Always / Draco Malfoy

Chapter 41

Aurora's POV:

I laid on the top of my bed still in my clothes soaking wet staring at the white ceiling it had only been a few minutes since I'd ran away from Fred though it felt like hours. I toyed with the rings still sat at home on my ring finger the rings that Draco had placed on that finger three years prior. It still didn't feel right after all this time. After three months. After everything that happened, it still didn't feel right to take of the symbols of our love. 

Suddenly, the door to my room burst open revealing a topless, breathless, soaking wet Fred, I jolted to sit upright as he silently closed the door behind him using a wandless charm to silence the room. Once he turned to face me I noticed his heaving chest and locked jaw he was angry rightfully so but I had reasoning.

"What the fuck Aurora?! I just confessed that I'm in love with you and we kissed and you just walked away as if nothing happened?" He spat and I found myself moving to perch at the edge of my bed locking my gaze to my socks.

"Freddie I can't-" I began before he let out an irritated groan.

"You can't? You fucking can't what Aurora hmm?" He was trying to get me to spill everything and I had been through too much to keep it to myself anymore.

"Freddie I can't just admit I love you too it doesn't work like that it's not that easy!" I yelled finally standing from my seat.

"Why isn't it easy Aurora? What's so hard?" The conversation was flowing rapidly each one of us firing a shot one after another.

"Drac-"

"DRACO?! Are you fucking taking the piss what about Draco? You broke up three months ago Aurora, I have loved you since you were in your third year and here I am confessing when you quite clearly share some feelings but what, it's not that easy?" 

"What about Angelina?" I quizzed.

"What about her?"He retaliated knotting his eyebrows together running his fingers through his wet hair haistily.

"You dated in my fourth year but you supposedly were in love with me why would you put her through that?"

"The night of the Yule Ball you came to me to show me those rings and to tell me about how happy you were that you and Draco were official...and I knew then that I was in love with you why do you think me and Angelina broke up?" He sighed.

"That's not the point Freddie I can't,"

"Why in Merlin's name not Aurora, what because of Draco? Even after he lied to you and treated you like shit? Do you really think after this is all over that you and he will ride off into the sunset together or something?" He spat and I began pacing up and down the room trying to control the bubbling anger I felt.

"BECAUSE I LOVE HIM AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN JUST SWITCH OFF BECAUSE WE BROKE UP THREE MONTHS AGO! WE WERE TOGETHER FOR THREE FUCKING YEARS FREDDIE, JUST BECAUSE I LOVE YOU TOO DOESN'T MEAN THAT I STOPPED LOVING HIM I LOVE YOU BOTH DIFFERENTLY AND SCREW YOU FOR MAKING ME FEEL GUILTY." My chest was heaving and before I knew it Fred closed the distance between us.

"Let me love you Aurora," His fingers were lighter than feathers dancing on my skin as he gently pushed my hair behind my ears our eyes locked in an intense gaze.

"Fred I can't promise this will work out the way you want I still love Draco," I whispered.

"But you love me too and that gives me a chance," He replied his tone matching my hushed one as he slowly lowered his head till our lips were barely touching and I pushed myself to collide our lips together. 

The kiss was gentle and slow completely engulfed in passion, my hands found their way into his soft locks and his arms wrapped themselves tightly around my waist bringing us as close together as possible. After a few minutes, he slowly moved himself to perch on the end of the bed dragging me to sit on his lap. Everything felt so good the kiss, his muscular arms wrapped around my small frame, his lips against mine. He began kissing down my neck sucking and nibbling at the skin allowing deep red marks to punctuate it and it felt heavenly, but the feeling of guilt punctured my heart. 

The feeling that I loved Draco wholeheartedly and despite the way, he had treated me in our sixth year he had done it to protect me and I had been selfish. I had made the situation all about me but even if I hadn't even if I didn't care about how he treated me and how hard that year had been for me we were on two different sides. Everything had pulled us apart and we had succumbed to the pressure crumbled under it and pushed each other apart. 

I loved Fred wholeheartedly too but the love was different I knew he would seemingly the 'perfect' boyfriend but nobody is perfect and after three months we would know each other's imperfections and we would fight. Who would I go to when we fought? He was my best friend and I didn't want to fight with him I couldn't fight with him. 

"We should probably get some sleep with tomorrow being such a big day," Fred whispered catching my gaze.

"Yeah, your right we should," I replied my voice small as I lifted myself from his lap, he stood up placing a tender kiss on my forehead before exiting the room. I released a breath I didn't know I was holding before moving to my trunk to take out some clean clothes grabbing a sweatshirt and some pajama pants I swiftly changed out of the wet clothes I had been wearing getting into the comfort of my bed and casting a wandless heating charm to my room to tend to the goosebumps that littered my skin. 

As I drifted to sleep I couldn't help but think to Draco again about how he was, what he was doing, and if he even loved me anymore? Here I was pushing away Fred yet he could be at his manor completely over my existence. I had faith though we said always. I meant it.