𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 - 𝐑𝐚𝐲 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 - 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐃!

Chapter Forty-Nine - The Hidden Threat

Draco and I have been sending letters to each other non-stop over the holidays. I've also cut ties with Ray, Norman, and Emma. Since my mother is home for the holidays I can't have any letters from people she doesn't know appearing. She'd have their heads and my head. Although it hurts doing this to them without explanation, it is what needs to be done, and I can't exactly tell Draco to send my letters for me. He would just ask me a bunch of questions and I don't exactly have the time to answer them.

     There are only a few more days until the holidays are over, and I'm not looking forward to this year, at all. I mean sure, I'm excited since I've gotten prefect with Draco, but I don't really want to be prefect that much. Not only that... I also have to avoid 'them' at all costs. I can't risk them getting hurt. Especially since my mother is spending more time at home, which means she has a greater chance of finding out about our friendship. Whatever, I'm sure it'll be easy. It'll be just like year one, except no talking to them at all. I'm sure I can handle it, Don and I don't talk that much, Thoma and Lannion will be fine with me ignoring them, I hardly interact with Gilda, Emma is the easiest by far not to talk to because she'll assume something is going on, Norman will be stubborn but I can ignore him. And that just leaves Ray to ignore.

     I don't know if I can survive doing that. It may sound like I'm exaggerating, but I can assure you, I am not. He's practically the love of my life, which gives me all the more reason to need to avoid him. I can't have a repeat of what happened when my mother found out about... her. I don't want to make the same mistake twice... and I certainly don't want to be the cause of another death...

     I've just been staring at my diary for the past half an hour thinking about what I'm going to do... I've also been sketching Ray which is embarrassing. I'm going to need to burn these drawings later. I feel something wet swipe across my hand and look down to see Genesis licking my hand. I chuckle as I pet his head and go get him his treats. He follows me to my drawer where I keep his treats and I open it and give him one.

     "There you go boy." I coo as I pat his head as he eats them. I go back to my bed where Shelby and Norman Junior are fighting. I sit down and open my diary to the latest drawing of Ray. I really need to burn this... scratch that, I need to burn the whole diary. I head to the fireplace in my room and I prepare my wand before my father comes in, making me quickly hide it from him. I throw the diary underneath my bed and quickly sit on the chair next to the fireplace.

     "Hello father. Do you need anything?" I chuckle nervously. He just looks at me with a straight face as he says the words I feared he would ever say...

     "I know you love someone," my breath hitches in my throat. What he says next surprises me more. "Don't worry, I won't tell your mother, just be careful." I sigh in relief and slump down in my chair. My father laughs and sits down on the chair next to me.

     "Soo~ who's the lucky person?" My father wiggles his eyebrows as he leans closer to me. I hide my face as I take a deep breath.

     "You know the boy I was walking around with at Diagon alley a couple years back?"

     "The one with black hair?"

     "Yeah, that's the one." Admitting it aloud to someone feels so much better than keeping it all in. I'm glad I've admitted it to someone.

     "Well, as long as he treats you right, he has my approval. If not..." a scary pause appears. "He won't be able to see the light of day ever again."

     "R-right." I mutter in fear for Ray.

     "Glad we had this chat!" He smiles and gets up from his seat. "I can't wait to be a grandpa." He hums as he leaves my room. I could feel my face explode in heat at his comment.