Death Eater's Daughter

Eighty One

I woke up the next morning laying on Fred's chest still
His eyes were closed and his hands were wrapped around my body
I put my hand on his face and rubbed his cheek with my thumb

  "Good morning Fred" I said softly

He shifted his body slightly and pulled me in tighter to himself
  "Good morning Love"

  "Is that my name from now on?" I joked

  "Do you not like it?" He asked concerned

I felt my cheeks rise up
  "No I like it a lot"

His smile lifted and his face brightened
  "Good"

I looked at the clock on the wall
7am
Too early for most of Gryffindor to be up
I'm sure Hermione is awake though

  "Want to go for a walk?" He asked me nervously

  "Everything ok?" I asked

  "Yeah everything is...I just have something I need to ask you"
Thoughts of last night filled my head
He wanted to ask me something then as well

  "Is it what you wanted to discuss last night?"

He nodded his head

I got up and folded the blanket
  "Ok let's go"

A note came flying through our common room window
It was in the shape of a dove
Draco?

The note landed in my hands
Fred looked at it curiously
  "I think it's from Draco" I said to him

I opened it

Hey Cora Dumbledore is back we should see him before he heads off again
-Draco

  "Dumbledore's back" I looked at Fred and he was reading the note too

  "You should go talk to him, I can wait" he said defeated

  "No, I want to hear what you have to say this isn't as important"

Fred took my hands and kissed the palms of them softly
I felt my cheeks burning
  "No this is more important, I can wait Love. I'll see you at breakfast"

I heard a knocking on the door
I looked at Fred and he was fake smiling
  "Go with Draco"

I kissed his cheek
  "I'll see you at breakfast"

He let go of my hands and I walked towards the common room door
When I opened it Draco was in his uniform waiting for me
  "Ready?" He asked

  "Are you sure this is the right idea?" I asked

He nodded his head
  "Yes, I wouldn't make you do this if it wasn't"

  "I'm nervous" I admitted "what if things get worse for me because of this?"

  "Dumbledore will help you, and if it doesn't help then no matter what I am by your side"

I took his hand in mine and we began walking towards Dumbledore's office

The hallways were quiet and the sun was beating down on us through every window we passed by. I couldn't help my hands from shaking, the last time I involved someone in my problem it got worse for me.

I just wanted an easy year

We arrived at his office door, the one that lead to his stairway

I took a deep breath, Draco had figured out the password this morning when he found out Dumbledore was back.