Breath-Drarry COMPLETE

Chapter 43

The things that happen in this chapter is something y'all have been anticipating for a while... Finally.

Well, let me know what y'all think! This chapter was posted today instead of Sunday due to me knowing I won't have access to a computer on said day. The posting schedule will continue as normal next week.

–Scorpius POV–

Sniffling, I clutched Delphi's robes tighter, crying. I wished she would hug me back. The warmth associated with hugs is comforting. Like when Dad hugs me... I closed my eyes, imagining that it was Rose I was hugging, and that she was hugging me back. Just the way it was yesterday right after dinner, when Rose realized I'd never shown up to the Great Hall and went off with some food to find me. I imagined that she was telling me now the same things she said last night- that Teddy was being a git, and that it was okay, because people fight. And He surely didn't mean it, she'd said. He loves you. I know he does. Maybe you two should talk it out, like my mum and dad do. I took an uneven breath, feeling just the slightest bit of ease as I remembered the comfort she brought, and what I would give to be in her arms again.

"I told you so. I'm the only one around here that gives a rat's arse about you."

And just like that, my illusion shattered.

I sniffled, blinking to stop the tears from welling up and obscuring my vision. Delphi sighed.

"I'm sorry, Scor. I tried to warn you." I sucked in a trembling breath, sitting up and away from her, wiping my face. "But it's okay. Now you know the truth."

The moon shone brightly, glittering across the frozen Black Lake. I hated the feeling of the snot and tears freezing on my face.

"Would you like to sneak back into McGonagall's office? Steal some sweets to make you feel better?"

Her question went unregistered in my mind, lost and swallowed up within the whirlwind of memories from yesterday. "I just don't know why he hadn't told me before, that I was bothering him so much."

"Well, isn't that much obvious? He's a Hufflepuff. I'm surprised he told you anything at all."

A breeze caused me to shiver. I crossed my arms around my torso, hugging my coat even closer.

"And you knew? How? Was it that obvious?" My brain kept nagging me about it, over and over. Had he been trying to tell me all year, and I was just dense? Was there something I said or did? What went wrong? He didn't always seem this way. Maybe it was something I did, or said, that made him want to push me away.

I wish he would have just talked to me.

I would have listened.

"I-I just..." Merlin. I wish I was with Dad, right now. He'd know what to say. He helps me feel better even while sharing his knowledge and wisdom... Delphi, however well-intentioned, just makes me feel stupid.

"It wasn't that obvious, really. Just call me perceptive."

But what did you observe that I couldn't?

"Besides, most older kids are self-centered in that way. They only want to be around others their age."

A silence settled around us, thick, but not suffocating. I drew my knees to my chest, thinking about what Delphi had just revealed.

Well, it makes sense, I guess. I understand that people at different ages might enjoy different things, but... I behave like somebody older, anyways. Don't I? The kids in my year are so stupid it's unbearable- and they also won't shut up about me long enough to hold a conversation, anyway. Just like the majority of Hogwarts.