𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐝𝐞 || 𝐃.𝐌

Chapter 22 - Hello Princess

*3 weeks later*

Ivory's POV:

I shouted, "Guys, wait for me!" As I ran after my friends. "Guys..?", I panted. Everyone just walked off and left me all alone. This has been happening for about three weeks now. Hermione is still upset with me, and everyone else is acting strange as well. Draco is the only person who is acting slightly normal. But even Draco is not like himself.

I arrived in the Great Hall by myself. Everyone was sitting at the Gryffindor table when I walked over. "Thank for waiting guys...", I mumbled. Nobody responded to me.

"Can I sit here?", I asked, pushing Ginny a little to the side to make room. They all ignored me, and Ginny was almost refusing to move.

"Guys seriously?! How long is your ignoring game going to last? I'm sick of it."

George looked away and rubbed his hand on the back of his head. "Hermione? Ginny? Fred, George? Anyone?", I said with a tinge of discomfort in my voice. The entire dining area fell silent. Still no one said anything. "Okay, apparently no one wants anything to do with me anymore. So you can all forget it. I'm leaving." I felt my eyes begin to tear up. After leaving the Great Hall, I got followed by a few of my friends.

They called, "Please Ivory wait!" I hid in one of the bathrooms. I locked myself up in a stall, but it was too late. Hermione had already come in with Ron, Ginny, and Harry. "Open up Rory, we know you are in here." They kept knocking on the door.

Harry murmured, "Ivory please..., we didn't mean to hurt you."

I remained silent for a moment before speaking up. I closed me eyes and unlocked the door. I took a deep breath and came out with a straight face. "Oh, so now you want to talk to me? Or are you going to run away from me again, as you have done for the past three weeks?!", I said upset.

They all gulped. "We can explain...", Ginny continued.

"Can you? Give me a real good reason!"
No one dared to open up because they knew they were wrong.

"See, this is what I mean! You don't know and you don't even care!" My frustration was taking control.
Draco came in and his eyes widened when he saw me shouting at my friends.

"Love, are you okay?"

"No, I'm not..., I'm not okay. You guys completely abandoned me. I have had the worst week of my life..., and I needed you. I needed you."

"Ivory..., we're so sorry! Can we talk?", Hermione said with a shaky voice. She reached out her arm to pull me in for a hug.

"Fuck you all. Find someone else you can play this game with!" That was the last thing I said before rushing out, pushing them all to the side.

Hermione's POV:

Shit, we messed up. Ivory was right. We did make her feel abandoned. The fact that she was acting in secretive and unusual manner doesn't make it okay to make her feel this way. We never even asked her what was wrong. I completely understand if she is feeling angry or upset with us, she totally has the right to feel that way.

Draco gave us a intimidated look, and walked up to us. He said angry, "What have you done to her?!" and then pushed me against a stall. My back slammed against the door with a loud bang. His hands were next to my head.

Ron tried to push him away, "Hey! Leave her alone!"

"Oh look, Weaslebee comes to save the day.", he scoffed giving him a push. Ron quickly backed up again. "It's your fault that she has changed, Malfoy!", I shouted.

"Me?! You're so pathetic! A Mudblood as a best friend seems like the main problem Ivory has changed.", he spat leaning in closer. My heart rate increased. "You don't know what to say now huh, or do you? Mudblood!"