The Death Of Both Worlds (A Draco Malfoy & Neville Longbottom Fanfiction)

Chapter 38: Stay

Delilah's pov: "I'm sorry, Neville. I can't." I said, backing away. "Why not?" Neville asked, disappointed. "It's just....I'm not ready right now. Not now."I stuttered. I saw the happiness leave his eyes...and turned into a crippling dissatisfaction. "I don't get it...we were going pretty well with everything. What the hell happened?" He asked. "I don't know, okay?! I'm just not ready yet." I said with my hand on my forehead. Neville turned away and put his hands behind his neck. "I'm sorry it's just....the whole Draco leaving and my mom dying and Cormac raping me, I....this was kinda overwhelming for me because I don't wanna ruin any of it!" I teared up. Then, he turned around, but in anger. "....I know what this is about." Neville said. "About what?" I asked, concerned. "FOR A MONTH, FOR A WHOLE MONTH, THERE WAS THIS THING, THIS CONSTANT THOUGHT THAT WAS PICKING ON ME!" He screamed.
"What's the thought? Tell me Neville..." I said, trying to get closer to him. But as soon as I put my hand on him, he pushed me away. "You know something, Delilah? I have handled ALOT OF SHIT for society while dating you. Pansy, Draco, Cormac, ALL OF THEM! DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE BEEN BULLIED FOR DATING YOU?! AND YOU JUST COME UP HERE AND TELL ME TOU AREN'T READY? Now I get you are going through a hard time, I really do, BUT I ALSO REMEMBER TELLING YOU THAT I WILL BE WITH YOU THROUGH IT ALL! YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST ME!"
"OH SO IT'S MY FAULIT NOW?!" I screamed back.
"Its not that....it's just...I get it not your fault but I have tolerated everything for YOU. WHY CAN'T YOU DO THE SAME?" He cried out. "NEVILLE....I HAVE SACRIFICED MY RELATIONSHIP FOR YOU! BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA HURT YOUR FEELINGS!!!" I ugly cried.
"....I guess Cormac was right...." He muttered as tears came out of his eyes. He sat down at the edge of the fountain, wiping his face aggressively and pushing away his hair. "What do you....what do you mean Cormac was right?" I asked as I walked over to him. "He sa-.....He said that you were only using me temporarily, and that I'm just like any guy out there....that the only reason your acting this way is because you wanna get back at Draco....Because Pansy did the same thing....And I guess I just felt like trash ever since. And I thought this night can, you know, change that mindset. To prove something to myself." He said with his voice breaking. "Well....well not everyone is Pansy, Neville." I said with a monotone. I watched him raise his head up and took at me with disappointment. "Neville I....I didn't mean to- "
"I need a minute. Excuse me." He said with his voice breaking. He wiped his face and ran off. "NEVILLE WAITTT!!!" I screamed. Then wind started to twirl my hair around like a blizzard, the weather got colder and colder. I then felt a drop of rain hit my face. Then another one. Then another one. It became more and more by the second. I decided to run after him. I pulled up my dress and ran through the maze of bushes. Stranded in the middle of the garden at twilight, the rain got heavier every step I took. I ignored the mud splashing against my feet as I ran, I ignored the bushes battling against the wind as I went across them, I ignored my wet hair sticking to my face and making me itch as I moved my head left and right, searching above and beyond gor Neville. I knew it all along. HE was my dragon. I finally reached the end of the garden. It was raining cats and dogs, and by then I ran out of breath. "Nev-....NEVILLE WHERE ARE YOU?!" I panted, crying. And then, As I was turning my head, I spotted him walking outside the school, roaming in the road under the howling wind and the rain showering over us that we couldn't even open our eyes. "NEVILLE COME OVER HERE!" I yelled. He turned around and I saw his wet body facing me. "WHAT IS IT?!" He yelled through the sound of the strong rain. "DON'T YOU DARE BELIVE ANYTHING COMING OUT OF CORMAC'S MOUTH....I CARE ABOUT YOU, NEVILLE! HOW COULD YOU THINK THAT? DON'T YOU TRUST ME?" I screamed. "I'M SORRY IF THIS WAS GOING TOO FAST WITH YOU BUT....JUST KNOW THAT I AM NOT A PERSON YOU CAN JUST PLAY WITH HIS FEELINGS LIKE THAT. YOU CANT JUST BAVK AWAY AND SAY THAT YOU CANT AFTER I WENT THROUGH ALL THAT TO BE WITH YOU." He replied. JUST BECAUSE I BACKE AWAY FOR A SECOND DOESN'T MEAN THAT I WANNA PLAY AROUND WITH YOU. I'M NOT USING YOU TO FILL MY FUCKING VOID BECAUSE....BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU ARE A HUMAN. AND I SHOULD RESPECT THAT. YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING DAMMIT. AND I'M SORRY IF SOME PEOPLE DONT SEE THAT. BUT JUST KNOW....THAT I'M NOT PANSY. AND I NEVER WILL BE. BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY MATTER TO ME. BUT NOW I KNOW WHAT I WANT...." I yelled through the racket of the rain crashing on the ground and making us all wet. "You know what....forget it..." He sighed. He turned around and made his way inside. As he walked past me, I could help but let it out. of Hogwarts, shivering and wet. I really hoped Neville would be cool. I really did. Oh my god....I really do love him. I couldn't let him just go inside while he was still mad at me. I just couldn't. I had to bring back my dragon. "Neville!" I called out. Then I heard a cracking behind me. Too loud to be normal. The sound was coming from above me, so I looked over me, and there was this big large tree slowly bending towards me. I froze in my place, not knowing what to do. I watched the tree as it got closer and closer to me until it crashed over me, leaving me with nothing but agony and my limbs were tangled to the tree branches. "NEVILLEEEE!!!!" I cried.
"Delilah? DELILAH OH MY GOD!!!" Neville ran to me, screaming. "NEVILLE I CANT FEEL MY LEGS!!!OH MY GOD IT HURTS!" I cried even harder. "CALM DOWN, OKAY? I'M GONNA GET YOU OUTTA THERE I PROMISE!" He screamed. He tried reaching my face, stroking my cheeks, but when he looked back at his hand...it was full of blood. The blood was coming out of my head. "DELILAH STAY WITH ME, OKAY?" He ordered. "Neville I...I feel kinda dizzy...." I panted. "DELILAH? DELILAH NO. NO DONT GIVE UP ON ME PLEASEE!!!" He screamed.
"THAT'S IT!" He said, coming over to my side. He grabbed the edge of the tree bark and tried pulling it up. "Come....on...." He struggled as he was pulling the tree bark up. "COME ON COME ON COME ON!" Neville struggled, and after a while....the tree rose a bit. "OWH!" Neville ached. A brach hit his back as he was raising the tree and dropped it again on my legs. The amount of pain I was in was immaculate. It was like the weight of that tree almost killed me. I didn't even have the energy to scream anymore. It was like my voice wasn't enough to express my pain. I just laid there, watching the puddle of rain in the mud merge with the blood streaming out of my head. "DELILAH I'M SO SO SORRY DID THAT HURT?!" Neville cried as he kneeled down to see me. "Nev...Neville.....I can't feel my body...." I ached. "NO NO NO NOOOOOOOO!!!! DELILAH, BABY, LISTEN TO ME OKAY?? I'M WITH YOU, DONT YOU DARE CLOSE YOUR EYES." Neville comforted. "HERE, GRAB MY HAND! COME ONE DELILAH YOU'RE STRONGER THAN THIS! COME ON!" Neville begged as he reached his hand over to me under the spiky bushes. I tried to pull my right hand from under the bark, but I ended up cutting my skin open. Weak and helpless, I ignored the pain and reached out to Neville. He grabbed my wounded hand and kissed it though all the blood and the dirt. "OKAY, ONE, TWO, THREE!" He yelled out. Then he tugged carefully on my handheld,but I just kept aching and aching. "Neville its...its not working..." I sighed as the tree was squeezing my chest so hard i could barely take a breath. Only then, Neville was the only thing keeping me from not freaking out and loosing it. "HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! PLEASE!" He begged and shouted. "ANYONE! HELP! PLEASE ANYBODY!!"
"Oh dear lord!" Snape shouted as he ran to us with the others. I could hear muffled gasping and yelling. "THE TREE FELL ON HER I...I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO I....I TRIED TO RAISE THE TREE I....I TRIED TO PULL HER OUT...I TRIED EVERYTHING I SWEAR!" Neville panicked. Snape put his hands on Neville's shoulders "Listen boy, you did your best. Now Madame Pomfree will take care of if with the rest of the nurses." He comforted. "DELILAH! NOOO! LET ME IN!" Tracey cried as Blaise and Snape pulled her back. "OUT OF MY WAY!" I heard a voice say. "WHAT HAPPENED TO DELILAH?! TELL ME!" That voice was familiar. That yell, that deep tone, it was Draco. "DELILAH, Oh Delilah, HANG ON LOVE!!!.....You. YOU LET THIS HAPPEN HOW COULD YOU!" Draco attacked Neville. "IT WASN'T ME IT WAS THE BLIZZARD I SWEAR I TRIED TO PULL HER OUT OF THERE!" Neville yelled back. "WELL LETS PULL UP THE TREE SHALL WE?" Draco ordered Neville. Each of them stepped on one side of the tree, and on the count of three they both tried pulling up the tree with all its branches and weight. "Let me in." Blaise joined on one side. "COME ON GIRLS GET OVER HERE!" Tracey yelled out to Hermione, Ginny, and Luna.
"POTTER! WEASLEYS!" Draco ordered Harry, Ron, Fred and George. It took alot of effort, but they managed to finally lift up the tree. I immediately took a deep breath after that weight was lifted off my chest, literally. "Take her to the hospital wing at once!" Mad-eye Moody ordered. A couple women slowly and gently pulled me up and put me on the wheel bed. I heard muffled voices of "STAY WITH ME!" and "I LOVE YOU OKAY?!" and "EVERYBODY CALM DOWN!" I saw blurry images of Draco begging the medics to take care of me, images of Tracey fighting through Blaise to get inside the medical room with me, images of Neville kissing me all around and reassuring me. And me? I just laid there, helpless, and closed my eyes.....
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What is gonna happen to Delilah? Who will stand with her till the end? Find out in the next chapter....