Death Eaters Daughter Part Two

Two Hundred Nine

I quickly put away the listening device and continued walking down the hallway
I didn't want him knowing that I was listening to their conversation, he's trying to protect me
I understand why I can't talk to him now, it would put me in danger and he's trying to avoid that
I don't want him hurt because I'm selfishly trying to talk to him
I won't lose another loved one because of my actions

I kept walking, even though I heard his footsteps behind me
I turned into a classroom that was emptied
I closed the door softly behind myself, as quietly as I could
I walked towards a desk in the back of the classroom and sat on top of it until he walked by
But he didn't
I heard him open the door and close it behind himself
"Cora" he said

I felt my heart racing

"I can't be seen with you" he said again
He started walking towards me

"So leave" I said, it came out more harsh than I intended
His emotions were warm though
So warm, I want to be engulfed in his warmth

"I can't" he said coming closer "I've tried. I've tried being an ass, I've tried keeping my distance but I can't do it anymore"

He was close enough now that I could feel his heart beating
He put his hands on my knees and began rubbing them with his fingers

"I can't stand to see everyone else get your attention, attention that I used to get from you all of the time. I can't stand having someone else sit beside me in classes, your spot is beside me not Granger. I can't stand to see Neville flirting with you—"

I chuckled
"He's not flirting with me, he's just a friend"

"He likes you, I've heard it from others. He won't tell you, but he's into you and I hate that"

"What about Pansy?" I felt my own blood boil at her name "what about your relationship with her? You can be with someone but I can't be? What makes you think I'm not with Fred?"

"I know you're not, that's why every git in school is talking about you now. You don't hear what they say about you, but I do" he pulled his hand up to my face and used his finger to push my hair behind my ear "they say youre beautiful, kind, caring" his finger lingered behind my ear "how bright your eyes look when your passionate about something, how soft your hair is" he said letting my hair flow through his fingers

"They say that or you do?"

He looked into my eyes, his own looked so filled with life for once
"I do, what they say about you isn't worth repeating but just know I've put a stop to it whenever anything vile comes up"

I felt myself smiling
"But Pansy gets your attention now?"

"What has she told you?" I saw his jaw flex

"That she has your family's approval, and you're together"

He rolled his eyes
"We're not together, not technically. Yes my parents approved of her, before my father was sent away...she's been a leach I can't get rid of. My mother thinks it's best to be friendly towards her, so I won't shove her off but I don't care for her attention. It's not the attention I crave"

"I'm sorry about your father"
He didn't say anything, so I rested my hand on his chest
I could feel his heart beating quickly
"I've been worried about you, talk to me tell me what's going on"

He placed his hand onto mine and closed his eyes
"I can't, I wish I could but I can't...it has to stay this way" he began backing up "I have to keep my distance from you. If you got involved in this...it would...I just can't let you ok?"

I nodded my head
"I understand...I hate it though. Can I hate it?"

"You can, because I do too" he came back over to me and rested his forehead on my own "can I ask you why you broke up with Fred?"

"How do you know he didn't end it with me?"

He pulled my chin up to his face
"Because he would be an idiot to let you go again. He is an idiot, you know I don't like him but he isn't that much of one"

"I ended it because I felt it wasn't right to be with him when I felt strongly for someone else...and because I felt like he stopped caring for me when I was depressed over the summer"

He started stroking my hair
"I'm so sorry for what happened...I hate that I couldn't be there for you. Every letter you sent pained me to send back, I wanted to read them but I couldn't"

"Is there anything I can do to help you? You look unwell" I placed my hand on his face, he laid his cheek into my palm "when was the last time you slept? Ate?"

"Cora" he said my name as if it was a drug to him "don't worry over me, just keep yourself safe that will help me ok? Knowing you're not involved will keep me sane"

"Can we meet in secret like this? I feel unwell when I'm away from you"

"I can't promise that"
Draco was extremely close now, I felt his love for me radiating off his chest

"Promise me you will stay safe"

"I can't promise that either"

"What can you promise me?"

"I can promise you that I will keep you safe no matter what it does to me" he put his hand on my cheek again, his thumb began stroking under my eye "I can promise you that I love you, like I've always loved you. Cora I've been in love with you for years but you know that, I told you last year. I can promise you that won't ever change, no matter what happens"

"I love you too, so much it pains me"

His eyes were glistening with passion, I wanted him to kiss me
I wanted to feel connected to him, in a way I've craved since I found out he was in love with me too
He brought his lips onto my own and kissed me softly, and then deeply
He put one hand on my hip, and the other entwined in my hair behind my neck
My whole body felt on fire with his kiss

Nico was my first true love, he taught me how to love. He showed me happiness could be found

Fred was my second love, we may have been together first but I didn't appreciate his love until Nico left. He taught me how to laugh

Draco is my last, he showed me unconditional love even when I didn't deserve it. His loyalty to me never faulted. He was truly the only one who would do anything to keep me alive