|| Star-Crossed ||

25

Never Ending

HARRY POTTER

Draco and I finally got to the bathroom and I hissed the parseltongue and the sink opened. "Now jump," I said. He whipped his head to face me. "Are you mad?" he exclaimed. "It 's too dark to fly and there's a cushion at the bottom." I said. He looked suspicious but he jumped. I followed and when I got to the bottom he was wiping the gunk off him. His white button up and black trousers were destroyed. "You didn't tell me the cushion was bones" he said in an annoyed tone. "Would it have made a difference?" I asked. He rolled his eyes. "Let's go," he snapped. We walked down the tile floor and I could see her. She sat huddled against the wall on the floor hugging her knees and holding her hands over her ears. "What's she doing?" he asked. "She's trying to block out the memories." I whispered. He just nodded. We approached her and I knelt in front of her slowly. "Caroline-" I whispered as I carefully put a hand on her knee and she flinched. Her eyes widened and she crawled back and drew her wand. There were tears streaming down her face and she was practically shaking. We both jumped back and put our hands up. I could see the pure terror in her eyes. It hurt to see my sister suffering. She's been through so much.

CAROLINE POTTER

I was safe in the Chamber of Secrets when all of the sudden, I felt a hand. The fear came rushing back in and I drew my wand. Then I saw Harry and Draco. Their faces fell. Then Draco slowly came towards me. "Line, it's just us. It's Draco and it's your brother." he said calmly. My hand was shaking and I just stared at them. I felt frozen. He knelt down slowly and took my wand. He quickly handed it to Harry and wrapped me in his arms. "It's ok, you're safe. I've got you." he whispered. I sat between his legs and he held me. He stroked my hair gently and held my hand. "It's over now," he whispered. Then he waved Harry over. Harry sat down in front of me and I looked at him. "I have an idea," he said. He drew his wand and pointed it to my temple. Then I felt happy memories start to flood my head. Our first Christmas at Hogwarts. Meeting Sirius. Kissing Draco.. Eventually, everything faded into darkness.

DRACO MALFOY

Caroline closed her eyes and her head fell limp against my shoulder. "Old Legilimency trick" he said. I nodded. "We should get back. Everyone's probably a wreck. I wouldn't be surprised if Skeeter's already published an article on this." he said. "You're right." I said. I picked her up, bridal style and Harry put his hand on my arm. "Apparate" I said. The world spun and we landed in the hallway. "Brilliant" he said. "You are so easily amused," I said. He rolled his eyes as we headed towards Gryffindor. We arrived at the portrait and went inside. Everyone was talking and Harry went over to them. "Ginny, take Malfoy to your dorm and show him where to bring Caroline" he said. The Weasley girl came over and I followed her upstairs. We went into her dorm and I laid her on her bed. I tucked her in and sat down on the chair next to the bed. "What are you doing?" Ginny asked. "I'm not leaving her." I stated. She stared at me and narrowed her eyes. "Fine. But Harry's not gonna like this." she said. "Potter can shove a broomstick up his arse for all I care" I said. She rolled her eyes and left. A few minutes later, I heard her and Granger talking outside the door. They were so not discreet.

"He's not leaving!" Ginny exclaimed. "As much as you and I don't care for Malfoy, he cares for Caroline. And after everything she's been through, doesn't she deserve that?" Granger said. Ginny groaned. "He's such a prat," she said. "And you're such a proper princess?" she replied. "Oh fuck off" Ginny said. "Atta girl," Granger said with a laugh. Then they came inside. I pretended to be reading. Caroline has so many muggle books. This one was called Romeo and Juliet. "Draco Malfoy reading a muggle book?" Granger said. "His father will hear about this!" Ginny said in a mocking tone. I rolled my eyes. "So very amusing. And no, I'm not reading it. I'm just- occupying my time." I said. Ginny laughed. "So you like the book. Don't be a wanker about it!" she said. I scoffed. "That's enough, Ginny." Granger said. "Yeah, Granger says that's enough" I mocked. They both rolled their eyes at me and left. Then I just watched Caroline sleep. It was nice to know I was here to protect her. I mean, that girl is tough as hell and could fight her way through anything, don't get me wrong. It's just- I don't always want her to have to protect herself. Especially after everything she went through. I want to keep her safe. I have to.