They call me a criminal

Chapter 81

"Morning sweetheart." I slowly opened my eyes rolling over, "did I sleep here?" He nodded, "took up the entire bed, I had to take the couch." I smiled, "sorry."

Remus stood up pulling the blankets off, "time to get up, I've got breakfast." I groaned sitting up knowing what was going to happen, I was going to leave this place and I didn't know if I would ever see it again.

I sighed walking back to my room, changing quickly and throwing my truck on my bed. "Clara." I heard Remus calling my name from the kitchen. I saw him standing by the counter putting some toast in the toaster. Out of no where I just burst into tears. "I'm scared. I'm so so scared." I held onto him so tightly he would have had to fight to push my arms off. "Oh Clara. Sweetheart, I know." My knees gave out and Remus softened my fall sitting down on the ground with me, rocking me back and forth. "What if it all goes wrong? What if they just kill me? What if I never get to come back home What if I never see you again. This could be it Remus. There's too many what ifs, I'm not ready for this. I don't know who I can or can't trust, I don't know anything."

I felt his hand on the back of my head holding me against him. "No one does. None of us know anything, and that's what makes you so different. You know you need to leave, and Dumbledore does too. He has a plan, and Clara I'm going to see you again sweetheart. I promise you that. Wherever you go, I will find you." I took a deep breath, "I hope so." I felt him use his hand to wipe tears off my face, "Clara. You're strong sweetheart. My god we all look up to you, whatever Dumbledore is asking of you it's meaningful. I love you so much, once this is over I promise I'll never make you leave this house again." I laughed quietly, "I'm holding you to that."

He groaned standing up, "it's time to go back sweetheart." I took his hand following him to the fireplace. I took a deep breath as I stepped out onto the train platform. "One last hug dear." I held on as he wrapped his arms around me. "Be safe, and be smart. I love you." I simply nodded, "I love you too." I watched as he turned around leaving and I forced myself to step into the train. "Clara. Come here." I saw Draco patting the spot beside him and immediately curled up on the seat into his arms. "You're not afraid of anyone seeing us?" He gently whispered. I shook my head burying it deeper into his shoulder.

"What's going on?" He whispered. "Do you actually like me? I swear to god Draco if I've spent the last two years liking you and you end up killing me..." He cut me off, "where is this coming from?" I sighed, "Harry." He started to sit up. "Draco, don't. Look, we both know who your family is." He scoffed, "we know who you're parents are too. That shit doesn't matter."

"I'm sorry," I eventually whispered. He pulled me back against him, "to answer your question, I don't like you Clara. I fucking love you." I let out a small breath grabbing his hand, "I love you too."

As soon as the train arrived I broke off finding Ron first. "Hey," I whispered, he smiled giving me a hug. "We couldn't find you on the train." I laughed, "you sure Harry wanted to sit with me anyway." Ron shrugged, "doesn't matter. Me and Hermione did. It's hard when you two fight like this." I scoffed, "Harry had no right to scream what he did. There's also no proof Draco is doing anything wrong." Ron nodded, "you're right. But you need to be careful." He started speeding up as we got closer to the great hall. "It smells good," he said taking a seat.

I looked up as Hermione and Harry reached our table sitting across from us. "Clara, how was the rest of your holiday?" Hermione asked. I shrugged, "boring really, how was yours?" They filled me in on what I had missed, and then Hermione reached across the table grabbing my hand, "Clara, this war is going to get bad. We need you. You can't go chasing after Bellatrix like that again, sooner or later she is going to kill you." I set my fork down looking up at her, "you don't think I know that. I can't just stand there and ignore her while she chants about killing one of the most important people in my life." Hermione nodded, "I know. But try, that's all we're asking."

I noticed Harry hadn't said a single word to me the entire dinner. "You can't be mad at me Harry. You know in your heart you shouldn't have said what you did." He shrugged, "there's more important things to worry about Clara then sex with Draco. Our lives are at stake." I took a deep breath, "really? I had no idea." Harry sighed, "he is not worth fighting over." I looked over to where Draco was sitting, his friends were all smiling and laughing but he had his chin in his hand staring down at his plate. "I know. I'm sorry." I finally whispered.