"I hate you, too." - Draco Malfoy Fanfic

Chapter 14

I will not ask you where you came from, 

I will not ask you, neither should you

Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips,

We should just kiss like real people do

-Hozier

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Eden was back at her old apartment.

The colours around the room had an odd blue tinge, coated in a thick haze. There was buzzing in her ears as she narrowed her eyes at her surroundings. She was taller than she was as a child, but her perspective of the room remained the same. 

She couldn't see above the marbled bench and the door handles were unusually high--but what made the least sense were the people in the room. Two, not including Eden. "Father?" Eden frowned at the back of a very tall man. 

The man didn't turn to face her, but she recognised him immediately. A gust of wind suddenly blew on the back of her neck, and a cry flew out of her mouth as her body began to shake and tingle. Pins and needles flooded her skins surface, and she fell to the floor--scratching her arms to try and rid herself of the awful feeling. 

"Stop!" Tears began to stream down her face as her father walked towards the glass doors and threw them open. He marched onto the balcony, never turning as Eden wailed from her place on the ground. "Please!" She sobbed as Edens mother remained transfixed on the ground--perhaps it was because when Eden was a child, she had not payed attention to her mother during this particular moment. 

Edens father did not stop. He walked all he way to the edge of the balcony, then began too climb over. He did not look sad or angry or even tired. It was like he'd been programmed to do so. This isn't how it happened, Edens subconscious added as Edens father jumped with no hesitation. 

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Eden shot up in bed, her chest rising and falling in rapid breaths as she tried to fight through her disorientation. Sweat coated her face and back as she scrambled out from under the covers in search of her wand. "No, no, no." Eden pressed her palms to her eyes as she fought down panic. 

Suddenly, a light came on. "Eden?"

Eden opened her eyes, and Francesca came into view. "Eden.." Francesca's usually bubbly and cheerful demeanour suddenly dropped--her face softening as she sat beside her. "Come here." Francesca wrapped her arms around the girl, pulling her face to the crook of her neck as Eden's breaths began to steady.

"It's not real. We're at Hogwarts." She cooed, stroking Edens hair tenderly. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asked after a few minutes passed. Eden shook her head--feeling guilty for doing so. "That's okay, but I'm here if you change your mind."

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Fuck Draco and his stupid curiosity, Eden cursed all the way to transfigurations the next morning. Francesca, much to Eden's relief, had not mentioned anything--though Eden caught her watching her as she brushed her teeth.

She had skipped breakfast, being too afraid that Draco would be there and she'd have to face him. Though now she'd certainly have to. Francesca pushed the door to the transfiguration classroom open, and both girls stepped inside. 

"Tell me, Eden." Draco appeared in front the pair before Eden could even comprehend that she'd entered the classroom. "Were you chewing on eucalyptus leaves this morning for breakfast, or did you just not eat anything?" He scowled.