No Antidote | Draco Malfoy x Astoria Greengrass Love Story

Back To Me | Chapter 12

When Astoria opened her eyes she realized she was inside St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. 

Her father was asleep in an arm chair. She couldn't help but to feel a sense of relief seeing him. She had thought it was a dream, but it was real, he was the one who saved him.

The door flew open and Draco Malfoy walked in. 

Augustus Greengrass woke up and saw Draco Malfoy still in the prisoners robe, standing chest heaving staring at his daughter with both a pained expression and relief on his face. 

"I'll leave you two to talk..." says Augustus, nodding at Draco Malfoy, before looking at his daughter, "Then we've got a lot to say to each other" he added, before leaving. 

Augustus had been through so much these last few days looking for his daughter's capturer and processing everything that happened. He couldn't believe that three years since she ran away this would be how they were reunited. When she first left, he had hoped she'd come running back repenting her wrong and hugging him the way she once did. He was furious that Draco Malfoy got her involved in a mess like this, but nonetheless he was thankful the boy knew to call for his help in time. I guess Lucius Malfoy didn't raise a twat after all.

"Astoria..." Draco said quietly, sitting down on a stool next to her bed and looking at the the red hand mark on her face and the different lights flickering around placed to heal her in despair. 

"Draco... you're here" she said, giving him a weak smile. 

"Of course I'm here" he muttered.

"You could have gone home and changed first" she said, noticing what he was wearing.

Harry Potter and Hermione Granger had come and told them what had happened and that Zachariah Smith was in custody and after some truth serum spilled all the details, including the parts about Draco's illegal business. Hermione then told him that they seemed to have misplaced parts of his confession, with a wink, then adding, just this one time though, before they released him. He knew he should go home to his mother, she was probably worried sick, but he had to see Astoria first. 

"I needed to see you first" he says, "I am so sorry this happened" he added. Astoria lifted her hand and touched his cheek. 

"Nothing happened" she said, "I'm here I'm safe..." she said reassuringly.

The door opened again. Guillaume walked in. 

"How dare you walk in here!" spat Draco, standing up.

"I just came to see how she's doing" says Guillaume, closing the door behind him, "and to explain all I know" he added, raising both hands as if to say he's here in peace.

"Well, then?" asked Draco angrily, "Smith told me you're the one who told him..." Draco's voice trailed off awkwardly,

"Yes, I'm the one who told that man you loved her" said Guillaume, "but I didn't know he'd take her, and when I saw his face they knocked me out, that's it..." he continued, Draco was looking down at his hands, Astoria looked between the two men, "he had seen us at the club get in a fight and I guess he figured I hated you as much as he did and I could help him, I had no idea what he was planning beyond that."

"What fight?" asked Astoria, trying to piece together the information.

"I was hooking up with some strippers and Draco put me in my place" Guillaume said reluctantly, "He was right, I don't deserve you... I was pretending to be unconscious when I heard the way you spoke up to that guy Astoria, you're not just beautiful but brave and I am a piece of shit, I'm sorry" he continued, "that's all I came to say" he finished, looking away.