I come with him to a bar his freidn owned. And against my better judgement I went. I had no intentions of doing anything besides having a drink, but there was a girl" he stopped, and looked down. Unable to meet my eyes. 

"Were you sober?" I asked. 

A moment passed, "yes" He said lowly. 

My heart dropped, I admit I was hurt, disappointed. 

"I don't understand why you did it, and I don't need to. You hurt me Draco,  you really did-" 

"Y/n, I'm sorry. Really I am-" 

"I'm not finished" He became quiet, "I forgive you, because I know that you can't hold a grudge against someone for eterinty. But here's the thing, I know my worth, and I know that you never loved me enough to stop yourself from doing what you did, and that's why I'm leaving" My voice was considerably calm, and light.

"Y/n please don't leave I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt you" Draco tried to reason, he moved forward, but I stepped back. 

"No, Draco. I've made up my decision. You can go be with her, because the difference between the two of us, is that you choose her over me. I had guys wanting to be you, so they could be with me. And I turned them down, because I thought 'oh I don't need them I have you, and you'll never hurt me, you'll always be there for me', but I was wrong. I turned good people away for you. And it hurts a lot to know that I was never enough for you. But I am enough for me" The hurt was evident in my voice. And I could no longer be present in that room. 

"My stuff is already packed, goodbye Draco" I said just before exiting he front door. A tear streamed down the side of my face, as I walked to the elevator. I wiped the tear from my face, knowing the he didn't deserve them. 

"𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞"

   Jaye